SCOTTISH GARDENS 



but it may serve to demonstrate the merit of sagacious 

 treatment if I confess that, whereas my whole stock 

 at the present time could be comfortably lodged in 

 a single wheel-barrow, Mr. Maule can show you 

 tons of healthy plants growing vigorously as a crop 

 in the kitchen garden, besides having disposed of 

 great quantities of roots during a long succession 

 of years. He makes no secret of his treatment, 

 which, put briefly, consists in deep preparation of 

 rather stiif soil and abundance of well-decayed leaf 

 mould (peat he does not recommend), When it is 

 desired to propagate the stock, he takes up the roots 

 towards the end of March, cuts off all long ends, 

 which, if left untrimmed, cause the crowns to rot, and 

 dibbles the slices in lines. Many persons who have 

 been driven to despair in attempting to increase 

 this and other varieties of Christmas rose, may find 

 a way to success through following these simple 

 instructions. 



Balcaskie presents a rare and charming example 

 of the union of architecture and horticulture, so 

 seldom effectively carried out by modern designers. 



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