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safely i in such places without heat or more protection tite new in character from any in its class: Pillar of Beauty 
Ga чест Memoranda. than the glass lights mh are put am them in (р 1 2 l. eh aera deri doe ema pid ODES 
0 strong rs are apt to get pockety; * 
p Hovsr, KEN The grounds about | unfavourable weather ; and when the latter becomes — and Laird), da calis pa —.— fine variety 
енча “old — building have been considerably very severe, straw бөке ini are placed on the glass. | for exhibition a single or spike; 
g th presen t Lord Holland’s time ; never- In the of the Verbenas the ps are being Байгаа (Parsons) pinkish айба and bu if, close set spikes, 
theless, some care has been taken to preserve many of taken off now and pricked out in the shape of че неше у y 2 — Unele fom (Downie 
their, biie ÓÓ—À In former days the | cuttings, to — PE 8 supply—the various and Laird), colour  ahining black, guard petals very в 
earriage drive тж direct to the south | flower-beds, some of are very large, re- and in fine p re, will show bene "ether 
bot now it terminates s large gravelled pene quiring great qua antities розе nie thin In a short 2% а spike or single flowers Watford Surprise (Long), colour 
‚оп the east side, surro dd steep sloping grassy | time these rooted cuttings will be taken up, potted, for- white and purple sehen}; bs pre pos и eds di 
banks of about 5 feet oes the ground having to 2 warded a little in a trifling heat, and then hardened in | excellent form, throws a fine close set spike; Walden Gem 
excavated that much to suit the door entrance to the | cold turf pits, previously to being planted out. This eater) colour deep rosy crimson, fine spike; Rosea Grandi- 
house. In the course. of this work some trees of | permits the frames to be prepared for Cucumbers e — (В 2 aer hats shaded pink, sequime;a wirpa 
rable size had to be moved, and among | also noticed here a series of Mushroom-beds, which are А oe LING FLOWERS 
' them a fine Weeping Ash, which has been trans- made in this way :—The material is put up in long | Azavxa: Adora. 1, carmine self with obtuse petals, smooth on 
plan with perfect success by Mr. Scobie, the|ridges like Potato-pits or * clamps," and when it has their wt and edge; 2 was quite wit ered, and past 
gardener; in the following manner — —.— were | sufficiently eooled down the ridges are spawned and 8 . R 
dug on two sides of the tree, and when they had reached | soiled. The only covering they afterwards receive is а rra ie mg 2 — e rine pope d chaste-looking flower 
sufficiently far down e ball: was "rammed under till a little 4 and over that straw- frames or protections ; апі | the form of the petal i ee with cheerful colours, but the 
on rollers eould be introduced. The т | froms носен: the iili Seobiegathers — to reflex mars an оће ee meneg ee 
other flower we have nothing to say; you were 10 unate in . 
sides or supports were then removed, and т ball | Plenty " Mushrooms all through the We had | obtaining such good seed.—H F. The white self has a fine 
safely lowered to the wooden table below it. A sloping nearly forgotten to — the fine Coda of Lebanon | purple disk, and — ee - oer. but like the purple self 
road then cut for it to move re an — for | which are scatte and there over the soft | accompanying it, it was ad cking 
A to run into its —— hole. Thus, by m f rollers | undulating lawn on the — side of — — One of Fret ip dam pot resi mo p T + ively enen e dx 
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under a platform a large tree of this description, with a the largest of these measured 15 fee the trunk, | jagged that no other qualities can overcome so great a defect; 
ball of earth weighing some 7 or 8 t s moved іп at 3 feet from the gro Ws likew wise remarked an| 2. Blue, of average general character, colour pale, and texture 
an ition to a place a psd S сано dis- | old Elm, which had the fracture of a large limb, near | thin оо eee eee and smooth, but too narrow 
tance: from where it previously stood, and now it is the bole, covered with sheet lead, to keep out wet and 7 c4 0%, All more ne less тыйт D kinds possessing the 
ing shoots as vigorous as if it had never been prevent decay. This measured 17 -= round, at the | same colours — in cultivation. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 
coach turning formed here is same distance from the ground. There are also many ee ы is ose rough aud loose, but their large [vds of 
eut off from the broad terrace walk and lawn on the | other large and fine trees here, which ne жинин] |. ТЫ ee ee P on NH 
ў i very attractive fi rdi és; 6 and romisin 
north side of the house "by a * sereen-wall," the screen | grandeur to this famous and ancient suburban retreat. Bis — white, pnt it should have ad Жы Mein 
consisting о of ornamental Staffordshire brioks. This nme en 
El in its centre witha iron 
— by short fights ‘ot tps. "On the FLORICULTURE. Miscellaneo 
south front of the house a broad terrace prom li has eee ee icc A tieni | | Acrophyllum venoswm.—Althou яч tats beantiful „лал 
CULTURAL la eel March 3 
been formed, 8 chiefly of Grass, кее әр а йш Meeting, E. Еовтев, Esq. Preside’ n, in the ehair.—At least has Been introduced to our greenhous es from N 
