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PREFACE. 



The present volume concludes our Second Series. The Third 

 Series will commence with No. I. on the 1st of January next; 

 and when this Third Series has extended to five volumes, it 

 will be concluded, and a Fourth Series commenced. In short, 

 it is intended, that in future no series shall exceed five 

 volumes ; in order that possessors of any odd volumes or num- 

 bers of the work may, at a moderate expense, procure all the 

 oth'- volumes or numbers of the series to which what they 

 belong. At the same time, this division of the work 

 • -. .liferent series will not prevent those who have taken it 

 om the beginning from continuing the regular numeration 

 eir volumes. 



'ith the Third Series v/ill be commenced a superior mode 

 ranging the contents, and other improvements will also be 

 duced. J. C. L. 



lyswater, November 15. 1840. 



CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 

 Historical and Statistical. 



A Summary View of the Progress of Gar- 

 dening, and of Rural Improvement gene- 

 rally, in Britain, during the Year 1840 ; 

 with some Notices relative to the State of 

 both in Foreign countries. By the Con- 

 ductor . - - - - 617 



Provincial, Horticultural, Botanical, and 

 Floricultural Societies, &c. - . 676 



Historical, Critical, and Descriptive. 



Descriptive Notices of Select Suburban Re- 

 sidences, with Remarks on each ; intended 

 to Illustrate the Principles and Practice of 

 Landscape-Gardening. By the Conductor. 

 No. 14. Fortis Green, Muswell Hill, the 



Villa'of W. A. NesBeld, Esq. - - 49 

 No. IS. Kingsbury, the Residence of 

 Thomas Harris, Esq. - - . 233 



Notes on some Country Seats and Gardens in 

 Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, 

 Warwickshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, 

 and Hertfordshire, from May to October, 

 1840: 

 Harlaxton Manor ; The Village of Har- 



laxton . . - . 329 



Hungerton Hall ; Belton, near Gran- 

 tham ; Chatsworth ; Chatsworth to 

 Wootton Lodge, by Chesterfield and 

 Derby ; Wootton Lodge ; Alton Tow- 

 ers ; Trentham Hall ; East Combe, 

 near Blackheath ; Woodlands, Black- 

 heath ; Charlton House ; Belford ; 

 Belvidere, near Dartford ; West 

 Heath ; Harringay House, near Horn- 

 sey; Arno's Grove, Southgate ; Wood- 



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lands ; — Park, near Enfield ; 



Beech Hill Park, near Potter's Bar; 

 Leamington ; Bradley House ; Beech 

 Lawn ; The Priory ; Danby Cottage ; 

 Radford Cottage ; Cullis's Nursery ; 

 Theobald's, near Waltham Cross ; Bay- 

 fordbury, near Hertford ; Kew Gar- 

 ^ dens'; Wilmot's Gardens, Isleworth ; 



The Horticultural Society's Garden. 

 By the Conductor . - . 569 



The Derby Arboretum, founded by Joseph 

 Strutt, Esq., containing a Catalogue of 

 the Trees and Shrubs, the History and 

 object of its Formation, the Reasons for 

 the main Features of the Plan, and Di- 

 rections for its future Management: — I. 

 Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs. II. 

 History and proposed Management; the 

 Object in View, Situation, and Instructions; 

 Reasons for the Main Features of the 

 Plan ; Management of the Derby Arbo- 

 retum. By the Conductor - - 521 

 The Derby Arboretum, and probable Influ- 

 ence of Mr. Strutt s Example ; with some 

 Remarks on the Advantages that would 

 result from uniting Horticulture with 

 Botany in Public Gardens. By W. - 59 

 Notice of Visits by J. B W. : 



To Eyewood and Presteign - - 377 



To Wentworth House - . - 185 



To Wortley Hall - . - 105 



Notice of a Visit to Milford Nursery - 656 



Notice of the Plants which grow in the open 

 Air in the Borromean Islands (Isola Bella 

 and Isola Madre) in the Lago Maggiore. 

 By Signer Giuseppe Manetti . . 241 



The Garden Iviterature of Italy. By Signore 



Giuseppe Manetti - . - 70 



Observations on the present Appearance and 

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