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Tal ther plants ; ; but|ing is ringing loudly in some places, and I fea I were “a nurserym man, nything to 
rough er iei ax parner eti Ou did on other shall b bave some wretched imitations of Batterson pratis ws societies pma enr e Rushton, d my pene. do 
species of Quercus, it had always failed to ved | Some are ardently waiting for the time to com und W. FOR delale, - — Pte e 
though the seeds vegetated. On the branc kes of|when they may turn out their best plants. T ho ope 
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soon as they endeavou ded acies for a . | Overdone thin it a e T oot eee sane, the | when he advocates the awarding ii ied 
and it is mar ined and ex pense, time, and skill re quired to develope a A Sioa ve an Ses & 
d var oy ies tong es eet slanted bya Addi exp rdei d ett iv ell spent on hardy | that it would have been better to have placed id 
ll. trees, Pines, flowering sbrubs, and the finer he rbs, | equal ; ” and as an additional argument he says that 
such as Pampas G Pim na , and the — y| weld sea the Ju die hs award *. extra prize tp 
t lea d Com outed and Umbelliferous | another meritorious collection. Now I conten 
Doy rd. |n lows nem fy -- e peo aoe r wh: p^ erior to any to be made | the awarding of equal prizes pos never be pat 
British, plants, one of hardy medical plants, a Willow from plants carried - for the summer months; a j to excep ery ext gp cumstances, and 
rd ,a very use efu. y -— important moreov von, whic u | 
garden, a very ios nci garden ‘of considerable | every day in the year, and one of which the firs would | nearly equal, If this mote of judging Were to reosing 
size, an ai kedi on the Linnean system, a a | be the chief: ied whereas the continued plu am Pet that it would 
garden wt mandy ; fruit 6 dues from which scions are | anc prote ecting of a vast number of tender em ‘must | universal dissatisfaction, an nd would open the door for 
pie to those who m them, palpably the cause rot endless expense and trouble. | loose and unjust ards, hee if E. E 
o In the ornamental ground there w as a little | If I dare criticise this natural arrangement of exotic presented itself, or jis very is 
4 osatud dish; d —— no sppronch tà the wall-paper type | herbs, it would be to the effect that“ one division of it | decided, instead of resol tely f cin d su Say 
of decoration— geo: l figures, aeaiabs lines, and | occupies rat) ther too central a poi osition in the garden, | ready means of escape would oe em yn 
ceaseless hetia Roses and numerous ornamen al | though it w, unless by —“ Oh, make them equa al!” I contend that itis oaly 
shrubs were scattered about singly and very addition Md made | the extent of the latter, of | when the ese very nice points are to be decided, ang - 
Deme y m p s de base of the standard Roses enge are onu and certainly a fine oppor- when it is required to make minute distinctions, th — 
being in m vafe the little Phloxes, so be hri a field of 10 acres with very tempting | you discover whether your r judges are up to their work 
that with. rernm of Tritomas and a goodly undulations es to the north-west—runs by the river | or not; and it is spe n occasions jof this kind th — 
sprinkling of other first-class herbaceous Legen bulbs, | too—could be easily joined to the arboretum, and | the awards are canvassed, discussed, and—I "n 
&c., there could be little lack of flower e; above | await wake a most telling eb to ae may say—generally appreciated; With regard toyow 
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evin is a greatgarden for herbaceous plants. | central position ? Be cause a “natural " Senet’ is fole id for countr foo, I should stipulate that they 
They muster a goodly army in the natural arrange- one of th ones conceivable, and in| be young ls adies, for we hav eady too many old 
ments, ¿make a very select company in the reserve | one sense t the most eee for it is the most diverse | ladies in connection with country exhibitions, W, H, 
garden, display a numerous and, - ee em in | from that whi ch Ta a aware has yet displeased ackney. 
