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such works, and to sell them to working gardeners at very little 

 more than the trade price. Sixthly, in the library of reference 

 he will place his own very complete hortus siccus, and collect 

 specimens of seeds, fruits, cones, &c., of useful and ornamental 

 trees and shrubs ; and also specimens of woods, commencing 

 with a copy of the Holz Bibliothek from Germany. And, lastly, 

 he intends to devote a room to the use of young gardeners, 

 either working in his nursery, or elsewhere, for them to meet in 

 to read, discuss, or otherwise to improve themselves ; the young 

 men being at the expense of their own fire and candles, and 

 paying a small sum per volume for the loan of books. 



Mr. Forrest will not be able to accomplish all these things at 

 once; but such is his activity of mind, his ambition, and his 

 perseverance, that, if health permits, we have no doubt he 

 will carry the whole into effect, and that sooner than any other 

 man we know. 



In no article sold by seedsmen has there been a greater 

 increase of consumption, during the past year, than in that 

 of bulbous roots, which are now imported from Holland to more 

 than. double the extent to which they were seven years ago. Of 

 all the flowering plants in existence, bulbs are the best adapted 

 for small gardens, for street gardens, and for all gardens that 

 are not under the care of a professed gardener. They are de- 

 sirable for street and suburban gardens, because they flower 

 early in the season ; and gratify the citizen at a time when the 

 distant country is less inviting than during summer and autumn, 

 when he may leave his town or suburban residence for a water- 

 ing-place or a villa at some distance ; and they are desirable 

 to all gardens whatever, because they are certain, with little or 

 no care, of flowering well for the first year at least; and, with very 

 little care, for several years in succession. The transactions be- 

 tween the London and American nurserymen and seedsmen con- 

 tinue greatly to increase ; and we only I'egret that country gentle- 

 men in Britain are not aware of the very low prices at which 

 American tree seeds may be purchased in London, and by which 

 they might add some hundreds of new species to their collections, 

 at a far cheaper rate than they could do by purchasing plants. 

 The only difference between seeds and plants is that of time. 

 The connexion between British nurserymen and those in France 

 and Germany is steadily on the increase; and what will con- 

 tribute to this perhaps more than any thing else is, the now 

 greatly extended cultivation of the English language in Germany, 

 and of the German in England. Continental gardeners, and the 

 sons of French, German, and Dutch nurserymen, are now very 

 frequently to be met with in this country, either on a visit, or on 

 immediate business, or residing here for improvement. In the 

 course of the past year, the gardener of Prince Metternich made 



