84 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
anthus, the d and the Pansy, may be | planted. Not only our gardens but our ii ien 
treated in the same way, the last-mentioned suc- | and parks are open to great improvement by i 
ceeding admirably toli euttings a Ses free sri eie of trees like these, pi "bat 
“ There are some beautiful vari of PL in | soils are of such a nature as to preclude their pi 
rdens at Cliveden, ie seat of the | tivation. In a general way, oa wry рање л 
Duchess of Sutherland, of various clear and decided | allowed to take their natural growth, o; st be 
eolours, whieh are invaluable as spring flowers оп | but balanced in growth by encouraging ог ip ws 
account of their hardy nature and profusion of weak or rampant shoot occasionally. In sp al 
bloom. Nowhere has spring gardening been car- панаа where artificial forms may be desirable 
ried out with so much spirit, perseverance, and ydon Ribes, Lilaes, and the like, may be 
success, as in the extensive and beautiful gardens м ‘with und E ae bor or vi Per inb 
just alluded to, where, under the able management " eond part of m 
eming, t the usual gay | scenes of summer, | ject, to үт of үйө vits idi Flan бүз Дай 
are realised | under in spring. We find here an entirely 
hats r glass 
ж in "Ул spring. Mr. Fleming's admirable little different assemblage, a gayer and more brilliant 
book, ын а nd Winter Gardening, in which | order of beauty. For the most part they are 
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his practice is ый» and pleasingly detailed, and atives of climates; and t f 
of which I am informed a n E enlarged edition | larger size, and endowed with richer tones of colour, 
will shortly appear, is well w orthy of study by “Glass structures intended for spring-flowerm 
those who may wish to enrich. their gardens with | plants should be built as light and airy as possible. 
fresh stores of spring flowers T'he colours of flowers depend so much on light, that 
* Again Du annuals and biennials, which are | the lighter the structures in which they are grown, 
al spring to flower in summer, may e brighter and stro i the colours. And 
1n autumn to fi spring host of | it is scarcely less important that the structures be 
valuable spring flowers 18 derivable from thi ell ventilated. Th ue isture in the 
urce at a small cost of money and labour. The | air in spring, t maging effects of which, 1n 
the dam 
Vallfiower, Honesty, Candytuft, Catchfly, Ery- | excess, is Зы counteracted by securing a free cir 
simum, Gilia, Iberis, Nemophila, Saponaria, and | culation of air. 
Virginian Stock are amongst the hardiest and best “The onim is one of the chastest and 
this purpose ; but the number and variety may | sweetest of spring-flowering plants. Some oft the 
rb meg d increased and extended. "These еи аге ma idea but I prefer to treat the whole 
be sown in August a intended to as greenhous The best mode of increasing 
pref flower ; or if the soil is loose or the situation | them is by idis "which should be sown in June, 
damp, su such conditions being unfavourable to their | or as soon аз the seed is ripe, in soil com 0 
preservation during winter, it were better to sow | about equal parts of loam and sandy peat. Place 
on solid soil in a sas in ary p lace, and trans- | them in a cold pit, In September the 
: газ. | have ue 
uu and Lily of the Valley, the Snowdrop, “The Ca mellia, of which there are endless 
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trimrose, and the Hepatica; these are lost to varieties, stands forth prominently among spring 
the heedless many, w „not how muc flowers. The Rose is universally acknow. wl 
t beauty waits to b ed in its retirement. | the Queen of Sum nd I think we ma jey 
But the larger forms of vegetable ‘life cannot be so | call the Camellia the Queen = ae 5. 
passed by. They rise before us, confront us at | we consider the s symmetry of rich and dt 
every step, and prefer their claims with an elo- blossoms, or the dee каршын green of its expansive 
ecd and power ew ea он leaves, from er point of view 1t h wi An 
y conspicuous of spring-flowering trees lant. he climate ‘of An eni in ете 
and shrubs are the different varieties of Mold, Pii the Camellia is wate ag an out-of-door 
Mespilus, a те Chest Е each, Pear, Plum, lant. There, in the nurseries о рты ee 
nut, 1а, tree | sands are planted in the open ground, тесе! 
жет, у, Flow rit ig“ Оша ‚ Lilac, Cydonia, Ma- | protection in winter toii but a slight thai of 
e oer doubleflowered Farze And this enu- | reeds. I have seen it in this country thriving We 
18, by no means exhausts the | trained against a wall; but it is more isfuctory 
port ons of rich loam and sandy peat. | the 
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у. Itis free, hardy, id imulus during 
Even London, with ый кйш o£ int riter be s uin м. 3 enriching ie 
trees, may justly di of the 1 leaves, and increasing the sizo or 
number. The La- ч the flowers. Whether planted out, 
with its - ve of golden blossoms, in pots, a littl th, a m ч” S lle 
ea = "moi үч 
both searlet and white, are noble sea coe pt aes ао rd "Tui sd jod over, 
ng-flowering trees ar posse Aia of air should be given, or better, ы 
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ite and double-blossomed | plants, if in hould be re-potted and 
; bassi more generally known, I | out-of- doors Ls = north side of a rene or wall 
would. - be more extensively ' where the e morning sun only can reach 
