. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . e-introduced to the flower-garden ; and albeit the species of ornament 1 have described iscomposed, in part at leaBt, of frail materials; if painted overyearly and taken care of in the dead season it will lest for manyyears. At Oakley these flower-baskets are exclusively decorated witha miscellaneous assortment of choice hybrid and Fancy Pelar-goniums, fringed with the trailing Ivy-leaved and variegated kinds, which depend over the sides in rich profusion, producinga luxuriant and yet most elegantly unique appearance. Scar
. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . e-introduced to the flower-garden ; and albeit the species of ornament 1 have described iscomposed, in part at leaBt, of frail materials; if painted overyearly and taken care of in the dead season it will lest for manyyears. At Oakley these flower-baskets are exclusively decorated witha miscellaneous assortment of choice hybrid and Fancy Pelar-goniums, fringed with the trailing Ivy-leaved and variegated kinds, which depend over the sides in rich profusion, producinga luxuriant and yet most elegantly unique appearance. ScarletPelargoniums are omitted from these baskets as being too con-spicuous and glaring in colour, when thus elevated so nearly toa level with the eye of the observer: and the coup dosil pre-sented is more reposing and softer in consequence of theiromission. In planting them the plants are so thickly disposedas to confer upon these beautiful flower-stands, when in fullbloom, an appearance of what in truth they are—magnificenttaBtefully-formed bouquets of Plan of Pelargonium Garden at Oakley. Reference.—The accompanying plan being uniform and prettywell balanced throughout, it will be indispensable, in order toobviate any violation of the effect as a whole, that the corre-sponding parts be arranged so similarly in respect of the habit,height, colour, &c, of the different varieties of Pelargoniumsemployed in itB decoration, as to confer an expressive air of■unity and harmony upon the entire disposition—the respectivepartB of the design being thus made to reflect, aB it were, thecorresponding ones. This is easy of accomplishment, providedthe plan be carefully studied on paper previous to planting it;and which is assuredly well worth the pains, when it iB knownthat any material mistake in the arrangement must inevitablyprove destructive to the equipoise and harmony of the picture. The fastigiate tree and dwarf bush profiles indicated on theplan are intended to r
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