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Bates had found on the banks of the Amazons, that| Boy and Roughcast; Bennett's red, Honeywall ;| which serves asa pé eee for Camellias and similar 
the houses in the towns were seldom injured by the | Holden's yellow, La ady ‘Popham. half- — Lars and connects the terrace with the 
white ants, being built with a hard timber ca lled | The Yorkshire Seedling Show, which took — on | Conse a large an jv some erection, about 
; and that when the insects had effected a|the 10th August, brought out the foll 60 f. e lofty in proportion. It contains some 
lodgment they were destroyed or "iin ven away by the | novelties :— spec imens of Camel ia, Indian Rhododendron, 
use of arsenical soap or E the e of arsenic.; Reds.—Firth’s Seedling—13 dwts.'3 grns. jio "eerte Brugmansia, and numerous other plants 
Professor Westwood exhibited a mal selection from | and form of Guido, and rough strong veins, that are found so useful for decorative purposes during 
pr pci se insects | croft’s Prince of Wales— 15 dwts. 16 grns. "à re-| winter. Immediately in front of the Conservatory, but 
reoently pe to the po of Oxford, from | sembles Clayton in form, but rough and bright in|on a much lower level, is another symmetrical garden 
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Mission, amongst which were a number of new an Yellows.—Firth’s Yellow — 16 dwts. 18 grains ; ;|surrounding the whole, in which standard Roses 
interesting species of beetles, although there was a |colour of Stella, a long dee vein; berry distinc t. | are planted at regular distances. Although not so 
great similarity to, and even identity with, the species Staffo rd’s frani, ai td 19 dwts. 2 grns. ; laborate in design as the garden previously noticed, 
these orders inhabiting Mosi dd, described in gao ugh, ie and er A aea yet it has altogether & a very striking effect—from the 
Peters’s Voyage by - Berlin entomologists. He also Muserofts: Seedling—.15 dw lm llow ; of colour in the beds being nicely arranged, and 
d descriptions of three new species of Paussida | colour betwixt Leveller x. pint relieved by a wide border of Rhododendrons and other 
from India and So uth v and also of several new Gram P beide Li ber der is grns.; a|evergreens, which forms the outer boundary. No one 
exotic species of Lucan: muddled gre mooth, very pr sii Siisti ct. | can; look upon thi i i i 
| Muscroft's Se Seedling 716 dwts. ; a Mieter s Tini green, | stroll through the pleasure ground, of which it forms 
in form of Turn & part, wi ing hpn i erly 
White — Muscat Boo dling—14 dwts. 12 | example it nts of what art can effect when proper 
otices of Books. A table - we end of the Register gi gives at M gs directed. On ev | every side are splendid spec ime ens of so 
Indez Fungorum Britannicorum. By M. C. Cooke.|the nu prizes won by each rire ers of the fi and fer 
8vo, pp. 58. Robert Hardwicke, 1864, weight Py the aioe be erry. From th the inf ti dignes me take an — in this 
nay i a mere list of all the British Fungi, so far as | that amongst Reds d iL ondon, subjoin the measurements of 
they have been ascertained ne to the en when this | Which has taken 253 prizes, and has attained the weight a p ch. Derticultly attracted our attentio 
liti uM nt to the p No han 3079 | of 34 dwts. 1 gr. Of Yellows, the vw t p is] Weli h 
species are recorded, and ur "list i is daily increasing, d Memes has won 229 prizes, and bee: n as | from the ground 2 feet ehan ; at 4 feat t an d 
many | fine species, and at least two n ra having | hea avy as 28 dwts. 18 grains. Greens, like the Yellows, fot 6 err ip rt n of the branches 31 feet 6 
pas re Mr eoe states weigh "lerë Wes the other classes; the heaviest is|inches, It is feathered with branches th the ground, 
eant as a check list | Shiner, which reached 29 dwts. ; but Stockwell, which and is without pony one of the most perfect 
