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ibjects appropriate to these parts, that the taste of the manager is most aptly 
isplayed. There is a medium to hit upon between a redundant puerile piling 
f frivolous and misplaced ornament, and an aspect betraying slovenliness and 
[eglect. 
! By carefully keeping in mind that those things which have hitherto sufficed 
re not always the best state of things that it is possible to produce by an attentive 
bservation, encouraging inquiry after fresh means of improvement, and a cautious 
jxecution, a gradual advancement will be still going on, and the least interesting 
,ook in time will be clothed with something to allure the eye and excite 
dmiration. 
Perhaps tliere are few spots in pleasure-grounds generally, upon which these 
bservations are more suited to bear, than the line where the ruggedness of the 
Tove or plantation and the smoothness of the lawn meet together. A connecting 
ink is often wanting. There needs something as an undergrowth to shed verdancy 
i)eneath the trees where grass will only grow partially, and few other plants can 
,;xist. There needs something to lead the eye more gradually and imperceptibly 
rom the one to the other. The nakedness of these places, moreover, is a defect 
;vhich must have been observed by every one, since we rarely meet with a 
oleasure-ground that is entirely exempt from it. 
Some time ago the capacity which ivy possesses of flourishing beneath the 
lihade and drip of trees, and its consequent adaptability as a carpeting for planta- 
dons instead of grass, was made the subject of comment in the pages of a former 
irolunie. Without seeking to detract from the merits of ivy for that purpose, we 
low bring another plant under review, which, from its commonness, must be 
ilmost as familiar to most of our readers— the Hypericum calycinum, or large 
flowering St. John’s Wort. 
The main point which we here seek to enforce, is not so much its utility as a 
oeneral covering, as was proposed, and has in some places been successfully adopted 
with ivy, but its applicability for planting in broad masses near the outskirts of 
jplantatioiis and shrubberies, and in the vicinity of the principal walks passing 
through them. It is by no means a novel proposition, but it is one deserving of a 
far more extensive adoption than it receives. We have seen it admirably 
exemplified in several instances, especially and on a large scale at the Deepdene, 
near Dorking. The plant rarely grows much above a foot high, and has a hand- 
some appearance, being furnished with ample evergreen foliage and larg^ yellow 
flowers, which are copiously produced for the greater part of summer and autumn, 
land contribute a considerable amount of show. The density of a mass once planted 
will be continuously increased by the vast number of suckers, which are constantly 
pushing from the root. From this rapid and easy source of extension, there can 
[be little trouble or expense incurred in obtaining a sufficient number of plants, and 
[there is no risk of losing them with the most ordinary attention in planting. 
When they arc intended to grow under trees, it is, however, advisable to plant in 
