septeffiber 22, i86s. ] JOUENAL OF HORTICUIiTUBE AND COTTAGE GASDENEE. 



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vigoiu-, and while ail the collections were a credit to any 

 grower the prize ones were most superb ; and this is but 

 another instance of the amount of energy that liberal prizes 

 call into play. Mr. Thomson, Dalkeith Park Gardens, Vi^as 

 placed first with a most superb collection, consisting of an 

 Enville Pine, Regent's Park Melon, and another named 

 Dalkeith Netted Hybrid : Lady DowTies' Grape, lai'ge, and 

 as black as sloes ; Muscats ; Yiolette Hitive and Bellegarde 

 Peaches ; Violette Hative Nectarines ; Musa Cavendishii ; 

 Doyenne Boussoch, Beui-n' d"Ai-emberg, Eeine des Poires, 

 and Jargonelle Peai-s, all except the latter being fi-om trees 

 in pots and very fine : Moorpaj'k Apricots ; GoHath, Jeffer- 

 son, and Magnam Bonum Plums : Apples, Cherries, Cur- 

 rants, and Gooseberries. Mr. Melville, Dalmeny Park, was 

 second with Black and White Grapes, Pears, Apricots, four 

 sorts of Plams, Peaches, Nectai-ines, Cherries, Figs, Melons, 

 &c. This was also a very handsome collection of fruit. 

 The third prize was awarded to ilr. Gordon, Niddry. Be- 

 sides these there were other five competitors for this prize, 

 and their coUections were all very good. 



Pine Apples were not numerous but well represented, 

 pai-tieulai-ly by I/h: Fonlis, Fordel Gardens, who took the 

 highest honours with an excellent Queen and Eipley Queen. 



Melons were plentiful and good; Mi-. Weir, of Eerse 

 House, and Mr. Denholm, Broxmouth, being the successful 

 competitors in the order in which they are named. 



Peaches, Nectarines, Pears, Plums, Apples, &.O., were in 

 great abundance, and in more than usually fine condition. 



In the cut flower department HoUyhock-spikes presented 

 a very imposing array ; and Dahbas, Verbenas, Asters, 

 Marigolds, and Gladioli were exceedingly plentiful. Pot 

 plants were the weakest point of the Exhibition, and there 

 was nothing amongst them calling for special notice. Tables 

 of plants were brought forward by the various nvu-serymen 

 of Edinburgh, and several veiy tastefidly-fiUed baskets of 

 plants such as are suitable for sitting-room decoration. 



SOME OF THE GAEDENS WORTH SEEING. 



VVOECESTEESHIKE. 

 Name. Troprietor. Gfiril/^ner. Station. 



Whitley Court Earl Dudley and Ward. Mr. Lau<ler Stoixrport 



Hewell Hall Baroness Windsor Mr. Markhani ....Bromsgrove 



Hanbury Hall H. F. Vernou, Esq Mr. Elliott Hanbury 



Hadzor House .....Mrs. Galton Rlr. D:ilryniple....Droitwicb 



Hindlip Hall H. Allsopp, Esq Mr. Mardock Feavnal Heath 



Hartlebury Castle Bishop of Worcester.. ..Mr. McCalluin.,..Hartlebury 



Otnbersley Court Lord Sandys Mr. Blake Droitwich 



Maddreslield Ct...Earl Beaucbamp Mr. U^ Cos Great Malvern 



Crown East Court A. H. Roydes, Esq Mr. J. Cox Worcester 



Spetehley Park....R. Berkelev. Esq Mr. Taylor Worcester 



— S. T., Worcester. 



EAST LOTHIAN. 



Archerfield Hon. R.C.N. Hamilton. Mr. D. Thomson.Dirlcton 



Biel Ditto Mr. Gall East Linton 



Tester Marquis of Tweeddale.Mr. Shearer Haddington 



Tynningham Earl of Haddincton ....Mr. Lees East Linton 



Broxmouth Duke of Roxburghe....Mr. Denholm Dunbar 



Wh.ittingham Mr. Baltour Mr. Pdntoul East Linton 



Leuchie Sir H. Dalrymple Mr. Whitelaw ....Xcrth Berwick 



Goaford Earl of Wemyss Mr. Mitchel Longniddry 



All these stations are on the North British EaUway. — 

 J.H. 



GROWING PAESLET FOE THE WINTER. 



The preservation of Parsley in a fresh and green state 

 during the winter season is frequently attended with much 

 difficulty where the convenience of frames is not available 

 for this x5m-pose. In the more northerly counties, indeed. 

