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the harder the problem the greater the triumph, when, for in- 

 stance, a difficult or ugly piece of ground has been compelled into 

 beauty, and what was before unsightly is made delightful to the 

 ■eye, and with such skill that the result looks not as if it had been 

 ■done, but as if it had happened. 



It should be remembered that a beautiful garden is a place of 

 pleasant labour and of happy restfulness, and that the more it 

 can be filled with perfect pictures, the more it gives delight to 

 the eye and solace to the mind, and the nearer it approaches to 

 the making of an earthly paradise. 



Discussion. 



In reference to some remarks in Mr. Robinson's paper, Miss 

 Beowning-Hall (Algiers) asked whether .wireworms would 

 not eat the bulbs which were left in the ground year after 

 year. 



The Chaieman replied that there could be no doubt that 

 they would do so ; and Mr. Chaeles Peaeson said the best 

 remedy for these pests was to spread broken rapecake near the 

 roots, which the wireworms would eat in preference to the 

 plants. 



Referring to Miss Jekyll's statement that labels must be 

 absolutely abolished from the pleasure-garden, the Rev. W. 

 Wilks remarked that Miss Jekyll must have a most wonderfu 

 head to remember all the varieties in her garden when a visitor 

 happened to say to her, "Oh, what is that ? It is pretty ! ' 

 He knew every flower in his own garden, but he could not 

 name them at the moment, and if he were to abolish labels he 

 was afraid he should soon get into inextricable confusion. 

 Speaking entirely for himself, his experience was that gar- 

 deners, as a rule, were not educated in the best grammar 

 schools, and would, without the assistance of labels, give the 

 most extraordinary names to flowers to any visitors who might 

 call during the absence of the family. He strongly depre- 

 cated the removal of labels, which spoke for themselves, and 

 prevented the lover of flowers from getting a little bit mixed. 



Dr. Mastees said he should like to know the method 

 pursued by Mr. Ewbank in the great label question. For his 

 own part he had no difficulty at all in following Miss Jekyll's 



