VARIOUS FLOWER GARDENS. 



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are mantled with various creepers, Vines, Myrtle, Clematis, Magnolia, 

 Jasmines, and Ivy. 



The engraving gives a faithful representation of one side of the 

 house, looking east. It is situated on the summit of a high hill on 

 the Cornish side of the river Tamar, with views of its winding course, 

 also of the distant ranges of hills in both Devon and Cornwall. The 

 picturesque freedom of the planting is delightful, the house being 

 prettily covered. 



SHRUBLAND PARK. Shrubland Park, in Suffolk, illustrates the 



Powis Castle, Welshpool. 



recent history of English flower-gardening, as it was the great bedding- 

 out garden, the " centre " of the system, and which provided many 

 examples for other places in England. The great terrace garden in 

 front of the house was laid out in scrolls and intricate beds, all filled 

 with plants of a few decided colours, principally yellow, white, red, 

 and blue, and edged with Box. In every spot in this garden the 

 same rigid system of set beds was followed, and not a creeper was 

 permitted to ramble over the masonry and stonework of the various 

 terraces. Every bit of Ivy that tried to creep up the walls and 

 cover the stonework had to be removed, to leave the stone in 



