716 Summary View of the Progress of Gardenings 



more than common natural taste, and the possession of good sense, 

 every gardener may acquire sufficient knowledge, not only to 

 prevent him from committing absurdities such as those we have 

 mentioned, but to enable him to make very good designs for 

 ordinary situations. 



As a flower-garden is a part of a country residence which 

 may in most cases be judged of by itself, without reference to 

 the rest of the place, we have, in an advertisement, an extract 

 from which is given in a note below*, stated the terms on which 

 we give designs for flower-gardens, or correct the plans of those 

 already made; and we have done this, because we are aware 

 that a great number of persons are deterred from employing a 

 landscape-gardener from a fear of the expense. Were the ex- 

 pense double or treble what it is, it would still amply repay the 

 proprietor of taste, and even the economical proprietor, to incur 

 it, rather than proceed in the dark, even in such a comparatively 

 humble matter as that of laying out a flower-garden. 



* A visit to any place not exceeding 12 miles from London, and 



not occupying more time, including going and returning, than 



from 9 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, including all 



expenses ._-____ J?5 5 



Above 12 miles, and not exceeding 20, including all expenses -660 



Above 20 miles, 5 guineas a day, from the time of leaving Bayswater 



to that of returning to it, and travelling expenses, by post. 

 Consultation by letter, or by the party calling at Bayswater - 1 1 



A design for a flower-garden, the ground plan (and sections, if the 

 surface is very uneven) of the area on which it is to be laid out, 

 with the places of entrance and exit, being given - - 5 5 



A plan of a flower-garden sent for correction - - - 2 2 



Or, if the corrections require a new plan to be made - - 4 4 



A sketch, with working drawings, for any ornamental garden 



building of ordinary dimensions, to be erected of rustic work -550 

 A sketch, with working drawings, of an architectural garden build- 

 ing, a gardener's house, an ornamental cottage for a labourer, or 

 a lodge for an entrance gate - - - -10100 



A sketch and working drawings for an entrance gate and piers -550 

 A design and working drawings for a farm-yard, the kind of farm 



and its extent being given - - - - -10 100 



When plans are sent for correction, subjects for an opinion, or lists of trees, 

 shrubs, &c, are wanted, which it will require a considerable time to prepare, 

 the charge for consultation will be increased in proportion to the tune occu- 

 pied, at the rate of 5 guineas for a day of 6 hours. 



Perhaps it may excite surprise in some, that, after having been known as a 

 landscape-gardener since 1804, we should now think it necessary, as it were 

 at the eleventh hour, to advertise our terms. But the truth is, that, in con- 

 sequence of ill health, we have for the last twenty years relinquished all 

 employment of this kind, except in the immediate neighbourhood of the 

 metropolis. The reason why we now propose to resume our profession, as 

 regards distant places is, that we find it absolutely necessary for the con- 

 tinuance of our present improved health, (having only lately recovered from 

 an illness of nearly two years' standing, brought on by the incessant labour of 

 bringing out the Arboretum Britannicum,) to be a good deal in the open air ; 

 and professional employment promises the motives as well as the means for 

 this purpose. 



