THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Nov. 27, 



Grapes ; break M 

 j la the hand into a cask with the i 

 e vessel. If you have plenty of Gn 

 mnches ; if you have not enough, I 

 l return them to the cask, and add ■* 



•ifukeTsw* 



gallon upwards ; 1 



ation; if you wan 

 let it go on to 5 

 liquor, and bring < 



Never add any spirit. Strange to say, Mr. Roberts 

 gives that aired .-..ntradicta it in 



bis receipts. I have written so far off-hand, and now 



. . • 

 Wine-maker" (the last editi .* 



It may not be amiss to add that in going tl _ 

 Dugdale's " Monasticou " for another pa: • : 

 ihe following a New ed., vol. i., 



. • tU Chester.— Odo, Bishop of Bay< 



monks had a V by that name." 



;:\7. " There was a Vineyard at Glouce- 

 p. 257. ** Bath Abbey had tithe of the \ 



oomb." a. "The monks of Evesham had a Vineyard 



' Michelney Abbey, 



lsbury describes Thorney Abbey, in Cam- 



p. 1272. "Henry I. gave a Vineyard to Lincoln 

 The above are sufficient 1 



slsrisSd" 



sunny Vineyards o 





rine (as I have done) from Grape cuttings and tendrils, 

 hey no doubt produced a good wine, with the help ~ c 

 mney and malt, and perhaps, in good seasons, a tl 

 brink from Grapes alone ; they had the advantage, al 

 if the even low temperature of their convent cella 

 But I have rode my hobby long enough, and concln 

 -Geo. P. Hester, Oxford, Nov. 18. 



QUEEN'S PARK, MANCHESTER. 

 Being professionally engaged in the neighbourhood 

 I was induced to visit the Queen'i ~ " 



ng other than a regard to t! 



irsrc 



i in* the* moat "important public 



d been kept constantly in view, more especially when 



tion of outline, with bold involutions, would have been 



ntinuing my course, a Becond entrance presently oc- 



;ht angles.'. Small beds 'I shrubs are placed at the 



long certainly to the Dutch school. Beyond this, on 



ds for flowers cut out in the turf, and decorated with 

 ws of standard Roses. The walk here declines rather 



svn the hill, and ascends wi 

 ;e up the opposite side. This strip 

 nearly equal width, and devoid 



How 'inde 



t unhappy th 

 actually travels down 



tura! and scu ptural decorations are alike im™ ^ 



anifestly capable of contributing when devoid of 6 * 

 enclature, history, and other details so easily J 

 oss omission in all these public parks, 6 Ilanche^ 

 r no means being an exception. The number of 

 lblic parks, promenades, and gardens which bate 

 densely crowded cities is an encouraging feature of the 

 ir the taxes of the people are so liberally, and, I nay 

 add, occasionally lavishly expended on subjects which 

 utility, the most important wants to which these public 

 looked. It is to him who can bring to bear the greaten 



such important concerns are committed. If anything can 

 tend to lessen crime, to smooth down the ruder element 



' ■ . 



ing the serious attention of public men and public 

 bodies.— R. Glendinnxng. 



plants growing, they mus 

 the most delightful featu 

 the valley itself, which st 



nd opportunity for the exer 



are wane "-' supplied by a 



dripping fall of water over a few stones. I 



ellent oj en afforded of 



; ■ 



,1a might have been enlarged, so as to have 

 ■ 

 yable place might have been created ; but at present 



■.' ! .'-:•• !•: 



om, unless it might be with the intention of ex- 

 sting one's strength in getting out again. Resuming 

 luced to diverge 



r series of pools more immediately under the 

 iment-rooms. Are these little basins of water 

 tas been styled lakes? If so, :■■ 

 tbsurd. There are two walks here leading to the 

 te side, the one at the head of the largest pool. 



principle at defiance. The path by thebridge below i 



made so. I retraced my steps and again got uj 

 . a nd fohowed it until I reach, 

 ugliest bridge I ever saw in park or garden. This 



appears to escape an almost imperceptible oosing from 

 the pool, and there are little dark puddles under the 



leakage, for in the bottom of the valley Rushes are 



ance of neglect, an uncomfortable marshy look. 

 It did not appear to me tl 



■ 

 have ma 



most imposing and interesting part of the park. From 

 this bridge the road very soon takes an ascendi 

 course, for sue!. rod. On rea< 



moil it of the hfll, I i 

 approach the refreshment- rooms by aerial 



are some beds of Avr~ ' — 

 and other dwarf shrubs ; among them also are e 



To produce anything like efner |. ; , n.m and 

 beds, there ought unquestionably to have beei 

 plan or arrangement adopted, in order that \ 

 might give contrast, and thus be-et unity of expi 

 Here, however, no such object seems to havi 

 aimed at. The beds are cast down quite promise 

 and the forms of the greater proportion of th 



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general observations. This pal 



size, is nevertheless delightfully situated at a co 



ing extensive views, and hence eminently cal 



' landscape gardening. 





I them. The into 



pleasing. And e 

 will immediately; 





)nthb point theory will inform us that any phot 



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S °^TTr D eh"efk^ 



,.:■■ . . .-»■ • -: 



nd the manifest fact that trnii 



is confirmed by 

 le period during wi 



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healthy and flourishing condition , or, i ^ itg ne « 



had got completely established, ana ax "^ ^^ & 



Te^yonl £ pLU ^*S%Z*+ - 



colnJdTerlod^ £&*&*££ ^ 

 however i had some evergreens planted tnj^ up> 

 around, 'and others PVl^^^Tffect in the f»i£j 

 partly t 





ould it not be of considerable je^ ^ lafge e xpf- 



. , i. * ™,wh in their necesw» j , fl \ 

 with the notes which, in w f x & 



actice, they have made os i tws j $#* 



SSJiSC ^fdtToX interest * ** 



nTkeT^ecurre^ 10 '' 



Preserving T£ND ^ R e ^ 

 is of sufficient importance 



