614 Vie*w of the Progress of Gardenmg, 



dening. Trees may be arranged geometrically; with a view to 

 picturesque beauty ; to individual or gardenesque beauty ; or in 

 imitation of local nature. Arboretums are, or ought to be, ar- 

 ranged according to the gardenesque mode. In this department 

 of planting some progress has been made, during the last year, by 

 the adoption of the gardenesque style in the extensive arboretum 

 lately commenced by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire at 

 Chatsworth ; the only one which we know of in which room has 

 been left for the trees to attain their full size. 



The taste for foreign trees and shrubs in Britain is decidedly 

 on the increase; though, with the exception of the plan pursued 

 in the arboretum at Chatsworth, no improvement has taken place 

 in the mode of planting them. The father of this taste in France, 

 M. DuHamel, the contemporary of Miller and of Collinson, while 

 advocating this taste, in preference to that for florists' flowers, 

 says, " The most beautiful bed of hyacinths or tulips, when the 

 flowers have once faded, leaves nothing but what is withered and 

 imsightly; whilst the flowers of trees and shrubs which gene- 

 rally appear in spring are succeeded by the most vivid green 

 leaves; and, even in winter, after these have dropped, the 

 ramification of the branches and spray is beautiful and interest- 

 ing." (Preface, p. xviii.) We should be sorry to see the pre- 

 vailing and increasing taste for flowers diminished in any degree, 

 because their care is the source of health and enjoyment to many 

 who could not easily find a substitute; but as we would wish to 

 see every lady have her flower-garden and conservatory, so we 

 should wish to see every gentleman have his arboretum, or, at 

 all events, a gardenesque plantation of choice trees and shrubs. 

 We would much rather see money employed in this way, than 

 in the transplanting of full-grown trees; where as much is 

 expended in preparing the tree for removal, in transporting it to 

 its place of destination, in planting it, in staking or otherwise 

 i xing it, in mulching the ground round it, and in watering it 

 afterwards, perhaps throughout the summer, as would purchase, 

 prepare the soil, and plant above twenty different species of 

 ^oung foreign trees. It is true, the effect of the full-grown tree 

 is striking and instantaneous ; but, supposing that it lives, which, 

 in most cases, is very doubtful, let us compare the enjoyment 

 it will afford to its transplanter, with that which may be derived 

 from planting young trees in properly prepared soil. The old 

 tree, even if it does well, makes very little progress for several 

 years, or, most probably, lingers on, producing, every succeed- 

 ing summer, a still more sickly and feeble vegetation, till it at 

 last finally decays ; while the young trees, even from the first 

 season, are making strong and vigorous shoots, and every year 

 attaining a still greater degree of perfection and beauty. In this 

 way, the ample and visible return made by the young tree, for 



