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out, we were informed, by the late Mr. David Smith, who was 

 the late Lord Morley's gardener for thirty-five years, and was 

 considered one of the best gardeners of his time. He died-a 

 few months ago; and we should be glad if his widow, or some of 

 his friends, would enable us to pay a better tribute to his me- 

 mory. 



Sept. 11. to 13. — Plymouth. Through the unwearied attention 

 and kindness of Mr. Pontey, we were enabled while here to see 

 a great deal in a short time ; but we shall only notice nurseries 

 and gentlemen's seats. 



Athenceum Cottage ; Mrs. Foulstone. This place, which does 

 not occupy much above an acre, was created by the late John 

 Foulstone, Esq., architect, who has displayed in it very great 

 skill and taste in landscape-gardening, no less than in his own 

 art. The ground is a narrow strip by the road-side, extending 

 from the bottom to the top of a hill. Across the bottom runs 

 the stream of water which supplies Plymouth. The house is 

 placed half-way up the hill; the kitchen-garden occupies the 

 upper part of the strip, and the pleasure-ground the lower ; the 

 view from the drawingroom terminating in a cascade formed by 

 the stream. The skill of the artist is chiefly displayed in ma- 

 naging the side scenes, so as to vary the boundary of the narrow 

 glade of turf which leads the eye down the slope to the cascade. 

 This is done with so much taste and judgement, that, if we can, 

 we shall on some future occasion illustrate it by a ground plan. 

 Unfortunately, Mrs. Foulstone was not at home. 



Mr. Pontey's Nurseries. The larger nursery which is two 

 miles from Plymouth, at Vinstone, is of considerable extent. It 

 contains an arboretum arranged according to the Natural System, 

 in examining which, and in correcting the names, we spent half 

 a day. We were agreeably surprised to find so extensive a 

 collection of trees and shrubs, and we strongly recommended 

 Mr. Pontey to increase it by procuring additional species from 

 the Fulham Nursery, where the plants are all correctly named, 

 or by getting cuttings from the Horticultural Society's garden. 

 We also recommended him, as we would every other nurseryman 

 and private gentleman who is an F. H. S., or has a friend who is 

 one, whenever there is the slightest doubt about the name of a 

 tree or shrub, to send a specimen of it in a letter to Mr. Gordon, 

 the superintendent of the tree and shrub department in the 

 Horticultural Society's garden. The first step towards the 

 knowledge of things is to know their names, and nothing would 

 contribute more to spread a taste for trees and shrubs among 

 country gentlemen, than to have correct names put to the more 

 choice kinds which they already possess. The mere naming of 

 any plant creates an interest in it in the spectator, which leads 

 him to enquire about it, to notice the plant when he meets with it 



