h, Experimental garden. Here seedlings of various ornamental plants, such as dahlias, heartseases, herbaceous calceolarias, picotees, polyanthuses, &c., are reared till they come into flower; when the more beautiful sorts are selected, and the rest thrown away. It was in this garden that the first dwarf dahlias were raised by Mr. Joseph Wells, Mr. Wells's gardener, in the year 1825. i, Gardener's house, which serves, also, as a lodge to the Penshurst entrance, of which fig. 80. in p. 364. is a view. k k, Borders of azaleas, rhododendrons, and other American flowering shrubs l, Kitchen-garden. m n, Conservatories and green-houses. In one of the conservatories, there are some remarkably large and luxuriant specimens, particularly of Wistaria sinensis, the Madras citron, Clianthus puniceus, and Enkianthus quinqueflorus. In an adjoining conservatory, the back wall is covered with camellias, which are not trained in close to the wall, like fruit trees, but have their young shoots projecting out like a camellia hedge; and the intensely dark green of their leaves, and the profusion of flowers which they produce under this treatment, show how well it is adapted to them. In general, it may be observed that these conservatories exhibit the true kind of beauty which a conservatory ought to produce; viz., free, luxuriant, and seemingly uncontrolled growth; presenting every where a picturesque appearance; and directly opposed to the beauty of the green-house, in which the plants are kept in pots on stages, and in which trimness, neatness, and the close training of climbers (in a word, the gnrdenesque), ought every where to prevail. It may be useful, both to amateurs and to gardeners, to bear in mind these distinctive characters of the conservatory and the green-house. The orangery presents an aspect somewhat different; because the plants, instead of being in small pots on stages, are in large pots, boxes, or tubs, and, for the most part, placed on the floor: but still the arrangement of the interior is every where guided by the principles of the gardenesque. o, Vinery and plant stove. p p p, Rock-walk, giving a general view of the rockwork garden. q q, &c., Beds of prepared earth, raised above the surface, and supported by large blocks of stone, forming an irregular rocky margin to each bed. r, A well, or basin, supplied by a spring, and furnishing abundance of water for watering the plants.
