Improvements in Ornamental Gardening.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1890-Accepted, 16th Aug., 1890.
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ornamental Gardening.
1, WILLIAM SHERWOOD, of 105 Seamer Road, Scarborough, in the County of
York, Gardener, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to certain Improvements in Ornamental Gardening consisting
in a combination of certain materials and method of laying such for producing
ornamental beds, borders, and other like garden decorations.
In carrying out my invention, say for an ornamental bed, I first asphalt the
ground a suitable distance from the surface level, then on 1 place sufficient rubbish so
as to form a drainage medium, over that to the surface level required I place sand or
its equivalent so as to make an even surface, the design is then sketched out, and the
ornamental materials are put on. The said ornamental materials may consist of white
marble, coal black marble, red brick, light blue glass, dark blue glass, green glass,
land gravel, red ochre, or other suitable substances, materials, or colors. The whole
of these are broken up into small pieces, then are put or run through a suitable sieve,
or riddle.
The material or materials is then laid loose on the sand or its equivalent. For the
main ground work I preferably use golden ochre.
Dated this 30th day of September 1889
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ornamental Gardening.
I, WILLIAM SHERWOOD, of 105 Seamer Road, Scarborough, in the County of
York, Gardener, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention, and in what manner
the same is to he performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention refers to certain Improvements in Ornamental Gardening consisting
in a combination of certain materials or substances and mode or method of laying
such for producing ornamental beds, borders and other like garden decorations.
In carrying out my invention I first excavate the ground to the required depth,
say about one foot, I then asphalt or concrete the bottom of the excavation to say
within three or four inches of the surface level, then on the asphalt or concrete I place
sufficient ashes or rubbish, to say within an inch of the surface level, so as to form a
drainage medium, over that to the surface level required, 1 place sand or its equivalent
so as to make an even surface. The design is then sketched out, and the ornamental
materials are put or laid on.
The said ornamental materials may consist of white marble, or chalk white, coal
black or black marble, red brick or brick red, light blue glass, dark blue glass, green
glass, land gravel, red ochre, or other such, or other suitable substances, materials or
colours. The whole of these are broken up into small pieces and are then put or run
through a suitable sieve or riddle, preferably a half inch one.
The material or materials is or are then laid loose upon the sand or its equivalent.
For the main ground work I preferably use golden ochre.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. In ornamental gardening the employment and combination of different coloured
substances or materials for producing the designs or effects of ornamental beds

page_text: borders, and other like decorations, in combination with the mode or method of laying
such beds, borders and the like decorations, such as herein set forth.
2. The mode or method of laying ornamental garden beds, borders and the like
decorations, in combination with the means, materials or substances employed therein,
such as herein set forth.
Dated this 20th dore of Tu1900
JOHN E. WALSH,
Agent for the Applicant.