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my late crops of peas abundantly with water, by which the ill effects of mil- 

 dew are almost wholly prevented ; and my table is most abundantly supplied 

 with very excellent peas through the month of October, as I have stated in a 

 former communication. 



" When water is delivered in the usual quantity from the watering pan, its 

 effects, for a short time, are almost always beneficial, by wetting the surface of 

 the ground. But if water thus given be not continued regularly, injurious 

 effects frequently follow ; for the roots of plants (as I have shown in the Phi- 

 losophical Transactions^ in a paper upon the causes which direct the roots) 

 extend themselves most rapidly wherever they find proper moisture and food ; 

 and if the surface alone be wetted, the roots extend themselves superficially 

 only, and the plants, consequently, become more subject to injury from drought 

 than they would have been if no water had been given to them ; a circum- 

 stance which can scarcely have escaped the notice of any observant gardener. 

 When, on the contrary, the soil is irrigated in the manner above recommended, 

 it is wetted to a great depth ; and a single watering, once in eight or ten days, 

 is, in almost all cases, fully sufficient. 



" It may be objected, that excess of rain is more often injurious, in the 

 climate of England, than drought; but, in wet seasons, plants suffer owing to 

 want of light, and, generally, of warmth ; and I feel confident that, if the 

 same quantity of rain which the soil receives in our wettest summer, were to 

 fall only between the hours of nine in the evening and three in the following 

 morning, and the sun were to shine brightly and warmly through the whole of 

 the days, no injurious effects would follow; and every experienced gardener 

 knows with what luxuriance and rapidity plants of every species grow in hot 

 and bright weather, after the ground has been drenched with water by thunder- 

 storms." 



Art. II. Observations on Landscape-Gardening, tvith an Acconni 

 of its practical Application in Muskau. By Prince Puckler Mus- 

 KAu. Fol., with forty-four views and four ground plans. Stuttgard, 

 1834, Hallberger. 



Though we subscribed for this work, yet, owing to an unforeseen cause, we 

 have not yet received it. In the meantime, in order that our readers may 

 form some idea of its contents, we have translated the following extracts from 

 the Berlin Gardener^ Magazine. The editor of that work, in his review, 

 says, — " Nothing has appeared for a long time so worthy of the attention of 

 landscape-gardeners as the work before us. We consider it a duty to make 

 long extracts from this work, as, on account of its high price, it is not in the 

 power of every gardener to obtain it ; and, as we believe it is now only sold to 

 subscribers, it is not to be met with in every bookseller's shop. We are also 

 convinced that it will be of great use both to gardeners and amateurs, and that 

 it is worthy of being held up to all persons concerned in the laying out of 

 grounds as a model. 



" The work is well arranged, and is divided into sections. The introduc- 

 tion contains many important observations, and begins as follows : — , 



" ' The inhabitants of a great part of Germany, it must be confessed, are 

 only beginning to turn their attention even to what is useful ; and only a few 

 have directed their endeavours to produce what is merely beautiful without hav- 

 ing any prospect of reaping advantages by it ; a combination of both these 

 objects is still more rarely met with. 



" ' This chiefly refers to the art of landscape-gardening ; and it is certain 

 that England, in this branch of civilisation, is nearly a hundred years before 

 Germany. That which is done there every day with the utmost facility, re- 

 mains here at present impracticable. It is time, however, that wealthy Ger- 

 man proprietors should try, without slavish imitation, to improve their places 

 according to their respective localities. When I thus extol England, it does 



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