Novemper 26, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLEMAND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1131 
than its older namesake. -«— called Lamartine, | tion of Grasses, a very extensive, and though it is dan- | were heard of, before the London Parks were free to 
marked in tbe same way, only with red instead aides d very well a" collection. | the ight be supposed rper pd 
white flecks, Jooks distinct, and will probably be The plants were grown i ines, with a con tm must “stay at home and. be good,” 
effective, A third, Madame Andrieu, has red ribs, | distance between, and ales bees pen es; and | youthful Byron, after 
with a few reddish flecks distributed over the central | thus they were kept far more distinet than usual. A of a Spanish multitude for the horrible bull dgtüng 
portion of the leaf. These, as we are informed, are complete collection of pm and Meadow vmm ses | “sport” vue took place on the Sabbath, s € 
hybrids from C. pæcile, fertilised with Chantinii, | was a most useful feature, each species being grow “London ! right well thou know'st the day of 
peat a M B ae A -= — , raised from pæcile | a bed by itse lf, 4 feet wide by 10 feet i in length. "Nea Then thy sp [o Po mp n om din 
ertilis ith Verschaffeltii the whole central 
portion of the leaf-blade of à deep erimson, Verily |a H f list Thy cach of hackney. w wat guulry siue wh; 
there is pers for the Floral Committee to collect |as iet gi giving instruction to the heen for ntn To Ham ampstead. Bren Brentford, Harrow, make repair." 
and test the numerous varieties. eun in this way, and even provide e Biddy Donohue, Hampstead and Harrow are noa mei preme places, 
g at Hi may minister 
ston a ni arr amused at the great change that | , Mtis " from the herb garden when she ap plies for it. > bied hilarity of the C tdm yet it will hardly be 
Didi esiisiium e forage plants I was glad to meet | dou that neither this nor any other Sunda 
i si decided that planting, Pers T on Quince sine t and | with the famous Hay pabularia, I the equally healthful yet instruc- 
cand sin men. 1 Twelve vind the said ste rare, by-the-by, in a true state. I have seen a Cow- | tive and pure delight of an evening spent amidst the 
oo of orehar Tho tables ere now nh pone b ot by Me - MoArdle, wh eee | teutned ot basta, Why, ii seals the beantt ot 
ment. I was inform r. Me. e, who | of Dublin. y, it is s of 
ihe T sa c Toen re "in A a many years Mae ne i m d a emend Jmm that some x the n n 2 who Deum at 
from Alpines upwards, roots rangos | Glasnevin an ere, w ousands enjoy 
gero | descend 10 feet into the ground. Mr. McArdle is very jand admire, might themselves be worse — 
NOTES ON G — TES. prog s in vir iat hat Tin is own little garden jen showed | than LA such a useful ep y naa aor y be wo for- 
e a novel ity in t at p a “dhrop a 
Royat Boranro GARDEN, ti Q hol 1 it 
(Concluded from p. mg forming a close head in which the mixture vet pin is this meds ofa nou feast 
Tur e ground is a —— garden, chiefly oad simple leaves, woolly and smooth- leaved Pears, for those > who wittingly -* giochi follow the 
dev Shed 99: to "e and new herbaceous things difficult to | Mountain- ash and Medlar, was very striking. Neart well “all M ey gat 
get or keep; things that like to “well amongst the hardy Ferns, which are ple entifully grown both in| and small; »* and then surely no | pla ce i -— 
moisture of Senecio vulgaris, and other creatures o t 
peculiar temperament. He ere in a peat border, slightly rockwork, v à little half ci of I y hedge, shading 
shaded by a a wall, was a rapidly increasin gs stocko fAn dro Py j 1 shelteri Am = re ^ “ In Gothic domes of sealing stone.” 
yro d to lik Near the obinson, 
fal ben Alphas shrub; Andromeda hypaoides, inem ‘ant is a vary room, in which the journey: | ———— 
too, but =~ as healthy as could be wished, it pp the p with — who amp PLANTING 
so be diffi to "m t atend, hea ecu n Botan a rege h ix bn 
other . The new and interesting A. fastigiata | Moore, w ivers teh e moraa ibiq t 
vill ther specien T the easiest of piris hg as "it is | season to the nts of the Albert Model Farm,| 1% coatinaation of n aay p^ pM (n. 108) Te come to 
now “ looking very muc| in the op of | which is situated in the neig md 
the N.W. dis t agglomeration | A round the Glasnevin Garden is, from the heads :— 
f brick, rather delicate. | very fortunate diversity and beauty of the grounds, a T sederit = pod light green. 
