October 6, iSOO. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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through the pots into the ash beds. If you do not 
care to break the pots it will not be harmful to the 
plants to remove these roots, whence a shift into a 
larger pot should then be given. Cut off the top 
half of the plants, and keep the newly-potted plants 
at a medium condition for growth. 
Thyme for Carpeting Banks .—Arden : Plant nice 
tufted plants in light rich sot! in such a way that 
they will establish themselves and spread as you 
wish them. 
Storing Potatos.— P. Ray '■ A foot and a half of 
straw, and over this some Spruce branches, then 
another foot or two feet of soil, is needed to protect 
the Potatos when “ pitting them,” or forming a 
" pie.” Keep out bruised and diseased ones, and 
also the very small sets. These may be given to 
pigs. 
THE DELL GARDEN AT BUCKLE- 
BURY PLACE. 
Early in summer we made mention of this new 
feature of Bucklebury Place, Woolhampton, 
Berks, the residence of Arthur W. Sutton, Esq., but 
it was then in the rough state and very far from 
being finished. The Dell Garden occupies a natural 
dip in the land, sloping down on three sides from the 
high ground above, and then extending away to the 
valley below. It is, in fact, a corrie on a small 
scale, having been formed by the oozing out of water 
from all sides, forming springs that carried the soil 
with them to the valley below. When Mr. Sutton 
conceived the idea of turning this hollow into a 
garden, the water was utilised for the making of two 
ponds at different levels. 
This work has been completed for some time; and 
the accompanying illustration, taken from a point 
Roses in variety. When they have fully occupied 
the ground they will be highly effective. Sutton’s 
Pansies have been planted by the lower ledges of the 
rocks, but Heather will presently occupy the 
position. The white Lilium speciosum Kraetzeri is 
very conspicuous in places ; and at one corner of 
the lower pond is a fine bed of Montbretia crocos- 
miaefiora, with flowers of a rich orange-scarlet. 
Toe plants commenced flowering at the beginning of 
June, but many side spikes are still in full bloom. 
Iris laevigata (Kaempferi) has been planted at the 
edge of the water, and other aquatics may also be 
introduced as time goes on. 
The illustration fails to show the upper sheet of 
water owing to the elevation of the site; but the eye 
catches the bridge over it to the summer house in 
the centre, the bridge and the house being the most 
conspicuous features of the garden, almost from any 
point. The heather-and-straw-thatched structure 
View in the Dell* Garden at Bucklebury Place, Woolhampton, Berks 
Loosening Apricot trees from walls during 
winter .—Ellen : This is a practice which is dying 
out, yet it has points in its favour. It allows one to 
thoroughly clean the wall and the shoots; it more 
effectually rests the trees, and the slightest trace of 
canker can be easily observed. It is also thought to 
have a counter effect in stopping canker. 
Azalea Training: Natural versus Formal Shapes. 
—It is a pity the public does not demand reform in 
the matter of contour in Azaleas. How exceedingly 
more lovely would the Indian Azaleas be if 
grown naturally ! Robert Craig, an authority and 
and large grower and seller in America, has for many 
years grown Azaleas in a natural, graceful shape, 
and has found them readily saleable in competition 
with the flat-topped ones. It lies with our^-own 
gardeners and buyers to bring about the change. 
below the lower one gives a full view of the rock- 
work and cascade between the two basins of water. 
The photograph was taken by Mr. A. Wright, the 
gardener, who was also responsible for the execution 
of the rocks, the boldest piece of work of this 
character, which we have ever seen undertaken by a 
gardener. The lower strata of rocks at the water 
edge are made to resemble conglomerate, which is 
overlaid by red sandstone. The upper strata over 
which the water runs resembles a yellow sandstone 
such as we often note in the green sand formation. 
At present the springs are rather low on 
account of the long spell of dry weather, but on the 
other hand the water may be too abundant in winter 
and spring. On the sloping bank to the right of the 
waterfall is a fine mass of Ricinus Gibsoni and other 
species, intermixed with Sunflower Lemon Queen. 
To the left are some young Conifers, chiefly Retin- 
ospora plumosa aurea, also double Gorse and Rock 
was built on the spot, a peninsula in the water. 
Several of the best hardy Bamboos, chiefly species 
of Phyllostachys have been planted on the margins 
of the peninsula, so that if they succeed, as we think 
they will, the summer house will presently be 
surrounded by a living greenery of the most graceful 
of hardy ornamental plants. The tall trees seen in 
the view are chiefly Oaks, while the fringe round the 
upper end of the garden consists chiefly of Hazels 
and Bullaces, most probably self-sown, as in the case 
of the Elders. The Hazels were probably planted. 
Water Lilies are already established in the upper 
pond, including Nymphaea purpurata, N. marliacea 
albida, N, sulphurea grandiflora, N. robinsoniana 
and N. pygmaea helvola. Two aquatics rarely seen 
out of doors in this country have been floating on 
the water all the summer. One is Eichhornia 
speciosa, otherwise known as E. crassipes, which 
has not .made much growth. E. azurea, on the 
