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THE GARDENERS^ MAGAZINE. 



AT 25, 1912. 



Hardy Plant Company, but there was no 

 want of colour, and many g^ems of the rock 

 plant family were seen nestling in the cre- 

 vices between the stones, which were not 

 employed extravagantly, lliere were shallow 

 pools of water, winding stone-paved path- 

 ways, and a pretty little cavern, the inside 

 of which was furnished with fresh-looking 

 ferns. 



Graceful bamboos clothed the grass banks 

 which formed a pleasing continuation of the 

 rock and water garden, arranged by Mr. 

 M. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants. A big 

 bed of the beautiful blue Anchusa Opal wa.s 

 a feature in itself, and arranged on the slop- 

 ing bank it looked very effective. As for the 

 rock garden proper this was a pleasing ar- 

 rangement of miniature pools, paved path- 

 ways, and rough stone eteps ascending grassy 

 bank^. The pretty alpines and other plants 



arranged mostly in groups set themselves off 

 to advantage, and we were much impreis^^ed 

 by tJie deep crimson colour of a dianthuw 

 called Napoleon III., the blue of Iris orien- 

 tals sanguinea, and the white, upstanding 

 spikes of Saxifraga pyramidal is. Not the 

 least pretty feature of this oxhihit was a 



again during the exhibit ion by mean« of 

 a petrol pumping engine. 



In the arrangement of rock and alpines set 

 up by Mr. C. Elliott, of Stevenage, one was 

 reminded of the Temple Show, as the rockery 

 was accommodated on tabling and cocoa-fibre 

 was freely employed. The masses of pretty 

 alpines in between the fetones, however, 

 showed themselves up very conspicuously. 



In one secluded corner, there was a rockery 

 arrangement set out by Messrs. Thompson 

 and Charman, Bushey, Herte. A little pool 

 in the centre with a paved walk round it, was 

 ingeniously devised, but the whole effect of 

 the garden would have been more pleasing if 

 the background had been raised rather more. 



There is no doubt that one of the finest 

 efforts in the whole of this magnificent exhi- 

 bition was that made by Messrs. Wallace and 

 Co., Colchester. The position was unique, 

 and the firm is to be commended for taking 

 every advantage of it. As one stood and 

 looked at this beautiful arrangement of 

 water, rock, and flowers, it was difficult to 

 })elieve that the whole thing was the growth 

 of but a week or two, so natural and per- 

 manent did it look. Standing vat the edge of 



A TYPICAL FOEMAL GARDEN, 

 Tastefully arranged by Mr. A. H. Hemsley, Crawley 



miniature ro-^k-surrounded pool furnished 

 with water ulies in flower, and sedges. 



Messrs. Pulham, Newman Street, W., fol- 

 lowed out their well-known style in their 

 arrangement of rock, water, and turf. The 

 garden makers took advantage of the posi- 

 tion accorded to them, and the ])ig pieces of 

 reddish-brown stone, from ch>sc to Sand- 

 ringham, that the firm uses so largely, were so 

 arranged as to give the impression thnt they 

 were protruding here and there in a per- 

 fectly natural manner out of the ground. 

 ITiere were ingeniously arranged caverns, 

 furnished with hardy ferns, and flowers and 

 foliage plants were very judiciously blended. 

 On the right of the rock garden there wa« 

 another very distinct feature in the shape of 

 a very substantial-looking ston-e and timber- 

 built summer-house on a terrace of stone pave- 

 ment. Steps led down from the front of the 

 summer-house with a continuation of paved 

 walk into the road. As one looked at this 

 fine display of garden art one could not help 

 thinking that this rockery might be left as a 

 permanent feature. Nearly K)0 tons of stone 

 were used, and the wnfpr wnw M<zaA o^-o^^ r.„A 



a pool in front one looked on another pool 

 just above, beyond that a flight of circular 

 stone steps, leading to .a formal garden, 

 backed by a low terrace wall. The beauty of 

 the whole idea seemed to be that there was a 

 variety of perfectly distinct features, and 

 each one of them was ingeniously hidden 

 until you came almost unexpectedly upon it. 

 From the entrance of the garden at the front 

 one passed round the pools by a paved path- 

 way and admired, as one went, clumps of 

 bright-looking primulas growing by the 

 water and the graceful flowers of^Avhite and 

 violet wistarias, hanging over the same. 

