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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. t December 9. 1969. 



with such places, and people say, *' Ob, everything is sacriticed 

 to the exhibition '" j-et somehow one is euro to find in these 

 pUce3 plants woith looking at, either for thtir novelty or good 

 eultivfttion. I eaw here eomo young plants o! OeonomaB, 

 Iiivistonias, end other Pfllms. Ferna are also largely grown ; 

 amongst them I saw plants of \\hat are as yet the *tine3t iu 

 their respective claasee, for surely nothing can exceed Todea 

 anperba amongst the Filmy Ferns, or Adiautum farleyeuse 

 amongst the Maiden-hair3. OrchiJs, too, were also grown, and 

 although not in large qua-jtities, yet appeared in healtby con- 

 dition—in fact, all the plants betoliened careful and scientiCc 

 caUivatiou, while plants of interest of recent introduction were 

 ftvidentJy being added as their chaiaotors became OBtablished. 



THICiiTflORN HOUSE, THE SKAT OP F. WATSON, ESQ. 



This ia sitnatcd about four miles from Norwich, in a good- 

 Biied park. The houeo iteeli h a plain eubslantial buihliug, 

 containing Eome fitie and well-proporMcned rooms ; and if 

 anyone were to visit the place with the idea of eeeintj one of 

 oar new-fashioned gardens he would be grei^tly di.sappointed, 

 /or it is one of those old-fdibioned ones with borders filled 

 flitlt many of the hei-baceous plants beniahed from modern 

 garden?,, but which at all times farnl.hed abunnaiice of llowers 

 of varied hues and forma, and the returnirig iaste for which i? 

 to mo one of the hopeful e^gua of horticulture, Aud yet I 

 found here one of the prfcttie^t pieces of bedding I have seen 

 for eome time. I do cot recolltct exactly the llowers with 

 which the beds voro filled; theie was nothing uncommon in 

 ihem, I am sure, but the sicuation and eurrouudings were 

 dieeiicg. The site had been either a gravel pit or quarry; 

 thers was a small piece of water, a beiutifully-kept sward, 

 gome nice foliage surrounding a cioqaet ground a little farther 

 off, and, altogether, it was very delightful. Tuere was in 

 the garden a goodly range o! glass, but there were no plants 

 iu it, but a fine eicp of Grapes, mainly consistiug c( Bkck 

 Hamburghs and Muscat of Alexandria — just euch houses as 

 one would like to have oneself. There was no atyectation of 

 doing anything grand, no disbudding to grow huge bunches for 

 exhibition, but a good honest crop cf fairiy-sized banches, and 

 this eSc'Cted without any great, or, rather, extravagant cost, for 

 this, I rather think, is a consideration not taken into account 

 in the wonderful results of modern Grape-growiuc^. "S\Qiat we i 

 ■want for general adoption is a system that will suit the pockets 

 of those who are neither millionaiies nor milords, and such a 

 system seemed to be in use here. 



I have thus attempted to give a very faint notion of my hor- 

 ticultural rambles round Norwich. I may not have visited 

 places which were equally worth seeing, but 1 enjoyed my 

 ramble very much. Each of the three places I went to repre- 

 sented difierent styles, and 1 may, perhaps, add diCt'erent tastes ; 

 but they were all to my mind well worth seeing, especially as 

 indicating how widespread is the love of horticulture amongst 

 us, and how much of kindly feeling there is in the brotherhood 

 of gardening.— D., Deal. 



they were uolected and stored avAy dr\-, anfl with care. It has bo6K 

 a very eopor© mouth, and will Iod^ bo rJmouibercd by many. 



OCTOBER. 



