Ocrosxn 15, 1864.) THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE aN E — 
trifles, and succeeded in forming a fine collection of | varied by wood uu Buch is the | graphi 1 furnished with "good frui r 
birds’ eggs. descripti given OS of this place in the | next se ason, “ PE 
Part L of this os A. c what we| They are planted inside the QW, E DS of 
yolume, hf ar Po ‘as MA. T is pro iw in| may judge of ihe stie of ita , it was better | which ‘ae on arches permits the 
December. The aee before us contains 9 fine chromo- | to leave if thus 3o Aaii it i Eee minutely. | partly outside. It is intended to xfi t outside 
lithographed plates of birds’ eggs, and t Àd Thanks however n p refined taste of its noble| border by instalments, only about 3 feet being at 
pets p s of the scenes of some of these adventures | proprietor, the ens Of Coombe Abbey are fast| present made; this portion, being close to the house, 
the ae ng into dji and will fitly take their be is about 2 feet deep, and consists of good maiden 
ongst first-class establishments of the kind in this| loam, resting on about 9 in. of broken stones, which 
The Reptiles of British India, By Albert C. L. G. mat. p ; old end depidated garter walls pro eh cannot fail to secure a good healthy root-action. All 
Günther, M.D., Ph.D. &e. Published for the Ray dé swi gens and new walls and handsome an - the most approved kinds of Grapes are planted here; 
Society. p. A. "Imp. 4to. 1864, Robert substant n m have taken their place. A new|the late houses contained such varieties as Lady 
Hardwicke, es Piccadilly. residence Mn met built a .the gardener, and iiw Downes, Barbarossa, West's St. Peters, Tokay, 
ean "5 bos i work contains the descriptions of| fruit-rooms, Mushroom- and young gardeners’ | Muscats, &c. One Vine of the Barbarossa had six 
ur not however & ther rooms, potting-sheds, &c., lare been erected in a sub- | large bunches of Grapes, averaging pretty nearly 5 lbs, 
conned to Mhe Tutt of British Indie for it includes | stantia] manner at =ó, rth e e of the kitchen sioka and tole rably well colou red, Between the late and 
what is known of ~ € iua eg sl e^ - rden ; dn fact, every part 
a M P vc thorough revision, of about 8 M; the houses being connected by a 
: = x close to the n ; ridon, In these spaces two tanks are. constructed, 
numerous, extending to nearly. 150. come | hence € rein of making v mg as well as ht 
the Ophidians, a. still o order; aud finally about | useful. A walk 12 ft. rod obs rom the Abbey | thus p p noni supply of hot water for the 
52 Batrachians. The letter-press is clearly eat | through its centre, having the rati house for its | use of the houses; this is quite a novel arrangemen 
and beautifully printed, and there are six-and- tw E termination. On either side of this walk are borders | the value of which can : scarcely | be overrated. The 
ra pe recy samt > ae of Mr. C. H. Ford’s, execu about 8 ft. wide, filled 
tion b Altog 2 hed ime E : ry the wild small- leaved Ivy from the wood, "riis | ^. Bordering hor wal = y 
worthy useful Society by whose | [yy is also employed for edging nearly all the walks in | collecti rees, ed - the most par 
means it E been nte: out. o kitchen garden; ; itis planted 6 inches wide, and i is | thróé flat tiers, poem Ra ng a round ‘able with cuis 
o yea gr Pa 80 tablished tha about 1 foot 6 inches apart, the 
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LUON alway ap is centre walk is roula crop of uit, as every ruit can be seen a e. 
