Arhoricidtuval Notices. 3^5 



Esclave de I'art, qui I'enchaine, 



Dans sa prison superbe, il serpente avec peine ; 



Libre autrefois dans ses longues erreurs, 



II embrassoit, il arosoit, la plaine, 



Et donnoit en fuyant la vie a mille fleurs."* 



7. But this comparison of beautiful nature did as little to set 

 aside the stiff style of gardening as either Bacon or Milton in his 

 inimitable description of Paradise, the beautiful descriptions of 

 the gardens of Armida, or the directions laid down by Ad- 

 dison and Pope. It was reserved for Kent alone to venture on 

 the first celebrated transition of laying out gardens according to 

 the laws of nature ; and he was soon followed by the most dis- 

 tinguished writers on the subject, such as Home, Mason, 

 Whately, Chambers, Watelet, Gilpin, Burke, Hirschfeld, 

 De Lille, Repton, &c., who also so much supported this new 

 and natural style of gardening by their numerous writings, that 

 it became, at least in Europe, the most prevailing style in use. 

 In order to prove the difficulty of setting aside the ancient style 

 of gardening, and replacing it by the natural, true, and beau- 

 tiful style, I refer my readers to the first volume of the Art of 

 Gardenings by Hirschfeld, in quarto, in which this subject is 

 faithfully, historically, and very ably treated. 



( To he continued. ) 



Art. VIII. Arboricultural Notices. 

 ConifercB. 

 The pendulous Larch'm the garden at Henham, in Suffolk, was purchased of a 

 nurseryman about the year 1800, being then one or two years old. At the 

 height of eight feet it spreads horizontally, without the aid of artificial means. 

 About thirty years since supports became necessary. The main branches, 

 extending north and south, form a covered way more than 80 ft. in length, and 

 16 ft. in width ; a third branch extends westerly about 8 ft. ; a gravel walk being 

 under the tree ; on the eastern side it forms a perfect curtain to the ground, 

 and the same on the western side. It is in great beauty from the 1st of May 

 till the middle of September.— T. JB. May 1. 1840. 



Immense Forests of Larch cover the Aldan Mountains, and attain on them 

 an absolute elevation, which shows how little their growth is affected by the 

 winter's cold. Noble trees stand at a height of 3500 feet above the sea, an 

 elevation at which it would be vain to think of rearing them in the much 

 milder climate of the British Islands. In the same situation, snow fell heavily 

 on the 13th of May. (Adolphe Ermami's Travels round the Earth ; as quoted in 

 AthencBum, Jan. 2Q. 1839.) 



A Larch at Haining in Selkirkshire, in February, 1837, measured lli ft. 

 in circumference at 1 ft. from the ground. It was planted about 1735, and, 

 consequently, was nearly a century old. — R. Pringle. August, 1838. 



*[This brook which before reflected the heavens, and embellished the earth 

 with flowers, become imprisoned in a basin of marble or porphyry, is no longer 

 either pure or clear : the slave of the art which enchains it in its superb 

 prison, it scarcely moves ; while formerly it meandered through extensive 

 plains, watering them, and giving birth in its course to thousands of flowers.] 



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