or ‘ee Herberon: ‘abel If for the latter purpose, |in weight only reached 28 dwts. 13 grains, has won | specimens of its kind that has yet come under our 
ld be printed on one side only, 1 izes, as y 168 i it. | notice, 
Rear this’ alrea ady has been m Ina push like | In Whites, Antagonist has won 267 prizes, and attained ie Cedrus Deodara, qs are many fine D 
resent there is Tittle or no rogi for showing the | 941dwts. 21 grains in weight. This last appears d et hi 
knowledge of Fungi which Mr. Coo e really possesses, at the head of t the list for Mr od boh is accordingly | foot fre und, d covers with its branches a 
presen e title pag who wish to be | space of ui feet in in Y ieumfere ence, 
that; the i o interesting branch o: Cryptogams to Seri he well up in the Goo oseberry fancy, ought to o study this| Cry eria japonica, 24 feet high; 15 inches in 
is devotin g his attention will receive hereafter much | Register, which appears annually early in October, and girth fy 4 4 feet from the ground, and coveri ng a space 
elucidation from his labours, which have commenced | is to be had of Mr. Leicester, Secretary of the Man- | 53 UT in Mme nee 
eredita tably in his Plain and Easy Account of British | chester show. Such exhibitions as these no doubt| Pinu excelsa, 20 feet 6 inches high; girth 20 inches ; 
d to improve the flower or fruit to which tl d 
devoted ; but we trust, in their efforts. after size ETY oriental 17 feet high, with b } 
The G. ooseberry Grower's A peal an account of the and weight, the producers of new ; an unique specimen. 
different Gooseberry Shows for the gear Ae. fe | quite indifferent to flavour. We ce: het do not find Penn pm a fine dini, 11 feet high, worked 
oe eld : C. Leicester, Poi n Road N | any allusion to this point throughout the book. a Yew aadi pt i 
e xn AS "y y ense itors of Gooseberries are rend e 2 
nate in having so complete a register : ` gro oed feet 6 pim ant 3 i 6 ches x ion 
annual proceedings. i . okk paa Bas Garden Memoranda. above it. Theb aedi preg 
pre; pages gives the results of 155 Gooseber ASING gerry This pl shy has been long celebrated | ference, and gradua:ly diminish 
shows e I. past enimi Th ENHA Ty for its high keeping, and for the great ardour AIT a pe erfect pudiera dense and beautiful. 
Cheshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Derb shi i NE | which bortieulture in all its branches has been success- Cephalo taxus Fortumi, worke d on a Yew, 5 feet high, 
tinghamshire, and other péril the kin Und à dir | fully cultivated. It is situated in the 
: United States of America,” recordi g » t s Hom about seven miles from Alton, and the Of Abies Douglasii there are several handsome speci- 
Weights of the berries exhibite p.d odiis sd eie | t e distance from Potersfeld—a du ct possessing | mens ; the finest is 36 feet high girthing 3 feet 5 inches 
Varieties, and the names of the winn winners. As kath pert natural , beauty, and presen many pl easing | at IIS the ground, with branches covering a 
ur AM rs are ignorant of the exisene é d examples of artist eet in circumference, pos for ire a dense 
a fraternity o Gooseberry gr x t ich t this class of rural scenery. For the last 30 years, Basing parte des of beautiful foliage. me specimens that 
Register i B nd of u 5 whi Park was the property of the late Joseph Martineau, | were raised from cuttings are but litte inferior i in size, 
glance a little over the Fei o y be interesting to Sates » Whose memory will long be mate ae, all who | and quite as ornamental in appearance as the one just 
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ling show, are described t UOCE MM eni d- | ground, with me noble specimens of rare and valuable from the ground, and covering a space 34 feet 6 inches 
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col. ede 29 dwts. 12 grns. ; his liberality and refined taste. bie uches, from to 
long three-veined d, Durplish-tinted. veins a very| The domain comprises about 2000 almost Sarva ia 14 feat bi dof C 
