would half empty London for a 
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249 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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must have existed ne time to allow of The jer mountains that look down on 
development of um of ties plants would seem to | fro rH Hh fank, tarp El E» e; fr | the e cit ty,t he park, n valley n. qd. the bay and its 
ve b s than fro’ ° to 77° Fahr., but ps of Church Street ; from the many fair streets an | islands, with t ional : ont arbour, and yacht 
their disappe: ce in upp trata cannot, the | suburbs of Dublin, and the ma foul alleys on the station of Kingsogn; z ile d e mou os Around, 
Count thinks, be attributed to the lowering of the| banks of Liffey—for o Dublin justice, there is Sa zih 8, snail ig oe polow, miz e ur 
temperature, as in cies seem to have died out | no air a savoury in th ox hood of Petticoat Maa: Bly gor. Tri uly these 
before the cold could have affi th xi and as, f Lane, E., as that which e vim ithin a chars, which, i pian ed in the nighkourhood o of th 
rop 
In fact, say: uthor I dude aapt ypes 
— endowed with-a vitality of their own, proper to | —from “ar t e they come to zt on the beauties 
kind. Individuals die of age or of acc ate nt: &| of tree, and eee and herb, and enjo tl ce. 
apice, which is nothing more than a repetitio e|the verdure, and the fascinating apum e 
of th 
individual or in other words an aggregate of similar 
beings, runs in like manner th ro ugh the course | of its 
o long as t 
hundred Bree of » EPUM p 
‘rows called Paradis 
pud sacri 
Bund nye 
quite time to commence ig E. 
But is 
ies garden, N in le tho 2 of nucle 4 » ! wor thy 
surface, form, px colour presente ed. M a 
ey do from 
and. “embracing as they "3 pets (V. r2 
gar den, bounded on one side b 
existence, Paine 80 
allow of its doi 
Yet, he i ET si impossible, even by reference | 
to these conditions, Pad rinm Berge: oe S _the 
w. 
margin for a great establishment of | 
ind a pleasant river—the Tolka, Yes, ther 
| Sunday E dase the “intelligent ees Bik 
type of great rarity i in many pla ces, but no ot b, 
y any M 
this otherwise remorseless earth, x. the tiny 
a Seong medos as thatin a wild 
of ice, within y 
r twiligbt, to the Beautiful pelea id Fi adl 
l "their eauties i shadowy caves of New 
dros ly 
disappearing of spec 
to adata a so ort of ti p aif which 
1 
Ferns, fellow-subjects of those that spring away from 
his „antipodes, and garnish its ravines with groves ol 
eauti 
it d | to the limita “of an existence, 
lg 
kee oo dere as its age increases. 
———— UA 
HaviNG been s flow this truly 
beautiful "Orchid, n jnre thooght that i a few 
= o se its cultivation may be of interest to those who | 
anxious to a» 80, reve ew years since I had 
"ing, plant, which early in g I cut into pieces, 
about a n € lengtii; fastening each piece on a 
ing t the inside of as many 
g uring summer 
months, by syringing the stems once or twies a day. 
M 
aa and, food, and oil, and i ivory are all th here; 
J 
nn 
f and their many singular allies in 
succulence e conformation, looking almost 5 well 
under the cloudy skies of Hib and 
Turner’s elegant curvilinear hothouses, as if atte 
ibernia 2 r.|d 
the precious moisture on the hills ae gn of South 
pent e Cape under their e sun; may | dov 
walk under the shade of a firmat of rising 
Palms TU gen ie study their uses as well 
admire exceeding grace, for those yielding 
wine "x oddy, and fibre, and wax, and sugar, 
Zealand, offer a charming s alike to philosopher 
or costermonger. 
or promoting the love of plants and a knowled 
the various branc ches of hu sbandr edge of 
and gai EM 
0, and 80! 
afta examining various situations none had 
been found so suitable as Ae 
nevi n, and it is much to be r regretted th t later 
use 
1} 
| of. the Australian flora, some of which will med be 
| found in flower, fi 
f improvements on that of the good Bishop Aput 
from beauty of surface and wr the gar 
tions from its hav 
from that interesting region, is a very extensive one ; 
may revel amongst the Ferns Brite er his con- 
Y ce from a thousand see the 
m in height ; and I selected eight of ‘the strongest perd 
h to a stick about 1 inch i 
These I potted close to the ‘side of a pot 
stem; 
aterial as before, the 
mi 
th, which would be in March or 
house, only a few 
eie from the 2 goer, 
e added so as to lower them as o 
Great attention was alia to wi 
as required. 
3 feasted, as these must „be on beautiful colour, to the 
ner e of the een erty waters of 
h, the Sacred Eris the ada the noble 
and the Victoria, = well as they may be 
s hel € E s waters; $ may wea 
associa av ores 
been the demesne of Tickell, the poet, = ah is known 
na ik € many of the trees,” The house in the 
cupied by Dr. Moore, was that in which 
fik! aujofed the society of A n during the tir 
diso 
the latter acted as private secretary w the Marquis of 
Wharton, in 1714. In Dr. E parlour, Swift, 
Parn ell, Sci: Dean Delany, Stella, and ae 
al 
l sat, 80 that if eloquence, wit, beauty and 
om ue xquisite ly 
à the South. American 
he ator's residence at Gla 
eolo 
Indian and the native of tee hot and moist East, 
to be so, 
adad, ro Mig ted a touch of Vandalia in a poling 
ie down, yet ae must come, for iyd one of the 
arden 
hree thi ings 
= the stems grew, short hooks | | der: 
ften 
d for two or three | 
more if 
ings produced by that wondrous family on Nature's | 
verdant mantle; and may ramble through more than 
30 acres of out-door interest—interest made up to a 
great e ext ent of the C 
the p rden that ie t worthy of it; 
the others | blog the new Palm-hous and the museum, 
Hos Palm-house is externall t ly, the 
useum paltry and insufficient ina ihe ratio, and the 
very g ypresses, Junipers. ir. house Mee a century too old. 
