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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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otany, that one has to decide immediately for prac-tical reasons well known to our readers, especially tothose who are in the trade. N. G. Reltb. f. > CLASSIFICATION IN GARDENS. I FIND that a suggestion which I made some timeago in the American (Albany, N.V.) Country GentU.man has called forth some remarks from the Editorof the Garden, and as my excellent friend the Editorof the American Gardeners Monthly has previouslyfavoured me with very similar views, I propose toendeavour very briefly to explain exactly what Imean, and for that purpose I enclose a roughsketch (see fig. 25) of a private garden with thecollection grouped in classes and alliances, mainlyafter the system adopted in the Genera Plantarum ofBentham and Hooker. The groups are apportioned, as to size, &c., to thepossibilities of the climate of the Northern UnitedStates. For instance. Monocotyledons would bealmost entirely destitute of arborescent representatives January 31, iSSo.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 137 N rtk
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Fig. 25.—plan of a private garden designed to contain a select classified collection of plants. The five main plots aj-e intended for (I.) Polypctalous, (II.) Monopetalous, (III.) Apetalous, (IV.) Jlonocotyledonous, and (V.) Coniferous plants respectively, the separate familieshaving each its special position in the appropriate plot. The other references are—A, Mansion ; D, Conservatory; c, Blower garden ; D, Offices ; E, Wmter tlowers,planted out during summer ; f. Propagating houses ; G, Sheds ; H, Grass ; I, Gardeners house ; j, Kitchen garden ; K, Small fruits; L, Orchard for dwaif trees ; M, Grassdrying ground ; N, Stables ; o. Fowls; p, Compost. Scale, is feet to ^i of an inch. n this climate ; the plan therefore assumes the group-ing of Palms, arborescent Ferns, Aroids, &c., amongthe Conifers during the summer ; so also with Euphor-bialesj Rubiales, Ficoidalcs, Geraniales, &c. Thesewould be supplied either in whole or in part from theglass department for summer embe

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