. The book of the garden. Gardening. style. The beds are not too large to be each occupied with a distinct colour; and when planted in this way the effect has been satisfactory. Irregular parterres are chiefly adapted to the gardenesque style, and, when laid out on grass, are calculated for level or undulating surfaces. When large, and the ground very much distorted, the beds may be elevated several feet at their centres above the grass-level, and so form, as it were, natural labyrinths, with- out the formality of geometrical ones. They may also be planted with shrubs in the centres, the masse
. The book of the garden. Gardening. style. The beds are not too large to be each occupied with a distinct colour; and when planted in this way the effect has been satisfactory. Irregular parterres are chiefly adapted to the gardenesque style, and, when laid out on grass, are calculated for level or undulating surfaces. When large, and the ground very much distorted, the beds may be elevated several feet at their centres above the grass-level, and so form, as it were, natural labyrinths, with- out the formality of geometrical ones. They may also be planted with shrubs in the centres, the masses graduating down- wards with very dwarf shrubs, and ter- minating at the edges of the borders with dwarf annuals or verbenas, and similar procumbent plants. Again, upon a small scale, and on a level surface, they may be planted in the grouping manner with plants similar to those recommended for geometrical parterres. In fig. 916, as the beds towards the centre are small, so should also the plants Fig. 916. This figure is best cut out on grass, and, if surrounded with a mass of shrubs, the outline of which runs nearly parallel with the outer edge of the figure, and at a pro- per distance from it, the effect will be good. The figures here terminate too ^\ — n abruptly, for which reason N q \/ we have copied it from "The Gardeners' Magazine," in order to point out a very prevailing error. Fig. 917 is exemplified in the beauti- ful and well-managed flower-garden of Earl^ Brownlow, at Belton House, Lin-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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