THEIR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT, &c. 



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using different plants from those named 

 above, — scarlet geraniums in the two 

 larger angles, and variegated-leaved do. 

 in the two smaller angles. 



The long straight borders may have a 

 row of standard roses in the middle, the 

 stems of which will afford support for 

 creeping plants ; the ground to be planted, 

 if contrast of colouring be aimed at, with 

 purple, yellow, and white. 



Our figure, although complete in itself, 

 may, with every propriety, be extended 

 on the opposite side of the basin of water, 

 or indeed on the two other sides also, this 

 last producing a cruciform garden of great 

 interest and size. A flower-garden very 

 similar to this exists in the beautiful 

 grounds of the Dowager Duchess of Bed- 

 ford, at Camden Hill. 



Fig. 820 is a specimen of a Gothic flower- 

 garden, laid out in 1619 by Solomon 



Fig. 820. 



Caus, one of the most eminent architects 

 and engineers of his day, and wuich long 

 existed in the once celebrated gardens at 

 Heidelberg. This design is so complete 

 that it would be impossible to take out 

 one bed and substitute another for it, 

 without deranging the whole figure. This 

 is a test of the perfection of the figure, as 

 it is also of all architectural ones, of which 

 we have given so many examples. The 

 margins should be of stone, and the bor- 

 ders slightly sunk. The centre may be a 

 basin of water, with a fountain or not; 

 and if so, a Gothic vase should be placed 

 on the pedestal. 



This figure has been published in vari- 



ous works. We have, however, never seen 

 it executed. 



Fig. 821 is a geometrical garden, ad- 

 mitting of a profusion of sculptural deco- 



Fig. 821. 



rations. The centre may be an elliptical 

 basin, with or without a fountain. The 

 principal entrances to be at a a. In the 

 circles in the marginal borders may be 

 placed vases ; and also in the two smaller 

 circles in the elliptical border. The sur- 

 rounding parapet w T all should be strictly 

 architectural, with balustrading dividing 

 it into panels, surmounted with vases. 

 A sun-dial may occupy the space b. 



If upon a large scale, this figure might 

 be cut out on grass, and so, indeed, form 

 in itself a very complete flower-garden for 

 a very considerable place. Instead of 

 being enclosed with an architectural wall, 

 it might be bounded by a grassy terrace 

 bank, backed up with shrubbery. It 

 might also form part of a flower-garden 

 of the first class, either in connection 

 with other figures, or isolated, as is so well 

 exemplified at Drumlanrig, where many 

 gardens of this description are employed 

 in the production of a wdiole. 



The architectural flower-garden, which 

 forms the subject of Plate XXXIV., has 

 recently been designed by us for a resi- 

 dence now in progress of erection on the 

 w r est coast of Scotland, and is, as will be 