WO large berries : oben i " I e greater I. of | the land i is Sias and Cu ressus Lawsonian the spe cim 
15 Brns, Wank 6 ; and a pair of twins—45 via b. of a very useful character, m. 4 cially of f the latter, which 
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colour dark Putplihired. vo M B 8. 5 E JM tio The ion occupies a gi 
Shaped three-y, "d berry; aL le LOOK good- positi the po of the dibus, on a gentle and of many other evergreen trees 
Toom— | 7 genes dil pet ited | K a dining lawn in front. It is compara tively uid "ride. s contributo so much to enliven our 
sera, bu üg i rota n pi rs ue a modern vgs P in ed ei ian style, commanding gari n 
1 à 2 2i 2 |_| Some charming v of park scenery. The approaches 
distinct ; Wilkinson cama a en red;|to it are eieectént, t itt hio bnt. yon ned pon con- wholly dolet to Roses, of ia que is a very 
Ye — Walton's Garibaldi 2 3 iia sm summate judgment, so as to (dibradl the various points| choice assortment. It is centred by a fountain in a 
Eardley’s Hannah—92 dwts 5 E bd Erns: | from which the most striking features of the park and | sunken panel, aaa is se — by an oval terrace, 
bes veined berry, similar in a ne- api surrounding Somay pi dc ig one from "e Se ur pr a broad w mente E on both sides 
" » wi ; A orth is u of a mile and a | with beds of gay flow: la i imens 
Sod: with broad light yellow row and fine supple pong in length, while vga from the Petersfield road | of Irish Tu ‘ d cing plania ol d agir to a 
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21 dwte, 15 ^ii E a s mes, yi thriving p plantations, the 6 carriage drive being skirted| house. This is a large structure erected against the 
berry ; very promising anid. ‘dats ES edon either side with Deo eodars, Araucarias, and Laurels, | south wall of the kitchen garden, 300 feet long, 17 feet 
Robert—20 dwis, 22 grns, : d "e oars | The iris dr are in our Login nion models of what| wide, and of proportionate height, The roof ie feh 
Yellow 5 distinct, :5 @ round formed light| such buildin ught s. be, and e get in but for the purpose of ventilation there are n 
y rte. — therton's Birchen Lane — dinh: esign, su tantially bui iid AR with a | openings both at top.and Sesion of the back walk and and 
iN this Variety was one Ed dà a t posses Ac Debe outward = pearance, as well as to e| | moveable sashes in fron as to be easily 
S vd Prophet's Wades i Sted praise ria GUN ien convenience of the persons who m nd s ooo rs shut by a very Pe» piece cof Moser 
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veins; a fine pn, rege conspicuous light| The flower gardens and pleasure ground occupy the|arched iron trellis y oan ag the gera a extends 
Mising distinct. eee BH n m a E east sides of abr Mag mp "pe tly add to| throughout the whole length of the building. The 
irl or: , dwts. | its c The n the a side | fruit trees are planted along the front and back of this 
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act taken in selecting the plate for the diffe erent beds, and | fruit trees ‘to those -on the trellis, with the 
Shingler’s Edna— |a rranging them so that their colours - harmonise addition of Vines - ^ Some are trai 
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evidently a tender deficient of ; distinct, aci hartera y means of large masses of Rhodo-;wall, and the frait ripen pertes id om 
D following Varieties 75 Bru endrons and Mei a deann whic! ch are also tastefully earlier than on the trell As an orchard house, 
Prizes, but we were a successful in| distributed over the pve ing lawn. aes the south | this is ‘unquestionably the ‘fimest example of its kind in 
red, Lord i; bys AM distinct. front of eg mansion is with a walk | the country. It has no artificial heat, nor is it requisite, 
Audley ; s reds, Benicia | down the conten, shes Jonio to M e borde cin ral Tbe no exile it was erected having 
