THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



FEBRUARY, 1842. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Recollections of a Gardening Tour in the North of England 

 and Part of Scotland, made from June 22. to September 30. 1841. 

 By the Conductor. 



That part of our tour which embraces our route from London 

 to Crosslee Cottage having been given in the Gardener's Gazette 

 from the 31st of July to the 30th of October, and our intention 

 being to make on Crosslee Cottage a separate article, we shall at 

 once pass on to Glasgow, where we arrived on the 26th of July. 

 Previously, however, we must make one remark on 



The Buildings at the Railway Stations. — We have before 

 {Gardener's Magazine for 1839, p. 436.) signified our admi- 

 ration of the expression of purpose in the bridges and other 

 buildings connected with the railways, and of the freedom from 

 prejudice evinced by the engineers in deviating from established 

 forms, when it became necessary for the purposes of strength or 

 economy. What we now wish to remark is, that we think this 

 expression of purpose, as it may be called, should have been 

 more obvious on the station houses. For example, instead of 

 having the name of the station painted, sometimes on one part 

 of the structure, and sometimes on another, we would have it 

 sculptured on a conspicuous part of the front, especially designed, 

 and peculiarly characterised, for that purpose ; and we would 

 have the name itself in sunk or in raised letters, coloured, if it 

 should be thought necessary, but, at all events, formed either by 

 sinking or in relief. 



At most of the railroad stations there are large boards, on 

 which are painted regulations, or other information relative to 

 matters connected with the railroad ; and as these regulations 

 may be supposed to be occasionally altered, we would still con- 

 tinue to have them painted on boards ; but we would form panels 

 on raised surfaces in which these boards should be fixed, in the 

 same way as a picture is a frame. The panels should be made 

 sufficiently large to admit of a larger board than might be 



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