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JOTTKNAi OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



[ Noyember 17, I8C3. 



One other matter we did recollect to inquire about, and 

 that was as to the boilers used ; and found that now, ae we 

 knew formerly, the saddle-back is employed in preference to 

 all others. One sa<ldle-back heats the whole of the Muscat 

 range, and houses and rooms on the north besides ; for though 

 two boilers are placed side by side for safety, in general 

 one only is wrought. We know that such boilers were used 

 in the splendid new houses at Welbeck, and, if we recollect 

 rightly, they ai'e also used at Garston by Mr. Meredith. Mr. 

 Henderson, however, has nothing to say against upright, 

 tubular or other forms of boilers, and has managed all kinds 

 in his day ; but, like ourselves, he looks on the vast supe- 

 riority of one over another for continued work as harmless 

 flights of the imagination. He also candidly stated that no 

 tubular boilers of any great height could be used at Trent- 

 ham on account of water being so neai- the surface, and that 

 a good saddle-back required about the least sinking for a 

 convenient fireplace. We also understood that the size of 

 the flow-pipe where it joins the boiler is larger than usual ; 

 and the reasons for this change would, no doubt, be grate- 

 fully received by our readers, as xmder such superinendents 

 nothing is done from mere whim or love of change. 



Here we ought to stop this article, but must add a few 

 words about this side of the water, and that chiefly for the 

 purpose of hinting that the ornamental and usetlil under 

 glass may be associated with the beautiful outside. We did 

 not find a single flower-pot, full or empty, standing about 

 any of these hojises out of doors or out of place. J'lowers, 

 some of the most beautiful, attended yon everywhere. Pent- 

 Btemons .ind Gladiolus were particularly attractive; the 



latter were just past their best but fine, and had been for- 

 warded in pots before planting out, that they might be in 

 fiill bloom before the family left for Scotland. 



Just north-east of all tliese houses, pits, &c., separated 

 fi-om them, and backed by evergreens and trees except at one 

 point, is the children's cottage and the children's garden, 

 placed on a beautiful green lawn enriched with gc>od speci- 

 mens of evergreens, and a lieautiftil Pinus cemlra near the 

 cottage. This one opening takes the eye over part of these 

 houses in this background, and brings into view the nice 

 rooms, <S:c., at the back of the Muscat range. This view is 

 quite in character with the cottage, but if ever it be desii-ed 

 a few shnibs will shut out the whole and give us a house and 

 garden " in a wood." This was wont to be a favourite re- 

 treat of the family when they were young, and, all utensils 

 being provided, here they used to have their parties, and 

 boil, and roast, and fry, and frizzle for themselves, contend- 

 ing, no doubt, who would tiu'n out the best vegetables, the 

 best pancakes, and the best puddings, and partaking of them 

 with a relish which they never coidd feel for the richest 

 vip.nds at their noble parents' table. We liave knC'Wn young 

 lords carry home Potatoes in their pockets, and roast and 

 boil for themselves. We have known of others that were 

 supplied with materials, and obliged to mend their own 

 stockings and sew on their own buttons. Such men and 

 women wherever placed would never be shiftless when thrown 

 upon then- own resoiu'ces. " Can do" is always carried abcut 

 easily; and the knowledge of the "can do" goes a great 

 way, even among the nobles, to make them good maBtors 

 and to insure for them good servants. 



This pretty garden looks well fi-<.m any direction, but 

 looks best from the cottage, which, approached by a sloping 

 bank of turf, is 12 feet above the level of the garden. This 



front of the cottage is in luiicli the same style as the end of 

 Mr. Henderson's residence. The following is the arrange- 

 ment this season: — 



1 . Filled with Ch! La Roses, is a bed 

 raised 18 inches covered with Ivy, 

 and an Ivy handle across it to re- 

 semble a basket. The Roses had 

 been fine In the antamc they vere 



pcflrce^y brilliant enough for the 

 other beds. 



2. o, Geraninra Biilli.int ; 6, Lobelia 

 epe^iosa; r. Golden Chain. 



3 a. Geranium Baron Ilngel ; 

 i, Flower of the D.iy. 



4. Humea elegans— three plants to 

 make a irass, and Variegated Alys- 

 sara. 



,•. Geranium Christine, 



fi. Verbena Ariopto. 



7. Cerastium tomentosum. 



8. Lobelia opeciosa. 



9. Calceolaria Prince of Grange. 



10. Priyet hedge, cut square, I'j in- 

 high, next lawn. The beds are on 

 pravel, and the inner ones edged with 

 ■I hnft. 