má basin in middle ound 40 of the leading members were present on this occasion. The since the year 1836, it has by no means become 
fon n 1 the: , and b ed by a Second Annual Report from the committee was read and adopted, Holid. $ y чы 
common; but when grown in the shape of a nice dwarf 
dg el for the ensuing year. Some new members 88 th Р hap ^ h thi 
which « cem it off 7 the park. In the summer time | were мо elected, and several candidates nominated.. The | bushy specimen, I am not acquainte wit anything 
wall is ornamented with e vases, ee. when treasurer's report shows an income of 1271. 19s. 10d. against an | among hard-wooded plants more generally admired than 
full of Tom Thumb Geraniums and other flowering RU sd Society's T leaving a balance in hand of 6/. 14» 9d. this, with its beautiful white bottle-brush-like — 
have a pretty effect. On th t side eee ee Le . e ht bronzy leaf.most beautifull ted ro 
plants a pretty effect. On the east si It contains . — os ater things the following list o 8 y Lien 
of — house is a geometri wer garden made flowers to to which js — ee кнм ка Merit, and edge. > the see Ss few plants of it exhibited at 
up of beds on gravel: margined, and in some ls of Commendation have been aw 1 1852; | our great ех ibitions, it may be suppose titis a 
а ^ á ы but rh — sake of b - h fed t th 
eases even embroidered in an interesting manner poet its dir Fie ак cans de rose Porfection, 1: Modestum, Plant very difficult to cultivate, but such is not th 
with Box. That portion of this garden nearest the 1. Aum : Beauty of Bath, 1. AZALEA: 8 udica pictrata, 3 : | By paying attention to the following practical remarks, 
mansion has been recently laid out in large Rose beds | Indica vittat a, 3. CALCEOLARIA: Ara any grower of it may meet with “perfect ecess. In 
surrounded with marrow Box borers, which in summer, 5 areal, . | the first place, procure a bushy plant from any respeet- 
are filled with 3 The centre piece of the . 3. йине. n : Versailles Defiance, 2. 5 able nu or it can be propagated rendil from 
below this is an oblong square Alba. magna, , 3; Beauty of Hamilton Terrace, 3; — А * selecting — half-ripened pieces with a 
by ; walks 6 э wide; with a gild dd Sun. dial at t pe Lake 3 3: | Field Mar 4? i 3 л 3; 0 ulia, 11 rouerite hard hee d introducin ng t hem into pots prepared for 
кн ir mor. Venness, 3; A леге 2 Н Ta 
? ноев and surrounded Әр. borders, in | à Anjou, 1 PE ad ne, 2; Model of Perfection, 3; Nonsuch, 3; | СОЎ " а aid filled — > үч Amante 2 — 
: e et E — of cire : circles chaine = . 3; pne " urata, 2; irm Arten, $5104 Purity, Bug Queen — 2 ee top = sy ich p ma —— de 
together ae i were: arther down is a smal] of Beauties, osalind, YOLAMEN: Persicum rubrum, 3. sand; press it down closely, inser e сабат inder 
ri eut off from the rest 8 shorn Yew : — — nr aot аць. rad ; —.— bell-glasses, and place them in a little bottom heat, 
and Box hedges. This contains three Hollies of different | Globe, 3; ‘Laura Lavington (fancy), 1; Lilac King, 1; Lord | Where l strike readily ; but а young plant, if 
clipped nearly as round as balls; also a fine bust By угор, 1; Miss Caroline 1; Miss Mathews (fancy), 3; Miss healthy and clean, wi e preferable, and save much 
of Napoleon the Great, a small fountain, and against the | Ward (faney), 1; bu UN Star, 3; Morning Star, 1; Nancy | time in the formation of a M ME vou 
ite is a BeAt Where i (fancy), 2; Phan 2: Queen Victoria, 2; Queen Victoria, 1; ma г supposing it to be 
) РР? е; Rogers s said to have Sir F. Th auper d "Sic d John Franklin, SEO M QNA QUA Ў ve succeeded in t 
sat and meditated on his “ Pleasuresof Memory." This | 2; W (taney), 3; i onden (fancy) 3. Юегригхтсм : | in spring, the first thing to be attended to is to 
$ Bar in NE ul 1 ere Xx. He nderso: ASininifiora rà pra, 1; M. s 2: 1 Ith some li ht 
other high colour lan: — ord — the north Side S Ерна n T telo splendida, 2 Sai ay gs cene н-т — A break i well up sda to ha 
by a brick wall, and on the east by a high arched wall, randum, 2; Nonsuch, 3. GLADIOLUS: Atro-rosous, 3; Gem, the quantity of nice sharp sand wit h a portion of broken 
clothed with luxuriant Ivy. In front of this latter 2 Josephine, 2; Mrs. C. Beale, 1; Mrs. Wilmore, 1; potsherds. Mix these ‘well to ogether, and thoroug 
isa si ў Н 7 ' National, 1 sittacinus 
, ^ Superbus, 3; Wellington, 2. Нотлт- drain your pot; then take your plant, place —— 
ga indt ene з „ and nor: Charl 1; Cream of the Valley, 1; Crimso y m | 
beyond that a sloping Grass lawn. On the south side | King, 2: Crimson n — it, and press down firmly. One 
ihe stables used to stand, but they have. recently been | of Arc,3; King of Roses, ya tds of Yellows, 3; Lavinia,2; T re especially in mind, 9 under the opere 
yard эе out into a small flower garden Magnet, 3; Meteor, 3; Model of Perfection, 1; Penelope, 2; tion o "moe: is, never pot deep 
j Pillar of Beauty, 1; Pourpre de Tyre, 1; Purity, 3; Remus, 2; 4 
the horse poo еу converted into an ornamental fish pond, | Rosamund, 2; Safranot,3; Safranot, 1; Swansdown 1; Trium. of the plant elevated above the ball of — so that no 
and es themiselyes, which are said to be as old | phant, ip "White Globe, 1. Murx Pink: (——2),3. . Pansy: | Water may at amy time ere. 
