CHRONICLE. 



[April ;, 



were in a state of lew perfect 



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mk the King's Lodge. The country 



•v charge for it, the cost being .ly 4 ^^^™^^ 



, ,, , ,.. I !,y the Kensington land, as £ e T ha * e 8een the incel Palm froffl g^jjg 

 ;. : ... .,.-.k. And, hnally, the Sovereign ; height) and the mogt i ovely FerM ^ c* *** 

 h the finest produce which : botanist could desire. Again, round the mwS^5 

 n procure, at a moderate cost, instead of 8wampg I have delighted in the sight of U»iW 

 'he worst supply in the kingdom at an growing Acacias, such as armata and daub,? 

 ier fectly enormous, so long a^sthe watched njany^e Melaleucas, ^texias, and^the hu3S 



the Acrostichum alcicorne, which is perfectly t 

 home on the top of the Casuarina, appearing lt 

 distance like some huge bird's nest. Planted there fc% 

 the hand of Nature, and watered by the dews of hearta. 



MMER TREATMENT 

 ..UKENHOUSE 

 Evert one knows the danger of allowing any c 

 the hard- wooded plants from Australia or the Cap 

 to flag. Neglect them only for one day during ajr 



b*n MM rid i 



Cabbages are all i 



of the potter's handiwork. Nature 

 plants with the power of locomotion, 

 lal layers of organised matter the roots 

 5 'and of course are there ill situated 

 j'ght. But see similar plants in their 



t impatient of drought, 



nd Cape Town, where 



There I have seen the Bai 

 I, Chorozemas, Boronias, Pult 

 i ks and thrive upon sandj 



for a long period 



L The " 

 uposed to the parching 



quently do I see them taken from the greenhouie * 

 placed behind some wall, hedge, or high trees dorm. 

 the summer months, thus depriving them of part of th. 

 sun's power at the very time when they ought toreeeir* 

 every ray of his light ; for, it should be remembered, 



be compared with those of the countries of which that 

 plants are natives, and where the majority of then 

 stand fully exposed, ripening and hardening thej 

 systems to an extent which enables them at At 

 approach of winter to withstand degrees of cold that 

 would surprise many people. I have often thoorat 

 that Nature's laws would be more perfectly fulfilled* 

 on their removal from the greenhouse these plant* were 

 placed where they could receive the full benefit of the 

 sun, while the pots might be plunged in sand or tb. 

 common soil. By so doing the roots would be kept enl 

 and moist ; comparatively little water would be required, 





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FKi'GMdllE GARDENS, 

 tering the Royal Gardens at Frogmore, the 



20 feet wide, with the fine range of metallic 

 sea, half of which is represented at p. 195, ex- 

 tending nearly the whole length of the walk on the 

 right, and the main garden stretching out to the left. 

 On the one side of this walk lie the hothouse borders, 

 which are margined with a Grass verge 2§ ft. wide ; and 

 on the other is a 4 feet verge, running here and there in 

 the form of small semicircles, containing flower beds, 



trge vases on square 

 linear flower beds, 



• this portion of the 



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sible | and how well the object has been attainei 

 who have had an opportunity of visiting this fine 

 during July and August can bear witness. 



The main body of the gar.'- 

 L^e^nelogram, with walled-in slips all r 



principal walks, at whose inter- 



hniisrs, the fruit trees which margin the two compart- 

 ments iiium -.Iht.'lvin frnnt of that walk, as well as those 

 ; along the sides of the two centre walks, are trained 

 down on an arched wire trellis, supported at the ends by 

 base, its greatest height being 4 feet. The tr« 



to, Hes^oJTither "aide 1 

 the plan), and witn the lea 



12 that all the houses are divided from eacu w«- 

 _, JSe corridors 7 feet square, whose corners rom 

 suitable receptacles for flowering plants. ** 

 large stove with a bed in the centre, *"J«J£ 

 heated by hot water in open tanks, and having « . p«-\ 

 all round it. The bed is filled with plants, among JJ 

 Begonias were conspicuous, on account o ^^ 

 they keep up during the winter and spr g ^ 

 Ipomcea Learii was stated to flower oe""™!' . !*« 

 rafters in front, and the same remark appl'«*J »£ 

 Bignonia venusta wbich was trained on tM "»*, 

 It is pruned here like a Vine, except ««* J"^ 

 shoots are never stopped back. »o. - ■ .^ 



ing Pine stove, filled with the mos^neaWiy P^ 

 are planted in bottomless pots fixed in » ^ 



passing through the Bhingle. No. 3 J? , np * 

 Peach-house, in which the trees are train* > t 

 front within 15 inches of the gtas. » ^f 

 bringing forward a good crop. ^o. ' jy 

 of Black Hamburgh Grapes just j£»J%** 

 second Vinery is 102 feet long, ana ^i 



appearance/ The Vines are traced up tj> 

 17 inches from the glass and 4 fe et 

 pruned on the close spur system. «•" . iD d ** 

 the second early Peach-house, 5 > feet ™ Q[ \ XeU & 



Passing the central lodge we enter an ea /^ ^ 

 chiefly filled with Black Hamburghs, ^ . tb* 



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Su^tnS 



Apricots (Moorpark) were nearly na» ^ Vl » 



capital crop. The Plums consisted^ ^ ^ ^jj 



• .■: 

 greenhouse, exactly similar to the sm > f VT 



west end, terminate this magr- 



