THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GDIDE. 
359 
THYME EOR THE FLOWER GAEDEX. 
BT THOMAS BRADBURY. 
CH lias been said, and deservedly, about the value of 
dwarf box for edging and embroidery. Ho one hitherto 
has recognized the suitability and superiority of the 
varieties of thymes for the same purposes. Indeed, 
the very mention of the matter makes me feel that the 
subject reaches wider and further than I dare follow. But I shall 
ask the reader to take a quiet look at the thyme in his or her 
own herb garden. There should be three or four sorts at least in 
every garden, and these will afford as many distinct characters. 
Probably the best for embroidery is the common thyme, but the 
lemon thyme is scarcely less desirable for the purpose ; but for an 
edging I should prefer the tree-like white-flowering thyme, which 
would be equal to box in firmness and solidity, and would exhale a 
delightful odour if touched by the rustle of a lady’s garments, as an 
edging must be sometimes. The subject of edgings generally, is one 
of more importance than might be supposed, considering how little 
our garden writers say about it. Lately we have seen the ling or 
heather recommended, but as it requires peaty or gravelly soil, it 
cannot be universally employed. The thymes will grow in any soil, 
and therefore are better suited for extensive use. 
BEAUTIFUL TREES AT WEYMOUTH, DORSET. 
BY 1IEUT.-GE3ERAL SIR HORATIO SHIRLEY, C.B. 
common with many other readers of the Floral 
World, I was very much interested in the article on 
“Beautiful Trees for Kind Climates,” and I have made 
inquiries of the gardener at Abbotsbury, near Wey- 
mouth, in reference to the tender trees and shrubs 
growing there out of doors without protection. I was aware that 
the late Lord Ilchester had put out many plants in that sheltered 
spot v/hich would not elsewhere grow out of doors. The gardener 
has furnished me with a rather long list of such tender plants as 
grow there out of doors without protection, but he has omitted to 
mention some fine masses of Bamboos, with which I was familiar 
some years since. This list is certainly well worth publishing, and 
it may be mentioned that the Azaleas and Camellias, of which there 
are good collections, are grown in the shrubbery borders with the 
Rhododendrons, and do remarkably well ; some of the Camellias 
commence to produce their flowei-s at Cbristmas, and the Azaleas 
begin to bloom freely in March, and in ordinary good seasons there 
is a fine display of these two beautiful and important classes of 
flowering plants throughout the spring season. 
The present Earl, as well as Lady Ilchester, are, I understand, 
December. 