" ^ dh piene ^ es dark pon. 
pigsea repe , necessity, for it is| very pleasing one. On entering the visitor may see 3. Trees and shrubs with the leaves purple. 
fastidi he P. i 1 Lil the graceful and healthy forms of Cypresses, Irish 4, Trees and shrubs with the nens yellow. 
Michauxii, erent t thing a à Lilies, | Yews, Arbor-vites, &c., thrown into fine relief by the 5. Trep dd erate wish by e leaves white. 
being einen ‘ch, ind ‘with evidence of having | long, white, and beautiful curvilinear range beyond, 7 ae m 
fomio ve Sealy a few weeks fore my visit. and may congratulate himself that it is not a flat 7. Trees and shrubs with red, yellow, or white 
been pac er ed prita cà, is in the way of L. | display of colour formed to “ associate” with artificial bark. 
perde rbum, and will, I hope, iniresié sufficiently for buildings that occupies the precious space, but plants dimer eei and shrubs. 
distribution ere long. At the base z = pw all, A of everlasting beauty and interest, always occupying = 
anche ing on Ivy o the ground and embellishing it, displaying distinct 1. TREES AND SHRUBS WITH LIGHT GREEN LEAVES. 
abundant; and in front a whole ppt i of “the tints of the ever-grateful colour in om and | EVERGREEN :— DECIDUOUS :— 
varieties of Erica mediterranea, with Arum Mute, summer, waving majestically before the gusts of Abies TM rubra Am ae 
Arisarum erubescens, and a little nursery f autumn, and tellingly beau me se ute — zn ntalis — gg. | Ampek »psis hederacea 
Dodecatheon Jeffreyii—a gigantic ten € Peel on their deepest green the of w In| B etie | Catalpa syringæ æfolia 
ting which I say to all lovers of“ good things” in | front of and about the (à enl "imde Buxus met Lau dhigpanhns visaindon 
the o hardy "y, the sooner you have it located with | of all kinds on the verdant turf, afford interest to all| Chamæcyparis spbæroidea Cistus capitatus - 
e deep ri light soilin a tastes; and then down by the river, there is a solemn | Ilex balearica Gleditschia triacanthos 
mien te ttt foro ourself- gor meee If, Fomor ther | walk walk shaded by high banks and trees, but varied and Juniperas menne te — 
nme who is only acquainted beauties | easy all along till the glade begi open, and ee a cea Donia oui mové 
of the Marin ik po acest t exch nin Rum iud ssh iy. Ot pci uet pd » villea 
t es y en lestitute of well grown , with h egundo fraxinifolium 
interest as the Med fields of Virginia | Cedar or Pine, now and then a gigantie Willow, or Eus pr oc Quercus laciniata 
are at present, let him learn that D. Jeffreyi is not a pidi rare Oak, such as Quercus Lowetti. There also | Thuja Wareana Taxodium distichum 
rising Cabbage, for when well grown it has a brassi-|is the aquarium, a long waving pond for the Water » orient Tilia e rat cong 
caceous development, and is quite a gn mol Lilies and smaller aquatics on the left ; a little islet for Wellingtonia gigantea Vitis vinifera 
Dodecat —of course 1 dign nt A. | Arundinaria falcata E a-— s dos dog" beside it | 2. TREES AND SHRUBS WITH ese eng LEAVES: 
he to be. egacarpea polyandra |an excavation getting y fora * flow: pai, in EVERGREEN :— nus, of sorts 
plentiful here, as were interesting and I euer ie Wm Phil elo cie AR 
and Carices brought from eg eg and Nor orway, ought to be, in je gardens, wi man es river sil F duleis | Taxus, efie ith * 
collected by Dr. Moore; but these, like the alpines, | 2 the right un. the etn am extremity of the en |»: Cerasus lusitanica | DEGIDUOUS :— 
&e., from high latitudes and elevations, were difficult | is reached. Then the visitor turns to the left -— x emet microphylla || Alnus, of sorts 
to cultivate, and consequently devoid of the inter- surveys the beautifal eut —— with stream and| (obe Moy Ct gn | renro oet 
ming! of British brethren And up the ascent, and | Hedera Reegneriana Ya Clematis odorata azurea 
Hellebores, Epimediums, —— Tritoma pumila, | amongst the Pines, í ten id vlr i curn d views of | e AE y | e prm d 
Prep coupes cider i nan the gard bo had, 7 lnurifolia ^ | Liquidambar 
lants, su ch as All d the L throug h em arboretum, and by A large AT s seotica $ Pavia, "— 
the ond pa and such eem planta d pen etl y covered wigwam, e by growi » Shepherdi | Potentilla daburica 
botani he small om vel cultivated | tolochia Sipho luxuriantly over eld branches a oo | Ligustrum japonicum runus, of sorts 
in this eb rite te enclosure, of whieh The have said enoug finally, | Mahonia Aquifolium xs Caprea p 
to prove it wort g the privilege of exp loring. alon ng many pleasant walks through the central por- P wem ao var Cham estas ad 
I must add, however, that there were some curious | tions of the garden, from — ce O'Connel's monu-| 3, eiie AND SHRUBS ` wre Posi Ls AVES. 
