Identifier: gardenerschronic321lond (find matches)
Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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The last named (fig. 10) is laid out in a seriesof circular beds, bounded on one of its sides with a wideborder, and is situated, as it is very necessary a Rose-gat deu should be, in an area fully exposed to sunshine,and yet sheltered by distant trees and shrubberies fromdestructive winds. The shapes of the beds in theirfreedom from angles make them admirably adaptedfor the purpose of growing Roses ; aud one could onlydesire to hide the soil somewhat by some kind of feature in a garden that is more than usually full ofinteresting things. The fernery measures 120 feet inlength by 40 feet in width, and it has been formed atdifferent times, as suitable materials could be collectedfor forming the mounds. Once made and planted, itis kept in good order at a minimum expenditure oflabour and time. The Herbaceous Border. PLANTING HERBACEOUS P.EONIES. Theiie are very few subjects indeed that can surpass as garden plants a collection of the best varieties of these Pa3onies, bold aud vigorous in
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FIGt p,—THE FERNERY AT WALTON LEA, WARINGTON. to he sern by moonlight, for only thru can the eyerest with ease upon the network of branches over-head is dimly reproduced in shadow on the groundbelow. The outermost twigs, which by daylightobscure the outline of the large branches, are thenhss noticeable, and we only note what may betermed the skeletons of individual trees, which to theforester at least are their most interesting features.The study of a thick leafless wood by moonlight alsoenables one to see tho effect of light upon the growthof the trees pretty accurately. The relative size ofcrown and stem can be clearly seen, and the amountof space between adjoining crowns affords a fairlyreliable guide regarding the light requirements of theparticular species. A. C. Forbea.(T„ It- cam,„„■•!) edging plants, as Fairy Roses, R. Paquerette, R.polyantha, Campanula pulla; and, in the case ofthe larger beds, with C. carpatica, tuberous-rootedBegonias, or the homely Mignonette.

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