GARDENER. 



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GARDENIA. 



Gothic architecture prevail, others in 

 which the Grecian forms prevail, and 

 so on. In all these styles the great 

 art is to adopt such forms as are fa- 

 vourable to the cultivation and dis- 

 play of plants ; and for this purpose 

 roundish forms, or such as have ob- 

 tuse angles, are preferable to long 

 narrow forms, or such as have acute 

 angles ; because the former are more 

 convenient for stirring the soil, and 

 the surface is more readily covered 

 with plants, without at the same time 

 causing the plants to spread over the 

 boundaries. Hence long narrow forms 

 are generally covered to excess by the 

 plants spreading over the outline on 

 tbe walks or spaces between; and in 

 acute-angled forms the angles are not 

 sufficiently covered. See Flower- 

 Gardens. 



Gardener. — To keep a flower-gar- 

 den in perfection, it is necessary to 

 have a good gardener, unless the 

 amateur understands how the various 

 operations of gardening are to be per- 

 formed sufficiently well to be able to 

 direct an indifferent gardener, or a 

 common labourer, how to execute 

 them. The difference in wages be- 

 tween a common gardener, and a man 

 who understands his profession, is 

 commonly about 20/. or 30/. a year ; 

 as an ordinary gardener generally 

 costs about 205. or 25s. a week, 

 without lodging, while for 30s. a 

 week with lodging, a gardener may 

 be obtained who understands the pro- 

 pagation and culture of all ordinary 

 plants, and how to keep a garden in 

 good order. Thus, those persons who 

 wish to hare a show-garden, will find 

 it the best plan, if their grounds are 

 large, to employ a good gardener, and 

 to leave everything to his direction, 

 (for a really good gardener will not 

 bear to be interfered with), allowing 

 him to employ labourers as he may 

 think proper ; but if the grounds be 

 small, this plan will be found too ex- 



pensive, and it is generally best to 

 contract with a nurseryman to keep 

 the garden constantly in order, and. 

 full of plants during the whole sum- 

 mer. This plan is frequently fol- 

 lowed in the neighbourhood of Lon- 

 don ; and, as an example of the 

 expense, I may mention that Mr. 

 Hopgood, of the Bayswater nursery, 

 contracts to supply Captain Mangles, 

 whose house and garden in Cambridge 

 Terrace are so much and so deserv- 

 edly admired for their show of flowers, 

 for 70/. or 80/. a-year, keeping the 

 beds and boxes full of plants and 

 flowers from March to November. 

 This is by far the most economical 

 plan ; for, as before observed, a first- 

 rate flower gardener cannot be ob- 

 tained under 70/. or 80/. a year. 

 The great enjoyment of gardening, 

 however, in my opinion, is only to 

 be obtained by the amateur who gar- 

 dens himself, and who understands 

 the principles or reasons upon which 

 each operation is founded ; and there- 

 fore, I should recommend all persons 

 fond of gardening, and especially 

 ladies, who have sufficient leisure, 

 to manage their gardens themselves, 

 with the assistance of a man to per- 

 form the more laborious operations. 

 It sometimes happens that a man- 

 servant in the family, who is not 

 overburdened with indoor duties, will 

 answer this purpose ; but it is gene- 

 rally preferable to employ a man 

 who has been brought up as a gar- 

 dener. 



Gardenia. — Rubiacece. — The 

 Cape Jasmine, greenhouse and stove 

 shrubs, most of which are natives of 

 the East or West Indies, with large 

 and handsome flowers, which are 

 generally white. G. florida, the 

 common Cape Jasmine, obtained its 

 English name from its having been 

 first brought to England, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, where it was 

 found cultivated in a garden, it being- 

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