SEPTEMBER 30, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERŞ 
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mM LONDON PARKS.—No. IV. 
Tug REGENT'S PARK, 
| аз Erha leg. and forming a piece of brilliantly harmo- | 
ious colouring, v е fail io please every 
of t 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
915 
a still greater contrast to the T Holyoake í filling 
similar beds in the S.E. garden. ver apro 
next кен go through and examine the 
gar the way in к tapering, graceful, a 
might t with айт vantage be vena ‚кай es. 
us number 
ub rone gardens, to which allusion was made at meri iri - дай on the Grass band Аааа. distinet beds such as those in the N.E. ante-zarden 
m these ca recurva is freely planted, alter- | substituted for them. 
"т, with зери. арн eral des nid. Here 1$ is that the band «. Amaranthus mixed with 
mind that. each is а rip, | de е v Berberis Aquifolium. This Xp cca will | Variegated Mint is so conspicuous for lia Pair. It is 
o , and nearly 400 quo Img, Я two | enmt. гч prove one of the most use fal plan tein these | not an unbroken or monotonous band, t eve 
тірі rows of trees—at first view а unlikely | gardens, aud should be ng vua olo! in every geome: | 20 yards or во out juts a circle of m with 
p for а classical garde». Each side is di vr into а | trical garden. Just observe tty this. | band of Castor Oils around, edged вх ы eures 
d two ar »-gardens, and we in the f line of. young w white Fuchs E pee in the raised bed | of the eseulent Arum, and the line of ја ке runs in 
XY. en looking to the th, w а; they bloom continuously, and | this as it were; while 100) in the ion, а 
the interesting gardener's cottage, designed in ld isfaetor to warrant the general use in | circle of equal pue baden MN bask t 
Baglish styl by Мг, Eden Nesfield, In the ante- fowor dee: of this popular favourite, ep in | — escu 
a walk runs exactly between the two lines of igh er. ociates boantifolly 3 vit | pem vase, -1 around. it a 
E the north and south ends, say for abou ce does not etd ds go " rough y Gmphaliu 
100 yards, till it meets the cé — — whioh | fee but : — point e а җе This I take to Ар а artistic 'and ezeollent 
озпріев nearly the whole width betw mà ben n. Draemnas with. fine v lit cdi — in the € to associate graceful plants with showy on 
фе remainder of E k length), w whe en jt o, re of y Vini ев агоц und i it, which and such combinations must ea bear away the 
al ^s e tr t d al l 
prin. N cc, Y of tha walk in je> ante- about putting such things in the open air. In the south- | alone and unmixed, иёт 
у g. chief compositions are centred by Now look tot the north end of th qw 
whieh ате u d will see the valk "uet co of i 
rising towards the Elms on one v le Horse эч around which is a i circle of Frogmore Scarlet, | straight to the end asin tho spit te ag this i d 
(siue - ie өйы; with which the young | which i is quite sur tt d Stell ч to facilitate the mov rna e rowds here. The augle 
agreeable coütrasb, -— ыт - each s ide of this ira bel of Coleus edged by Centan formed by the branchi di 
give one em opes of walking through a sort o very effective is out. Воб on the whole, | common Rh dron, and — by ai а effective 
pm t "m t the two plants do equally well, Mr. Nes- and pleasing margin, com of DEN. near the 
field thi leus under no circumstances equal ќо | dark foliage of the shrubs; then a good belt of Frog- 
Amar of too шуы I think so too, d Gnaphalium. 
M ошм with the tiii gesovéd torn 
th 
$ one of breadth and n, so much so that 
yon never think of в in Soenda with 75 feet. By 
these means tis hat 
e an excellent effec 
otherwise have b been na sort of egeo Gower Street 
anthus, being 
aud s that wem фе rpasses 
ranth and some ет ci e CR subject like the | 
Variegated Mint 
© Тһе eastern central garden 
ih th 
in unison wiin 6 
he western, m the 
е oir aid the rende 4 and 
but this has n fro 
ien " having to facilitate the dispersion of the 
does not seem | 
poe. t Pe mi 7 
his garden, which impartial observers will pronounce 
increased length rather 
sh 
ung standard Almond and 
Peach re version Y ая these may be sufficiently | W 
produce this perspective aiding effect, and 
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aud as well arranged 
ally. One of 
of colouring seed — lon БЕХ rens ua ra It is 
called the cable frieze, and viewed from either end is 
well worth a — although Parple King and some of 
the Pelargoniums ve been | pūt out; of humour by the 
ns it indi be to secure variety without * fritteri 
then th 
EAS E or otherwise AKARE AEN nable. There are 
quee the ante-garden 
ай y s in the centre 
he east 
enlarging уле е не e опе having o nly ro om for 
ck of Centaurea, with band of рр King and 
м ve of Ceras әс » wiil at the o a lar, 
b se Stella surrounds the gre 
the aom ng r$ imi vase A tella 
паге di of he composition you м 
but. they are re remarkable as 
y 
the work of a а artist, 
The park is well minh by Mr. 