the borders that surround the eat ranges of ure of tree, shrub, herb and Potatos from Seed.—In the end of last March, when 
glass, marshal scores of the rally: E individuals Fern, 8 sheltering, miror shading, n ourithing, "v I sowed my Parenips : v Carrots, I sowed upon the 
in the ec ical garden, and as before indicated, | beautifying each other. The system which pla otatos feu ier Alma and 
present the most Scu and pests species | the obtainable species of a genus together— morie Alstone Kidneys, and by the end of May, when the 
ebd there throughout the garden. he Lily, | more like each other than anything else in nature, Carrots were ready. for eer ea de Po to plants | 
il Allium, a M sections of the natural T us the es sence of mo: notony ; and abhor ring t tha at, | w I had some drills drawn ` 
arrangement appea: r* quite pmo for | I sa ment, y t b t, sim thos which Peas are sown, upon à 
umbers of interesting pe Phos and they t afford | a cons picuous feature in a great garden. Thea se collec- | piece of peih tha t pt d been double dug duri 
at extraordinary treat to the bulb- lovtig botanist tions of species too could be reduced with great| winter. 'lhe drills were €: filled with fine nid 
during the flowering he Walking round outsidethe | advantage, as in many garden s half the number of | and the Potatos planted 9 inches apart, in rows 2 feet 
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greatest treats to a lover of herbaceous plants, &c uld very d ather, and twice moulded up. ing that 
‘Every plant has a place,’ if we could only find it, of nomen vend A good d ar rangement of | they grew ively) I had a stake yeu panto 
and fora great many choice and curious things that | herbaceous plants is worthy of a front rank in any | 3 feet long, and I kept mer tied to the stakes as they 
will not grow or may not be accommodated indoors, | garden, but that place is to be pitied which, being of| grew ; ultimately they ies from 3 3 to 4 feet gh ; 
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and will not do when fully exposed, that place is very | limited extent, is ne gini covered by plants | Last week I bad them taken up, an nd I have sele 
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ed Whoever has seen Oxalis Hope wood, or thicket. At Glasnevin a waving see decked | put each sort into a flower-pot to plani 
so indoors or out as it may be seen in | by trees Pines, and shrubs, of - — Si sizes, Als of the plants yielded as — > Ib 
the Chelsea Garden, running wild along by tne Sall of surround these "scientific arrangem conse- | 10 Potatos, ‘weighing 11b. Loz. — them measu 
a stove? I could fin d many other instances. If y ou quently the À bue meet to, so deploabiy E in e inches iu length, 6} inches circumference, 
see "the curator of a botanic garden running a f| W. Robin wej 1 
eats H a ee y along the si "To es peers No. 3, 16 Potato, "t 5 j^ bo d p Potati 
fro’ of his ails, where any curious and weighing 11b. 4oz. No. eighing 
besotifol inbebitanta "ot sunnier - cibi deti e out e 2 oz. No. 6, 22 "Potatos, e as kcu OZ. MEN 
om congenial lime and warmth, it would not be too Home Corresponde Er 1 Potatos, weighing m v Altogether I have about 
uch to deduce from it that he had mistaken his| Rose Judging—I have received "follow ing | 2ushelso Po Potatos from ‘peng muel Hodges, 
sedation n. In a narrow peaty border on the north approval © : - remarks ¢ on - bjt K3 p. Pew Imp siete rsery, Chelte ae 
side of the Palm house range at Glasnevin, the fro rymai d Flor Spor Grapes "When T" T at Clumber Park, 
th American F | line » he - ves m Naiti * Mr. Moff e gardener there, 
grown, with Drimys Winteri, many shade- -loving herbs | pe none eei plain iy tè wal dei: Rose apa i mn and Ene e | po out to a bunch vy Corea grow 
of rarity, and the best developed memi Ihave judges. Your paper on the subject most wonderfully fits | Blech reor rali Vine, the berries of which were half 
seen—numerous too— of MU, ripedium spectabile » The some persons. I am inclined to think that we ini black and half white, This was the sample foci 
th | * professional judges,’ who might be engaged in the | to you, and noticed at p. 986. I have never met with à 
some trouble to ose who have the plant in| | same way in which Mr. B. aily, of Grosvenor Square, is | similar case. I may mention in connection | 
pots should, 1 think, pe it out ina similar : situ ation, | | enga ged _to ju udge poultry. I pr esume, however, T, that that Foster’s Seedling white nay oe was raised : 
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borders on d icem woes e the houses, Camellias, | MM as now mana ged, will never insure jus tice | Downes’ Seedling black Grape was . 
