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very free bloomer ; and Crimson Queen, though not large in 

 the truss, is of a much deeper colour than Stella and Cybister. 

 Scarlet Dwarf, as its name implies, is of dwarf compact habit, 

 and has soft rosy carmine flowers with a tinge of magenta in 

 the lower petals, and of scarlet in the upper ones. Enchantress, 

 magenta crimson tiugod with scarlet in tho upper petals, is a 

 bright-looking variety ; and Village Maid, an effective deep 

 pink flower, conspicuously blotched with white at the base of 

 the two upper petals. The plant is dwarf and of excellent 

 habit, and has darkly zonate foliage. There were several un- 

 named seedlings of great promise, especially one or two very 

 dark scarlets, another with pink flowers, and Que with very 

 broad petals approaching a true orango colour : but of theso 

 and many more we shall doubtless hear in due time. 



The Waltham Cross Nurseries are so far-famed for their 

 Roses, that it is scarcely necessary to remark that these con- 

 stitute another leading feature, although at the time of our 

 visit hot weather, succeeded by heavy rain, had, to some extent, 

 marred their beauty and considerably diminished the number 

 of blooms on the plants. Still there were acres of Roses, of 

 varieties so numerous as to be perfectly bewildering. Through 

 Mr. William Paul's kindness, however, we are enabled to give 

 the following selection of varieties that will not disappoint the 

 grower : — 



Hybrid PerpetuaU. — Alpaide de Rotalier, Alphonse Damaizin, 

 Auguste Riviere, Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Beauty of 

 Waltham, Centifolia Rosea, Charles Lefebvre, Charles Mar- 

 gottin, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Dr. Andry, Due de Rohan, 

 JHichesse de Caylus, Elizabeth Vigneron, Francois Lacharme, 

 General d'Hautpoult, Glory of Waltham, Jean Rosenkrantz, 

 John Hopper, John Keynes, Lrclia, Lord Herbert, Lord Ma- 

 •caulay, Madame Alfred de Rougemont, Madame Emile Boyau, 

 Madame Rousset, Madame Victor Verdier, Marguerite de St. 

 Amand, Maurice Bernardin, Olivier Delhomme, Pierre Not- 

 ting, Prince Eugene Beauharnais, Princess of Wales, Semira- 

 mis, Senateur Vaisse, Triomphe de la Terre des Roses, 

 Triomphe des Francais, Victor Verdier, William Bull. 

 Bourbon. — Souvenir de Malmaison. 



Noisette. — Airnee Vibert, Celine Forestier, Lamarque, Sol- 

 faterre. 



Tea. — Alba Rosea, Belle do Bordeaux, Gloire de Dijon, Homer, 

 Madame Falcot, Madame Villermoz, Marechal Niel, Narcisse, 

 Rubens, Souvenir d'un Ami. 



Of new Roses, Mr. Paul recommends the following: — Alfred 

 Colomb, Aurore Boreale, Black Prince, Charles Rouillard, 

 Comte Alphonse de Sqrenye, Dr. Lindley, Fanny Petzold, 

 Fisher Holmes, Gloire de D»cher, Hippolyte Flandrin, Jean 

 Cherpin, Jean Lambert, John Grier, Josephine Beauharnais, 

 Jules Cesar, Lady Suflield, Madame Fillion, Mdlle. Marguerite 

 Dombrain, Marcella, Prince de Portia, and William Rollisson. 



Of Hollyhocks there is also a fine collection, comprising 

 every shade from white to black running through yellow fawn, 

 puce, and crimson. Several of the kinds, however, had not 

 come fully into bloom. The finest of those which had done so 

 were Shrubland Gem, yellow ; Red Gauntlet, fiery red, a very 

 close spike ; In Memoriam, claret ; Argentea, silvery white ; 

 Black Prinoe ; Beauty of Walden, rosy pink ; Beauty of Wal- 

 tham, blush, very fine ; George Keith, red, very line ; Electm, 

 eulphur yellow ; Mrs. Chater, rose ; and Lady in White, white, 

 very fine. 



We now come to the shrubs, of which the collection is very 

 extensive and interesting. Of Hollies there were no less 

 than one hundred sorts, among which that called Waltham- 

 ensis, with deep golden variegation, is free-growing and very 

 effective. Indeed hardy ornamental trees with golden, silver, 

 and purple leaves, constitute a prominent feature ; these 

 colours freely introduced amidst the preponderating masses 

 of green are very effective, and lead one to ask how it is 

 that our landscape gardeners do not use them more frequently 

 in modern planting. To see them as they may be seen here 

 would at once set at rest any doubt that might be enter- 

 tained as to their effect. H they could but be shown at our 

 exhibitions as the greenhouse and stove plants of this character 

 have so long been, they would, no doubt, become popular, 

 and soon enter largely into the composition of English tree- 

 scenery. Foremost among the gold-leaved kinds were the 

 variegated Spanish Chestnut (Castanea vesca variegata), the 

 leaves as large as the ordinary Spanish Chestnut, and broadly 

 margined with bright gold. There were no less than three 

 variegated varieties of Dogwood (Cornus), all beautiful ; a new 

 variegated Beech (Fagus), of more rapid and elegant growth 

 •than the old variety, the gold margin of the leaf broader and 



brighter ; an Ash (Fraxinus aueuh.-efolia), the large and grace- 

 ful leaves well blotched with gold; several varieties of Privet, 

 the evergreen sorts broadly edged with gold, and very hand- 

 some; variegated Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris variegata), the 

