Aveust 8, 1857.) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 551 
agreeable truths which it is very important should be , visitors may reach the sag ee as well as how they can, with Salvias, Dahlias, &c., the whole producing a very 
best view the contents after their arrival. There is | pleasing effect. 
“J have resided many years in Alexandria, and | also a useful map of the Se, roads. Mr. Abbott has this season na out a lot of Ferns; 
J know the aemper and people well, and petra re the the place chosen for them is quarry, 
observations m about to offer are the result of my | _.We have Saaran the Trade oy of Mr, Glen = mmt apen has been rera with rock plants—the 
pera dinning, of Turnham Green, _— Mr. W. Cutbush, Jun e doing: beautifully. Mr: A. purposes 
nett i is stated | in one of the My eae which have been | of Barnet. Both € deserve to be. cons ulted by buyers of roar up one potting them again for winter; amongst 
issued under the spara of M. de Lesseps, that in the | g00d plants. That of Mr. Glendinning is more especially | them: we noticed Adiantum t trapeziforme, A. formosum, 
event of this grea k being aada out, ars Fiaa important as containing all the fine new things lately | 4 cuneatum, Polypodium aureum, Pteris longifolia, 
of Egypt ap! Soy the labourers necessary for carry- | Obtained: by Mr. Fortune, as whose agent Mr. Glen- | and P, serrulata, 
ing on ks, that these labourers are to be | dinning acts, Among the Conifers we also observe that Ane pitting through a large conservatory and two 
speed aoe ie aoe of Egypt.” Thujopsis borealis is called, without any doubt, Chamee- plant: houses, which were very gay, I entered: the 
ms should say, that in order to carry on the work, no | Cyparis ca by which is doubtless. meant pleasure grounds. These or ai ania in good 
fewer than 100,000 labourers will be required; and | *“¢/aéusis. This seems mer have been adopted. from our keeping. _ Evergreen trees ‘and shrubs do i 
where is that immense number. of om crates to be found | remarks at p. 772 of our last year’s volume ; but cannot | wel]; im f handsom: 
who will be ready and willing to be employed on the | & present be regarded as anything better than a guess. within the grounds, some fine Deodars, an — 
works? Why, of course, they must be drawn from Egypt.” The plant to which Thujopsis borealis is thus referred Pinsapo, 14 n —— reir is alsoa good Pinus excelsa 
“These people are now employed in their own | Comes from the North-east of Asia, where it was first | ang danad ot 
its, and. in cultivating their little farms =a by Menzies when in Nootka Sound; Dr. Scouler flower mer tr on the south side of the mansion, 
= 
ic pursuits, and j 
along the banks of the Nile; and where there are not | afterwards sent dried specimens from Observatory ew —_ a vite a gem. beds were one mass 
now anything like a oiui number of labourers for | Inlet; and Bongard, who saw.it in Sitcha, published an | of beets in the beginning of July, which is early 
that purpose; and yet it is proposed to foree 100,000 of account of it under the name of Thuja excelsa, We |f or Yorkie pret they could not possibly be fuller 
thi k which, in fact, | have ourselves, as we formerly stated, sometimes sus- a> flower le labour had evidently 
ted 2 s 
has no relation i in reality with Egypt.” sma 1 Asiatic speci i A 
“This country. was the first to come paat pa AE sarpe Thujopsis. borealis; but the excellent authentic | early a period of the season. Mr, Abbott 
liberate ie slaves of the West Indies at a ried specimens in our herbarium reyparis mia apai- good things in the bedding way. ong Verbenas 
millions, and therefore let me ask, will England lend te the original discoverer o aris nutkaénsis, was a seedling which for m is certainly unsur- 
i e enforcement of slave labour in Egypt, | 8° dissimilar ~~ e have not ventured upon identify- passed in its class; the colour is purple lilac tint, 
after having paid 20,000,0007. sterling for wc liberation ing rns with the g garde n a even n after allowing for | it is good in a profuse bloomer. Several beds 
te slaves a heme a pater eyes site depen if this bes fore ences that exist Speer young Conifers and | of it were remarkably ndin 
can et Geraniums 
aream = it vases. were exceedingly fine. 
- = aby I Englishmen & eh parties to ee ee ee Mr. A. gets them in’ bloom before he puts them 
ent oar in Egypt forthe next 20 years.” Garden Memoranda. into the vases. A fine ne Beech stands too near the 
work about as feasible as} Ripston PARK, pone E; THE SEAT oF JOS: | terrace walk, but it would not answer to remove it. 
e to 
aaa. prio a seeded and then, as to the cost of | DEN rare È- Esq.—This interesting place is situated on the | M. S. 