poration nort hi Book vil be quit treat Tho Mein 18 o 20 foet in dime fT e eve 
story is charmingly “told, wüd (bé three volane bre {0% The fiewer ‘border is elio carried around the | i= methods of training are also adopted 
devoured and digested before you are ud re that you basin, forming & happy combination diee rm the — à he garden } slopes considerably | to the south, and 
are half way through them. The groat secret of their "a playing, and 2 obra —— in — p the p 
intense interest is the skilful manner in which several voir for the supply of the garden. wer part has been raised about 3 feet ; steps 
walks in v pe e E meaning of iron | pr M edid the central walk, tno oe M "ralis 
myste The: hero, for ekam gates in the wa utiful vistas are ed, runuing -— aria = on an inline and a 
per wife to be tater to his oe until po ae away a grent distance into the park. r sides 3 feet deep r^ tthe. we | 
after Few riage. The culprit who makes acf ia the oet ee between the fountain and the end of the | me ‘ok 7 "nothing ue ‘the bottom, a wide margin 
„is never found - 2 - garden ss wall is introduce leaving an opening | of Grass is carried all round the vegetable quarters in 
the dry 2 the story. The hase mm in the contro 26 feet wide. conet this wall are | this division; this has a good effect in keeping up the 
of being an a a aa E a E^ character placed two Peach houses, or Peach cases as they 4 | ornamental character of the garden. 
well, Ev vents i ab ud m es are T denominated here, 75 ft. by 7 ft. as d ont glass is} There is a large open space of ground ~ me — 
breathless with Morptino, án e you have carried to the height of the wall, the space | side of the — outside the water, ich i 
recovered your que et e ^. FEM puzzled | ^ vered garer "iape aright wire trellis, | course of formation ; this is arranged so far ia ree 
je about 6 or 7 feet high, is placed against the | trical figures, "m is intended to form a Rose garden, 
mh s * people should be so front glass, and to this the trees are trained. The! ana probably a Rhododendron garden; and a large 
obtuse or so blind as never to put two and two back wall is also planted with trees, and by this| space is to be devoted to a miniature fruit garden, At 
together for themselves; but as stra ranger things are | *tTangement the front trees do not at all intercept the | the + +h y 
1 light from those planted at the back. Young trees| feet by 90; beyond this a bank Ju. riuod v 
were taken fromthe arden walls two years Me 2 | Rn ont with shrabs to shut ma bye pne &e. 
and planted in these pere where they have gro An outside walk 12 feet wide is ied r und Wires 
nd now almost co all 
CarALOGUES REGETVED.— Pan X te’s Catalogue de*| screen to the p» Mouse, de, io, placed behind. B. sx 
Plantes de Serres: Prix-courant 104, is a very exton-| them, and keep up the ornamental appearance of|.. 9 feet ido marsin of d3 x. tot A xri "ee 
ahd and carefally compiled list of pis and green- | the garden as seen from the end next the Abbey. | duced here, and is a great vement upon the 
house plants, Ferns, Gesnerworts, Orchids, Palms, | At the back of this wall is placed a greenhouse 75 eno generall lly E 4s p resti tht and the 
as, Camellias, m M. Van mi —- whose en. = iby 18, also a stove and dried sagang? 75 ft. by 18; walk is a border I 1 it the back of 
Caren bears evidence of care 35 feet being w of anes oses ; the remainder is 
s Valle by stove plant odia; pied with gor ums, Verbenas, &c. as a ribbon 
grown generally as Valiovareda Priv idan pow In the greenhouse are some nice specimens baniet , and from its vim length itis very effecti 
me m Plantes de Serre, et de Plein Air, d dopuste lof Azaleas, and in the stove we noticed many good | part of the wall at the end of the garden, and facing 
à Gand, is another ample p list, com- plants of Allamandas, Crotons, m. Cyper us | the Abbey, is plan with choice hardy creepers, 
prising amongst many other matters choice colle alternifolius, Dracenas, and a beautiful s of | the centre being goonpie y an hegre screen 
of Cacti, Camellias, Conifers, an endrons. | Hexacentris mysorensis, trained to an prit | Sen designed by Mr. Nesfield. In front of this wali are 
Handsome stems of Alsophila — e four to ten about 5 feet high. x the pred ent is | arranged square beds of flowers. The whole of thes 
