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BRITISH ISLANDS. 



of all the trees and shrubs, to the scale of a quarter of an inch to 

 a foot. As the object of Messrs. Loddiges was to include in one 

 place, not only specimens of each particular tree and shrub, but 

 also stools for propagating them, and a stock of young plants for 

 sale, all placed beside the specimen plant, it became necessary 

 to cut down the specimens as soon as they had attained a certain 

 size; and this was accordingly done with many of the timber trees 

 in 1832 and 1833. To us this has been an incalculable loss, 

 because it has prevented us from examining many of the trees in 

 flower ; but the stools or young plants still remain, and the col- 

 lection is increasing every year. So spirited an undertaking 

 cannot be sufficiently appreciated ; and it is only to be regretted 

 that the want of a separate piece of ground for containing the 

 stools and the plants for sale, rendered necessary the felling of a 

 collection of specimens such as could be found assembled toge- 

 ther nowhere else in the world. Some account of this arboretum, 

 accompanied by a plan, will be found in the Encyclopcsdia of 

 Gardening, edit, of 1835, p. 1217. Such a magnificent example 

 could not be expected to be generally followed by commercial 

 men, but it has rendered more frequent the practice among nur- 

 serymen of planting out specimens of choice trees and shrubs ; 

 and some have subsequently even formed regular arboretums. 

 Among these the first in the order of time, as well as in com- 

 pleteness, is that of Mr. Donald of the Goldworth Nursery, near 

 Woking, in Surrey, which was commenced in 1831, and of 

 which an account, with a plan, will be found in the Gard. Mag., 

 vol. vii. p. 360. This arboretum, which we viewed in May, 

 ISS-i, already contains a number of very fine specimens. Mr. 

 Buchanan, jun., of Camberwell, has spared no pains in collecting 

 trees and shrubs; and had got together, in 1834, though in a 

 limited space, a collection which may rank next to that of Mr. 

 Donald. Mr. Miller of the Bristol Nursery has also planted an 

 arboretum; and a nursery has been formed by Messrs. Young and 

 Penny, at Milford, connected with the arboretum of Philip Barker 

 Webb, Esq., which Messrs. Young and Penny are greatly in- 

 creasing every year, by the addition of new species. This 

 arboretum contains a great number of oaks, acers, and pines. 

 Mr. Rogers of Southampton began an arboretum in 1833 ; and 

 Mr. Page of the same place is also forming one. More or less 

 has been done in this way, in the nurseries of Messrs. Lee of 

 Hammersmith, Messrs. Osborne of Fulham ; Mr. Knight of the 

 Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea ; Messrs. Young of Ep- 

 som, Mr. Newman of Chichester, Mr. Cunningham and Mr. 

 Skirving of Liverpool, Messrs. Dickson of Chester, Messrs. 

 Pope of Birmingham, Messrs. Backhouse of York, and a 

 number of others, In Scotland, Mr. Lawson of Edinburgh is 

 most assiduous in collecting trees and shrubs, both at home and 



