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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
бше а thorough practical knowledge of the most | 
555 
3 that 
building, the former was contriving how they were 
be ewe At t length hi he hit upon | the plan | of cover- 
rity. Now, from elose pr meae tion I have no hesita- 
importat, brane Бале ан honioallure, m len eaving Wood- | 
ttlesden, and 
v ^s r эш. E 1823, being 
London, 
age, 
a em m ment in the B et the Duke of 
2 e | emok bledon, About this time tho Horti 
Mans Society obtained a of some gro 
LEEESEE 
the pre Conservatory at Chatsworth, and made a 
belief that the x^ 5; К үзө» 
much carried. out both in China | and Jap are thi 
Р 
sketch of it, which 
г. Beunel sos he had 
Pie various нет. кее greenhouses, and „р 
mental - n at Chiswick, pei ү j 
ecessary бкр 
pne 
he o Lus the Society had in an 
excellent. field grt ted itself hw study a yu | improve 
men who, like Paxton, had a 
orough IM of all the 
‚ОЁ this Paxton did 
ment to those "e 
desire to obtain r tho 
requirements of the eir profession, 
Whoa the time arrived for SM the Exhibition | 
and removing the HA M efforts erp made to | 
retain it, and adapt it for d 
of amusement ad *! 
this was contrary to the agreement that 
of of Joseph Sabine, 'Esq., pr а {о 18 #7) was the 
Secretary of the Horticultural Society, 
with the residents in the законе 
hood, the idea ix which Sir Joseph had 
mind was reluctan tantly given up. Nothing ча 
however, * soon obtained ed a far more eligible site [4 
88 a place | w 
im both countries. Take the Chinese Еш as ош 
i E =. hav 
and on the Continent, lal 
old, 2 Ty high, very much in shape like 
E ofa la b i which ma re y 
and gro 
uid д easily propaga retains its 
H 
he m admitted on бм 13th peque 1823, for 
ement in the new garden and 
od 
to СА „patron and friend, the. late "Duke 
a powerful Prep. b zi MA the ingen of шш 
his Crystal Palac ucted in substa 9 
manner at Fere ias -— м ү 
а n Eri of dide bini per 
ч ihe ч апа frequently applied to Paxton for 
extent. This crownin g wo ork ; and we doubt 
Elde 
certain MAT uu by comparing 
a eue and a grafted plant it ла be found 
они thelatter is so much better as not to resemble 
e other. 
the variegated forms of Scarlet Persi prear io 
also be yr gà RR rs dà cannot say that 
“fixin 
new to him, or with which he was unacquainted. The 
trim and neat appearance " which Paxton was 
invariably distinguished, co bin ned with his great 
it as one of the er monuments that Ке possibly | 
have been raised to per 
of Май H 
which Шев at the root of all good breeding, made 
a favourable imp ression upon his Grace, who i in 1826 
2. 
к: 
а" "He ecame connec 
JEses operations of the am dg which. perhaps 
e for 
gardens at Chatsworth. 
Mr. Paxton had now ample scope afforded him for 
«к А E Fuovledgo, and skill as а practical 
gardener, as his | genius and good taste 
in Ca tee m" garden architecture | 
poor 
d 
вц 
а likely variety t 
particularly if we can АУА the broa а "black zone 
into ared one, and the green үс E yellow. For 
Mrs. Роос 
p was t mation of tem el 
but his greatest delight was to walk thro 
RUN houses at fe^ зто; m and а lmire ihe nl 
&c. Iti is a most prolific seeder, A^ [y result i is that 
Le gen he ОШ їп Nr life. 
n his j^ ment, and his benign countenanco—the true | 
s iador t o his large and libera! A heart—was always hailed 
ants ; these, however, never get beyonc 
A third raa pe A di Next to these ir 
leaves an 
variegated p 
| the secon 
landsca 
Under PS masterly hand, as а contem 
those 
pl A n 
ре een po ы 
observes, “ the wild D. Link Clhat 
worth stands became the wonderful place w 
hich d 
visitors from far and near, и set the example of that 
jid 
rest in the growth v bein 
d p Бе attention д 
plants аге 
у | white one, i Yo t 
If the 
Set the time they are a foot 
g a puzzle in 
encouraged to 
2:2. 
| that 
any jode T diis "ato t the: s Victoria Dig of which | 
t from Kew за 
now marks the country seats of our great Engl ish 
aml Its fountains and Italian terraces ; its rich 
oods, laid out and managed with such 3t 2 
bog 3 its hothouses, ке» Ше инг pogin was first 
compelled to blossom and t vatory, 
the 
Ja e 10% of that MER it was con- 
d by adopting the mode of Hii 
vation w kill and experience suggested, h 
had the | кошо to perceive а over bud on the 
i9 ешн, and w oud to t his name 
k and at uem mid are now en n e 
Park 
objecta c of admiration. But while Chatsworth attracted 
Leon the first person 
who р 
On the 14th of N ed a leaf and e flower 
to her 
of | high it will be found 
Majesty and Prince Albert at | varieg 
variegati 
Ко о оп, 
hat on one side 9; is a stri. 
sim a piece of Ri 
mue the corresponding leaf w. 
