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the eye to trace from any one point its whole extent. Irregularly formed laa-ger and
smaller masses of crocuses and snowdrops are to be disposed in various parts of tlie
lawn, about the house, and in the flower-garden, taking particular care to avoid stiffness
in their foi-ms, by placing smaller patches of different sizes, and occasionally single
roots, at different distances from a principal mass; at the same time, so as to have
large and variously formed spaces of lawn quite free.
6215. The rill in the flower-garden is to be furnished with the most valuable aquatic
plants, avoiding those of the wild kinds. The margin may be varied here and there with
small masses of curious stones, especially where they can be backed with shrubs, among
which may be planted rock plants; and groups should be foi-med in the water here and
there near those on the margin. A portion of some of the groups of stones should
appear above, and others should be entirely covered by, the water; it will also be
necessary that the bottom of the rivulet should be principally covered with small
pebbles, stones, and sand.
6216. The beds formed in the glades among the forest planting, through which the
walks pass on the east side of the house, contain the following shmbs : —
k, Masses of phillyreas, alaternus, and |
pyracanthas.
I, Masses of smaller-growing American 1
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1, Heat
ir those requiring heath soil, j noUa, and other larger-growing
piancs requiring heath soil,
idron, strawberry tree, mag- I o. Rhododendron
6217. The whole o f the walks through the pleasure-ground are to be bordered with turf,
the nan-owest width not less than 12 in., expanding into various breadths of lawn.
The trees in the open park, along the approach, are as follow: —
', Variegated hollies, i s, Elms.
; Limes. ] t, walnuts.
, Beech. 1 «, Rorsecliestnuts.
6218. Each mass and group in the park is to be occasionally varied with groups of two,
three, or more of the next nearest mass; also each mass is to have associates introduced
iu groups of maple, thorn, holly, elder, crab, furze, &c.; and now and then one or two
are to be planted in one hole with the principal trees. Occasionally two, or even three,
of the principal trees are to be planted in one hole, with or without shrubs. When it
is not convenient to introduce these trees into the park sufficiently large to escape injury
from the cattle, it will be necessary to protect them with temporary fencing. Iron
hurdles ivill be found preferable to any otlier fence, on account of their neat appearance
and durability, and also the readiness with which they can be moved from place to
place. But, whatever may be the temporary fencing used, the introduction of permanent
fencing with hawthorn hedges, which wc And too commonly practised, should never be
attempted ; for though it might be the intention of the designer that these hedges should
ultimately be removed; yet it rarely happens, either from want of knowledge of the
designer’s intention, or from carelessness in those whose business it is to remove them,
that they are taken away in any reasonable time. Tlic boundary lines of this property,
whether of hawthorn hedges, walls of raasoni-y, or other materials not concealed by
forest planting, are to be broken with masses of hawthorn, buckthorn, holly, sloe, furze,
wild rose, maple, xvj, &c. The hedgerow trees beyond tho park fence are to correspond’
with the nearest groups or miisses.
6219. In executing the mode o f planting indicated in this plan, it is intended that each
mass or kind shall blend into the adjoining masses ; for example, two, three, or more of
the beech mass (1) may just cross the indicating line into the elm mass (2) ; and
again, at a little distance, two or three more of the elms are to cross the lines among
the beeches in a similar manner. The process of planting in this way is to be can-ied
on not only throughout the whole of the forest trees, but also with shmbs and fiowers.
Tt may not be improper to observe, that, where ornament is more the object of planting
than profit, which necessarily will be the case in a place of no greater extent than the
present, the trees may be planted moderately close, by way of nursing each other; and
that great care should be taken to commence the operation of thinning in time, so that
those intended to remain may be allowed to assume their natural shapes. It would add
much to the effect of such trees to leave them in groups, ivith irregular glades of under-
growths or turf between them.
