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becoming their own propagators, has been repeated for the last 

 thirty years : but have not nurserymen multiplied tenfold during 

 that period ; and, if so, what is the reason? As well might we 

 say that no gentleman ought to lay out his own grounds : but, 

 if this were the case, where would have been Woburn Farm, 

 White Knights, Pain's Hill, and Highclere ? The truth is, 

 that, without such deviations from commonplace routine, there 

 would neither have been landscape-gardening, in the modern sense 

 of that expression, nor would the business of a nurseryman 

 have extended beyond that of a mere grower of fruit and forest 

 trees. Highclere is an example of what the late Sir Uvedale 

 Price always held forth to the world ; viz., that any gentleman 

 who wished to make his place what it ought to be, ought to study 

 the subject of planting and laying out grounds himself. This 

 is precisely what the last two proprietors of this place have 

 done ; and Highclere, in its present state, is the result. 



For the passages in inverted commas in the foregoing article, 

 we are indebted to a gentleman better acquainted with the loca- 

 lities of Highclere, than we could be by our transient visit. 



Art. II. A Series of Designs for laying out Kitchen-Gardens. By 

 Mr. T. Rutger. Design 1., Containing an Acre xvithin the Walls. 



In offering a series of what may be considered as work- 

 ing-plans for the formation of kitchen-gardens, I deem it neces- 

 sary to enter a little into detail upon the subject. In the first 

 place, it must be understood that I do not offer these designs as 

 standards of excellence, not be improved upon or excelled ; but 

 rather that I submit them to draw, from the more experienced, 

 observations or designs serving to illustrate such principles and 

 rules as will tend to effect the object in view. In the designs 

 there will be nothing of a fanciful description introduced (except 

 when a flower-garden may be given) ; utility and convenience 

 only being studied. They are likewise intended to be so com- 

 posed that one may assist another ; either by enabling the de- 

 signer to add to one from another, or to reduce one to the 

 size of another, as it may be thought desirable in laying out 

 the ground. 



I am aware that much has been written about the aspect and 

 situation of kitchen-gardens ; pointing out the advantages and 

 disadvantages of each, according to the views of various writers 

 upon the subject. However, without offering an opinion 

 upon these points, and believing that, in most instances, a 

 southern aspect is approved of, the following series will be 

 arranged accordingly ; and as to situation, this must be left to 



