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. A general collection of lierbaceous plains
!. A colleetiou of grasses.
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i. BrUUh^^piants, with edgmgs of common h e ^ i (Calliina
vulgàris), which bears clipping like common box.
! Medical plants.
r. Plants used in agriculture or commerce.
1. Forest trees.
). Willows,
). Border for annuals. 1. Collection of biennials.
2. Esculent vegetables, fruits, &c.
3. Grass lawn.
4. American borders.
5. Aquarium.
6. Rockwork.
8. Bor?r8%"aorists’ flowers, as pinks, carnations, &c.
9, Borders for bulbs.
20. Collection of variegated plants.
21. Alpine plants.
22. Greenhouse ground.
25. Shrubs-
24. Forcing-beds, frames, &c.
25. Greenhouse.
2267.. SSttoovvees;. a conservatory on th, e wesOtT end..
28. Medical plants in quantity, ior rale..
29. Enclosure for cultivating rare plauts,
IE] NorOi“ mrairne° fro S the Sandyford road, with the lodge
35. Qdeen M^rys'^yew! propagated from the famous tree at
Cruikston Castle twenty years ago.
34, South entrance from Dumbarton road.
35 Under-gardener’s rooms and potting-sneds. , , . ,
. On the enclosing wall, whioli is 10 ft. high, and also in tty
I esculent dopartment (12). the most approved sorts of tytyy
fruit trees were cuitivatcd; so that this garden, hke tbat of
Paris combined horticultural with botanical information.
Subsect. 3. Commercial Gardens.
6258 Puhlic mrscrij-gardens como flrst in order. In choosing a situation for a mtr-
sei v tfeonoints are to be considered, fitness as to the disposal of the produce, and fitness
TO Shelter aspect and soil. Where it is intended to attempt a general nursery business,
as to shelter, asp , roads of the district, the means of carriage by land
h ¿n d Z o i ^ e f e s « in demand, whether seedlings, frait
or w a te i, a n a rv-.. oil r.f W h e r e a local business is to be commenced, it is
SnTifefehréffl'd'erénd <>" '>•' » sitnatty in somo line of read
rf ¿Z rT re fe rt ami as near as possible to some town or city. As far as respects sheltei
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¿Id o t e ’nmTery operations, whieh are generally deferred to the last moment, may he
done with less injury to the trees and plants.
6259 The extent o fa nursery m\\8t depend on the means ofthe occupier, and the probable
extent of the market. It will also depend, in some degree, on the kind of articles
to be chiefly cultivated, and the mode of cultivation to be pursued. Whero manure is
scarce such a system of alternate nursery and market garden crbps must be adopted as
shall preserve the ground in heart ; but where manure is more abundant, the severe crops
may succeed one another more closely. Wliere thorns and seedling forest trees are to be
the principal articles grown, it is evident less ground wili be recpiired than when transplanted
forest trees are to be the chief kind produced. ^
6260 In laying out a nursery, the objects to be cultivated, and the kind of business to
be expected, must be leading guides in the design, and the duration of the tenure will
naturally have a material influence on the execution. The following seem objects desirable
for a complete nursery : —
fibfil A dwpllins-house for the master. This in a nursery for local demand, and in which public attraction
is un obiect, ought to be placed near the road ; and at the same respects. In general, the living-rooms ought to be elevated,
that time their as centrally windows as may possible command,m other
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far as practicable, the whole nursery. v- u v,
have a eood clock and a rope or chain communicating with a bell placed in some conspicuous situation
for 6263 regSa A tin iournetmaiTs g th e hours livins-of labour room.; also and a a spcaking-number of pipe sleeping-to the vooms pac^ng-for court the whole or part ol tne jour- journeymen
office, which should be connected with the house for the ! . . . . _ i_ j;_ i2rtrofc ro„OT-ro»xrororo 'PV.Q QQiirtfintr-hntiftp snniild
eninfoveabv the year? or otherwise, communicating with the packmg-court; orm ome cases,on
U S scMe Supving part of the ground-floor of the house. From this appendage should be a speak-
ing-pipe and bell, to communicate with the counting-house and the master s sleeping-room^,
6264 .< to oM o » s< !, s u f f i c ie n tly c o m m o d io u s a n d p r p p c r l y a r r a „ g e 4 , c o m m u m r a tm g J |t h ^ f f i ^
Th6e26 t4o. oAls tsohool-uhlodu bsee,a stu lfefiacsite wntelyek Clyu ieux...aumu.ointoetd.„ bythe foreman bef-ocr-e paying the men
sticks or tallies, not in use, should aiso be kept here. " lid f'A m m m m and herbarium-room. in ivMch models (in plaster,
Of all the fruits and dried specimens of all or most of the plants grown m the nursery, tyould be kept,
•n order to show to purchasers, in seasons when the plants to be purchased are not m fruitor m flower.
