7'28 Queries mid Answers. 



season ; but the plan of the flower-garden itself is somewhat objectionable, 

 more particularly the centre (l), and its appendages (15 15 15 15). Your 

 own remarks on the plan of the Welford Hall grounds, I think in some 

 degree applicable here (Vol. IV. p. 91,). It is very difficult to judge correctly 

 from ground plans, of the effects produced by the different modes of laying 

 out and disposing the patches and dug- borders of a flower parterre. The 

 more frequent introduction of such plans, I doubt not, will be of great ad- 

 vantage to the profession of practical gardeners, who may be enabled to pick 

 up something from even the worst plan, if it should only be to correct one 

 of his own blunders. From the exposed situation of my grounds, I have 

 been obliged to introduce a greater number of hedges than is, perhaps, 

 justifiable in good practice, and over these have raised high banks, on which 

 I plant shrubbery, and in front of them also ; so that it will have the effect 

 of giving depth to a narrow belt. I had another object also ; by increasing 

 the quantity of fine soil, I expect the shrubs will come away more freely. 

 Walls of compressed earth, as noticed in your First Volume, p. 355., might 

 probably have been easier and more quickly substituted. I should like to 

 know what sort of soil or mixture is best for such walls, and the propor- 

 tions. I shall be obliged if any information on this head can be given in an 

 early Number ; and also of the cost of the Bramah press recommended ? 

 — W. M. ArgylesUre, Nov. 6. 1828. 



Prize Gooseberries for 1828. — In your Magazine (Vol. IV.) J. C. informs 

 us, that, by consulting the gooseberry records, it will be found that the 

 heaviest berries, at the commencement, seldom exceeded 10 dwts.; and, as 

 he has not informed your readers what the heaviest are called, I shall select a 

 few from each class of the heaviest this year : — Roaring Lion, 29 dwts.; Sir 

 John, 25 dwts, 2 grs. ; Huntsman, 24 dwts. ; Squire Hammond, 23 dwts, 



20 grs. ; Statesman, 22 dwts. j Top Savv-yer, 22 dwts. 17 grs. All the above 

 are red. Yellow: Gunner, 24 dwts. 5 grs.; Sovereign, 22 dwts. 17 grs. ; 

 Nelson's Waves, 22 dwts. 8 grs.; Hawk, 21 dwts. 8 grs. ; Husbandman, 



21 dwts. 6 grs.; Rockwood, 21 dwts. 3 grs. Green : Lord Crew, 25 dwts.; 

 Providence, 20 dwts. 7 grs.; Angler, 20 dwts. 1 gr. ; Green Willow, 19 dwts 

 20 grs.; Elijah, IS dwts. 21 grs.; Peover's Pecker, 19dwts. lOgrs.; Bonny. 

 Lass, 21 dwts. 10 grs. ; Thrasher, 20 dwts. 12 grs. ; Lady of the Manor, 

 20 dwts. 9 grs. The heaviest berry now on record is the Roaring Lion, 

 grown in the year 1826, by J. Bratherton ; it was 31 dwts. 16 grs. There 

 are twenty -four new seedlings sold out this year. — M.Saul. Szilli/ard 



Street, Lancaster, Dec. 6. 1828, 



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Art. XVI. Queries and Ansiuers. 



Corrections and Additions for the Enci/clopisdia of Gardening. — Agree- 

 ably to your invitation (p. 238.), I send you the following, and remain. Sir, 

 &c. — B. April, 1829. 



Berkeley Castle, near Berkeley, Colonel Berkeley. The kitchen-garden 

 and forcing department are well managed by Mr. M'Intosh. 



Spring Park, near Nailsworth, Lord Ducie. Beautifully-disposed plea- 

 sure-grounds, and a good kitchen-garden, kept with great neatness by Mr, 

 Napier. 



Kingscote Park, near Horsley, Colonel Kingscote. A fine place; the 

 pleasure-grounds extensive, and within the last five years, greatly improved 

 under the direction of Mr. Page, nurseryman and landscape-gardener, of 

 Southampton. The whole kept in the neatest order by Mr. Boyce, author 

 of several articles in the Gardener's Magazine. 



Number of Men requisite to keep a Kitchen-Garden and Pleasure-Ground, 

 ^c. — Sir, I see that some of your correspondents (p. 108.) have been so 



