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season could possibly be handsomer. Spikes of Pampas Grass were 

 furnished by the Society, together with other things, among which was 

 the new fruit-bearing shrub, Eugenia Ugni, of which a woodcut illus- 

 tration will be found in our present volume. 



Mr. Rivers produced examples of pyramidal Pear-trees, to show 

 that when budded low on the Quince, under certain circumstances, 

 the Pear will push roots of its own into the ground, and sometimes 

 eventually kill the stock. This, however, is a very rare occurrence ; in 

 the instance in question the tree had become cankered, while others, to 

 the amount of some 2000, of the same kind and in the same soil, but 

 which had not behaved in the same way, were perfectly sound. It was 

 thus inferred that the tendency of the Quince to root near the surface 

 had the effect of keeping them sound, and in order to increase their 

 surface fibres biennial transplanting when young was recommended. 

 A young tree full of fibrous roots was shown in illustration of this. 



In vegetable produce the Dioscorea or Chinese Yam was largely 

 exhibited, and commented on by the Vice-Secretary. The merits of 

 this new esculent were some time since brought under the notice of our 

 readers, and w^e are glad to see our predictions so far verified. That it 

 will make a useful addition to our list of vegetables we doubt not ; but 

 that it will ever compete with the Potato, or with our more common 

 roots, we cannot admit. 



No fewer than thirty-seven new members were elected at this 

 meeting. • 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING.— No. VI. 

 The annexed plan is introduced as an example of what all arrangements 

 should be — expressly designed for and fitted to the positions in which 

 they are placed. It is always an important point that the principles 

 of a new arrangement should, as far as possible, be reconciled with, 

 and in many cases derived from, existing facts ; and many of the 

 happiest effects result from carefully seizing such as are convenient and 

 consistent with good taste. 



When the garden of which the accompanying plan now forms a part 

 came first under my notice, the terrace wall with its piers, on the 

 right-hand side, was already built in masonry ; but it was cut off 

 from the house at one end by the gravel-walk sloping gradually down 

 from the centre line, instead of descending by steps as shown ; and the 

 walk at the other end was similarly arranged. The high level walk at 

 the left hand existed, with a rolling bank between it and the level 

 terrace. A serious mal-arrangement also existed, in the terrace wall 

 and the old wall on left hand being both out of parallel with a right 

 line from the house ; the former of the two very much so. 



The first suggestion was to make the rolling bank into a regular 

 inclined plane, forming a bold grass slope, with its base line so 

 arranged as to make the level plane at foot so nearly symmetrical as 

 would make it appear precisely so from the house. Vases were of course 

 placed upon the piers in wall, and to correspond therewith pedestals 



