o^ NOTES UPON 



pleasure-ground in this direction, the American plants could be 



shifted a little farther otf, to a naturally formed hollow, which 

 would be a most eligible spot for them. There are, in the same 

 direction, views of a lake, which has partly been formed artificially. 

 A Flower-garden, at some distance north-east from the man- 

 sion, is scarcely seen from the latter. It is a pleasant retired 

 spot, rather than one calculated for display. 



UROPMORE. 



This place, still maintained by Lady Gkenville in its 

 former peculiar style, has been so frequently noticed in horti- 

 cultural publications, and so generally visited, that little requires 

 to be said respecting it. Mr. Frost, however, pointed out a few 

 things which may be mentioned. 



The unusual quantity of rain which has fallen since the com- 

 mencement of 1852 has afforded a supply of moisture to the 

 roots of trees which they previously much wanted. Many of the 

 Piuus tribe have, in consequence, made longer growths in the past 

 season than they had in those preceding. The Picea nobilis, 

 for example, has this year made a shoot 2 feet 8 inches long. 

 The tree was planted in 1835 ; and its total height is 17 feet. 

 It was not more than "6 inches high when planted out; it has 

 therefore grown this season fully 1 foot 8 inches more than 

 it has done on the average. A Douglas Fir (Abies Douglasi) is 

 now 70 feet high ; and the large Araucaria imbricata, 3 feet 

 7^ inches in circumference at 3 feet from the ground, is nearly 

 40 feet in height ; a Cedar of Lebanon, planted forty-eight years, 

 is about 70 feet high. 



A number of standard Fuchsias, planted out in various parts 

 of the ground, wei'e very splendid. Their stems were 8 to 10 

 feet high, with heads from 4 to 6 feet in diameter. After flower- 

 ing, they are spurred in and wintered in a green-house. In 

 the spring they are turned out into places of made soil feet in 

 diameter and 3 feet deep. 



HEDSOR, 

 THE SEAT OF LOBD BOSTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 



Prizes for Grapes, Pine-Apples, and other fruits, have been so 

 repeatedly awarded for a series of years to Mr. Davis, the gar- 

 dener here, that his name must be familiar to those frequenting 

 the Society's Exhibitions. It was therefore desirable to see the 

 gardens where these fine productions were grown. 



