i vntATIoX IIORTICOLE. 



tiia 



Paris V» 

 They will 

 engaged i 



I 1*7 n. <>n the John Traherne Moggndge, which occurred at Mentone, 



uv anticipated hv November 24. The deceased has been a partial invalid for 



liutnm, for Ma v. some years , and obliged to resort to a more genial climate 



3 subject, noting than England during the autumn and winter months. Though 



Vesque and vice- a great sufferer, he did not sit down in despair, but forgot 



1),. done in this his pains in an ardent and intelligent study of the beauties 



ught specimens of and mysteries presented by the works of nature. His " Con- 



i Florence for the tributions to a Flora of Mentone „ is a good example of 



acted by Beccari. patient research and. careful execution ; and his investiga- 



Beccari himself is tions into the manners and customs of Harvesting Ants 



general work. and Trap-door Spiders offer much that is interesting. All 



English botanist, who his acquaintance will long remember 



nd for some years him for his purely amiable disposition alone. 

 dried plants will 



hires M veuve E. A. and W. B. H. 



ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



FLOWERING SUNK-FENCE AT MILAN. 



in the art of gardening in 

 fthe Medicis, which served 



tre , but its modern gardens 

 >te. We have collected some 

 ►lia.ll publish from time to 



■s. we greatly admired the 

 dng manner in which the 

 legant Bowering fence. The 

 le our readers to understand 



irk , almost on a level with 

 within the enclosure. This 

 nue of trees , starting from 

 : Via Manin , and bordering 



pari 



i palisade or ; 



wall , both questionable and costly < 



hollowed out with a retaining wall, and a light iron railing 



on the out-side , and a slope on the inside. 



So far there is nothing out of the ordinary way. The 

 novelty is in the slope , which, instead of being bare turf, is 

 clothed with flowering shrubs, as well as the bottom of the 

 ditch. Here, for instance, is an immense bank of Lilacs 

 which in spring forms a carpet of purple-violet on an emerald 

 green ground, succeeded by clumps of Hibiscus Syriacus, va- 

 3 species of Spiraea, in hundreds and thousands of in- 

 dividuals forming splendid dwarf groups, away over which 

 "rave uninterrupted views of the park scenery. When 

 their heads rise too high, the shears are soon brought into 

 requisition. 



It is certainly an excellent idea, whether new or not, 

 matters little. The effect is good, it deserves reproduction, 



" is sure to please. E. A. 