6220. The following are the trees in the pai'k : —
1. Beech.
2. Elm.
S. Fir.
4. Coclftr.
5. Pine.
6. Cypress.
7. Atheniai
Lore
8. Pear.
9. Oak.
10. IIorsceliestnuL
11. Walnut.
12. Sycamore.
13. Lime.
14. Sweet chcstiuit.
15. White beam treo.
16. Ash.
17. Mountain ash.
18. Robiiito.
19. Birch.
20. Alder.
21. Willow.
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24. Cherry.
25. Medlar and quince.
26. Thorns of sorts.
27. Guelder rose.
28. Striped holly.
29. Lilac.
51. Spindïe _
32i Portugal laurel.
33. Common laurel.
54. Laurustinus.
55. Ahoi
-J. Ayrus.
39. Dwarf almond.
40. Privets.
41. Rose.
42. Phillyrea.
43. A laternus.
44. Kcnia.
45. Broom, yellow and wliite.
46. Tarnarisk.
47. Arbor Vitæ, especially the
Chinese.
48. Snow-drop tree.
49. Juniper.
50. Savin.
51. Robinia.
52. Jasmine.
53. Senna.
54. Cvtisus,
55. 5piræ'a.
56. Daphne.
57. Althæa frutex.
58. Rose,
A much greater variety might be very properly introduced, or the same plan migh be
veiy weU executed with much fewer kinds than here enumerated, if it were the wish of
the proprietor.
6221. In the forest planting on the east side ofth e house, uiidergrowths are to be introduced
in masses of the foRowing kinds ¡ — Common laurel, Portugal laurel, box holly
privet, yew, Virginian raspberry, filbert, berberry, elder, buckthorn, furze, wild rose • and
clematis, honeysuckle, ivy, and Virginian creeper, as climbers for some of the trees •
observing to plant the cultivated and most pleasing kinds near the walls. Near the
walls may also be planted masses of primi-oses, cowslips, violets, orchis, wild hyacinths
ferns, and other indigenous plants. The rest of the forest plauting will necessarily
require the usual wild undergrowths, such as hazel, dogwood, privet, &c. A few
weeping aud other willows and alders are to be planted in groups on some of the
larger islands in the pond. The dotted straight lines radiating from the house indicate
the principal views of the exterior country. The vertical prffile of this villa residence
is represented m fig . 987., which requires no explanation.
6222. A s an example o f a small country villa in which the pleasure-ground is entirely
laid out as a flower-garden, we give that of the residence of the Misses Gamier at
■\Vickliam, near Fareham, in Hampshire. There are a few buildings, and artificial
ornaments, in these grounds, of a simple mstic description, such as the seat formed
of moss and hazel rods (Jig. 989.) ; trellised arches for climbers (flgs. 990. and 991.) ;
rustic vases {fig. 995.); and iron rods for roses and other slender-growing shrabs
{figs. 993. and 994.), The grounds of this villa are flat, and they present no exterior
advantages whoever. Neither is there any thing remarkable in the manner in which
the beds arc disposed, as may be seen by inspecting fig. 992.; but these beds are so
judiciously planted, and the order and keeping of the grounds is so superior, that the
effect of the whole is most excellent. That effect is fully described in the Gardener’s
Magazine, vol. x. p. 209., from which wo make the following extract.
6223. The first view o f the garden ofthe Misses Gamier, when the door marked a in
the plan {fig. 992.) was opened which looks into it from the gai'den forming the
entrance court, struck us with astonishment and delight; the bold masses of brilliant-
coloured flowers in the foreground, and, afterwards, the succession of masses of flowers
with their intervening glades of turf, extending to a considerable distance, till the
colours were almost lost in the boundary plantation, produced a landscape of the most
bi'illiant kind. In walking round, we found the walks brimful of gravel, with the turf
edging no ivhere deeper than half an inch. The beds, in somc places, were planted in
masses of one or two species or varieties; in others, by the different species of one
genus; and, iu some, by a miscellaneous assemblage. The plants were, in all cases,
except those of creepers and the kinds planted in masses, placed at such distances from
each other, as not to touch when in full growth and bloom, in consequence of which
every individual plant ivas covered with flowers from the base to the sumimt; but the
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