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THE GARDENERS pela hae 
[JAN. a 
ms 
express humble but sincere gratitude to the noble 
owner of this giat giant store for the inestimable boo n he has 
hotanical world in causing its erection. 
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= 
cm 
tself a 
of beautifal forms expe 
? Nori Po hie 80 mip ty distant as some 
ised in 
The s 
akin L aiiitigtin’ will, 1 venture to predict, be enjoyed 
en years hence—from the ga apyel which is carri 
a the entire of ba rh ond gtr i 
spetnter Yn loo 
wil cence, 
pe} iy  enley ment so rich and rare, and ena 
scenes ary sounded in his ears until lately like 
fables. of fairy-la 
The view of the in in terior as presented to me last autumn 
‘was somewhat desolate, for the mass of the plants we 
small and only just recovering from the effects of removal, 
a to leakness two giant Palms (Phoenix 
dactylifera, and Sabal Blackburniana), which were carried 
thit ch prodigious labour Lord Tanker- 
a he newspapers, passim), were completely 
enormous canvas screens to e the 
wn, as was intende 
cnet 
parti- 
nish ove dig 
hou 
resent habitat. 
: 
at even now asto 
wends his way roun 
aquarium of which ve banks are formed of a piebarindes 
species of limestone rock, known in yshire by the | fre 
of barren 
of a void’ can on exist amid such tro 
vigour of vegetati A compact clump of Musa Cavin 
dish charm 
every stage of matu- 
round the 
0 d pipes, fire and [coals, 
which exists underaeath ‘the fair flowering world we have 
been describing I have esire to descend, privet y as 
0 ne Sipiy have already been accurately 
edificati tion and astonishment of the 
heat and air, and water, appeared to be admirable and to 
. 
may be experienced by an ordi- 
mos recy and and liberall 
NOTES UPON SOME OF THE THE NEW PELAR- 
ce! UMS. ; 
( thon ¢ Ode 
12. —Erectum ; asa "23, Comte de 
C flowers similar i 
h ge 
rm of the flower in 
"and the spot more defin 
observer 
ogee ip cn mp 
at disappointment ma 
nary visitor, it min well to inform him that 7 oe t 
e north entrance 
wers form- 
ore conan 
Crenaihioclie purplish rose, with a fine 
pot; the form is good, and the colour renders it a desirable 
pate for a collection. 
1 odesty. pe is ie! seg in habit, and every one 
who sees it wt e blossoms had been larger. The 
trusses are = ell as eke individual flowers, to 
ani: it a ailable me —- The 
ground-colour, which is a delicate pink, is alike in all the 
petals ; ihe cent: re is white, with a good dark phar in the 
urnament. This, from its colour, forms a distinct 
are bri 
lbion has a tin 
under petals, the centre white, anda 
ba petals, changing to deep rose. Itis a finely-formed 
flower, the under petals being round, broad, and even on 
the edges 
19.—The Nymph was sent out last pes sco was 
id 
ur being a bright rose, heey Anger 
d 
we saw was nearly obliterated, probabl 
Itis considered to te one of the best 
20.—Evadne is a delicate representation of the Nymph, 
o bright in colour, with the 
efi 
abel is another flower of ‘this ary being a faint 
the Nymph; it has a fine dark spot in the upper 
petals, surrounded by a dash of cetanbe: and blooms 
d fe 
22.—Gaines’ Boonies Sun was a flower that attracted a, 
good deal of notice last season at the different exhibitions 
if one ay is charact erised by great brilliancy of ‘colour ; ; 
besitos: and it re a teativery ‘spa 
whseh Wait ts intensity. Itis 2 dette 
e ow 
23.—Prince Albert (Gaines’). The general appea 
of this flower is sieailae to oan of Are, with the nivantage 
of bei ch superior in form ; it is a showy variety, 
an reely. 
(To be continued.) 
SCRAPS FROM THE LIFE ni i GARDENER. 
‘ ued from page 
se On othe 
occasio ons and with other men I should hoe felt on: his 
ber eset into the ca his sorrow 
aac 
Men a ae bustle, an d then out came a man. Here 
y master; ‘‘ can he remain with you to- 
de Yes, sir, we'll try,’’ sai 
ee be Lise wean room for an 
mus! 
across mind at 
time was wr but pleasant, pte from the unki ind vom 
_— "Tha Tomeibeg Sec e surly voice of the fore- 
sweaei oh I was amo: avages rather than men. I 
yo which was a8 divided into two deptcloniass 
which heated a rvatory 
in one roared a & conse at the 
dataos of my life, t 
r 
back, and the other was the bed-room, the si 
urrows through and thro he rain 
el in forrewt 8, OF the winter og Mast thats were these 
w , 
Ir 
at him, and i in despite of the hard buffets and 
ty arice) es, 
his ‘with, I still could see that the milk of human kindness q 
ea riends ; e mus 
sooner or later. ‘Look over the wide field of nature, and ath 
Now 
ou’ll feel grieved for your home ; ten in time you'll for 
pies it, and those who love you at hom 
for life is ever changin 
e sun.” 
s he spoke so kindly, I ventured to ask him a few ques- 
tions. ** What a miserable hut you are haere os live in!” 
Isaid; “do you re oe m 2”? “Oh, 
ilingly said: ‘ ana as for alittle — 
d thi ‘eit 1 
0 e said: “if we nursed ourselves by: tz 
pogegty ae then perhaps we might ; we ode not 
Tis a wonder Lord George Hallerton allows 
such, a place to stand, sh papel in his garden,’ I said. | 
‘* Perhaps d it ; if he ai, perhaps he 
don’t know what it is used for,” aid Jam “We must 
tented, for this is pelt than none, 
ey 
Q 
- 
leave it. Th vel and the stnallest bit 
om here I aint and oe t, because they tan 
d my thoughts oy dey, Re 
that Ihave | | 
d a" 
mpanion will not:be home yet. I’ligive youan 
a pean ite tiene A ssaabent ox mes.” a ee 
ON THE oe AND IMPROVED VARIE- - 
noti 
ate yet to e pre. judioed 
cashire varieties, [ am desirous of saying a w r two 
favour of some of them. The remarks of several monks 
ency t 
thick-skinned, an y other bad 
that size ¥ Considered to es "thelr only or road 
peat heen 
Pod ter these neces, by saying fiat the ms orp 
d possess 
