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JOURNAL OF HOKTIGULTUHE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



[ March 11, 1876. 



Brazil, inlmViiting woods, waste places, and rubbish heaps." — 

 (Ibid., I. (1221.) 



LiLiDM Pabkmanni. — " The plant, as prown by Mr. Waterer 

 fioiu a not over-vigorous bulb, was about 2 feet high, the stoma 

 slender, and each bearing a solitary erect, or nearly ereot, 

 flower, though it is probable, as both its parents when well 

 grown produce a branched inflorescence, that this hybrid may 

 have the same habit. The leaves were dark green, numerous, 

 alternate, and ovate acuminate in outline, a good deal re- 

 sembling vigorous leaves of L. speciosum. The flowers were 

 very largo ; the perianth segments, when straightened, being 

 about 14 inches in length, and the whole flower, as reflexed, 

 having a breadth of 8 inches, the petaline segments 4 inches 

 broad, and the sepaliue one somewhat narrower. The basal 

 half or more of the segments was diffused with rosy crimson, 

 most deeply so near their median line, this tinted portion 

 being also spotted richly with deeper crimson spots, and bear- 

 ing papillffi (some of them a quarter of an inch long) of the 

 same rich hue, the tints, as in many other Lilies, having a 

 sparkling brightness which cannot be reproduced upon paper. 

 The upper end of the segments and the margin were of a 

 clear white. The anthers were nearly an inch long, and bore 

 chocolate-coloured pollen, while the style, with its purple 

 stigma, WdS about an inch longei than the somewhat spread- 

 ing stamens. The fragrance of the flower was delightful, the 

 odour being sweeter and more delicate in its nature than that 

 of L. auratum, but more powerful than that of its molher- 

 pari.'nt. This remarkable hybrid, between L. auratum and a 

 deep-coloured VHriety of L. speciosum, was raised by Jlr. 

 Parkman, the President of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society."— (/^/oc. and Pom , 3 s., ix., 411.) 



HARTSaOLME HALL, 



THK SH.iT 01'' JOSEPH SHIITTLKWORTH, lOSQ. 



This is one of the new gardens of England, worthy of note, 

 not by its extent, but by the skilfulness which is apparent in 

 its formation and arrangement, and the good management 

 which it has received from the owner and the ability of the 

 gardener. 



The present condition of Hartsholme is a monument of per- 

 severance — a triumph of art over nature, whereby a desert has 

 been transformed into a garden and a barren soil made fruitful 

 by the investment of capital, tasto, and labour. 



Less than twenty years ago the tite of this garden was little 

 bettf-r than a barren waste — a low-lying gravelly brash, unequal 

 lo support agricultural crops, and where AVillows, by the water, 

 and clamps of Scotch I 'irs were almost the only represeotatives 

 of permanent vegetation ; but now it is one of the most flou- 

 rishing, as it i9 one of the moat beautiful, gardens in the dis- 

 trict, singularly rich in Conifers, shrubs, and ornamental trees 

 in supf^rb health, and, considering the time they have been 

 planted, nothing short of marvellous proportions. That this 

 is fo may be perceived from the fact that the shrubs were only 

 lilaiitird in 1S(;2, and now the Heodars are :',(! feet hiph and 

 20 feet in diameter. A\'elliugtonias are of the same height, 

 itud other shrubs and trees have made equally remarkable 

 progress. 



Mr. Shuttleworth was no doubt influenced to select this 

 barren wild for his residence by its containing a fine natural 

 lake nearly thirty acres in extent, the reservoir which bupplies 

 the city of Lincoln with water. If its banks were bare and the 

 land adjacent sterile, these were only impediments to be over- 

 come, and the greater the obstacles the greater the honour of 

 successfully Eurmounting them. The owner of Hartsholme long 

 before he erected his mansion had splendid proof of the power 

 of perseverance, and had achieved success in aiding to establish 

 one of the greatest and most substantial commercial establish- 

 ments in the kingdom. The names of Clayton .t Shuttleworth 

 are familiar to every civilised country. They have, by their 

 portable thrashing engines and other iutroductions, revolution- 

 ised agriculture ; and when the history of the firm comes to 

 be written it will in truth bo found a " wondrous tale." The 

 man who had shared in making from the very foundation a 

 position so commandiug as is the undoubted magnitude of the 

 opu-ations in which he .shares, was not likely to be deterred 

 from making a garden however flat might be the site and 

 sterile the soil. 



