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going along the garden ; the path used being enclosed by a 

 thick yew hedge, cHpped on the inner, but left rough on the 

 outer, side. 



The stable is at ^ ; and the end of the building may be covered 

 with passion flowers and trumpet flowers (Passiflora cseriilea 

 and Tecoma radicans), to which maybe added Caprifoliumjapo- 

 nicum, &c. The wall between this and the street is covered with 

 ivy, and there is a row of good-sized horsechestnut trees to hide 

 the neighbouring buildings. The walls and fences are covered 

 with nearly every kind of creeping plant to be obtained, that 

 will stand the winter without protection. The shrubs are nearly 

 all evergreens, mostly of small growth, and consist of a great 

 many different species. Those of the same colour of foliage 

 are grouped together, in order that each mass may, by its depth 

 or brightness of tone, form a satisfactory contrast with its neigh- 

 bours. In some places they nearly approximate, but in others 

 the difference of tint is very great : the points a o are the lightest, 

 and p p the darkest ; so that, when viewed from the house, the 

 former will appear to stand strongly out from the latter, and 

 will give (at least, I hope so) the effect of considerable space 

 between. 



Wherever it was possible, the walks were hidden, so that 

 the breadth of the lawn, and the repose of the whole scene, 

 might not be disturbed by the sight of much glaring gravel. 

 Thus, the left-hand walk is concealed by the planting, while 

 that across the lawn is sunk out of sight from the drawing- 

 room, and the path to the paddock is marked by a clump of 

 American plants [q). The beds marked r r r are exclusively 

 devoted to herbaceous flowers and roses. Unfortunately, I have 

 not preserved a list of the shrubs, but they are all evergreen ; 

 the common and Portugal laurels being, however, almost ex- 

 cluded : not from their being deficient in beauty, but because 

 their preponderance in gardens is now so great, as to produce a 

 monotonous effect wherever we go ; and this I wished to avoid. 



Worcester, Sept,, 1835. 



Art. IX. On the Systems of cropping Kitchen- Gardens adopted hy 

 the best private and commercial Gardeners ; iuith an Attempt to 

 reduce them tojixed Principles. By W. D. S. 



The subject of cropping the ground in kitchen-gardens em- 

 braces the preparation of the soil, the insertion of the seeds or 

 plants, their after- culture, the gathering of the crop, and the sys- 

 tem according to which one crop is made to succeed another. As 

 the discussion of all these points, however, would involve the 

 repetition of what is already well known to every gardener, the 



