I'liiil t.'tr. All sliDi-l iiiii).' Ii.'tck of side liraitclKs 

 sh..ultl Im- (o ;. fMik. ind l.i.ui. li.-s. I.iik.- or small, 

 wlii.li an- .nlii-.lx ivni.v.d -iioiilil In- «>it olT 

 <|nitf close to tile main sti-m. no \tsli^'c of a siia^ 



ixiim i«ft. •'• \y. u. 



6 IKISII {,.\IM)i:M\(i. 



The Arboretum. '" ^^l'i' '• tl.- al.oy. ...marks apply, sl.oul.l U- 



• ■■mplrtcti wliil)' till- tn-i-H an- roinpaiativi-ly 



... ,1 1 1 -1 , III \oniin. Ori'jisioiiallv it i« iicii-ssarv to r<-mov«- 



All planting of lujrdyd.-r.aUMUstr.-csan.lshrul.s j ,j,,,,,^ , ^,,;, . ...j,,,,.,,, " .p,,;, ,,„.„,,, 



should IH- im.slu-d up as ,-«rly ... tlu- .......tl. as ,,,. »;,,,,,^. .^^ ,,.,.,i.,„,_ ,.,„,.i,' „„. ,.„,..,, .,,,i„„ „,.,, 



TTf ••';■•,. .';■.'"'"'*• ""''J''*-. "•"' < yj-.-K'.v...,s a.v ,,,^. ,,.,,,,^ ,,,,,^. ., ^,^,,, ,,,. ,^ ^^ ,,,, , ',,, ,,,j^ ^^^^^. 



iH.ttvrlrft. t.lUpn..u wl..-.. 11..- w.-atl..-.- I..., i.-s ,,,^.,.,. -^ ,,^, ^;..,,. ^^^ ,,,^. ^^_.j ,„ ^^^ ,,,^. ,,,.^,,,^.j^ 



xv.mm.r a«a.., ... Ap.-.l a..d May. As a .-ul,- ,„,...,Ui„^ j, ,.,y ,, i..-.. pa.t iaIU saw,,. a..d p.ol.al.lv 



pla.,t..,K.or .....splant...^ ,..ay I..- .a.-.-n-d on „m.l, ^ ,, ^ ■ ,,_. .J j^ j, 



at.r... Ir.la.,d tl.a,, .,, K,,«a,,do.-.S....tla,,.l. as ^^^^^^^^^^ _^^^^^,^. .,1 ^^.^^,^. , ^,^^^^,,^, ,^^. ^.^,, ^^^ ^^ 



t ,.....„lyxM.,t.r.s„suall> ...,l.l.a.,dp..,l,apsu.-t , , ^^ ^, , , j ,^ ..,di„arv 



1 l,<- \vo.>t ,iio„tl,s a,.- .Ia,i„ar\. l-.-lir>,j,ry a.,d 



Maitl,. \\l,. .1 .old .oLt-l, w i,,dN. fi-,<|u>i,tly ar.om- 



pa„if»l l»y .ai... slr.t a,,d f,-..st. a.-.- p,-<-\ al<-,,t. 



I.. tl,<- ,i,*-a.tti,iit- ,iii,<-l, i.si-fiil woik m.'iy In- do,,.- 



ii, I Ir.-trii,!,' i.p in,.-si-ry ^ro<,,,d wlii.l, lias li.-ci, 

 lar^'^-ly draw., o., to p.nviil.- spt.imcis f.u- tli«- 

 >,'."'>.. ..«ls. .Satt<-r«-»l pla.,ts whirl, havi- ln-t-i, left 



..,av «-itlit-r In- liftt«l a. id ),'ot rid of if not ri-(piir«-d. At- m 



or iiiay Im- tra..spla..t.-d iiit . lows f..r K><'"ii,j: ..„. Alpine INoteS. 



ai.d will thus t.-ik.- u)! l.ss spa.i-. Smic spt-ciiiu-i.s 



may .lot In- lit to t .-aiispla.it that is. they ma\ A liKNi:!: a i. rl.-aiiiii;^ up is still i^'oi.i^ on in tli<- 



hav«- Im-.-j. t<io short a liiiu- planted. They may i-ock k'H'I*'''- \vit hered leaves a.-e hein^ picked olT, 



re. nail, for a. .other season. a..d ho left to ^tow on aiul the <;i-(iund wei-ih-d and lightly foi-ked. 



a..lo..^ the yoi.n^: sto<k. which may hi' put out (iiavt-1 is Ki"<'i't''y us -d in this };ard<-ii. so <liirin^' 



i.t spri..i:. The vac;i..t k'''"">«' havi.,^' <-arried a 1h<- frosty we;'th(-r. when the i,'i-oiii'd is too hard 



iiiip of trci-s or sl.ru'is--ma..y lifted with halls to u.-.-d. the jiarts of the ),'arden which h.-ive 



of earth will r.ipiire .i lie.ivy di-essiii}; of ji.-w ali-eady heen thorout,dily cle.-'m-d ai-i- jiravelled. 



