UC Aut v Mos T TE o ые ee ee EET RETI 
- tional 
this there are the glowing carpet 
ар of this bed, as 
THE 
SEPTEMBER II, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
335 
lant is not when the soil is at its ченее 
п 
E ЕМ та amental exotic shrubs, such as 
КЕЕ" and ieee ata very low м 
а few degree might 
Then, we “suggest, is not vem 
o their struggles w 
; w the rein 
sun, the atmosphere moist and warm, and the plan 
fall of life, then they are best able to withstand the 
shock of remov at a hot sun no obstacle 
. September. The Squire's Сори in the ** Gardener." 
BATTERSEA PARK. 
For the benefit of some three and a half millions 
of people, who are still left in London at this season, 
E it may be appropriate to call the attention of those 
wh 
rambles round gardens must be limited 
to those near the metropolis to the beautiful Lie. 
in Battersea Park. These are endeared to s y 
our readers, not only on account of their intrinsic 
beauty, but for the sake of John Gibson, who ma 
them what they are, and who, by the cedem ot 
the so-called subtropical ете of gardening, did s 
ens from es charge of 
Its wooded undulations and 
ound in surprises. Cool Fern 
glens beneath the trees, isolated Palms and Musas— 
now elegant, now bold in character—grand clumps of 
prevents us from rer чт - the plants pape d 
into its compos sition. Th N 
arve a 
cular line of emot ton Brownii, M ; the basis, 
rounding the smaller circles, consists ts of Lobelia ‘pumila 
grandiflora (blue). The carpet, K, on which the circles 
Fic. 72.—CARPET-BED IN BATTERSEA PARK. 
are Luar, rone of Alternanthera клм» 
Ж. mericana уа ieg 
carpet of Sedum glaucum, 
falcata in flower, in its turn surrounded by 
at arvense, edged by Golden Feather, The 
have pe in the centre a variegated 
Mit “piesa in a carpet o (pedum anglicum, 
Circle н has in the centre a plant of Agave Salmiana 
recurvata, carpeted with Sedum gla it 
ring of A an 
Feather. The circles I, I, 1, 
eorr рая encircled by Golden зачу 
Тһе se s also circular in ou 
centre, 
variegata, pa a A by Cacalia tomentosa, carpeted 
wit um anglicum ; this is placed on a carpet of 
Alternanthera paronychioides maj The little 
beds, D, are filled with Alternanthera LE d the 
larger ones, C, with Altern era amoena, 
(в) Leucophytum Brownii ; 
the whole endum by 
an outer edging of Sempervivum m ntanum. 
Home Correspondence, 
Bees Attacking Ripe Fruit.—In the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, A 21, Mr. W. Miller writes of the 
above : suffers 
likewise, and on a very large scale, a: 
menced in real earnest on Peaches, Nectarines, Pears, 
Fi 
pages ges regarding the fr 
d there is no доп} t 
ums, Nectarines, 
Өрек їп ‘the ны case they can by any manner 
Cannas, noble beds of pose piante, е which 
Aralia papyrifera this year stands minent— 
a and and such as these, et бБе е 
charm by their novelty and refined elegance. We 
ed. M fond 
country cannot afford to ignore 
T: fai 
too, are E r proportions, "and dh ‘the 
FIG. 73.— CARPET-BED IN BATTERSEA PARK, 
edged with Rochea falcata and Golden Feather. The 
circle С чав а centre of ане americana variegata, 
lant аа anglicum, with а row of Aloe 
attenuata te by Golden "Feather. Cure b 
like the others, a m of variega gave carpeted 
with Sedum ang! ged with an Aloe, 
surrounded on the где by Golden Feather. 
e E has a centre of Agave filifera nana carpeted 
wq into the vineries, I think my language 
is g when I say ops they cluster so 
pud forcer upon all such fruit as I have named 
actually to leave no room for the mus lovely blue- 
tinted and other Prid ” flies, which ho te around. 
Ind ons permi state, that 
се r "tlie b bees Musee the flies do it and single 
miei Bed eir determined movements keep all 
insects a from gie wey So intent are 
ie ie that ^T th their legs, back, &c., 
a small peg iy ying hj дя о 
Tn gsm " p 
beds, which prove 
fo attractive es the E and which are just now at 
altraction p^ i € 
In spite of a certain degree of sameness, these beds 
are a welcome relief from the eternal glare of bedding- 
though we ara Lagen 
ch beds, 
E th ty and effectiveness 
of this о for allowed to wh e e in 
the 
may be interesting to many of o 
the oblong bed 2 73) the basis, 5 6 
Sists of Alternanthera amcena (pink). The outermost 
‘ging, A, is planted with Sedum anglicum, | e 
With which is a line of Golden Feather, B, which also 
f the central scro! The inner 
9f the pattern 
The bed (fig. =ч is of circular ou 
bordering lires enclosing a eme n in 
rumber of circles, 
Some small ; it is rather difficult to улеме ун er plant- 
the small size of our illustration 
FIG. 74.—CARPET-BED IN BATTERSEA PARK. 
with Sedum glaucum, with a row of Aloe cymbi- 
with Golden Feather. 
nana in the centre, 
s for fs cn lant of A potat 
has for its centre a plant of Agave 
wih S , edged wit with -achyphytum 
b with Golden F 
alli int terference wi 
nsum er 1s 
soms, the rr uo ms, &c., have away. 
Su &c., afford not 
plan! 
ood e ; the bees must live and “store up fora 
future," 1t may be they can manufacture nectar from 
Fd 
