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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 12, ISOS. 
the garden I thought how well the whole fitted in with Pope’s 
ideal: “ Where order in variety we see, And where, though all 
things differ, all agree.” Miss Newsham, if one may judge by 
the arrangement, has taken well to heart those other well- 
known words of Pope: “ He wins all points who pleasingly 
confounds, Surprises, varies, and conceals the bounds.” 
The Coldhrook estate is an extensive one, and it is pleasant 
to' find amidst such beautiful natural surroundings that all 
artificial ornamentation is used most abstemiously, and the 
whole estate is free from the incongruities that so mar 
the beauty of modem arbori-horticulture. The dells are not 
mere trenches dug out by man, but are beautifully timbered 
valleys, with a gay stream running through them from the 
neighbouring mountains. 
Nature. The timber in the pleasure ground is remarkably 
fine, and as the whole ground rises rapidly the effect is most 
pleasing. Eventually the pleasure ground dies off into the 
open mountain side, from where half-an-hour’s climb brings 
one to the summit of the Little Skerrit. I saw many beautiful 
gardens and picturesque landscapes during the week, but none 
gave the amount of pleasure experienced in the visit to Cold- 
brook. Kewite. 
Lilies Figured in this Issue. 
Lilium Lowii. 
This beautiful Lily is also a slender-growing species, fre¬ 
quently not exceeding 1 ft. in height, but when growing 
After a pleasant stroll round the gardens, where one found 
much to admire both in the decorative and economic, especially 
Roses and root crops, I was conducted through the ranges of 
well-built and well-filled houses. In the Muscat houses both 
bunches and berries are remarkably fine, many of them being 
well up to the exhibition standard ; the Gros Maroc and Black 
Hamburgh are also in splendid condition. 
The pleasure grounds are extensive and well cared for; bub 
for the paths and bridges! one would never suspect that human 
hands held the reins. It is an ideal wild garden. In one of his 
many appreciations of gardening Dean Hole calls a. garden “ a 
place for reverend admiration.” Surely it was such a one as 
this that he had in his mind’s eye when he wrote those words, 
for here peace reigned supreme, and I was indeed “ far from the 
madding crowd.” The only sound was the busy hum of 
strongly attaining a. height of 2^ ft., and bearing from one to 
three flowers, the latter on strong growing plants. This, of 
course, refers to out-of-door culture. The flowers are widely 
funnel-shaped or bell-shaped, gradually widening upwards from 
a relatively broad base, and slightly inflated at the middle. The 
flower hangs downwards, so that its outer face is chiefly seen, 
and that is white, with a. rosy-purple band along the back, 
sometimes wholly covered with this hue, and sometimes en¬ 
tirely white. The inner face is white and more or less thickly 
spotted with purple, the spots being concentrated towards the 
base of the perianth. Amongst individuals that turn up in 
importations, the spotting on the interior may consist of 
large crimson spots more or less amalgamated in continuous 
masses. 
The interior of the flower, therefore, is by far the most hand- 
