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cimens of climbing roses is beyond all praise. Among the col- 

 lection of crataeguses, we found three sorts raised from seeds, 

 which are new. 



Before concluding these hurried notes, we may observe, that 

 in most of the gardens which we visited, but not in all of them, 

 the practice of watering was continued after the usual hours of 

 working. This appears fair and reasonable to a certain extent ; 

 that is, occasionally, under unexpected circumstances; for ex- 

 ample, in times of unusual drought, when there have been many 

 interruptions during the day, &c. ; but we cannot think it either 

 just or humane to keep men watering, or doing any description 

 of work regularly, after six o'clock till it is dark, as is done in 

 some places, without any additional payment. Every man ought 

 to have a period in every day to which he can look forward as 

 his time of relaxation, and during which he shall be entire 

 master of his time and his pursuits. This is essential to human 

 happiness ; and, for young men endeavouring to acquire the pro- 

 fession of a gardener, not only is all the time before six o'clock 

 in the morning, and after six o'clock in the evening, necessary, 

 to admit of the proper extent of reading and botanising ; but, so 

 extensive has gardening now become, and so various are the 

 acquirements expected from first-rate gardeners, that two ad- 

 ditional hours would require to be added to the time of relax- 

 ation of each day, to enable a gardener to learn all that may be 

 required from him. It depends upon the enlightenment of the 

 working classes, whether or not, in a few years, this will be the 

 case ; and whether, during summer, instead of journeymen gar- 

 deners having one hour for the mid-day meal, three will be 

 allowed. Of what use are all the various improvements made 

 in machinery, if they do not end in abridging the daily hours 

 now devoted to manual labour ? 



Art. II. A Series of Designs for laying out Suburban Gardens and 

 Grounds, from One Perch to several Acres in extent. By Mr. T. 

 RuTGER. Design 1. Frontages of Four Houses, containing One 

 Perch each. Design 2. Frontages of Four Houses, containing One 

 Perch and a Half each. 



The series of designs which I propose for your acceptance 

 will consist of what may be termed " designs for suburban gar- 

 dens," and such as, perhaps, may be useful to some who may 

 be about to commence the laying out of gardens to the extent of 

 any of the designs that this series will embrace. I have begun 

 at a low scale, namely, that of mere frontages to houses that are 

 attached or joined together; the first of which consists of four 

 frontages, of one perch of ground to each ; and the second also 



