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THE VTLLA GARDKNKR. 



Fraxinus, variegated white- 

 leaved. 

 F., curled- leaved. 



Ijauracem. 

 Xaurus Benzoin, 6 ft. high, 

 and 4 ft. wide ; in loam 

 and bog, 



ThymeUcefe. 

 /)aphne Laureola. 

 pontica. 

 collina. 

 neapolitana. 

 Aristolochiicece. 

 ^ristolbchia sipho. 



EwpAor&ikceae. 

 7?iixus balearica. 



sempervirens arbores- 



cens. 

 s. a. argentea. 

 s. a. aurea. 



Vrticacece. 

 Ficvls Carica. 



'RetulUcete. 

 /4'lnus incisa. 



Corylacece, or CupitUfercf. 

 ^uercus grami'intia. 

 /Hex. 



/. integrifblia. 

 /. serrata. 

 I. oblonga. 

 /. /agifblia. 

 /. crispa. 

 .9uber. 

 coccifera. 

 Tiirnert. 

 bicolor. 

 tinctoria. 

 coccinea. 

 paltistris. 

 y^'gilops. 

 pedunculkta. 

 p. foliis variegatis. 

 fastigiata. 

 lyrata. 

 Cerris. 

 Lucombe5?ia. 



Quercu.s Lucombei^nir nova, 



fern-leaved. 



vi'ridis. 



fulhamensis, or den tat a . 

 i?'agus sylvatica /ilicifMia, 

 the fern-leaved beech. 



'Balsaminacea:. 

 Liquidambar Styraciflua. 



Taxacem. 

 Podocarpug nuciferus. 



Coniferoi. 



Pinus /inaster. 

 Pinea. 



/l^bies DouglasM, 10 ft. high, 

 and 6 ft. in diameter ; 

 planted in a tub sunk into 

 the ground and concealed. 



C^drus Libhni, 20 ft. high. 



&mUdceo>. 

 iJiiscus racemosus. 



A cedar of Lebanon ; and to the right and left are two beds of select dwarf dahlias. 



Beyond the beds of dahlias are two rustic baskets of pelargoniums ; and there is a 



shell filled with mesembryanthemums. The other plants are select species of pinea, 



firs, and Cupressinie. 

 z, A strip of lawn, bounded on the south by a wire fence, which separates it from a 



paddock, and varied with beds of dahlias, pelargoniums, and other shoviy flowers. 



On the north of this strip of lawn is an oblong pond, well stocked with water lilies 



and gold fish. 

 <<.\ Shed for cows or horses. 



1, Keserve ground for proving seedling dahlias. 



2, House for hurdles for dividing the paddock. 



3, Compartment entirely devoted to dahlias, which are planted in beds 8 ft. wide, with 



alleys 2 ft. wide between. The collection amounted, in the year 1837, to upwards of 

 400 sorts, which, according to Mr. Lawrence, were among the best then in existence. 



4, 4, Kitchen-garden, chiefiy planted with gooseberries, currants, raspberries, strawberries, 



potherbs, asparagus, tart rhubarb, sea-kale, and several articles not so readily procured 

 from the market-gardens in the neighbourhood. 



5, Tool-house, including a potting-shed. 



6, Border for choice fiowers ; the wall covered with half-hardy shrubs. 



7, 7, Two green-houses entirely devoted to Coniferae in pots. The following list includes 



those species which constituted the collection in November, 1837: 



Taxicem. 



Dacrydium cuprt^ssinum, 6 ft. 9 in. high, and 



5 ft. wde ; in a pot 1 7 in. wide, and 1 8 in. 



deep : by far the largest and handsomest 



plant of this species ever seen in England. 



Coniferce, § AUithwe. 

 Firms sylvestris. 

 P. s. rigensis, 4 ft. high, and 2 ft. wide ; in 



a pot 9 in. %vide, and 9 in. deep. 

 P. pumilio. p, p. Miighus. 



P. Banksf^na, 3j ft. high, and 2 ft. in dia- 

 meter; in a pot 10 in. wide, and 10 in. 

 deep. 



P. mops, 5ft. high, and 3^ ft. wide ; in a pot 

 17 in. wide, and 17 in. deep. 



P. mitis. P. piingens. 



P. Laricio, 4 ft. high, and 1 8 in. wide ; in a 

 pot 10 in. wide, and 10 in. deep. 



P. austriaca, 1 ft. high, and 9 in. wide; in a 

 pot 6 in. wide, and 6 in deep. 



P. Pallasw»«, 2 ft. 3 in. high, and 2 ft. in 



