MARCH 3, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ SERN AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
= ed to me me advantage of EA in gardens o of] Fa mema SD 
e material of a different colour, to denote 
e ly 
jon and mainte’ pa 
mities alone are 
aF a parole that their number in “En gla and 
tly increased. 
fey from Dicotyledonous to Monocotyledonous 
nae 
pariin, f Pome: * 
| valuable pla 
In co ai sion I may refer to some of the advantages 
(lk ely: to Be der iv ed from ney soy eee arranged borders 
also kindly contributed many 
sy expenses i dasa cia noir 
nce are so peneigerabe that | a 
able to possess them ; 
su ‘cient, on the ge Sates 
a ai but FA a public it is better to mark the 
famae are` without change in such a way as to invite attention and even 
pumy 
Tt t is Hra necessary to refer 
mall towns are e being pror ided, selecting for hl border such plants as are striking in 
et 
a pli res a 
Ca ne the: 
show that W. 
s requiring í the care 
or 
n oe one py to which free access is 
considerations i objec 
vith very moderate nes etl ie tle outlay, 
exhibit to the public, and, maintai 
ious 
to | schools re 
of 
to the importance of 
The study of Botany m may "he promoted.—In many 
2ceivin assistance from the Committee of 
Council on Edt heat ion, s nearly all the hig 
cia ass of schools, more or less DO 
s alone eve 
and woods ad ‘ans 
lane es i 
aie 
their appearance, or remarkable for beauty. Y 
enthusiastic hotanis t might pr robably ponme fog the 
bu ools can 
or rambling eyo se the Laie pave- 
ad. Moreove: 
ment or the costy roa r even A ram msl 
flo 
order and ensure 
t beca ect to} No chance however ould be thrown away: a “benutifai 
£ 
in a visi 
| flow 
single pr i | and with far befter ar of of being observed. Per 
wa 
won to the s Mycology 
only of a 
pian gah e tò 
a Fits 
purpose I 
of ae 408 iat in 
ae beds, 
edgi nches in 
` ptt k the ok a er, AS 
by 
ep was 
50 i in number, 
selected i ap 
icici by 12 feet in inet, 
nch 
34 feet me lati a wane 1 
of 30 p 
ment. Dr. rage a: d PRA ” of flowe 
hich ar 
the battar 
C- 
ual po E. of attained! 
Now 100 es of a 
book with their. hard name 4 and h tions are 
in my own garden may often lead to the 
r descripti 
t let the neta 7 deggie arr 
a borde 
“sopra of the latter. 
00 gre: 
arden et of rg Jak i Girapsen, 
etan would no ced o 
es wide zy 20 beds, each 33 
walks, and forty lines ea stone 
Ehickness, occupied the viene 
single bed, pi g 12 feet lon 
jhong 
a proportion of very familiar plants should | 
As equally 
1 from beginning PA end 
iving hy ants, and the difficulty ish 
ns 
i Thev 
pear 2 sa PAm ens byny 
| 
es square to o be as may readi ily be proc 
posed i in cross rows of ordinary observer, one 0 
back to front. interesting beds in the whole border. 
fy order to look well the taller plants must be placed 
e middle row of the bed, and as far as may 
compatible with the Ba Cc the plants mans 
decrease in height from the back to the front. 
s dis 
g five 
admit pies 
and plants of 
Bai 
i 
itat 
the most attractive ree : 
be | whole series so arrang 
al ord 
Indeed, for pur poses of instruction, the border may 
in a large collection of plants it is rare ‘to find the 
make the succession of 
the natur: ughou 
Linear sue 
x upon a syst sas ie arrange- 
ring plants, 
np mpl: fra 
are cap able of being suitably | m oe aoe 
asurem ent, | and 4 inches ‘deep. with the aid of a rod 
pondence with the a b 
presented many a aden 
series to British ‘ands 
this however was not r 
ds 
plan of the “ Vegetable. Kingdom ” 
scarcely ae, e a popular grammar E Ming 
Mr. Bentham’ * ndbapk: 
materially with the attractive Appr of the 
requisite, e 
Mr. Beitas ip 80 
0 14-inch note. it was 
easy to set the frame upon he oun _. a be occupied, 
and the soil for the whole o within. the 
frame was then prepared to Fal po dy danih for the | 
to be occupied ; “but the 
my. 
Ly p oak pt 
E 
seful | ie 
14 inches square, inside | ® 
nce: nce g illustra 
| on a casa EA a A ‘oh 
Private garde ns maY be pae —It is _ quite- 
have soskp, ith rapidly 
wa 
es long 
border ma uggest to many who have gardens 
For plants w: 
oa to use slates, Seti Gx quit 4 ix 
6 broad; these were pressed - the asp until their 
uppa ariy o 
ere presse 
edges were ne: arl; a lev el. w ith the soil, 
Scala ‘a interfered ar 
border ; 
ile FaR SA ing 
effect lly 
i ys 
of the n a far b a and more delightful use of 
ot “than is E aii a Everyw 
e flowers are n 
whil 
with the assistance of De 
an 
nfining the plant. The bed = “Grasses was ‘divided 
for the 
ophy 
ent? &e. 
m posites 
= 
Fpa nisa 
niable exotic orders, 
orde 
ee. Cruciferse, &. 
pepe phyllaceze. Thies 
Hi Eu Heng ry ay &e. 
