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its destruction, or even deterioration, 

 increases the danger of floods, washes 

 off" the fertile soil, and tlien brings down 

 unfertile soil into fertile valleys, lowers 

 the water level, and, in general, throws 

 out of balance the favorable conditions 

 for agriculture : 



" That while we advocate the cutting 

 and using of the wood crop as we need 

 it, we must not any longer, as we have 

 done, squander and waste it ; we must 

 not clear where clearing produces dan- 

 ger to the surrounding country. — Globe. 



Hampton Court Gardens. 



(Some fifteen miles from f.ondon on 

 the banks of the Thames is situated one 

 of England's historic palaces, viz., 

 Hampton Court. It is well known to 

 all that this was the residence of 

 Cardinal Wolsey during the reign of 

 Henry the VIJI. It is now held by the 

 crown and open to the public at all 

 times. The palace itself is a fine type 

 of the architecture of Henry the VIII's 

 time and contains some fine pictures in 

 the state apartments, as well as numer- 

 ous other articles of national and 

 historic interest. 



Hampton Court is also celebrated for 

 its fine gardens, splendid park and 

 urand old trees. Nowhere near 

 London can early landscaping be seen 

 to better advantage than at Hampton 

 Court. The palace stands in its own 

 grounds, or palace gardens, but con- 

 nected with, or adjoining it, is l>iisliey 



Park. The palace gardens are on the 

 east and south sides of the palace. 

 Those on the east being laid out with 

 shrubs and trees and containing the 

 well known " Maze." The gardens on 

 the south side or in front of the palace 

 are liid out in ornamental walks and 

 flower beds and the carpet or ribbon 

 gardening is here done to perfection. 

 The dark red geranium Jacobi is here 

 used with good effect. 



Most of the flower beds are of the 

 same shape — about twenty feet long 

 and ten feet wide — but no two are ar- 

 ranged alike Some will be made to 

 resemble a turkey carpet, while others 

 are laid out in solid masses. 



Among the features of Hampton 

 Court are the grand old chestnut trees. 

 These were planted under the direction 

 of Cardinal Wolsey and are laid out in 

 avenues running south, east and west 

 from the main entrance of the palace. 

 We have never seen finer trees than 

 these and those in Bushey Park. In 

 the latter they are truly grand. It 

 will give you ? ome idea of the beauty 

 of these trees when I tell you that the 

 main avenue or drive from the entrance 

 of Bushey Park to Hampton Court 

 Palace is over a mile long and has five 

 rows of trees on each side of it ; each of 

 these trees is perfection and a study in 

 itself. At this season the chestnut 

 trees are all in full bloom and they 

 are certainly a sight to see and 

 remember. [T. — American Florist. '\ 



London, June 1. 



