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panics, &c., and we can see no reason why there should not be Garden 
Companies. 
A good way to establish such a Garden, we conceive would be, to 
have it consist of as many shares as there would be divisions in it; 
and should any subscriber wish to dispose of his allotment, he could rea¬ 
dily do so, either by private contractor public auction. The whole Garden 
should be enclosed with a wall, on which choice fruits might be grown. 
The cross divisions would be better planted with dwarf apples, or some 
other kind of fruit trees; they would form an excellent hedge, and also 
produce a considerable quantity of fruit. In the centre of these Gardens 
should be formed, a Botanic or Flower Garden; for if about four acres, in 
addition to the little Gardens, was devoted to the purpose of holding the 
most beautiful plants, it would greatly induce persons to become subscri¬ 
bers, for the purpose of having the pleasure to walk in this garden after 
the toils and anxieties of the day. 
Subscribers to this Botanic Garden mi^ht be admitted who did not 
wish to have a share in the little Gardens; this would greatly assist the 
funds for keeping it in proper order. Schools might also be allowed 
to walk in this department until a certain hour in the day, by paying a 
small yearly contribution. 
The expense of keeping in order a little Garden so situated, would be 
according to the inclination of the individual possessing it, for such must 
have the entire conti;jpul of his own compartment; but for the assist¬ 
ance of all who wished for information, it would be necessary to have a 
first-rate gardener to give all the instruction required, as well as to have 
the entire management of the ornamental part, and be responsible for the 
labourers employed by the different subscribers properly attending to their 
duty; this would be vejy satisfactory to a proprietor, knowing, that 
although prevented from attending himself, his Garden would be as well 
managed as the best private Garden in the kingdom. 
The annual expense of keeping the fourth of an acre in good order, 
and cropping it well, would be nearly as follows, providing the labour 
was all hired; but most tradesmen have what is called an odd man 
about their premises, who would, under the superintendance of a practi¬ 
cal gardener, be able to do the greater portion of the work, but who, in 
a Garden now, would be of no use whatever, and others would wish to 
attend in part to it themselves, and some of course would hire all:—if the 
latter was the case, the labour at 14s. per week would be, 
Labour,. 
Rent for j of an acre, Poor-rates, Land } 
Tax, &c. y 
For keeping up the ornamental part, tools, ? 
seeds, and incidental expenses.^ 
Making a total of. 
£. s. (L 
9 2 0 
2 0 0 
5 0 0 
16 2 0 
In this calculation, the highest rate of expenditure is stated. 