 Looking across the second of the pools 

 one peeped into a perfectly natural-lookino- 

 cavern, from the roof of which there dripped 

 water into the basin underneath, and the 

 ferns growing in between the stones had a 

 delightfully fi-esh appearance. Passing on 

 up the circular flight of steps into the paved 

 garden with its green gra&s plot, its box hedge 

 on the top of the terrace wall, and its foun- 

 tain and basin in the centre, one obt-jerved a 

 great array of German irises in bewildering 

 variety, furnishing the surrounding- borders, 



with lines of sweet-smelling cat mint and-- 

 host of other flowers. Past a group ^r* 

 Japanese maples and shrubs at the base i 

 the circular steps a cunningly-devised waii 

 led round the above garden, and this eeemes 

 to lose itself in the shrubbery beyond, a^ i 

 w^ould have done had the garden be«n 

 manent. Mounting the steps from the for- 

 mal garden one passed at the back of 

 upper terrace wall along another paved wail 

 flanked with German irises, to a rustic sue 

 mer-liouse, half hidden away anionget ft. 

 trees. Behind this building one came acroe 

 a unique bit of woodland garden with lili^ 

 and bamboos, and then followed a windinr 

 woodland path, flanked with mollis azalea^ 

 tree lupins, rhododendrons, etc., until m 

 again came to the winding steps leading bj 

 the cavern into the rock garden. Mcst cos 

 spicuous amongst the flower^ employed wck 

 Aster alpinus, Double Welsh poppy, Cypri- 

 pedium spectabile. Primula pulveniknti 

 and Forresti, trolliuses, Saxifraga pyrami- 

 dalis, and Chelone. barbata, phloxes ni 

 violas. Speaking as a whole, the idea wa- 

 not only ingenious, but cleverly carried out 

 and it is quite safe to say that the equi 

 of this particular type of exhibit has never 

 been seen before in Great Britain. 



Mr. G. Reuthe. Keston, filled a fair 

 space of ground with rocky mounds furnished 

 with alpines, grass in. between, and a small 

 but rather artificial-looking pool in thecentJf 

 which was somewhat overcrowded wit: 

 aquatic plants. One of the prettiest thing: 

 on the mounds was Aster alpinus himalaicu^. 

 and several clumps of scarlet anemones were 

 striking. 



Messrs. Whitelegg and Page, Chislehurgi 

 constructed a neat and pretty little rock 

 garden dell, with a little central pool into 

 which the water came tumbling down ovei 

 the rocks above. Eocks were freely used, 

 and the whole dell was closely and bngMlT 

 planted. Colonies that especially impressed 

 us were those of Geum Mrs. Bradshaw. 

 selections of Primula japonica, the brilliant 

 P. Lissadel hybrid, P. sikkimensis, F- 

 Cockburniana, P. Bulleyana, Ajuga repent 

 purpurea, Viola gracilis, Dianthus zonatus, 

 Lithospermum Heavenly Blue, and the lovel; 

 Aquilegia caerulea Mrs. M. NichoUs, thi- 

 latter a very beautiful and useful plant, 

 free flowering, free growing, and effective. 



Messrs. Barr and Sons, Covent Garden, 

 built a rock garden on a rather sharp slop|=- 

 and arranged a seat on top to overlook W 

 whole. It was a simple design, and 

 grey, weathered Yorkshire stone served weii 

 to show off the colonies of late aubrietias. 

 helianthemums, cerastiums, Oxalis ennea- 

 phylla (very fine), Lithospermum Heaven 

 Blue, Phlox pilosa, Onosma taunca, benisi 

 hispanica rara (a. cloud of gold), J 

 scoparius Daisy Hill (deep cream and saj 

 mon). Primula japonica in a v-iae J'^"^'.^]^ 



colours, erigerons, Oxalis viofacea 



aiiii 



pedata bicolor (a choice plant), lupms 

 the blue-flowered Cynoglossum vernosuni 



Mr. J. Wood, Boston Spa, contribute^ 

 very effective rock garden exhibit, in ^ ' j 

 the grev weathered stone was a ^^i^^^^^.'^u^g, 

 excellent feature. Water was freely an^Pf . 

 ingly introduced in this garden, and ^o " J 

 ture loving plants were verv prommeut. 

 ablv the selections of Primula J^P^"^^?;:.. 

 sikkimensis Trillium grandiflorum, ciii ; 

 hardy ferns, hemerocallis, funkias, ana 

 in great variety. , ,,t,vl 



A delightful little rocky doll, ^'^"/l"^'" 



by Messrs. W. Fells and Son, Il^^'^'^'n' ^r- 

 e,sp.ecially notable for the rivulets ot no^^^^ 

 ing "plants charmingly dispoFcd. 

 alpinus began witli a colony oii ^ j 

 plateau and trickled down to th^ S i 



Iberis 



&empervirens Snow Flake ^^^^^^^jj^n^ 

 little central cascade, and ^^j^pi 

 albus gave a snowy effect on a hi^ii 

 Veronica alpe«tris,' Phlox canadensis i y.^j^ 

 var., Saxifraga lantoscana super ba, 

 gracilis, were all similarly disposeO. ^^^^ 



volvulus cneorum, an ^^^tV^'"* [ip^^noti^ 



with whitish flowers, the blue 

 Veitchi, Helianthemum venustum P 

 and neat little conifers provided ^^^^ 

 sary shrubs; while maples and cyp 



formed a- suitable background. 



,re6sf 

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