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of white Muscat. Took a bunch of a remarkably high-flavoured, small, 

 black berried grape, from the open wall of our own garden, to Mr. Money, 

 to ascertain its name, and found it the Zante muscat. We purchased 

 the plant for the black Hamburg, from a nursery where there were at 

 that time no regular stock plants from which to take cuttings. 



Stanhope Nursery, Mr. Ramsay. — Oct. 31. This is a new establish- 

 ment, forming in a very complete and scientific manner by Mr. Ramsay, 

 who has had much experience in laying out gardens and grounds, and 

 who has the care of some of the principal squares in the metropolis, as 

 well as of various departments connected with the Office of Woods and 

 Forests. When the working- sheds, green-houses, shops, and dwelling-house, 

 now in progress, are completed, we hope to be able to give a plan of them. 

 We regret that we did not sooner become acquainted with Mr. Ram- 

 say, who is an enlightened, liberal, and generous-minded man. He 

 has a scheme in contemplation for a Gardener's Benefit Society, which, 

 if carried into execution, will effect a most important service for the 

 profession. Mr. Ramsay has lately extended his nursery, by taking the 

 ground at Old Brompton formerly in the possession of the celebrated 

 Mr. Curtis. He is forming a species of representative system, to embrace 

 only those trees, shrubs, and plants which will serve as ornaments to gar- 

 dens and pleasure-grounds. Esteeming Mr. Ramsay so highly as we do, 

 most cordially do we wish him success in all his laudable undertakings. 



Gibbs's Nursery, Old Brompton. — Some improvements have been made 

 in the arrangement of the grounds near the house, and a portion of lawn, 

 with a new approach road, introduced with good effect. The grasses are 

 taken up with a view of renewing the grass garden in a superior style, 

 and further alterations are in contemplation. The trained fruit trees 

 in this nursery are most excellent j and, as v/e have formerly observed, 

 Mr. Gibbs is a connoisseur in apples, and possesses all the new sorts of 

 Flemish pears. 



Kirke's Nursery, Old Brompton. — The wall of muscadines, which, in 

 good seasons, produces upwards of two tons of fruit, this year had hardly 

 any. The leaves of the claret grape, and of the black muscadine, are 

 almost the only ones which have yet changed colour. It is perhaps not 

 generally known, that the claret grape is the only one the berries of which 

 produce a red juice. Mr. Kirke has long been celebrated for his collec- 

 tion of hardy fruit trees, more especially apples ; but of these there are, 

 this year, only 29 sorts which have ripened fruit. Of the best sorts, how- 

 ever, he has wax models ; beautifully executed by Tuson, the modeller to 

 the Horticultural Society. 



Knight's Exotic Nursery, King's Road. — In the show department are 

 some handsome vases of artificial stone, made by Falcke of Battersea ; 

 the same ingenious potter, we believe, who made the stone-ware flues 

 formerly noticed (Vol. III. p. 480.) as in use in the Enham nursery. 

 The young banksias, and other fine plants raised from Mr. Baxter's seeds, 

 are in a most thriving state, and the foreman of the houses. Mi". Scott, 

 elsewhere mentioned in terms of deserved commendation, is preparing 

 a descriptive list of the species not included in our Hbrtus Britdnnicus 

 for the forthcoming Supplement to that work. The telopeas are vigorous 

 plants, and one of them is about to flower, as it has lately done in the 

 Epsom nursery. Mr. Scott seems remarkably successful in his treat- 

 ment of the iVepenthes distillatoria and Cephalotus follicularis ; of the 

 latter, Mr. Knight has the only plants in the trade. A new hot-house 

 has lately been erected here, and heated with hot water ; but details of 

 this, and of various other matters, we must leave for a future notice ; 

 observing that Mr. Knight is .fortunate in having two of the cleverest 

 young men we believe to be in the trade : Mr. Pringle, who gained one of 

 the prizes which we gave for the Essay on Cottage Gardening (see Vol 



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