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Flower-gardens at Dropmorc. 



In Summer. 



18. Coreopsis tinctoria. 



19. Pelargonium Daveydnum. 



20. Celsza za'ticifolia. 



In Winter and Spring, 

 i .Delphinium Ajam (double rocket 

 \ larkspur). 



\ Tiilipa Gesnericwa (early clari- 

 \ mond variety). 

 5 Eranthis hyemalis (winter aco- 

 \ nite). 



A bed {fig. 85.) of the dimensions given by Mr. Baillie will 

 contain six rows of any one of the summer plants enume- 

 rated ; five rows between them of any of the winter and 

 spring bulbs mentioned; and a surrounding border of Crocus, 

 Trichonema, Bulbocodium, ASeilla, Saxifraga granulata, and 

 similar plants, 3 in. from the edge of the bed, and the same 

 distance apart from each other. The summer plants (^. in 

 Jig. 85.) are readily inserted in the centre of the squares formed 

 by the winter plants (tf mfig. 85.), without the least risk of 

 injuring the latter ; and, when finished, the summer plants 

 will be 1 ft. apart from the summer plants, the winter plants 

 1 ft. apart from the winter plants, and all the plants of one 

 season 6 in. distant from the plants of the other season. 



After disposing of flowers and plants in immense quantities) 

 and in almost innumerable forms on a flat surface, an active 

 mind like that of Lady Grenville, enthusiastically fond of gar- 

 dening pursuits, cannot avoid pushing the taste farther. The 

 direction given to this extreme of art here, is that of raising 

 the plants in the air in grotesque vessels of a great variety 

 of shapes (Jig. 86.); of surrounding them with varied basket- 



work; or of training them on elevated forms of wire, and trellis- 

 work. It is worthy of remark and of imitation, and indeed it 

 forms a characteristic of the artificial ornaments of Dropmore, 

 that they are not so much made up of costly materials, as by 

 the application of skill and taste, and the labour of local work- 

 men, to articles of little intrinsic value. Fantastic roots and 

 boughs of trees, with rods of hazel or other clean growths, bark, 

 moss, and such old boxes, barrels, tubs, or jars, as may be at 

 hand, and would otherwise be burned or thrown away, are the 



