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Fig. 78. is a view from the flower-garden, showing the ar- 

 butus, a front view of the ivied arbour, and part of the veranda. 



Fig. 79. is a plan of the flower-garden on a larger scale, and 

 the following are references to it : — 



a. Grand drawingroom. b. Veranda. c. Green-house. 



d, Fountain and arbour. e e. Pedestals and vases. 



/, Dwarf or terrace wall, surmounted by vases, as shown in Jig. 11. 

 g g, Flower baskets. h, Potting-shed and reserve ground. 



i, Shrubbery. k. Entrance from the lane. 



I, Lawn sloping from the veranda. m. Part of the entrance court, 



1, Rockwork, on which are planted alyssums, arabises, iberises, cheiranthuses, 

 aubrietias, campanulas, cardamines, achilleas, sedums, antirrhinums, gilias, 

 nemophilas, lasthenias, violas, saxifrages, verbenas, nierembergias, gera- 

 niums, scillas, anagallises, helianthemums, cistuses, and pentstemons. 



2, A basket filled with Provins roses, pegged on the ground, and China roses ; 

 and with iron rods from each of the angles to the centre, forming a crown, 

 on which Convolvulus major is trained. 



3, Anemone hortensis, purplish ; Helianthemum ^-oseum, pink ; and Fuchsia 

 globosa, scarlet. 



4, Wall, in front of which are planted summer and autumn flowering roses, 

 as well as green-house creepers, which are trained against it. Many of the 

 autumn-flowering roses require to be protected from frost ; but some of 

 these were preserved throughout the severe winter of 1837-8, without pro- 

 tection, by having hardy roses budded on their extreme shoots; as, for 

 example, the Brennus or Brutus rose, on the Lamarque rose. In this case, 

 the Brennus rose (rich crimson) flowered first, luxuriantly ; and was fol- 



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