THE LADY’S MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
25 
The Derby Arboretum ; containing a Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs included in 
it, a description of the Grounds, and directions for their management; a Copy of 
the Address delivered when it was presented to the Town Council of Derby by its 
founder Joseph Strutt, Esq., and an Account of the ceremonies which took place 
when it was opened to the public on September 16th, 1840. By J. C. Loudon, 
F.L.S,, H.S., &c. &c. London, 1840. 
This pamphlet commemorates one of the noblest acts of a private 
individual that we have heard of for the comfort and enjoyment of the 
working classes. There have been many munificent gifts from private 
persons for the benefit of the destitute, sick, and infirm, and others for the 
education of the children of the poor, but this we believe is at present 
almost a solitary instance of a wealthy man wishing to provide for the 
permanent enjoyments of his poorer brethren. The working classes of the 
town of Derby are, in this Arboretum, admitted to the enjoyment of the 
same rights and privileges as the rich, and they and their descendants will 
have reason to bless the name of Mr. Joseph Strutt. 
The first part of the pamphlet before us consists of a catalogue of the 
trees and shrubs botanically arranged, and with some popular and enter¬ 
taining particulars of each, every plant having a brick tally, with a printed 
card let in, being the botanic and English names of the plant, and covered 
with glass. The second part of the pamphlet consists of a description of 
the plan and proposed management of the garden, and from this we shall 
make some extracts :— u The situation of the ground is in the outskirts of 
Fig. 8. 
PAVILION. 
the town; the extent about eleven acres; the form long, narrow, and 
irregular, surrounded by houses; the surface is flat, and apparently 
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