SEPTEMBER 9, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS 
ce from Bel d is called * Pr the|s from t 
ielieve gium, and is c emier on the|serve my garden and stable, Th 
fii from P m. ^ wil e a Че а у garden and s * e water comes from the 
2 apris ish pan rowth or completely domed over, and will each hold 4000 or 
b has i D н e, | 5000 бо The water is obtained by md in the 
- pe o i ‘Strawberry, re resembla ng Keens i water i 
1 шо unlike Be 
Selling in habit and shape, b 
ip - 
usu n 
А P nct from it, and | I fo , 
е with its fine flavour and Jange offensive that which had bee 
cce acquisition. 0. у; зай bee 
roofs of adjoining buildings, and the tanks are 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETIT. 843 
тые a 
| Spanish Chestnuts, besides Hornbeams, common and 
Tala Pop ved B eech trees, with Lombardy and Black 
talian M 
| handso P opel habit of growth ; and the latter 
| recommending itself Ld its rapidity of growth and the 
| large size to which it speedily attains, rapidly ielding 
ye 
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У к for very many purposes of utility. 
L ly 
rre Queen куе б Lee with a zich i sugary aroun, | into these tanks, which are all wd м rcg 
теу large an 
summer would admit, and wa 
rate in flavour, iens, sent ou 
and y 
Ciyde ( (Dean ^ш “Жөе in April! f 
Wa the dr, 
Mrs. 
x^ ES lson and her f 
an any of your readers tell me e i s the cause of 
ruited үч as | this smell, and how it is to be preven 
con. 
Con. ing 0 ujopsis borealis, —l Е four plants of 
2M Me 
this, bearing a quantity of cones. This morning I 
РЧ ў 65 ripened cones from i" P 2 feet 6 ы 
t, Ith 
pim : i ps зм fine iu ak, dehet ie Hip sag ki pd are 143 still left upon it. I likewise 
ath 
flavour, e] E a free 
isan Lalaine cros: 
ered es from another plai A I have a great 
any dod. ot tiis Кш жү but none are bearing 
with prominent seeds, and cones except bhoga just mentioned. This beautiful 
L. и E ut bears adj 
боді r withstood the severity of the winter of 1860 
rather small, - free eropper, of Agnes ceni in defi- and 1861 un pieta Charles Burgess, The Nurseries, 
Messrs, Stewart & Neilson's seedlings, is а T 
sort with Eo sugary flavour, | 
London Road, Cheltenham. 
Wasps.—Here, as in Worceste er, we have alm 
о | total immunity fro Om wasps, (y in the po" 
quan ntities. ^i the Norway and other Maples, besides the 
well-known and handsome-foliaged English Sycamore, 
and the ТУ Луда Platanus orientalis, some four feet 
Miner gd of English Laburn ma and Locust trees с ey 
ages and sizes. The latter only makes 
impenetrable hedge, but, vi "iy planted rapidly 
becomes a lofty T and yields fine timber 
«холате! hard "itn ost en зит Айр at 
largely us ed in the States of America for the purpose of 
ЫЛ Aji ming, 
Coniferous trees considerable 
gst 
VET of the Pinaster, and : нй" "dá of the hardy 
18 
quaens 
andfo rd resembles the 
| the surprise "of al dme until "iie | the n fort- 
flavour i p» fruit, Klmbiley is a large, showy, |a 
ing Strawberry, but is poor in A Comte 
as ruit | one, 5 p^ 
arg 
i of flavour an 
Crimson Cluster, raised by Mrs. Clements, of Bodmin, | 
is a Íreebearing kind with large fruit of a 
h Pa 
nd those ver y small, Last season I had 64 nests 
оня around me—this year І have not heard of 
к ы 
eyen now we bave bu ed 
naritima, which ed АЎ clothe with luxuriant 
iai 
1 То o n the slopes and s of our driest and ever 
gre 
shifting sands HM Жы this highly orna- 
tal t 
feet in height; these have all been raised from 
the well. ino. French Walnuts grown and fruited во 
Swe inquire through y 
| Journal, whether "the [o nof the Sweet Bay tree 
und to b 
is а large, free-cr 
g 
firm irte ca 
e hardier, e. to 
gs s malo plan otp. 
hA 
Of h hedge ү pA quantities of Thorns, Privets, 
Sweet Briars, Thorn Acacia, English, Cape, and 
Portug: gal White Brooms were grown, having their 
| are m trees "í it near Me. "Tam 
Milver ton 30 feet in height, 2 
uses for the purposes of li pa orna- 
ment, or shelter, 
e 
xton, ‚опе of Mr. 
the I and p and all other large specimens, of 
|the handsome Engli ish Hol lly, бы some p 
is a free 
fruit of rich sugary | puc Crimson Queen is a large- 
S ма 
sale, but should > ү pame; 
EN one of Mr, Gloede's seiis 
T think, ery m uds resembles La Constante, , ап 
full ашо flavour, This seems a very eiie 
kind, It has not been a productive Strawberry at Yarm, 
bly owi and 
icar o 
and British Quee 
grows. tant 
; aud this summer, when Strawberries generally 
an dance of fine 
are female, and remained unscathed by the severe | budded ог grafted up he 
winters of 1859.60 and "e 61, when many p v form, and p жч the well-known varieties 
| plants in the neiglibourhood were killed. s 0а à old and silver-edged; the hedgehog and broad- 
а | much practical i tance $ p» who z| M Dahoon Hol ly,these being respectively the much 
mpor 
| shrubberies, to vm whether this has been pce 
in | e ut. Р 
Flower Вот ders.— At The Cedars, Wright's Pe 
duin ornaments of all well-kept зае Дун Grass 
ns Also some hundreds of the noblest of all 
Бош evergreens, m. Rhododendron ponticum, 
ruit, 
plants a new ye of 
палат eve ery year, ts fine plants and very fine 
fruit, but fien be gives ue liberal gro тїй, апа waters 
during the "m mmer ea Two years 
Qin me бо f the plants with. him, but he 
Ee: ai lants for his suppl 
то pis, Y Ax — 
Hom y GorréRgandence 
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With abundance of water. 
