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accelerated by the aspect of our beautiful parks — a feature peculiar to the scenery 

 of England. As international civilisation and courtesy increased about the begin- 

 ning of the last century, the spirit of travel grew stronger in our islanders ; and 

 though struck at first with the magnificence of the foreign residences, and their 

 statue-peopled gardens, which they beheld in their travels, yet on their return, the 

 beautiful repose of the natural slopes, and luxuriant uncropped foliage of their 

 own finely-timbered parks, received a value from the means of strong comparison, 

 which they had never possessed before ; and this new appreciation of the peculiar 

 beauties of our park scenery, with other collateral causes, led to the establishment 

 of a new style, which has here been appropriately termed landscape gardening, 

 but on the Continent, where the new style soon became known and admired, 

 gardens laid out upon its principle were called, and are still called, in compliment 

 to the country that originated them, English gardens (Jardins Anglais). — I find 

 that I have already occupied so much more space than I intended, that my list of 

 principles and remarks applicable to every-day practice, must form the subject of 

 another paper, in which I will endeavour to show that no style ought to be dis- 

 carded entirely, to make room for a newer fashion, but that the principles of any 

 style, under proper modification, may be advantageously applied to present cir- 

 cumstances, — more particularly both the architectural and landscape style, which 

 to residences of any extent are both necessary, each in its proper place, to that 

 union of art and nature which is required as it were to frame a residence, and 

 soften it into the scenery by which it is surrounded. 



{To be continued.) 



SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF SEEDS TO THIS COUN- 

 TRY, COLLECTED FOR THE MOST PART IN HOT CLIMATES. 



BY DAVID CAMERON, A.L.S. 



Every person who has been in the habit of receiving seeds from tropical 

 climates, and more particularly those collected in the East Indies, must have 

 observed how small a proportion of the more rare and valuable kinds vegetate, 

 in consequence of their being so perforated by insects as to destroy their 

 vegetating properties. 



Various means have been tried to remedy this evil, but hitherto with little 

 success. Some have tried sealing them up in bottles, or soldering them close in 

 tin cases, but this appears nearly to destroy them, as they seldom vegetate. 

 Others have recommended them to be wrapped up in very coarse brown paper, 

 and this method seems to be beneficial in many instances, as it keeps out the 

 insects, and prevents them from breeding among the seeds. Salt and water is 

 also worthy of trial. Wheat that is grown near to the coast is frequently soaked 

 in sea water previous to sowing, a plan which has been found beneficial ; but how 



