620 Summary View of the Progress of Gardening, 



to lose them, or even, as he himself has told us, to be obliged to 

 eat them, for want of other food. 



Provincial Botanical and Horticidtural Societies and Exhibi- 

 tions continue to prosper, and even to increase, since the summary 

 view of their exhibitions jjiven in our last Volume. We refer 

 to an article headed London Horticultural Society and Garden, 

 to show the increase of visitors to the exhibitions of the Society, 

 and the excellence of the articles exhibited. The most interesting 

 provincial show of the season appears to have been that at Shef- 

 field, which attracted commercial and private gardeners from 

 almost every part of England, and from several parts of Scotland; 

 above 150 master-gardeners, and more than that number of 

 journeymen, having been present. The substitution of books 

 and articles of plate, as prizes, instead of medals, is an improve- 

 ment which is taking place generally both in the London and 

 provincial societies. 



Pidilic Gardens. — We have noticed, in various places, the 

 progress making in the establishment or projection of zoological 

 gardens ; and the circumstance of the Bristol Zoological Garden 

 being finished, and a plan published. The provincial botanic 

 gardens, and the gardens of provincial horticultural societies, 

 are, in general, in a prosperous state. In the garden of the 

 London Horticultural Society some new pits are constructing, 

 and the tent for the exhibitions has been extended. In the Royal 

 Gardens at Kew a new palm-house is nearly completed ; and 

 in the Botanic Garden at Oxford various improvements are 

 making, under the direction of the active and profoundly scien- 

 tific professor of botany. Dr. Daubeny, and the superintendence 

 of the excellent curator, Mr. Baxter. The new Liverpool 

 Botanic Garden is completed ; and considerable progress is 

 making towards the removal of the Cambridge Botanic Gar- 

 den to a more eligible site. The public garden at Gravesend 

 is completed. At Exeter some public walks have been com- 

 menced ; and we have just seen a plan, by Mr. Forrest, which 

 has been approved of, for the Cheltenham Zoological Garden. 

 In the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, the erection of additional 

 hot-houses, so as to complete the splendid range which forms 

 such a fine object in that establishment, is nearly finished; and 

 we hope, in our next Volume, to give a plan and elevation 

 of it ; with, possibly, an isometrical view of the whole garden, 

 like that given of the garden of Canonmills Cottage. The 

 Glasnevin Garden is undergoing most important improvements, 

 under the curatorship of Mr. Niven, one of the most active and 

 intelligent gardeners in Ireland. Mr. Niven expects shortly to 

 be able to carry into execution the plan for a natural arrange- 

 ment, which he obligingly furnished us with some months since, 

 and which will be found in the present Volume. The report of 



