Langley Park, Ditton Park, Frogmore Lodge. 651 



Many of the trees in the open garden are cankered. The 

 reason, in our opinion, is, that the borders have been cropped 

 too severely, and too deeply dug ; and the same reason applies 

 to the quarters, where, in every garden, we are decidedly of 

 opinion there ought to be no fruit trees at all. Considering 

 that in this garden, as in most others, the number of hands 

 has been lately much reduced, we found it in tolerable order. 

 Mr. Anderson pointed out to us some sycamore trees here 

 which every year are covered with honey dew ; which dew, 

 dropping on the shrubs beneath (such as box, holly, &c.), 

 occasions their leaves to become black, and theii' branches to 

 be covered with lichens; while shrubs of the same kinds, not 

 under the drip of the sycamores, are perfectly healthy. 



Frogmore Lodge, the Princess Augusta. — We have so often 

 before mentioned this quiet retreat, that we shall have very 

 little to say of it at present. It is in good order ; and there 

 is a fine display of the flowers of the season. We particu- 

 larly noticed a collection of picotees and carnations, raised 

 from German seeds, which we brought over for Mr. Ingram, 

 from our correspondents at Stutgard, M. Hertz and M. 

 Bosch, in 1829. Among these are a number of new and 

 beautiful varieties. We observed also some new calceolarias, 

 hollyhocks, and georginas, raised by Mr. Ingram ; and fine 

 collections of that fashionable flower, heartsease. We measured 

 the trunks of two fine evergreen oaks in the pleasure-ground, 

 and found one, at the height of S^- ft. from the ground, about 

 loft., and the other, at the same height, about 12ft. in cir- 

 cumference. There is a neat Swiss seat now erecting near 

 the lake, which has been lately cleaned, and two large pikes, 

 which had devoured almost all the other fish, one weighing 

 19 lbs. and the other 22 lbs., were taken. 



Fare's Nursery. — Observed a remarkably fine Tecoma 

 radicans major, the blossoms larger and more abundant than 

 any we ever saw, with the single exception of a small one at 

 Ditton Park. Macleaya in flower, upwards of 10 ft. high, and 

 very showy. A purple and white ^conitum ; a new and rare 

 hybrid, very splendid ; a dwarf georgina (densa), which never 

 exceeds a foot in height. Various other plants, and a good 

 stock of very fine yuccas, which have several times flowered 

 splendidly in this nursery. 



Forest Hill, Rileij, Esq. — Aug. 4. A small place, 



without any pretensions to natural beauty ; but with a lawn 

 tastefully laid out, and planted and kept in the highest order, 

 by the present gardener, Mr. Brown. The standard roses in 

 the lawn are placed in the centre of dug circles, about 18 in. 

 in diameter ; and these dug circles are obliged to be covered 



