РЕВЕПАВҮ 25, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZ ЕТТЕ, 
178 
Hamamelidacez; or order of Witch Hazels, and 
mA five nectary sca ales „аге rà 2: it by - 
1 founders, this case 
OTES ON GARDENS.—No. 
Тик DUBLIN PAŒNIX PARK AND ITS 70 
(Concluded from т. Y 
T comes the pleasantest p of my Ріс 
Park pee iences, I have to оте the home of! Mr. 
W. S. Wilkie, chief bailiff and superintendent of ee 
1782 acres. but of what 
— were made, if I wished to tell I could not, for 
| eourse equally embellished the sene at all seasons, yet | 
a few steps from these the smalles 
trees in 
| their ч! е — irregular aem of flower to " 
e, 
t 
yed in handlin 
he b 
t feeds т ну. But great men iris р 
go ood са. creditable things on record about ,ands 
by Salvi 
ith i ts delicate fringy blossoms. 
Fthe pce Thujopsis bor sexe , 10 feet high, had been 
admired п r the rising boundary of ш lawn, I had 
ely to turn round and survey : be 
Malaisie - other Roses on their own 
flower, and m xed u up wi ith Gladioli, i wars pe xi чараа for 
' some one 
f unrelieved seculi stuff may 
“ Why talk so much of 80 small a даре? 
with half 
say. Well, simply t 
of how very much c 
beau 
ould be done to form the most 
tiful of uro scenes with „hardy plants alone ; 
several years 
ere hidden 24 Wistaria, b 
d | and 
1 
ti 
f great climbing capability ; by Abelia 
wall covering, 
F 
the silvery Jeaved белем, nd сой. та tufrs of 
, I could not but conclude, though 
fresh from f as kocine display at Байгеге, that if 
5 
as а эрге poc 
all; semis n would 
be as charming i in April as in Au quet, м 
“зи жый ой © plants „of "ge -dozen botanical 
i ns oie - for x tl 
could 
эз) garden ought to be, What a 
shi "ub is that Quercus | glabra, 8 feet, bigh, near A | | 
one 
wit EM uA жойы: зз not mention it were it pis 
clothed w ant beauty, as all such houses ought 
элын E 
those immense plants of Pampas Grassin the à moist shel. | 
| tered sp A 
гэн feet hi ! 
ference, were noble object s on the lawn, 
f Mr. M'Nab, 
and в 
a3 he 18 
ing filled v vith 
22 
s, but he was equally delighted with ma 
б егз, yes на that at least five of the Conifers | 
were ив most perfect of their — i" the countr 
-— rp the intrinsic bea s дй, 
few of the: 
sense, being planted by men of СЯ e had been | 
d to 
recen 
rare Pines nob yet proved hardy, 
and these all pieked planta o of the earliest, batches sent | 
ou H 80, 
to be iP p out, 
ad 
best plants of some de favourites, 
The pleasure- -ground occupies about 2 acres—a com- 
а the garden. "Thus the sons of Burns hid | 
wor a Picea Nordmanniana, and es was а heau*i- | 
ful 'lhojopsis borealis, which General Lord — 
| planted in 1860. In the ga e now mo 
of the { D than of ^ other 
plants which a year o т two ago many doubted not but | 
he would live 
tne amount 
of pleasure it has given to lovers of 
—amongst them some of our d а v 
x ч, den indeed. 
Por these admiring the beautiful Pines? 
Pr ir the. E high priests of Irish and Scottish 
hortienlture— си e апі Мг. М“МаЬ! Now,if I 
merely еа o f the place, that I had seen these 
was of Archbishop Whately ’s р 
The finest Deodars in Н аге y suppos 1 to р 
на dense spreading specimens on Mr. fikis law. 
ut 28 feet n and "ses are ape individuals | 
or 20 e "rin of Ce рч atlantica v and el 
atlantica бге 
nobilis, like С the Prise Pines, are in 
health, aud 30 and 15 feet wed ышк. 
proverb whieh "X that it’s not m€—— * for ter bu 
the cat си ” would surely help curiosity оп ће | 
subject. М. . Wi iki ез garden is s divided by — 
and ve 
Bat 
n tasteful and. refresh ing are hese irre deal 
masses of bedding Ea erste ЕС ' trailers — 
ow we 
having en in common, for the "est ы. га 
Conifers,in the gr chief fe 
atures 
Dor with the heads planted i іа ће ground, ^" the 
ка 
Wilkie. odia о КЎ 
which many of thes 
| to afford. Wh 
better effect of 
rad iv 
Bn tiam” the splendid specimens 
of hardy. 
the 
Yuccas which stoo 
stand — in. Mr. V. ele wer-garden at 
With the бок Шш of Dublin 
is only second iu popularity to its good 
and T — 
cely be wise ud wish tkat ev 
ON r tie ӨР 
uch 
e 
mig of some sort should be. soon in m Жон gr 
mach е be а bue people who thei 
and attention to open-air (арылды should mis Ez во 
me of flowers - мас Е Mop seasons without an 
orrible €: E ebwee m ner, or autumn 
ion," as 
| oy ime р ке, Wilki ie does E more isit to be 
| desired t ho owners -— nagers of gardens 
houl "fashion ” in gardening 
as he does; and ins n d ot 
g whici we now find in 
books апа in "S other рох of art wrought for our 
| deli ght. Wm. Robins. 
