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januahyg, 1912, THli GARDENERS" MAGAZINE. » 



Hanson no longer exhibits chrysanthe- 

 Bunus, he is careful that his employers anil 

 their friends should still have an oppor- 

 * tunity of seeing specimen blooms at iionie 

 in the highest st;'.te of development. 



Returning to the flower garden on the 

 western side of the mansion, and enjoying 

 for a short period the bright display ot 

 colour in the scroll beds, the eye 

 commences to range over the fair pros- 

 pect looking westwards, and the many ob- 

 jects of interest within this part of the 

 pleasure groundvS. Especially interesting 

 are the shapely Irish yews that flank the 

 fine breadth of velvety turf^ the relatively 

 large specimens of Abies orientalis nana, 

 that may be seen on the far side of the 

 illustration, the fine old sundial, the stan- 



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dard rhododendrons, all rejirosenting meri- 



variety. Note was also made of an ex- 

 ceptionally fine spwimen of the weeping 

 green hohy, which has a spread of twenty 

 teet, and is so graceful as to ren<ler it 

 difficult to imagine a specimen so perfect as 

 to surpass it. 



In the naturally arranged grounds to the 

 north of the winter gar<len there is a re- 

 markably fine selection of coniferous trees, 

 all l)eing in a robust state of iieallh, and 

 for the most part are of large size. The 

 specimens of Wellingtonia gigantea are 

 especially noteworthy, for they are 

 perfect from base to a])ex, and are of 

 the richest green. Very fine also are Abies 

 Smitliiana, A. brachyi)hylla, A. Albertiana, 

 A. Parryana glauca, l*icea cembra, P. in- 

 signe, Ketinospora plumosa, Cupressus 

 I>a wsou'ana aiirea, a sii|)erb s])ecinu'n ris- 



the summer months. To enable the gene- 

 ral public to participate in the j^J^^^s"*'^ 

 that a garden of the first-class is so well 

 able to afford, Sir Saville Crossle}' very 

 generously opens the gardens to the public 

 on <*ertain days <luring the summer months, 

 and although a small charge is made for 

 admissiiui, the visitors numlKU' l^etween 

 8. (KM) and 9,(X)0 annually. The amount 

 ri'alised for admission is at tho en<l of the 

 season distributtnl among the local charit- 

 able institutions. The hedges of the maze 

 are of yew, and are of greater breath than 



is usuallv th(» case, an<l the maze is entered 

 by a handsome vew arch. 



Auotli«M' feature of interest is the per- 

 gola, which, unlike tbe majority of such 

 structiu'es, has a framework or iron, and 

 affords a con<*Iusive proof that the ma- 



ENTRANCE TO KITCHEN GARDEN, SOMERLEYTON HALL. 



[Photo: H. N. King-. 



tonous varieties. Alongside the southern 

 part of the cross walk are the standard 

 lortugal laurels that flank the northern 

 portion. In a line with the southern front 

 of the mansion is the fine avenue of elms, 

 ^""^^ ^ line with the western Iwundary 



ing to a height of thirty feet, and glowing 

 with colour. Thuia gigantea aurea s 

 hardly less rich in colour^ Cedrus atlantica 

 and C. Libani are also remarkable for their 



of the garden is the avenue of limes. Both the "other conifers' 



large size and rich colour, the strong soil 

 being ev-deiitly as favourable to them as to 



avenues are formed with four rows of trees 

 and apart from the splendi<l <leve]opment 

 ot the latter, they are of special interest 

 as Of)nnectmg links between the present 

 and the Somerleyton of bvgone days. 



i roceeding in a northerly direction from 

 the western How.m- garden are great masses 

 select var eties of the pontic rhododen- 

 <^ ••'>n that ar,. grow ng in clav. and are 

 ^' tlie m<:st vigorcns stat.. of healtb, and 

 pinm .s^. to i)r<;(lu<,.. as is usuallv the case. 



• onous disph.y of colour in their season 

 n owermg There are also in this part 



h V..Tr?''r^' ""'"^'-""s fine beds of choice 

 ".^ ■>•!([ rhododendrons. ea:-h containing one 



Contiguous to the 

 principal coniferous trees is a large bay, 



wherein is a rustic summer house with a 

 broad border devoted to choice herl)aceous 

 plants, airanged in bold masses, and a 

 (ciiiral giou]) of choice rhododendrons. 

 Tills enclo.suic is icached throuj'Ii a itcrirt'la 

 over whi<'b siicli raml)l:ng ro>c> ;is K\;clsi 

 and Minehaha fling thcii* sbMidcr- grnutb^ 

 .n graceful profusion, and product^ a 

 uiorioMs display of < ()lnur during the sum- 

 ipor inoMtbs. Not t.ir distant is the maze, 

 which forms su <listinct a feature of the 

 gai'dciis. and eniovs a hii:h dcrce of 

 j)opnhn ity wiili tlic visitors avIio couic ov*n- 

 from Lowestoft in their tlion^iiii ls during 



jority of plants suitable for clothing per- 

 golas have not m) strong an objtx-tion to 

 coniins: into contact witli iron i^ n;cn('r- 

 ally supposed to be the case. Howtnrr 

 tlnit may l)c. tlie whol** (tf the p'ant- 

 in the best p(;^>ih!e stat<^ of hca i; h . ik 1 

 annuallv vield frtciv of their flitWi'i s. 'I ho 

 dimensions ait^ idinil for a garch n ot any 

 <'onsideri:4)lc si/c. and with tlie hopt^ thru 



the litiU res ina v juove u>efu! . T liev a re 



giv(^n hei'ewiih. The h^iigth i> 3lK)ft.. tiu^ 

 height ^)ft., and the wi<Ith Hft. Tlie up- 

 rights vtippoi'ting the frann^woik are nia<l^ 

 of loin. T iron, and are ph-u-t-d K it. apart. 

 They a le conne:*te(l togetlier on eitli*M* 

 side with flat \\\n. irons fixed at 7ft. ahina^ 

 the ground level. The uprights a re i (uuiceted 

 across the area with arches of Hat iron 

 of the same size as that used for th*^ sides, 

 and over these are fixed hori/.onta Pv six 

 iron rods -^in. in <liamete!*. Tims i< ft;: riirf] 

 a framework that i> pi'-i:'tica!iy inde-ti'Ue- 



