. An encyclopædia of gardening; . and by his different foremen. Models of all these books may be had at Harding sAgricultural Library, St. Jamess Street, London. 2353. Tlie reading library of the gardener s office should at least contain the followingworks. One of the best Encyclopcedias, and whichever one is adopted, add the Siippl. tothe Encyc. Brit., the best work of its kind hitherto published. The Agncultural Survey ofike County, and statistical account of the parish. If con-venient, the surveys of all thecounties in the empire should be procured. The best modern Systcema Naturce of theti
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . and by his different foremen. Models of all these books may be had at Harding sAgricultural Library, St. Jamess Street, London. 2353. Tlie reading library of the gardener s office should at least contain the followingworks. One of the best Encyclopcedias, and whichever one is adopted, add the Siippl. tothe Encyc. Brit., the best work of its kind hitherto published. The Agncultural Survey ofike County, and statistical account of the parish. If con-venient, the surveys of all thecounties in the empire should be procured. The best modern Systcema Naturce of thetime ; Turtons Linnaeus, is very imperfect, but the only one to be had at present. Thebest Introduction to Botany, say that of Sir J. E. Smith, for technical or systematic bo-tany ; and that of Keith for physiology. The best catalogues of plants, say those ofSweet and Page. The best Flora Britannica for the time, say Gal pines, or the Translationc^f Flora Britannica, by Sir J. E. Smith. Sowerbys British Botany ; his Mineralogy; —. Kidnejbea Book IV. BEAUTY AND ORDER OF GARDEN-SCENERY. 451 and Zoology, when published, Kirby and Spences Introduction to Entomology; andSamouelles Entomologists Useful Companion. The best Dictionary of Botany and CuUture, say that of Miller, enlarged by Martyn. Marshall, Pontey, and Sang, on , Girardin, Price, and Repton, on laying out grounds. The Transactions of tlieLondon and Edinburgh Horticultural Societies. The best Gardener s Kalendar for thetime, say that of Abercrombie for England, and Abercrombie or Nicol, for Scotland andIreland. All new works on practical gardening, if possible, as they appear. Eng-lish, Latin, French, and Geographical Dictionaries, and as many other works as themaster may be pleased to deposit in the gardeners office, or lend from the library of themansion. 2354. These books ought to be considered as for the use of journeymen and apprentices, aswell as the master ; but the latter ought to be responsible
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