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four compartments, separated from each other by a spa¬ 
cious walk crossing at right angles. The accompanying 
ground plan is one of these compartments. As both 
Mr. Stubbs and his gardener are readers of The Cottage 
Gardener I could perceive they have profited by the 
information contained therein about furnishing such a 
garden with Rowers. The beds are all numbered, as the 
plan shows. L. B. means large bed ; S. B. small bed. 
These beds are now reduced in number by joining the 
outside ones together. Beds 13 and 14 are not joined 
in the plan, to show how they were originally. These 
beds so joined are planted with choice low-growing 
shrubs, mixed with the best herbaceous flowers and 
standard Roses. Y. means Yew. There is at each 
corner a plant of the upright or Irish Yew. I noted 
the following plants on the beds. They were just 
planted when I was there. Centre bed Calceolaria 
King Alfred , edged with Sedum cceruleum. No. 9. Red 
China Rose, edged with the Fairy Rose. No. 10. A 
dark variety of Phlox Drummondi. No. 11. Roses 
again. No. 12. Calceolaria Gold Cap. No. 12. Petunia 
Jenny , a good dark. No. 13. Tea Roses. No. 14. Ge¬ 
ranium Flower of the Day. No. 15. Verbenas, scarlet. 
No. 10. Lobelia, dwarf. The large bed at the south 
end was of standard Roses in two rows, the front one 
much lower than the other. The large bed at the north 
end was planted with low Roses, so that the garden and 
its beds could be viewed over them. These beds are 
edged with Sedum globiferum planted close together. 
Mauy kinds of unusual edgings are used in these gar¬ 
dens. For instance, the bed of Daphne cneorum, men¬ 
tioned above, is edged with Gentiana pneumonanthe. 
The whole of the beds are placed upon a lawn, that is, 
they are cut out on the turf. Let the reader imagine 
four such squares, with walks between them, a border 
next the walls that bound the garden, and he will form 
a tolerable idea of the entire Rower garden. 
Standard Roses I never saw more healthy, and the 
reason is obvious enough. Every morning they are 
carefully examined, and all Rose grubs crushed. If any 
green Ry appears the bushes are instantly syringed with 
tobacco water. If red spider shows its ravages the trees 
are severely syringed morning and evening until the 
home is made too wet for them ; and, lastly, in dry wea¬ 
ther they are copiously watered. This close attention is 
rewarded by the owner having beautiful healthy trees 
and an abundance of the finest blooms. 
The lawn in front, where the large beds of choice 
shrubs are placed, is kept closely shaven by a large mow¬ 
ing machine drawn by a stout pony—a most economical 
method, saving fully the labour of three men, besides 
being mown so much more quickly. If it was mown by 
the old method with the scythe the lawn would very 
seldom be entire in beauty. Some parts would be just 
cut, and others fully grown again, whereas the machine 
and the pony mow the whole in two days. Hence, a 
day or two afterwards, the lawn presents a uniform, 
even, and equally green appearance. 
The entire extent of the area of the house, the lawn, 
flower garden, and kitchen garden is six acres, and the 
whole is kept in first-class order by Mr. Cunnah, the 
gardener, and three assistants. It is but justice to them 
to state that the gardens are as well kept as any I ever 
visited. 
Mr. Stubbs is more delighted with out-door than in¬ 
door gardening; hence he lias no stove or greenhouse. 
Two or three years ago he had built two small vineries. 
The Vine border was formed flat, and the stems had to be 
trained in the open air against the front wall rather more 
than two feet. Whether it was that the border was wet, 
or the cold affected the exposed stems, the Vines did not 
thrive. I advised the raising the border up to the front 
window-sill and replanting the Vines. This was done 
last winter, and the Vines are now pushing strongly, 
and there is every prospect of their doing well. Inside 
there are pits, shelves, &c., and on them I saw some 
healthy Camellias and Indian Azaleas, two tribes of 
plants that thrive as well or better with the Vine than 
any other. 
A short distance beyond the wire fence of the gardens 
there is a kind of hollow near a grove of large trees. 
The accumulated deposits of vegetable matter and sand 
have partially raised this hollow. This soil exactly suits 
the hardy Rhododendrons and American plants generally. 
Mr. Stubbs has determined to have this spot connected 
with the gardens and formed into a hardy fernery. He 
1 possesses a fine collection of these interesting plants, and 
they are becoming too large for the border near the 
house, where they are growing at present. The hollow 
has been drained, walks set out, and beds designed for 
the Americans, and a rockery projected for the Ferns. 
This will be, when completed, a very interesting spot 
both to the owner and his visitors, especially such as 
love Ferns. 
This is a brief account of what I saw at this interest¬ 
ing place. Four years ago, when the present owner 
came into possession, it was a perfect wilderness. In 
another four years I conscientiously believe it will be 
almost a paradise. I trust the kind-hearted and garden- 
loving gentleman will be spared many years to enjoy it. 
T. Appleby. 
BEWARE OF “ OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF 
MIND.”—LADIES’ NOSEGAYS. 
“ Out of sight, out of mind ” is a rule of life with one 
part of the people of this rich country ; but with another 
part of them it is just the contrary, and what they can¬ 
not see they are always thinking about. Now, there are 
two things in gardening which I generally treat in two 
opposite ways, after the same fashion. When I give an 
order to do such or such a thing I discard that thing' from 
my memory as completely as “ out of sight, out of mind,” 
and if I find any one of my orders has been neglected 
at the proper time I blame myself, and make up for it 
in the second thing, which is this—whenever any one of 
my llower-beds is out of sight, or the plants to fill it 
with, or those by which it was filled a little while back, 
I am much more anxious about it or them than when 
they are full before my face. Though out of sight they 
are never out of mind, and never do I experience the 
rule to be more important than about this season of the 
year. Where are the spring flowers now? Some of 
them are where we have been admiring them all along; 
some are safe enough, and very well cared for in some 
place out of sight, but not out of mind; and some are 
going to destruction as fast as their roots can carry 
them, because they are removed out of sight to make 
room for bedders, and out of mind because everything 
and everybody which is out of sight is sure to be out of 
mind, and always will be with some owners; but the 
truth is, the best of us are liable to forget very important 
things at times, and at this time more particularly, when 
so many plants are removed to the reserve ground. Does 
any one attend to, or look after, your recently removed 
Tulips, Flyaoinths, and other spring flowers, or do you 
let them chance it, or what? I should not wonder if 
all of them are parching and perishing at this very 
moment, while you and all your force are watering 
other plants now in the beds which would be ten times 
better with one-half the quantity. I have little faith in 
the good which so much watering of beds is thought to 
do ; but 1 am persuaded that every plant which has been 
recently taken up ought to be as regularly watered as 
a pot plant until it is either ripe, and dies down like a 
Tulip, or is established as securely as if it had been grow¬ 
ing there ever since the flood. Well, he who is behind 
