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THE VILLA GARDENER. 

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Fig. 145. is a view from the flower-garden, showing the arbutus, a front 

 view of the ivied arbour, and part of the veranda. 



Fig. 146. is a plan of the flower-garden on a larger scale, and the following 

 are references to it : 



a. Grand drawing-room. b, Veranda. c, Green-house. 



d. Fountain and arbour. e e. Pedestals and vases. 



/, Dwarf or terrace-wall, surmounted by vases, as shown in jig. 144. 



g y. Flower baskets. ' h, Potting-shed and reserve ground. 



i, Shrubbery. k. Entrance from the lane. 



I, Lawn sloping from the veranda. m, Pai-t of the entrance court. 



1, Kockwork, on which are planted alyssums, arabises, iberises, cheiranthuses, aubrietias, 



campanulas, cardamines, achilleas, sedums, antirrliinums, gilias, nemophilas, lasthenias, 

 violas, saxifrages, verbenas, nierembergias, geraniums, scillas, anagallises, helianthe- 

 mums, cistuses, and pentstemons. 



2, A basket filled with Provins roses, pegged on the ground, and China roses; and with 

 iron rods from each of the angles to the centre, forming a crown, on which Convolvulus 

 major is trained. 



3, ^nembno hortensis, purplish ; Helianthemum /•bseum, pink ; and Fuchsia globbsa 

 scarlet. 



4, Wall, in front of which are planted summer and autumn-flowering roses, as well as 

 green-house creepers, which are trained against it. Many of the autumn-flowering roses 

 require to be protected from frost ; but some of these were preserved throughout the 

 severe winter of 1837-8, without protection, by having hardy roses budded on their 

 extreme shoots ; as, for example, the Brennus or Brutus rose, on the Lamarque rose. In 

 tliis case, the Brennus rose (rich crimson) flowered first, luxuriantly ; and was followed 

 by the Lamarque (a pale yellow rose), which -also flowered well ; though the Lamaique 



