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JOUBNAL OF HOBTIODLTUKB AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ October 1, 1874. 



47. Lyonrais; 48, Anca de Diesbach; 49, Comtesse de Chabrillant ; 60, 

 Ducheese de Caylus. 



Eev. W. F. Kabciyffe, Oke/ord Fitipaine, Blandford.—l, Mareobal Nicl ; 

 2, CharleBLefebvre ; 3, Alfred Colomb ; 4. Pierre Nottiug; 5, Comtesse d'Oxrord ; 

 6, ComteBse de Chabrillant ; 7, Madame Victor Vevdier ; 8, Leopold I. ; 9, Mario 

 Bad;; 10, Louis Van Houtte; 11, Maurice Bernardin ; 12, Devonieosis; 



15, John Hopper; 14, Souveiiir d'Elise; 16, Souvenir de la Malmaiaon; 



16, Marguerite de St. Amand; 17, Alice Bureau; IB, Maxime de la Rocheterie; 



19, Senateur Yaisse ; 20, Edward Morren.— 21, Gloire de Dijon ; 22, Cclmo 

 Forettier ; 23, Triomphe de Rennes ; 24, Etienne Level ; 25, Felix Geuero ; 

 26, Camille de Rohan ; 27, Baron A. de Rothschild ; 28, Dr. Andry ; t!9, Abel 

 Grand ; 80, Madame Rothschild ; 31, Madame Cli! mence Joisneaux ; 32, Mad. 

 Willermoz ; 33, Due de Cazea ; 34, William Griffiths ; 35, Baron Chaurand ; 

 86, Baron Prcvost ; 37, Vicomtesse de Vezins; 38, La VUle de St. Denis; 

 89, Jules Marsottin; 40, Prince de Portia ; 41, Duke of Ediuburyh; 43, Lord 

 Clvde; 43, Lord Macaulay ; 44, Duchesse de Caylus; 45, Duchesse d'Orleaus; 

 46' Marcchal Vaillant ; 47, Lady Suffleld; 48, Gloire de Yitry ; 49, Madame 

 Julie Daran ; 50, Baronne de Maynai'd. 



Mr. J. HiNTON, fVarminstcr, Wilts. — 1. Marecbal Niel ; 2, Alfred Colomb j 

 8, Charles Lefebvre; 4, Madame Rothschild; 5, La France; 6, Comtesse 

 d'Oxford; 7, Fmilie Hausburg; 8, Triomphe de Rennes ; 9, John Hopper ; 

 10, Marie Baumann ; 11, Marie Rady ; 12, Frani-ois Michelon; 13, Etienne 

 Levet ; 14. Dr. Andry ; 15, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier ; 16, Louis Van Houtte ; 



17, Souvenir d'un Ami; 18, Marquise de Casfellane; 19, Pierre Notting: 



20, Gloire de Dijon.— 21, Victor Verdier; 22, Xavier Olibo ; 23. Camille Ber- 

 nardin; 24, Duchesse de Caylus; 25, Duchesse de Morny ; 26. Marquise de 

 Mortemart; 27, Antoine Ducher; 28, Dupuy-Jamain ; 29, Lord Macaulay ; 

 SO, Madame Charles Wood; 31, Madame Clemence Joigneaus ; 32, Maaame 

 Derreux Douvillf; 33, Madame Victor Verdier; J 4, Madame Willermoz; 

 35, Comte de NautouU ; 36, Duke of Edinburgh ; 37, Eeine du Midi; 38, 

 Mdlle. M Dombrain; 39, Maurice Bernardin; 40, Catherine Mermet; 41, 

 Perfection de Lyon ; 42, Rushton Radcljffe; 43, Devoniensis ; 44, Priuce de 

 Portia; 46, Stnateur Vaisse; 47, Beauty of Waltham ; 48, Princess Maiy of 

 Cambridge ; 49, Fsposition de Brie; 50, Ferdinand de Lesseps. 



