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Merely keeping his hands in his pockets, or boasting over a pot 

 of ale, will not produce them. I have never yet seen an in- 

 dolent man that could grow them. With a slight well-worked 

 bed ; the linings kind and well attended to ; the soil sweet and 

 well prepared, used in as rough a state as possible, and a good 

 body of it for the roots to run in ; watered with good soft 

 water, a little warmed ; occasionally giving a soaking of manure- 

 water ; giving the plants air freely every day ; keeping the 

 lights and frames clean ; and keeping the degree of heat inside 

 the frame or pit from ^b'^ to 72° in the first part of their 

 growth, and for swelling the fruit kindly from 72° to 80°; you 

 may succeed in getting a good crop of healthy fruit, and very 

 rarely be ti'oubled with any kind of disease or vermin, and 

 never know what it is to have a burned, fusty, unkind bed, which 

 is the parent of disease and vermin. 

 Bicton Gardens, January 16. 1843. 



Art. II. Ground Plan and Perspective Elevation of a Portion of 

 improved Landscape Scenery, intended to point out the Errors which 

 are frequently committed by Persons who have little Knowledge of 

 Landscape Composition. By Samuel Gray, Esq., Landscape- 

 Gardener and Garden Architect. 



Fig. 126. is a ground plan of a scene which has been im- 

 proved, and the following are its details : — 



a, A large tree, which, being a prominent feature in the 

 grounds, the principal walk is made to approach it. 



b, A boundary fence, with trees planted at regular parallel 

 'distances. 



c, An iron fence to divide the paddock from the garden. 



d, A piece of Avater. 



€ e e e. Pedestals with vases. 



f, A fountain. 



g, A summer-house upon the high ground. 

 h, A sundial in the centre of the lawn. 



i, A pigeon-house opposite the end of a walk. 



k, A garden-seat, placed near an open space between the 

 shrubs, for the convenience of viewing the prospect ; where the 

 children of the family frequently feed their favourite cow or 

 ass, which consequently keeps upon the spot when any one is 

 near the seat. 



/, A rustic basket in the centre of a flower-bed. 



m m, A seat at each end of the lawn. 



n, A macaw and stand. 



o, Cow-house, &c. 



p p p p p, Various flower-borders. 



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