. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. kettles, or britannia-metalteapots, the latter given as second prizes. Thewinning lot of untrimmed celery weighed 14 lbs,,4^ ozs., and the corresponding victor in thetrimmed class 9 lbs., 8j^ ozs. These weights willgive some indication of the size, and from what Icould see of the bunches they were tender andbeautifully white. Nights and days had beenspent in their culture ; heaps of manure had been I supplied to the ground around them, and doubt-less during the week previous to the show, thegrower had worked by day and set up all nightwatching his p
. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. kettles, or britannia-metalteapots, the latter given as second prizes. Thewinning lot of untrimmed celery weighed 14 lbs,,4^ ozs., and the corresponding victor in thetrimmed class 9 lbs., 8j^ ozs. These weights willgive some indication of the size, and from what Icould see of the bunches they were tender andbeautifully white. Nights and days had beenspent in their culture ; heaps of manure had been I supplied to the ground around them, and doubt-less during the week previous to the show, thegrower had worked by day and set up all nightwatching his plants against the designs of someunscrupulous opponent. IHE GARDENERS MONTHLY AND HORTICULTURIST. DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS. Edited by THOMAS MEEHANy Volume XXIX. OCTOBER, 1887. Number 346. Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground. SEASONABLE HINTS. In our last we gave some hints in regard to thelaying out of grounds, looking to the effect plant-ing might ultimately have on giing ghmpses of differentdistant views, or. scape gar-dener in layingout a place, to securethis, and a qualificationrarely possessed by even some ofthe best. In the hope that this talent may becultivated, we again give an illustration of thesame thought in a view taken on the grounds of Pinkstone, the seat of John T, Terry, Esq., ofTarrytown, on the Hudson River. When welook at this beautiful view of the river, andbluffs beyond, we can readily imagine how muchthe beauty of the grounds wouldave been marred had itbeen wholly shut outb y yetone cannot goan y -wherewiih-o u tseeingerrorsm land-scapeIan ting,quite as egre-lous as thiswould be. It is, oflouite, scarcely crediblethat any one would deliberatelyplant out a bold scene like this ; but there areinnumerable features quite as handsome, wherethe error is continually made. 290 THE GARDENERS* MONTHLY [October,
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