1(>S Manchester Botanic Garden. 
Our collcftidii of imnuak lias been extensive; most of them were 
sown or planted in niasnes, ^vlli(■h should have been sufficient to con- 
vince Mr. lioudon, tliat we prefer, and had adopted, this method of 
arranoemeut, ])reviou!? to liis visit to the garden, 
1 remain, Gentlemen, 
Your humble servant, 
Manchester, Jjaqust Sth, Ib'Jl. Wm. Mowbray. 
REFERENCES TO THE PLAN. 
1 — Entrance Gates, Ludges, &e. 
The buildin<>' on tlie right, has a room for the Coininittee, and apart 
meats for the Porter, &e. 
The building on the left, is tlie residence of the Curator. 
2 — A Mound, iietir KJ feet, planted mostly with evergreens. 
3— Gravel Walks, 10 feet in width. 
4 — Ditto ditto 15 feet in width. 
5 — Line for Mouses, tlie range to be 320 feet. 
Division «, is completed. Stove, Greenliouse, and Corridor. 
(/, is building, 
/', is left for a spacious centre bouse, 
fi — Yards for Manure, Compost, Pots, &c. 
7 — Cart-Road into ditto. A little sunk to the road level. 
8 — Walled Garden, of two acres, for Fruit-Trees, choice Vegetables, Pits for 
Horticultural purposes, &c. with Fined Wall to the South, and Bor- 
der for Peaches, &c. 
9 — Private Garden, for experimental purposes. 
10 — Quarters of Herbaceous Plants, arranged according to the Linnean clas- 
sification. 
II — The Materia Medica. 
12 — Rosary, 
13 — Belts and Clumps for shelter : — plants mixed, &c. 
14 — Pinus, in collection, sandy soil. The small plants are Scotch, Spruce 
and Larch. 
lo — The Arboretum. Plants mostly according to the Natural Orders. 
16 — Peat Borders, with American Plants. 
17— Beds of Willows. 
18 — Grass; with the soil prepared for any choice Arboretum Plants. 
19 — For Greenhouse and Alpine Plants in summer, 
20— Rock- Work. 
21 — The Aquarium ; with Brook emptying itself into a Bog, 
22— The Bog-. 
23— Rustic Bridge. 
24 — Wall for Creepers, &e. and Border for Annuals. 
25 — Clumps for the Tender and Dwarf Shrubs. 
26 — Ditto for the stronger-growing Shrubs, 
27 — Agricultural Grasses. 
38 — Ferns ; growing among old decayed roots, kc. 
The Walks in the Fruit Garden are 8 feet wide. 
Ditto, in the Herbaceous Ground, b feet. 