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e. ; and Mr. Ivison looks 
w gar There is enough of арыу їп it to 
fü gy ud present. system of flower gardening 
modif £e of it that ma pate 
e shoul 
ing point of view. 
the N.W. а sema sed о 
билес, plants such as ообо, Bolena ustum 
мі Arias, surrounded by а belt of the шешү 
— ча green 
y up, 
4 be no Phe extension 
d tweel 
“Thero is h 
to it in the series Alma variegated, th 
large 
Gol a en Cire 
Tia though n еей» n the same 
Stella, is filled. ы : зева m 
a valua| 
во fine 
direction as dinis cn the N.E vis. qui quita 
anantidote to all grumbling on my e for it is the 
The 
о bold f 
D garde ens an nd | 
winding в 
already ue 
After every 
| apaoe will M required as playgrounds for t 
ble e pla 
some allies. The " filings i in, or little ting 
las 
i-|g generation of gram nai em and little. ir even 
beds, : are well plan nted by Christine, whic az as à bend 
e novel series o A riegated b 
very thing I have been all along advocating. 
beds in this ante 
Pe um i ed, the edging | 
of Yellow Honeysuckle, which looked very washy | 
ite ston id some of 
m 
меч r in stance, ther 
south of this "long bed of 
d respectively ^n - e na and Calceo- 
and fine-leave 
an чен 
Ке 
mM A ubs an 
mixture 
of variega 
Че pla үү? and i in the Ex garden a 
ме ated Mast "and 'blue к than this, 
The frieze is ашу. sunk and mar 
stone cu 
little монд and the margin. 
ralio left its napada о 
T 
пей with a re 
between the 
2 ees instead of | опе 
pua inches next i 
dark-green 
whole of this | 
isitely quiet 
brilli lliant — of the N.W. central garden. 
— d by — Silver Chain 
Centaurea, and that would bea 
ag mone AM Rie An 
earnest. JF. Robinson. 
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| GENERAL FLOWER. B BEDDING.— 
si with little vivacious 
argen uà and ТОШ nenne me 151 is s perhaps 
one of the best nga Due 
thinking man eau see 
There ni ida Lo una f 
that health and you th for Lor т.н. 6 
battle of life begins in 
Iw providing a suitable 
—— of the year, habit of p 
joerg er with the proper position the different 
— а flower 
^g 80 ти step into the, N.E. ante- 
to be the vetus of this n 
which I take 
ticularly и e of the true 
T hte 
garden seq gem 
g^ view. Great numbers e: 
beautiful тч "both summer and spring, Ке 
theless who! olly unfit for purposes of general 'decoration, 
"embellish Egg word 
ting; and as par 
y of garden e ould 
orin other, situations in which other plants сап aid 
ter they get com- 
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rre rm 
"from this TOTEM 
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When the 
beauty of p ite 
those 
season aroun т mers 
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Howev: mple 
nie ik y^" roots om from jabo 
ll tben have the of | course 
verdure and sheltered. without 
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bethe the most pleasing compositions, and 
he best, though not the most original, 
Dong beds with tazza in centre and 
Running along the middle of the 
lolly icm there to show its glisten 
flowers—a capital ides, 
es of а tella, 
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one of 
lesii, | plan 
ated | the 
behind the first vase at the he entrance of t 
den a bed of Rhododendrons, d. by 
ante-garden the bes rot vers 
the 
Te ir striking thing in 
growth of the eid 
ie ty and dot E planted on raised mounds, 
as ordinary beddi 
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ты; 
fter wards, and if thin 
dbi Pinto of view, 2 
es two 
erdinandas top them bya D and the 
while d Fon eddy «йн didis 
— depend upon A is mad 
—- of cere ng, because 
"— — as r eheaply as bedding 
fresh and green 
the plants 
wildest native | discourag 
such th — 
mong annuals there is great choice of colour; the 
ч oss ve rene Virginian Stock makes a beautifal 
but if grown in еч — intermix 
with Brillant Tu oe ed with Pink 
enough | Daisy, $ y rich colour of фы) gi setting off the -— 
lilae e Stock to excellent antage. Col s 
pea new colour, 
Tulip сл be ad Any 
trying this Collinsia for the - гм must not be 
if seeds do not come пр at the time 
they are expected, for from some cause or other I have 
known them to lay in the soil for at least three рве 