 Parsley is only to be procm-ed at much expense during 

 nearly six months out of the twelve. The leaves of this 

 useful vegetable when grown in the open ground are gene- 

 rally destroyed by frost ; but if the cu-cumstances attending 

 their destruction are fully considered, it will be found that 

 the stems ;u-e most rapidly affected where the soil is stiff 

 and moist, and where the situation is exposed to cold cutting 

 winds. The plant, however, does not appear to be so deli- 

 cately constituted but that it may be had with comparative 

 ease all the year if the ordinary conditions of growing the 

 less hardy plants during the winter ai-e observed. Some 

 vaiieties are, perhaps, more susceptible to cold than others. 



The finest sample I ever saw was grown on the west coast 

 of Scotland by a village schoolmaster. It was of a beautiful 

 gi-een colom-, and of a remarkably vigorous habit ; but 

 growing in a low situation and exposed to cutting sea gales, 

 the leaves always died down during winter. 



In ordinary situations Parsley may be grown successfully 

 on a border having a south aspect and protected fi-om the 

 north by a wall. The soil should be light and rich. A 

 quantity of stones and brick rubbish should be laid at the 

 bottom to the depth of 7 or 8 inches, so that the bed may 

 be raised considerably above the general level of the ground, 

 and thus insui-ed against excessive moisture. The sm-face 

 of the soil being properly raked, seed of the most cm-led 

 variety that can )>e obtained should be sown very thinly, 

 either in shallow drills or broadcast, and slightly covered 

 with fine soU. This operation should be begun in May or 

 early in June, and if the weather continue dry, frequent 

 waterings will be necessary. The young plants will have 

 sprung up in six or seven weeks, and when large enough 

 they must be thinned-out to 4 or 5 inches apart. They -mil 

 have become large and vigorous by the end of autumn, 

 when a number of stakes should be driven into the gi-ound 

 along each side of the bed. These stakes should be of a 

 thickness to permit of their being bent across and tied 

 together so as to form a series of arches, and strong enough 

 to suppoi-t a covering of mats, which should be laid over 

 them as soon as the weather becomes frosty and wet. 

 Diu-ing intense fi-ost, especially at night, it may be neces- 

 sary to increase this protection by doubling the mats ; but 

 these should be removed enth-ely while the weather is mUd. 

 The soil should be kept as dry as may be, and all decaying 

 matter carefully removed from the plants. A bed ij feet 

 wide by 10 long wiU contain as many plants as may be 

 sufficient for an ordinai-y supply during the winter. 



Parsley might also be grown on a sort of rockwork with 

 great certainty and convenience, for on such a structure 

 the roots and stems could be kept in that dry state which is 

 so indispensable to their health and freshness in drdl cold 

 weather. For gTowing it in this way, it is recommended to 

 sow a quantity of seed early in May in a bed of light i-ioh 

 soil on a south border. When the young j)lants are a little 

 abo\'e the ground they should be thinned-out to 6 or 8 inches 

 apart, kept clear of weeds and watered as occasion requires. 

 At the end of August, or early in September, collect a few 

 baiTowloads of moderately large stones, selecting such as 

 are best suited for forming a rockwork. They should be 

 longer than broad, somewhat flat or even at the sides, so 

 that thej' may lie fii-mlj' in theit- places when buUt up. 

 Any kind of stones which the district may afford wiU do ; 

 but those of a sandy or porous composition should be pre- 

 feiTed when a choice is offered. Bricks may also be used, 

 but they are, perhaps, too fiat, and do not present those 

 holes and crevices -n-hich are desii-able in the formation of 

 rockwork, and which may generally be secm-ed by the use 

 of stones. The site being chosen in some sheltered open 

 part of the garden, the stones and a quantity of good friable 

 sandy loam, mth some brick rubbish or rubble, should be 

 collected together. The rockwork must be determined 

 according to taste and requirements, in respect to form and 

 size, but there is no use in having it too large. Perhaps 

 the oval form is the most convenient for building such a 

 structure, and if the base is 5 feet long, a pile may be raised 

 with a surface extensive enough to gi-ow a sufficient supply 

 for an ordinary family. The stones used in forming the first 

 tier or layer may be about 8 inches high and kept close 

 together. A quantity of soil should be worked-in at the 

 back and sides so as to keep them together, while the centre 

 may be fiUed with ordinary brick or sandstone rubbish. 

 When the lii-st layer is comjjleted a portion of the soil 

 should be laid over the stones at the side, and a number of 

 plants of Parsley, tal:en carefully up fi-om the bed in which 

 they have been growing, should be planted as regularly as 

 jjossible in all the holes and crevices, their roots being 

 spread out in Xiie soil, and their stems and leaves kept 

 inclined outwards at the margin. Having fixed the plants 

 properly, proceed to erect a second tier in the same way, 

 and so on -with the others, tiU the pile is raised to the 

 height desii-ed ; but with the subsequent tiers keeji the 

 stones 4 or 5 inches nearer the centre all round, and about 

 an inch or so apart. Every stone should be placed directly 



