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JOURNAL  OF  HORTIGU LTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
■of  Asparagua  for  forcing,  one  half  being  two-jear-old  seedlings,  and  the 
remainder  one-year  stock.  The  seeds  are  sown  annually  in  rows  18  inches 
apart,  and  those  now  two  years  old  will  be  lifted  for  forcing  next 
winter  and  spring,  which  system  I  consider  a  very  good  one.  Four 
hundred  Chrysanthemums  are  grown,  one  half  for  large  blooms,  and  the 
others  in  bush  form.  A  tall  screen  30  feet  long  in  the  kitchen  garden 
was  clothed  with  Crimson  Rambler  Rose  and  Lord  Penzance  Sweetbrier, 
both  in  luxuriant  health.  Raby  Castle  Carnation  is  largely  grown 
for  cutting,  as  are  Sweet  Peas,  and  early  flowering  Chrysanthemums 
stand  in  hundreds  in  the  bore  era.  The  favourite  yellow  is  Aigle  d’Or, 
while  Salter’s  Blush,  Madame  Desgrange,  and  G.  Wermig  are  largely 
•cultivated.  Eight  hundred  Victoria  Violets  were  growing  in  the  open 
air,  whilst  1200  Marie  Louise  and  Princess  of  Wales  flowered  in 
frames.  Herbaceous  plants  occupy  considerable  space,  and  a  fine 
hedge  of  Gloire  de  Dijon  Roses  in  bloom  was  noticed. 
glandulosa,  Robinia  hispida,  Taxodium  distiohum,  and  many  ancient 
Yews ;  also  Taxus  adpressa,  Portugal  Laurels,  Laburnums,  Scarlet 
Thorns,  and  Horse  Chestnuts,  with  Lilacs  grandiflora  alba  and 
grandiflora  Charles  X.  Two  clumps  of  Berberis  dulcis  and  B.  steno- 
phylla  were  very  effective.  Japanese  Crabs  had  just  passed  out 
of  flower.  The  Golden  Yew  walk  is  a  feature  in  the  summer,  and 
was  just  putting  on  its  summer  attire.  The  Rhododendron  garden 
is  approached  by  a  flight  of  stone  steps,  flanked  on  each  side  by 
pillars  of  Golden  Tree  Ivy,  and  an  arbour  of  American  Arbor  Vitse. 
The  Rhododendrons  were  aglow  with  rich  colour.  The  beds  are 
sunounded  by  a  low  hedge  of  silver  Holly. 
The  Rose  and  Flower  Gardens. 
The  Rose  garden  is  an  oblong  enclosure,  bounded  on  every  quarter  by 
a  thick  Yew  hedge,  which  has  five  concave  indentations  on  each  side,  and 
Fig.  4h.— ESCRICK  PARK. 
The  Pleasure  Giounds. 
The  pleasure  grounds  are  extensive  and  beautiful,  and  their  keeping 
reflects  the  highest  credit  to  Mr.  Stanton.  There  are  17  acres  of 
lawns,  which  are  mown  with  one  of  Green’s  two-horse  machines,  that  has 
been  in  use  for  many  years.  The  grounds  are  rich  in  specimen  trees, 
disposed  so  as  to  display  their  individual  beauty,  and  each  one  seems  to 
occupy  its  own  peculiar  place.  Three  large  purple  Beeches  stand  in 
all  the  wealth  of  majestic  form  and  colour,  to  which  no  other  tree  can 
approach.  On  the  sunny  side  of  a  background  of  ancient  Yews  stand 
two  graceful  Acer  Negundo  variegata,  looking  in  the  distance  a 
silver  fountain  of  beauty.  A  large  Washington  Yew  rises  to  the  height 
of  15  feet,  with  two  leaders  and  its  lower  branches  resting  upon  the 
ground  have  a  circumference  of  180  feet.  There  are  fine  examples 
of  Cedrus  Deodars,  C.  Libani,  Cryptomeria  japonica,  Cupressus 
Lawsoniana,  0.  Nutkaensis,  Thujopsis  dolabrata,  large  Walnuts  and 
Mulberries,  which  have  their  outstretched  limbs  propped  up  ;  Ailantus 
in  front  of  which  stands  a  pyramidal  Golden  Yew.  The  beds  are  filled 
j  with  some  hundreds  of  Tea  and  Hybrid  Tea  Roses,  which  were 
breaking  strongly,  and  many  were  showing  for  flower.  In  a  sheltered 
garden,  enclosed  by  a  broad  Yew  fence,  were  scroll  beds  on  turf, 
planted  with  about  1000  seedling  tuberous  rooted  Begonias.  The 
flower  garden,  of  which  a  portion  is  shown  in  the  illustration  (fig.  48) 
is  on  the  southern  side  of  the  house,  and  from  the  broad  gravel  walk 
the  terrace  wall  seen  is  backed  and  canopied  by  the  Golden  Tree  Ivy 
(Hedera  arborea  aurea),  which  was  assuming  its  yellow  tints  in  early 
June.  The  flower  garden  is  quadrangular  in  shape;  the  beds  being  lined 
with  low  Yew  hedges  or  Box  neatly  clipped.  The  beds  are  mostly  of 
simple  forms.  The  middle  one,  an  oval  30  feet  long  by  10  feet  in  width, 
has  a  large  Chamserops  excelsa  as  a  centre,  and  the  whole  will  be  filled 
entirely  with  Crozy’s  hybrid  Gannas.  The  other  beds  will  be  planted 
individually  ;  four  of  Lobelia  Queen  Victoria,  four  of  Heliotrope,  four 
Mrs.  Mappin  (silver-edged)  Zonal  Pelargoniums,  four  of  Marguerites, 
and  four  with  Chrysanthemum  Aigle  d’Or. — F.  Street. 
