Avavsr 10, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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The contents of the next house into which I am 
conducted are less dazzling. It contains a fine 
collection of healthy Smilax and Humea elegans. 
Ita neighbour, the Palm-stove, is filled with many 
thousands of graceful specimens, ranging in size from 
3 inches up to 12 feet ; Gloxinias of the finest strain, 
Eucharis, Adiantum cuneatum, Araucari 
Dracenas, Asparagus plum 
Cannas, and other superior plan 
devoted to their culture, in order to supply the Ба 
demands of Downie's floral establishment in Princes 
Street. 
The MEN house тер 39 is resplendent with а 
; some of the blooms are 
colour, would be difficult to surpass, Other speci- 
mens deserving special mention are Madame Cecil 
frey, Lamartine, and La Baronne de St. Didier, 
One ^ Age m to hear that these blooms are at 
present the — — of flowers with the 
— of Princes Stre 
A stroll along the walke adi betrays at every 
step some interesting feature. A patch of healthy 
young mae attracts attention б the fact that 
offspring of a venerable sire, which 
is one of the sights of the village of Corstorphine, 
This relic of а byegone age is the remnant of а 
shady avenue that once led up to the old castle, 
castl 
of the young leaves in 83 spring, their glittering 
yellow is so singular as to strike the eye of the most 
indifferent passer-by. The = folks po a story of 
n white, with a bloody 
sword in her hand, who affrights the belated traveller, 
tradition which recalls a love tragedy preserved by 
management, and that catch the e eye in passing, 
lleetions of Conifers, fruit з тав 
— shrubs, East Lothian Stocks, Autirrhhieqme, 
Pentatemons, Delphiniums, and other s 
flowers. It is sufficient 
herbaceou 
t to say that the whole is a 
model of what a ынча. garden should be, and 
neral man 
reflects credit on the gene f Mr, 
William MacKinnon. Traveller, тучы МЫРЫ 
FORESTRY, 
FELLING AND PLANTING PARK TIMBER, 
“Bz aye stickin’ in a tree” м the advice given 
by the laird of Dumbiedykes to his son, and it is 
3 words of ir Walter Scott led sev 
estate proprie to go in extensively for tree 
ae n However this may be, it is probable that 
тр 
в, 
ble phen laud, 
0 & vegetable phenomenon 
according as his a ы run in an artistic or 4 
e. Bat while such incongruities are 
*pparent to the most 
blocks up pict ue view, 
the Possibility of which has trs, didi 
Buch cases are more common in undu- 
lating than very flat or hilly N in 
all parts of the functions of in 
the eomposition of the landscape seldom ea 
due amount of attention, ae their planting is 
better attended to than their removal, Many of our 
most picturesque parks bv a no doubt, been touched 
up by some able landscape gardener at one time or 
another, and bear evidence of their skill to this day, 
т the artistic creations of such men as Repton, 
Capability Brown, Kent, &c.,'are little more than 
fully developed even now, But while the art of the 
landscape-gardener has not altered so far as its 
principles go, nor has 16 advanced to any important 
egree during the last century, the ideas and pro- 
ductions of its followers are conatantly in nett ^ 
revision and modification, arises 
simple fact that trees grow in size, while "аг 
eg. f. retain their original proportions. The 
seedling of an inch grows in the cour 
into а lofty tree, ар а new feat 
scape which ma may not be the better ek it, We 
often find a site chosen for a manaion on account of 
the extensive view of the surrounding trs ‘which 
it commands, and where the immediate vicinity 
is bleak and bare nothing is more natural than the 
desire to remedy this defect by planting belts, clamps 
°F 
scarcely perceptible, but ny iat ба, it is frequently 
found — some interestin re of the landscape 
н hut out from the W rinks of view, When 
is occ f e trees have reached their full 
ion is а simple 
happens, many 
view basais obstructed, a 
conflict often arises in the mind of the owner as to 
whether a well-shaped tree or clump of trees, or the 
view behind it or them, shall be sacrificed. To the 
а pe gardener or impartial observer this ques- 
tion resolves itself into simply deciding whether the 
tree or the prospect behind is the greater feature in 
ore him, “А Primr im, 
a yellow Primrose is to him, and it is nothing more; 
but the owner sees things in a different light. 
