Juse 11, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
557 
, Fuchsias, ai é 
house plants — Pelargoniu ind popular 
garden ings; ; Banksias, Hakeas, ape Dryandras were 
plants. 
| of : a Woon case could be. And such “ tubbing"—no 
| commencing with May 24, may not be without 
interest - 
e 
xe ofa 
also pinn, some of them fine old 
of Heaths and E 
There w 
f 
as |1 ing a 
also a hous T1808, W 
n 12 and 14 feet high. 
s the x 
re 
ith some of each 
ches 
E of vfi size, and a renin of Erica melanthera | but a peret denis of spe nat in that way. 
orks or “back houses” of the 
t st yle, 
The tubs used are of str ted oak, round and well-pro- 
portioned, and while loo at least as well as any 
pe pd sidan, are much an convenient for the culti- 
Sph: 
ay a z a | May31 .. 36° 
2: E | June 1 .. > 
MEET Bde 19007 ae 20° 
» 27 ri DT E » 
, 98 32° mud 33° 
die » 89| 5» P a 
9° 
2 
Edod. pibe Garden ner 
kabl d varied viene 
er plan ts, ipe 3 RE Co Wia num was placed on the surface of the Osberton. Hall, Worksop RS 8. Foljambe, "Ew. *» 
tm I shall merely mention “those | s zx in these great tubs; I suppose for the purpose de 
= sometimes my attention. Of the So ie = Pr A the surface roots, but being neatly | Flower Market.—The “ Male Fellow,” who takes so 
there were several fine plants io. in tubs, aid o was also much more agreeable to the|deep an interest in the marketing of pip at 
h | eje than large nae ‘of swashed ear rth. Th je a mount Kensington because it brings them nea ar his own door 
la lant ich I and would be a peréóual 
- t has, notwithstanding his Old Bailey va hrs not 
d , with rin ves from 15 to 20 inches long, | of huge "a ditas and placed the Palm the , g ; À 
pt very dist tly p gd camarstoodl the | very superior vate | in which they are, must hie been | succeeded in making out = case Hoe ug 1 ge eet in 
temperature of the water dus from 60? to 70^, and | very great. From its stateliness of exterior, fine pro- | years, I can assure Pe. that I go abou & good deal 
it n r frequ ct cha anged. I portions, and above all from the perfect condition of | even now, if not so much as of yore, prying into odd 
think I am rather under l plants 8, I was impressed at the time with. the | corners, ometimes peeping I am not wanted. 
bes this " arkable Y ft My opinion respecting bis project is indeed founded on 
ord UA feet ah, and|I had s and the impression still r The | wha tt eard during som these visitations ; 
house is Ed creditable to architect and manager, | and i it is t, that “the best men in the trade ” 
eee 
such ndis "e 
us you s from 4 to 8 
nid ‘with t ree Mr E AA in fad biei "edis 
| fine sights that t may be enjoy - d om the Calton Hill, 
. | from which, b iai "m 4 first saw its dome. Apropos 
of fine sights, t pete view of Arthur’s Seat, 
wi ith the CX mah p wooded, to be had from the 
garden. 
The health of the plants in the indoor department 
was very striking, especially in the main range and 
di 
"à in his face if he would only geo to 
oo — EEE to send shilli 
caught with chaff, and so it 
Ə, 
Mal 
Hall “established in Es very heart of Lon 
arket b 
ower 
more unmanageable compar da nts. This i 
remarkable when one takes into consideration the 
; | immense number of species from io sorts sel: clim 
have to be humoured and a € odat 
hous uses. 
es xvm 
in tho “ 
abo ut these bet men: 
that s 
” if they are so su 
me of them—and som 
rmer 
oom The p of ODE uh 
one of far more dit fficult att 
matter how wonderfull, of 
health 
d major, 
ara, and other usefal irem mob often ingrensed. 
ment | n 
carrying ou 
an grow Wes jö 
spedito whose requirements are know 
n the garden during the season, d wa 
nuch sog than the older form, was also 
10 la arge house is Specially 
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. Though | squa 
devote d to Fini, yet in 
siv 
the difference E, comparable 6 _those 
n the m ents 
| trees sent up ticket: 
idered observed betwee: 
ad? on its bed ids 
Mac ^w i va a “ duty ” company of gua 
Fully av are of the impossibility of wedding ee 
eu a ext 
of 
ot 
sores of exotic species, with man 
I ean only mentio: 
Moorii, and Lycop 
Hymenophyllums iid "Tri rich 
— wgyptiaca 
g aquatics, s 
je Woh 
ra; a collection of the new gep 
Heaths and 
t ilk. 
cool pits, fram 
es, with numerous duplicates of many rare 
x 
yra 
n cle Pirie initium 
mH — Mn 
us ; T Ohithotisc: 
ms micrantha, vitida, io pif Tmistako not, one or 
septangulure, 
occupied by a fine collection of 
he vast contents of this garden, r of 
tt 'esi ant 
dation, and I could amuse myself sometimes by popp 
in; but I do protest aga ainst the 
giving a Pulli idea of them in such an essay 
Les I find myself obliged to curtail inconvenient 
uch LE ned M is ^ on d acquired. I had 
d" the 
“ Boule 
notes dk 
hatched in the atmosphere of South Kensing 
being el a to expend its inco 
upon obje 
n | body, whilst its pr he improvement 
and the blade dnt of "ortas 
ay p my n rel must, 
the present at least, reluctantly Dd a the pleasure 
of a dissertat the 
» one Tid 
uch as | for 
of engi 3. ar as well a 
8i e 2 narsery, < 8 us E 
e left to languish for want of su urpe Ar oes its 
scientific garden is allowed to ru wine % 
the “10? which would put a bat I ão 
prote est whothor the scheme comes "Pow within or 
bard- 
e| B 
s, &c., | run 
portions of 
gleanings on the shores **of you sweet Dublin bay. 