 ited Weigelae and Weeping Mountain Elm, To single 

 out these as a few of the most striking may suffice to create an 

 interost in these hitherto neglected plants, for which we augur 

 in no distant future a full recognition and use. Among the 

 silver-leaved trees the Acer negundo variegatum is the most 

 conspicuous ; the Shepherdia, Hippophaii, Populus argentea, 

 and Tilia argentea are also distinct, and of great merit. Among 

 purple-leaved trees the Purple Beech I of which there is a very 

 large-leaved and dark-coloured variety here), the purple Nut, 

 and purple Berberis were the most striking ; but there was a 

 great variety of trees of this colour, as well as of the gold and 

 silver hues. Passing from colour to form, the Catalpa, the Pau- 

 lownia, and the Magnolias appear to be still pre-eminent for 

 the sizo of the entire leaf ; and for divided leaves, the Aralia 

 spinosa, Alnus imperialis aspleniifolia, Juglans laciniata, Kbl- 

 reuteria paniculata, Rhus typhina, and Acer platanoides laci- 

 niatum take foremost rank. There were also varieties of Oak, 

 Acacia, and Elm as pyramidal in form as the Lombardy Poplar. 

 Of trees which produce so fine an effect in the landscape in 

 autumn by the changes of the colour in the leaves it is too 

 soon to speak ; they were, however, in abundance — scarlet 

 Oaks, Liquidambars, Ginko trees, and others, as yet in their 

 summer dress of bright green, but which we know will on 

 the arrival of autumn stand forth arrayed in scarlet and gold. 

 Beautiful trees ! we would have you abound in our woods and 

 plantations, and believe you will do so at no distant date. 



The stock of fruit trees is another feature deserving special 

 attention ; and to give an idea of how extensive it is, we may 

 mention that it comprises five thousand standard Apple trees, 

 and between two and three thousand Pear trees, not to speak 

 of large quarters of fine healthy pyramids three and four years 

 old, and of trees for espaliers, walls, and bush culture. There 

 are, besides, Peaches, Plums, and Cherries for orchard-house 

 planting, and ready trained of various sizes for walls, and, it is 

 worthy of remark, exhibiting a healthy vigour without over- 

 luxuriance. 



A NOTE ON TINGRITH GARDENS, NEAR 

 WOBURN. 



In a late volume I described at some length this beautiful 

 residence of the Misses Trevor, whose fine taste, love of the 

 beautiful, and kindness of heart are seen in everything con- 

 nected with their establishment, and in the arrangements of 

 the pretty cottages and well-kept gardens in the village of 

 Tingrith. I never meet there my old friend Mr. Manning 

 without one or other of us reverting to a forenoon many years 

 ago, when, after tramping from London to Woburn, seeing all 

 about the gardens, and staying over-night in the neighbourhood, 

 I walked across to Southall (Mr. S. Whitebread's), the next 

 day, and took Tingrith and Flitwich on my way, just when the 

 late Mr. Brooks was in the height of his enthusiasm about his 

 interesting arboretum ; for be it known to all and sundry that 

 young men in these far-off times had limbs, and could use 

 them, and made no great matter of twenty or forty miles or 

 more at a stretch. Well, the simple fact that fixed that fore- 

 noon so firmly on my memory was the somewhat bold invita- 

 tion from our late, then burly, friend, the gardener at Tingrith, 

 Mr. Phillips, to go round all the place, and if I found a weed 

 above 1 inch in height he would give me half-a-crown for it ; 

 and I soon saw little chance of making half-crowns from such 

 an investigation. On visiting Tingrith on my way to Woburn 

 Show Mr. Manning playfully told me I must not look for the 

 half-crowns ; but if I had I fear I should not have obtained 

 enough to have paid my travelling expenses. 



The Grapes, Peaches, and plants in the houses were, if pos- 

 sible, better than usual, the out-door crops good, and flower- 

 borders, walks, &c, without a vestige of a weed, or a mark to 

 tell that there had been storms of wind, hail, and rain. The 

 fine lawn, however, stretching from the windows of tho 

 living-rooms (which open into the beautiful conservatory), 

 and backed by its masses of Rhododendrons, when I first saw 

 it on the memorable forenoon was being rolled early to scatter 

 the dew, so that it would sooner be fit for ladies walking 

 over it with thin-soled shoes ; and that lawn, merely as an 

 object to look at, seemed to me the other day to be the most 

 interesting feature about the place. So well cut, so well rolled, 

 so springy and elastic, like a thick Turkey carpet, bo green from 



