6 Notes on Gardens and Country Seats. 



that though there are a number of varieties of the protestant 

 species of Christianity in Wallingford, yet not only the mem- 

 bers but even the clergy of the different congregations all live 

 in perfect harmony. We sincerely hope that the period will soon 

 arrive when all religions and all clergy shall be placed upon a foot- 

 ing of equality in every respect, each depending for support on his 

 hearers ; and, when this is the case, we feel certain that Christian 

 harmony will be confirmed in such a manner that neither time 

 nor accident shall be able to prevail against it. 



Allnatt, Esq. — The garden of this gentleman surprised 



and delighted us. It contains nearly an acre of seedling hearts- 

 ease, and upwards of that extent of seedling georginas. The 

 beauty of some of the varieties of heartsease astonished us, not- 

 withstanding we had seen the 270 varieties in the Epsom Nur- 

 sery, and the select collection of Messrs. Brown at Slough. 

 The colour and shading of the petals of some of the varie- 

 ties were as superior to those of the common heartsease of 

 the gardens, as those of the finest green-edged auriculas are to 

 those of the native self-coloured flowers of that plant. As to the 

 georginas, we will not speak of them ; they are too numerous 

 for our circumscribed learning in this flower, and we were lost 

 in admiration among them. Mr. Allnatt, jun., cultivates a variety 

 of articles besides these two flowers. We saw the same rare 

 shrubs and annuals as at Mr. Tyso's, and a variety of excellent 

 practices displayed in the culture of culinary vegetables. For 

 example, there were melons of a new variety, grown to a great 

 size, in a bed of tan, heated by a lining of dung introduced 

 through a porthole in a wall, covered by a shutter, so as to show 

 nothing but the luxuriant bed of melons ; a tall-growing variety 

 of Indian corn in pots, having, from the scitamineous character 

 of its foliage, a most Oriental, or Tropical, appearance; the 

 Altrincham carrot, grown in rows 18 in. apart, and the carrots 

 at the same distance from each other in the rows, the roots 

 attaining the thickness of a man's thigh, and the length of 3 ft., 

 with a vigorously growing top, for feeding cows or other cattle ; 

 Spanish and Portuguese onions in rows at the same distances, 

 the size enormous ; and all other kitchen crops in proportion. 

 Mr. Allnatt, sen., has grown on his farm a large quantity of 

 Bishop's dwarf pea, for Mr. Ronalds of Brentford ; and he has 

 a moderate breadth of that new and valuable field turnip, Dale's 

 hybrid, the bulb of which is said to be as solid and nourish- 

 ing as a Swedish turnip, and as tender as an early Dutch. 

 It is also said to be not in the least degree injured by the frost, 

 and it is thought that it will prove to be invaluable for field 

 produce in wet soils. The seed of this variety is also for Mr. 

 Ronalds ; and, if a fourth part of what we heard of this turnip be 

 true, it must be a prize of immense value to the farmer. An 

 apple called the creeping apple, a variety of the burr-knot kind, 



