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cut over by the surface, and make shoots from 3 to 6 feet long the first 

 season. The yew hedges have attained a great height, and yet are not 

 more than 18 inches broad at bottom, tapering to a few inches at top. 

 There are a number of large walnut trees here, which Mr. K. raised from 

 the nut 30 years ago ; they are in full bearing, but this season all the 

 blossom has been destroyed by frost. 



To renovate a plantation of sea-cale, in which the collar of the plant has 

 become rugged outside, and rotten in the centre, the plants and soil are pared 

 with the spade to such a depth as the decayed part reaches, and the sound 

 root left bare till it has sent up young shoots, which are thinned out, and 

 earthed up, and thus produce a complete renewal. 



The misletoe is propagated most successfully by Mr. Keen by sticking the 

 berries on smooth healthy parts of the bark of the apple, simply bruising 

 the berry a little, so that when it dries it may be glued to the bark. To 

 make an incision Mr. K. considers injurious, as hardening the bark, and 

 preventing the entrance of the radicle, which first rises up from the seed, 

 and then turns down and penetrates the bark. Little more takes place 

 the first year ; and in the second and succeeding years it does not grow 

 more than an inch or two in a year. We are inclined to think that this 

 must be the best mode of propagating the misletoe, as it certainly is the 

 most natural and simple. (See Encyc. of Gard. § 6588.) Mr. Keens is 

 the proprietor of the greater part of his garden, which very considerable 

 property he has attained chiefly by industry, and a judicious marriage, 

 frankly avowing that he began the world without a shilling of capital. 



Lyne Grove, near Chertsey, Surrey, May 12. 1826. This is an elevated 

 situation, finely varied by nature, and planted with a considerable degree of 

 taste. The house commands extensive views, and what adds to the value 

 of these views, in a small place like this, is, that the fore-ground on every 

 side is part of the property, and not, as often happens, belonging to another 

 owner. No neighbour's grounds can be said to " lie in the middle," 

 which, as says the Attorney Marvel, (New Way to pay Old Debts) " is a 

 foul blemish." But the house, though it contains some good rooms, 

 has great faults ; the store-room and bath-room, (Jig. 96. a, b) can only 



be entered through the dining-room (c), or drawing-room (d) ; and the 

 offices (e), by being at the wrong end, occasion the road to the kitchen 

 court (/) to pass in the garden front (g). The arrangement ought to have 



