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381 
y t fi best arranged as singly 
1 
q from their 
others. 
very one who eai 
e wo of | m 
orks 
uld be too to mpt 
ing together plants of the same or similar 
“It worth while att 
novelty in the ANEA of the srabherion i pected. C. R. 
kir nds, 
beauty of the summer and the autumn garden, and that 
nothing untoward or yea wil tend to mar = 
fone ent — s which may reasonably be 
of valuable exampl 
trees, and 
details. 
The 
10n. 
detached specimens 
si as E = 
to determine t ms = the 
ais of shrubs and 
will more than repay a careful study of its 
should bear e Se 
must, by their east: seem 
nd, © 
walks, 
h must in “foot b 
ani m the 
items which make up our shrubberies in general. Th e 
which I have seen seem to me to place 
positions “of f the 
damaging the harmony o; of the 
ne ae Stat a 
been 
ints ts of view 
shru 
bination has bee 
the sh 
in 
priy 
and groups. 
ecured, when 
whole a n a 
‘the 
large amount of success will hav 
garde n its elf. 
ome Correspondenc 
pe and eis ite that now the trouble sr en 
after so many plants in pits and es will hav 
end, and fear lest the operation of er Bee should been 
be | par! 
Be attended to prematurely. Caution must ht san 
exercised, yet it is impossible to avoid some Bo Be as i 
ot have occasionally done much injury i rooks li 
A long duratior n of fine weather, the advance of forest I found the wh le soil | 
he ( vegetation, f 
few examples w. The Grass in t s.—[We select the following 
the success of such an arrangement beyond a doubt. | important pieces of ad ‘om our correspondence of 
George Lovell, Bagshot. his week.] About 12 years since the grub of the - 
fer had in a similar mer denuded large patches 
my park, and I found the water from the gas works 
AMATEUR GARDENING.—PUTTING OUT |an effectual remedy. e application seemed a to 
BEDDING PLANTS. destroy eng the little Grass left, but subsequently it 
BEFORE we again address our readers the middle of | recover gr ith greater luxuriance than ever ; 
May will have årrived, when ge panie. which save or have Ísin ince Paa M aae with the nope — vein 
been trained up for the summ r garden may generally [Cocke chafi T grubs b ing soft- skin ned a uch m 
be put in their Bere This is is a rer of the 
deners look ard to with ec with min gled Tipula oler acea, ne fiy, or Daddyso onglegs. |—— 
hope 
if he keeps a rire over the more tender thin ings, 8 
T). 
t, but the various E 
aa B 
and covers them up when hailst torms et 
indicate frosty nights, we think that bedding-out may 
head. I ao 
roller, the serrated s of which crush 
and replanted t the roots that the 
rooks had pull 
combinations mus and artistic At is reason ably commence w en May] has reached the decline | I have wed Jasse ora beer the moles, and the 
being well able to consider and Grass has a sg no 
labours of the lan gardener rise into Sy of Commence with the hands and strongest plants, | injury w. hatret 0 wd Kiet where is no 
the artist; especially, done, if possible, in still we eather. | worm 5 but on the contrary i is highly erien If the 
garden, where be T taali which h ands c moist, I should give two 
give no real idea to the uninitiated “of the ‘ultimate bed, pine the : aieeheite of foliage and of colours, s are Polings at right na to each oiher and I be 2 , the 
intended effe Ep successful ‘ht t nd edy will be found. 4 Constant Subs 
be hoped for when the designer mental ally realis es that|if a plan of the resolutions adopted i is marked d say that sadn “the avp 0 mo 
effect, and chooses ai arranges euch pewter as papier paper it will save much trouble and some disappoint- parks are being devoured by hordes of insects, leather- 
year by year, advance to its col mati Yet it| ments. The harmony o enter the relative growth | coated hard wiry insects destroying the e, &e. 
