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THE GARDENING WORLD . 
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Bdifopial. 
T^ook ot Sas&ws,” 
Apart from the books which deal with 
culture, other books are being written 
descriptive of gardens, either of the past 
or the present. In the above book, the 
author, M. R. Gloag, gives attention to a 
few specially selected gardens illustrative 
chiefly of the past, though the modern 
garden is not overlooked. The book 
runs to 340 pages, including a good index, 
and gives information of a varied char¬ 
acter. Those who have leisure will take 
keen interest in the history of gardens 
in the past and their makers, as well a^ 
those which are specially dealt with 
under name. The first chapter deals 
with gardens generally, in which will be 
found mention of a great number of 
owners of gardens, as well as those who 
were landscape gardeners, and variously 
styled creators or destroyers, according 
to the idea or fancy of the critic. 
The writer gives some account of Pope, 
Walpole, Kent, and Lancelot Brown, 
better known as “ Capability ” Brown, 
from his favourite method of remarking 
that there were capabilities in certain 
ground for the making of a garden. 
Here, also, is a fine criticism of Brown 
by Chatham. Brown constructed an 
artificial river in a narrow valley at 
Blenheim, and on surveying his work he 
was said to be heard murmuring, 
“ Thames, Thames, thou wilt never for¬ 
give me.” Brown’s critics were also hard 
upon him in other ways, for they con¬ 
sidered him both without genius and illite¬ 
rate, and his chief capability was destruc¬ 
tion. It is said that he only created two 
gardens, and altered or destroyed the 
others, so as to leave his own thumb- 
marks on them, so to speak. 
Kent was another well-known land¬ 
scape gardener, who sometimes planted 
dead trees in order to give the place a 
natural appearance, as well as to indicate 
antiquity. We have known owners of 
gardens who were somewhat like-minded 
from another point of view. When 
people and trees grow old together and 
the trees get blown down, the owner 
naturally thinks it an irreparable loss, 
and one owner not only beheaded many 
trees in order to get them upright again, 
but is said to have nailed on the bark 
and wondered why they did not grow. 
Amongst the old gardens which still 
September 21, L907. 
exist in a flourishing condition are 
Abbotsbury, Albury, Ampthill, Ashridge, 
Beckett, Brownsea Island, Ham House, 
Holland House, with its old Dutch gar¬ 
den practically in the centre of London, 
and Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. The 
book 13 well printed on thick paper, and is 
obtainable from Messrs. Methuen and 
Co., 36, Essex Street, London, for 
10s. 6d. Miss Katherine Montague 
Wyatt made the paintings illustrating 
the various houses and gardens passed 
under review. 
THE 
YELLOW 
Sweet 
Sultan. 
(Centaurea sauveolens flava). 
Those who take a delight in sweet 
scented flowers for cutting should sow 
some or all of the colours of Sweet Sul- 
tam The ordinary form is rosy purple, 
but there are also pure white and bright 
yellow varieties, such as that under no¬ 
tice. Being hardy, all that is necessary 
is to sow seeds in an open situation about 
the beginning of April. The plants 
may be thinned out to 9 in. or 12 in. 
apart, as this encourages branching anc 
a longer succession of flowers. 
The plant is not particular as to soil 
provided it is deeply worked and wel 
drained. If it is of a substantial char 
acter the plants will grow all the mor< 
vigorously and last longer in flower. Ii 
sandy soils the flowering period may no 
be long, especially in dry seasons. Mud 
can be done, however, by manuring th< 
ground when it is dug in autumn or win 
ter. Of all the colours of this plant 
yellow is the most admired, though al 
are equally strongly scented and ven 
agreeable when mixed with other flower 
in vases or cut with its own foliage. Thi 
flowers from which the illustration wa. 
prepared were grown in a London subur 
ban garden. 
Yellow Sweet Sultan 
(Centaurea suaveolenS flava). 
[.Maclaren and Sons. 
