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JOUBNAL OF HOBTICTLTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEK. 



f Joir 25, war. 



thick at itg janotion -with the root, and the whole plant covers 

 some 24 equare feet of the wall. Bishop HeziJo, who flourished 

 1054 — 1079, took special interest in this Kose as being a 

 remarkable monument of the past ; and when the cathedral 

 was rebuilt after being burnt down in lOGl, he had it once 

 more trained against the portion of wall which had been spared 

 by the fire. Tradition states that, in the year of grace 814, the 

 Emperor Ludwig the Pious, son of Charlemagne, was staying 

 with his Court at Elze. Being desirous of hunting in the huge 

 forest where now stands Hildesheim, mass was said by the 

 Imperial Chaplain at the place of rendezvous. By some mishap, 

 when the service was concluded and the party dispersed, the 

 vessel containing the sacred elements was left behind. On 

 returning to the spot the following day, great was the surprise 

 of the chaplain to find the holy vessel overshadowed by the 



tender branchlets of a lovely Rose, which had epraog np in the 

 night, and now filled the air with the perfume of its flowers. 

 The Emperor shortly after arrived and by his command a 

 chapel was built, with the altar standing on the spot occupied 

 by the roots of the Eose, — that very Rose which is now 

 blooming as freshly as though a eingle decade, and not a 

 thousand years, had passed over its head !" So far tradition. 

 Certain it is that the roots of the existing Rose trees are buried 

 under the altar of the cathedral, and, consequently are inside 

 the building, the stem being carried through the wall to the 

 outer air by a perforation made expressly for it. My informant 

 tells me that the plant is held in the highest veneration by the 

 inhabitants, and that no one is permitted to gather the flowere 

 or break the branches.— W. W. S. (in Scimce-Gomp.) 



UNIQUE IRON CONSERVATORY. 



This is now erected near the Rhododendron tent at the 

 Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at South Kensington, 

 but does not belong to the Society, and may be purchased. It 

 is particularly well adapted for pleasure grounds to be used 



for statuary and hardy plants, or as a saloon for dancing, 

 dejeiiners, or fttes. If a glass roof were introdnoed, and the 

 sides enclosed, it would form a most beautiful conservatory. 

 The first intention was to cover the exterior of the roof with 



coloured tiles forming geometrical patterns, and the inner part 

 of the roof or ceiling with white tiles, ornamented in grey or 

 pale blue. Striped spring blinds were intended for the panels 

 between the column.? "so asito enclose it at pleasure. There is 



a provision for fifty-three star-lights either for gas or wai 

 candles. The whole was designed by an eminent architect, who 

 prepared special drawings, and superintended the modelling 

 for every part. The strength of the structure Wftfl determined 



