May 25, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTIOULTUBE AND COTTAGE GARDENEK. 



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perhaps, two dozen or more beds varying in size and shape 

 and style of planting. Here is a group of seven beds, with one 

 raised bed in the centre and six others radiating from it. The 

 centre bed was a mixture of Yuooas, Myosotis diesitiflora, 

 Scilla prascoK, Primroses, and Tulips, with a groundwork of 

 Sedum and Saxifragas. In fact, Mr. Ingram's great object is 



plant that Mr. Ingram is trying to improve, and this is the 

 best form of it I have seen ; then Alyssum saxatile oompaotnm, 

 white Primroses, Cliveden Blue Panaies, and the front row of 

 Phlox Nolsoni. 



A three-lobed bed was covered with a dense carpet of Saxi- 

 fraga, dotted with crimson Tuhps, White Hyacinths, and 



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Pig. 110. 



1, Santolina chamiecypaxissns 



(iocana). 



2, Anbrietia. 



S, Arabia albida. 

 4, Erica carnea. 



5, A dwarf white-flowered Heafeli, 

 same size as No. 4. All tlie 

 riuga are formed of No. 1, and 

 the centre^) alternate, 2 and 8, 

 and 4 and 5. 



to cover every inch of naked soil, and to accomplish this end 

 thousands of plants are used with close neat foUage or brilliant 

 flowers. The other six beds were planted in pairs. The first 

 pair had a clump of delicate Primroses in the centre, then 

 divided into three compartments, the dividing lines formed of 

 bright Oxlips, filled-in with Aubrietia edged with Golden 

 Feather. The second pair had a groundwork of Sedum 

 glauoum, dotted over with Erica carnea and Myosotis dissiti- 

 flora, edged with Heuohera lucida. The third pair had a clump 

 of red Hyacinths in the centre edged with Myosotis dissitiiiora, 

 then a ring of Arabis albida, with another circle of ScLlla 

 prajcox and blue Pansies, an outer edging of Daisy aucubae- 

 ifoUa, and the whole dotted over with bright Tuhps. 



Four other irregular-shaped beds were planted so as to oor- 

 lespond with each other. The centre of each was a clump 



6, Daisy aacubffifolia. 



7, Blae Pansy. 



8, Myosotis dissitiiiora. The tri- 



angles are formed of No. 6, and 

 filled-iu with 7 and 8 alternate. 



9, Golden Thyme. 



10, Oxlips. 



11, Saxifraga cordifolia. 



12, Tbllow Viola. 



13, Sedum glancom. 



Scilla giberioa. Several circular beds had raised edgings of 

 Sweet Briar and Ivy, and planted with a mixture of Erica 

 carnea. Hyacinths, Tulips, and Veratrum nigrum. In shady 

 places were masses of Violets — in fact, they were to be seen in 

 all directions by the side of walks and at the entrance into 

 each department of the pleasure garden. There are other 

 beds equally worthy of notice, but we must pass on to the 

 Duchess's garden. Here there are a series of terraces 90 feet 

 long, all a mass of glowing colours, and surrounded with tine 

 trees just unfolding their varied tints of green, and reminding 

 us of the approach of summer and bright sunshine in the 

 future. In the background was a group of Silver Birches, 

 which heightened the beauty of the scene. These terraces 

 were rich in colouring, and the charming effect produced at 

 once convinced ns it was the work of a skilled artist. For the 



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1, Sazifrasa craesiflora. 



2, Aubrietia. 



3, Arabis albida. 



4, Myosotis dissitiiiora. 



of red, white, and blue Hyacinths, encircled with Euonymus 

 radicans variegata, this was again surrounded with a band of 

 Erica carnea ; next another ring of Arabis, then Anbrietia, 

 with another band of yellow Primroses and an outside circle 

 of red Daisy. Another large and effective bed had the centre 

 of Arabis, dotted with Hyacinths and belted with a broad band 

 of Myosotis dissitiflora ; then a chain was formed all round of 

 Euonymus radicans variegata, the links filled-in with Scilla 

 pra:cox, Oxlips, and Aubrietia, and the outside the chain 

 fiUed to the margin of the bed with Daisy aucuba;folia, the 

 whole, except the centre, dotted with yellow Tulips. Near at 

 hand was another bed with Saxifraga ciliaris praecox and 

 Hyacinths for the centre ; then a ring of Erica carnea, with 

 another of Oxlips, belted in turn with yellow Tulips, Arabis, 

 and Anbrietia; then there were circles all round formed of 

 Anbrietia, these being filled with variegated Thyme, white Prim- 

 roses, and Oxlips in rotation, the scallops being filled-in with 

 Daisy ancubsefolia, and the outside edging of red Daisy. One 

 large bed worthy of notice had Saxifraga cordifolia for a back 

 row, next a row of Palmonaria variegata, an old-fashioned 



Fig. 111. 



5, Oxlips. 



6, Blue Pansy. 



7, Crocus. 



8, Sedum aureom. 



style of planting these terraces I refer the reader to the ac- 

 companying engravings. — Q. R. 



SYRINGING VINES. 



Too often, I fear, the application of the syringe to the Vines 

 is more injurious than beneficial. The operation of syringing 

 Grapes I have always considered a matter of importance in 

 Grape-growing. The purity of the water I look upon as the 

 first consideration. In smoky and thickly inhabited localities 

 water pure and clean is difficult to obtain. In the early stage 

 of the Vines, and up to the flowering period, water may be 

 applied with a fine syringe in a gentle refreshing shower, 

 closing the house previously to syringing, allowing the tem- 

 perature to advance to 85°, not omitting to place the ther- 

 mometer in the pans, proving that the water is of the same 

 temperature as the house. The paths of vineries and borders 

 should not become dusty and dry in scorching days. Watering 

 several times a-day over borders and walks will have the effect 

 of keeping a healthy vapour in the house that will tend to keep 



