THE MAGAZINE 



O F 



HORTICULTURE- 



FEBRUARY, 1846. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes and Recollections of a Tour through part of 

 England^ Scotland and France, in the autumn of 1844. 

 By the Editor. 



(^Contmued from page 16.) 



Bagshot Nursery, Messrs. Water er, Oct. . Ath. — By day- 

 break, in the morning, in company with Mr. Godfrey, of the 

 Knap Hill Nursery, who kindly offered to accompany us, 

 we started off for Bagshot, distant about five miles. The 

 morning was cool for the season, though clear and pleasant, 

 and gave promise of a beautiful day. After a delightful 

 morning ride, we reached Bagshot, just in season to take break- 

 fast with one of the Messrs. Waterer, who superintends the nur- 

 sery at this place. Breakfast being over, we walked through 

 the nursery, and noted down what we saw most interesting. 

 The grounds occupy forty or fifty acres, and slope away 

 rather abruptly from the road to the south ; the lower portion 

 being a deep sandy peat, finely adapted to the growth of all 

 kinds of ericaceous plants. The principal walks are laid out 

 at right angles, and most of them are lined with hedges of 

 the American arborvitas so that the squares are entirely 

 screened from the walks : these not only serve to break heavy 

 winds, but as the squares are small they also serve to protect 

 the plants in a great measure from the noonday sun. They 

 are planted closely together, but not clipped only on the 

 sides, so that they form a neat hedge, six or seven feet high, 

 and about fifteen inches through. One long walk, leading 

 from the house to the bottom of the grounds, is bordered on 



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