December 5, 1878. J 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
431 
Both plans are drawn to a scale of 20 feet to an inch, and the 
spaces A Ain both are retained for Vine borders, but if not | 
required for that they may be turfed over and dotted with a few 
shrubs, or just one or two specimens.—EDWARD LUCKHURST. 
FLOWER BEDS IN WINTER. 
SUMMER and also autumn flowers are now over, and fallen 
leaves have for the most part been removed from lawns and 
flower beds. Especially where evergreens do not predominate 
gardens have now a comparatively blank and desolate appear- 
ance. There is, however, no need to have empty cheerless beds 
during the dreary season. A combination of dwarf bright shrubs | 
and spring flowers will add greatly to the cheerfulness of any 
garden in winter. Shrubs with bright variegated foliage that I 
havefound valuable for the purpose indicated are Goldand Silver © 
Hollies, Golden Yew, Aucuba japonica maculata, A. japonica 
limbata, Osmanthus ilicifolius aureus, and var. argenteo-varie 
gatus, Eurya latifolia variegata, Gold and Silver Euonymuses 
| Vinea elegantissima, and Gold and Silver Tree Ivies; these 
with Cryptomeria elegans, Thuja aurea, Cupressus Lawsoniana 
nana glauca, admit of very effective beds being formed for 
winter display. Golden Thyme, Stachys lanata, Pyrethrum 
Golden Feather, Ajuga reptans rubra, are useful for lines and 
groundwork, with Erica carnea in tufts, to which may he 
added for edgings Sedums corsicum, glaucum, and lividum, 
Sempervivums calcareum and montanum, Saxifraga granulata 
and hirta, and the Blue Grass (Festuca glauca), all of which 
are very effective. In flowering plants I employ Aubrietias, 
Arabises, Alyssums, Daisies, Forget-me-nots, Primroses, Gen- 
tians, Hepaticas, Iberises, Pansies, and Violas, with such bulbs 
as Snowdrops, Scillas, Anemones, Hyacinths, Tulips, &c. ; also 
plants raised irom seed, as Wallflowers, Silenes, Limnanthes, 
Nemophila, Collinsia verna, Saponarias, &c., which in combi- 
BR 
Fig. 66. 
B- Vine borders or turf. 
B, Path. 
c, Eight Rose beds. 
nation with the foliage plants and miniature shrubs render 
the beds fresh and attractive through the winter and spring. 
Where Beet and variegated Kale are not objected to as par- 
taking too much of the Cabbage garden, they afford a richness 
ae idelicacy of colouring that is unattainabie by any other 
plant. : 
This subject has been previously alluded to. I refer to it 
now because the beds are now cleared, and there is yet time to 
plant, fine weather permitting, everything mentioned above. 
Until now work has been so pressing in many, if not most 
gardens, in clearing away decaying crops and leaves, that time 
has not been afforded for planting the beds.—A. G. 
THE LIVERPOOL CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 
I HAVE taken in the Journal of Horticulture for a long time, 
and have been accustomed to rely on the information given ; and 
shall be glad, therefore, if in your next number you will recon- 
D, Bed of Rhododendrons and Lilinm auratum. 
E, Mixed border of pillar Roses and perennial flowers. 
F, Seat. 
G, Turf. 
| cile the account of the Liverpool Chrysanthemum Show giverat 
page 405 with what appears in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, page 696. 
In such competition I trust Wimbledon will always be “nowhere.’”” 
Who were the Judges ?— HENRY W. PEEK, Wimbledon House, S.W. 
Both accounts are correct. The following explanatory letter 
sent by our Liverpool correspondent was not received in time 
for publication last week :— 
“ The first prize was originally awarded by the Judges (be it said 
to their shame !) to Mr. F. Roberts, Messrs. Tunnington, Peerse, and 
Elliott, following in the order named. Mr. Ollerhead subsequently 
entered a protest against the first award ; and on the blooms being 
examined a disgraceful system of pinning and gumming two and 
three blooms together was exposed. Whereupon the Secretary 
said, ‘Roberts shall be disqualified in everything, and that places 
Tunnington first, Peerse second, and Elliott third.’ I cannot see 
how any good judge could award a prize to Roberts’ stand. 
Mr. Tunnington’s were grand biooms, and were honestly shown. 
Indeed he and Mr. Elliott offered their stands to be examined, in 
order to give Roberts no straws to cling to as well as to give 