The October of this year has been peculiarly tiyiug, parlicularly 

 among late orchard fruit where there were a few left, for we were 

 visited "with some veiy heavy gales, chiefly from the north-west to 

 north-east, which blew o& Ay.plcs and Pears, beating aud bmisiug 

 others, and spoiling them for keeping purposes. What with fiost and 

 piercing wind, the trees in one day aud nij^ht had the npptarauce of 

 being scorched. I never remember having seen the like before ; we 

 had trees brought down by the force of the wind, aud larj^c limbs torn 

 off others. "Winter Greens. CauHflowers, and BjoccoU have suffered 

 much, being tv.isttd about in all directions, aud many of the large 

 Jeaves altogether broken by the force of the wind. Some of the plants 

 were almost torn up. many of them lying level on the ground. On the 

 morning of the 19th the thermometer at G a.ji. indi^-ated G' below 

 freezing point, but the air being dr^,- at the time I am inclined to think 

 we suffered more from wind than frost, as Pelargoniums, Verbenas, 

 and other plants loft out of doors were not blackened by frost. 



At the beginning of tho month wo were much annoyed by cator- 

 pillars of different kinds, but by constant picking most of the Cabbage 

 tribe arc now pretty clear. We had here a bed of Black Prince 

 Strawberry plants iu bloom, but the winds have destroyed them. 

 Several Apple trees had some fine clusters of blossoms open before the 

 storm, but (hey were swept away. A second crop of Marie liouise 

 Pears on orchard trees promised at one time to arrive at a moderate 

 degree of perfection, but it is all over with them now. Celery has 

 suffered much ; most of the leaves have been blown away altogether. 

 The Potato disease has shown itself among late kinds ; Haigh's 

 or Lapstone Kidney appears to be most affected. Some that were 

 supposed to be free from disease when lilted have become bad, though 



PLANTS ILOWEItlNG 

 Itli. Magmolia (rrandiilara 

 Abronionmbcltnta 

 Francoa gonchifoli.T 

 CalCDdiiln ronj,'ii I'leoa 

 CallirhiH- verticilla'a 

 Canluus lu-iu'ilictus 

 AsUt chineusib 



lupiuns pnbcBCcns 



umtai'Uis 



Mciiztc'bii 

 Acaiithna riyUJa 

 Aorocliniam roacuni 

 ipumcoa Led^racea 



Qa&mcclit 

 Loft^iu auiaiitlaca 

 Ros(^ Mtmtl'ly Cbioa 



Fall vie r 

 Miilcomia luarilima 

 riiysixlis Alkokengi 

 Gtitauiuin uodoAum 

 Kudbeckia lul^nja 



Aster tc-ncllus 

 Cicitlla cocciuea 



auroa 

 AIoD3oa incisEfolis 

 Ammobium alatuui 

 Campanula aUiarifcfolia 

 rrandia 

 Lorei alba 

 pcrsicifolia 

 Anemone janonica 

 Ciut'i-aria maritima 

 C'ouvolvulus mauvitanicus 

 Heliotropium peruviaaum 

 Fschsciioltzia alba 

 Ptanllms Caryophyllus 

 Clematis Vitalbii 



Viticella 

 Delpbiuiui:'. fornosatn 

 Art-totia breriscapa 

 Arseiuone grandittora 

 t'elofiia iiyraiuiJalis 

 Commelina ccelestia 

 Araievia formosa 

 Artemisia annua 

 maritima 

 vulgaris 

 Centaiirva ar^entea 



pj-mnocarpa 

 Lychuis flis-Jovia 

 Maiope trraniliflora 

 8th. lilyosoti's palustxib 



ryrethruiii Goldcu Feather 

 Jiomophila insignia 

 Nigella liispanica 

 Pt'c-tis aiiffustifulia 

 rontstemon coccineuin 



veuu3tum 

 Aloyaia citriodora 

 Colchicum aulumnalo plenum 

 Erica ramentacea 



strict a 

 Ilordcum jubatum 

 Cyclamen europium 



he deiK folium 

 Xerantliemum purpuream 

 Co-iitamea mosehita 

 Jlalva zebrina 



moschata alba 

 Niaitiana virginica 

 Orobus coccincus 

 Mimulus tigrinus 

 ^t-'luiia paradoxa 



prostrata 

 Periila naokinensis 

 Potuiiia Rrandiftora 

 Sanvitalia procumbens 

 Portulaca splciidens 

 Kudbcckia amplexicaulia 

 Maurandya Barclayana 

 aiesembryanthemum glabrum 



ci-ystaltinum 

 Obcliscaria pulcherrima 

 Mierembcrgia gracilis 

 cEiiothera niacrocarpa 

 Lamarckiaua 

 taraxacifolia 

 Salpii;logsis coccinea 

 PhUi.x Dnimmondi 

 Scdum camileum 

 Xolpis barbata 

 liith. Eohinops sphajrocephalas 

 Stipa pennata 

 Crcpia rubra 

 Silcnc Schafta 



rubella 

 Viola coiiuUa 

 Tropitolum cauaricnse ■ 

 Chrysantliemums, various 

 Schizostylis coccinea 



IN OCTOIiEB. 



