Wimbledon Botany
The world does not go to Wimbledon to study gardening ; but some of the Wimbledon gardening is worth attention by those who can direct their eyes for a moment from the lawn tennis. For example : the approach to the stand indicates that a quick and effective way to make a screen, or a back- ground, is to grow one of the bigger-leafed ivies up rabbit- wire or a chestnut paling. Again the yew hedges behind the majority of the courts (not, of course, the centre or No. f) are good yew hedges because these trees are not planted too close. They are closer than they ought to be even there, but they are not so thick and stuffy as half the yew hedges in the country. Three or four feet is the sort of distance that makes the best hedge in the long run. Again, the back- ground in some of the courts is delightful because the central building is completely clothed with Ampelopsis a self-fixing wall climber that has a particular affection for a northerly aspect. The super-excellence of the lawns, seldom so green as this year, is largely due to the use of the right sorts of grass in the first instance.
W. BEACH THOMAS.
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