September 5, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
571 
1 flovel Gardei?. 
Much curiosity has been aroused among 
y friends on their visit to the garden of 
Moreton-Hurst” at Abbey Wood, which 
r the last two years I have been re- 
odelling from a plain strip of ground 
to something more attractive. 
This being my first attempt at garden- 
g, my work has been all the more diffi- 
ilt, but my labours have, I feel, been 
ell rewarded by the results obtained. 
One has only to study the picture to 
jtain an idea of the pretty scene in its 
ality. 
The hexagon boat summer house is 
onted with a full-sized bridge of charm- 
g silver birch, chosen and cut down in 
y presence in the woods of a friend close 
The (rain water) pond contains a num- 
sr of gold fish; this is cornered with 
mice water-lilies, bull-rushes, water- 
:ass and forget-me-nots, whilst a model 
icht and green enamelled pedestal with 
ise adorn the pond. 
On either side of the summer-house are 
retty “Wild Corners” containing daffo- 
ls, violets, ferns, primroses, heather, 
ue and white bells, honeysuckle and 
lododendrons, gathered from the neigh- 
niring woods. 
My task of converting a v Co-op.” coal 
mk into a model windmill is now com- 
ete. 
The garden, which originally was on a 
2clivity, has been levelled, and a rustic 
rick-burr wall, pocket holed with 
lyssum, Stone-crop, Moss, Ivy, Creeping 
:nny, Ice plants, &c., also forms an item 
interest. 
Hence that which was once a plain 
rip of ground has been completely trans- 
rmed into an ideal up-river Thames 
:ene in miniature section. 
At night the garden can be illuminated 
• incandescent gas lamps. 
A charge of is. each is to be made to 
ose desiring to view the garden, half the 
■oceeds being devoted to the Royal 
Dcietv for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
nimals. 
H. Thomas Kemp. 
“ Moreton-Hurst,” 
McLeod Road, 
Abbey Wood, Kent. 
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A Popular 
Shrubby 
Veronica. 
Veronica Traversii. 
One of the hardiest of the shrubby Ver- 
nicas is the subject of this note. Many 
f them would find admirers in various 
arts of the country provided they were 
rfficiently hardy. Except in the very 
aldest parts of England, this will live 
trough most winters, even although a 
tvere winter may kill a large plant in 
te latitude of London. In most winters, 
owever, it passes safely through them, 
nd makes a pleasing change from the 
vergreen forms of Euonymus, which do 
ot flower, but are prized for the sake of 
te foliage only. The leaves of V. Tra- 
A Novel Garden. 
versii are leathery, evergreen, and about 
the size of those of the Box, though dif¬ 
ferent in shape. During July and August 
flowers are produced in racemes in the 
axils of the younger shoots, making a 
bush that is well established appear 
almost white. 
It is not too late yet to strike cuttings 
of this useful species, though a commence¬ 
ment can be made in July or as soon as 
the young shoots are sufficiently hard to 
root in pots without damping off. This 
propagation may be continued till late 
into September, provided the cuttings are 
well sheltered during winter in case of a 
hard frost. They do not root very rapidly, 
so that it is always well to begin early 
to get them well rooted before the ap¬ 
proach of winter. They will pass through 
a fairly severe winter, however, in a cold 
frame, even though not w’ell rooted. 
When small pots are used, the cuttings 
may be quite small, but in districts 
favourably situated within the influence of 
the sea, where the temperature would be 
mild and equable, possibly larger pieces 
could be rooted in a half shady bordei 
outside. By inserting them firmly about 
the end of September they should be com¬ 
mencing to root by spring. Some sharp 
sand and leaf mould should be mixed with 
the soil into which they are dibbled, or 
else layered in trenches about 4 in. deep. 
Our illustration shows a large bush 
flowering in a tub in front of a dwelling 
house. 
Veronica Traversii. 
