October  22,  1896. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
389 
S  WM-  PAUL  &SON, 
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At  this  season  of  the  year  alterations  are 
carried  out  in  great  numbers  of  gardeni. 
Sometimes  these  take  the  form  of  extending  the 
pleasure  grounds,  remodelling  the  flower  garden, 
or  in  makipg  alterations  or  extensions  in  the 
rosary  or  rock  garden.  Such  work  is  always 
interesting,  as  gardeners,  as  well  as  their 
employers,  like  to  be  continually  adding  fresh 
features  to  the  gardens  which  they  cherish.  It 
should,  I  think,  also  teach  us  to  broaden  our 
views  in  regard  to  various  styles  of  gardening. 
Conventional  gardening,  like  conventionalities  in 
so  many  other  walks  of  life,  is  a  thing  of  the 
past.  What  we  strive  after  now  is  to  produce 
artistic  effects  in  an  original  way  ;  stern  rules 
and  regulations  set  down  by  the  “  old  masters  ” 
are  scattered  to  the  winds. 
Under  these  circumstances  it  becomes  necessary 
to  devote  much  thought  to  any  contemplated 
alteration  before  it  is  begun  ;  we  need  to  be 
gifted  with  some  imagination  to  conjure  up  in 
our  mind’s  eye  the  effect  to  be  produced  by  our 
work  in  future  times.  Given  this  it  is  easy  to 
avoid  the  common  error  of  too  close  planting, 
or  in  adopting  a  design  too  cramped  and  tortuous 
in  its  outline.  We  are  all  of  us,  perhaps,  too 
much  inclined  to  copy  to  a  great  extent  some¬ 
thing  we  have  seen  elsewhere  instead  of 
developing  our  powers  of  imaginative  invention 
by  evolving  a  design  of  beauty  in  our  own  brain. 
Now  that  we  have  broken  away  from  the  formal 
style  there  are  so  many  ways  in  which  fine 
results  may  be  attained.  These  must  often  be 
determined  to  a  great  extent  by  the  nature  of 
the  ground  we  have  to  deal  with.  When  it  is 
undulated  and  thinly  wooded  the  task  becomes 
comparatively  easy.  A  few  winding  walks  with 
the  banks  on  either  side  judiciously  planted  soon 
render  such  a  position  replete  with  surprises  at 
every  turn. 
On  the  other  band,  given  a  somewhat  flat 
expanse  of  ground  to  lay  out,  much  can  be  done 
to  make  it  a  beautiful  retreat  by  excavating 
the  soil  in  some  places,  and  raising  mounds  in 
others.  In  doing  this  anything  toy -like  in 
appearance  ought  to  be  avoided.  It  is  far  better 
to  make  a  few  bold  extended  mounds  than 
of  smaller  ones.  Yarious  styles  of 
a  senes 
No.  862— VoL.  XXXIII.,  Tbibd  Skbibs. 
No.  2608.— VOL.  XOV..  OLD  SEBIBS. 