Wm. Robins 
g upon the 
as the institution of 
ment Chiswick 
in es t t 
f an important scheme for 
rie 
m t 
, very abundant, and well ds ; alpine old, been carefully matu t the market, 
rare Carices, good uli, all the Briti Ir go amon, ngst t the other curiosities Comedor 
Pinguiculas, British Orchids, " observed or at least 
Lobelia inflata, being I a much wanted for RE e Correspondenc | from whichever source the inspiration conres— wait till 
lecturing purposes, w in a pit in quantity ; e Fro, T in Nottinghamshire. pets the Ist, th L ick man’ has departed before they seek to turn a 
and the Jalap plant was i ny grown. Parochetus 1864" wal a4 be Posee by gardeners in this | penny ont of his inheritance. Let them hold back, and 
munis, a pretty little Dra as also amongst the | county. NU. e morning of the day in question frost | not, with so little r to common decency, lay them- 
introduction I believe, Near at hand was | caused s ‘agi no parallel, so late in the | Selves out upy ead man's sh I “intrude” 
complete collection of British Ferns, species season, itis the memory of the oldest inhabitant, | this rem i lly does not require one to 
1 Z large st we of the thermometer at rton, four feet from the | poke abo h his umbrella to be able to guess that 
ge pans of Ophioglossum vulgatum, d, stood that ing a trifle above 20°, thus | the projectors of this notable scheme, foreseeing the 
Botrychium Lunaria, and the British filmy | Ferns. There | indicating 12° 6f frost. Early in the morning the sun | collapse which is imminent (and which, who knows? 
vas a large collection of b rooted | broke forth, and continued to sbine brightly ‘tape! the | they may be helping on), to for ucleus which 
amongst them t the new | day ; by the evening, | therefore, the full effects of the | may be developed into a profitable Speculation when 
anum from Cali- frost could be ined ; the young growt sof Yous the melancholy “event” has happened. If this sun- 
ri, and quantities of hododendrons, eg ugal and mon Laurels, | shiny weather lasts, I shall be able to move about freely 
gs of like interest. Of Narthex Asafcctida there Ash, E, of the more valuable Pinuses, | —happily I have no corns—and * Male Fellow’ shali in 
om a plant which had flowered er Walnuts, rries, either killed | future have no reason to regret my want of activity. 
Palm were noble | or severely injured; the cem e OR the most promising | Paul Pry. 
Conifers, with Knightia excelsa, | remembered in this part of the country for years, is| Zizania aquatica. —In your last, Number there is a 
ms requiring a rather cool | nearly destroyed, rond the —€— made amon gs st short notice of th y my friend d Mr. 
pla: ichenia Spe-|French Beans, 8 Go 1 APP ing. 
; with noble looking | walls the fruit cr very bountiful one, is perfectly tion in our northern swamps and lakes as food for 
ong imported. safe, and, although. 25, ‘000 bedding nae T tur ned game, It is well known that this. fine and productive 
about 100 feet long | out, I believe I have not lost e doz For t lant g 
cost between l. | benefit of young gar rs A remark, | w west of La ke Superior, and farther to the north in 
n 18 For nearly that ll beds, as soon as they v planted and watered,| Rupert Land and the FIO River colony in North 
ding is of p stone, with large ate e. protected with Yew lan whi ider | America, It there ts seeds into the water, 
f being a glass and iron by al, for the fo owing where they v ably, therefore, 
ges, rising 35 feet above rn the same result might be obtained in England and 
A neat iron gallery runs ro the | wi and TA x it prevents the ground from | Scotland. the seed, a quantity, given - 
d there is one at the | getting parched up; my not been pr to Mr. Gillbanks has proved to have lost its vitality. 
but not for the public, besides | my loss might have been serious; as it is, the only | The loss is doubtless by theseed having. 
bas rnally the building | plants injured are those which the boughs did mot|in a dry state. Sir Joseph — — 
utiful and dignified, the latter character of To cover. My M dee ums, füculty in getting living seeds, but mately had had 
a f so Boca 8, at were fortunately, howe not put out, | them conveyed in water. He then ame the plant, 
r ing heat, es an becas I had bedded “out plants ually too der. So t It 
aide very lligenick Qr to the Eins | Or these much € orbs ce havelin the method of f protection was yen destroyed «d changes in the p roperty, 
may say there were nearly 100s d there is reason P ag no living plants of 
s us Rumphii, Livistonia chinensis, Ur. Car Caryota | 5 this 3 covering, and did not receive Zizania exist. in "— 8 plain therefore that 
: Tian 50 feet high, and many others almost | the least inju n. I adi 
| m xu i p E T ore there are | been a Forest ton brit hot. Such weather near Sher- to England in a damp state, dà icem ^ 
S luxuriant health, perfectly free Som 3 ds t of diea, | & curious garden. QC 
3 NT of dust, Ld Erud too, some of | a accompa anied by cutting yada, a kg wit bod s rain for Cool Orchids A oam mc pu EUH R^ 
s and with 7 and evi eet in diameter, | weeks, and lastly, characterised by the — frost of (p. 533) that there is an absence of any thing El 
| - their the cess a laborio he | in Mr. Bateman's lecture on cool Orchids. About two 
under control as 
epe stents weighing f Ns 6 to i n. each ; 
contents Alloting record of enirere weis 13 nights, 
odiis ago Mr. Skinner presented me with a plantof 
