September 28. 1839. ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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I eonsidered it the most perfect rpecimen of a standard Fucbeia 

 I had ever Been. 



The most notable kinda in this collection were, amongst 

 double corollas, Blue Beauty, of good habit of growth, a fine 

 pyramid 7 feet high ; Tainquenr de Taebla, white corolla, a 

 pyramid 8 feet high; Sanspareil, double white; Humboldtii, 

 a fine standard ; Diadem; Norfolk Giant; and Serratipetala, a 

 fine distinct kind. The base of the dark violet corolla is striped 

 with crimson, and the edges are beautifully serrated. Of singles, 

 the best are King of the Fuchsias, Lncrezia Borgia, with an 

 immense mottleJ corolla ; Constellation, haviog its corolla so 

 much expanded as to he almost flat; Enoch Arden, Conquest, 

 BoderickDhu, Mademoiselle Tieljens, Bland's Floribunda, very 

 free-flowering; Guiding Star, a splendid pyramid; and Alex- 

 andrina, a pyramid 7 feet high. Father Ignatius, too, was 

 conspicuous among dark single kinds for the exquisite shape of 

 its corolla. 



As I was reluctantly turning away from the Fuchsias, I 

 caught sight of plant after plant of the new Golden Coleuses, 

 fairly dazzling one by their brilliancy. In speaking of Fuchsias, 

 fine even as those I had just seen, one never thinks of apply- 

 ing such a term as gorgeous to them ; biit as regards these plants 

 of Coleus, no other word would serve to convey a just idea 

 of the richness of their leaf tints. I noted Queen Victoria and 

 BaMness Rjth?child as the most brilliant two kinds. Princess 

 Eo/al, Her Majesty, Duke of Edinburgh, and Princess of Wales, 

 are all very beautiful, and worthy of cultivation. 



Passing across the lawn from the conservatory I noticed that 

 all the most prominent shrubs Eroufei around it bora tokens 

 of the exercise of great care in pruning, almost every shrub 

 being a handsome specimen. The P&r:ngal Laurels are par- 

 tictJarly fine ; one which I measured was 15 feet in diameter, 

 20 feet high, well clothed with foliage to the ground, and of 

 very handsome proportions. Growing amongst the shrubs was 

 a Paulownia imperialis, about 20 feet high, in full bloom at 

 the time of my visit, August 16:h. From the extremity of 

 that part of the lawn opposite to the conservatory, a walk , 

 sheltered by the boughs of overhanging trees leads to an or- 

 namental pond paitly surrounded by a sloping bank of turf, on 

 which are healthy specimens of WcUiugtonias, Deodars, and 

 Pjcea Pinsapo. 



From this pond a walk winding among the groups of shrubs 

 which belt the lawn leads to an enclosure, in which were some 

 good crops of vegetables, an extensive collection of the best 

 varieties of Goosebe.ries, and a plantation of Filbfr'.s laden 

 with an enormous crop, the trees being literally covered with 

 nuts from top to bottom. The position is certainly very 

 sheltered, but Mr. Wraight, the gardener, attributes his suc- 

 cess to moderate pruning ; for instead of pruning the side 

 Shoots in closely, the wood is left several inches in length. 

 Close to this enclosure is another principally occupied with 

 well-trained pyramidal Pear and Apple trees ; these have been 

 established in their present position for several years, and up 

 to the present time have been very productive, but some of 

 them show signs of incipient decay, and it is quite probable 

 that they will continue to decline. The soil of this garden is 

 an average depth of 1-1 inches of loam resting on a bed of 

 Bolid chalk of great thickness. In such a shallow soil fruit 

 trees naturally develope their fruiting properties very early, and 

 as the roots are so near the surface the production of blossom 

 buds would doubtless be very far in excess of that of wood 

 buds, and consequently the trees would, if permitted, go on 

 producing a heavy crop of fruit annually with but very little 

 wood growth ; moreover, trees growing in so shallow a soil 

 must be very susceptible of atmospheric influences, and, there- 

 fore, after so trying a summer as that of 18GS, unless ma- 

 terials for mulching and a good supply of water could he had, 

 trees so situated would be almost certain to exhibit signs of 

 constitutional debility, brought on by the severe trial to which 

 they have been subjected. 



I have thus attempted to describe the more prominent 

 features of this attractive place, and whether taken in its 

 several departments or as a whole, nothing can be more satis- 

 factory ; everythiug gives evidence of being cared for with the 

 skill, energy, and intelligence of Mr. Wraight, under whom 

 these gardens have been gradually moulded into their present 

 form. Nor must I conclude these notes without referring to 

 Mr. Wraight's devotion to the science of entomology. In yearj 

 gone by, when we were neighbours, many a race have we had 

 together after some vagrant member of the Lepidopterous 

 family. That my friend has met with as great a share of 

 Buccess in this pursuit as he has amongst his plante, is evi- 



dent from several cases of " subjects " suspended on the walls 

 of his cottage.— EnwiBi. Lcckhukst, Kgcrton House GarcUm, 

 Kent, 



THE MANETTI ROSE AS A STOCK. 



