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REVIEW OF "THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
The first part of this neatly executed and very desirable little work appeared 
on the first of June, and we confess ourselves highly pleased with it ; so will, 
unquestionably, every one who has read it with attention, and who is equally 
interested in the delightful occupations to which its contents are intended to lead to 
an acquaintance with, viz., those of " The flower- garden.'" In the first part now 
before us, the following subjects are treated of, each of which, we must say, contains 
a deal of useful matter; but, to enable the reader to appreciate the merit of the whole? 
we shall give an extract of one of the heads, viz., that which treats the subject of 
Laying-out Flower-Gardens. The whole will be complete in twelve parts, at one 
shilling each. This little work we cordially recommend to our readers, because we 
feel convinced it will be not only very useful, but highly interesting, to all lovers of 
plants, and particularly to those engaged in their cultivation. 
1. A pretty coloured group of hardy Annuals, and another of Green- 
house Perennials. 
2. The Flower-garden. 
3. On Laying out Flower-gardens. 
4. The Italian Style of Gardening. 
5. The French Style of Gardening. 
6. The Dutch Style of Gardening. 
7. The English Style of Gardening. 
8. Rock-work and Root-work. 
D. Flowering plants suitable for ornamental Rock-work, arranged 
into Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials. 
10. Water Basins. 
11. Select Aquatic Plants. 
12. Planting. 
13. Growth of Plants, Absorption, Food, Soils, &c. &c. 
ON LAYING OUT FLOWER-GARDENS. 
A Flower-garden is chiefly cultivated to gratify the individual taste of the 
possessor, to display the same to others, or to fulfil both these designs, which do 
not always coincide. When the object is confined to the gratification of individual 
taste, it matters little in what manner the Flower-garden is laid out, inasmuch as a 
great part of the pleasure derived from it must consist in the exercise of the mind 
in planning, and occasionally altering the disposition of the beds or borders, ^ut 
most people, while they wish to gratify their own tastes, also like to please others, 
or at least to have their approval ; and of course some skill and study are requisite 
in order to succeed in this respect. Much of the effect of a Flower-garden depends 
upon the peculiar forms and disposition of the beds, as well as on the arrangement 
of the plants with regard to height and colour ; and these again must be partly 
regulated by the space of ground? and the class of plants made choice of, as well as 