must never be forgotten that ‘the n mos ost ably + arranged of the Ogee and many o ings on which g have no quack remedy to offer ine i imple, 
arden nds, cannot be settled with the pot and has to be done while all London is sound asleep, 
principle upon ket it i composed. is t kept and t n hand, and the pons oni fore et in| that I fancy the park- TS n ve it, 
constantly in view, its progressive development this depart mil ait a of failure and| That is a 2-ton iron roller, with a Thorn-scrubber 
assisted by i the pruning knife a the To render vexat ion. A ma ap, c constracted wi vith peer ee aste and | behind, well loaded. is ted durin: eir 
a Mii number of ill t} h help th d feeding time at midnight will soon clear the London 
must be “employed for imediata effect, which “must © Tarn ae the plants with as little disturbano of the parks of daddy-long-legs and their un d 
Som etim mes, howeve famil ames Cuthill, Camberwell, -— 
be permanent a advance in growth and development. Con- | be fi 1 lé Id a gape m ary I have a my may be effective 
point in the growth of 
lants is necessary, if the 
the p 
pera istobeotherwisethan a miniature wilderness. fae 
ERROL, P 
Besides the principal 
disengage the Gti 
ieee roots on give t then new p direction: erm — 
of this si a rule often prevents a ourishing, 
ts) 
in this so poiso 
animal life inat i think it may To worth the trial i 
= or YAR ose and matted ball aa rots “i throw off | 
ne he 
from his 
He Sg 
masses and Seog for shrubs in | t 
a Pe merally a number of single speci- 
e rarer 
or favourite plant: 
ters. This feature, which is more 
every garden, has Peen criticised an 
cause certain great pai 
represent single trees in their 
Were the provin: tight dening we 
s placed 
in poean to evelope their Sg go pele | 
= 
r less 
upon the 
anything appro 
ms | beer isa ‘ate moist without sticki 
n a state fit for any 
quence id | 
eac ch 
that instead of the Grass ag covered with soil and 
ee ult to mow, = is now velvet. The mixture 
ollows 
-u 
E 
jo] 
or clay, or achi mets When the 
to the Pa it | 
gto 
ardening opera 
I sa 
| togii; if this d 
generally mixed 8 ounce: 
r 
| | applieð then will run through, and benefit the ilkan 
a i he materi noe 
hey grow. u: 
with discretion. Inexperienced gardeners sidt vans 
err in watering in excess; but unless the plants a 
it is best to let them alon me. roots ill e end | 
RRT R 
port Th 
Wash out the vessels well after we A as it 
poisonous. e Grass i is not injured. J. 
The grub of d 
great dislike to ese pests T e 
Ee EEE be- 
inters never, or an very seldom, 
tures. 
Now, if it 
1 
| than in one made crude and cold by over i A 
en rain pi be of Sse benefit, aian so nen as the 
ot suffer 
guano. For 
grow Carrots, enh fd Pata ey till I used guano, 
Why not try guano to oe mates parks ?—or a mode- 
gas-lim 
plants do from drought i ill be ł 
from the princip 
just and tas ti bi is not so; 
p 
the art 
rtan 
EN 
ent, 
ra muc! 
painting is the representation of a scene | and n 
aA aged oi ba as a De nothing whatever should 
nting, this criticism would be| Trai 
oryg out | ding-out poean e y Verbenas should be 
t particu 
culars 
that they 
sob what aa as Se fron eesti infancy, so to speak, 
nts as things ssed 
kat 
| in 
ining must t be xr in mind as en work of bed- | s 
with street | Sweep- 
or weak gas-wa 
va? 
tect. oon sug; 
pegged down at o they may receive the | 
with t 
of a higher 
in | life, pie vor sho ald begi! t 
W. P., Butt beg to suggest a a plan 
hI believe will completely enp the leather- 
amine San ake ammonia water from 
and Fata roy places that are infested al 
grubs are nearest the su vias $ there is no tar u 
tt 
a jaran 
of ptt the shoots may also now mig attended to, 
re 
upon 
the water, and the water no strong, it eis me 
le hurt the Grass ere are myriad: s of the sam 
Lth vee 
to save a flow wer at t 
lin, “to. “he looked ot t and enjoyed from a| 
compact gro Pinch o 
the heart st = leading shoot t which seems og be goi ng 
al f 
iai icn ar to to admired i 
enever 
H 
Principal masses, it should of co 
dividually: 
—such are 
Whe Soviet of them can tel 
succes grouped, or at oe connected wae th 
urse by all m ae 
ead of the rest, and the result to be 
| formation of more side branches. Scarlet medem 
yV erbenas, vet epee and indeed most things, are the 
better for this proc 
E es re bulbs are eita cultivated they will ni 
ewhat in the vay of the prate on are to take 
the fo earl 
w be | first of June. 
of idle and needful children being found in tl the a : 
their places. Unles oliage is 
must remain where they are the 1 ons 
d the 
f, and “therefore if they 
Pelee ool be let oof day or two i 
plants can 
ery tr GUNLALY 
ting system,” i ise., e., the’ practic ice of s ticking i 
be 
of t uses, Hyacinths, 
wee cident and pain 
A little seer ith | 
A Tnling 
z 
44 KA 
m of breadth 
} 
bee reised wi 
arance will "give to the fesas and 
SE 
the differ 
aaron fon rine peints ov 
and Mihri me 
E planting thes Sr aaa much 
e single specimens held in general 
to the outsides of the e principal ne produce 
mands ti eni Do 
gard 
several trees of Sethe sme Pente with t 
site 
const: t disputes an 
them? Some wou probably ae the parka 
| and collect t them n a i 
ast will be sas “pleas 
ng when som 
o carry their collections to some 
f the 
ful 
will fi iis 
aia | of shrubs; | rea 
weeny es 
Fa new Aei allowed full and sole pi ete 
our plan is generally to devote a bed in some cool 
| situation for 
be thus in our 
e them up with balls of 
way. 
trenches in 
i 
hen taken up and put away in a dry 
We cannot but or pe te with our 
who, after and aaah 
| are abont t to co Mear their plants to to the open bes m and | 
borders 
transplanting the bulbs which we find to | be con 
them the new place |as w: 
where they eroltsally perfect them- 
| to co! 
a 
nate 
measure the see and deposit 
ike vessels, in 
