Homser 17, 1854.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 1207 
printed, with descriptive notes of the plant, in our | Snugly nestling ‘amid such security as these { Currant, Snowberry, Yews, Pinus Pumilo, Gorse, 
columns on July 9, the latter name taker preced ence. | hedges —— 5 sre the _ houses, which are| Broom, Buckwheat, and some of the coarser growing 
—Rhododendron Princess He one of Mr. Veitcs, both num and tensive, well filled with | Grasses. 
beautiful hybrids Aes A ME tubed flowers, ra ised | n a m (a v ibo stock. Among them The culture of fruit trees forms another important 
from R. jasminiflor with impor! use, 100 feet im length, in|feature of the Nurseries now under notice, and on this 
scarlet species which w was wa t ant out. The flower- | which are both f branch of the business much labour and pains are 
tubes are longer than in the variety called Princess | door d another f b 1t ler the collecti perf ibl 
Royal, to which it ge some Bars wr fand of larger size, divided in in gr Bor middle, ee a fine | both in regard to kinds, growth, and modes of training. 
three-coloured Ja; apanese Sazifrage, often called collection of stove plants in one compartment, and | Among pyramids we remarked m thousands of 
japonica tricolor, is represented [^^ the ber New Holland and other hard-wooded plants im the | thriving young specimens, and equal numbers exhibits 
erroneous name of S. Fo m ni The plant itself i in its other ; ; Camellias, à set with blossom buds, py g pl " ail Pai om r i 
e by itis ratl house ; contiguous which is a stageful of | show varieties of Gooseberry may also be found here 
—is a ve ry beantifal rt for suspended ificent de: Azaleas, admirably po; and | as well as all the finer smaller-fruited varieties, which, 
Panor N or window conservatories. idee tast y ag far as flavour is concerned, are miu. the 
Te. Norman, a DOM pink striped variety have a gay and imposing quu Asvociated | greatest favourites. 
, while in the ‘‘ sprouts,” whatever | with the latter we noticed fine plants. of Dracæna In the Seed department, which is equally extensive 
they may here are ees spots of australis, and i n another house with that chem | to forest trees and shrubs, thé 
crimson. £N is aid to have been awarded a First-class | in pots of supply cuttings for | greatest particularity is exercised to have everything 
Certificate by the Floral Commitee CURE ?}—Disa plants on T own rots Vick are grown by|trüeto name and the best of its kind, an assertion, 
grandiflora su "ue the best | thousands here. | ample evidence of the truth of which may be found 
terrestrial Orehid.— Pen: men rincon weis Of Vines a most extensive collection is eultivated,|in the case of their “First and Best " Early Pea, & 
pesar gerer. , the first hite tipped with pink, the|&md being well attended to during ng, their season, of whole page of testimonials in reference to which from 
cond a white-throated TOE Sue in de way of Mrs, | growth they are E: in excellent tion, either for | well-known deners 
poem cultivating in r for planting out in the Canal 
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M € columns. In commodious warehouses 
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Garden Melton "n protect them from the weather. In summer ta E inds of agricultaral seeds, for the excellence 
. Francs & UR Dicks & | not required for Vines, and the ntum are off, these "m 
Urron NunsEnrES, P im — Chester, one ot "ine pits answer aad for Roses, which are placed in 
most ancient cities in the kingdom, is heated bed of fermenting material, 
banks of the River Dee, and hieh tl hey N achi»ved a wide reputation. At a re 
interest is wel worth a visit op account of the psi In front of one "4 the ranges of glass houses is M exhibition at Bingley sew i-o r^ some of tite 
f fit p taste fu lin design, and in in summ mporta roots from 
— — on the top of hich i bl a di x y I 
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gr p q f fora ; Vo 16 ie different pà the ent d pot from seeds 
g R i supplied by Messrs, Dickson. 'I i 
bui wo. the antiquated architecture of the town mer | iie divided from each other ohn means of good | some 50 tons of the best nataral Grasses for r 
- with advantage. Ona circular tower in|gravel walks, the — ow intersected by Ks pastures, Lawns, &c. besides Perennial and Italian 
m angle of this wall is an inscription intimating "the principal path ways in form of a cross. This | Rye-grasses, Clovers, Mangel, &e., in equal proportions. 
fet that frost this spot Charles I. beheld tl f ground, Dd Their — for sowing down laud to permanent 
e Parlia forces over his own in the neigh- | partly by evergreen — and partly by the glass- and aro desstrad 
dw hera September P ny eq be inst the walls of which the more tender m commended, It’ will therefore P pe that 
ever, the pada of the place in which we are| varieties of Noisette and Tea-scented Roses are urseries of Mess; ri ed Arthur Dickson & 
most interested, and foremost onu: Send stand in the first among provincial 
in that way st stand the nein LA stocked and extensive A border of Hollies, consisting of all the best of the | establishments of this kind. 
foliaged kinds, Be e ly se agen TT 
tte Che: den my are eeng not o cay fo for ornamental — with tbat of the Nursery properly | Miscellaneous. 