The south side of the lake mentioned was selected for the 

 site of the residence, and a spacious mansion in the Elizabethan 

 style was forthwith erected. The ornamental grounds are 

 arranged along one side and cud of this lake, the opposite 



bank being clothed with Firs and the wide-stretching woods of 

 Skellingthorpe. In the front of tue Firs and near the margin 

 of the lake are fine clumps o£ the feathery Pampas Grass, which 

 are rendered prominently effective by the dark background of 

 foliage. Looking across the water the view is charming ; while 

 to the right is another object of notice — the noble cathedral 

 of liincoln crowning the htll, and in the line of vision is also 

 the castle which William the Conqueror erected to overawe 

 his subjects. The view to the left is also pleasing: the lake 

 contracting and vanishing through a long straight avenue of 

 Willows. This water avenue is highly ornamental, and is 

 unquestionably one of the linest features of Hartsholme. Such 

 are the views from the grounds, we will now glance at the 

 grounds themselves. 



They were laid out by the eminent landscape gardener Mr. 

 Milner, and rinht well has he done his work. Hartsholme may 

 be said to be entirely artificial, yet its treatment has been so 

 bold and wide in its scope that art is made to appear as but 

 the " handmaid of nature," and every clump, mound, terrace, 

 and dell appear to have a purpose as natural and necessary 

 accessories to the lake. The lake has evidently been the key- 

 note of the artist, and he has used it dexterously and skilfully. 

 The carrying-out of the designs has been a work of great mag- 

 nitude. The foundation was a comparatively barren soil, and 

 the fact was wisely recognised from the first and boldly grappled 

 with. No tampering measures were adopted and leaving the 

 rest to chance and hope, but a solid foundation was made ; 

 and not only were new trees brought but new soil was provided 

 lor them to grow in. And here lies tho secret of the success 

 of the wonderful giowth which the trees have made — new soil. 

 This was no mere tprinkling and mixing with the old, but 

 thousands of leads of fresh soil were brought ; and it is to 

 the thoroughness with wnich this important work was carried 

 out that the gresit success which has been attained must be 

 primarily attributed. 



On entering the grounds by the carriage drive we find inside 

 the gates a substantial-built ornamental lodge. To the right 

 is a fine clump of Hollies, consisting of the best varieties in 

 cultivation of the Golden and Silver-leaved kinds, intermixed 

 with Irish and common Yews and flowering shrubs. On the 

 left in a sheltered recess is a specimen of Wellingtonia gigantea 

 of symmetrical shape 30 feet high, and a fine group of Cu- 

 pressus Lawsoniaua 10 feet high, feathered to the ground and 

 in exuberant health. There is no crowding of trees and shrubs 

 to be found at Hartsholme, for all the commoner shrubs have 

 been judiciously thinned, so that every plant is a perfect speci- 

 men. Approaching the Hall a large irregular-shaped bed of 

 llhododendrOLs is noticeable. It comprises numerous rare 

 varieties ; and wh.in covered with rich masses of bloom in 

 various colours from the deepest crimson to the most delicate 

 white, many of the trusses measuiing 24 inches in circum- 

 ference, the effect is most beautiful and imposing. 



On passing the front of the Hall we descend a flight of stone 

 steps in front of the mansion, and notice a sunk panel or 

 winter garden tastefully laid out and filled with dwaif-growing 

 evergreens, consisting of Rhododendron Wilsoni edged with 

 Skimmia japonica and dotted with dwarf varieties of the 

 Golden-leaved Hollies, which help to light up the more sombre 

 hues of the Ivies and Yews. We next pass on to the dell, but 

 at every step there is much to admire. On the left is a fine 

 group of Cedrus Deodara 30 feet high and 20 in diameter ; on 

 the right is a noble specimen of Wellingtonia gigantea 30 feet 

 high of symmetrical shape. We now enter the dell, which is 

 a place of rich floral beauty difficult to describe, lianks of 

 Rhododendrons meet the eye on every side. At the bottom 

 of the dell is a small ornamental pond containing the white 

 Water Lily surrounded by a carpet of grass, standing on which 

 in the early summer we are as it were buried in a rich mass of 

 gorgeous flowers sheltered on every side by tall trees. Notice- 

 able here is Abies Douglatii 30 feet high with a spread of 

 branches 16 feet, and Thuja gigantea 21 feet high. Wa next 

 come to a specimen of Cupressus Lawconiaua 24 feet high of 

 perfect shape, and the ever-to-be-adrijired Cedar of Lebanon. 



We now come abruptly to a terrace walk 300 ^ards long by 

 12 wide. This terrace runs parallel wilh the Skellingthorpe 

 road, which is completely ma- ked by a bank of shrubs. On 

 the opposite tide is a line of Beech trees 30 feet apart, which 

 promise in tho course of a few years lu make a very inviting 

 shady promenade. Tho terrace runs along tho margin of the 

 lake, and is upheld by a substantial and ornamental brick wall 

 with recesses at fi|ual dibtances ; these are planted with Rho- 

 dodendrons, From this teirace the view is very beautiful i on 



