The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . face, and the walks made from 1 ft. to15 in. deep, and filled to within 3 in. of the surface with brokenstones or brick rubbish; each walk acting as a drain to theadjoining bed. There are small grates placed in the walks overthe main drains, which take away all the surface water, andrender the walks quite dry and firm to walk on in wet weather,or after a shower of rain. The soil was either entirely takenout to the depth of 15 in., or mixed with compost suitable forwhat was intended in each bed ; and annually afterwards theb
The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . face, and the walks made from 1 ft. to15 in. deep, and filled to within 3 in. of the surface with brokenstones or brick rubbish; each walk acting as a drain to theadjoining bed. There are small grates placed in the walks overthe main drains, which take away all the surface water, andrender the walks quite dry and firm to walk on in wet weather,or after a shower of rain. The soil was either entirely takenout to the depth of 15 in., or mixed with compost suitable forwhat was intended in each bed ; and annually afterwards thebeds underwent a partial renewal of soil, to suit the change ofarrangement which I made with the greenhouse plants andannuals; and, as I grew the dahlias every year in the sameplaces, I took a quantity of soil entirely out where the plantshad grown, and replaced it with fresh compost every of the beds have patches of bulbs, or low-growing earlyflowering plants, planted about 6 in. from the box, and at regular the Seat of W. R. C. Stansfeld, Esq., 611. Fig. 53. Seds from No. 1. to No. 8. distances, according to size; and in the following list these willbe named as edgings in the arrangement of each bed, which wasthat adopted in 1837, and, I believe, gave entire satisfaction tomy then respected employers. As I cannot sufficiently explain the planting of the bedswithout causing confusion on the plan, I shall give some of thebeds on a larger scale, marking more particularly the system Ihave adopted in the general planting and arrangement of thebeds, which, from No. 1 to No. 8, are all similarly arranged;therefore the bed No. 1 may serve as an example for thewhole. I, a, Pseonia arborea; b, Escalloma rubra, &c. ; c, crocuses, snowdrops, winteraconite, dogs-tooth violets, AScIlla bifolia, &c., planted near to the edge of thebed ; o bulbs ; + herbaceous plants. Herbaceous plants, planted 1 ft,from the edge of the bed; with dif-ferent species of iVarcissus plantedclose
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