302 Notes on Gardens and Country Seats. 



The range of hot-houses is 320 ft. long, rather narrow, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Whale's idea : but he counteracts this by training 

 his vines in a serpentine manner, and by letting the peach and 

 nectarine trees run half wild. He has grown peaches weighing 

 8 oz. ; and we saw a vanguard peach which measured 9^ in. 

 round. The pines are grown in pits, and the suckers are 

 planted close to the edges of the pots. Georginas, after being 

 planted out, are drawn through inverted sea kale pots, which 

 appear as vases containing the plants : their use is to direct the 

 water to the centre of the root, and to prevent the lower leaves 

 from shading the mignonette or other plants with which the sur- 

 face of the surrounding ground may be covered. There are 

 nearly sixty varieties of apples in this garden, all finely grown. 

 If we were to enter into the details of the conservatory, and the 

 shrubbery immediately about the house, we might state many 

 things exceedingly creditable to Mr. Whale ; and especially to 

 his skill in transplanting trees and shrubs. This he always does 

 in puddle, and without any previous preparation ; the secret 

 consisting in taking up all the ramose roots, however deep or 

 far they may extend. This, in fact, may be considered the 

 great art of transplanting trees. 



Chilton Lodge, John Pearse, Esq. — Aug. 17. The house is 

 placed on a sloping irregular bank, among old beech trees. It 

 is a cubical mass in the modern style ; badly placed and badly 

 approached ; though the prospect from it is noble and extensive. 

 The pleasure-ground and shrubbery walks are meagre ; but 

 these and the kitchen-garden are exceedingly well managed by 

 the gardener, Mr. Hamilton. The gardener's house is good, 

 and much more beautifully situated than that of his master. It 

 is placed on the brow of a bank, with the river Kennet beneath, 

 and water meadows and a fertile country beyond; forming 

 altogether a delightful scene. In the kitchen-garden, we found 

 excellent crops, grown in the very best style. The hot-houses 

 are heated by hot water, by Mr. Stothart, of Bath. 



Art. II. Notice of a Hot-tvater Apparatus, invented by Mr. John 

 Darkin, Engineer, Norwich. By Mr. Darkin. 



Having observed a paragraph respecting this apparatus in a 

 Norwich newspaper, we wrote to Mr. Darkin, who, with com- 

 mendable liberality and promptitude, sent us the following letter 

 and sketch. The system adopted appears to be similar to that 

 of Mr. Perkins, but at a temperature not exceeding that of 

 boiling water. — Cond. 



In reply to your enquiry, I cannot tell whether my hot-water 

 apparatus differs from all others in use or not, never having seen 



