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JOUBNAL OF HORTICDLTUEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ Jannai? 6, 1816 



"prompt attention," and onoe more found what I had often 

 found before, and what " D., Deal" refers to in his happy 

 "Greetings," that the Journal of Horticulture ticket is a 

 " enfficient passport in hortionltural circles." 18, Irongate, 

 is Mr. Cooling's seed shop, which I found filled to repletion, 

 and undoubtedly doing a " good business," and faced by the 



"finest church tower in England " — so say, at least, the loyal 

 people of Derby. 



But to the nurseries. These are on an eminence a mile 

 from and overlooking the town. They are exposed to all the 

 winds that blow, and the "stock" is not only exposed to 

 strong winds, but is eatiil'liehed in slrong soil — clay. A soil 



of this nature is shunned by many as being expensive io 

 " work," but it has its advantages, which are here turned to 

 account. In light soil the difficulty is to secure the coveted 

 " balls of earth " to the roots of certain trees and shrubs 

 when being removed ; but here the diflioulty is the other way. 

 Mr. Cooling, therefore, wisely made it a point in his business 

 to 'grow largely of ornamental evergreens of a size required 

 for immediate effect, knowing that in this tenacious soil they 

 would remove safely in consequence of the "large balls of 

 earth" that could not fail to adhere to the roots. « - - 

 These perfected Conifers are a special feature in this nureery ; 



they are in great demand, and the stock is remarkably fine- 

 Wellingtonias, Cupressuses, Thujas, Piceas, Cedars, &o., are 

 numerous and handsome, the fpecimens having ample room 

 to develope their forms and preserve their hardihood. In this 

 strong soil also the feathery Eetinosporag flonrish admirably, 

 as do Rhododendrons, Cephalotaxes, and Cryptomerias. 



I mention this because many are deterred from planting 

 these beautiful everRreens in consequence of not having peat 

 or vegetable soil. With care in removal and a little generous 

 soil placed round their roots to start them, nearly all ever- 

 greens will flonrish in Eoil of a clayey nature, and in which 



