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fruit : of the former vegetable, he grows a great quantity every 

 year. 



The Nursery of Messrs. Ronalds is but a short distance 

 from Mr. Wilmot's : not finding the proprietor at home, or the 

 foreman of the estabhshment, we only walked hastily through 

 the principal walks. It is kept in very excellent order, and 

 the trees appeared to be well grown. The collection of ap- 

 ples is very large, the late Mr. Ronalds, father of the present 

 proprietor, having made them a study, and published a splen- 

 did work on the subject. 



Hounslov), Nursery of Mr. Chapman. — Mr. Chapman is a 

 cultivator of fruit for the market, as well as a nurseryman. 

 The Passe Colmar pear was first fruited by him, and thus 

 obtained one of its synonyms, — the Chapman pear. Its qual- 

 ities were so excellent, that the trees readily commanded one 

 guinea each. We found a very good stock of trees, and 

 among them, the following kinds, which he highly recom- 

 mended : — Truckhill Bergamot. ripens in September ; about 

 the size of the Swan's egg; green skin, with pale, russetty 

 specks ; this is cultivated extensively by Wilmot : Chapman's 

 Early ; nearly a fortnight earlier than the Citron des Carmes ; 

 small, but very handsome, with a red and yellow skin; it 

 was found growing on the grounds : Surpasse Madeleine, sim- 

 ilar to the Madeleine or Citron des Carmes ; this was also 

 found growing on the premises. 



Mr. Chapman cultivates his trees mostly on the pear stock, 

 principally by grafting, and the trees make fine plants the 

 first year ; such plants, however, would not generally suit 

 our market, maiden trees, as they are called, not being large 

 enough : but in England, when they are wanted for training, 

 they must be taken young, and brought forward by the skill 

 of the gardener. 



ChaTidler' s Nursery, Vauxhall, Sept. 26ih. — Vauxhall is on 

 the Surrey side of the river, three or four miles from the city. 

 Messrs. Chandler's premises occupy four or five acres, prin- 

 cipally devoted to plants, and particularly to the camellia, for 

 which they have long been celebrated as extensive cultiva- 

 tors and originators of several very fine seedling varieties, 

 among which Chandleri was, for a long time, conspicuous. 



There are several ranges of glass, one of them being a span 