6266. racking-sheds. surroundmg a part or three sides of a packiiig-court,
•r commanded by, the windows ofthe office and common hving-room ol thi
of these being open to,
th'e house. Over these should
' ' r i a i r f r i J / c r i t S T r i i i u s e . aonn dtpLls"toatjh. eirf wsuicthh tchoen vwenaliel:n cae cs oaarle-s hdcedsi, rae dh, ocrosmedmunimg-ihceataipn,g a nond
....................1 the back area of the dwelling-house.
\i!T 4 t/e T r 'ouffd, ;Wa%ré¥réré:grafeVrd,'thr'eeirr more times the size of the packing-court. in which
;s taken up may be laid in by the heels, so as to be ready for sMe o- naaUiua
59. A plot for the hothouses, square, octagonal, or polygonal, in th
entral part for the pits.and all the framing, hand-glasses,&c., with
TUnvnnfriiar vto' o’cffe raf csnTu;a rfcr ammeasv obre s 'Vtaegreys .p srolrpiherinlyg ccouvtteirnegds ,^w^ieth. gBlass", fa' cinTg thYe cfenttre; o that t oof not rtlm. rn
aspect being well adapted for striking plants, and preserving or retarding such as are in flower. The
StSor oTthTs boundary line should be arranged for pots, potting, tan, lunmce, and general workmg
S 3 s ; o?, if ihi?be not wanted on the south side, that part of the wall may be devoted to the training
° " m . 'a Torn.post ground for different sorts of earths, gravel, manure, and the nffibish-hcap
6271 A rotting-ground for depositing tree seeds, in layers of sand or ashes, in order to lot off their
" Y # ” “f e r # t o ” v r s ¥ t o u S S r S S i Z o i the nurser?, and for a specimen of rockwork, a flower-stage, aquarium, apiary, and a seat for visiters.
6273. The main area ofthe nursery should be laid out, as nearly as the circurnstanc^
will admit, in parallelograms, of any conveiiicut dimensions, but not wider than the ordinary
length of a garden-line, say under 150 ft., which allows of a row sufficiently long
for any purpose. The chief reason for the parallelogram form is, that all rectangular
figures are most easily cuitivatcd and measured, aud tlie reason for their being all of
the same size is, that the master may, after a little experience, form a tolerably
accurate idea of the quantity of every kind of nursery labour requisite for a plot ot
this shape and size. Thus, supposing each division to contain halt an acre ; tlien one
man will dig it in one day, trench it in two days, hoe it, if in wide rows, m a fourth of a
day, if in n a nw rows, in half a day. A woman, if in beds, will weed it, if very thick
of weeds, in two davs; if thin of weeds, in one day, and so on. The compartm^its
should, as much as possible, be cropped with one general class or kind, and by rotation.
As, for example, for seven years : 1st, Break up from grass with turnips after trenclniig ;
2d Transplanted forest trees, two vears; 3d, Green crop, one year ; 4th, Annual
flowers for seed, one year; 5th, Seedlings, one yeai*; 6th, Transplanted fruit trees,
four years; 7 th, Bedded thorns, two years; and so on. Some compm'tments must be
set apart for common stools; and borders for stools of rare or i>eciiliar sorts must be
contrived by means of hedges, pales, or walls, to produce shelter aiul shade for cuttings,
fit situations for hog-earth plants, and similar purposes. It the borders are all of the
same width, say 10 ft. or 12 it, it will simplify all future calculations.
6274. A grand central, and a circimferential walk, with, some cross walks, shonid be
contrived, to display the whole niirseiy to the best advantage. A narrow or common-
sized border should accompany the cross walks ; and in the narrow borders should be
displayed single specimens of aU the more rai*e trees and shrubs grown either from seed,
or by other means, fur sale, and of all the perennial, biennial, and annual bordcr-ilowcrs
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