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fifty-two years, and who preceded the present 
mo cade ager, Mr. ; mgt ie ate been oe ere som 
me as The at one time 
ere narrow, with ike A eye pey hyat: side 
betwixt it and the Box ; this Mr. Craig has es ne away 
ith, and nded the grass as near as it can b 
allowed up to the its g on 
it, The beds are principally filled with herbaceous 
plants and Rose noth e mor 
id S rage for 
; me years ago, when the 
summer bedding peni. was at its he 
the eous “subjects were re make way 
for the summer ak ag but these are being gradually 
herbaceous 
not occupied by the shrubs filled up 
iitim- 
sy Gladioli, and an anie t of other 
herbaceous subjects, amongst whi nad a ‘salen 
of Sils, including the coun flow 
Viana, - Peruvian ba, S. amcena, S. A å, 
S. præcox fiber’ ixed with Dog’s-tooth Violets nat 
all the obtainable Big of Narcissus, which must 
make a fine effect during the spring and summer 
S. 
Adjoining this group of beds, is another similar as 
to its clipped shrubs, and filled up with Pen tstemons, 
Gladioli, and other alent of a similar description 
n all through the garden, each group of beds, 
occupants as already descri descri ed with 
Box, and divi ed with grass walks, are bounded by 
growth every autumn, 
taig by being pai ited wih a 
grav Be aat rag each group or series of 
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fork. This ins + beer ere alt gee early 
the ntil spring fro over, 
which here are ee, lat te and severe. That the practice 
is sound is evident, an was exemplified th 
er tan most marked manner, when s so many Roses 
inal 
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terspersed oun these beds, there are 
quantities of the best Seg of P ye! 
japonica, both the white and pink pae: sir fA aaa A 
numbe hardy an inclading the ta ll-growing 
giganteu Pr ula japonica, Pæonie , Veronicas, 
ene. Potentillas z verlasti T Ary aise masses 
Ep Sw Williams arious were pe: 
ible cat single scar rlet Lyck als Rain 
breadths of Carnations, &e 
save good plants of Ramo 
urpurea, 
pan in- 
arge 
, 
In on 
ndia pyren 
Anthericum Liliastrum, Morina persica, 
Fic. 56.—VIEW IN THE GARDENS AT LEVENS. 
Wulfeniacarinthiaca, Adonis pyrenaica, Aquilegia cali- 
fornica, ad A a =. Campanula celtidifolia, Coreopsis 
culat m gran On 
iflorum, another long 
bötdar were a Fone lot of hardy Cypripe- 
diums.. Her ras C. spectabile and calceolus, 
in several large having borne from thirty to 
forty flowers on a a plan nt, both varieties bearing seed 
od crossed. 
S that have I also saw here 
g rm of Orchis maculata, with very geo 
coloured flowers, the high. 
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stems some 20 inches 
and Yews, ik; 3 goo 
erns, of which Mr. C 
“of all the choices 
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simil larly treat ted, Thes 
have a pleasing appea: 
relieve >a stiff formality of the lipped outlines they 
ee Ay ith. so been 
sree “1 or ou ae 
idthodaced ui 
P as-grass are 
good fe ads wea 
dotted a boat, “he silvery Pia mes 
which during 
of 
pert autumn cote e finely brought out 
by the dee eep green backgro dof 
re “Holiyhocks are also eats 
but, a many other plac 
ich they are reduced 
Orme is even qrvater than in the wor: ae oni 
o dise 
To any one hk: rw as studied the nature of vegetable 
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rem J with 
serable 
‘the Pot 
an be d a There are several matters that have 
influence m., First, the soil is in every 
poe to their equi ts its nature, its depth, 
in being naturally pe oe but not too 
E S dly, the av owed to attain 
a considerable size, from 5t ng feet i ı height, with a 
correspo b any that 
inces is allowed to go for 
