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CONTENTS. 



Page 



II. Commercial Gardens . . - _ 1052 



III. Public Gardens .... 1057 



Chap. III. ' 

 Topographical Survey of the British Isles 



in respect to Gardening - - 1060 



I. Gardens and Country- Residences of Eng- 



land 1061 



II. Wales . - - - 1084 



III. Scotland ... . 1086 

 IV Ireland 1093 



Chap. IV. 



I. Of the Literature of Gardening - -1097 

 1. British Works on Gardening - - 1099 



II, Of the Literature of Gardening in Foreign 



Countries ... 1115 



1. Works on Gardening published in France, 



exclusive of Translations - - ib. 



2. Works on Gardening published in Ger. 



many, including Denmark and Swit- 

 zerland, exclusive of Translations - 1122 



3. Works on Gardening published in Italy, 



exclusive of Translations - - 1128 



4. Works on Gardening originated and 



published in Holland, exclusive of 

 Translations ... 1129 



5. Works on Gardening, published in Sweden, 



Norway, and Iceland, exclusive of 

 Translations ... ib. 



6. Works on Gardening, published in Po- 



land and Russia - - 1131 



7. Works on Gardening, published in Por- 



tugal and Spain - ' ib. 



8. Works on Gardening, published in North 



America - . . ib. 



Of the Professional Police, and Public Laws 

 relative to Gardeners and Gardening - 1131 



BOOK II. 



OF THE FUTURE PROGRESS ^ GARDENING 

 IN BRITAIN. 



Chap. I. Page 

 Of the Improvement of the Taste of the 

 Patrons of Gardening - . - 1133 



Chap. II. 



Of the Education of Gardeners - -1135 



I. On the degree of Knowledge which may be 



attained by Practical Men, and on the ge- 

 neral Powers of the human Mind, as to 

 Attainments - ib. 



II. Of the Professional Education of Gar- 



deners - - - 1136 



III. Of the Intellectual Education which a 



Gardener may give himself, independ- 

 ently of acquiring his Profession - 1138 



IV. Moral, Religious, and Physical Education 



of Gardeners - - - 1141 



V. Of Economical Education, or the general 



Conduct and Economy of a Gardener's 

 Life - - - 1143 



KALENDARIAL INDEX - - 1147 



GENERAL INDEX . - 1165 



