60 Design for Subscription Gardens. 
Some of the subscribers would like to have a green-house or vinery, 
attached to their Gardens; this could readily be done, as will be seen by 
reference to the plan ; of course the expense would be considerably aug- 
mented. 
We have been informed by persons who have had about a quarter of 
an acre of Garden detached from their dwellings, that the yearly expense 
has been more than double the sum here stated. One labourer would 
manage four of the Gardens well, and there would be no difficulty for as 
many of the subscribers to join and have a man, to whom, if they did not 
wish to take the trouble of giving the necessary orders, the head gardener 
would properly direct him for them. 
The peculiar advantages of this plan are veiy obvious. A person 
living in the centre of a town, could as well have his table supplied with 
excellent fresh vegetables, with the pleasure of knowing they were the 
produce of his own Garden, and perfectly secure from nightly robberies, 
and in addition, have the abilities of a first-rate gardener, to manage 
it, besides having the pleasure of walking in the ornamental department, 
with his family, whenever his leisure or inclination suited. 
Near large manufacturing towns, we should like to see a considerable 
number of acres divided into small Gardens, for the industrious labour- 
ing mechanics. — For want of some attraction like this, they are often 
forced to the alehouse to spend their money, whereas, if the same time 
was occupied in the cultivation of their Gardens, it would be at once a 
source of healthy and profitable amusement, and also tend, in a great 
measure, to prevent those dissipations which are too frequent in manu- 
facturing districts. J. p. 
Chatsivorth, July I2t/i, 1831. 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. (9) 
1 Little Gardens, about a quarter of an acre each. 
2 Gardens, with Greenhouses or Vineries attached. 
3 Conservatory, open for all the Subscribers. 
4 Tulip Garden. — All the Subscribers who wished to have little beds of Tulips, 
might be accouimodated with ground for the purpose, the size and arrange- 
ment of the beds, to depend on the number of persons desirous of such accom- 
modation. The beds might be filled witli late-flowering annuals, after the 
Tulips were taken up. 
5 Ranunculus Garden — The same observations will apply to this. 
G Carnations. 
7 Pinks. — This, as well us the Carnation Garden, should be divided according 
to the number of Subscribers who wished to have beds of these flowers. 
8 Belt of planting, to prevent the little Gardens being seen from the Ornamental 
part ; — a complete Botanical Collection might be arranged round it. 
9 Masses of tlie most showy and beautiful plants. 
10 Gardener's house. 
11 House for the use of the Committee, Stores, &c. •- 
12 Walk to the little Gardens, for conveying dung, &c., ond otherwise communi- 
cating, without going in at the principal entrance. 
13 Private doors for the Subscribers to goto and from their Gardens, for Vegeta- 
bles, Fruit, &c. It would be necessary for each Subscriber to have a key, and 
be allowed to enter from any stated hour in tlie morning until a certain hour 
in the evening, when they should be locked by tlie Gardener'with a master-key. 
14 Principal Entrance. 15 Green-Houses. 
