6i:6 Remarks on laying out 



any particular company, the object of the members of whicfj 

 must necessarily, to a certain extent, be gain. 



The desire for public gardens, felt by a portion of the people 

 in England, has given rise to societies for their production ; 

 and hence we have the gardens of the Zoological Society 

 of London, and a few others, such as the Botanic Gardens 

 of Liverpool, Hull, &c. The formation of these gardens by 

 public associations may be regarded as an indication of a rising 

 taste for this kind of enjoyment; and, as a farther indication of 

 it, we may refer to the favourable reception given to the bill 

 brought forward during the last session of parliament, by Mr. 

 Buckingham, for establishing a public garden at every town and 

 village where a majority of the rate-paying inhabitants expressed 

 a desire to have one. Till some such law as this has passed, 

 public gardens will not have a fair chance in Britain. It is in 

 the hope that such a law will be passed at no distant period, 

 from the general recommendation of botanic gardens, in the 

 Minutes of Evidence, taken before the Select Committee on Arts 

 and Manufactures, just published by the House of Commons, 

 and in the full confidence that the result will contribute im- 

 mensely to the humanising and happiness of the great mass of 

 society, that we submit the following remarks to our readers at 

 this time. 



Public gardens may be considered as of the following kinds : — 



I. Promenades; that is, walks or roads, of considerable 

 extent, among trees, and such other verdant scenery as the^situ- 

 ation may afford, heightened and rendered more interesting by 

 art : for example, the walks at Oxford, and the public squares. 



II. Parks ; that is, enclosed spaces, of considerable extent, 

 varied by wood, water, rocks, buildings, and other objects ; and 

 surrounded and interspei'sed by roads and walks ; grazed by 

 sheep, deer, or cattle ; and without flowers and shrubs : for ex- 

 ample, Hyde Park. 



III. Gardens; which are of several kinds; that which is 

 common to them all being, that they are enclosed; and that, 

 where there is turf in them, it is not grazed by any kind of 

 cattle, but kept smoothly mown. 



A. Scientijic Gardens. 



1. Zoological Ga}-de7is, for the display of a collection of ani- 

 mals : for example, that in the Regent's Park, London. 



2. Botanical Gardens, for a display of a collection of trees, 

 shrubs, and plants, in the open ground, and in structures heated 

 artificially : for example, that of Liverpool. 



3. Hortiadtural Garde^is, for a display of the trees, shrubs, 

 and plants which are cultivated for horticultural and floricul- 

 tural purposes : for example, that of London. 