Will some of your correspondents furnish me with their 

 opinions of the Manetti stock as a substitute for the wild 

 Rose ? I have heard it condemned as an imposition on ama- 

 teurs, while a great success in a commercial point of view. 

 Does it, or does it not, eventually suffocate the scion by the 

 very rapid and strong growth which is said by some to con- 

 stitute it a sure money-maker for nurserymen ?— C. A. G. 



[We asked the Eev. W. F. Radclyffe for his opinion on the 

 subject of the above query, and now publish his reply. There 

 have been so many doubts upon the subject that we shall be 

 obliged by reports of the experience of other practical men, cnl- 

 tivators of Roses in other soils and locahties : — 



" The Briar, or wild Rose, is a capital stock for strong cold 

 land, such as lieh clay or strong loams. It is not a good stock 

 for light hot lands, so far as Hybrid Perpetuals are coucenied. 

 It is curious but true, that in light lands strong growers such 

 as the summer Roses and Tea-scented Noisettes, do well on 

 the Briar. The others do not grow strongly enough to keep the 

 Briar heilthy. For dry lands, unsuitable to the Briar, the 

 Manetti stock is best. It is, moreover, more defensible than 

 the exposed Briar. In strong lands the Manetti stock drives 

 the Rose into pole-stuCt. In such a case the plant must be 

 severely root-pruned or removed annually, and little or no 

 manure given. The Manetti stock is not an impositiou. The 

 failure of Roses on this stock has arisen from propagators 

 budding the Rose so high on the stock, and from persons not 

 planting the Rose sufficiently deep to cover the stock over the 

 point of union. Buddiug on the Manetti is the easiest way to 

 obtain Roses on their own roots. Before you plant the Manetti- 

 stocked Rose, cut out all the eyes in the stock ; then plant the 

 Rose, treading the earth close up to the stock, which will pre- 

 vent brood. If the land is poor put earth over the roots, and 

 then a layer of rotten dung alternately with earth, and tie the 

 Rose to a stake. Do not cut the Rose back till spring. Never 

 prune any Rose at planting time. Prune your Rose on the 

 Manetti stock, as if it were a Hybrid China; merely thin out 

 useless stuff, and cut the shoots and branches to a good eye. 

 If the plant should be seriously affected with chlorosis all over, 

 you had better in springeut it down, as good wood cannot come 

 from bad wood. — W. F. Radclvffe."] 



PORTRAITS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND 

 FRUITS. 



CrpEiPEDicM Paeishii (Rev. Mr. Pari.-h's Lady's Slipper). 

 Nat. ord., Orchidaceffi. Linn., Gynandria Diandria.— Native 

 of the Moulmein Mountains. A superb species. Purple ana 

 green. — {Bot. Mag., t. 5791). • % ^r , 



Cekopegia Sasdebsoni (Mr. Sanderson's Ceropegia). Wat. 

 ord., Aselepiadacea;. Linn., Pentandria Monogynia.— Native ot 

 Natal, on the banks of the Umgeni river. Flowers very coii- 

 spicuous, though pale green spotted with dark green. A tau 

 climber.— (Ziid., (. 5792.) , , , j, 



AcEE EUFiNEKVE var. albo-limbatum (White-edged, red-nerved 

 Maple). Nat. on(., Sapindaceie. L/hh., Polygamia Octandria. 

 —Native of very different climates in various parts of Japan. 

 —(Ibid., t. 5793.) , ,w -J 



Peimula Pedemon-tana (Piedmontese Primrose). ^ ^at.ora., 

 Primulacea;. Linn., Pentandria Monogynia.— Native, and a 

 lovely one, of the high Alps of Piedmont and Switzerland. 

 Flowers purplish rose. — (Ihid., t. 5794.) _ 



DoESTENiA AKGENiATA (Silvcr-lcaved Dorstenia). Aa«. era., 

 Moracea;. Linn., Monceeia Diandria.— A stove variegated-leaved 

 plant from South Brazil. Leaves darkgreen, white-centred, 

 marbled with paler green. — [Ibid., t. oTi^o.) .. ■ 



RnoDODENDEON J/rs. John CiHK^H.-" This variety IS con- 

 sidered by competent judges to be the best hardy white at 

 present in cultivation. It has aU the symmetry o' truss, ana 

 smoothness of form and outline, that the most fastidious co.^(l 

 desire ; it is a remarkably free-bloomer ; its flowers, from tneir 

 thick and waxy texture, are, moreover, most enduring ; and lu 

 comes in late, so that it is not often frost-bitten. The coloM 

 is white, just at first showing the sUghtest tint of ."" ^. Jl^'f 

 passes oil as the flowers become matured, when it stands out; 

 conspicuous by its purity-indeed. Purity itseU, another ex- 



