Whether or not there will ever be a revival in this useful profession, is a question highly problematical. Past experience knew not such a stagnation. If we look upon the increasing mortgages on land in Scotland, weighing so heavily upon the spirit of improvement, the future becomes gloomy. The gardening profession is likewise at a low ebb: but not so low as to prevent those who have a proper degree of information from finding comfortable situations. A majority of the gardeners of the present day rest contented with the acquisition of mere horticultural skill; and hence their many ineffectual attempts to obtain such situations as afford a tolerable living. I would have them consider that a change has taken place in the minds of their employers; and that, in the person of a gardener of any note, it is now required to unite many important offices. To widen the boundaries of their Knowledge is therefore indispensable; since, without a thorough understanding of rural affairs in general, they can scarcely
