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IS  GARDENING  ADVANCING? 
- K>«  ■  - 
MONSTROUS  !  some  will  say,  is  such  a  question 
at  such  a  time  ;  and  certainly  it  is  not  without 
diffidence  it  is  propounded.  It  is  one,  however, 
that  has  for  some  little  time  been  mentally 
insinuating  itself,  and  asserting,  too,  a  more  or  less 
peremptory  demand  for  an  answer.  Readers  will 
doubtless  recollect  a  controversial  discussion  in  the 
Journal  of  Horticulture,  entitled  “  The  Decadence, 
of  Gardening/’  which  was  settled,  satisfactorily  one 
thinks,  by  an  authoritative  and  masterly  quashing 
of  the  indie! men t,  in  a  clear  and  pointed  reference 
to  the  great  changes  which  the  exigencies  of  our 
own  times  demand  and  bring  about.  The  question 
heie  propounded  differs  from  that,  inasmuch 
as  it  prefers  no  sweeping  indictment;  yet  the 
“decadence”  discussion  implanted  a  germ  which 
has  since  been  fertilised  by  little  things— perhaps 
rather  felt  than  seen — :nto  activity.  Being,  then, 
neither  of  spontaneous  growth,  nor  begotten  of  a 
solitary  opinion,  there  is,  it  is  hoped,  sufficient 
reasons  for  its  publicity.  Can  such  a  debatcable 
question,  with  the  possible  discussion  it  entails, 
serve  any  good  purpose,  or  justify  its  promulgation 
in  these  pages  ?  may  very  reasonably  be  asked. 
The  propounder  at  least  ventures  to  think  it  may, 
for  being  on  the  momentous  eve  of  another  century, 
a  little  mental  stocktaking  can  scarcely  be  super¬ 
fluous  as  addenda  to  the  closing  chapter  of  a  pass.ng 
century’s  noble  volume  of  gardening  history. 
Gardening  having  hitherto  advanced  by  leaps 
and  hounds,  and  gardeners  being  so  thoroughly 
imbued  with  the  spirit  of  progress,  it  is,  perhaps, 
not  agreeable  to  contemplate  having  reached  the 
end  of  our  tether — to  be  henceforth  and  for  ever 
confined  within  the  boundaries  of  a  beaten  track; 
yet  the  ground  covered  has  been  so  vast,  ana  is  so 
capable  of  variable  expressions  of  gardening  power, 
that  aDy  tendency  towards  stagnation  is  not  only 
highly  improbable,  hut  well-nigh  impossible.  Some 
may  sayy  with  regard  to  the  many  improvements 
so  palpably  perspicuous  over  a  few  decades,  Are 
there  any  tangible  grounds  for  en  ertaining  evtn 
the  suspicion  of  gardening  tavii  g  re  .ched  the 
zenith  of  its  power  ?  Fruits,  vegetables,  and  flowers 
No.  2661  — Vol.  Cl.,  Old  Series. 