Mr. J. L. COKTIS, Chatteris, Cnmbridgeahire.—l,A.]frectCo\omh; 2, Charles 

 Lefebvre; 3, Mai'ie Baumann; 4, Marechnl Niel ; 5, La France ; 6, Madame 

 Rothi-child; 7, Madame Victor Verdier; 8, John Hopper ; 9, Senateur Vaisse ; 

 10, Mdlle M. Dombrain ; 11, Marguerite de St. Amand ; 12, Pien-e Notting ; 

 13, Duke of EdinburKb; 14, Ducde Rohau ; 15, Comtesse d'Oxford; 16, Louis 

 Van Houtte ; 17, Emilie Hausburg ; 18, Marie Kady ; 19, Camille Bernardin ; 

 20, Mons. Noman.— 21. Marquise de Castellane; 22, Ville de Lyon ; 23. Hip- 

 polyte Flandrin ; 24, Duke of Wellington ; 25, Baron Gonella ; 26, Victor 

 Verdier; 27, Queen Victoria; 28, Duchesse de Cajlus; 29, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami; 30, Souvenir de Malmaism; 31, Francois Michelon ; 82, Dr. Andry; 

 S3, Triomphe de Rennes ; 34, Elie Morel ; 35, Centilolia Rosea ; 86, Madame 

 Charles Crapelet ; 87, Madajue Neman ; 38, Mons. Boncenue; 39, Gloire de 

 Dijon; 40. Catherine Mermet ; 41, Devoniensis ; 42, Xavier Olibo; 43, Horace 

 Vernet; 44, Madame Knorr; 45, Ferdinand de Lesseps ; 46, Fisher Holmes ; 

 47, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier; 48, Lord Macaulay; 49, Mam-lee Bernardin; 

 50, Olivier Delbomme. 



Eefeerinq to Mr. Hintou's surprise at the preference for 

 Climbing Deyonienais in the north over Marcehal Niel, I may 

 say that I read his remarks while wearing in my coat a beauti- 

 ful bud of the former, while I have quite failed to get a decent 

 bloom of the Marcchal out of doors after several years' trial. 



Climbing Devoniensis is most useful with u?, blooming in 

 autumn till the severe frosts come. I am, however, not in- 

 tending to give-up the Marechal yet, and have within the last 

 fortnight ordered a fresh lot budded on various stocks. In 

 particular, a trial will be made of it on a north wall, for it is 

 desperately " spring tender." 



Allow me to express my obligations to Mr. Hinton for his 

 annual list. I make it a rule to order any that appear therein 

 well noted for, and not already in my collection. — E. P., 

 Count!/ of Durham. 



BATTERSEA PARK.— No. 2. 



In continuing my pleasant task I am desirous first of all to 

 direct attention to a simple group that was remarkable for its 

 inviting freshness, combined with an air of novelty and grace. 

 It consisted of some large Fuchsias, Abutilon Thompsoni, a 

 golden-leaved Fuchsia, and a broad green edging of Ivy. This 

 beautiful bed was on a sloping bank, and, as in almost every 

 other instance, the plants were skilfully arranged, so that the 

 colours blended in pleasing harmony. Old or overgrown 

 Fuchsias of all kinds may very usefully be turned to account 

 in this way, and in a free rich soil they grow with surprising 

 vigour, flowering profusely. They require no special prepara- 

 tion for this purpose, and invariably answer best when taken 

 from the shed in which they are kept during winter, and 

 planted at once in their summer quarters. When no shed is 

 available for storing them in winter, they may be plunged in a 

 thick bed of leaves, the tops covered with fern or straw, and 

 be so left in the open air till spring with the greattst safety. 



Now let us turn to another of those charming circular beds 

 which abound here, and which may justly be termed the gems 

 of the garden. Clothing the gently-sloping margin we have an 

 edging composed of two rows of Echeveria pumila, with a simple 

 band of well-matched plants of Mrs. Pollock Geranium inside ; 

 the surface was carpeted with Lobelia speciosa dotted with 

 Fuchsia Sunray, and there was a plant of Phcenix dactylifera 



in the centre. The Fuchsias were about a foot apart, the 

 branches upspringing and pendant with a few crimson flowers ; 

