Hevie'ws. 673 



the thorns and laburnums, the snowdrop tree, and, lastly, the 

 magnolias and the catalpa. 



With respect to evergreens, I shall make the prevalent shrub 

 the laurustinus ; and the prevalent low trees, the holly and the 

 box. In one place, the pines will be the prevailing evergreens, 

 and next to them the firs and cedars, and the ilexes. Lucombe 

 oaks and Portugal laurels will complete the masses. 



I shall observe no other order in planting than that one genus 

 shall always prevail in one place, and that the same genus shall 

 never occur a second time in any quantity. I consider this to 

 be a very good practical arrangement, though not a scientific 

 one. 



The principal expense of keeping the grounds of such a villa 

 as this will be the mowing ; but that expense might be lessened 

 by wire fences and sheep. 



fVorcesler, Auq; 1835. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Horticulture. An Article drawn up for the " Encyclopaedia 

 Britannica." 4to, pp. 630. to 691. Vol, XI. of the Encyclopaedia. 

 Edinburgh. 



This article is attributed to Patrick Neill, Esq., LL.D., se- 

 cretary to the Caledonian Horticultural Society, the author of a 

 similar article in the Edinburgh Encyclopcedia. Both articles are 

 drawn up in the most judicious manner, and evince a thorough 

 knowledge of the subject, and sound discrimination as to the 

 best practices for selection and recommendation. The arrange- 

 ment of the article Horticulture in the Edinburgh Encydopcedia, 

 or, as it is more commonly called, Brewster's Efici/clop^edia, was 

 quite original at the time it appeared, and the entire merit of it 

 belongs to Dr. Neill. We adopted it in the department which 

 treats of horticulture in our Ejicyclopcedia of Garde7iing, as we 

 did also the manner of treating of each particular vegetable; viz, 

 geographically, historically, and, as it may be called, biographi- 

 cally ; a practice as old as Pliny, but greatly improved on by 

 Miller and also by Dr. Neill. 



The article before us is particularly rich in its illustrations, for 

 most of which Dr. Neill handsomely acknowledges his obligations 

 to our correspendent Mr. Charles H. J. Smith, " a young but 

 very promising garden architect." Mr. Smith's plans are very 

 beautifully drawn and engraved, and the greater number of them 

 are more or less original in design. The principle of heating by 

 hot water is variously modified and applied by Mr. Smith ; and 

 it must be a great advantage to the possessors of hot- houses in 

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