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3J. Curvmg Walk through Pleasure Grounds .. 63 



32. Section of Road . . . . . . . . 65 



33. Section of Walk 65 



34. Longitudinal Section of Walk . . . . 65 



35. Sladdin's Gully 66 



36. Borning-rod . . . . To 



37. Levelling — Obtaining Uniform Slope . . 71 



38. Obtaining Level and Slope . . . . . . 71 



39. Raising Turves. . .. .. .. 72 



40. Laying Turf 72 



41. Lawns from Turf and Seeds .. .. .. 75 



42. Lawn Weeder . . . . . . . . 78 



43. Planting a Mound — Stable obscured . . 80 



44. Planting on tbe Level — Stable exposed . . 81 



45. Faulty Rockwork .. .. .. .. 89 



46. Informal Rocky Mounds . . . . . . 90 



47. Rockery for Alpines and Perns . . . . 92 



48. Section of Rockery . . . . . . . . 93 



49. Massive Rockwork . . . . . . . . 95 



50. Androsaco lanuginosa . . . . . . . . 97 



51. Arenaria Huteri . . . . . . . . 98 



52. Dianthus glaciabs . . . . . . . . 99 



53. Helianthemum formosum . . . . . . 101 



54. Lithospermum prostratum . . . . . . 102 



55. Primula scotica . . . . . . . . 103 



56. Waldsteinia trifolia . . . . . . . . 105 



57. Artificial Watercourse . . . . . . 113 



58. Miniature Lake . . .. .. .. ..114 



59. Clematis Arcb (Well Furnisbed) 120 



60. Clematis Arcb (Badly Furnished .. .. 120 



61. Statuary and Leafy Background . . . . 121 



62. Grafting Clematises 124 



63. Wellingtonia (restricted) . . . . . . 129 



64. Wellingtonia (developed) 130 



65. Yew Pledges at Holme Lacy . . . . . . 132 



66. Halesia tetraptera . . . . . . 134 



67. Styrax japonica . . . . . . 135 



68. Hibiscus syriacus 137 



69. Andromeda speciosa cassinreflora . . . . 139 



70. Rhododendron— Princess of Wurtemburg . 140 



71. Trees — Bad Planting and Non-Pruning . . 143 



72. Results of Faulty Practice . . . . . . 143 



73. Good Planting and Pruning . . . . . . 144 



74. Results of Good Practice 144 



75. Climbers and Blank Walls 147 



76. Methods of Layering . . . . . . .150 



77. Plan of Rose Garden . . . . . . . . 155 



78. Rose Cuttings (Autumn) 167 



79. Rose Cuttings (Summer) . . . . . . 168 



80. Choosing and Taking Out Rose Buds .. 169 



81. Inserting and Securing Rose Buds .. .. 170 



82. Rose Growths from Briar Stock . . . . 170 



83. Side- Grafting Roses 171 



84. Slip-Grafting Roses 171 



85. Planting and Shortening Roses . . . . 173 



86. Planting and Pruning Roses (Correct) . . 176 



87. Incorrect Pruning Roses .. .. .. 176 



88. Increasing Plants— Cutting, Slip, Division 184 

 89 A Good Viola Cutting (Solid Stem) . . 189 



90. Faulty Viola Cutting (Hollow Stem) . . 189 



91. Raising Seedlings for Transplanting . . 191 



92. Seedling Wallflowers (Spoiling) . . . . 192 



93. Seedling Wallflowers (Correct Practice) .. 193 



LUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. PAOg 



94. Well-grown Wallflower 194 



95. Cuttings ; Errors in Practice . . . . 198 



96. Cuttings; Results of Proper Insertion .. 199 



97. Increasing and Planting Bulbs . . . . 202 



98. Planting Ranunculus Tubers . . . . 203 



99. Propagating Tuberous Begonias . . . . 206 



100. Raising Calceolarias . . . . . . . . 207 



101. Bedding Chrysanthemums 208 



102. Raising Lobelias 210 



103. Zonal Pelargoniums (Spoiling) .. .. 211 



104. Mossed Pelargonium for Planting . . . . 211 



105. Good Viola for Planting in April 213 



106. Viola Plant Spoiled 213 



107. Raising Antirrhinums 215 



108. Seedling Begonias - Bad and Good Plant .. 216 



109. Combination Carpet Bed . . 220 



110. Diagram of Carpet Bed 222 



111. Raising Echeverias 223 



112. Subtropical Plants 225 



113. Geometrical Flower Garden 230 



114. Vase Insufficiently Furnished . . . . 233 



115. Vase Attractively P'urmshed . . . . 234 



116. Doronicum plantagineum .. 239 



117. Portion of Mixed Flower Border .. 246 



118. Improperly Secured Plant . . . . . . 248 



119. A Burlesque in Tying Plants . . . . 248 



120. Gentiana asclepiadsea . . . . . . 249 



121. Phlox and Irises 249 



122. Iris reticulata . . . . . . . . . . 251 



123. Adonis vernalis . . . . . . . . 254 



124. Dicentra canadensis . . . . . . . . 255 



125. Campanula macrostyla . . . . 258 



126. Coreopsis lanceolata . . . . . . . . 259 



127. Sunflower — Properly Tied 260 



128. Sunflower— Badly Tied 261 



129. Waldsteinia fragarioides . . . . . . 263 



130. Perennial Aster 265 



131. Arranging Flowers and Foliage . . . . 273 



132. Flower Holders 273 



1S3. Coix lachryma 279 



134. Eragrostis elegans 279 



135. Hordeuui jubatum . . . . . . 279 



136. Stipa pennata . . . . . . . . . . 279 



137. Lilium Hcnryi . . . . . . . . 283 



138. Lilium canadense . . . . . . . . 284 



139. Hippeastrums . . . . . . . . . . 291 



140. Double Anemone 295 



141. Anemone Tuber 295 



142. Antirrhinum . . . . 297 



143. Auricula Propagation . . . . . . 303 



144. Double Begonia, Picotee 310 



145. Herbaceous Calceolaria . . . . . . 315 



146. Large- flowered Canna .. .. .. 318 



147. Bizarre Carnation . . . . . . 321 



148. Propagating Carnations and Picotees . . 323 



149. Picotee 327 



150. Show Pinks 329 



151. Propagating Chrysanthemums . . 335 



152. Young Chrysanthemums 336 



153. Setting Chrysanthemum Buds . . 339 



154. Terminal Bud 340 



155. Growths and Blooms of Chrysanthemums 341 



156. Exhibiting Japanese Chrysanthemums . . 345 



