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McuichcsUv Botanic Garden. 
. Our collection of annuals has been extensive; most of them were 
sown or planted in masses, which should have been sufficient to con¬ 
vince Mr. I^oudon, that we })refer, and had adopted, this method of 
arrangement, ])revious to his visit to the garden, 
1 remain, Gentlemen, 
Your humble servant, 
Manchester, Aagust'Hth, 1831. Mowbrav. 
REFERKNCES TO THE PLAN. 
1— Entrance Gates, Lodges, &.c. 
The building- on the right, has a room for the Committee, and apart 
merits for the Porter, &c. 
The building on the left, is the residence of the Curator. 
2— A Mound, near 10 feet, planted mostly with evergreens. 
3— Gravel Walks, 10 feet in width. 
4— Ditto ditto 15 feet in width. 
5— Line for Houses, the range to be 320 feet. 
Division t/, is completed. Stove, Greenhouse, and Corridor. 
b, is building, 
r, is left for a spacious centre house. 
0—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. 
11— 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. 
15— 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-W or k. 
21— The Aquarium ; with Brook emptying itself into a Bog, 
22— The Bog. 
23— Rustic Bridge. 
24— Wall for Creepers, &c. 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. See. 
The Walks in the Fruit Garden are 8 feet wide. 
Ditto, in the Herbaceous Ground, 0 feet. 
