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JOUENAIi OF HOETICULTUKE AJSTD COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



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growing 4 feet high ; has blue flowers in July and August ; 

 from South CarolLia. Pi-obably quite hardy. 



HiPPUEis vuLGABis (Mare's-tail) is an interesting native 

 perennial plant with apetalous flowers, appearing in May- 

 ami June ; gi'ows in ditches. 



Veronica (Speedwell). — V. beccabunga (Brooklime), is a 

 pretty native plant, producing an abundance of bright blue 

 Sowers throughout the summer months. V. caroliniana, 

 from Carolina, has blue flowers in June and July; grows 

 a foot high. V. anagaUis (Pimpernel-like), a,nd V. scutel- 

 lata (Saucer-leaved), grow from 1 to 2 feet high, having 

 blue flowers in July and August. They are native plants, 

 found in marshes. V. parmularia, from the South of Eui-ope, 

 grows a foot high, and has red flowers in July and August. 



Utricularia. — U. vulgaris, TJ. minor, andU.intei'media are 

 curious little plants growing 6 inches high, producing yellow 

 flowers in June and July. All are natives. 



Alopectjkus geniculatus is a rather pretty Grass, growing 

 a foot high. A native plant. 



Phalakis aquatica (Water Canary Grass), grows 11 foot 

 high, and is an annual. From Egypt. 



Degraphis aeundinacea is a fine reedy-looking perennial 

 Grass, gi'owing 3 to 4 feet high. D. anmdinacea vai'iegata 

 has leaves striped with white, and is highly ornamental; 

 grows luxiu'iantly on the margin of rivulets. 



Cataeeosa aquatica and C. vii-idula are curious Grasses 

 growing 1 foot to 1 i foot high ; the former is a native plant, 

 growing in rivulets. 



Aeundo donax (Water Eeed), is a stately plant, growing 

 10 feet high, from the South of Eiu-ope ; and A. donar versi- 

 color has striped leaves, and grows 3 feet high. They ai-e 

 highly ornamental near water. 



Pheagmiteb coioiDNiB (Commou Eeed).— A very fine 

 ■Grass, growing 6 feet high. Britain; ditches, and river- 

 banks. 



Gltceeia fltjitans is a floating Grass, growing li foot 

 high. Britain; ponds. 



Htdkochloa aquatica and H. amndinacea are also reed- 

 like Grasses, growing 6 feet high. The former is a native 

 plant, the other is from the Canoasus. 



Eeiocaulon septangtjlaee is a curious little plant, with 

 white flowers in September. Found in the bogs of Scotland. 



Peosekpinaca palusteis grows 1 foot high, and is from 

 Canada; P. peotinata grows about 6 inches high, and is 

 from North America. Both are annuals, and have white 

 flowers in July. 



Teapa (Water Caltrops). — T. natans, an annual, has 

 white and pin-ple flowers in August. It is of floating habit. 

 Europe. T. bicornis, a half-hardy perennial from China, has 

 white flowers in June and August. 



Potamogeton (Pond Weed). — AU are floating plants; 

 fonnd in the rivers, ditches, and lakes of Britain. They are 

 curious rather than ornamental. There aa-e nearly a score 

 of species, some irith green, others with red, and some with 

 pnrple and olive-colonred flowers in July and August. 



Till.s;a aquatica is a diminutive annual, with purple and 

 red flowers from June to August. From northern Eva'ope. 



Mtosotis. — M. palustris is a very pretty native plant, 

 growing a foot high, with blue and yellow-eyed flowers 

 during summer, well known as "Forget-me-not." M. cses- 

 pitosa, also a British jjlant, is of less growth, with pretty 

 blue flowers in June and July. M. cEespitosa maerocalyx is 

 a long-calyxed variety of the species, mth blue flowers in 

 .June and July. They are found on the margin of water. 



Lobelia. — L. Dortmanna gi'ows erect, ani is a perennial 

 with long loose spikes of blue flowers in July and August. It 

 is a native plant, growing li foot high. L. inundata is a 

 pretty half-hai-dy aquatic, growing half a foot high, producing 

 a profusion of blue flowers in June and July. It is from 

 New Holland. L. tupa is a splendid herbaceous perennial, 

 growing frequently 8 feet high. It has scarlet flowers in 

 September and October. From Juan Fernandez in the South 

 Pacific Ocean. It requii-es protection in winter. L. paludosa, 

 from North America, has blue flowers in July and August. 

 It is a marsh plant, and a perennial, growing a foot high. 

 There are several more that are semi-aquatic, as L. cardi- 

 nalis. In fact, most of the deciduous herbaceous species are 

 best ti-eated as half-aquatics. 



Paenassia. — P. palustris is a pretty little plant 6 inches 

 iiigh ; it has white flowers in July and August. Britain ; 



bogs. P. parviflora, P. caroUniana, and P. asarifolia are very 

 pretty plants, attaining the same height and having white 

 flowers during the summer months. AU are from North 

 America, and gi'ow in stiU water or bogs. 



