Identifier: gardenerschronic354lond (find matches)
Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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y to Chinese plants, Japanese Maples,Tree Pseonies, and a large and varied collection ofEvergreens and Conifers of all sizes. STANMORE HALL. Stanmore Hall is a fine property, standingon high ground, at Great Stanmore, Middlesex,and overlooking a wide extent of picturesque a somewhat unattractive 6pot, chiefly occupiedby a marsh ; but some years ago it was trans-formed by Messrs. Pulham and Sons into acharming water-garden, the once stagnant poolsnow forming a dainty rivulet with fourteen cas-cades, spreading here and there into stretches ofornamental water, whose rocky beds accom-modate a variety of plants. The slopes areadorned with masses of plants and shrubs, whichgive an air of pleasing variety to the prospect,and coloured Water-lilies and water plants ofall kinds bloom at the margins of the pools.Here may be seen Menyanthes trifoliata, Ranun-culus grandiflorus, Hottonia palustris, AcorusCalamus, Scirpus lacusfcris, and other marshloving plants, and large beds are filled with Iris
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Fig. 100.— Stanmore hall, the residence of mr. W.K. D'Arcy. The gardens and pleasure groundspossess many natural attractions, and are someof the most beautiful in the neighbourhood ofLondon. The house was greatly improvedtwenty-five years ago by the present pro-prietor, Mr. W. K. DArcy, who hasgiven considerable attention to the garden;but development has proceeded more rapidlysince the appointment, nine years ago, ofMr. A. Taylor as head gardener. Thegardens slope down naturally on each side to-wards a central valley. This valley was formerly Kaempferi in all shades of colour. Along thebanks of the stream the various species of hardyPrimula find a home, among them P. japonica.P. rosea, P. Bulleyana, and other recently in-troduced Chinese species. Some of them havebeen raised from seed saved by Mr. Taylor,notably a very fine form of P. capitata, withglobular heads of violet-coloured flowers. In asheltered nook a large Fern rockery is estab-lished ; in this moist, genial spot O

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