HORTICULTURE 



Before and After 



The two pictures herewith presented show the home 

 of Mr. W. W. Denegre at Manchester, Mass., before and 

 five years after planting and improvement under the 

 care of the gardener, H. W. Clark. The plantation of 

 iiative sumachs at the left and below the large pine is 

 one of the most beautiful features, a living example of 

 the effectiveness of well-placed native shrubbery in the 



adornment of country estates. The exterior of the house 

 is "slap-dashed" in Spanish-American style and forms a 

 good surface for clinging vines. The tubs on the walls 

 are made of gasoline barrels cut in halves. The tubs 

 thus made are covered with wire and treated in the same 

 way as the house and will last as long as the house. They 

 have been in use for seven years and are as sound as the 

 day thev were made. 



Cliveden 



(See Frontlsple 



This beautiful Thames-side estate of Mr. Wm. W. 

 Astor commands a view of the river Thames and sur- 

 rounding country from a considerable elevation and the 

 mansion itself is a majestic structure; erected by the 

 Duke of Sutherland from designs by Barry in 1849. 

 But it is the terrace, not the mansion, that we as horti- 

 culturists are particularly interested in, and it is simply 

 as a plea for terraces that this article is presented to 

 Horticulture's readers. Of course we know that in many 

 instances persons have disfigured their properties for 

 the mere sake of having a terraced garden, yet many 

 residences would become further beautified — even made 

 — by having a well-designed terrace. Terraced garden.s 

 allow for an endless variety of architectural work, apart 

 from that of the house, and have naturally been much in 

 favor with architects and artists who have followed the 

 calling of landscape gardeners. In advocating tliis 

 kind of gardening I am not defending any architect or 

 landscape gardener insisting that a house, no matter 

 what its position, should be fortified by terraces, but I 

 do say that many a property could be further beautified 

 by a well-kept terrace garden. 



Those who have made visits to Europe on horticul- 

 tural business will aU have heard of and a great many 

 seen Cliveden. In the late Duke of Westminster's timi' 

 the late Mr. Fleming, as many of the readers of these 

 lines will remember, made the spring and early summer 



gardening at Cliveden famous, and during my last visit 

 to Cliveden in May, 1893, spring bedding was still a 

 strong feature and everA'thing was then carried out in 

 perfect detail by the then able gardener and estate man- 

 ager, Mr. Richard Nisbet. 



The reader on looking closely into the picture will ob- 

 serve how well the terrace walls are furnished with cree- 

 pers. I will now endeavor to describe the plants and 

 vines used : Ampelopsis Veitchii, Clematis montana, 

 Magnolia grandiflora. Clematis Jackmanii, Henryii and 

 coccinea, Cotoneaster buxifolia, all of which were in 

 thriving condition. I do not wish the reader to be car- 

 ried away with the idea that the terrace I have mentioned 

 is simply an elevated structure to enable persons to get 

 a better view of the gardens and their surroundings. It 

 also acts as a valuable storage for the various plants 

 used in summer to adorn and beautify the estate. On 

 the right hand side as well as on the left of the picture 

 (which unfortunately has been vignetted off) are two 

 very large storehouses with glass fronts, where the large 

 bay trees, orange trees, etc., are kept during the winter 

 months. They serve as well for storage for lawn-mowers, 

 ladders and various tools constantly in use on the es- 

 tate, making the structure useful as well as ornamental. 



I feel I cannot close my remarks without trying to 

 describe a little of the spring bedding carried on at 

 Cliveden. The prettiest piece I think was that seen 



