CLASSIFICATION OF STYLES. 



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From the flight of steps to the semi- 

 circular recess at the farther end of the 

 larger compartment, extends a terrace 

 wall, with a border planted with violets, 

 adjoining to which is the larger chain- 

 pattern parterre, the Vandykes along the 

 inner side being planted with verbena 

 Tweediana from end to end, while the 

 opposite side is planted with verbena 

 Duke of Cornwall ; and the circles, com- 

 mencing at the end next the flight of steps, 

 with the following verbenas, arranged in 

 the following order — viz., Emperor of 

 China, White Perfection, Robertson's 

 Defiance, Eclipse, Lilac seedling, White 

 Perfection, Heloise, Robertson's Defiance, 

 la Nymphe, White Perfection, Morphus, 

 Macrantha, Robertson's Defiance, Lady 

 Holland, St Margaret, White Perfection, 

 Blue Bonnet. 



The shorter chain pattern is planted 

 on both sides with verbena Duke of Corn- 

 wall, and the circles beginning at the 

 same end as the last with verbenas in the 

 following order — viz., Emperor of China, 

 White Perfection, Robertson's Defiance, 

 Eclipse, Blue Bonnet, White Perfection, 

 St Margaret, Morphus, Robertson's De- 

 fiance, Lady Holland, Heloise, White Per- 

 fection, St Margaret, Heloise. The dia- 

 mond borders at the upper corner are 

 planted with Scarlet Geranium Hark-a- 

 way, Verbena Eclipse, and Geranium 

 Flower of the day. 



The small circle marked a is planted 

 with yellow calceolarias, the marginal 

 border all round the figure with verbena 

 Melendris superba, this border being- 

 separated from the box embroidery within 

 by a narrow border of turf. The circle 

 marked b is also planted with yellow cal- 

 ceolarias, having the marginal border of 

 verbena Heloise all round, and a corre- 

 sponding narrow border of turf as in the 

 last figure. The small circle marked c is 

 planted with brown calceolarias, with the 

 narrow marginal border next the diagonal 

 gravel walk with verbena Vulcans superb, 

 while the broader border next to the nar- 

 row gravel walk, forming the boundary of 

 this part of the garden, is planted with 

 Calceolaria Amplexicaule. The circle d is 

 planted with brown calceolaria, the other 

 arrangement being the same as in the last 

 figure. The elliptical figure e is planted 

 with scarlet geraniums, the marginal 

 border all round with verbena Lady of 



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the Lake. The elliptical figure /is planted 

 with scarlet geraniums, and the marginal 

 border all round with verbena White Per- 

 fection. The longitudinal border at the 

 right-hand end is margined round with 

 verbena Barleraii, without any grass 

 margin, while the front side of the corre- 

 sponding one on the opposite side is 

 planted with verbena Duke of Corn- 

 wall. 



The whole of the groundwork is on gra- 

 vel, and hence is dry and comfortable to 

 walk on at all seasons. The spaces within 

 the scrolls of box are laid over with sifted 

 coal ashes, while the spaces without the 

 scrolls are laid with red sand. The gravel 

 walks are finished with box edgings. 



From these examples it will be seen, 

 that, as architecture improved or altered 

 in style, so to a very great extent did the 

 disposal of the grounds around our best 

 buildings, showing the intimate connec- 

 tion between the two arts, architecture 

 and landscape-gardeni ng. 



The following are modifications of the 

 modern style ; — 



The trivial picturesque style should be 

 furnished with the common trees and 

 shrubs of the country on grassy surfaces, 

 neither wild, like the forest glade, nor 

 closely shaven, like the polished lawn. 



The refined picturesque, shown on Plate 

 XXXIIL, should exhibit the rarer of our 

 indigenous trees and shrubs, but chiefly 

 exotic species of both, planted in groups, 

 and occasionally a few solitary ones. The 

 surface should be modelled by art into 

 easy and graceful undulations, slopes, 

 levels, and smooth grass. 



The rough picturesque is characterised 

 by a surface more or less broken, with as 

 little appearance of artificial arrangement 

 as possible. The vegetable productions 

 should be low shrubs and strong-growing 

 plants interspersed with ferns, the whole 

 having the appearance of the margin of a 

 forest glade, with the shrubs and plants 

 browsed by cattle. Where rocks and 

 rills of water naturally exist, or can be 

 made artificially, they are admissible. 



This is a difficult style to execute. The 

 best lesson for the student is to examine 

 closely forest glades, old chalk-pits, sides 

 of unreclaimed declivities, borders of 

 commons in England, and woody high- 

 land glens in Scotland. 



The pictorial style consists of moderatelv 



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