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wall borders were, when we saiv them, very sliglitly cropped, and in some places not
cropped at all. Every part was in the best order ; and, indeed, there was an appearance
of freshness, health, and vigour in all the gardens and sceneiy, wliich, joined
to the fineness of tlie day, completed tho effect of theii* gaiety and beauty. A great
part of the excellence of this garden was owing to the admirable management of the
gardener, Mr. Moore, who laid down for himself a course of culture to be regularly
pnrsned throughout the year. According to this plan, he manured his roses every yeai*
in Febniary, taking up and replanting the more luxuriant varieties to check their
supei-abundant growth, and to make them produce less wood, and finer flowers.
He cut the edges of his gravel walks in March for the only time in the whole year ; turning over the
old gravel, and adding fresh, so as to keep the walks full. In March, also, he potted his dahlias, and
sowed dahlia seed ; he likewise repaired the tu rf in this month.
In April, the seeds of hardy annuals were sown, and cuttings made of various greenhouse plants, to
be ready for bedding out.
In May, th e coverings of the greenhouse plants were entirely removed, and the cuttings made the previous
y ea r transplanted.
In .fune, the whole of the beds and borders were filled up with greenhouse plants and dahlias ; the
latter being planted 4 ft. or 5 ft. apart every way, a s it is found that when they are planted at this distance
apart, and grown with single stems, they produce larger flowers, and do not attain more than two-thirds
of the height they usu.ally reach when planted only 2 ft. or 3 ft. asunder.
In July, the pnncipai attention required was to keep the garden neat ; and this was done by cutting
down the stems of the herbaceous plants as soon as they had done flowering, and removing all the dead
roses as soon as they began to fade. T h e Cape bulbs, being now out of flower, were removed, and their
places filled with German stocks, pelargoniums, and other plants, which were likely to remain in flower
till October, or till killed by frost.
In August, th e same plan was pursued of cutting down the stems of th e herbaceous plants as soon as
they seemed likely to go to seed ; and of removing the dead roses and the dead flowers of all th e other
ornamental flowering trees ancl shrubs. T h e beauty of the flower-garden was kept up, by plunging pots
of Lobèhrt fúlgens, Thunbèrgfa, mesembryanthemums, calceolarias, and similar plants, between the roots
of the herbaceous plants as they went out of flower. In the same manner German stocks were planted
between th e pinks when they had ceased blooming ; the German stocks being sown in June, and potted
for this purpose. They soon became strong plants, and continued to flower beautifully till they were
destroyed by frost. T h e evergreens in the shrubberies were pruned a t this season, and they were always
cut in, so as to allow them to stand quite separate. The hollyhocks, which were always remarkably
fine in this garden, were planted in spring, in holes dug 2 ft. deep, in which were put three or four
shovelfuls of strong stable manure. This made them grow so luxuriantly, that in August they were
frequently 17 ft. high. There were at one time forty-six double varieties of hollyhock in this garden.
In September, the gardener was principally occupied in collecting seeds, and removing those plants in
pots which had flowered. The borders were also carefully hoed over and raked ; so that, even at this
most untidy season of the year for gardens, there was an appearance of neatness and order in the garden
of the Misses Gamier which was quite refreshing and satisfying to the eye.
In October, the dead leaves, which began to fall from the large trees, were every day carefully swept
up, and removed to the compost-ground, to rot into leaf-mould. The more tender greenhouse plants
were now taken up, and removed into their winter quarters ; but those which will bear a slight frost
were left in the ground, and covered with worsted netting. In this manner. Fúclism arboréscens,
Polÿgala latifòlia, and/mpìnus mutàbilis var. Cruckshanksfàwus, and others, were frequently kept in the
open air till the end of the month. The dahlias were taken up as soon as they were touched by frost ;
and the tubers were laid in the sun to dry, being afterwards packed in boxes, and placed in a dry situation
to secure them from the frost.
In November, all the half-hardy and greenhouse plants being taken up, and the stems of the herbaceous
plants cut away, the borders were well dressed with leaf-mould, previously to being dug over ; and the
half-hardy plants which were left to stand out through the winter were covered with screens and bast-
mats, or with baskets of wicker-work, which were founa to answer better than any close covering. At
this season, the roots of those half-hardy plants which, though their stems are killed, send up fresh
shoots in spring, were covered with moss, or coal-ashes, or dead leaves, to protect them from the frost.
In the dreary months of December and January, there is very little to be done in the flower-garden,
and th a t of the Misses Gamier did not differ from others ; except th at the beds, in which the plants were
a t th ep ro p e r season to be bedded out, were covered with adeep layer of strong stable manure, which was
dug in, and th e ground thoroughly pulverised two spades deep. This was done, as it was found th at
when the beds were prepared in this manner, the plants not only grew stronger and produced finer
flowers, but that they did not require half so much watering during summer; as the roots, penetrating
deeply into the ground, did not so soon become dry. The dead leaves collected during the autumn were
frequently turned over at this season, and fresh slacked lime was mixed with them to hasten their decay.
