the Seat of W. R. C. Stansfeld, Esq., M.P. 611 



Fig. 53. Seds from No. 1. to No. 8. 



distances, according to size ; and in the following list these will 

 be named as edgings in the arrangement of each bed, which was 

 that adopted in 1837, and, I believe, gave entire satisfaction to 

 my then respected employers. 



As I cannot sufficiently explain the planting of the beds 

 without causing confusion on the plan, I shall give some of the 

 beds on a larger scale, marking more particularly the system I 

 have adopted in the general planting and arrangement of the 

 beds, which, from No. 1 to No. 8, are all similarly arranged ; 

 therefore the bed No. 1 may serve as an example for the 

 whole. 



I, a, Pseonia arborea ; b, Escalloma rubra, &c. ; c, crocuses, snowdrops, winter 

 aconite, dog's-tooth violets, AScIlla bifolia, &c., planted near to the edge of the 

 bed ; o bulbs ; + herbaceous plants. 



Herbaceous plants, planted 1 ft, 

 from the edge of the bed ; with dif- 

 ferent species of iVarcissus planted 

 close behind every fourth plant. 



The herbaceous plants are from 

 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height, and are va- 

 ried as much in each bed as the 

 number of species in the collection 

 vrould allow. 



Some may think that the beds would be crowded with plants, but such 

 has not been the case, as the bulbs have chiefly done flowering before the 

 herbaceous plants have made much growth, and the herbaceous plants are 

 nearly all over before the dahlias are in full bloom ; which arrangement has 

 insured a succession of flowers from the first fine weather in spring until the 

 frosts kill the dahlias in autumn. 



9, 10, 11, and 12 are severally planted with moss, 

 perpetual, and select deciduous roses, marked r; 

 and different varieties of herbaceous pseonies, 

 marked ^j ; with three patches of white lily marked 

 I, in each bed. 



9 is edged with Primula farinosa and Gentidna 

 septemfida. 



10, Edged with Gentidna acaulis. 



II, ditto, ditto. 12, Edged with double primroses. 



As soon as the paeonies have done flowering, China aster or Russian 

 stocks are planted in front of each pgeony for an autumnal bloom. 



13, Common China roses, edged with Avu'icula, of varieties. 



14, Noisette roses, trained on a flat trellis, and edged with Eranthis hyemalis. 



15, Common China roses, edged with Hepatica, of varieties. 



16, Noisette roses, on a flat trellis, and edged with Muscari botryoides. 



17, Azalea pontica globosa in the centre, with Galanthus nivalis around the 

 plant ; then a circle of il^Timulus roseus, and the bed edged with alpine 

 auriculas. 



18, Kalmia latifolia in the centre, surrounded with crocuses, and edged with 

 double primrose, and planted with Lobelk gracilis for the summer. 



19, Similar to No. 17, with Lobelk gracilis for summer. 



20, Similar to No. 18, with Ferbena Melindris for summer. 



The beds from 21 to 28 are all edged with different varieties of Crocus and 

 heartsease alternately, and were planted for summer flowering as follows : — 



21, Scarlet geraniums. 22, (Salvia Grahami and angustifolia. 



R R 3 



Fig. 54. Beds from No.9. to 12. 



