ArocsT 23, 1913 . 
636 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
I HAMPTON COURT GARDENS. | 
The gardens at Hampton Ck)nrt have 
long been famous for their different phases 
of beauty at various periods of the year. 
Of the present summer’s display it may be 
safely said that the high standard so gene¬ 
rally recognised has been fully maintained, 
or even, in some instances, surpassed. 
Despite the fact that the Palace itself 
is, owing to the militant suffragists, closed 
to the public, the gardens prove a source 
of attraction to a very large number, in¬ 
cluding many artists seeking to reproduce 
the various features on canvas. 
While the summer bedding may be looked 
position. These roses are by no 
»nes there represented, for 
the only oi 
beds of the 
> suitable kinds j 
very attractive, and one very large bed 
planted with a varied selection is parti¬ 
cularly striking at a distance, and, closely 
inspected, full of interest. Some of the 
weeping standards are unusually good, 
while the value of the dwarfer members of 
the polyantha race as an edging, or in the 
foreground of the larger-growing kinds, is 
well exemplified. The tall ramblers, se¬ 
cured to stout, erect poles, show off their 
beauty admirably. 
flowering season extends over a lengthened 
period ; the brilliantly-coloured and highly, 
fragrant Bergamot or Oswego Tea 
(Monarda didyma), and many others. 
In addition teethe different subjects in 
the herbaceous border there is a large 
filled with the choicer varieties of delphi. 
Ilium, and while the main spikes are in 
most cases, exhausted, the policy of cut. 
ting them away directly the flowers are 
over is well exemplified, as the secondarr 
crop of blossoms is quite sufficient to mak- 
a goodly show. This is a point that is not 
so generally borne in mind as it should be. 
The water lilies in the circufar pond in 
the front of the Palace are at times sur¬ 
rounded by admirers, while the old his¬ 
toric vine, which has its regular stream f 
visitors, is in very good condition. 
Of tender subjects there is a varied col. 
lection in the long border on the opposite 
side of the Palace to that given up to her¬ 
baceous plants. For the most part th« 
A CHARMING BED OF BOUVARDIAS AND IVY-LEAF PELARGONIUMS, HAMPTON COURT. 
The boiivardia is B. Humboldti corymbiflora, and the pelargonium Rose Queen. 
iH>on as the dominant feature at the pre¬ 
sent time, it by no means stands alone, 
for there are many other features which 
prove valuable accessories to the floral dis¬ 
play. The rich green of the elastic turf, 
for instance, is unsurpassed as a setting 
for the masses of brightly-hued flowers, 
while the remarkable old yews, in their 
dark sombre tone of green, stand out like 
sentinels against the light tint of the lime 
trees which encircle that portion of the 
gardens. These limes, too, form, wdien 
devoid of foliage, a very uncommon winter 
feature, as they are heavily laden with 
mistletoe, which stands out very conspi¬ 
cuously when all around is devoid of 
leafage. 
The many climbers on the old walls in¬ 
clude some very fine forms of clematis and 
of rambler roses, among which last Doro¬ 
thy Perkins and Hiawatha occupy a fore- 
Tlie herbaceous border is always a source 
of attraction, chiefly owing to the fact 
that the various subjects planted there are 
quite hardy. The plants therein are so 
well assorted that a display is kept up 
until the autumn frosts end the last of 
the chrysanthemums and Michaelmas dab 
sies. Just now the phloxes are very 
beautiful, and beside these may be espe¬ 
cially noted various pentstemons and an¬ 
tirrhinums, now so popular ; potentillas of 
sorts, Gibson’s Scarlet being very conspi¬ 
cuous; Geum Mrs. Bradshaw, already a 
well-established favourite; Salvia nemo- 
rosa, well worthy of extended culti¬ 
vation ; the ubiquitous Galega officinalis, 
and its white variety, both good border 
plants; Lychnis Haageana, distinct in its 
tone of red ; heleniums, of sorts ; chrysan¬ 
themums, of which Mrs. Lowthian Bell is 
one of the best; Sidalcea alba, whose 
plants of which this border is 
are arranged in blocks, Li^od hr 
ing several of each kind, a 
preferable to planting them ^ ^ ’ ] 
lines. Most of them are | 
great freedom, and the ^hief < j., j C- j 
vLUea glabra, Caleeolaria j 
amplexicaulis, fuclisias - i 
tion Britannia, Salvia patens, / j 
Zurich, Acalypha miisaica, i 
astilbes in variety, coronoP'- : 
antirrhinums in variety, 
folia, Cacalia aurea, lantan^^ 
minoides, S. AVendlandi, ‘ 
-'oiS SSTpli 
the various beds the variety , th 
still holds its own as the P' j 
scarlets, while as a w^hite Q j 
