THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND E ASRICUBTURAD GAZETTE, 
[JANUARY 21, 1865, 
The ge e ge eometrical garden which I ry duis 80 imper tectly 
s, and consists 
T 
described, porem a sunken panel of Gra 
of some 2 
end of this grand drive, isa. вресіш given 
This garden 
me the bons idea I have yet had., of ут xe and 
gnity o of the а i ellingtonia. It is abo ut 
7 feet? high і 
of ' Dublin “ boys” and girls that are attracted on ia 
Sunday during the fruit season is somethin ng аз E 
ing. In fact n I ng would give any idea of it n 
of dus kicked Up by. the ti ghtly e 
mmer decora 
e | geen 
$ eginn swing к маа - a little from weight, 1 
with ny strongly БЕ bea rd built; stem. ! Look 
"with very merry passengers, all bound" ре el 
There are lines of fine old em in d 
a with ma 
n, then 'it down, getting 
larger by degrees mà besatifully great, till the base— 
the Bei 
eight ht and size—is plan 
some о old w ood in various place 
best deciduous tih 
sufficien of twice 
n ha i hidden pes ong the Grass. 
| d gocce Bes еар а vegetable tower into the skies— 
e 
abundance, and also he. Nempe 
| a tow 
ow by loving hands 
ery intelligent gardener informed 
that these teni 
fectly hardy, and stand in the beds, 
flower certainly, ач үш 2 foliage till den m 
of them runnin eed Ман that m 
Some varieties stud ps M. or 
seediug, „ап nd he po ointe d out опе 
m 
var iety 
he however propagates short side sprou эк 
it throws out, gram of #5 таноби are pie ly |o 
dwarf, being not more — Ы — in height, though | 
they spread ir foli e 8 or 9 inches in 
diameter ; others grow E rom d larger in every 
"Plan are obtained by sowing seed in 
me|of m see 
coloured varieties of я are per- wein to the New Zealander ( 
in full | be 
from injury, may survive es Toth uer bai ngs 
кел 
beauty апа the interest pee БЕЗ bo added А M 
cha rms of this noble Park by libera l and judici 
а, doa 
nations buried ; and | 
w. raak 1 
should he cross a Chann d and when 
dero ob maller ps. see at 
last Mr. wi 
eci 
tr теев, апа evergreens, may p easil imagin 
scene in the „British Isles 
he 
кемер: much- loved. uperintenden 
garden exhibits the finest, rarest, Aud noblest p" к: 
ines, shrubs, an d dec ciduous tree s planted at UN 
expense, 1 
| ien сос ponds in hollows are met w 
n the whole there is bar Чу aa а 
куа, in the Par for. its extent. The 
head-quarters of that peculiar pu excellent force the 
Fog Constabulary. From this finely situated barrack, 
recruits are "distributed ver the country after 
pus P the wW. 
Spen 
hat a йөр ren 
afterwards transplanting on sdra r light soil in in an impie 
sed fi — with 
of pre men, and a troop 'of cavalry, ready to act or 
start for any part of the country upon emergency. 
kepit g the When required fi 
bees the beds, the proper tints and sizes are selected 
for the various panels and circles, 
— to йел any earth ott 
Some 
ss that I had a strong te pues су 
in this direction while. on my way to Wardie 
but.as soon as Ї got a sight of the object of my vis "€ 1 
made a mental apology to Miss Hope, her gardener, 
ба rm Кап, W. Thomson, Dalkeith Park, Jan. 
NOTES ON GARDENS.—No. 
VI 
THE DUBLIN Pucwix Vr AND ITS GARDEN: 
Тнк main se alos nix Park, or "da 
Dublin Gate as it is се а little beyond the 
King's Bridge—t the most west ені p the city bridges, | 
* on pa g a little further than which," says Sir 
* we entered the gate of the Phoenix Park, 
the finest ы playgroun und in Europe, 
in the world. Indeed,it coi no less acres 
o lie a 5 ie covered ну trees and | « 
vated region 
3 
and I believe 
1700 
very pioturesquely situated, and with a hands ome 
| sheet of w: сан iding it from e Park on one side. 
The быр vourite resort of the people on 
decies [rw RH after divine service at a penny 
charge. 
Next gd hi Viceregal demesne, Е 209 | 
well wi 
the shrub and t кы. m 
шау 'о of course | be said. ery few evergreens vi do 
acres, 
fen um 
s a mistak 
bay pr the scene, but, on уе тнай improving 
others, n 
od; RÀ уй df the si were celi prepared Й 
n the — side of London, and 
w years by a garden 
would 
У 
гапа surrounded by а торгой of the | 
ca 
it by presenting such a large oasislike sweep of ri ssary (itis 
wood to the view. Nearly p im the Vier "fa 
entrance in the c entre of "the lon road, stands decorated. in the common ебат 
hcenix, 
of Ireland desired soil), there 
ornithological emblem of Immortality rising from its | could be done with ендд, plants [ 
зһез. Under-Sec в (e ntaining ы асгев) | we have yet witnessed. And after А, these evergreens - 
and Mr. pe e's places are the remaining on the | are not so very desirable for the parke, for during the - 
right of the main dye. both finely Кова. beauti-| season w. they are most enjoyed and enjoyable - 
fying me к id i course adang immensely to its | evergreens possess no vantages whatever ovet 
horticu' Wellin; monument, a а эү ү trees and shrubs. How many people do we | 
huge ie К Praia, v with the Victories of the Duke | in the parks during the winter season, excep "gi 
rises ta the 
289 fee 
b 
left near the entrance e to the height of 
hop pass through on business ? I fow i ina 
mag 
| рое estos y the “ pisanthry " 
| pe 
Die? 
