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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ November 17, 1870. 



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prize was gained frequent- 

 ly not without a disputed 

 ownership which ended 

 in a general scrimmage. 



But those days, like all 

 " good old days," are gone, 

 and the mudbank and mud- 

 larks with them. The Me- 

 tropolitan Board of Works 

 has covered over the mud 

 in making the ThamesEm- 

 bankment, and the mud- 

 larks, let us hope, have 

 either become industrious 

 shoeblacks or enterprising 

 colonists. And where the 

 mud was, the genius of 

 gardening has taken pos- 

 session. Within these few 

 months, under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. McKenzie, and 

 in execution of his design, 

 a garden has been formed, 

 of which we this day fur- 

 nish a plan, and which al- 

 ready adds to the beauty 

 and ornamentation of the 

 Victoria Embankment. 

 Tb.8 design, which is Mr. 

 MeKenzie's, has been exe- 

 cuted by Mr. Meston, and 

 we congratulate both on 

 the manner in which they 

 have severally carried out 

 the work. 



That work has been exe- 

 cuted in accordance with 

 the propositions contained 

 in the following report 

 made by Mr. McKenzie on 

 January 27th of the pre- 

 sent year : — 



" I may state, at the out- 

 set, that I have avoided 

 everything in the way of 

 expensive gardening, and 

 where a doubt exists as to 

 the ultimate use of the re- 

 claimed ground, I have en- 

 deavoured to submit a plan, 

 which, if carried out will 

 be effective at the present 

 time, and capable of being 

 cut up ultimately without 

 a total disfigurement of the 

 works proposed to be exe- 

 cuted at this time. Of 

 course, a much more ex- 

 pensive system of garden- 

 ing might be introduced, 

 without much alteration to 

 the design, by the intro- 

 duction of statues, foun- 

 tains, and vases. 



"The walks are so ar- 

 ranged as to give facility 

 to the public from each of 

 the recognised entrances, 

 with a pleasant and diver- 

 sified plantation on either 

 side, at the same time pre- 

 serving enough space for 

 grass, which, in all cases 

 ought to be well kept. 



"The plantations, al- 

 though nearly continuous, 

 are sufficiently broken to 

 give glimpses from the em- 

 bankment roadway at such 

 points as the breadth of 

 the views will justify this 

 being done. 