it, Ido believe that instead of its being completed for | river Nidd, and -is men from the high road between 
oo of ae aa one rah least a a Jip mi and Boroughbridge. It is ta the re the Miscellane 
aa and that so far it being completed on Tues . This, as- is now era 
or eight years, I feel perfectly convineed th that it l ton Pip i p first Cable Peral pA Ana mages the Aint Ta Thies 
will not be” completed in 20 or 30 years, cultivated in this country sey i: ra danka ier PEET 
In reply to of the scheme Mr. Fowler inclined to believe that th e original tree at Ribston | 654 Pm ee ‘oa we setae Os Wiehdmon 
ms eee Toe i to those of 
a grafted one; nota š 
Daon nal will not rae Seto ee of Dec: 7, 1844, there is a notice of the tree; | footed hed myself on a 
ot Baye onthe trary it is nearly 70 o miles | the writer of which, Mr. Craig, states his reasons for lode fedin meget plump into the Atlantic, 
from Egypt, or at least from the eùltivated ens of of | considering that the tree had been grafted. In 18551) fal] coven hundred feet below. T beh is not a 
that pat andikeni it cannot beas to | myself saw a root sueker growing the pre-| zi le tock’ that will afteed elf ioak iore to the 
that country as.a railway running right cake the | sent tree,‘ the appearance of which was anything ee. b our quarter of the globe. iFother ambitious 
contrecof it. But this canal is, i ‘Lis, in fact, to to pass through | but indicative of the character of the Ribston Pippin. | Y rants io taning dirine Melit ouihi tn 
a desert, and will be’ n o biadh pias pe other | [This is-a mistake. “It has been doubted by some a ay ba climbing hive abd 
place. Tt has been stated that the Viceroy will advance ohne the tree at Ribston Hall om | me to reach i abai l pra yearni 
out of his own private resources the sum of 1,200,000/. | the seed. The e fact of its not being a gra has | 5. this to attain Nanak didani ofte g 
the construction of this canal, and that he +g been satisfactorily ascertained’ by eta, mt Goodricke, pisem Ton cammal-sce Y ag u ogg 
f1 belay the present proprietor, by causing s s 
each. “me I aap that pe amr will pa Te back to bo haat ted Are which have set the matter at er: str dese to trena the nnn although the chance 
this adva ere ar mings o} eet h; h; and that, emaren not a grafted tree. One of these suckers near -a precipice, andyouvare: led by a will,.not. your 
nndortal- 
not actually nat 
: . : you 
receive more than ie; andas ale of employing | wick.” G. Lindley, Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen |. ae ptation it is!—to 
= labourers, I appeal to any gentleman in | soon: | Gordes, p- 81 (1831). | foe ssigany roan a -anlage- doe io devilish 
4 4 4. 
tak 
| fi 
the fact that these. poor miserable crea’ ee these | torily se ttled lon ere this time ; few visit this place th: ; ia . 
*fellahs, are dragged away from their homes, and are | do ara inquir a ak very na turally, for the site of the ary ges ee age rary De afar Å grasped a prajeng 
compelled to work like’ slaves, and to hip out a most original Ribston tree. This is a few hundred yards | bock. Then with calm feclings I looked below 
miserable existence? I have known many of them to | from the mansion, in rather an ex posed part of the Habs the mighty precipices and rock poa warring with pes 
gre miai day without a morsel of food of any kind. | The tree which occupies the site at present is said to be | Winks ahai swelled, and raged, R clothed thom- with 
am“ now i paren pment at Irma ia sideshont fom, toe ariginal it has no fruit on 4t thia foam; heard too the 
t 
ag 
k; 
this underta af the original tree inthe park is cold and exposed, 
ont by means of the labor of the fellahs, their condi- | whilst the kitchen garden is as sheltered as it can pos- 
tion will be worse than that of the slaves of the West sibly be. This, with the better-eoil of the garden, mast 
_ Indiessever was.” ba a 
_ Such are the views ai os creme having no interest} The fruit crops in general are good in the gardens here. 
i in the matter one way or Apples are very plentiful, as are ny Pears and Plums ; | 
Peaches and ines are abo Mr. 
_, Part IV. of Dr. Hooker’s Flore of Tasmania (4to,| Abbott, Chien’ ener here, never beens trees ; he 
Reeve) has been published. It contains the Van Die. relies more on having w well- ripened wood and dry borders s | Boys. 
_ mews Land orders from Ericeæ to : hi th 
are 
i - whole were e m one Large Gooseberries.—Mr. May, seedsman, 1, Welling- 
agrees-in opinion wi with those who reduce the great Bind- Vinery were very superior, many of the bunchesweighing | ton Street, Strand, has sent us-berries of some Seedlings 
_ Weed of Tasmania to = wl mace ge s, notwith- quite 4 Ibs, with berries large and- well coloured. oe a i i 
standing it t early he Vines: been - somew 
all 7 
Dejan he adds that the: roots are eaten by: rere Mov about 80 years. Great labour was bestowed in the | w, 
The plates contain beautiful figures of the | formation of the borders, and under the present gar- 
T oll Gaultheria, which we recommend to. the | dener’s management the Vines will continue for many 
i p? gardens seem Lrt up nce Gece are hoteaib terre | 
pate to at tho west side of the garden is a walk | 
sto ie car ieeen 
a 
Briar were really splendid. About midway up this | Seen flower 
`ae . walk there runs out of it at right angles a Grass walk, (Set whore T wers 
fi Wicial General Guide to the Crystal Palace, fc on either side of which are some" ¥ 
z & Evans), is a Soe geet ea Shenton | The first row next the turf is 
plate ne rear fo consul ad tne very | no yalo Calecolarias 4th, Pr 
" Pett ii ii 4 yi com "e yE wW gr 
reo ee on concerning fhe manner gE RW Fer eo ome 5th, blue Ageratum ; 
fal oie 