as — d Oliver Cromwell, made into an Oran ‚ | Fear arless, 1; Joe Miller, 2; Kossuth, 2; Mrs. Rouse, 2; ноо, potting, place itin a ‘close pit, mie — 
Conservatory, and ball room; over the whole of which, s. T sdown, s. E 2,5; Sir J - Cathcart, "X Sir J i 2 — to cold cutting winds or currents of air; shut the pit 
]l as abo d wan түкчө — — vanter ancy) 3 Aret! „ә js М 4 rer 
aswell as above a covered passage which leads to them, 2; „3; Astrea, Attraction, in good time in the 
ich Ariadne к — ee emis iin — 
is an open gr Dis from which a fine view of the Вани gii St, Jons i Went (ione fancy) 33 Жаы [os overhead with clean tepid water, when it will soon begin 
intricacies o surrounding garden and grounds can tin " : vatis to grow vigorously ; and any long ling loose shoots 
be obtained. Let us now revert to the Orangery, which ilie om She op LS Bachan Fancy, 1 opone ы ri | that may make their should be be removed 
с 20 of the finest trees of the kind in | Gi 418; Hora 3; Incom- order to keep the plants round and bushy, If they do 
ET — fb 
] forge re ТЕ, нагору · Mos fancy 2; Rubens, 2; W 2; (Zaire, 2.  PxxerENQN; | — \ б omnes "S 
trees were all fresh tubbed by Mr. Scobie, who partially | Variahite, 3, Рет: Lady Cullum, 8. Puro ene een ae time time eee 
them, and gave them a mixture of loam, — (variegated), 3; Cg 5 2. too late in the season, say not after July, as in 
1 sigue peat, — — Гаара а. ике of Ru MAT P Pis Ast S 5 ids esse ib nali Fhobtve eee 
a ere jd apr M the 1 ! T gus Ae Boe «cd mor ate W ith roots before "Aur growing season is 
: and dor ias, some of Ата ri Climbing, often car * m. as 
are at least 10 feet high, and at present one mass ps 1 somma: C- Cpa i 8; — vov 
of blossoms, Associated with them are also fine speci- | 2; "ule Rival, 2 2. 
Mens of the tree — —— and . — Ata b and pre а оа “ "Foi en eee the сас 
among. .smaller subjects mu eo ut in Seottis — as ng wel apted 
— useful Coronilla glauca and Epaerises main килешер pan — [xs "pen lia — еза pe * 
of kali: thoeng — th, hig! Cr f the Valle c: y 
х4 AUT ing months. On the south-west of the — sme Pag? A1 and au formed tdi Ps * à ä 
Yatory just mentioned, but at various distances from it, eng? Li Baton (Downie sa 3 Srg oh dark dent; 
lay detached | kiteke ET or Buant tals, high овой 2 em improved in 
реве апі e Puri) iis is a seedling non “General Tw 
—— га appearance pe ie ——— in N, but ra 
osor set on the spike ; >| as "ding is is во o injiios to this plant M ос 
becom 
“season in pis will be —— 
well established in its t before the 
— 
prepare it for winter. About the middle of н 
d Е weather is settled and fine °), place itin due 
r sh doors for a few 
. of Ате 1 rsons) del icate ho, p bably the finest 
formed Holl . 5 in cultivation, beautiful spike; King of | mould 
e 
Dale as анн. 
colour ros y purple, exquisite form, fine either as 2 Жы or | care, rather let it get too dry than too wet; but always 
single flower} Mrs. Moulding (Turner), colour 8 white, p ^ near ns увак upo а he of “moderation 
margined in the way of a Picotee with pink, very attractive ; | in her 
Pepe d'Tyre (Bircham), colour ruby purple, close set spike, ine cac ease—neither "too wet nor мо e Here it 
flowers well formed aud large, tinged or shaded with pink, will ripen its " to W bloom-buds 