things on the walls, and mune them Hydrangea | ment, situated in the adjacent grounds—in shape like | Dectovows :— d Raine 
radicans p. which rooted and clung to the wall as|one of the beautiful and Po once ancient iras! Acer Pseudo-Platanus pur- | : "EU 
compactly as Ivy. tos ers of Ireland, may be Ev 
The Agricultural and H is| So now in conclud 
called, pleased me Mag much - its aa ans 4 tional garden—of whieh ‘the c hangs is A new 
be ee partenes mi TEE too, as far as beds | Palm house, & “ae al most ihe testa is Fi Ban ‘ood and 
agricultural Grasses, forage plants correctl; a fleeting I subject 
d dated e. Guille of tinap | ud rti LRA du M wa ati pgp 
Tat wicca sak former. There have been — M MAE chip (f Sti uve Bont tiud; That 
attempts at such a useful arrangement as this|I have not ot needlessly lengthened matters will be 
—Á ges bn Pega places; but while they oe parent when it is stated that many score more plants a 
have run into a muddle and been eon gp e this at I have named were put down as worthy of remark, 4 
lumari te di old-established A gardener of | which space forbids me to indulge in. 
the slightest pretension dioditt pago 5 know at least the more | also for sundry — ghi is one to talk if th 
potu herbs and economical plants, British | not in a garden after | Euonymus japonicus foliis 
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1 variegatum 
isonous pl &c.; but ħi le t hi o; itoat at al i jui aureis l Corn foliis 
poisonous plants, “ ow is he to g such infor-| The peop! oroughy enjoy wi d gine NK. a | us mas 
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mation, when, sa a rule, susti iuis plants are | the plants ma beauties of vil PEPEE H ce eet aie smote 
banished from private places, ind when, considering must be gratifying to those who proclaimed the bene- M aag os | Pee tah" 
the time a young gardener has at his is | ficial effects of opening the gardens on Sundays; and aureis [gatus | Hibis syriacus foliis 
almost impossible for him to a pon ths required know surely the great good e effected — tho usan nds brought à ilicifolins varie- variegatis 
ledge from an ordinary natural or Linnean arrange-|f! Lo; iserabl Pin inus Pinaster variéguta Ligustrum 1 varie- 
ment. I really don't know | of any ga rden which | whiskey-shop and from the many coarse smaseieats| gom P |x Liriodendron uli piers 
efficientl. ledge, besid hich wi maculatis Quercus Cerris variegata 
Ee of Glasnevin. Tie Que d tained a f a great f ne people on Sunday, to the pure Retinospors p 'pisifera waren | Sambucus nigra foliis aureis 
ran with a nie plot ofi each grab | delights of a ome conserving so much of the world’s ——— pneu aüpdg "73 ——— 
th oo demon and collections of plants yielding oils, | plant beauty, iust be equally grateful to those who Taxus real aurea | Spiræa opalifolia lutea 
yielding dyes, M, and yielding fibres, In it was rus collec-? P ppósed ¥ the measure. Even long ago, before railways baccata anrea Weigela rosen variegata 
