Note by JC Loudon

(Written expressly for Loudon's Edition of Reptons Landscape Gardening.) THE following records of some of the principal events in the life of the late are gleaned from a collection of MSS. in his own handwriting, containing interesting details of his public and private life; and it is somewhat difficult to select, from materials so varied, such as may best convey to the reader a general idea of the history and character of the author of the works contained in this volume.