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fine specimens of trees and shrubs in the Wilderness may be allowed to attain 

 their full growth, and be admired by thousands, instead of being subjected to 

 the commonplace treatment incident to trees and shrubs, when growing on 

 estates which are to be sold in lots. By means of the railway, White Knights is 

 brought within two hours' ride of London, so that it may be visited any morning 

 between breakfast and dinner, at an expense under twenty shillings. — Cond, 



Royal Botanic Society. — A charter of incorporation has just been granted to 

 this Society " for the promotion of botany in all its branches, and its applica- 

 tion to medicine, arts, and manufactures ; and also for the formation of exten- 

 sive botanical and ornamental gardens within the vicinity of the metropolis." 

 The charter appoints the Duke of Richmond the first president ; Mr. Majori- 

 banks the first treasurer ; and the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Albermarle, 

 Mr. Rushbrook, Philip Barnes, and James de Carle Sowerby, Esqs., the first 

 council. The organisation is similar to that of other scientific societies, and 

 meetings for the discussion of scientific subjects will be held periodically. The 

 anniversary meeting is assigned by the charter for the 1st of January. Steps 

 are in active progress for the completion of the gardens in the Regent's Park, 

 in which exhibitions will be held in the approaching season. (Cowt Journal, 

 Oct. 5.) 



Count Harrach, an Austrian nobleman who has large estates in Austria, 

 Hungary, and Bohemia, has lately passed some months in this country, view- 

 ing gardens and country seats in various parts both of England and Scotland, 

 with a view to the improvement of his own when he returns. The count is 

 the only private nobleman in Austria that keeps a garden director. He is 

 proprietor of Bruck on the Leytha, where there is such an admirable collec- 

 tion of trees ; the names and dimensions of many of which are given in our 

 Arboretum, as well in the history and geography of trees, p. 150., as in va- 

 rious other parts of the work. The count has purchased a great number of 

 plants, horses, implements, &c. ; and taken with him plans and views, prepared 

 by Mr. Lamb, for erecting a magnificent palace, which will contain above ninety 

 rooms, including apartments for a resident clergyman, resident physician, &c. 

 The count has only lately come into possession of his estates on the demise of 

 the late count. The house in England with which the count was most struck 

 was one near Beauvoir Castle, which has been in the course of erection for 

 many years, is of immense size, and in which no two windows are said to be 

 alike ; the proprietor, Mr. Gregory, having travelled all over Europe in search 

 of different forms. 



American Nurserymen in England. — We have already mentioned Mr. Buist 

 of Philadelphia; and since we have seen that gentleman, Mr. Butcham of Ro- 

 chester, Mr. Bosson from Boston, and, we believe, some others, have called 

 upon us. It is thus highly gratifying to see the increasing taste for gardening 

 in the United States. The above and other nurserymen have stated to us that 

 our publications are often difficult to be purchased in America, and always at 

 a much higher price than is charged for them in England ; and they have sug- 

 gested the advantage that would result to all parties from having a general depot 

 for our publications in the United States ; in which depot there should always 

 be a stock of them on hand, and whence they might be obtained at the same 

 price as in London. Such a depot we hope soon to announce as established, 

 at least as far as respects those works which are our own property, viz. the 

 Gardeners Magazine, the Arboretum Britannicum, the Hortus Lignosus, Lou- 

 don's edition of Repton's Landscape-Gardening, the Architectural Magazine, 

 the Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion, and the Encyclopaedia of Cottage, 

 Farm, and Villa Architecture. — Cond. 



Mr. Moore, the Curator of the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, has lately been on 

 a tour in England, inspecting some of the principal public and private gardens. 

 Mr. Moore was for a considerable time botanist to the trigonometrical survey 

 of Ireland, and is thoroughly acquainted with the native plants of the country, 

 as well as with the state of gardening from one end of the island to the other. 

 Mr. Moore has been twelve years in Ireland, and the improvement which he 



