E AvGusr 6, 1864] 
THE GARDENERS MINE AND Hori prin GAZETTE. 
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euse, not a single individual retained the |: 
bush- -like habit. All sent out remarkably long 
M. J. B 
THE RHODODENDRON 
Ir is as little to io Paper that the Serer 
ixed with the sand and vegetable mould, the heap 
be eing Meier 4 turned over. “a layer of rm 16 
inches thi ck of this m d was placed in the beds 
for the pu rpose. the 
isthe prince of orna menta ae ergreen shru 
3 1 
of flowers. 
—— s HE appearance which has been made by the 
PEL areomp at 
e of its cidit, and the period of it con- 
from the ye Pats ro od "1 Tranent. In these beds 
hododendrons, after a lon 
a 
the e shows of the present season, though not all that 
ave been desired or all that a be attained, 
inuanc 
eadin that 
“thr ough many a scene of floral beauty to he 
the very ye ing of Rosetide, as 
into the glories « of the au tumnal flower garden, „Soi is 
w 
now 
of Why 
oe E en nios them all ? 
onfe 
should not the lovers of. flowers possess 
Xe ATA make d 
are 
mig P Shoots Which we trust w ill blo ssont another 
nld Say ther 
WO l 
At all evetita we never had greater Leo in "n 
We 88 that we 
e even gone so Ph as 
experience teaches, the erro 
i has e ated in 
ta 
"| to deprecate excess int n being -otit system. But bid 
abies k to grow their pe too — ati the con- 
seque nce has been , tha t i order to fi urnis ish the "n 
t Dalkeith and Dirleton w 
s on this point, oe beat a| 
that 
ing 
SCC. 
surrendered our Convictions 
retr 
y down the Fae has pews reso! 
could be done 
appearance of the i" a "this tying down 
flower-trusses ; and this has been so evident that we 
it e m 
d 
to. Pe a 
" « 
effectually to. spoil prod th 
and w 
individual viata, will (a ‘the ic fashionable 
flower ph of the present day. We retain so much 
of our wes ge as to have a special predilection for te 
tyle f flow wer gardening, and think it bes 
ardening oen eu we ever performed. J. S., 
Beottish Gar 
NOTES ON GARDENS.—No. XV. 
ea 0. 
at ARDEN, oar 
(Con. ed from p 29.) 
nd the om with so some reluctance and passing 
up the m , it was noti 
exotic trees and shrubs which margin it in wide 
irregular borders 
be m ecessary in the limited space 
ery 
e to lower ŝo thickly as the show 
Pelangoninms do, d if this reall 
case Pasa be evident that 
plauts a positive mistake. It w 
satisfactory to r^ — e aara plants, ea 
with say ten or or & score well-devel 
s russes, ibus Merge piste proportionately more thinly 
furnished. 
Some advantage may probably be gained another 
Migh meade. of mix 
pied. we are not content with bare -— in| 
spring, and blank panels in summer, whe n have 
a — of Mover ntal plants from Febtunry 
wires de 
suspends in air 
Reve To 
are indispensable, "and 6 
ndron is prin 
of specie: 
the large species ‘Gocttfted the central line, 
d fina 
then 
E" “sesond- sized trees on pe side, an ally the 
| shrubs to finish off.  Half-way up the walk is the 
| ei ular a hich is ab) eem wi he larger 
colour rs, none th at _is eu 
and w 
yea the ju te treatment through the | autumn 
of such 
i without stidehine Bate de hissit, ean con ested 
0 speak of ' 2 the shru bbery's insipid scenes.” Itm 
r by 
and winter months ave 
exhibited thi f 
N added. 
his command no | exa 
i t uar 
| and then at once turn to where such things as Actino- 
i of C: n ^ 
ght ou 
matters may, howev er, be safely left to our "uliralurt 
i£ 4], 
and experime ent, k^ is scarcely any province of 
hybridizi izing so fa di of promise and enjoyment. 
But the objection may be started by som 
held out mg Ly. in in the prize schedules. 
expect t these beautiful and varie 
m Lr y conserv: 
shows. 
titty 3 in a at a sa 
eficiereci 
e 
not in the vicinity of peat, and the 
: Rhododen pum soil would 
and "| Let 
We are 
ford tion of a p 
po 
thet ,point :—' Th 
find is still prevalent de 
det | withoat the aid ofa 
nied this difficulty al not be 
overcome by t the vies for the pe sake 
rich peaty sil; however, is more erroneous, 
Sexy ue 
ood eaty 
expensive. rdy p 
Waterer says on| 
ivisions 
convenience 
preci s peolmoritip, more than 50 years ago, 
re still as prc as ever, 
e half of the garden to the Ar hd the 
| is Fam wil occupied by an 
bnt t} 
the E" or caria sing the publie 
look o: That not the ep 
not 3 rimary 
P 
d det eter none from planting on 
that „account, as abondance of nis vie of a mghiy 
very locality can at any time bi 
reward, eer in bem p^ 
We allude 
of urg 
rging - inue at least, 
us of kariet ot 
i] 
extend the 
Pelargoniums At present the prizes are below 
head: ‘therefore fail b. excite so “much interest 
n competition amongst growers as would ose tl 
the « The „plants ie dpi been so treated, 
e he is worth 
to this question jet a now for. ie urpose found 
ieties to co "py it to 
this ass 
in 
an by Dr. Si Mr. Baxter was, 
the EA Mterranea 
Iu plant. About 
t bedding 
had 
estate), the su subjoined 
gen they have not 5 yet 
they are veh of bein ng grown. Because some sorts 
ofthis race of Pelargoniums are largely used for out- 
door quedes the notion seems to Lu ae nter. 
