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saperate — *every plant stood singly so as to show its flowers to the 

 greatest advantage. The gravelled walk was forty inches wide 

 with box edging on the border side. The centre ground inside of 

 this and around the house was lawn, studded with choice roses and 

 dwarf shrubbery. Many ingenious flower beds were cut out on 

 the grass, and among them were four of the same size and shape 

 bottoned and sided with flagstones and eighteen inches deep, having 

 a flag stone walk running through the middle. 



These beds were planted with the owner's most favorite genera. 

 A neat tent was put over each of these beds while the plants were 

 in flower which greatly prolonged the flowering. The same was 

 used for all of them : the frame was of light iron easily taken apart 

 and put together ; the uprights being let into staples run into the 

 flag : it had a span roof with a door at each end in the canvass 

 fastened by buttons. First it was put over the Hyacinths, next 

 over the Tulips, then on the carnations and picotees, and last over 

 dwarf double Ranunculus. The other beds on the lawn were each 

 planted with a single species, so that no two resembled each other: 

 and each bloomed at a separate time. The Crocus in all colors 

 would drive away winter and give us a foretaste of spring ; these 

 were succeeded by the Hyacinth with its waxy flowers of all colors, 

 and their sweet odour, the gaudy Tulips, the fragrant Carnations 

 and Picotees, beautifully laced and pencilled, and the large headed 

 Ranunculus surpassed conception. There were also Primula auricula 

 and Polyanthus of brilliant sorts ; broad petalled and beautiful 

 colored Pansies, double quilled Calistemma, beautiful double quilled 

 Bellis, whose variety prolifera was very singular, double Cheiranthus 

 of matchless fragrance and in colour from pale yellow to dark 

 crimson, Mathiola all double and from pure white to crimson, ( the 

 cape stock exquisitely rich), Dianthus Barbatus and Chinensis double 

 white shaded to velvety marroon, and many other bulbous and 

 other plants kept up the beauty of the garden throughout the sea- 

 son. There was always something to admire, nothing common or" 

 coarse-growing was admitted there, and the fme r keeping of the 

 place made it always lovely; every thing was in good taste and 