12th. Lavatcra trimestrU 



5Iinil>ili^ Jril'ipa 



N : i:i Thumb 



16th. 



SaUia Uormiunm purpurea 

 Convolvulua major 

 TajTctcs palula 



cr. cM plt'iia 

 Ia yii-hl ji,-. f'lniioB* 

 C'i-"nil!;i Liurrus 

 A<.hilk^ coiupacLa 

 Aspcmlii odor.ita 

 AsiLT cric^iUoa 



la vii 



AjikUus 

 Campanula carpatica alto 



VUDiila 

 <'i'..tauri>a cai;(Iid)8Bima 

 Aubrictia dcltoidca 

 C'n/aDia SplcudcDs 

 G«ranicm Barmiiiioum 

 Gnaijlialium lnuatiuu 

 Heiianibas anuuua 



li.ultiflonis 

 Lamiutn aiircam 

 Oxalts Bowieaua 



lliiribunda 

 Lilium hLucifo'inm album 

 Hypentuiij calycintim 

 lumiga liinri'.ima variegata 

 Erinu)>alpiua:i 

 bautoI.iia alpina 



incaiu 

 Tritoma Uvarta- 

 Pli^3x dccuasata 

 .Stcnac'ti;* fijieciosa 

 PIuuil)ago Larpcntx 

 ^■ibumI^ll Tinus 

 Cydouia japonica 

 Verunica speciosa 



salicifoUa 



AnderHonii 

 Aster cordifohas 

 Aiy^dum maritimum 



uaxatile 

 Calceolaria piunata 



Ruby Bicolor 



Anrea Horibnnda 

 I'luopsidium acjkule 

 ■Tasiniuuin fraticaud 

 Lavandula Spica 

 Linum flavum 



perenne 



tiranditlomm 

 20th. Anagallis c^randiflora 



Breweri 

 Arbutus Unedo 

 Helichrysum album 

 Cupheaplatyccntra 



strioiUosa 

 Gaillardia picta 

 Di';itali« aurea 

 Antinbinum majus 

 La'Lynis suitcrbus 



latifolius 

 Dracocepbalum sibiricum 

 Gyueriuii'i arg^euttum 

 Amaranthua triC'^liT 

 Ageratum niexicanum 



odoratum 



cxruleom ~* 



Calandrinia umbellata 

 AnchuRa sempcrvireus 



italica 

 Brachycome iberidifolia 

 Calliopais Atkiusooi 



Drummondi 

 Datura Stramonium 

 Coron)lla glauca 

 Lobelia falgcns 



St. Clair 

 Eoae Gloire de Dijon 



Crimson China 

 Verbena venosa 



pulch«lla 

 Zauachneria caliloraica 

 Salvift bicolor 



spleudeub 



lultrens 

 DracocephaJum conarienfie 

 Centaurca Cyanua 

 Bidcns atropurpurea 

 Zinnia ctegane plena 

 Delphinium Cousolida 



A.^acia 

 Reseda odorata 

 Ihiimulus moschatos 

 Briza maxima 

 Amaranthus spcciosus 



2Cth. 



— M. H., Achlam Uall, Middlesbrough- oii-Tees. 



BUDDING VINES. 



Tui5 practice I can strongly recommeud as the best plan of 

 working Vines both as to neatness and quickness of results. 



This method has bpeu adopted by Mr. J. Sheppard, of Wol- 

 verstone Park, for some ten or twelve years with good results ; 

 he has two large vineries there, aud I believe all the A'mes are 



