274 THE GARDENER. [June 



The house occupies the sunny side of a pleasant valley, and securely nestles in 

 a grand piece of woodland, which serves as a screen from northern and eastern 

 blasts ; before it rises up a wood-crowned hill ; on the right, at the end of the 

 valley, were the well-known Chiltern Hills, covered with manifold tufts of Juniper- 

 bushes, and presenting an unusual but very picturesque appearance. On the 

 south side, away over the rising-ground, lies at a distance of some 7 miles 

 the charming Oxfordshire town of Henley-on-Thames, a famous summer resort 

 for pent-up and half-stifled Londoners. 



It is worthy of record in this relation, that 2 miles below Henley-on-Thames, 

 charmingly situated on the banks of the noble river, stands Greenlands, the 

 residence of Miss Marjoribanks. Mr W. H. Good, the gardener at Greenlands, 

 also cultivates the Bougainvillea speciosa with amazing success, and at the time 

 of our visit a magnificent plant, loaded with its rich garniture of mauve-coloured 

 wreaths, covered a great portion of the interior of the roof of a lean-to plant- 

 house. Mr Good obtained his plant from Swyncombe about 1860, and his success 

 as a cultivator has been coequal with that of Mr Daniels. We are proud of them 

 for their work's sake, and heartily wish them continued success with these splen- 

 did plants in the time to come. 



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RICHARDIA .2ETHIOPICA. 



Although this plant is not new, still it is one that can never be alto- 

 gether uncared for. To those who have to provide a great many 

 plants for winter and spring decoration, it is especially valuable. It 

 continues flowering for three or four months without interruption, bear- 

 ing several singularly beautiful white flowers on each plant. A charming 

 floral spectacle is presented in early spring when a number of bloom- 

 ing plants are nicely arranged among a variety of others in a conser- 

 vatory. Even when not in bloom the pleasing foliage has a happy 

 effect, mixed with other plants ; also, it is of easy growth. It can be 

 grown in a 12-inch pot, placing three or four plants in a pot, or, indi- 

 vidually, in smaller ones. The greatest care required during its grow- 

 ing season is to have it plentifully supplied with moisture ; and as it 

 is a gross feeder, it should occasionally have some liquid manure. As 

 soon as the pots get filled with roots, they should be set in saucers of 

 water, with a little manure in them as well, and be kept in them 

 while flowering, so that the spadix and foliage may attain a full and 

 fine development. By the commencement of summer, the flowering 

 season should have ended. Then the plants should be allowed to dry off 

 gradually, under the influence of the sun, for the space of two or three 

 months, so that the roots may get well ripened. Early in autumn they 

 should be shaken out of the pots, removing all the small stems, and 

 saving only the larger ones for potting as occasion may require. When 



