700 



GARDEN MANAGEMENT. 



2192. Amidst hosts of other hardy hybrids, from the scarlet arboreum, 

 perhaps the following dozen are as good as any : — Blandyanum, Aclandianum, 

 Atrosanguineum, John Waterer, Nobleanum, Maculatum grandiflorum,Koseum 

 picturatum, Mrs. John Waterer, Victoria, Towardiana, Duchess of Sutherland, 

 and Parryllianum. But, doubtless, there are a hundred more almost as good. 

 Unless you have considerable experience, it is best to leave the selection to 

 the nurseryman, stating the price per dozen or hundred. Fine plants of the 

 above will range fi'om 55. to two guineas each. In addition to all these plants, 

 few o-ardens can be furnished without some climbing or trailing plants to run 

 np trees, scramble over poles or rustic buildings, or cover walls. The follow- 

 ing will be found adapted to any of these purposes : — 



30 to 50 



10 

 30 

 25 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 10 

 10 

 8 

 15 



20 



10 



TEBT. 

 30 to — 



Jasminum grandiflorum 



,, nudiflorum 



Lonicera Periclymenum belgi- 

 cum (the Dutch honey- 

 suckle) 



„ semperviren3 (the trum- 

 pet honeysuckle)... 



„ grata (evergreen ho- 

 neysuckle ... ... ... 



Early Eed honeysuckle 



Passiflora caerulea 



Teeonaa radicans 



,, major 



Vitis cordifolia 



„ apiifolia 



Westaria frutescens 



„ chinensis 



„ ,, alba 



And a whole host of Banksian, Bour 

 aault, Ayrshire, and other roses. 



10 



10 

 30 

 20 

 30 

 20 

 15 

 100 

 150 

 13 



IS 



Amplopsis hederacea (Yirgin 

 ian creeper 



,, bipinnata 

 Aristoloehia Sipho 



,, tomentosa 

 Bifinonia capreolata 

 Clematis Flammula 



„ orientalis 



„ Hendersoni 



„ florida flora pleno 



„ Sieboldii 



„ lanuginosa 



,, purpurea 

 Hedera (the ivy) 



There are about a dozen varieties, vary- 

 ing in the shape and colour of the leaves. 

 They will be better chosen by sight than 

 by name. 

 Jasminum revolutum 10 15 



„ officinale (the common 



jasmine) 20 30 



2193. Plants enough are here enumerated to furnish a ducal residence, and 

 enable the amateur to select what he thinks most desirable for his purpose. 

 It is better, however, to plant a dozen, 100, or 1,000, of any one plant that 

 thrives well in the locality, than grow those, merely for the sake of variety, 

 that experience proves do not thrive in any given place. Healthy growth, 

 after all, constitutes the great charm, and, this secured, a place furnished with 

 twenty species may be more interesting and beautiful than one planted with 

 a thousand. 



2194. Having now furnished a practical answer to the inquiries, when, how, 

 and what to plant, we will proceed to other matters. November is the very 

 best month in the whole year to lay turf, and an old common the best pos- 

 sible place to procure it from. It may still, however, be proceeded with. Tho 

 most convenient size is a yard long, a foot wide, and an inch thick. This, 

 wound up in rolls, is the best size for carting, unwinding, &c. : it can be taken 

 up at this size at the rate of 8d. per hundred. Thus, enough to cover 100 

 square yards will only cost 2s. for removal. After all the improvement in 

 lawn -grasses, there is no plan of covering a lawn equal to turfing it over: a 

 good, solid, smooth surface is secured at once. Under the most favourable 



