GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA 



THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



Devoted to the Science of Eloriculture and Horticulture. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



Devoted to Park Development and Rei reational Facilities. 



Vol. XIX. 



MAY, 1915. 



No. 5. 



Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, England 



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The impression which Langley Park gives the visitor 

 is that of gardens within a garden, and although these 

 are complete in themselves and of different styles, yel 

 each has that family likeness which is necessary to make 

 a homogeneous and satisfying whole, .\lthough they 

 are enclosed and separate, each garden — the Bamboo 

 garden, the hardy flower garden, the Pinetum, as ex- 

 amples — is characterized by breadth and openness. Of 

 the main garden features, says the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 (London), it is difficult to say which is the most pleasing. 

 For quiet promenade and meditation, the long grass- 

 bordered walk enclosed by formal clipped hedges from 

 w'hich one may pass through delightful old iron gates to 

 the Pinetum at one end, or to the sundial garden, which 

 contains wonderful clumps of Piamboos set boldly apart 

 in a smooth green lawn, would undoubtedly be chosen. 



The collection of Bamboos is noteworthy more for the 



luxuriance of the individual clumps than for variety. 

 Here are to be seen Arundinaria nitida, A. Simonsii, A. 

 llindsii. Bambusa Metake, B. aurea striata, Phyllostachys 

 llenonis, and P. aurea as dense, isolated masses of impen- 

 etrable greenery, fully 25 feet across, rising from cool, 

 green, closely mown turf, contrasting with the sword- 

 like leaves of Phormiums, and with a background of the 

 lu.xuriant trees which give "Leafy Bucks" its name. 

 I'Vom this sequestered retreat the way leads to borders 

 of hardy and half-hardy shrubs — Camellias, Rhododen- 

 drons, Magnolias, Deutzias, Hydrangea paniculata, and 

 many other genera — to the Japanese garden where a 

 pool of magnificent Water Lilies is bordered by the 

 graceful, arching plumes of Arundinaria nitida, by the 

 mammoth leaves of Gunneras and stately Palms, amid 

 which the purple foliage of Prunus Pissartii contrasts 

 vividly. Standards of Magnolia grandiHora are studded 



By Courtesy of CarJoncrs' Chronicle, London. 



THE LILY POND IN J.^PANESE G.^RDEN, .■\T L.\Xr,LEY P.\RK. nUCKIXGHAMSHIKK. EXGL.AND, THE RESIDENCE OF 



SIR ROBERT H.\RVEY, BART. 



