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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t September 4, 187S. 



body of soil at their disposal, -which they would otherwise have 

 disregarded. 



Supposing we could accomplish the end in view, it seems 

 certain that less-sized pots would do, and two pots of a given 

 size would give better results. I have frequently noticed, as 

 others must have done, that the ball of an old Pine plant when 

 squeezed with the foot, would burst its skin, and the contents, 

 soil and bones, scarcely touched with a root, would fall out in 

 much the same condition as when the plant was first potted, 

 except that the bones in the soU were just in that state in 



which the roots like to find them for immediate use.— J. S. 



(Thi- Gardener). 



NANT, 



THE PECCCIPAL FLOWER GARDEN OP BAEON HILL, 

 The Seat of Sir Richakd Bulkelet Williams Bulkelev, 

 Bart., Beaumaris, Anglesea. 

 To us this is an establishment quite unique, and as beautiful 

 as singular. It is at the base of wooded heights sheltering it 

 from the strong prevailing winds, and its name, A'«Hf, a dingle 

 weU describes its position. It is about a mile from the man- 

 sion, and hither Lady Bulkeley resorts almost daily; it may 

 be regarded as her boudoir, and in the two rooms of the Uttle 

 viUa, the windows of which admit a view of the entire garden, 

 her ladyship receives visitors, and has her " five-o'clock tea." 

 There is a brightness and elegance characterising the whole 

 that render it most attractive. The entrance is from the road 



Nant. What Mr. Gough has to accomplish with his present 

 glazed structures will be estimated justly when we add that 

 the Nant garden requires nearly 14,000 plants, and Baron HUl 

 garden about 10,000, exclusive of potted plants for the con- 

 servatory, verandah, and house. We have but one other sug- 

 gestion to make, and we daresay that he is as fully aware of 

 it as we are — climbers wiU never flourish in the little con- 

 servatories in front of the Xant viUa until better top ventila- 

 tion is secured to them. The whole of the uppermost panes 

 of the roofs might easily be fitted into a hinged frame, and 

 they would not allow of too free a current of air. 



ARUNDO CONSPICUA. 



Although this plant has been known for many years, it has 

 certainly not yet received that attention which it merits, for it 

 is seldom we meet with it, although its rival the Pampas Grass 

 is plentiful enough. Whether it is that a plant which is in 

 beauty more than two months earlier than the Pampas Grass, 

 and at a time when the garden possesses other attractions, is 

 thought of less value on that account, or that an idea has got 

 abroad that the plant is not very hardy, or is difficult to 

 manage, I know not. It is, however, more likely that thg 

 plant is not sufficiently known. Certain it is that this fine 

 Arundo from the Antipodes is not met with so often as it 

 ought to be ; it flowers early in .July, and its numerous spikes 

 or heads resemble the Pampas Grass in every way, are often 

 as large, and are produced on stems which are, on the whole, 



from Beaumaris by Llanfraes church, beyond which church it 

 is about half a mile. The public are admitted three days in 

 the week— Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, between the 

 hours of ten and two. The garden is about three-quarters of 

 an acre, and is arranged and planted as in the annexed plan. 

 It is one of the brightest, most varied, and best planted flower 

 gardens we ever inspected. It is highly creditable, as is all 

 the gardening connected with Baron Hill, to Mr. Gough, the 

 courteous head gardener, and we hope when next we visit 

 Beaumaris to find him in a more suitable residence, and with 

 more glass houses, somewhere between Fryars and Nant ; he 

 would then be better able to supply the demand for flowers, 

 and without that consumption of time required in passing 

 over the too-long distances between Baron Hill, Fryars, and 



taller than those of that popular autumn ornament. What 

 is of more consequence, they are even more spreading, a 

 greater proportion of them rising diagonally on all sides of the 

 plant as well as upright in the centre, giving it as uniform a 

 character as the most fastidious dresser of plants for an ex- 

 hibition could desire. 



The plant has a strong resemblance to the Pampas Grass, 

 but is somewhat broader-leaved, and, perhaps, does not rise 

 quite so high, so that a greater portion of the flower stem is 

 seen above the plant than is shown in its compeer ; its foliage 

 is also not so rough, but in all other respects the plants very 

 much resemble each other. From the difference in the time 

 of flowering we are in the habit of naming the one the summer 

 and the other the autumn Pampas Grass, still it must not be 