MARIE GUISSE PEA 
Pear, figured in the bh Horticole for 
в very ошм aa hasa remarkably 
едт 1805 і 
арре: ангы middle-sized, or 
rich warn 
sollst 
ree t 
both, That. furthest o. Mr. Wilkie 
almost e given up to bendtifully еа 
Сургеззев, Thujas, Junipers, and rare Pines p all sorts, 
dotted singly on the turf, with 
filled | 
asın Or 
ism 
about si 
an enormous plant of ipee G ied 
all a n flo ower n ar the e margin ; E 
Cy 
lh 
ога ich no gewgaw 
e any p гы айры but then the verga | 
Ivies and Honeysuckle, Virginian Creeper, 
it 
Ne rare evergreens, and d duous shrubs 
there being occasionally seen amongst 
these, such plants as Pyrus NOR apio species 
from the Himäláyas, about eg 
Acer colehicum, upwards 
&c.; and n 
dakaria 16 feet 
т- 18 f 
"defect 
; С. тасгос m 
20 feet ; AZ semperviens e fee 
Cupressus funebris, 15 feet h 
26 feet ; © torulosa, 
very e ren an abundant bearer. 
t high, and 3 feeb in circumference at the 
n the ir Г 
b Goran i in Mosa, z "Dea 
e branches 
fro d of the Sai 
village in the environs of Metz, and fruited for the 
first time iu 1 
60! 
iugiter by. м. Hiva а, 
1 Yin eg 
9 feet : Pin EI 
and 56 feet round; Picea е 30 о! pex 
; Juniperus Sel, x feet; J. 
and Picea Pinsapo, 
us taurica. true 
recurva, eet; 
) med the * ‘ Happy Palley” by so E Me, 
Wikian noblotady visitors, is oblong-oval in «ңү and 
not traversed by wa 
the trees which divide this from the more 
par 
all r ing 
e- | specimens in ae e greenest h Pares A lat "of Таор 
n pla 
rias, and so 
e by tho great frosts of recent years. 
д 
етйн 
Е veinte: of 
by the inp Earl " Eglin 
Ireland. Most of Lr em 
h 
n 
Arauca 
Thes soil a 
at 
ond 
Carlisle, ке my other p 
used fi y to vi 
x has skilfully s sheltered his garden, 
I think the densely covered banks by whieh Me, Wilkie 
must to some extent 
| n 
Еч will be observed that the енд Уши named 
чи 21 years old before it produced fruit; but this 
y be accounted for by the circ ME P. the tree 
rae. fe been grown in ES soil, 7 feet deep. 
ре Soil, the Pear ong before it co 
; but Pear trees i 
Some good latekeeping varieties of Pears are 
а of the Mose 80 
ill March or April, it will be a valuable acquisition, 
y 
desirable. || ' 
IE e Correspondenc 
Orchi hs While noun Ў) pel 
likof other үш have their qoum of y 
о rehids, 
Years ago, qo -— to Mr. " Wilkie Oaa C him (^ 
was going to graft a tree in summer, much т. Ws 
ishment, bu but his Grace took a phial 
К the end. е а scion а: - in tukon f fo 
^ ad AR ун s vestita, atta 
r, Apt 
ш the 
e mes pla 
hec quite as interesting as the lawn, for 
in pod, at Paalowaia, Weeping Holly, Double 
Chest nu Ке е uan ape of SE Roses in 
ey could a 
e оп Pyrus, and ja енти succeeded with | 
graft. "Te must be esi to to all pariet to 
know that men of we rM "e find 
‘Pleasure in their CR 
an interesting mites 
Hort ota ing a ein M Wilkig’s house i is of the 
most ponas иче for v. is fond of plants of all 
йын of the t. as well as E herb, the 
g all so as uce a 
augusti 
be | struggle for pee 
ing а 5 
Clematis pen Cotonenster, while in front a commou 
Weser rias fou ао t five 
H 
On the колагын vm some red 
pes acaulis was most luxuriant, and Iv 
Horse- this 
monz mue 
foet gh ден» 
had ti 
by bad тешен quite as often 
natural decay. 
for Orchids as they would Men been m built 
bol aon for them. Adverse ci Ped age жш nap 
mes occur; 2 instance, a pan glass 
broken or cracked, and not "observed Са the е plant 
a. 
below 
x plants, Salvia pate and & some of 
Fuchsias are found hardy, and ed ekan advantage of 
ordingly. Moutan fermer mixed with Liliums, &c., 
„э of 
d is often the caus 
ing plant a as минен аз the Pine; and by most taste: | 
ful ag to pr rod 
H and аб the same time nfinite variety | 
and interest of detail, gives himself and his numerous 
from Laurel brani 
iu width. 
d of which is desirable. Ifyou give air to 
isti A nid. d menm 
tf 
ches. 
, One o£ the best — n in the is 
eee is hardly 
e garden 
rl over the banks 
ier we 
P specimen of ч E quiet o corner, stands alone a beau- 
о! 
hy = late Lo M OE eee о! 10 - ig, planted | 
аА those co; 
onia previously spoken 
m WEM a chief feature, and 
, to n Mr. i 
; | lin ч — the 
of. had bom : 
of | sort, an 
arist: c looking spade, which 
used by her Majo, by the late Prin n 
by other very great people when planting | am 
g 
€ cutting. It |! 
b doi 
J 5 Е 
th 
cially in winter, and th 
МР, 
es to atten 
а 
hs рн ally 
Houses Pen eet 
"€ sand "10 feet high. in the centre, contain ‘а large 
nt of heated air which is not speedily acted on by 