Nepal Sa: Gue: Lilies, Tritonia au med bas exhibitors, since exhibitors are too frequently both curious facts. Perhaps some of your correspo d 
Abelia triflora, Í Dictes pisölat, Dipirirhobis Morza judges and exhibitors enn are often ap ppoint ted may be able to give some reasonable explanation 
Ficus repens, were all doing healthfully. Cleroden- | esit the mcr oft things for which they I u Jno. Lee —2 smith. T 
dron ——e an old stove qm) grew in luxuriant | cere mi gro T os here are local influences rebbiano p^ e as a Stock (see p. 1 y 
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ae: with it as irei uon spe ishes favour of friends. I know we : have been served - avout erence being only si nths 
| large leasing -eoloure red : g only six mo 
TEY a y d Bowers; m badly in my time.” With all this I agree; the should have been six years. William ‘illery. 
beautifal rat Ile ala, urio e ccellas, difficulty is the expense. Such m M n as Mr. W. Paul, indon's British and Garden Botany.— n 
and the v such as I. reti : c Mr. Wood, and pid of NS a mpi integrity | made by m Reviewer upon the ey in this. 
dint, high f i Carpesium Richi, a first-class | would be the very m 
plant, which from its neat habit, — soft over 100 miles EN. of É Lon ovs 1 lumns are emit". 
pa herical beautiful yellow flower-heads, w. itable, na amely, € e veteran botanist unii dt 
come very popular. ' Sauromatum sahen, which is fal impulse to country societies. oes: no fait thin a Key to all plants ordinarily: al with i c 
London DISQUE if professional, or the sade if local and | coantry, both wild and exotic;—a Key so const” 
» was also here, and is quite hardy at Glas- | pate e lerer s this will le ad to observations from tha at it should meet. all the practical requi 
This use of low walls and the roq 
botanio ed vs of a ower but a Rose—I want no other; 2 will bae me such as your Reviewer says “a sharp C 
rq ener. M ery singular Tile. pnl keep no e Twould rat ioe bok * knocked down” by a bei call mere muddle.” Loudon’s Encyé 
E rear * ecussatum, ud here too, with Reaumuria a | Rose than “ picked up” by any other flower. To. day, nesstanistmidis 4 das A Abt 
pud im y weder enn rare plant ; Eurybia Gunneri, | Nov. 8, is my eldest brother's uida ho also mm ped portion of it is wholly unpractical. I 
a M rnm _ Abdie floribunda, Convolvulus | own, and I shall rese ne him and 23 is hunt aa glad if ^ were only a Key to to British plants 
Fe wine D osa, Cistuses, rather tender; | dinner to-day, with as beaatifl a ose rot Roses instance, published, say in the form of a 
many other plants “that could not be" well and | heart cot could wish. I shall not cut | a Rose after this day, boon would be inestimable. 
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were —À in|are in famous condition for next year, and deserve |“ Manual” is that it is “constructed on the plan ". 
EG dne immunity from the knife! I may add Loge the Bland. analytical Keys used by the F ; FUB 
hat gracefully | ford Society is admirably managed, and that I have | but ME T orm so as to be less likely to me wy | 
never heard of any sp pies uot: made by com- EN . Bentham's, ne to his “ 
^ 1 naa petitors against the decisions of three of the gentlemen’s ed pretty wi 
is, if anything, better sui a a selected from the neighbourh I beli er piam has not much to complain of in sit, nor Lu 
Mr. White, of Poole, and Mr. Frederic Gill, of Bland- | foiled except with such plants as as Paris q : 
ford, nurserymen, to be good floral judges, and of the|and Glaux maritima, the female plants © of Ld | 
hit pner strictest integrity. No doubt there are others, If] dioica, or of Merc "urialis perennis, oF or the d 
