432 Loudon* s Suburban Gardener, 



[We have acknowledged (p. 195.) the 

 receipt of some fruit of the papaw from 

 Mr. Elliott. 



Fig. 85. is a view of one of these, of 

 half the natural size; Jig. 86. is a longi- 

 tudinal section ; Jig. 87. is a transverse 

 section ; all to the same scale : and^^. 88- 

 is a view of the leaves and mode of growth 

 of the plant, to a much smaller scale. — Cond.'] 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion : eomprisitig 

 the Choice of a Suburban or Villa Residence, or of a Situation on 

 •which tojorm one ; the Arrangement and Furnishing of the House; 

 and the Laying out. Planting, and general Management of the 

 Garden and Grounds ; the ivhole adapted Jor Grounds Jrom One 

 Perch to a Hundred Acres and upwards in extent ; and intended 

 Jor the histruction of those who know little of Gardening and Rural 

 Affairs, and more particularly Jor the Use oj Ladies .• illustrated 

 by numerous Engravings, By J. C. Loudon, F.L»S. H.S. &c. 8vo, 

 pp. 752, many Plates. London, 1838. 20^. 



This work ought more properly to have been termed the 

 Suburban Architect and Landscajpe-Gardener ; but, when we 

 commenced it in monthly numbers, about a year and a half ago, 

 we intended to. include in it not only all that related to the 

 laying out and general management of suburban gardens, but to 

 treat of their culture; including in the work, at the same time, 

 all the information essential for an amateur to know, of what 

 relates to the building and furnishing of suburban houses. In 

 this case, the title of Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion 

 would have been more suitable than it is at present; but, in 

 order that our readers may form a correct idea of what the 

 volume tiow published as the Suburban Gardener contains, we 

 have given at the end of this Number, an abridged copy of the 

 table of contents, and a list of the engravings. 



That part of the work which treats of the culture of gardens, 

 we intend to give as a separate volume, under the title of the 

 Suburban Horticulturist^ and it will appear early in 1839. 



In the Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion, we followed 

 the practice which we adopted in the Encyclopcedia of Cottage, 

 Farm, and Villa Architecture ; viz. that of giving examples, and 

 then pointing out the particular principles which they illustrate. 

 In this manner, we have brought before the reader, in detached 

 portions, and, as it were, incidentally, all the important points 

 which occur in the discussion both of rural architecture, and of 



