LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
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from these parts of the world, would necessarily require to be bached 
with those from other climates, for the sake of uniformity. 
Advancing onward, we may first arrive at a conservatory bespanning 
the walk, and of ample dimensions, for the preservation of all the most 
elegant plants indigenous to the countries on each immediate side of 
the tropic of Capricorn. Here would be placed all the finest genera 
and species from Australia, Africa, and South America, many of which 
should be kept in pots or boxes, to be moved out on the borders during 
summer. 
From this building the visiter enters upon the middle division of the 
garden, containing the plants of the torrid zone. Here a glazed build¬ 
ing, built in the form of a Turkish or Persian mosque, with its swelling 
dome, and minarets to serve for chimneys, may contain the palms, the 
musas, the pandanee, and other remarkable tropical plants. In front 
of this palm-house there may be a basin for nelumbiums and other 
interesting aquatics from the warmer parts of the world; and the 
borders round the base of the building, and every vacant spot, should 
bear some kind of tropical plant, many of which do very well out of 
doors during our summer. 
Next, beyond this the central division, we may enter another con¬ 
servatory of similar dimensions as the first. Here we should find a 
collection of Chinese and other natives of the warmer parts of the 
northern temperate zone, and which, with South European plants 
around, would form a beautiful assemblage. 
From this point to the western gate the ground on each side could 
be sufficiently stocked with European and North American beauties 
in the greatest variety, forming as handsome an amphitheatre-like bank 
of foliage as could be wished. 
I have drawnbut a faint outline of what a public garden so designed 
might be made; for, besides the plants, many natural productions 
might be introduced, to impress still more strongly new ideas of foreign 
scenery and foreign products. 
On each side of the centre walk, and more especially within that 
division intended to contain the very small number of hardy trees and 
shrubs from the southern hemisphere, an irregular flow of turf might 
be introduced with good effect, and as well along the sides of the other 
paths and walks, which might be thought necessary for the sake of 
variety. 
Shady walks along the sides and ends of the garden should also 
be formed for those visiters who might feel disposed to enjoy the 
shade and more seclusion. 
Many improvements of this plan of a public garden would occur 
