MEMORANDA ON THE CAMBRIDGE GARDEN. 
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plant. The reason assigned is, that the air of London is unsuit¬ 
able from its impurity, while that of Hounslow is the reverse. In 
this case, the quality of the soil is unheeded; because if they 
were exactly alike, the result would be the same. Again, if a 
Gooseberry-tree, which in Lancashire is so fruitful and luxuriant, 
were removed to the environs of Paris, in two years’ time it 
would be neither healthy nor fruitful, owing chiefly to the difference 
of the soil,—the former being a deep rich loam, the latter a lighter 
soil of less depth, and moreover a drier air. These are exceptions 
to the general rules relative to the transportation of seeds or plants 
from place to place. But it is an established fact, that foreign or 
strange seeds or plants, whenever or wherever required, answer 
the purpose of the cultivator much better than those of home 
growth. And there is another circumstance which should always 
be considered in connexion with this, namely,—that new varieties 
of any kind of plant, whether useful or ornamental, should always 
be preferred to old varieties : always remembering that the supe¬ 
riority of new or newly introduced species or varieties only 
continues for two or three seasons ; after which they should be 
given up for something better. A. 
MEMORANDA ON THE CAMBRIDGE GARDEN. 
Being at Cambridge the other day, I took a ramble in the 
Botanic Garden of that university, as well to see my friend, the 
curator, as to have a view of the collection of plants under his 
care. In this, I was not a little gratified. Both stove and green¬ 
house plants were in excellent condition; and, among those in 
the stove, a few of the Orchidaceae were finely in flower, although 
no special means were employed for their encouragement, save 
only the usual temperature and treatment of the stove. 
Th^ hardy plants, whether trees, shrubs, or herbs, are not ar¬ 
ranged systematically; but placed according as their bulk, or 
manner of growth requires, or where they can be most con¬ 
veniently seen from the walks and paths. There is a Salicetum, 
which is a conspicuous feature, containing a good many species 
and varieties, and most appropriate for a garden of plants situate 
in a low fenny country where willows are extensively cultivated, 
