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ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE CARNATION. 
bad figure. No; its very fences, paths, or walks—its tout ensemble — 
tells the' visiter at once where he is: and as to the disposition of the 
plants, this depends entirely on the 'predominating principle of pro¬ 
priety and fitness, as well for the sake of the plants themselves as for 
their associated appearance to the eye of a spectator. 
In the disposition of trees, &c., it has been advised to borrow the 
conceptions of the most eminent landscape painters, in order that the 
combinations in the garden may accord with the ideas of the painter, 
as to what are the most pleasing associations of visible objects to the 
human eye, and independent entirely of either their kinds or qualities. 
So, therefore, the excellence of plan, and manner of disposing the 
choice plants of a flower-garden, does not depend on the character of 
its lines and form of its masses merely, but in the harmony and 
pleasurable effect arising from it as a whole ,* and this effect, I think, 
is decidedly accomplished in the beautiful spot I have been attempting 
to describe. 
I have noticed the greenhouse and the several beds which properly 
belong to the flower-garden, each of which require some further notice 
to embrace information concerning them, which I have at various times 
learned from the mouth of an old and very civil gardener; but this I 
must reserve for my next, remaining, in the mean time. 
Yours truly, 
A. B. 
FLORICULTURE. 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE CARNATION, 
IN REPLY TO DELTA. 
I am well aware, with your correspondent, “ A,” that carnations are 
grown remarkably well in the neighbourhood of London ; but he must 
allow me to say, they are equally well grown in other districts, in quite 
a different compost. Will your correspondent allow me to ask him 
whether he ever saw carnations grown on my plan ? if not, he cer¬ 
tainly is not able to give an opinion upon it. I beg it may be under¬ 
stood—I do not say his system will not answer for many sorts, and 
■well too, though, I believe, for others it would not, so well as with a 
