Avavst 27, 1864.) 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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gre Memo — 
oom Jackman & Son’s NURSERY, WOKING. 
This e ablishment, Tog favourably Erk for its 
oollection of hardy 
ts fine 
ants, i is no ow likely to abtain a 
4 nallo Koelreuteria M ma ta. 
- Cedar! 
cotica, Pinus a 
listle known, but really beautiful old Chinese tree, of Lebanon, Deodars, Cypresses, Ilex 
iMm Cembra, on Ae ce Conifers, 
e-clad parsonage, and Fre uad 
tia iata built schools, va all Sonohiegg add an interesting 
rural dist rict. 
bu jue n the summit of a hill | 
overlooking à an extensive range of mL wooded 
ccount was given at p.779. A plantation of these 
rming plants, Aer on Foe some 6 feet in 
height, has produced eem of mq es this 
the p 55 ud of the origin of dE a teal 
autiful untry; behind it is the nursery nae M perhaps be worthy of remark that this 
perly T alled, and through this runs a broad 
walk bordered with select Coniferous and other tre ees, station, and that it is appr aah ae = h shady lanes, 
edged next - roadway with dwarf Firs. of which are in many places forera with 
Vi 
this » of th 
rom being unpleasant; but to see such 
of f Abies Nordmanniana alone n ig ght, 
summer ma autumn, in colour 
asily conceiv To flo 
c. lanuginosa has been added the s 
colou 
duce violet-red 
r of the small- Dorm C. H and al 
which 
vary in height from y to 3 fi 
12 a 
Clematis as as grown here, the old proverb, 
e kno ood. 
nd 15 fee bd RU glt, m ws not labour," holds g 
Né ena pod: 
Rice-Paper of Formosa. —The plant that produces the 
(see p. 724), a low shrub with large leaves, in form not 
et only been- 
pr s ocured from the 
n8, W. were the male paren aruit nir in var 
ese valuable dm for the —9 of which | 
Mr. Jackman certainly deserves ou nk 
Beautiful bus 4 are Miniied to be on g hands, but 
Mr. J. states that h 
omar until pe 
hasadded totheir splendid 
i blossoms a delicious fra- 
grance. Be th it 
may, however, will 
nts 
he 
make glorious ornam 
pr 
«— ormosa, where it grows wild in great 
aconsTE = the hills, It is of very syns pe 
and the 
- 
LSS lopped for use, are not 
RAS unlike ipo of old 
Elder appearance, 
The i He or pith 
ls 
hel quei its full size the 
either for "dn veran- WW year. Th dno 
dahs, or rustie poles or WW NS t branches are mostly 
illars ; and they are as SL U SI proeured from the abori- 
—H as the commonest Wi NS gines er moun- 
Virgin's Bower which Ss tains, for. 
adorns our por- t aee Led 
| ticos, The d fo yy 
ey) ua a lll deal 
here „this hot dry season 
Of Coniferous ‘plants 
Mr. Jackman has an ex- 
lection, and his 
en 
on the MM in 
dars, Pinus insignis, 
Taxodium distichum pen- 
dulum, a beautiful 
variety; Cupressus 
and Crypto- 
meria Lobbii, there are 
u of beautiful 
straight 
throughout £ fheir gone 
7 
74 
pesa ana ah. a asd 
stick inserted at one en 
and h 
$ 
we 
\ 
eae other thini es Bg 
b s been quite refres = 
This - has produced co sh as 2 o bas A. nobi 
meag El ollies, one ofth tis Sesame’ Y nee 
o" gold-edget Mig via, either ppt a a of 
ards, pyramids, or bushes, 
beautiful a 
sep 
Jackman’s ares en ground 
it measu 
we 
BE 
=~ 
example of 
is well a f mih: $ 
a» ensures about eoe. dar s a eigo er feet 
it covers 
mit a dense roll or of foliage, an "rr branches 
sufficiently thick to conceal the stem all t 
r egata 
of Wine 
E L7 and Limes we observed 
also one of the comparatively 
-— m e t 
8 ave ilus: 
A Of atlan- ight 
tica there are some y 
IU. VI EET en s 
E noving mu ey haies. e is ich the knife i » 154 and ig 
better than IS o jannually raised from the seeds, A dwarf variety of — ^ YR raised above e tile itself. 
P f the sa |this fine Cypress may also be seen here.  Abies| The block is laid flat on a table, oa = "dried h 
size and ag plant of | aa ia grows in the light soil of this n nursery with | rolled on it with the fingers of the left hand, and then 
x Thuja gigantea, 9 fi et in height, has b co d| ur; even this dry s with its edge towards 
i n from which plants have bi raised; as | eading "shoot 2 feet in len ngth. From cones of| rm pith, its ber being held by the ge. hand. As 
Pinus cma and Cryptomeria japonica, both Thos borealis many seedling plauts have been — knife is advanced leftwards th the right hand, the 
enn the size of stately trees. Of aised. Fes of Wellingtonia from 5 to 7 feet| pith is rolled in the same direction, but eed i 
oticed a beautiful co Sak withstand dhe drought of the season | b: the f 
which during this a ne of. 
nen 
which there 
also 
hich covers 
rest shows white sheet. 
of Trish Yews, 4 or idi une as they ares cut, are placed one upon another 
essed. for. some n and then cut into squares 
i impos g appearance, even a long distance off, the | of the require fed à d. The small ds rg made here are 
en eine of the one "forming & striking contrast | usually dyed different colours, and manufactured into 
the deep green o of th ^ anti tific ial flowers for the adornment o the hair of the 
Chobham ki as Pet excellent imitations of flowers 
fod runs throngh Messrs, ny zie , and | they i. is most usually offered for sale, 
parations are being made for V saos | MD plain and indyel are rebut 3X inches square, and are 
trees and shrubs on both sides ent i packets of 100 ench, at rather less than 1d. the 
The largest 
therefore, when completed, viewed in Masi iei | pa M. 
Lr paper is Pid t order, and is usu: rally exported to 
the little country church close by, surrounded as it is 
