382 THE GARDENER. [Aug. 



place there is a very fine strain of this lovely plant, of a bushy dwarf habit and 

 striking colours. Adjoining is a Pine-stove, half-span, CO x 15 feet. The one- 

 half is filled with smooth Cayenne, A good many were swelling their fruits, 

 and promising to be of large size. The other half was filled with Queens, all 

 fine dwarf stocky stuff. Adjoining this house is a Succession-pit, 80 x 7^ feet. 

 At the back of the Flower-garden, and connected with another range, there is a 

 very nice span -roofed Pine-pit, 30 x 14 feet, filled with Queens in splendid con- 

 dition, many of them swelling off their fruit. Returning to the former range, 

 there is a Vinery, 45 x 12 feet. This is entirely a Hamburg-house, with a very 

 fine crop. Adjoining is a Muscat-house of the same dimensions, with a magni- 

 ficent crop of fruit in it. Many of the bunches promised to be of large size and 

 good weight. Returning to the former range, there is a large Greenhouse, 60 x 15 

 feet, filled with a miscellaneous collection of very nice greenhouse plants, among 

 which we noticed the following to be very superior — Erica elegans, Victoria, 

 Austiniana, Aitonia superba, Cavendishii, ventricosa coccinea, Fairyana, gran- 

 diflora, tricolor Wilsonii, and tricolor coronata. Adjoining the above, there 

 is a span-roofed house, 50 x 12 feet, filled with Azaleas, Camellias, &c,, of what 

 may be termed half-specimens. The propagating dei^artment has not been 

 neglected here, as there are ranges of upwards of 200 feet long, fitted up on the 

 most approved principles. To the west of the mansion-house lies the Kitchen- 

 garden, of 24 acres in extent, surrounded with most substantial stone walls, 

 with a rather sharp declivity towards the south. At the top of the garden, 

 and on the back wall, there is what may be termed a late Vinery, 100 x 12 feet. 

 It is to be regretted that this house was not made 10 feet wider, as from the 

 luxuriance of the Vines, it is quite evident they would require all this scope to 

 fully develop themselves. To the east and west of this house there has been 

 recently added a Peach and Orchard house, 80 x 12 feet. I cannot conclude this 

 notice without complimenting Mr Stewart, Mr Tennant's head-gardener, on his 

 high skill and judicious management in every department. There is one thing I 

 would like particularly to mention, and that is, that cleanliness seems to be 

 carried out, I may say, to a fault : Mr Stewart seems to take for his motto that 

 no tool gives so much satisfaction as the broom. 



John Downie. 

 West Coates Nursery, Edinburgh, 



i;rOTES FROM IfEW ZEALAND. 



[The following has been received from a correspondent, and we publish it to 

 give an idea of the state of horticulture in New Zealand, — Ed.] 



On Monday, 23d December, the summer exhibition of fruit, flowers, and 

 vegetables in connection with the Royal Horticultural Society of Otago, took 

 place in the drill-shed. Octagon. The show, on the whole, was not nearly so 

 good as on former occasions. This may be attributed to the late hot and dry 

 weather, and to the fact that the show was held on a Monday. Roses especially 

 have suffered through the heat, being generally over-bloomed. 



His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Bowen and two 

 daughters, his Honour the Superintendent, and Mayor Pitt, attended at the 

 hall and spent some time in the examination of the different collections. Some 

 fine selections of music were performed by Messrs West, Reichardt, and Linn, 

 during the afternoon, and also in the evening, when there was a large attend- 