e half, or even а wich of the smallest. dimen: 
sions, "eit perfectly gur n фи р um z the vita 
ch i 
th 
Again, if we plant out a cross 
ft freely open to d ense manufacturing popul ati 
close ai den, and Paxton used always D dwell 
hi ias e noble Duke on his return to Chatsworth 
of is sort, it will very soon outgrow the Minis vid 
кэс, pon this trait in the charac y | from Ireland on ба дау. ; but the old stem will continue to show w 
s asko called him, i de was Lm wi TOP, Sir Joseph was an industrious writer е, hortieul- ih now growth commen ное, nd where не spe 
ү шас blest of his coun wn passion for | ture and mig an believe, was also connected | appears) to have been the 
with several literary enterprises, amon: hich i t may | growth of the VUA Eher This will co: Mose ч ү 
A Т of Chatsworth the name of Paxton | be mentioned that he was one of the founders of the | the autumn, when the ph is relifted ; a check 
Mk dul Ourably associated. Не a qoi iunate | Gar з Chronicle t interest in t| lace, and the variegation afterwards again 
taste for th e аайы in art and nature, but it was one spread of education, and used to d and give lli its appearance. 
his gret morlis ER ^s kon whore 4 esos ада 
ve her own way. Ê th this | examine and comment on the papers they had p OCATA. 
remark abundant evi discussion a evenin perpe. “Ind TONIA CR 
beautiful scenes Shia ын [Am е m ор. Жул: ы iue hand Tuis is now rather an old plant, but few, if any, new 
desizus, or ted under his superintendence. R Pien. e а desirous of im lves, | plants in its wa; X dor 
Bat it у not algne in. his сарай of a g in their p e was а | Шоп. That many old plants now lost or 
that Paxton gained the favour d оо President of. tho "Royal Hor ortus ‚ a | far better than th aently introduced with high 
munificent an opportunity ot display: Falow of the Linnean as | praises and ait ege is а mere : «rip. 
ing his skill and superior abilities m M P rim E Js бал i gardeners, but 1 confess to ha g oftener a 
financial ements w —À LA which Е vo volen these “ good old things" than to have ^ them. 
were attended with so h success, as to induce at Cliveden a short time since, id а very 
Duke to intrust him with the superin‘ Баа of his | Parliament ps gial е p^ ког to E "lucky find.” There, in a long cm bane house— 
- estates in Derbyshi With a generous and | that ancient city until his death, чы, pM a Liberal in | something between тее house and Шке ч nouit 
appreciation of his worth the Duke was never| politics, and voted in favour of eve T most brilliant and novel effect was p Paw ya 
79 his praise, p hegoa Кана which he thought likely to benefit" m gus umber of plants of коа crocata, in 48-si poe 
quem аз great s | Eram j ci time өк he went to Chi ia ead it is not The plants were placed at intervals of a ек Cm а n E 
amongst of his own class, e: тте pos. h to say thatthe taste for Botany and the the edge of either bench, a few inches from | 
practical judges of his work чэй санаа of ening receiv 9 r|and behind the small row of dwarf us и gs 
In 1850, when the sch of first Exhi- бори krouga b hig exertions, backed as they were by that ran along it. From each small pot sprang abo 
bition was proj the name of Paxton became а ће fos and Арабу of his noble patron, | a ched flowerspikes, a of m y paa 
я w e happened to be|thauat LN г "i py xd ie front, eie ot and eer in € fell over ow 
: A m rai EN. onstruction, \ which he which th rs "ning world is j^ te i fre NM M P. Ma m n ps 
the Vic dug 
240 designs Cere Y^ t st ngpa of ihi = — —— E nd did e — 9" idum 'a brilliant orange scazlet—al. 
bee irren Whale Sami p tho Kind аА | om RUE. 5: 
i oses of the ibition, ii а 
fa im to submit o design that would obriato all в." Оегане ве EIS ia Diae Ril; 
fy The result is a matter of history. The Flinging a holier interest o'er the grove, — 
жюзден astare was erected in Hyde Park, and was the Stirring ihe heart to poetry ава о д 
to wituem айшігайод of who had the good fortune And Nature's beauties 's God, 
articles ыл View iha жий amo t of valuable 
eree in the Palace of.1851 oe e no me VARIEGATION. 
Eim tee fal trausept which covered the two large Тнв iegation is 80 у that 
been re that now remain to mark the s It has | I ture to give a little of my experience, and if 
was that the circular roof of the t рё | others do the same, we may arrive at some better 
but aui Saed by Mr. Barry, and not by Mr. Paxton, | knowledge of its causes than we at present poss 
roof in the. not the fact, It is perfectly true that th n looking over forms of variega 
meetings original design is flat; but at one of plants, we find they come principally from China and zc m a m 
Suid with the Building Committee it was sug- Japan. We ves have occasionally home sports, gardener w T Цц үк vi ке ды 
great ied ben tha& the transept should inelude the | but in qr эшка it ич ре а known arb. А year | subject | tor. ks d aeo ion. Imaya ав 
his office; Mr. Paxton went direct with ач іо | ог two the v form of Sedum m 
Pa ы aud while the latter arranged the ground | Siebold: 2. - it dt. if I am not mistaken, | pits а" not in flower or required for forcing. 
% аз to bring the trees in into the centre of the' by Dr. Siebold, that t he had ‘made’ it, and his experience ' Wi William Robinson. к 