Deoseea (Simdew). — D. rotundifoUa has white flowers, 

 and is one of the prettiest of native plants. D. longifoUa 

 and D. anglioa have white flowers with delicate rays of red 

 interspersed. They ai-e found in turfy bogs, and grow but a 

 few inches high. D. americana, with white flowers, and 

 D. linearis, with purple blooms from June to August, are re- 

 markably pretty plants, as difficult to grow as they are hand- 

 some. D. filiformis is a somewhat taller species from New- 

 Jersey, having i^urple flowers in May and June. 



Aldeovanda vesiculosa, a curious Drosera-like plant, 

 grows but 2 or 3 inches high, and has white flowers from 

 June to August. It is from Italy. 



Pontederia cobdata and P. angustifolia grow 2 feet 

 high, having blue flowers from June "to August. They are 

 North Americans. 



Okontium. — O. aquaticum is a curious Utfcle plant with 

 apetalous flowers in June. Noi-th America. O. japonicum 

 grows 2 feet high, having apetalous flowers from January to 

 Ai^ril. From Japan. — -Geoege Abbey.] 

 {To he conUnued.) ' 



SOME OF THE GAEDENS WORTH SEEmG. 



Name. 

 Withington HjiU. 



Astle hark 



Alderley Park ... 

 Capeslliorne Hall 

 High Legh Hull... 



Belmont 



Marbury Hall ... 



ValeEoyal 



Liecarcl Hall 



OaUon Park 



Arley HaU 



CHESHIRE. 

 Proprietor. 



J. B. Glegg, Esq 



J. Disou, Esq 



Lord Stanley of Alderley... 



— Davenport, Esq 



G. C. Legh, Esq., M.P. ... 



Mrs. Leigh 



Mis. Smith Barry 



Lord Delumere 



H. Littledale, Esq 



Sir P. Giey Egerton, Bart. 

 P. Warburton, Esq 



Gardener. 

 Mr. C.Allen 

 Mr. J. Wallis 

 Mr. Uoyle ... 

 Unknown ... 

 Mr. Harley . 

 Mr.McIntire 

 Mr. White... 

 Unknown ... 

 Mr. Smith ... 

 Mr. J. Wills 

 Unknown ... 



Statioji. 

 Chelford. 

 Cheltord, 

 M;iccle?field. 

 Macclesfield. 

 Knuisford. 

 Northwich. 

 Northwich. 

 Northwich. 

 Birkenhead.; 

 Tarporley. 

 Northwich. 



DURHAM. 



Brancepeth Castle Lord Boyne Mr. Dale ... Durham. 



Auckland Castle. Bishop of Durham Mr. Miller... Auckland Cstl, 



Windlesrone Hall SirW. Eden, Bart Unknown ... Durham. 



WhitworthHall.. Unknown Mr. Modres.. Durham. 



Silkworth Co!. Buckworth Mr. MiUev... Sunderland. 



High Barns — Pemberton, Esq Unknown ... Sunderland. 



GLOUCESTERSHIKE. 



Piercefield Hall... — Clay, Esq Unknown ... Chepsto-w. 



The Haigh Dr. Carr Mr. Arnold. Newnham. 



Berkeley Caatle... Lord I'itzhardinge Unknown... Berkeley. 



Lydney Park Kev. W. H. BathUESt Mr. J. Witter Lydney. 



I think there is a pretty place in DERBvyniRE which ought not to be 

 omitted, and quite a public one too, as it is thrown open every summer 

 by the worthy proprietor, and is admired by thousands visiting Matlock. 



I W o > 



—J. AV. 



WiUersIey Castle. P. Arkwright, Esq. 



Mr. Thornton Matlock. 



Eastnor Castle , 



HEREFORDSHIRE. 

 Earl Somera Mr. W. Cole- 

 man Ledbury. 



NORTHUMBERLAND. 



Capheaton Sir J. E. Swinburne, Bart.. Unknown 



Blagdon HiUl SirM. W. Kidley,Bart , M.P Mr. Elliot 



Little Herb Tower T. Anderton, Esq Unknown 



CbillinghamUastle Earl of Tankerville Unknovrn 



Dissington Hall... — Collingwood, Esq Mr. Cook 



Newcastle. 



Newcastle. 



Morpeih. 



Wooler. 



Newcastle. 



TO PEEVENT POISOI^IKG BY LEAD PIPES. 



Lead is soluble in pure water. A solution of lead is highly 

 poisonous. There are cases in which pure water, di-awu 

 through leaden pipes or from leaden cisterns, has cai-ried a 

 sufficiency of lead in solution to poison a whole family. But 

 a plea of exemption may arise from those who have not pure 

 water. To such we would reply — Impm-e water coats the 

 lead, in process of time, with the white film of a carbonate 

 of the metal, which is insoluble, with exceptions ; one being 

 the presence of water containing carbonic acid. Such water, 

 in passing through the cai-bonate of lead, takes up an equi- 

 valent of the same, which equivalent may be sufficient to 

 cause distinguishable colic, or set up a non-traceable source 

 of indisposition through a whole family. We now approach 

 the termination of oiu' simimary by answering a query that 

 may be put by some sceptics : How is that, after all, some 

 lead pipes do not poison water ? It arises from the fact that 



