July 16, 1871. 1 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



comes in charmingly at No. 3 on the plan. Fiij. 10 is very 

 pretty, but rather too much cut up for all the colours to show 

 distiaotly. 

 1 have only named a few of the many spring beds at this 



lovely villa residence. Not one empty bed or border was to be 

 seen anywhere, and all were iu a high state of keeping ; not a 

 weed to be seen, and the lawn like a carpet. All was very 

 perfect. 



1. Cliveden Porple Paney. 



2. Golden Feather. 



3. Aabriebia grsceu 



4. Red Daisy. 



Fig. 15. 



5. White Daisy. 1 



6. Semperviviim caliiomicnTn, | 



7. Sedam irlancnm. 



8. DeU'B Beet. 



The entrance lodge is very pretty ; from it to the house there 

 is a border about 120 yards long by 3 feet wide, and each side is 

 planted as shown in fig. 17. Here again Golden Feather takes 

 the lead in the arrangement, and well it does its part. There 

 is a grass verge next to the gravel, and the border is backed 

 up with evergreen shrubs. 



Fig. 17. 



1. Golden Feather. 



2. White Daisy. 



3. Myosotis, blue. 



4. Red Dais;, 



Fig. 16. 



1. Golden Feather. 



2. Cliveden Blue Pansy. 



3. White Daisy. 



4. Cliveden Purple Pansy. 



5. Red Daisy. 



6. Aabrietia grseca. 



Taking this place altogether it is the most charming piece of 

 spring bedding I ever saw, and I question if there is much 

 better in any part of this country. When once seen it is a 

 sight not easily forgotten ; it is, indeed, a veritable fairy scene. 

 Standing in Mr. Hornsby's drawing-room, and having the 

 blinds slowly drawn up, it is almost like a scene in a play ; no 

 one who has not viewed it thus can form any idea of the 

 charming effect which spring flowers can be made to produce 

 when taste and skill are combined, as here, in the different 

 arrangements of the colours. Mr. Hornsby's gardener, Mr. 

 Samuel Ellis, is certainly to be congratulated on bis success in 

 spring bedding. There is no doubt but that the gardener is 

 well supported by a liberal employer, who takes great delight in 



