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GARDENESQUE STYLE OF FLOWER-GARDENS. 



gardens— each sufficiently distinct in it- 

 self, yet, taken together, producing a very 

 happy effect ; and this effect will be both 

 heightened, and the arrangement simpli- 

 fied, if the grounds present a diversified 

 surface. Such arrangements are also, no 

 doubt, the best of any, when the expense 

 of a geometrical garden is an object, and 

 where, from local circumstances, its for- 

 mation would be interrupted, or where 

 other causes (chiefly the want of archi- 

 tectural associations) would render it 

 misplaced. A judicious combination of 

 the following will be effective : namely, 

 a terrace, around one or more fronts of 

 the mansion, laid out symmetrically, or 

 in the gardenesque manner, according to 

 the style of the house ; beyond this a 

 lawn, and trees and shrubs so arranged, 

 by judicious grouping, &c, that one or all 

 of the following may be laid out — but only 

 one of them should be seen at the same 

 time ; the American garden, in rather a 

 low, flat, and sheltered situation, where 

 water can be laid on during the growing 

 season of the plants ; a rosary, in a shel- 

 tered place, yet fully exposed to the sun ; 

 a herbaceous garden, an annual garden, a 

 bulb-garden, an aquarium, a heath-garden, 

 and, if the proprietor has a taste for 

 cryptogamic botany, a garden for ferns 

 and mosses. Besides these, a spring 

 garden and a winter garden will have 

 their attractions. 



Each of these would be complete in 

 itself, and in high perfection at various 

 seasons of the year. They may be sepa- 

 rated, and completely insulated from each 

 other, by a judicious disposal of shrubby 

 lawn and walks, which in itself would 

 constitute the arboretum. Mixed gardens 

 seldom please, as they at no time present 

 a perfect whole. Such subdivisions, how- 

 ever, can only be carried out in extensive 

 domains, particularly where the surface 

 is undulated or much broken. Such 

 may be called the systematic arrange- 

 ment, and will afford additional grati- 

 fication to those partial to plants, and the 

 study of them botanically. 



American Garden. — A garden, to de- 

 serve this denomination, should consist of 

 trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, 

 natives of North America. As they are 

 both numerous and interesting, a large 

 space will be required ; and also, as so 

 many of them are strong-growing herba- 



ceous plants and low shrubs, the borders 

 should be decidedly cut out on turf. 

 Medium - sized shrubs should occupy 

 groups by themselves, thinly mixed with 

 the lower class of trees, while the more 

 curious or rare of the latter should stand 

 singly on the grassy lawns. The smaller 

 beds should be entirely dedicated to 

 herbaceous and annual flowering plants. 

 The side screen, or surrounding shrub- 

 bery, should be entirely planted with 

 American trees and shrubs ; while one of 

 the principal walks should pass on one side, 

 as shown in fig. 910, by which a proper 



Fig. 910. 



connection would be formed between 

 this garden and the rest of the grounds, 

 as well as inspection allowed, when the 

 grass might be too damp to walk upon. 



The rosarium, or rose-garden. — In the 

 gardenesque style geometric figures are 

 not excluded. We offer, therefore, fig. 



