THE FLORAL WORLD 



AND 



GARDEN GUIDE 



MAY, 18 6 8. 



A BEAUTIFUL TOWN GAEDEN. 



N" the Floeal "Woeld of December, 1866, a plan and 

 description of the elegant garden of James Crute, Esq., 

 of Hollo way, were presented to our readers. The example 

 now to be considered forms what may be termed a com- 

 panion to Mr. Crate's, though in a quite different style, 

 but because of the completeness and unity of the scene produced, 

 and the similarly limited area of operations. On the opposite page 

 is a representation, admirably drawn by Mr. Damman, yet falling; 

 far short of the beauty of the reality, of the garden of F, T. Hay, Esq.,, 

 New Cross Road, near London. It is the more worthy to be- 

 represented, because both house and garden are like thousands of^ 

 others in respect of situation and dimensions in the suburbs of 

 London and all great towns, a substantial villa residence with smalls 

 plot of ground in the rear, and on every hand a contracted prospect 

 of similarly restricted gardens bounded by an horizon of bricks.. 

 "With the most commonplace site and materials, Mr, Hay has pro- 

 duced a charming scene, and moreover has made it accessory to the 

 residence, in a quite novel and pleasing manner, as will be clearly 

 understood, we hope, by a brief description. But before describing; 

 the garden, it will be proper to say that in the rear of the residence- 

 there are a few glass structures, eminently attractive in appearanej- 

 and ingenious in design. One of these is a small conservatory^ 

 opening from a cosy smoking-room. The guest may here sit beside 

 the fire and look direct into a covered garden, furnished with 

 camellias, dracaenas, and other noble forms of vegetation, AVhen 

 the length of the conservatory has been traversed, we turn to the 

 left, and looh down into the midst of a charming fernery, which is 

 constructed at a lower level than the conservatory, in the character 

 somewhat of a cave, and the effect of a luxuriant vegetation of ferns 

 and lycopodiums seen from above is at once novel and delight.^ul. We 

 are so accustomed to look up, and while suffering pain in the neck,, 

 see more of the pots than the plants, that to look down into a dell 

 all mossy, green, and dank, overarched with the fronds of Wood- 



