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white, with a broad margin of lilac purple, and dark disc ; good sub- 

 stance, and of first-rate form. Lord Nelson is a lively purple self, 

 rather thin in substance, but with a close dark disc, and is certainly the 

 best of all the purples. Monarch is a shaded plum purple with 

 fiery centre ; good form and habit. Other seedlings will no doubt come 

 under our notice during the season, and shall be reported on. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING.— No. IL 



We give, this month, an example of the arrangement of a piece ot 

 ground in front of a gentleman's villa, in the neighbourhood of London, 

 having, beyond, an extended view of country, rather flat, but tolerably 

 well interspersed with groups of trees. Immediately before the house 

 a slight hollow existed, and, as it was decidedly a necessity that a piece 

 of geometrical gardening should be introduced near that side of the 

 house, the object was to consider the best means of managing it. 



If the hollow had been filled up entirely, space enough would have 

 been gained for a more extensive pattern ; but the limits of the ground 

 governed the proportion of ornamentation of this kind which might be 

 introduced with propriety. 



It should always be an important point with the landscape gardener 

 to arrange his adjuncts so that the existing elevation of the house be 

 preserved if sufficient, and aided if defective. The amount requisite 

 increases in proportion to the extent of terrace round or against the 

 house ; and it should be an object to give a sense of elevation from the 

 place itself and secure the same effect in the appearance of the build- 

 ing when it is viewed from the outside. After the architect has done 

 as much as is admissible in this way, and with this double object in view, 

 the landscape gardener may often increase the sense of elevation from 

 the house, by sinking a portion of the flat ground in front, and so forming 

 a panel in the ground, and at the same time, by thus depressing the 

 level upon which an ornamental pattern is to be laid out, he exposes it 

 the better to a bird's eye view, by which the beauty of the arrange- 

 ment is more easily and generally appreciated, both from the house and 

 the ground adjoining. 



With so many good reasons for the introduction of such arrangements 

 generally, it became abundantly evident that it was the right thing to 

 do in the instance under consideration, especially as there were no 

 counter-reasons against doing so — such as do, however, sometimes occur 

 in the shape of water which cannot be drawn off, &c. 



In this case, then, it was decided that advantage should be taken of 

 the existing hollow, by forming it into a regular figure, having its 

 centre in a right line with the centre window of an important portion 

 of the house, and in the arrangement of the pattern having the subor- 

 dinate centres, bearing a similar reference to other windows and walks. 

 In the accompanying design, which was specially arranged for the 

 requirements of the case, the turf spaces are uniformly three feet wide, 

 amply sufficient to separate masses of colour of the sizes shown in a case 



NEW SERIES, VOL. V., NO. LIU. L 



