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to Blackfriars. Our illustration gives the ornamental ground extending from Charing Cross Railway Station to 

 Waterloo Bridge, designed by Alexander M'Kenzie, Esq., Landscape Gardener, Alexandra Park, Muswell Hill ; 

 executed by Mr. Joseph F. Meston, the well-known horticultural contractor, and clothed with a beautiful green 

 sward, the produce of our mixture of grasses specially made for ornamental parks in large towns. The seed was 

 sown on the 25th August, and within three weeks the ground was covered with a beautiful verdure ; and when 

 officially inspected, within three months from the day of sowing, the combination of grasses had formed so close 

 and even a sward, that it was supposed that Mr. Meston had tin-fed the ground, thus demonstrating that the suc- 

 cessful laying down of lawns is dependent upon the suitability of the varieties of grasses used for the purpose, and 

 it is of the first importance to managers of public parks, and to gentlemen interested in such undertakings, to look 

 well to this. 



It may be interesting to our readers if we describe the illustration of this part of the ground. The Charing 

 Cross Station of the Metropolitan Underground Railway appears on the lower left-hand side of the engraving, 

 and the word "Open" represents the air-shafts of the line. The white portions are the walks, which are 

 nsphalted and margined with Irish ivies pegged down in imitation of the beautiful edgings so much admired 

 in the public squares and open spaces of Paris. The circle in the centre represents the fountain, surrounding 

 which are beds cut out of the grass, while a fringe of shrubs surmounts more or less the whole of the ornamental 

 grounds on elevated banks, amongst which are planted deciduous trees to shut out the buildings behind. There 

 is no part of London which is fraught with so much interest as the part we have illustrated. The shaded portion 

 represents where our grass-seed was sozvtz. 



Would that Sir Christopher Wren and John Martin could be recalled to life, to witness the realization of their 

 glorious schemes for embanking and beautifying the banks of the Thames, the purified waters sweeping along 

 within their granite boundaries, fringed by noble trees and the banks covered by a verdure as beautiful as the 

 grounds of the Bishop's Palace at Fulham, and that solely by the judicious admixture of the grasses used. 

 What formerly was a drear}' expanse of mud is now an emerald set in granite, whither the inhabitants of this 

 great Metropolis, " in populous city pent," eagerly hurry to the banks of the Thames, 



" their very hearts athirst 

 To gaze at Nature in her green array." 



Thames Embankment Special Mixture, recommended for Ornamental Parks, for People's Parks in connection 

 with large towns, for enclosures such as Squares in and about London and other populous cities, i6s. 

 per bushel. Three to four bushels are sufficient for an acre. Special quotations for large quantities. 



Mixture for Improving and Renovating grounds similar to the above, lod. per lb. 



Mixture for Improving Old Lawns or Laying Down New Ones, Croquet Grounds, and Bowling Greens, 



1/ per lb. ; 2/6 per gallon; 20/ per bushel. 3 to 5 bushels, or 60 lbs. to 100 lbs. per acre ; 60 lbs. is the 

 quantity usually sown, but if the ground is to be clothed quickly 100 lbs. is recommended. 



Extra Fine Lawn Mixture, per lb., t 6 | Finest Y/hite Dutch Clover, per lb., 16 



AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 



Mixed Permanent Pasture Grasses, expressly made to suit the particular soil for which they are required- 

 heavy, medmm, or light. 



The quantity we usually supply per acre is 2 bush, light and 12 lbs. heavy seeds, at 28/, 32/, and 36/ per acre. 

 Suitable Grasses for Park Lawns, 18/ per Bush. Bromus Sehrsederi, New Australian Forage Grass, 1/ per lb 



Present Prices of the following ; but which may vary as the season advances :— 



TURNIP— White-fleshed Varieties (3 to 4 lbs. per acre). 

 s. d. 



Green Round per lb. 1 o 



Lincolnshire Red Globe 1 o 



Pomeranian White Globe 1 o 



Red Tankard 



Early Six-weeks Stone or Stubble 

 Grey Stone, true 



;r lb. 



TURNIP— Yellow fleshed Varieties (3 to 4 lbs. per acre). 



Yellow Tankard per lb. 1 3 



Green-top Scotch or Aberdeen „ 10 



Purple-top do. do ,, 10 



Dale's Hybrid per lb. 



Chivas's Orange Jelly 



Waite's Eclipse 



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