excellence of their paseos € for P methodi 80 called, and, being ith a. double row of Box, th M J Cd —Among the deat bá 
way in which everything connected their | between which Variegated Ivy is pegged down, the| Death of Mr. John Lawrence. > 
l ag apie Some 80 or 90 dii are | whole - = extremly pretty s pgszmncs, equally | 8^ 1 
the cultivation forest trees, and 10 or | pleasin, ummer and winte: wey Y g 
20 acres to that of Roses and fruit trees, yet over all , The faut TM = soil of this district seems to sui gia Aaa D ars Bagh ph "d 
that extent of ground the utmost order and neatness| Rhododendrons equally well with the sandy bog of a ardener at Sti John’s, pear yde. e was well 
are everywhere observable, and where necessary, | Bagshot; they are, therefore, in consequence grown iio ada man of our Xu and esteemed ara all ; 
numbers indicating varieties are boldly marked in mti Rd mantities, and as cover for je by n pr visitors y 
ood black white painted Oak 1 invaluable. : rs i 
ence to fruit trees amd Roses, can scarcely be | choi newest varieties of the late-flowe pri pepe = 
overrated. à brids there is a large stock, specimen plants of him: p Bon ia Ny ero "uid d 
rng hate md frs are plantations af diis of which are Pak he, purpose of supplying grafts E Sage rded in one whose day was ak 
cuttings ; correctness 
this way effectuall: r : 
plants of Al dus Nob miana, nobilis, and Pinsapo;| One of the MM cultivated in this nurse M 
Thujopsis borealis, Wellingtonias, Cupressus Law-|is Larch, of which there may no 80 H (n ht up in the gu at 
— Araucaria imbricata, Deodars, and others, all | 12 aA of one-year old plants; and owing to | i Castle, $ pag ant of Aberdeen, old 
rying g from 2 feet to 5 feet in height, well furnished the late dry summer Ly "og injurious in addo his : 
ndition is 
a the taii 
orming t That this good servant was appreciated 
a complete cone, pt sa p p - ca eae to | Larch, therefore the two crops are pla anted on de | m. geni tot an g p pp tted, 
Sir 
i this es PRU Canta of Abies | We also remarked huge breadths of Austrian, Scotch, | tè Gi Hesrly show = 
it Nn or emi Nosdamemieun: cub measuring S Spruce, and Highland Pines, Douglas Fir, and Yews, | friend puiuting Min a a bo tregua (ih 
i h C (t and a varie ege ae old friend is to me, or to over-rate his 
reared under circumstances of great exposure, arable | many admirable pe nta No family was ever more 
s r part of the gr: se ia | situatio "TAS fri i to my father and myself during 
imbricata, equally fine with that just referred to, but | many thousands “a a bas ceni years, and I feel that the 
diffe i | amasan, ine including those of recent EE. and, ‘ho tting 
eis in this case a decidedly pendulous ; character, | being frequently transplanted, they can be lifted with 
1 the Roi | n d not the slightest cheek being — ^ is parasite, as 
being stou d broader than those in any other ienced b t operatio Chey San d simpl 
aoa of the » Kind which we remember to il have seen, erm AE joe the best is reported to be ELE in oe cd 
thus giving the tree, s of we noticed some into the a which m 
cen VIRAL NER tace wits the view of Chestnut, S Asb Beet Elen Limo, Bd and 
Japanese ere e view ut, Sycamore, Asb, , , e 
tir bazdibaar IB vell as adaptability for Lt Boro 1 Bena, apd Them oc ee, e age attained by I 
bur and 
This Nur sery being fully exposed to the influence of | had had here in almost any quantities. Of th o Ailantus, ie y or tamen is the darti a 
west yer ne tig ode which ai Sorosi enaiy blow vil the ample pee of w pae forms the food of the | hedges, imn, 
eat vi ins and from the Ailantus wise observed a ck. js ich it is d with the 
À i furnished wi with excellent coder among other crops a this mem ri et which We decade, making antiquity 
oranes feet in ot in eight, a so trimmed as to — are plants suitab r gam "i i Pa the yy z 
occupy little more which would be Among in alidition to Ti Irons. ey, A dud i: ds the 
required for oi dep e ng of similar Laurustin and Porto aud yocp cy which | powerfal ph jm e- pro ineo d y Teroa pod 
"These consist of Beech, Hornbeam, Holly, Yew, and | are cultivated by thousands, and of all sizes, are |lvies in Englan cie the 4 up the old trees w ithe 
Privet; but for strength as well as as fine ap ce, Berberis Aquifolium and duleis, Box, Black orn, what | Somersetshire y a 
- Thorn i LEE | hn a eer ge itai og Rig t y d Sweet’ B Bias, is the ping "of Pis cheerful im winter ; and for ety 
ra, s those 
e satan « heemitt] M EE fence, Elder, Hazel, Honeysuckles, Privet, »"Searlet-flowered |there are io be found grander than 
