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knowledge to begin with will be the means of saving much trouble, disap- 

 pointment, and expense. The following remarks are intended to be of ser- 

 vice to those who are not unwilling to attempt what at all times must be 

 regarded as " gardening under difl&culties ; " but with what good results the 

 attempt may be made let the Temple Gardens testify. Greatly changed for 

 the worse is the atmosphere of London since Warwick prophesied — 



"This brawl to-day, 

 Grown to this faction in the Temple Garden, 

 Shall send between the red rose and the white 

 A thousand soula to death and deadly night." 



Yet we venture to affirm that the great earl saw nothing half so gay around 

 him as may be now seen in this same spot, notwithstanding dirt and soot. 

 To Mr. Broome, the intelligent superintendent of these ancient gardens, all 

 who live irji^imoky cities, and who still love flowers, owe a deep debt of gratitude. 

 He has shown what may be done, and he has also left on recoi'd his own expe- 

 rience as to the best mode of doing it. " Fresh from the country," writes 

 Mr. Broome, " having received initiation into the mysteries of my profession 

 in the gardens of one of the wealthiest of our nobility, I was but little pre- 

 pared for the difference which exists between the gro\\i;h of plants in the 

 country and in large to\^Tis. Those which in the pure air of the former grew 

 almost spontaneously, would, notwithstanding the pains bestowed upon them, 

 barely arrive at maturity in the smoky atmosphere of the latter. IMy previous 

 experience availed me but little ; I had almost everything to unlearn ; how- 

 ever," continues he, "I set about my task with diligence, coupled with 

 patience and perseverance, and have been rewarded by a complete triumph 

 over all such difficulties as were not insuperable." 



•2277, Some persons, perhaps, may imagine that outdoor gardening under 

 such adverse circumstances can liardly repay the trouble that'must be bestowed 

 upon it, and that the subj ect loses its interest because there are not many persons 

 who have much opportunity or convenience for availing themselves of it, so 

 small a space in general being allotted in most cities and large towns to each 

 house beyond the plot of ground which it actually stands upon. But why 

 should even the smallest courtyard not be turned to the best account ? Why 

 should any open space be deprived of a green tree, a few shrubs and plants 

 and flowers, to ornament it ? Why should the back drawing-room, as is so 

 often the case even in good houses, have nothing better to look out upon 

 than bare walls and a dirty pavement? It should be observed that turf 

 grows well under the influence of smoke, that trellis-work will hide any 

 unsightly object, and the large quick-growing Russian ivy will soon cover 

 a wall ; a light verandah, also, at the drawing-room windows may be made 

 available for creepers. The common nasturtium will do well, and so will the 

 different varieties of tropseolum, also canariensis ; but care must be taken that 

 they do not suffer from drought, for drought in a smoky atmosphere is far 

 more injurious to plants than it is where the air is clear and pure. 



2378. The following list \vill be found to contain most of the trees, shrubs. 