 the foliage yellow, pale green, and crimson, literally glowing like 

 a sunray, mingling with the deep blue of the LobeUa ; and the 

 sprightly green frondage of the Date Palm curving gracefully 

 outwards from the centre over the bright colours beneath gave 

 an indescribable charm and finish to the whole. The appear- 

 ance of this bed was chaste, and yet very rich ; it ia a fine 

 example of what is really desirable to replace the stereotyped 

 combination of scarlet, yellow, and blue ; and, what is more to 

 the purpose, the lesson which it teaches is applicable to almost 

 all gardens, for the few and simple materials of which it is com- 

 posed are certainly within reach of all having a glass house or 

 pit. Peter Grieve, a Golden Tricolor Geranium of a neat com- 

 pact growth, and with beautiful leaf tints, might be used with 

 advantage in this arrangement instead of Mrs. Pollock. Another 

 circle had the Lobelia and Fuchsia precisely the same way, but 

 it had no Palm or large central plant ; the LobeUa was sur- 

 rounded near the margin of the bed with a ring of the very 

 choice Mesembryanthemum tigrinum, and an outer row of 

 Sempervivum Pittoni. 



Among the beds of bolder type the masses of Ganna were 

 most conspicuous, the taller kinds springing upwards far above 

 one's head ; fine as the effect of so many huge masses of this 

 striking plant undoubtedly is, the situation and form of many 

 of them strike one as being susceptible of considerable im- 

 provement. A lot g formal wall of Cannas elevated upon a 

 plateau high up the side of a steep bank is neither a graceful 

 nor attractive object, the formal outline and rigid block-like 

 appearance being rather curious than beautiful. Many of these 

 fine plants are, however, introduced very happily among some 

 of the mixed groups, as was explained in the first paper ; and 

 this reminds me that there yet remains a group or two of bolder 

 type to describe. Around one such was an edging of the huge 

 grey-leaved Salvia argentea, with a row of white variegated 

 Geranium inside it, enclosing a carpet of Geranium anemonse- 

 folium, out of which spring some immense plants of Wigandia 

 mingled with what appeared to be some unusually tall plants 

 of Solanum Pyracantha. The carpet of Geranium undoubtedly 

 made this bed very attractive, the green Fern-like foliage im- 

 parting an air of sprightly grace and relief to the entire mass. 

 A mixture of Eicinus, Wigandia, and a white-flowered Abu- 

 tilon, with an edging of Funkia in flower was also good. 

 Flourishing beds of Polymnia grandis, with its fine deep green 

 much-cut pendant foUage, were of course very striking, as were 

 many other beds of old and well-known favourites. 



As usual the few examples of carpet bedding were very good, 

 especially in the semicircular borders by the central river 

 entrance. To these I hope to allude more fully in some 

 future papers on modem flower gardens ; but I must not 

 omit to state here, that wherever I found a carpet bed com- 

 posed of colours BO bright as to somewhat infringe the bounds 

 of good taste, a second glance invariably showed that foil beds 

 composed of dark bronze-leaved Cannas, Eicinus, Polymnia, 

 or Ficus elastica were there to complete the scene, which was 

 evidently never intended to be dissected and carried away in 

 separate portions, but that the entire group of beds, with the 

 turf, the fchrubs, aye, even the very walks themselves, should be 

 regarded as composing a picture — one grand whole, every part 

 or feature of which exercised an important influence upon the 

 general effect. It is important to remember this, because 

 many beds that appear very beautiful in a large public garden 

 are not at all suitable for small places, and in the selection 

 made here care has been taken to describe most fully such 

 beds as are likely to prove generally useful. 



The growing taste for succulent plants is commendable, 

 their neat growth and the exquisite proportions of many 

 rendering them very desirable as edgings and for marking the 

 most intricate designs, as well as for rookwork, and I will now 

 proceed to note a few of the most select kinds. 



1, Mese>tibri/aHthemumcordifoUu»ivariegi!tumiBTp\a.cei&rst, 

 not for its novelty, for it is now well known and appreciated, 

 but because it is qttite the best variegated succulent we have, 

 and it also worthily takes high rank among bedding plants 

 generally. 



2, Mesembryanthemum tigrimtm.—A rare, distinct, and very 

 curious variety, with thick' green leaves, closely dotted with 

 white spots, and with a row of curved hook-like spines along the 

 edges. It forms a pretty and very attractive edging. 



3, Mesemhriianthemum dettoideum. — A. green-leaved kind, 

 valuable for edgings from the quaint form of its abundant 



4, s'edum glaucum.— Ibis ia a most interesting, useful, and 



