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i 10 inches ia 
DECEMBER 19, 1857.) 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
AA poira: on other occasions ; but were the evi- 
ways carefully examined we can entertain 
T o doubt that the abe grind combination of cold and 
to have existed. For instance 
the house is mra $ 
f herever 
condensed water ecurs t ère will the surface of the 
itality; i 
vi 
will i in fact be Amere Sit frost, hasi suc ‘am 
llowable. The di in 
expec 
lower temperature than the other; or it 
and cold may be for 
friends would consider what dhjedtion they can 
find to these suggestion 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF MOUTANS. 
ese dio d 
a high hee and was the pride of the 
notable horticulturists. Some 20 years 
which was 
pe varieties of | 
B 
do. 
opened to our research o plants 
ijs greater curiosity than tI thea almost fabul us Montans., 
teal rt disappointment, Robert Fortune saw, cpt 
and secured the many co 
ga 
credulous ; 
the slpur-olared the whites, ae 
secured, 
E 
owed sorry rem owers. 
ected when 
s0 a bested that one end hasa considerably present 
about a reside 
of various n 
en a en 
were looked for “Fd 
them 
») they | ma: 
back very much, as Black C 
diately ap the “fall Le ine” ‘ea Fgh Ra from 4 to 6 
inches ie es size of the | 
pent but i in this p ita ma ad in un- | 
vourable pia yb to the possible aasia of a second | pes 
A that 
runing. 
With respect to situation it must be c 
the low grounds of the valley of London are unfavour- | 
at to this plant. A pstead or Norwood, or in 
act 
much more saad and pared of larger Pgh th. a 
i re gorgeous 
vo single plant. Even when out % flower | 
few plants surpass them in beauty and foliage. J. R. | 
ORNAMENTAL mace ye —No. a 
THE suites of the hou 
sev 
per: proper site "for the ares a 
ough, unless indeed 
ayaan yara should pinea themselves 
C dared & 
which I wish to iiei toi in these tea, Soh he be: treat of of | 
only. 
general ig 
In the dI ee 
ce which do not come under th 
tha arra 
garden. 
area etac 
le en or however limited or | 
it should be immediately attached to the pri- 
ablic road, 
nery as 
garden sep = only be i in tself terns By or afford | 
i hich bea views may be 
but it om tbe. a = for recreation, for modra for 
re where the statesman or the student 
may commune, and T vow—a spot i 
may at pleasure off the conventionalisms of | 
society, and revel as eit were in dressing-gown and | 
t exist, though there 
not the slightest. reason why they should not except 
relessness, 
eat admirer myself of 
othe to cultivate them, and therefore gladly detail m 
heir growth. 
| and great mistake i ibe to i 9 ig Pat like a 
i on 
two. 
Moutans, I wish to incite | ex 
ential lls more 
ce, exam 
I have recently met with 
as formed in a hollow | 
concealing it, in the other 
rdens were at a 
d, and mos mast oat xtends the | 
m 4 tod feet i in diameter when out of ct | 
ie T purposes; 
between 7 and 8 feet in diameter when in flower, and 
well furnish, 
I find that the rene p Giri with me 
on ne 8 being the ordinary ot 
iately cut 
which will grow and ower, 
MES 
should be neipally | straight | 2 
and unaff A y% whether tk a fence or a walk 
eandering over a flat surface, wit apparent 
creer for its vi aeae is always offensive to a he. eye 
d therefore be studi 
er than the natural 
“i om tis meee I dini on Cad plant 
rrants are pruned, imme- , ground will, if they are at all n 
reasons for any 
wished 
always be found of grea 
fesat of the garden with th that of Pew sraao ow 
o mean i 
all | e on 
aoi the true aa and 
dary 
aba and so- 
thing w be m an a Montan | turesque, and the mrav iy idea of attempting to 
garden, in which beds of ‘aon 4 feet eae were de- the aig pee the Jgedening at all hazard iad 
ted to 
amg 
its | 
ents and Hr adh pedir! been. decided On, | fnvisible fence, is 
oi] a Mr a 
om ately bein before a dlightfal view, or indeed in any situa- 
serves Repton, 
ter and erann A separated if 
obtained, | | flow: 
a wrong 
is- majority of of their readers should 
saai tical a lication of the theory is not to 
pi artia bject is i 
ioar spac el 
ities of o 
or seem penny 
ing the 
, an attainment of no 
g 
eaning an 
ed gg the e submitted to his 
i 
Maun 
raien rmn swept away, and 
or to speak fined] 
the oman 0 ofa ditch, or re y, 
was exalted to do duty instead. Now this 
k same aa ha, het em ween the 
yed as a ' 
and the park solely with the idea of its being an 
eia me as if one who had been educated 
w 
were to discard 
fiy refinements me Brigrecrare 2 
the habili 
can- | be png ar oe aye in the blanket. poh feathers 
n I use it is more na 
ad cat rec viet 
ie should be not only a get but 
pest & geben e grazing 
erect a fence imme- 
be detrimental to the 
ficial obj 
inane be n atural Brey what 
eas 
their sang their cal ture, mi 
‘and instead of that invisible line or rae fence which 
h rf any Frere sap Be 
e fence is not Gideni, | diavis orë we 
oe either be that cattle are admitted to crop the 
an ta as 
absurdly planted in a ora 
| which is more frequently the d tok we must 
dy ie boogie of a house sex Fore 
When however it is found that, from the low situation 
the house, or other contingencies, a fence of sufficient 
ao pr to be e ffectual cannot with poe be placed 
mediately in front of the Baty de 
F sunk fence may eiae 
never experience i 
| “i a manner, that from the ae points of: arte 
is perceptible ; the same time 
ben a not ebb to cheat mse i into the idea that no _ 
wala be: lot da kadir Nave 
ton to diga 5 iyi bani prerai 
