and qf Rural Improvement generalli/, during 1836. 621 



Mr. Niven on this garden, made in November last, is of very 

 great interest; and we regret we are obliged to defer its 

 publication for want of room. A great many cemeteries are 

 projected in different parts of the country : that at Kensall 

 Green, near London, is in a highly prosperous state; and, 

 independently of its use as a burying-ground, it is rapidly 

 becoming a school of improvement in architectural taste, and of 

 instruction in trees and shrubs. 



Private Gardens. — Those private gardens, the improvement 

 of which is most likely to be noticed in this summary, are, such 

 as are so extensive, and so well known, as almost to entitle them 

 to be considered public. The greatest encourager of gardening 

 in England, at the present time, is, without doubt, the Duke of 

 Devonshire : he has already planted the extensive arboretum 

 described in our former Volume, and is now erecting a house 

 for palms and other tropical plants, which, it is said, is to cover 

 nearly an acre of ground. The plan and elevation of this house 

 may be compared to those of a cathedral, the central ailes being 

 wider and higher than the two side ailes. The roof is of the 

 ridge and furrow kind, first described in our remarks on hot- 

 houses (4to, 18] 6, p. vi.), and which is admirably calculated for 

 uniting strength with lightness. The Duke of Devonshire's 

 large house is expected to be completed in the course of the 

 year 1838. 



The next greatest improvements making in private gardens 

 are those at Woburn Abbey ; where the Duke of Bedford has 

 recently completed a large rustic structure for the protection 

 of araucarias during winter, and where an extensive range of 

 glass, including a palm-house, has been commenced. The 

 beauty, and high order and keeping, of all the gardens of the 

 different persons belonging to the Woburn Abbey establish- 

 ment, including the cottage and village gardens, are beyond 

 all praise ; and we are not aware of any landed estate, of similar 

 extent, on which it is equalled. Extensive improvements are 

 making at Bagshot Park, by the Duchess of Gloucester ; at The 

 Deepdene, by H. T. Hope, Esq. ; and at Gunnersbury, by Mrs. 

 Rothschild. In the grounds of different noblemen's and gen- 

 tlemen's residences throughout the country, many alterations are 

 going forward under the direction of Mr. Nesfield, a landscape- 

 gardener who only requires to cultivate a botanical and horti- 

 cultural knowledge of trees and shrubs to place him at the head 

 of his profession. Mr. Nesfield perfectly understands the dif- 

 ference between the picturesque and the gardenesque ; between 

 fac-simile imitation of nature, and imitation on artistical prin- 

 ciples ; and between lowering and caricaturing real scenery, 

 and elevating and ennobling it. The pervading error of one 

 class of landscape-gardeners (those, vi/,., who have arisen 



