38 THE CARNATION MANUAL. 



in Suffolk, under conditions totally different, 

 where Lord De Saumarez entrusted me with the 

 remodelling of this garden, which was for long 

 perhaps the most famous " bedding-out " garden in 

 England. I had to consider the question of its per- 

 manent embellishment with beautiful hardy flowers, 

 the carpet and bedding systems, white gravel and 

 broken coloured brick, having been given up. 

 The soil of the place is a light Avarm friable loam, 

 delightful for gardening; and so I determined 

 to plant to a great extent, with the Carnation, 

 Tea Rose, Tufted Pansy, Lavender, Rosemary, 

 and all the beautiful and hardy plants obtainable. 

 Very many of the finest Carnations were used, and 

 with most excellent effect. The beds were simple 

 and bold, and w^e had large masses, in groups, of 

 the finest self Carnations known. 



The climate, like that of the eastern counties 

 generally, is colder than that of Sussex in winter, 

 but perhaps brighter in summer, and a better 

 result was obtained than in my own garden; so 

 that between these two very different districts we 

 have evidence that the Carnation can be used 

 (not merely the Cloves, but many other handsome 

 forms ranging through the finest colours) with the 

 most artistic and in every way satisfactor}^ effect in 

 the flower-garden. 



The flower is certainly next to, and, in some 

 points, even superior to the Rose — in decision of 