tained that they were common things re bedding- 
ont stuff, € that ahnost any rn aga priz vise smh te 
sufficien — M for re at a flower show 
but, but nothing can mer be more fallacious tham this notion 
to all intents 
wi 
our flower ded n bat wewant them brought out rari 
as to cultivation, and he e shal ll not done unless 
there i is some amon: 
W5 Í thé opinión af aman m of steh ex dre as Mr. Waterer. 
berless EA L.- an, dalla |, he — I Jed A 
maj 
po: 
of ons LA 
4 ,|are recorded of their ae d Mi almost every kind of 
ght fe 
soil, by ordi gy 
h less contradict, 
iti "Y iF ey nan 
endrons will gro Xcep: 
with lime, bot i in pur fituitions 
free! 
stunted in open situations, and on clayey y 
For p" " part, we would not venture PX sorts 
common exhausted pun mould, or ou any so soil i 
which peat aud san nd did noi pred edominate. “Doubtless 
MI 
. On the other hand, they | its 
ments of of hardy piante- “the beds cut in turf—are scen 
the n of colour produced by 
Api eee of the bay of 
Piste in whi 
, placed mme to the favourite 
flower garden, eit or pleasur 
desirable chan. 
m ^ sorti side of the garden its frees ar 
to antage, 
mpletel "bier i “th y as 
ie mal "outline. ded prénentin ing ii s the de of 
ue and of foliage which it wo ald b to 
surpass even ilic aided the planter. The 
‘absence of d e$ and judicious intermingling of 
distinct things pm for this. The Frizzle Filbert, 
Y 
the seale at which [scar 
——- One of M. LtNDEN's gene uced New 
a plants, the Ioty pus ronan Belongs to ey 
a ey be without 
them MAUS han see them | 
d illgrown, Any o! railwa 
Scotland may cay « obtain a few aks ey peat. 
in | Hornbea 
Grenad T free access abundance of léaf-mould; an 
eurious forms of the Mut p of Composites, and | common pit sand is d sufficient for the other ingredient. | 
in its flower W e warn our readers against crossing soils when 
rosea. The genus pl DUE was ss ied by Hum- they are Rhee ae for Rhododendrons, A layer half-a- | 
BOLDT, BONPLAND, a or a Sout digged pe a or end soil, | 
plant, which h had liystly sic pana ra radical ae white exhausted eù garden mould, is ao = labour and | o 
d pep stem. M. expens pel ON This” wó bat 
; iwape iod described by its discoverer, M. | nu Peis inathaia of ‘oud experience 
Nin eia tha MO. degant plant. It w s fonnd If ofly such á thin EUN kept on 
elevitisl 9i agdalena River, near to Bogotá, at an | the surface, and not I ng. 
der ds 1600 to feet, growing in dry | The great secret is tó soil loose x pa 
rb. es. Tts leaves foo are lyrately pinnatifid, and around the neck the plant rend 
ds ves green above and owny white beneath, while — little whether this is done by 
e em 1s more or less branched, ibe ad — ud leaf- mould, or sand and peat, only "s f dà 
eads of flow It e^ M flow. alt will require more watering than the ttal 
ey. i to M. à fine ornament We the’ hot- | An Any soil that clots or bakes i into a sort 
"se, on account of ite red flowers the t 
hope wre of its leaves, From t ong L onoserioides | Last winter we formed a co 2 = aa fle mass o 
disti own by its heads being much larger and more | and apparently with comple 
di e: stalked, peduncles being simple "a = peculiarity in the district T chiet LM ida to | branch, 
ne ly branched, by the involueral bracts ë | procure suitable sand ; and for this ingre 
22 by the rminal vien of the eat d M Aver ourselv eee the finer dressi 
being deltoid instead of It i$ easily culti-|the sa of Binny from which the 
ng perfect the Um pe eed new buildings in Edinburgh are 23 erected ; 
wire sieve, 
te is best placed in t 7d tome arcade Hag through | 
. | Aitan tas j japodied, indir. 
a} and was 4 feet in diam 
dient we were resting spec im en, 
d of 
2 t "have theirs Saale labelled, but 
and ' ago 
, was 50 feet high, and ri bel as muc 
through, t the iu an Paris Cytisu 
ith g 
ng, ma odes E the 
fing of X € trees, "Outside the garden, 
the margin of the water near Chri 
ihai a 
pe à and w 
he 
sis rie cie over one of the 
runifolia, on a branch 1 ron 
of the parasite, bias Es oec a thrusb's nest, 
ter. e on the end of a 
i 
gr 
walks by Crategus 
eyed € he globular 
; this inte- 
dens quite healthy,” was not 
pected to survive long. 
The large ge specimen ì trees are named in a way that 
lby those who are auxious 
who have te 
given up patent labels, * tombstones,” and all the 