Legumi 
ays: se 
Onagracese. Saxifragaces, dc. 
4 was decided ji 
early as possi in correspon- 
of the preie Flora. 
THE B 
in n this way throughout. 
e names of the natural orders were exhibited on | 
pieces of plate glass 1 foot long by 3 inches aa. 
These were obtained from the 
about 6d. square foot. The glass is 
sides, and is a highly ornamental and bea 
ai none 
slightest. regard to the size or situation of the gar rden. 
| garde ens 
| for for imitation n ina ott of te a.few feat square. m 
nfess when J have seen a ip s a bit, of 
Roan -in re elo hed 
barely room have longed _ 
to see in his Se a the lady. of F the coté sige cherishi 
te 
The wats x made more opaqu Dy D feing ng 
painted white at the ‘oc the letters were put on in 
front w with ie Serial with varnish or ae! ntin 
ati year’s has not 
| Rubiacez, &. 
on her bit of rockwork. 
„The pres sent aim, it seem 
which indent 
s to me, is too much’ at 
that flowers are desired to 
els. when are oe were su 
bb ete 
eae a la 
horizontally in a leaning’ position 
of wood, iron 
ret | decgrats a garden, ye of a garden hee delightful 
f ve 
t props ; hence the favourites are 
13. iron being Fh z stain the glass. rich and colours, 
E 4 very useful im which may be termed a ate 
4 16. ex, &e. | Pi sitat, is fi Myf eg ps of wood ade a fot 3 ] t. Howe ; 
i 17. Tridie. Amaryilidew. EA fer pai square, placed and joined liké two sides of a 20 oF 80 years ago; bat 
w m Hemerocallideæ. Asphodeleæ. Convallaricse! upon its edge with the rectangle pirqa h | rare = i pants e eir ued, fa tt Pansies or 
20, put do gris A T 4 ch ae bees aE with hic i they adeeb possessed by their cultivators, 
I distinct ir and rain; and they are thus neither drewn up | But n fault if we have no 
j . 2 ihe nag ri : aia ea ice aes i deck, a an Se 
= piati or Mee were sie to each of "vith | 22 nor majaa as when ord hand ond Set with pa p AETI pen 
; Be pi ea BE Me t e recta : é: kind of | Period h n possible en with any- 
i wan. peed cut int wh the pate piney be thing ike that intelligent ronan with se i 
; eer to ea say th the or ae aged vat sewer sheltered By Lise RE literature of en en ws rpe as familiae with p: 
ne ma 5 Mrge We. however inches Ae saen Dee m i each A A is 6% neces pia pora eal, 2 EE ye 83 
; i A A of t, -| gical, physiological, some of peii distin; every 
cron with “the “subdivisions of the order. Th ais stg of ‘ording to most of the taller flowers the S| flower, an s add to its beauty an interest, vit cor- 
onarda was assigned a |9f support. ‘den sticks tapering upward appenr | res with the charm investing a 
a ‘the fo foot os mie 
acme i 
other genera down to Teucrium and 
thes d. 
a 
, | much pong hn and are itiffer in the mind than the 
ordinary kind. Iron rods as thick as a Cedar pencil | 
with one end fixed in a short stout Woden pin are also | 
useful. 
eral natural orders had to be 
ed ina eal meat. The ak rows of In commencing the formation of a systematically 
shree answered v ze) for ie ally relate | 
suc nen KRA oF te TONS tent as | to the space it is desirable to to occupy. If pesii 
eem amd H inaceæ, 7 vaii to be confined to thehardy perennials, it seems 
ran 
ixteenth beds were | these however double 
, the upper | them, will requir alee ee 
h cluding orders | If triple rows 
es, the lower portion, the orders of be given to 
the Com ate will found inco 
bed termin ating the jd oct le i 
A sufficient number of rf plants may oe obtained. | every one familiar with 
a that “told | be ence for the |I rarely had to purchase, yet within the frst year my 
j border was ‘farnjshed wW es, illustratin: oftardy 
gh occupying | of the principal an 
perennials. het 
the kindness and Dab of the Curatans of the 
Liverpool, Edinb rblin, gar- 
ens. The late attall, of Rainhill, e o a 
i 
grown i ection except by th 
hardy or by the wealthy; whilst there 
of pere: 
pondin 
order of ‘Sg epal w aps combined with an 
education. It must increase the pleasure to pic 
| from the ative tion of an Androsace to know. 
of t Ma 
; ee 
nery and varying mes ude of the pai 
rr beanty seen in 
s nothing of its 
e staff of life A thou 
oe of Gnothera t 
mestionable a 
Too fit less nowt 3 
an open garden. Flower 
lants. which cannot be 
e professional cultivator 
are hundreds of species 
nnials, beaut tiful; and perfectly sg hi needing only 
no doubt, if 
n perfec 
of Liverpool, Mr. Stubbs, of 
chester, pA é Mae of s 
ao i srt, of Upholland, and 
enteenth, a| Frodsham, Mr. Holeroft, of 
’| Wood, Tendo on, & 
Sere ge 
“5 
= 7 very = rate 
ing, o ayy Mr. ean 
Son, Wellington Road, 
G. EIRON: A 
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