.s«dl. de<aye»l u.iiili .i i-efiis.-. .'iiid parti.illy d.-cayed It is suili an enormous advantage t^i .start the 



l.-aves. ail of which sli iild In- colh-ct.-d diii-iiitr v.-.-y husy spiinv; months with a well kejit (,Mrden : 



the seas... .ind k.-pt for this purpose. It is a otherwisi — in the rush of iilajitin.;.;. )ii'opauatinj^. 



js'iM.d plan wh.-.-e possihh- to «-h:inue the cro]) A:c. — tho weeding,' is neglected, a.id hcfor.- it (-an 



iici-asio.i.-illy. (^uartei-s which hav.- carried ti'ecs he attended to tin- weeds liav.- s.-ed<-d and Mu- 



and sl.ruhs f...- ;. f.-w years mi^dit with L'l-eal ad- mis(-hi(-f is (h>ni-. 



vant."iKc he ci-o](pe«l for a yea.- with .-(s.-rvi- stocks The li-ird-wood cullii>i;s pul in in Sc-ptem li.i 



of h.-rhaceous plants or hieimials. Wliei-e th<- are all lookinj,' healtliy, and can In- p .Ued u|> 



ArlH>retuni coi-xists with ;i ;,M.deji. this is quite duiinij the lir.st mild spring days, and so leave 



feasihle. and j>ermits of the ground n-cc-iving a room for the general i)iM]iagati<)n of the ali)i»es. 



heavy dressing of farmyai-d m.-'nu.'e. On taking Tlie alpine hous'.' and fromcs are <)i)eDed latei- 



up the herl)a«-eous j.lants the ground will he in iv the day now and closed early. The al|)ine 



excellent condition for young tree s and shruhs. house wasthoroiighlv washed out and the gravel 



TitKK ritiNiNc;.— This may now he proceeded nv thi» stages well rak.-d up. It is ipiitr i-einark- 



with. and has for its ohject the formation of a ahlo how "much alpine pl.ints a ppn-.iat e .i d.-ai, 



w.ll-l alanc. d specimen with liead and stem in house or frame. 



l.ioporlion. The formation of such a spe<im<-n In the rock gaid-Ji all the i.lants aiv looking 



should he commenced in the nuis.iy while tin- in good conditim. even the recognised •' iiiifTers " 



tree is ipiite young, and co.itinued until such a ai>e not vet complaining >! the damp. 



tin.e as |..-..ning is .lo long! r necessary. Paitii iilai- Saxifrages of all kinds promise to he excellent 



attention .should he given to the leading slioot. this v<-ar. tlu- Hiirs.-rianas are already showing 



preservi.ig it fi injury as far as possihl,-. hud :"oue can oiilv hop.- t hit t he v ai-.-'.iot heing 



Should it appear stunted or unsatisfactorv. too pi-ecix-ious. 



shoi-tening hack the shoots immediately helow it In tlie limc-stonr mor;iinc I notio- Sax. 

 will usually i-eston- it to vigour. When it is lihicina and Sax. i ;esia doing remarkahlv well, 

 desired t > havi- a dean st.-aight hole surmounted and in pure peat Sax. retusa and Sax. oj'.positi- 

 hy a handsome head, th.- lower hranches must lie folia latina are looking sidendid. 

 kept shorten, d in. and g.adually cut i-lean awa\ In the same moraine Arnu-ria ca-snifosa and 

 till the desired height of d.-m stem is ohtaiin d. glohularia incanesi-ens are making g.-e'at growth : 

 The operation must he giadual. for if too many the latter— easilv the most charming memher of 

 of the hiw.-r h.-anches an- removed at once tin- its familv— is of dwarf hahit. with UDohtrusive 

 leader will gn.w rapidly uj.wards for a tiiiu-. hut foliage, which is quite hidden from sight in .lune. 

 the stem will not imn-as.- in thi.kn.-ss in j.n.por- when the idant is a sheet of small, glohular 

 tion. and .staking will hav.- to he n soited too. powder-hlue tlowers. It is a native of Italv, hut 

 When the tree gets h.-yond staking the leader seoms quite at home in our moraines, 

 will hecome hent if the wholesale cuttint: off of The foliage of Xanissus Triandus albus is 

 the side branches IS persisted in. and the tree will making its api)earance : it was jilanted in the 

 never irake a decent sjiecimen. .Many peoi)le granite moraine in October. N. minimus and 

 l.refer to see a tine specimen witli its branches X. cvdaininens are also showing above the ground. 

 swee|>ing to the gn.und. especially in larg.- i^arks The great vahu- of bulbs in the rock garden, 

 and ideasure gn.unds. The lutting off of th.- however small, should not be ignored, 

 l.iwer bramhes when young will n..t j. .event this. The sjicits Tulii;s. such as T. Per-sica and T. 

 as the side bran.hes ..f 1(1 ..r 12 feet up will Kaufmanniana. Krvtlu-oniums, Fritillaria aurea 

 gradually come down as they ext^-nd, and the and F. latifolia. and' the lovelv Anemone nemo- 

 loss of the others will n..t b.- n.)ticed. n.sa an- amongst the most beautiful. 



As far as i>o.ssible p.-uning of dc.idu..us tn-.s. In Ih.- larg.r n.ck gardens gn-ii.t stretches of 