c^ 
of the Шер, E Ít opon o o Qu publi 
ps might be 
thought mu E. È. He "Rs ing from Mié 
rrespondent, 
p qe, a slight 
Ы Аа 
s 71 асг ез, 
er is espe to dre po t Ue dn E nearly 
Moms that of the Lord-Lieutenant, and there are | 
eral h 
but Sir P , qui - 
P е іп сти and 7 miles i T erence, its | 
tain views all 
other extensive establi 
Size, pure air, 
combining to e бай па tional 
though fa Se Mac we from it. Bose them there ar 
Ж s. the rS f 
magnifice 
ыа a decidi the 
pa ah uro 
і 
panse, 
te | where 
ier only spot i in the United K 
my с ould be m: 
ouide iy groun ede 40. aeres in | dish, where 
numbers of soldiers' E are brought up; 
and others su 
е big: milostone КА 16 is at all events a very Жыр, 
t 
ments on this que 
а mass 
1 "tha acq 
The effect of i ET hoh in flower to one 
t| wande ering} towa! 
embellish it, it owes п же e 
housands and фе Т fine old caria 
of it in various parts of the Park, covering 
hollow, of great. size, ending apesi on the 
зс T by та 
ҮТ ai 
Te ‚ this is 
n parts of th the Park com 
grounds, plantations, ; but all aere пб 4 Skirt 
the woods on sr margin & prairie-like 
беъ 
Priapus 
sight, as if they were eid with snow 
and its bein and the e gp t of beauti 
and American species of Hawthorn, do almost as 
3 
ud 
of a verdan 
ех] MÁY Ё dat tho "Бева Acres," 
ews s of troops take 
Mrmr h a 4} 
ancouvered, it is ri em the most 
or dee nothing can be,more "hon wi 
have too many of them. For t 
аз 
by the finest roads, 
wns, water, wood without dier ah ollow: 
herds of "cud and frequent milita ув, в, this Park, 
may be readily su inexhaus 
Г заной retreat {о tho Dublin Cockney. Ton 
Park on a Sanday holiday 
metimes daint: 
n Pure 
вай i 
be conceived, pem 
nee is by a с 
is nary beauty," says Sir E. Here, 
in 1849 тд Her Majesty, "vw on numerous other 
occas ousand m ve been reviewed, 
not in the Hyde veia "нро but bem the swiftest | 
and most dashing m W oE avory р of the | 
rvi orme ed. 
n the| 
“ Fifteen Acres " are flitted ibd e егу over by i Че Hoo 
v of mountains of 
» 
to the more straitened апа сепса! London. pend 
For th rly thre 
aat t ыт бш daro ^on of t three i or т four 
t only i is it surrounded by Fir and | as som: 
as ehe plantations of various we but on the south 
bounded 
ET 
SEHRPECSRELBER 
rives were р 
Among other improvements which w 
carnea pe t at the time of my visi Visit, was the formation 
a pond with a very шелш island, to be planted | 
with y eo and other Pines on the ndi a slight | 
— of Mr. Wilkie's grand sc е me of impe 
ent, the sooner he is permit to carry out 
ror 
ne long, running straight as a gun- "barrel fro 
nd then. if th 
may walk till екшш, without th 
т. тти 
во frequent with 
round the same | 
led by 
the aia bailiff ad 
amp; 
urse es young 
giants, and being at about e бөлек нче 
to allow for their ove ты 
that is wanted to effect 
Ноте! 
Spots ne 
sein: 
along the rcu side ofthe Park com- | 
| mands. beantifal and striking views of the Dublin 
Milo 
ould be а boon to many, h 
erdt nor perhaps M oO ав 
ment d by 
e fines! 
а glades 
pon the. Liffey, 
the Park, whic h 
, mounds, and banks; looks dow. 
just outside. Wis 2 alling margin TE 
has eis r miles worn itself out a 
sepm hy 
to d decided features and p 
| вера! 
eculiar 
n raria that which above all other zi 
| richly 
uite sufficiont suggest 
"it iot беа “ lost "i in it ; and 
brakes of 
се in d e ó bush 
| finally ru: yond the Park towar ds the «В, traw- 
ote Беу 
berry beds." 
er 2 
E te, ех 
e very 
t| Litty planted | Lx а ud length i 
but also havi lantation of dancing nét and | 
Mr. | whiskey Mte slo the road at the base of the Stra 
| berry ridge. То these united attractions the пащі ^ 
