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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTTJEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 



[ November 10, 1870. 



reduced for a time, and be then left some favourite flower beds 

 unfilled, though nothing would have been said if he had left 

 uncropped or sown down the half of the kitcben garden. We 

 will not now agitate the question as to who would be the most 

 tru6ted servant of these men, we shall be satisfied if our young 

 readers merely decide who was the most likely to feel the 



greatest amount of Belf-respeet and satisfaction. Be assured 

 all drawbacks, even those over which we have no control, will 

 soon be forgotten, and it is true wisdom to prevent them as far 

 as possiole from obtruding in their results upon the attention. 

 It is better to remove a tree tban leave it standing after it has 

 been scathed and blighted. — 1(. F. 



CASTLE HOWARD, 



The Seat ot the Eakl of Carlisle, neab Yoke. 



No. 2. 



In the centre of the garden is an elegant fountain {fig. 4), to 

 the right and left of which were two fine bold groups of beds 

 precisely similar in appearance. Each group was composed of 

 a central pedestal supporting a tazza well filled with Pelar- 

 goniums, surrounded by four circular beds alternating with a 

 like number of curved-out parallelograms ; the circles contained 

 Pelargoniums, and the parallelograms Hollyhocks. Along the 

 extremity of the flower garden is a fine raised walk, forming a 

 most agreeable and commanding promenade. At one end of this 

 walk is a striking group of statuary representing Hercules wrest- 

 ling with Antaeus, and at the other end there is an equally bold 

 representation of the Eape of Proserpine. 



From whatever point of view one looks at this fine flower 

 garden its appearance is entirely satisfactory. It is the work of 



Mr. Sutherland, the gardener, and reflects much credit on" his 

 taste and skill ; it is not only very elegant in its design, but by 

 its fine proportions and the chaste character of its accessories it 

 is peculiarly suited for its important position. 



From the raised walk another walk leads in a straight line 

 under the overhanging branches of trees, to a commanding figure 

 of Apollo, standing on a rough-hewn pedestal of rock, on a cir- 

 cular plot of turf, enciroled by the walk margined by Lime trees. 

 At right angles with the walk leading to this spot from the 

 flower garden is another fine walk up a Lime avenue, so that it 

 will be understood how very suitable this figure is for the situa- 

 tion it occupies. A noble walk leading in a straight line from 

 some important part of a garden or pleasure ground, or from the 

 mansion itself, should always have some object of interest at 



Fig. 4.— The Fountain. 



its extremity, aB an important work of art, or a noble specimen 

 of some choice kind of tree, or else lead to a commanding position 

 overlooking fine scenery. 



Opposite the garden front (fi<j. 5), I was shown an Irish Tew 

 planted twenty years ago by Her Afajesty the Queen, and a 

 Cedrus atlantica planted by the late Prince Consort; both trees 

 were in a thriving condition. Many handsome specimens of 

 Wellingtonias, Deodars, and some fine Cedars of Lebanon were 

 dispersed about the grounds. 



The kitchen gardens are very extensive, there being nearly 

 eleven acres enclosed by fine walls, with interior cross walls. 

 The principal entrance, with its ornamental stone pillars and 

 elegant gates of ironwork, presents a fine appearance. Many of 

 the walks had ribbon borders along each side, all very bright 

 and beautiful. Some persons possessing peculiar views concern- 

 ing the fitness of things object to such bright floral displays in 

 the kitchen garden, hut where space can be spared to fringe the 

 walks with lovely flowers by all means let us do so. A well- 



cropped kitchen garden, with its beds of flourishing vegetables- 

 arranged with geometrical precision, its symmetrical fruit trees, 

 and the freshness and peculiarly neat appearance which every- 

 where prevails, is a very attractive sight, fraught with interest 

 and instruction ; and if to this we can impart an additional 

 attraction by the aid of a bright flower border or two it is surely 

 wise to do so. 1 am myself at present engaged in making a new 

 kitchen garden, and by the wish of my employer there will be 

 flower borders along each side of the central walk, which, as it 

 is in a fine sunny position, will form an agreeable promenade ; 

 and I was amused at the exclamation of a visitor lately, " What ! 

 Flowers in the kitchen garden ! " which he evidently considered 

 rank heresy. 



The ranges of glass houses are not all together, but are so- 

 scattered about — if I may use such a term — as to present a some- 

 what disjointed appearance. Lu a fine lean-to Peach house, the 

 trees, trained to a curved trellis along the front part of the 

 house as well as on the back wall, ■were in a very healthy and 



