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reduced to practice. Jets-d'eau are not so much condemned 

 in this country as they were a few years ago; but they are 

 less understood in most places. Where they have been intro- 

 duced, as at Trentham, they are contemptible or misplaced. 



Stones of singular shapes, or shells, &c. are used in parterre 

 gardening, in collections of what is called rock-work, on which 

 are inserted mountain plants. They are admissible in this way, 

 and sometimes have a good effect, especially when they sur- 

 round a pond in a parterre, as at King's Weston. 



Flowering and botanic plants are the most extensively 

 used materials. They may be divided into, 1. Bulbous rooted 

 plants, far removed from their natural state; 2. Tender herba- 

 ceous plants; as pinks, auriculas, carnations, &c; 3. Common 

 herbaceous kinds; 4. Annual flowers; 5. Bog or moss plants; 

 6. Botanic plants, or such as are cultivated for botanical 

 amusement. A few hints shall be offered on the culture of each 

 of these divisions. 



1. Bulbous rooted plants require very particular manage- 

 ment; first to produce new varieties, and afterwards to pre- 

 serve them. The varieties are produced chiefly from seed, and 

 are improved, or broken, as florists term it, by the soil, &c. See 

 Justice's Flower Garden, Maddox's Directory, &c. 



