62C Summary Vie'w of the Progress of (jardening, 



of a number of plants of the same species. The cultivation of 

 the art of sketching hmdscape gave a rehsh for natural scenery, 

 and led to the substitution of the modern style of gardening for 

 the ancient; and the prevailing taste for botanical studies is 

 pavino- the way for a further improvement in the modern style, 

 by the introduction of a greater number of species and varieties 

 into our parks and plantations. 



We would strongly recommend, therefore, all those who 

 procure plans for laying out grounds, to require the artist to 

 specify the name of every tree and shrub which he wishes to be 

 planted in them, and to mark the places of each on the plan. 

 Copies of the lists of plants can then be sent to different 

 nurserymen, requiring them to affix the price to each species, 

 mentioning, at the same time, the size of the plants; and, when 

 this is done, it will be found that a tolerably complete collection 

 of trees and shrubs may be planted for nearly the same price as 

 the ordinary mixture of common sorts. As a proof of this, we 

 refer to our list of the trees and shrubs in the Derby Arboretum, 

 with the London prices affixed, p. 73. 



It is highly satisfactory to us to find that a taste for planting 

 collections of trees and shrubs is gradually spreading through- 

 out the country. One of the most complete arboretums in 

 England, and one in which ample space, we are informed, has 

 been given for the growth of every plant, has just been com- 

 pleted for Lord Rolle at Bicton, by his most intelligent and 

 enthusiastic gardener, Mr. Glendinning. One, as we have seen 

 (p. 588.), has been commenced at Bayfordbury, where there is 

 already a very complete Pinetum ; and some others are pro- 

 jected, of which we expect to be able to give accounts in the 

 course of our next volume. If we could only convince pro- 

 prietors of country seats how much more permanent the beauties 

 produced by trees and shrubs are to those of herbaceous plants, 

 we are persuaded that there would not be a proprietor through- 

 out the country who would not be anxious to increase the 

 number of species in his park and plantations. We would 

 remind them of what Du Hamel has said on the subject of the 

 superior beauty of trees and shrubs, as quoted in ouv Arboretum, 

 and we would also refer them to our own comparative view of 

 ligneous and herbaceous plants given in p. 533. Gardeners 

 who have a taste and knowledge of trees and shrubs themselves 

 mioht often communicate this taste to their employers, if, like 

 Mr. Glendinning, they added to a thorough knowledge of their 

 profession a certain degree of enthusiasm for it. We have been 

 informed by a respectable nurseryman, that Mr. Glendinning 

 has done more for spreading an improved taste for gardening 

 in Devonshire, by his operations at Bicton, than any individual 

 that has appeared in the county for the last twenty years. It 



