. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Book II. PLANTING THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 797 to succeed in this department ought to visit Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Paris; and consult the old French works of Mallet, Boyceau, 550 Le Blond, &c. t-~-^ 6107. Edgings. In parterres where ^-^ turf is
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Book II. PLANTING THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 797 to succeed in this department ought to visit Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Paris; and consult the old French works of Mallet, Boyceau, 550 Le Blond, &c. t-~-^ 6107. Edgings. In parterres where ^-^ turf is not used as a ground or basis ' out of which to cut the beds and walks, ,C^>N the gravel of the latter is disparted from ^A the dug ground of the former by edg- e? ings or rows of low-growing plants, as in the kitchen-garden. Various plants have been used for this purpose; but, as Neill observes, the best for extensive use is the dwarfish Dutch box, kept low and free from blanks. Abercrombie says, " Thrift is the neatest small ever- green next to box. In other parts, the daisy, pink, London-pride, primrose, violet, and periwinkle, may be employ- ed as edgings. The strawberry7, with the runners cut in close during summer, will also have a good effect; the wood- strawberry is suitable under the spread- ing shade of trees. Lastly, the limits between the gravel-walks and the dug- work may sometimes be marked by running verges of grass kept close and neat. ' Whatever edgings are employed, they should be formed previous to lay- ing the ; 6108. Basket-edgings. Small groups' near the eye, and whether on grass or gravel, may be very neatly enclosed by a worked fence of basket-willows from six inches to a foot high. These wicker-work frames may be used with or without ver- dant edgings ; they give a finished and enriched appearance to highly polished scenery ; enhance the value of what is within, and help to keep off small dogs, children, &c. Abercrombie scarcely
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