666 Summary View of the Progress of Gardening, 



in the centre, similar to those introduced by Mr. Loudon in the 

 arboretum, had been prepared with about two thirds of fine 

 marl, and one third of the rich alluvial meadow soil. The town 

 council and several hundreds of the inhabitants were present 

 to witness the ceremony, and to testify their undiminished 

 respect for their benevolent townsman." An address delivered 

 on the occasion by Mr. St rut t, and various other particulars, will 

 be found in the Derby Reporter for November 17. 



Of the notices which have been sent us of the state of the 

 different botanic gardens, that of Belfast seems in the most 

 thriving state ; the number of visitors for the past year ex- 

 ceeding 70,000. An arrangement of herbaceous plants ac- 

 cording to the Natural System was completed last spring, of 

 which we expect soon to give a plan and description. The 

 Caledonian Horticultural Society has completed its hall of ex- 

 hibition, and the range of hothouses in the Glasgow Botanic 

 Garden is also made complete. The majority, however, of pro- 

 vincial, botanical, horticultural, and zoological societies are, we 

 regret to say, suffering from want of funds ; which, we fear, will 

 always be the case while these are private speculations. We 

 would make them the properties of the towns, and support 

 them by rates on the inhabitants generally, as other public 

 municipal institutions are supported. 



Cemeteries, we are glad to find, are increasing throughout the 

 country ; and, though many of these are not laid out in the 

 manner which we think they ought to be, yet, as they multiply, 

 they will excite the attention and criticism of thinking persons, 

 which will in the end lead to the adoption of a better taste. 



Commercial Gardens. — During our tour last summer we had 

 an opportunity of inspecting the nurseries at Bristol, Taunton, 

 Exeter, and Plymouth, most of which exceeded our expectation 

 in point of extent and cultivation, and five of them had con- 

 siderable collections of specimen trees and shrubs planted along 

 the main walk or walks ; and since our return we have been 

 ccpially surprised and gratified at the number of new things in 

 the Sawbridgeworth Nursery, and the extensive collections 

 indicated in the nursery catalogues of Mr. Gregory of Ciren- 

 cester, Mr. May of Leeming Lane, and various others. Market- 

 gardens, we observed, were beginning to be formed adjoining 

 the railways in different parts of the country, which will insure 

 a supply of vegetables to the metropolis at less prices than they 

 have been sold for during the past year. 



Window and Drawingroom Gardening we only introduce for 

 the sake of recommending attention to Mr. Ward's cases (see 

 p. 376.), and to the large crystal bell-glasses that are now being 

 manufactured for covering collections of miniature plants in 

 drawina'rooms. 



