THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



"flUJUwi Drawings of Jenny Lind, St ir of the Weil 



Or (Sarsenets' Cijrontcie 



SATCJWAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1847. 



Fithis the last eight or 



ten days complain 



kite been pretty general tha 



the Potato disea 



ery rapidly thr 



iod the crops w 



tell, with the exception of a 



re C in general lookii 





knging down from the stem 



s m consequence 



I le withered spot wa 



■ : l> Hop of llotr t] 



■ 

 ;en margin, and soon reducing 



- ficqi! in strong ( 

 rood, and therefore thei 



pwral remarkably well), 

 j*crop. It should seem, 

 w breadth than usual has 

 Ji could not readily make 



-. " I send you s 



2eW $Pre . ad f tSelf ° ver ^ e ' ^n-* Thi8°webwa 



£ t ^f dc olour when fir.t taken up; it is nov. 



•thirds of those affected 



ismitted are affected wit 



• Ther is n 



PockefBlue Pock) c 

 ■vested with dark Riii 



'IIkS 



It would be a very interesting matter to watch the 

 progress of the red mycelium. We have placed the 

 Potatoes transmitted to us in a situation favourable 

 forks development, but there would be more proba- 

 bility of tracing the phases which it assumes in its 



• 

 [For the previous ( 



which we continue to receive, leads us still to hope 

 that there is not much danger of the Potato crop 

 keeping and being abundant, except in certain loca- 

 lities. If disease has made progress here and there 



decay beim: discoverable; unle 



.i is .1 mistake. 



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alluded to Mr. 





emn! '.e 



worthy of the neighbourhood and its 

 inhabitants. We had good reason for 



is admirably qualified. But if a beautiful 

 work of pure creation be a test of true genius, then 

 both as to Landscape-Gardening principles, and the 

 subsidiary architectural and ornamental adjuncts, 



ormed Park at Biki 



. ■•! to allow for 

 only a lapse 



- ■ . 



i extreme breadth. Ami 



the eve is at once stiuek with tiie variety oi effects 



mm :e >kt!i has created within this 



lea observed 



- . i .a the effect 



Rockwork with i's appropriate plants— the fishing 



gular f'e'icity with which a limited number of pieces 



^ In this last respect the success of the Landscape 

 Gardener is unrivalled, takin_r into consideration 

 the scantiness of his means, which forbade all possi- 

 bility of producing large effects. Look at the whole 

 scene beneath you from various points of the mount. 

 The eye ranges around beyond the Park — falls 

 upon the mingled works of* Art and Nature, all 

 joys a delightful 



irprise from the Lrlisienimr water 



ounds of" the Park. The whole 

 charming. Beauties of differ 



sailing o 



•er its suiface. You are wroiu. The 





complete. It is but one piece ;t!vr all. 





at another view. That is decidedly one 







-ratifiin 







u come unexpected! y to d 



How eai 



i is th .t sec u led spot .' 11 >\ trampiil- 





;■';.•:; 





on tin Sviss Brid-e— you gaze upon 









>y the bri-ht sun on the i,e 









not but yield— you a-ain ti te • your way- 

 ding paths amid the verdant grass and 



along win 



shrubs and variegated flowers — until you pass 







and care. Beautiful as the 



• tain that lark is now, it wili tuliv 



justify its 



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a u„ tim . e g 



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eye and mind ; and, i 

 can appear at all in i 

 ying, that with the in 



