in Barratt's Botanic Garden, Wakefield. 313 



bv three streets ; and on the remaining side is the large cemetery of St. John's 

 Church, which is planted with trees, and has an excellent effect from the 

 walks in the garden. The terms of subscription are exceedingly moderate: — 

 " For a family (including visiters who live more than four miles fi'om the 

 town), \0s. 6d. per annum ; single subscriber, 7*. Each of the above to be 

 entitled to plants of half the amount of subscription, A subscriber of one 

 guinea is allowed the whole in plants." 



Fig. 42. is a perspective view of the range of green-houses, counting-house, 

 and seed-shop, which Mr. Barratt has erected ; and, in laying it before our 



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readers, we cannot help expressing our admiration at the general improvement 

 of the taste of cojnmercial gardeners in every part of the country. Thirty 

 years ago, the commonest shed-looking structures were thought good enough 

 for any nurseryman or florist ; but now we find them, as in the case of Mr. 

 Barratt before us, vying with the architectural plant structures of the gardens 

 of our first nobility and gentry. The improvement which is taking place in 

 every kind of building throughout the country is indeed astonishing. There 

 is not a shop front, a public-house, a brewery, or a manufactory, pulled down, 

 that is not rebuilt in a superior style; and, besides the effect of all this in con- 

 tributing to the general ornament of the country, there can be no doubt that 

 the individuals incurring the expense find their interest promoted by it. No 

 improvement, indeed, can be considered as solid, where this is not the case. 



We should like to see new nurseries and botanic gardens rising up all over 

 the country like that of Mr. Barratt ; and we hope, also, at no distant period, 

 to see bills passed by the legislature, authorising the establishment of public 

 gardens and public institutions in every part of the country, at the expense of 

 all, and for the benefit of all. 



In the view before us, a represents the entrance from St. John Street ; b, 

 a seed-shop, with warehouse under a, b, and c ; c, green-house for ericas and 

 select green-house plants, in flower, for sale ; d, counting-house, with three 

 windows commanding nearly the whole garden ; e, centre dome, which is to 

 be made larger than the two end ones, for a camellia and orange house for 

 large specimens ; f, green-house for camellias (nursing house), geraniums, 

 fuchsias, cactuses, &c. ; g, entrance from Margaret Street under the dome, 

 filled with large plants ; k, a reading-room for all the periodicals in gardening, &c. 



The roofs of the green-house and domes are formed of iron rafters with 

 wooden sash-bars; on these sash-bars the glass is laid, and the joints covered 

 with lead lap ; so that the roof appears, at a distance, as one sheet of glass, 



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