JULY 4; 1857. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
469 
— 
FINSBURY PARK. 
accepi 
end, or has come 
Ath a letter of ae E do not 
ere or other on Biin which they 
d if they have ever 
rt, they Kee the delightful 
p 
hance brings them 
wn to the oon enjoy- 
y and ped a 
Ga Parliam sak i tb reject extravagant grants. A very 
m 
erni. paton. of the deplorable T of the | w 
ates 
se e door. 
ho ages ly: it, but t of one or two 
+ 
individual members i _ taken up a hobby and 
di 
force it gt an ie seeng e a 
e schemer, selfish o 
benerolent, rara the i, aal first sets the wheel 
of a stray member 
the first year no one 
notice, anit of the niglther and 
degrees they ere and there a chance supporter. 
comes the s period of public mene deputations, 
and letters to tet th the affair is 
The Gor es A te submit to the Rede of Parliam: 
ent ar dilemm 
of ha agains 
oat the ound the more attractive tanta beets 
if the Government is pensa 
satisfacti 
e gi of nomi 
the ‘invitation, 1 for ihar seems 
give it; but it acquiesces very 
gives 
nothing else to do but to 
Sr 
may venture to set ee the pro- 
grant of 50,000, for a park at Finsbury as a 
ion of an extravagan re haig on the uiie 
ment which Ministers rs are o have to i: 
i year for the com- 
oe apark hartia thom peysa aia for Lambeth had got 
t mimself and the Battersea boys to 
”. But beca 
h paying 5 fox 
inary cannot afford 
ae 0002., 
‘But t 
iPigminive of the ray le gg not feel be shonl 
to an constituen oi 
Ud not squeeze 
sro piad 
object 
We wish fa pers it decided Varga 
care to | co 
who longs | the 
ut who does not feel comfort rt- 
that of asking 
ds. | or wn sey, 
e. 
the| 
of Government, because it is rich in historical traditions. 
We wish not only to tare a capital great in extent, but | t 
r both j 
capital rich in works of art, a ca 
g e 
taste. 
bidat labourer i in aoe remotest 
7 is ule capital, and th 
r more legitimate i is his 
ury has Parperyin Bast: to t. Ba, this Lon- 
on of magnifie eee, ayey n, of courtly 
à mental fees, oi of a artist arpaa 
no pes ag Foreigne not t 
try b Y kink are Be proud of 
Finsbury. Lo as the ae of England, would 
not be a bit betie or more 
of black 
that “L 
urbs. 
agure of enjoying what is rea 
which a a cousin or a forei of 
i w that the remoter d re s of the vast city 
cannot deny that it pie 
sure Sag more oe Mi cou 
in the ca 
s 
little fishing-towns at the top of Scotland Mao have 
first fi ut we cann 0 
il na dentine our 
purpose, 
the mater suppl of Ketok 
use we construct fou 
There i isa nation: al 
must not tee an to pay for 
pro to hav t 
ait applied a the purpose; M the non- i ia 
se London —unless we hap 
eside there— Giir biitit or + Leicester, or “Nottingha am. 
Tt must pay for its own park, as it pays fi 
t 
e finer and | 
pe 
mposing, or more splendid, growin our. 
e rar county, U.S., I irom that R 
d 
or its own | procura 
resolutely | to 
to dry up and become less annually. This is quite con- 
ulky ho 
soe bed years 8 Sass with heads two years old, ar 
dry and rigid and less in girth than ok were 
In early all through mA Distar ia the 
Manetti stock is is largely ia a oa in succeed 
admirably. One 
nj|to be sign this summen, cats as Hj” may be planted 
deeply so t the severe frosts of winter 
killing the ‘plats Below the bud, it Heong annually 
correspondent in Missis- 
cig Aa Mo 
have withstood the late severe wint very w 
na agem lengthy krii cleaboutmy favou- 
rite Rose stock. I hay e felt and do feel muc init 
n Dar par ia and 
g 
cutting of it 9 inches lon 
er’s parcel” by Signor Crivelli of Como; 
from this smal igo minh sprung the millions now in 
cultivation. Thos. River. 
in a “ bookse 
woe may cage oem 
r to Vines. er th correspondent last 
with \ ae ae we 
h d 
eally 
perial obj 
end e ng jobs of whieh Victoria Park i is SO Si 
exam 
e 
THE MANETTI ROSE STOCK. 
AE A visit Folkstone and Sandgate a few 
days I was much chat with the 
flcutiehting state of the Roses in the’ 
sandy soil of the district. 
were all on the above stock, and also that 
would scarcely exist ; 
varieties, such as the different kinds of r Ros 
ot ri even on their ital roots 
short lived; whereas 
ever in e garden of Mr. 
Mickle, under this igtnent, they were in a rene 
ably _ T another 
tt may be 
planted in the stiffest aay as well e in a blowing sand ; 
but in the latter case the Folkstone method of ann 
and grow “for r years in great l 
us hope that this deter- | 
ial | 
sh 
d|to produce flowers ins 
grew e | I enclose? My plants constantly bear 
n the Manetti stock ines of all | \ ered, J. M. H. 
n | kinds auras d and aid. Tn, vial still better if sae at is an instance of what is 
Aquaria.— 
| the best practical book for th ent of a fresh 
There are ‘plenty of theories on the 
‘ sini 
a sixpenny pamphlet, published = Edmonston, of 
Edinburgh, and Sowerby’s pop tory of the Aqua- 
m, inea 
neva a late crop. l instructions for Violet grow- 
ing are to be found at p. 254 of our present year’s 
ae Ph 
A Blight very similar to that on the Limetrees described 
at p. 429 has done damage to the fruit trees of this 
xurian 
eel ie rats et E heat ck that se 
vigorous as Roses be, 
ie thse tee they havi not “for rite’ 
a sucker. This brings to m 
ee 
gn 
and although 
suckers 3 Which have not been Anatis they ha ad se snay 
hergiuestion 
er | seem to succeed on tras he 
and unless most 
prc attended to woul destroy it by its suckers in one 
E E al ie rhaps be rem membered tha OEE S 
much opposition to the ve hora of this 
to | origin ane I a Digg in ignoran of the 
simple tr nting it, so as to 
cover the Sanction of the budded. plant with the stock. 
i end It does not ee standards ; there 
are some few Hybrid China Roses that 
dards, but after being 
and the side branches taken off the stems seem 
and 
mong a Apples, which are rn 
e full course = the alan 
he caterpilla: 
Venera: the sca of w 
autumn, pe rer 
papa ert appears in 
A Pin wash over aeir patios of ege -x eggs would 
iE for trying 
i a if À ok Er er ime when we fo 
they were g, and I song apps to say are now 
quite g 2 e believe the strong rhi 
gene, We bel beneficial in clearing off the red 
