We have already stated when speaking on the same subject, in the Introduction to this Magazine (Vol. I. p. 9.), our conviction that if a class of gardeners of superior taste were to come forward, they would create a demand for themselves, on the principle that demand is influenced both by the supply and the quality of the article. Gardeners may ask, however, why they should take the pains to qualify themselves so highly, unless the result would either add to their remuneration, or diminish their labours ? To this we answer, that it will ultimately do both. We have shown (p. 546.) that if walks, their verges, and the dug borders of clumps and shrubberies were kept in what we consider good taste, the labour of the gardener on them would be immediately lessened; and the same results would follow other improvements. With regard to remuneration, as the possession of superior knowledge, taste, and skill on the part of the gardener, must require him to bestow increased pains and longer time on the study of his profession, it is evident that he will become entitled to more for his labour, than those who have not taken so much pains, or employed so much time, and consequently have not acquired so much skill. This conclusion is founded on the acknowledged principle, that both the value and the price of an article are principally regulated by the labour required to produce it. Our present limits prevent us from concluding the general results of this division of our tour; but we shall resume the subject in our next Number. ART. I. General Results of a Gardening Tour, during July, August, and part of September, in the Year 1831, from Dumfries, by Kirkcudbright, Ayr, and Greenock, to Paisley. By the CONDUCTOR. (Continued from Vol. VII. p. 649.)
