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On Forming a New Scientific Garden. 
house 50 feet long, heated by flues, has sometimes as much as 10 degrees 
diflerence of temperature, between the extreme ends. Steam would be 
the most proper mode of heating, as it could be adapted to particular 
purposes, much better than either hot-water or fire-flues. 
The centre, containing about five acres, would do well for domesti¬ 
cated animals, each Quarter of the Globe, having its share allotted to it. 
A curves iron-fence a little above the surface of the water, would be a 
complete barrier, for a partition. 
The space allotted for the Kitchen-Garden, about four acres, would 
be almost more than sufficient for any experimental purposes that might 
be required. 
On each division devoted to the different Quarters of the Globe, on 
either side of the outer walk, could be put masses of the most beautiful 
plants that were natives of their respective Quarters. Little huts, similar 
to those in the present Zoological Garden, should be arranged all along 
on each side of the circular walk; also temples, pagodas, well-regulated 
refreshment rooms, &c. All the beasts, birds, insects, &c. that were 
natives of America, should come into the division designed for America, 
and so on, in every other Quarter;—a similar plan should also be adopted 
with regard to the plants. The right-hand side of the outer walk would 
be sufficient room to contain a complete Natural Arrangement of herba¬ 
ceous plants, and hardy trees and shrubs, there would be abundance of 
room given for each of the larger orders ; thus bringing together, within 
the reach of a walk, not quite two miles in extent, specimens of all the 
productions of the known world; and to heighten the effect, natives from 
the different parts of the Globe should attend in their respective places, 
in order to answer any casual inquiries, the visitors might think fit to put 
to them in their route round the o:arden. 
All the beasts, birds, &c. should have both their English and scien¬ 
tific names attached to them, with as much of their history as could be 
condensed in a small space. By such a plan as this, every person 
who visited the Garden, would see the whole without going over the 
same ground two or three times, as is the case in every large public 
garden, we ever saw, and even then, carrying away but a feeble and 
confused impression both of its contents and arrangements. But here, 
it would be impossible, for any person, however ignorant of the place, 
to mistake the road, and he would, without the assistance of a conduc¬ 
tor, see all that the place contained. 
In recommending a Garden to be made something like this plan, we 
have several other considerations in view, but perhaps it would be well 
to observe here, that strongly as we recommend this jflan for a public 
garden for the metro})olis, we by no means think, that such a one would 
answer for a ])riv'ate residence, or a ])rovincial Horticultural Garden: 
indeed, there is scarcely a comparison bet\\ een them, for u'hat would 
