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JOtTRNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ December 13, 18«. 



number of shoots to furnish fresh 

 growths and leaves to cover the 

 surface quietly. 



The best kinds for such pur- 

 poses are the Algerian Ivy 

 (Hedera algeriensis), H. Roegne- 

 riana, and the different forms of 

 canariensis; the Gold-blotched 

 Irish, the Marble-leaved, and 

 that known as the Irish pal- 

 mate-lobed Ivy being very fine. 

 The Slender-branched form of 

 the Hedera helix, or gracilis, 

 with those other forms of the 

 species of small but close growth, 

 are admirably adapted for train- 

 ing round the basket or wire- 

 work of beds in the flower gar- 

 den, where they have a fine effect : 

 such are H. helix Donerailense 

 minor, and its variety marmo- 

 rata, CuUis's Silver-margined, 

 lobata, chrysocarpa, and pul- 

 chella. 



I shall shortly offer further re- 

 marks on these useful plants. — 

 G. Aeeet. 



PLO WEB-BOEDER PLAN. 



Will you give your opinion 

 upon the arrangement I have 

 made in the design which I en- 

 close ? It is situated in front 

 of the drawing-room windows, 

 immediately under the eye. 

 My employer wishes to have it 

 planted in the ribbon style. — 

 L. C. H." 



[We think your proposed plan 

 will [look very beautiful, and 

 your proposed planting cannot 

 be improved on. 



We think, however, your di- 

 viding your two side-borders by 

 a band across of Gnaphalium 

 lanatum will destroy the fine 

 sweep of colour just by dividing 

 it. We think that if you had 

 your circles as now, and the 

 centre broken border as now, 

 and then mixed the outside row 

 of the other two borders with 

 Koniga maritima, and blue Lo- 

 belia all round, and the other 

 lines the same all round, you 

 would not have so much variety, 

 but you would have a far more 

 telling effect. It is a mistake 

 to suppose that mere variety will 

 produce grandeur of effect.] 



a. 1. Verbena Purple King. 



2. Geranium Christine. 



3. Geranium Bijou. 



4. Geranium Christine. 



5. Verbena Pnrple Sing. 

 B. 1. Koniga variegata. 



2. Geranium Tom Thumb. 



3. Calceolaria Aurea floribunda. 



4. Geranium Tom Thumb. 



5. Koniga variegata. 



6. Gnaphalium lanatum. 

 c. 1. Lobelia speciosa. 



2. Geranium Flower of tbe Day. 



3. Perilla nankinensis. 



4. Geranium Flower of tbe Day. 



5. Lobelia speciosa. 

 D. 1. Humea elegans. 



2. Coleus Verschaffelti. 



3. Centaurea candidissitna. 

 i ■ 1. Humea elegans. 



2. Centaurea gymnocarpa. 



3. Amarantbus melancholicus ruber. 



WHITLEY ABBEY- 



The Seat of Lord Hood. 



The curiosity with which all 

 strangers visiting Coventry re- 

 gard the effigy of Peeping Tom 

 induced me one fine morning in 

 October to saunter forth from 

 the " Red Lion" in quest of him, 

 and, to my surprise, in a niche 

 in the wall at the corner of the 

 street facing the market-place 

 was the veritable Tom in a field 

 marshal's hat. How ridiculous ! 

 The general interest excited, 

 even in remote parts of the king- 

 dom, by the processions which 

 occasionally take place at the 

 great or show fair, and in which 

 Lady Godiva occupies so pro- 

 minent a situation, will plead 

 my excuse for this passing 

 notice. 



On the right-hand side of the 

 turnpike road to Whitley Abbey 

 is the new cemetery, which was 

 laid out under the superinten- 

 dence of Sir Joseph Paxton, the 

 member for Coventry. It com- 

 prises nearly eighteen acres. 

 The ground selected for this 

 purpose was exceedingly pictu- 

 resque in its original state, and 

 its beauties have been further 

 enhanced by the masterly design, 

 and the tasteful manner in 

 which it is laid out. It is only 

 of late years, and since the 

 passing of the bill against in- 

 tramural interments, that the 

 English people have become, in 

 some degree, familiarised with 

 these picturesque and attractive 

 places of burial, which have been 

 at once the solace and the or- 

 nament of continental towns, af- 

 fording not only a resting-place 

 for the departed and a fitting 

 retreat for sorrowing relatives 

 and friends, but a promenade for 

 the meditative, amidst gardens 

 and alleys that speak of death, 

 but tell their tale in a soothing 

 spirit. It is only at a compa- 

 ratively late period that we 

 have permitted ourselves in this 

 country any sympathy with 

 those gentle and graceful cares 

 and affecting symbols of linger- 

 ing attachment which our con- 

 tinental neighbours have long 

 since been accustomed to bestow 

 upon the last dwelling-places of 

 those they loved or respected in 

 life. These testimonies of love 

 beyond the grave — the care- 

 fully-tended flowers, the gar- 

 Binds of variously-coloured Ever- 

 lastings, the handful of freshly- 

 gathered flowers flung upon 

 the tomb, the Snowdrops and 

 Crocuses, in themselves the poe- 

 tical symbols of " death in the 

 midst of life," as they fade and 

 die away, but no less emblems 

 of a second life and resurrection 

 as they spring forth again after 

 the death of winter — all these 

 graceful and touching evidences 

 of sorrow seating to find a 



