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and this passing over the surface of the pipes under 

 which it enters loses its chill, while the open troughs 

 supply it with water. This introduction of good air 

 has been continued without intermission since the 

 range was erected in the year 1850. 



After recording, something more than a quarter of 

 a century ago, his first satisfaction with this excellent 

 system in the journal to which I have referred, the 

 writer concludes : " Such successful results can only 

 be expected where the gardener not merely under- 

 stands, but loves his business. It is but common 

 justice to add that I have the good fortune to be so 

 assisted, and that I highly value the care, attention, 

 and zeal with which my plans have been carried 

 out." Though there have been changes since then, 

 the worthy Canon has still the same cause for con- 

 gratulation, for in horticulture, as in all things else, 

 a good master attracts good servants, and keeps 

 them. When men are united by mutual appreciation, 

 not only of the beautiful, but of the dutiful also, 

 that brotherly intercourse should never cease. 



THE GAEDEN AT PENJEREICK. 



I SAW yet one more lovely garden, some think the 

 loveliest in Cornwall, Penjerrick, a deep long glen of 

 beauty, from its peaceful home to the sea, rich in 

 trees and shrubs, coniferous, floriferous, evergreen, 

 deciduous, rarely seen in any part of England, and 

 nowhere else in a more prosperous condition. In 

 these sheltered vales of the western coast we seem 

 to have our nearest approximation to the climate and 

 vegetation of the Mediterranean shores, and though 