Familiarity does 7 dt s breed contempt, and 
— — attractions of a Жыш lie in the familiar 
ects by which X is surrounded, tree, 
building, or hedgerow is necessary to complete а 
picture Mes is . present to the native mind, 
oval of one of them is like parting 
with an od. friend, or the snapping of a link which 
connects the old with th the — 
things appear as they are, devoid of all 
ciation, and every combination of lawn, Sb, 
e , and the landscape artist walks 
throngh а park in much the same way as а painter 
walks t & picture- ry. These two inde- 
pendent points of view are usually brought into 
opposition when outside opinion is consulted 
ing the improvement or alteration of any old and 
historic mansion or park which has been in the hands 
of tbe owner's family for several generations, When 
& property changes hands, the new owner invariably 
sets about alterations and improvements, which the 
old proprietor would regard as . spoiling the 
place, but in most cases true taste will content itaelf 
with as few radical changes as е, and avoid 
any alterations which tend to destroy the g 
character of the spot. One of the most essential attri- 
butes of those who plant or fell for effect is the power 
of anticipating the their work when fully 
со . This is the more easy to do in the case 
of felling than in planting. as the fanction of the 
former is to remove existing defecta, while that of 
the latter is rather to provide new features. The 
removal of trees may be desirable for s+veral reasons, 
but apart from those cases in which they act as 
obstructions to the view, from a definite standpoint, 
are found in the case 
whieh — the landscape а heavy and 
monotonous appearan 
The belt is an element of most park scenery, and 
the intention of hiding the 
the real limit of of the 
em width, or unbroken continuity. A narrow 
t is quite as effective in its early life as & broad 
viii but ав the trees grow up, their lower branches 
die off or become thin in foliage, and we find a per- 
forated and imperfect screen, ы, identity of which 
is - too apparent, By varying the width, ао that 
me places are dense and ча Асис to the eye, 
ind leaving a few gaps in suitable places, it becomes 
otherwise long and unbroken surface of f 
common fault in a belt is ita 
tively straight outline, often produced 
too cl f is intended to hide, This 
be rem the width, so that 
some parts pero re others recede from the 
general line, The е treatment is necessary in 
the case of Maretha a woods, but where this has 
been neglected in planting, the axe must be employed 
to break the outline where necessary 1 cutting 
i a ae 
quently broken, a variation in light and ery, is 
obtained which greatly improves its appearance 
A better effect is produced if the remaining 
portions are thinned, so that individual trees atand 
out here and there from the main mass, and thus 
obscure — exact boundary line between wood 
grass. This, of course, must be done while the trees 
are still young, otherwise the unfurnis cond 
of the lower part of the trunks ee them an un- 
sightly appearance when 
exposure may also affect their health. 
& dense mass of trees such as a large clump, the 
same principles apply вв in the former case, Instead 
of e: single trees, however, it is better to leave 
m in twos or threes if the lower branches have 
— killed off by crowding, which is better for the 
health of the trees, and also does away with а good 
deal of e: unsightly appearance which iso 
with bare stems present, many of the marginal 
1 — 
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great exte 
— in which planting be carried 
е тарт. quedo st n the 
of the ground, Where the latter is of an undu- 
tively bare. Oa flat must be had 
to groups and combinations ni 
the 3 attention or form a sufficient cient background to the 
view, On such ground чыр finer effects are obtained 
than by following the type of the natural forest, with 
lade, thicket, an 
primeval forests, which at first 
chases or sporting grounds, and later on Аби; 
and stocked with deer, This style of scenery, how- 
ever, сап only be artificially obtained in parks of 
large extent, or in which the head of deer or cattle 
is kept within due limits. Close grazing improves 
the pasturage, no doubt, but destroys th 
plants and bushes which constitute a c 
feature of scenery. 25а EN 
Ferns, &c., givés а prim neat appearance 
park which is not altogether displeasing, but is apt 
to девет natural aspect which 
— k to The use 
S oki: Holly, &c., which are secure from ‚п 
attacks of cattle, might do much in bresking 
even planes of sward below and the termed — 
above. 
Tne use of the clump in park scenery has often 
our 
where more than half-a-dozen trees are wanted 
