. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. , Gardener to the Countess Bective,Underley Hall, Westmoreland. Improvements.—This isa suitable time of theyear to make altera-tionsand flower gardenerwillhave his notes of suc-cesses and failures ob-tained last summer torefresh his memory andaidhim in hisendeavourto secure all departments thisis most likely to re-sult from simplicityof arrangement, andan endeavour to copyNature in her most pleasing features. Fencing.—See that the fence enclosing the flowergarden
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. , Gardener to the Countess Bective,Underley Hall, Westmoreland. Improvements.—This isa suitable time of theyear to make altera-tionsand flower gardenerwillhave his notes of suc-cesses and failures ob-tained last summer torefresh his memory andaidhim in hisendeavourto secure all departments thisis most likely to re-sult from simplicityof arrangement, andan endeavour to copyNature in her most pleasing features. Fencing.—See that the fence enclosing the flowergarden is proof against vermin. If galvanised-wire-netfing is used, and requires replacing withnew, it may be well to know that instead of bury-ing it 9 inches in the usual way it is quite assatisfactory to bend at right angles about three-quarters of a iofit. and fasten level with theground, with wooden pegs a yard or so wire soon embeds itself in th,e grass, anddoes not rustfdr many yeWs. Shrubheries.—Press fbrwkrd With tm gi-ubbingand blasting of roots, trenching, wheeling, and. all similar operations in readiness for the plantingseason. Shrubs for winter effect are now attheir best, and when in the best mannerare very satisfactory. On a sunny bank a groupof Eubus biflorus (the Whitewashed Bramble) isvery eftectiveassociated with Piceapungensglauca,Cryptomeria elegans, Cotoneaster frigida (wellberried), and Cornus sanguinea, with Bamboosfor a background. Finns sylvestris aurea is thebrightest of the golden-coloured shrubs. GoldenHollies, Taxus fastigiata aurea, T. baccata aurea,Cupressus Lawsoniana 8mithi, Eetinospora plu-mosa aurea, and Diplopappus chrysophyllus(Cassinia fulvida) follow in the order named. Transplanting Shrubs.—When regulating shrub-beries there are always some specimens worthmoving, and good-sized trees with proportionateballs can be easily transplanted with everyprospect of success by using a masons bogie inlieu of a transplanting ma
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