6224. A parsonage, or parochial schoolmaster’s house (§ 1579.). The quantity of land
added to a parsonage honse, or to avhat we trnst will in a short time be a similar
description of residence, the parish schoolmaster’s house, ought not to be less than what
will keep a horse and cow, and supply vegetables and fi-uit for a large family. At all
events, it should not generally be less, even where a cow and horse are not kept, than
two or three acres ; because, in the case of the national schoolmaster’s house, there
must, áccording to the most approved systems (see Mrs. Austin’s Report, §*c., and our
Des Etablissemens, §*c.), be sufficient garden ground for instructing the boys in the
commoner practices of gardening and agriculture. Now, in the space of two or three
acres, by contriving to have no duplicates of either ligneous or herbaceous plants, but
such as ave of immediate culinary or dessert use, there may be an arboretum, a
fruticetum, aud a Jussieuean herbaceous gi'ound, such as vóli exhibit an epitome of the
whole cultivated Flora of Great Britain. That no description of dwelling affords
greater facilities for displaying the cottage style of building than a parsonage, Mr. F. P.
Robertson has shown in his numerous published designs. We here give one as a
specimen {fig. 996.) ; and a number of designs for ornamental cottages, schoolmasters’
houses, parsonages, and small villas, in various styles, will be found in our Encyclopædia
o f Cottage, Farm, and VUIa Architecture, by Mr. Bany, Mi*. Fowler, Mr, Lamb,
Mr. Perry, Mr. Vardcn, aud other eminent architects.
6225. A s an example o f a parsonage residence in which the culture of rare and beautiful
plants is carried to a high degree of perfection, we give that of the Rev. Thomas
Garnier, at Bishopstoke Vicarage, Hampshire. This is a place of an acre or two, on
a bank facing the south, remarkable for its wall, covered with choice half-hardy plants,
and its lawn, ornamented with the finest American shrubs and most select trees. It is
a perfect gem of botanical beauty in the foreground, heightened in effect by interesting
gleams of distant scenei*y, seen between and over fine oaks and elms, on the lower pai*t
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of the declivity. Fig. 997. is a view of the vicarage house. A farther account of this
interesting residence, and the mode of culture and management adopted with the half-
liardy plants, and the American and other peat-earth shrubs, will be found in Gard.
Mag., vol. x. p. 124. The details of the garden, so exceedingly rich in choice plants,
will be found in the references to the gromid plan {fig. 998.).
1. Rh¿lodéndron máximum, new. 2. Pink-flowering thorn.
' ” ’ ta* ■ * • 1 summer, China asters in autur
7. Rhododéndron catawbiénse.
3. Bed of a variety of choice roses.
8. Small bed of Ferbèna a new variety. chamædrifôlia.
9. Large azalea.
10. AÍ'rbutus. II. Portugal laurel. 12. Laurustinus. 13. Bed of heartseases. 14. Variegated
rhododendron. 15. Rhododéndron daùricum atrovlrens. 16. Large narrow-leaved bay.
17. Rhododendron pónticum. IS. Two superbelms. 19. Bed of a variety of herbaceous plants.
20. Azàlea /edifòlia (Indica álba). 21. Round bed of herbaceous plants. 22. Rhododéndron pónticum.
23. Rhododendron, hybrid. 24. Rhododendron, hybrid. 25. Oval bed of pelargoniums,
stocks, and sorts of Ròsa odorata. 26. Laurustinus. 27. Rhododéndron ròseum. 28. Káliiua
latifòlia. 29. Clump of American plants.
30. Hùmea élegans. 31. Oval bed of choice herbaceous plants. 32. Large Rhododéndron arbòreum.
33. Raeònfo Moútan. 34. Rhododéndron álta-clerénse. 35. MagnóU'a grandiflòra, 26 ft. square.
Growing under veranda: — 36. CamélU'a japónica znyrtifòlia. Camélh'a striped, orange-leaved myrtle,
and citron. 37. Magnificent broad-leaved myrtle. 38. Camelha japónica atrorùbens.
39. Camélh'a japónica, double white. 40. Camélha japónica Rowijoòma. 41. Camélha japónica
»seoiu'i^òra, and double striped; and stand of pelargoniums.
42. Magnòh'a grandiflòra. 43. Ròsa Bánksfí^. 44. Magnòlia purpùrea. 45. Jasmìnum revolùtum.
46. Magnòlia grandiflòra, 30 ft. high. 47. Noisette rose. 48. Long bank o fth e choicest American
plants, chiefly consisting of the new hybrid rhododendrons ; and including all the new varieties of
Azàlea índica. 49. Fibùrnum lùcidum.
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