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st t wall u ith 
à its, po apos le | arches for supporting two Seti ers cit in use, fruit rooms, &c., have been des d and ace 
; b C., have esigue 
d'Auguste- Napoléon Bawnann, E Bollwiller, 38 a| whic h Ferns are planted out of their pots, ud are | out by "Mr. Williams Miller, lis lordship's gar 4 
p rowin a ly. - - Pteri : tisfact ip t 
trees, ied by lists of hardy trees, enar and M simt n be p«r b depen heat h; "in and we think they gesta om i PO REL Ey 
rbaceous de 
» plan ts a briefer Re of stor nd green: | front of i isa a tanke ot F hes del water and a stage h a 
he Abbe under Ria thoroug revision, an 
house plants and Ferns.—Paul Ros 4 Cata- | over it for setting Ferns on, an pi goa whic = il oy i ing mai ade to it. A larg 
logue Jon 1864-5 igs ical D M "er of the aac "py is e: pedalis wants of this interestin E 
nse p" per aci eir Mw ave a of ants. The wa all of the taki is finished with iL a yite is siai i tate uds Oh ENE e 
[en d toc eger bugie, d. Ma P dhi as filled with | tal not Ai some — beyond the build- 
bes jud ng. A han e na t-house in connection with the 
ich has some advantages, hri “a helveti a plan |: 
sna im distinct sections of varieties suitable for | worth n mitation. b s : 
exhibition, and itable a | Abbey is also in 
but it has the defect of not indicating the best garden | Behind T€ are arranged on one side two houses | (stand: “that it is Mtm jt to form a pa ful age 
amongst tho former, while a third section, Prai 80 feet b Melons, | garden extending up to the end a t M -Na Ms ids 
sisting wholly of the newest sorts oer perhaps | | the other ic pot Vin ines, &c. The former is furnished | plans to be furnished by Mr, Nesfie r. Nesfie 
necessary for want of info rmation respecting aan | with v water tank, and is lens heated and ventilated. 
will render the search for any particular Ros e all|, n the S.E. side are two others, one 80 feet by 15, the Abbey. "T 
UU e pdious ROSE TERIS a com proi ert am | for groving succession "ai the ied 80 feet by 18, | The pai is exi but flat; it contains much fine 
ko anii for a Ing g bow use; each of these four houses have a | timb d about 80 acres of water. Extensive drives 
f | divisi the woods, and others 
urse of for mation, and we under- 
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would 
it of all, not only in the but rovi Boa harap 
- ke ther things, the information now given by Sayom Pines s aro the princi the principal kinds grown; they are ONE In mg on Beg a sang 
ans of clamdfication toe ji je good health. rovements are being made of such a 
i ae x sem 4 3 Due noble range of glass 386 feet in len ies a | cannot fail, be at no distant date, to be 
readily suppli o gth End th nich oe 
logue for 864-8; also cs Catalogue of tage portion of the wall facing ASE. This smigo ei TE Firs here are beyond the 
ul, | bas eight div visions, and is devoted imt to t A of 
-— am Cross. e first is a very full SEAT |Dam us f Gra aem and Peaches. ues two yA ordinary size, it may 
of Roses ; and the second an panua list of a wi d 
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ig by ia; two ftia o either side of | at 3 feet from the ground :—No. 
ial early Vinerias, aad are 45 feet | height of bole ; 2, 12 feet cir. 
neries, 40 feet | 8, 10 feet cir., bole 30 feet; 4, 10 feet cir., 
i th 3 rni 0 to 
Pi bimbing and E 5; and th vate ho nted with o 
plants, and Climbing and Twini by 1 "and d vr outside “sees plan 
careful a - ud Mesi ginti, vy oa Tenit and Ne seats Sania Si are cath 50 feet by 12. These n in his Po "a Prim 1 gtr noe - - 2 
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Who are about to ca rry out any planting operations. The Vines nd Peach trees were planted in June, 1862. Brown in his “ Fores vete p g s en propia 
wall yi 2 qed 
wall and are now beari ood crops of fruit, The| from the ground, wher us the measuremen 3 
jung. ‘ i } ixi furnishing the ‘ators ere are taken at 3 feet from the ground. po 
deg uv (Cwim or Combe, a ith t ees are growing partly i in the "-— eap : , 
Place), near Covent try, Ear ar Craven, a "hole mansion, Meier er have been allowed to bear six or sev en | | in qw plásore ground, ex are n ian OV 
| in part by Inigo Jones, in a park of 500 acres, well {bunches of Grapes each this year, they are in good | distant from each other. 
