PROSPECTUS. 



The object of the Book of the Garden is to exhibit, in a clear and orderly 

 treatise, all that is known at the present day on the subject of Gardening ; 

 as well as to make public the results of the Author's long and extensive 

 experience, and the original views which that experience has developed. 



Never before were plans for Conservatories, Hothouses, and all kinds of 

 horticultural buildings, in such demand as now. This is doubtless owing in 

 part to the abolition of the duty on glass and bricks, and to the reduction in 

 the cost of timber and other materials ; but principally to the increasing 

 taste for floral beauty, and the extended appreciation of the healthful plea- 

 sures derivable from elegant and well-ordered gardens. It is believed that the 

 Book of the Garden will be found to be the first Work which treats this 

 interesting subject in a manner adequate to its importance. 



The Work will consist of Two Divisions, — the first Architectural and 

 Ornamental, in which Gardening will be treated as an Art of Design and 

 Taste; the second, Practical, which will be devoted to the Theory and 

 Practice of Gardening in relation to Culture and Management. 



The FIRST DIVISION will include the following subjects :— 



Instructions for the Formation and Arrangement of Gardens of 

 every variety of extent, form, style, and circumstance of situation ; in which 

 various examples will be furnished of Gardens existing or in progress of for- 

 mation — including those of Frogmore, Dalkeith Palace, Poltalloch, &c. : — 



Plans and Designs for the Erection of Conservatories, Greenhouses, 

 Hothouses, Vineries, Fruit-houses, Pineries, Forcing-pits, Garden 

 Walls, Gardeners' Residences, and other descriptions of Garden Build- 

 ings, on every scale from the most extensive to the most humble ; with 

 Details of Construction according to the most approved methods, embracing 

 all modern improvements and scientific applications ; and Specifications and 

 Estimates of Cost : — 



The principles of Heating and Ventilation, as applied to Horticultural 

 Structures, carefully described and illustrated, from the Author's own exten- 

 sive experience, as well as by reference to the various other methods in use : — 



The laying out of Flower Gardens, Geometrical, Picturesque, and 

 Gardenesque, with their subdivisions ; the objects of Art and Nature appro- 

 priate to each, such as Fountains, Statuary, Temples, Terraces, 



