September 22, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
263 
JOTTINGS ABOUT LONDON PARKS. 
Regent’s Park. 
It has been said that the bedding in Regent’s Park is hardly up to its 
reputation this year, but my experience hardly corroborates this assertion. 
The second week in September is not, as a rule, the time of year to see 
summer flower gardening at its best, but if the bedding in this Park has 
been better than it is now, the display must have been wonderful. Some 
delightful arrangements are to be seen there. The plants in the whole 
of the beds seem to have grown too with greater vigour than in many 
other parks, and the majority of them at the time of my visit were 
flowering profusely. Tuberous Begonias are a decided success ; in none 
of the parks are they so good this year a9 there. Several beds and 
narrow borders are filled with them, and the plants have not only made 
remarkable growth, but are flowering exceedingly well. In several beds 
they are associated with Alyssum variegatum, the light foliage of the 
shape, about 12 feet in diameter. There is a vase filled with drooping 
pink Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums in the centre. Around the vase and over 
the whole surface of the bed small Palms and Golden Treasure Fuchsias 
are dotted, the groundwork being filled in with Lobelia pumila magnifica. 
The latter is a mass of bloom and blends beautifully with the other plants. 
An edging of Echeverias completes the arrangement, which in every 
respect is unique. 
The beds of Cockscombs and Celosia plumosa are also excellent, 
indeed it is seldom that these plants are seen to such advantage in 
the open air. Many of them are not only fine specimens as regards 
size, but most brilliant in colour. For producing an effect in the 
flower garden during the autumn they are obviously admirably adapted, 
and might with advantage be similarly used in private establishments. 
Besides being used in beds there are some bold masses of Cockscombs in 
prominent positions on the borders, where they produce a remarkably 
fine display. It would seem that an effort to produce an autumn 
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Fig. 36.—MESSRS. CARTERS’ POTATO DISEASE EXPERIMENTS. 
RIGHT SIDE, DRESSED WITH BOVILLIE BORDELAISE, UNINJURED; LEFT SIDE, NOT DRESSED, DESTROYED BY THE DISEASE. 
latter making a charming combination with the brilliant flowers of the 
Begonias. 
In addition to the large beds of Pelargoniums there are some charm¬ 
ing arrangements of a less vivid nature. Heliotrope is used with good 
effect, some beds of it being very fine, and the majority of these are edged 
with Cineraria maritima. The white foliage of the latter harmonises 
well with the dark green leaves and purplish flowers of the Heliotrope. 
A few similar beds would have a good effect in a private garden. 
Carnations, too, are a pleasing feature here, a bed of Raby Castle making 
a charming effect. This is a lovely pink Carnation, and even at this late 
period the plants are laden with bloom. Notice of this fact should be 
taken, inasmuch as it may help to remove the impression that Carna¬ 
tions are unsuited for bedding purposes owing to their comparatively 
short period of flowering. The plants alluded to have apparently been 
in bloom since July, and appear as if they will continue flowering long 
after the tender things are blackened by frost. Many other hardy 
plants are also used here for bedding purposes. Several beds are planted 
with Campanula carpatica, Palms and Anthericum variegatum being 
dotted amidst the Campanula, and edged with Mesembryanthemum 
cordifolium variegatum. The result is a delightful effect. Another pretty 
arrangement is deserving of notice. In this case the bed is circular in 
, show of bloom is made in Regent’s Park, and not without success. A bed 
filled with yellow Chrysanthemums, edged with Mrs. Pollock Pelargonium 
and Gazania splendens, is very showy, and the same may be said of 
another planted with orange and crimson Celosias and Dactylis glomerata 
marginata. A noticeable feature is that many of these beds are edged 
with London Pride (Saxifraga umbrosa). Zinnias and Stocks are also 
employed in the beds with good effect. 
Fuchsias are very fine. There are many large beds planted with, 
them, and large specimens are dotted on the grass. In each case the 
plants are laden with bloom, and make a grand display. Vases filled, 
with foliage and flowering plants are also deserving of notice. The 
I borders are also exceedingly showy just now, there being some grand 
j masses of Asters, Helianthuses, Gladioli, Sedum spectabile early flower¬ 
ing Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, and other autumn-blooming plants. The 
results of planting in large groups may be seen to advantage, and the 
system is well worth imitating in private gardens. 
Dulwich Park. 
Notwithstanding the new appearance which must necessarily 
I be a prominent characteristic of a recently laid out open space, 
Dulwich Park can justly claim to be one of the most beautiful lungs 