very ho e x re syringe T vee — 15 ifers of — € and Kap x the gal ined “a Linnea 
moisten the plant just. above the pof, avoiding s t gions of p» Wb hemisphere, plan ch, as ing theif for those who study plants vraie 
I he plant, whieh orien A ad no | they ar are xad at Glas combine verdure, epe ce, ti ically,” a * cattle Bc hay Tapis, ana garden, 
^ b E tted. To prevent the sun from | 2%4 dignity as no other “pla ants combine them, together dyer's garden, and Irish ga m opor - pe na 
urning the leav make some paste, valle it to boi ie 
54 ick, then adding xj ae a and onwards down to the tiniest Heaths ; of the Gra: the Professor should give lect on botany, to which 
, a 
ater, and ogetl 
to be about the thickness of. paint; then rt a — 
n the 
that directly or indirectly sustain us so well; of the 
herbs that yield us other foods; the herbs that yield, us 
medi 
M public ee be M e gratis, is still E 
r. Wade — firs . Und 
Nes and lay the aste thinly over the icia 267 HUG De) nen nded br. À 
tside, Tida tot a ti it ^ * Botanical E &c, o the practical depart: 
peters CR 228 | the ihe Lies of the gayer South the ergata evergreen . Mr. N es the s ced Farm, pr 
l off. This will be mui to prev of and the esting aM. “Under ovd, 'and w d 
JUR The past: ate = =< = though familiar plants of o T British r Petty td w Dr. Moore in whose ye both the pact and 
weather, as ib requires teo r three days to get Typha, Bulrush, Hottonia, Willow, Butterbur r, Vil the garden have remained since 
sufficiently set to stand heavy ra pri T Bogbean—that richly grow along the banks ante 
bout June the plant should be examined, as the | ° hrough the houses I shall first go, though baliena 
flower buds will probably begin to appear ofponito the | “ While, c cha tter'd Water ital sails —— the ary Deparia of a garden in this jo Ty» 
leaves and a little above qe The young roots always g which nd fine plants can be grown, to be m SE 
proceed from the side of the Tri 1 tant and interesting than ny collection i 
known from the flower buds, "When the buds appear, from = "itr; abe they are necessary in the Kew of potted ‘planta in existence; but s drive : 
5 = be ower, and so shall take things as they came... 
East India house, The spikes will grow very Dubl visited by the ne of the first objects which strikes the pete 
rapidly. I had ten flower ; but tiene that a soa to attract so many must be a| Glasnevin is the octagon ho ong A i 
when the "rem im ere about LUNO es long, Tot two noble one. Not rich in mere bcp of unmeaning | accommodate MURS Erie thefine 
of them A lea 
colour and site Rd but one which affi ords a home to 
RA 
ki , from 
the 
- the AI pine 5 Yates of ‘this ‘onder earth. When the 
d Dubliner prepares for his “ da ay o 
home, ‘a is old e Mod 
wold have become useless and cdm 
years aie at Chelten on mei th of t denis b 
I have not the le oubt it could be brought into 
er earlier in the season if its wth were 
rlier.. The principal points in its culture Me 
thoron ripeni i igorous growth. It 
really surprising to see how fast th. these ese plants grew, and | 
yet were strong and short: jointed. 
Liat 
tori Ded the. iret bay aes 
that of Naples— ri P desi hill of How 
x Segen it is tru with cloud- WE iss 
r London Oakton The colour is very nose 
ira also mentio n that 
and the floware wiil last fresh | 
er) fe 
and two ae 
ust forgive: for piis they lend ei of 
its gri er to the co enel d Me mi the shor th 
ht, wocded to its way beantit fally to 
e west and south till pu reiches the hills of Killiney 
and Dalkey, and Ren itself am is A iste irs ed 
nétutteis of Dublin; w hilst shore 
h may ta 
> a “header” "from tbe rampeta into 
fille 
diti n. A gre reat, pr nile has written of the 
verities,” and I have s ately, arrived at t 
t 
le 
a of 
Spo! 
remarkable for glaring E to ape the 
and fashion of the hou nd to their cost, 
by be devoid 
t [Qe rper which the unfortuna! te Cockne 
in many a “ fashionable watering-plac 
the ere isthe park—the park 
ey has to wallow 
xs Ana then 
of ple wit with its wild glens | m 
cultivated. Shed a good Tree Fern is one of the ™ 
eternal of the v " establish 
ih part bot Th je ix we with 
its long spreading panicles of ae flowers. It is 
evident under such treatment it is by no m 
: Dm orchid. Thomas Bri otic Nursery, | : 
— Ó—— 
_ NOTES ON epit m nde 
. Roxar Boraxwic GARDEN, G 
md Giba m g irem 
. do they come from, and Mei 
not numbering mere than 
its zoologie ical 
art with pen 
thao 
of Wii 
reach of the Dubliner but potter ‘ati ll can he enjoy the 
n|house, with tr 
| spores 
ar 
othing 
o Cyathea, with Ax ——— crest, for a 
lecture on vegeta tion. Dickso 1 and then 
trifid | crest, ake rather e , 
beside it were f Balentium Culcita. in 
great health, import ed 
dere australis, more difficult to eA than 
and noble plants of € ad ne 
inthe garden. One fine s p was P sible 
raised from 
mountain air and beantiful scenery from the top of 
outina Taeopod-otretod mound of eei i very 
p 
En 
(Ocronzz 15, 1884, 
ens, em the mo 
