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in a few years be formed;* such kinds, only, as are 

 most conspicuous and interesting, have been se- 

 lected for the more public situations. The natural 

 arrangements, therefore, have not been strictly ad- 

 hered to. The walk next forms a sweep round the 

 rustic paling of the Menagerie, and thus branches 

 into another, which conducts from the Sculpture 

 Gallery, by the Grass Garden to the Labyrinth, 

 which is now forming, with a Chinese temple in 

 the centre; and, lastly, to the private entrance of 

 the Heathery. The straight walk in front of the 

 Sculpture Gallery, is terminated by a vase, by Kent, 

 and a semicircular stone seat, surmounted by a 

 balustrade. An avenue of Standard Roses orna- 

 ments the margins of this walk; adjacent to the 

 seat is the Hortus Gkamineus, No. 40, which 

 contains 400 species of Graminece, as well as a num- 

 ber of species of the Leguminosce, or Vetch tribe, 

 so nutritious for the feeding of cattle. The different 

 species in this Grass Garden, have each a square 

 space of ground allotted to them, bordered with 

 cast iron edgings ; gravel walks intervene betwixt 



* The most complete Arboretum, containing the best private 

 collection of hardy trees and shrubs that the Author has seen, is, 

 undoubtedly, at Flitwick House, in Bedfordshire, the seat of 

 Thomas Brooks, Esq. a gentleman, who is devotedly attached to 

 horticultural improvements, is an excellent scientific Botanist, 

 and has arranged all his plants in the Arboretum, according to 

 the natural system of Jussieu. Mr. Brooks's garden and grounds 

 are kept up almost in unique neatness, and display a rich col- 

 lection of Botany Bay and Tropical plants, all in a high state of 

 cultivation ; a collection which is daily increasing by the intro- 

 duction of new plants. 



