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as a part of the history of the garden and of hor- 

 ticulture in the locality. Under the present system 

 much curious matter is continually lost. An aged and 

 experienced curator dies every now and then, and the 

 whole store of knowledge, of which his memory was 

 the only record, passes away. 



Note. — Scarce fledglings, as we are, in horticultural 

 attainment, compared with the people of England, 

 Scotland, and Western Europe, where so much wealth 

 and patronage abounds, we are modestly, and accord- 

 ing to our opportunities, diligently following, but at a 

 far distance, in the track which may lead us in time 

 to matured excellence in this delightful science, and 

 art. When, through individual exertion, and the 

 combined efforts of our numerous horticultural soci- 

 eties, we shall have accomplished the principal objects 

 at which they aim, as we shall to a good degree, 

 we may profit by the sound remarks of our instruc- 

 tor. They are conceived in truth, and decidedly good 

 taste. — Ed. 



(2.) Zoological Gardens. — These places of public 

 resort, though but recently established, have already 

 received much attention, and have contributed largely 

 to popular amusement and instruction. Formerly., col- 

 lections of wild beasts were immured in the Tower of 

 London, in Exeter Change, and in other confined 

 localities, or at most were carried about in traveling 

 caravans. The arrangements of the menageries in the 

 Jardin des Plantes at Paris probably first suggested 

 the union of collections of living animals with gardens. 

 This plan, at least, was adopted by the Zoological So- 

 ciety of London, and it has been subsequently followed 



