September 4, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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during the last ten years has been improved almost 
beyond recognition, thanks in a great measure to the 
generosity of the Horticultural Society in devoting large 
portions of its handsome profits to planting, laying- 
out, &c. 
The Quarry covers an area of some twenty-three acres, 
and is somewhat triangular in shape, the base being a 
sweeping curve bounded by the river Severn. With 
the exception of a short distance on the side opposite 
St. Chad’s Church, the whole is bounded by mag¬ 
nificent avenues of Limes, and another straight avenue 
of the same age and character intersects the triangle, 
dividing the undulating park-like ground into about 
two equal portions. Entering The Quarry by the very 
handsome iron gates, made at a cost of £1G0, and pre¬ 
sented by the society to the corporation in 1883, the 
visitor will not fail to notice and admire the artistic 
cottage in which resides the quarry inspector, Mr. 
spot, and a credit to all concerned in its arrangement. 
Than the Quarry itself, few other towns possess public 
parks of so beautiful and interesting a character, and 
very few indeed possess so pretty a spot as The Dingle. 
If treated as a sub-tropical garden, for which it seems 
naturally made, its beauty would be still more enhanced. 
The introduction of a few dark-leaved Cannas, and Cas¬ 
tor-oil plants, noble foliaged Wigandias, and a few 
Palms, would add a richness to the scene that all would 
be pleased with. 
Much more might be written about Shrewsbury 
Quarry, and its historical associations, but space for¬ 
bids, and we will merely add, for the benefit of those 
who may be interested in the subject, that much 
information of an historical and descriptive charac¬ 
ter has been compiled by its custodian, Mr. Dove, and 
published in the form of a small guide book, which can 
be obtained from Messrs. Adnitt & Naunton. 
quite so abundant are the lilac shades, but still there 
is plenty to choose from. Others there are of rosy 
purple and purplish tints, and others still in which 
scarlet predominates. Given this rough view of the 
leading colours, it will be an easy matter to realise 
what an assemblage of forms and what a marvellous 
effect these have late in summer and on into the 
autumn months, and if, as I have previously hinted, 
a good selection of colours has been procured, then may 
you have them in any quantity you like without fear 
of monotony. Still, I wish to be clear upon that 
point, for I do not infer that I give preference to an 
overwhelming quantity of anything, for that is the 
point I would have all aim to avoid, and in reality am 
I now pointing in particular to these Phloxes, that 
they may be introduced among the composites now 
holding sway, and thus make up a most fitting and 
pleasing arrangement for the autumn months. 
View in The Quarry, Shrewsbury: The “Dingle.” 
W. H. Dove, and which was presented to the corpora¬ 
tion last year, the cost of the same, £500, representing 
the profits made by the Horticultural Society in the 
same year. Proceeding onwards down the central 
avenue, the visitor will note the thriving specimens of 
Cedrus deodara on either hand, the trim-kept lawn 
and presently, on the left hand, the subject of 
our illustrations—The Dingle. If the said visitor 
happens to have been familiar with the place in years 
gone by, he will not fail to recollect its former state— 
an indescribably dirty hole of somewhat considerable 
dimensions—and he will rejoice at the change that has 
come o’er the scene, for truly has the desert been made 
to smile. 
The sloping banks have been most judiciously planted 
with handsome trees and shrubs, well kept walks have 
been so made as to bring into prominent view the lead¬ 
ing features of the situation, the dirty pond has been 
made into a lake of pleasingly irregular outline, and gay 
beds of flowers add the charm of brightnees so natu¬ 
rally associated with them. It is indeed a beautiful 
HERBACEOUS PHLOXES. 
These are now filling the air with their welcome 
fragrance, which, though delicate, leaves nought to be 
desired. A fewclumps of these in the herbaceous borders 
just now very materially assist in brightening the 
general view, especially if a fairly good selection in 
point of colour has been procured. The number of 
good varieties is almost endless and their colours equally 
diversified, and considering that they may be had 
so marvellously cheap, a selection should find a place 
in all gardens. Soon—aye, even now—are borders 
teeming with yellow and golden composite flowers, of 
which we are really overdone, so much so that the in¬ 
troduction of such things as are widely different from 
them in general aspect becomes almost a matter of 
necessity, and no greater departure all round can be 
secured than a choice assortment of herbaceous Phloxes. 
In colour they vary from the snowiest and purest 
whites to the most intense and vivid shades of salmon, 
rose, crimson, vermilion, and so forth. Whites with 
conspicuous coloured centres are also numerous. Not 
To have the varieties of these Phloxes in perfection, 
they must be abundantly supplied with water in early 
summer and throughout their flowering period, for they 
are great drinkers ; and notwithstanding which, by 
making a great quantity of surface-roots, they feel the 
heat much more quickly than those plants which thrust 
their roots deeply into tho earth. To procure fine 
heads of bloom they require a most generous treatment, 
by which I mean that you cannot have the soil too 
rich to give nourishment to all the many roots which 
are formed, and which may be seen en masse about the 
base of the plants. Respecting their propagation I 
may say one or two words, and this, from the ease with 
which they are managed, will, I trust, encourage not 
a few to take them in hand. They are among 
the simplest of soft-wooded herbaceous perennials to 
manage, and cuttings may be secured in early spring 
when young growths are abundant, or they may be 
had when flowering is complete. By adopting the 
first-named process, the plants will flower during the 
autumn of the same year, and somewhat later than the 