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If they do 
à plant 
not do 
ations | 
Ke ic is a trim little border laid out by varieties of this handsome flowering 
Newton, on a plan similar to that represented in your | occupant of all. English "йене, In close proxi- 
columns at z 819. It is kept gay with IM cing mity to these were many hun of fine large plants 
| vlnia in summer, and а. я n will be f hed | of the common English үле familiar and well- 
occupants eire ble that season, е "bei eing everg ing its right to a place in all 
Кы for allowing us "winter "erp to be planted shrubberies and ornamental grounds by its large and 
1 і green leaves; a quanti 
versü, А croquet ground has also b een made on the plants of the Laurustinus, esteemed no re for its 
lawn, without its вано being readily h ever; foliage than for i i 
поб in use, a point of some importance in places of|liarity of blooming profusely throughout the whole of 
limited extent. M. the winter; and some plants of well-known 
Correspondence 
NEw ZEAL 
file of Lyttleton papers, in which occur some interest- 
ntipo 
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transfer our columns. e commence with фт. 
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ornamental snow- -ball Guelder Rase, w "with plantá of the the 
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inattention, There 
two finer season for fruits and flowers 
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TEL gardeners Si 3 oseph 
ies Wonde а Frogmor at 
onghe), Eclipse 
t Laud.— Can n any 
9f their experience in the growth of| 
or 
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gon 
Jadeluffe, Tarrant 
of your readers 
"a | 
an 
eia "failure this year | tho] а нр best боеве ^ New Zealand. The 
a 
in number, 
e hig hest us ч cultivation. The gardens 
д very man y Ud D f fruit trees, English | 
fill the gu. of the province with a profusion of 
te|fine fruit, and of the forest trees which peciit 
Christch = 
a very la жс орати of the fruit trees which now | P 
m|early spring-flowering eii t Pyr ni aponica, man; 
hundreds of the Spiræ. BERE ARIS. e New 
W: ties ot the 
Pin 
| quantities v ес Г зен апа занд yo» in 
mari itima, Stone Bonae. and many other handsome sorts 
M iiit garden іп Cashel 
within 
dateien Blue wes and Lombar r$, whos 
A" 
Street is 
nelosed by a I lofty and well-kep ben ence, and trees, 
which there is a closely planted ln line of ony 
nse foliage and branchi ing arms, com КАЯ inter. 
wined. and 
ious to trans splant unless чите 
D: 
and, such as th Bai fens of 
мертебеа in front of this sereen тён is а broad 
belt of fruit trees, running round the whole of the 
arden, eonsisting mainly of Apples, ums, 
Cherries Peaches, Nec! rom ipii едат, 
monds, besides immense quantities о! 
donseberies Black, Red, and White Currants, Rasp- 
"— other small fruit, А 
spacious Ores alk, 726 feet long, | stretches from the 
grana! som cacia, of the sweet- 
кшй Buddlea cei of the Salisbaria adiantifoli: 
aiden-hair 4 with quantities of Box trees, anc 
si Persian, and White MN hc ad-leavec 
American Thorns, besides a lar 
plants of the double scarlet, Die у viite, mà pe 
scarle& Thorns, the latter especially, fro: 
usion of brilliant scarlet blo oom, formin ig one 
E} 
ушаа Ше m or the of 
-— There seems to bo but tes Ме denbt tha t aos 
Vis katy неге е clothed with some period 
Thy they n Apa it —— be Мшдет “ - жы 
Кан than not again revert to а use m: 
| mee than that to whi the bogs of Ircland amd 
Med Has Tear w m England are - 
stion ever cussed ? an ае 
iurat are the trees benshwood: that will 
in ohuan Ppl of wa 
to nde 
~ "hich T constructed (ua 
RE 
THU HE 
and space, however, would fail us to enumerate all the 
angles to this ы and at ik ылу and of. 132 feet Ne 
the 
mas. | Beoom fences, the —«. convenient nu nursery 
rtments. T deg og ча Деу X 
ng (оо palts; е in some of 
zs 4- иренми qi. sli densely Miled with а most 
The garden fronting on Madras Street is surrounded 
with a Sweet Briar fence, immediately within which а 
iu dee "E at Blue G afford excellent 
| h we have already enumerated. Other 
у е — ie forest trees, such as English and 
mossy Oaks, Жыры je айыы g some very 
Се Ash t upon the summit of whieh 
also дин 8 tbe Seotch and English 
to some rain-water | 
Or three years ago ёо! wi 
ће Wi merican 
Elm; amd, also, t уе а ten Chesnuts, and sweet or 
едй newest гаан best sorta of 
Pear and Plum trees, ears mprise over 40 
varieties of the cl t Frenel , many in 
full bearing. The remainder of th nursery ground i is 
rees, 
| mostly filled with you rafted or im fruit t 
овоше Weeping “Ash ме ; growing gracefully pendent. | with ua 
n 
lofty timber-growing variety kuown by the. 
