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than such as are interesting for the botanical associations con- 

 nected with them. Those of the latter class are not, the cul- 

 tivators say, at all to the taste of the people of a manufacturing 

 town like Amiens. The artificial aids to cultivation possessed 

 by the florist-gardeners are but few : two or three small green- 

 houses, a forcing-stove, some few pits for the preservation of 

 plants during the winter, with a few hand-glasses, are all that 

 they possess. 



(To be continued.') 



Art. III. On the improper Choice that is frequently made of Trees 

 and Shrubs for furnishing small Portions of Pleasure-Grounds. 

 By Mr. T. Rutger. 



The results of your frequent calls at the nurseries and the 

 suburban gardens of the metropolis, which are occasionally 

 given in your Magazine, must, I conceive, prove highly ac- 

 ceptable to the generality of your readers : at least, I find 

 them to be at all times interesting ; and as such I read them 

 with much pleasure. They not only bring to remembrance 

 former associations, on which the mind delights to dwell, but 

 they also furnish me with the present state of many places 

 which, during my youthful days, I was in the habit of visiting; 

 and thus, while in retrospect I can sometimes but faintly trace 

 their localities, they are again brought vividly to the " mind's 

 eye." At the same time, they revive and bring to recollection 

 past scenes, which otherwise might have remained dormant for 

 ever. I have frequently thought how delighted I should be to 

 take a trip with you round the metropolis, and to visit gardens 

 in this way ; so that, while you might be marking with the eye 

 of a critic the gradations of taste displayed, I might catch a few 

 hints as they occasionally would be elicited. I know that I have 

 no reason to indulge in thoughts of this kind; but, were such 

 an unexpected circumstance to take place, I think I should be 

 inclined to draw your attention to the improper choice that is 

 frequently made of shrubs and trees for furnishing those small 

 portions of pleasure-grounds which are so frequently to be seen 

 round the metropolis. Upon a general principle, I think my 

 ideas are correct upon the subject, and they are as follows : 

 namely, that proportion should always be kept in view ; or, in 

 other words, that, in proportion to the size or quantity of ground 

 to be laid out, so in proportion should the shrubs and trees be 

 in point of size also; taking into consideration, at the time of 

 planting, the figure they will present when arrived at a state of 

 maturity. Perhaps there is scarcely a tree to be found which is 



