530 Notices of some Gardens and, Country Seats 



" The collection of orchidaceous plants is very extensive, 

 containing many superb specimens, particularly Cattleya crispa, 

 C. Harrison/ana, Oncidium altissimum, O. pictum, Dendrobium 

 Calceolaria, D. caerulescens, and Peristeria elata (the dove 

 plant) ; among the more rare sorts are, Vanda teres, V. Rox- 

 burgh//, Saccolabium guttatum, Huntleytf violacea, Oncidium 

 Cavendish/am^??, Cattleya labiata, C. Skinner/, and Burlington/at 

 rigida, &c. Amongst the stove plants are good specimens of 

 Pavetta caffra, P. angustifolia, Stephanotus floribundus, Ges- 

 nera zebrina and discolor, Achimenes longiflora, lAmbnia 

 spectabilis, and a very fine plant of the beautiful little Cepha- 

 lotus follicularis, or New Holland pitcher plant. There are 

 good specimens of several choice and rare greenhouse plants, 

 such as $tatice Dickson/, Boron/a anemonefolia, B. viminea, 

 Pimelea spectabilis, Acrophyllum venosum, and a very large 

 plant of .Elichrysum proliferum. The heaths are remarkably 

 fine, as will be seen from the following dimensions : jErica re- 

 flexa alba, 6 ft. high and 8 ft. in circumference ; E. ampullacea, 

 4 ft. high and 8 ft. in circumference; E. transparens, 5 ft. high 

 and 9 ft. in circumference ; good specimens of E. depressa, E. 

 Masson/, E, Irbya??#, E. aristata alba, E. inflata alba, E. tricolor, 

 and E. tricolor coronata. In the conservatory are some very fine 

 camellias, one plant of the double white having 2000 flower 

 buds on it; fine plants of C. j. Chandler/, C. j. pectinata, C. j. 

 imbricata, C. j. Ford//, C.j. Colvill/, C. reticulata, &c. The 

 orange and lemon trees are very good plants and laden with 

 fruit. The collections of geraniums, dahlias, carnations, &c, 

 include nearly all the newest sorts in cultivation. The pines 

 are remarkably strong and clean. At the exhibition in Exeter, 

 on Sept. 23., four queens were shown from Cowley, the 

 smallest of which weighed 3 lb. 4oz. ; they were grown in a 

 house heated by Corbett's open trough system, which answers 

 admirably." — J. G. 



With respect to culture, we were gratified by the healthy 

 vigorous appearance of the camellias and orange trees in the 

 conservatory, with their stems coming up through the Portland 

 stone pavement; with the manner in which the heaths and New 

 Holland plants were grown in rough, turfy, unsifted soil mixed 

 with broken stones and pebbles, in Mr. Barnes's manner, here- 

 after described, with a somewhat similar manner of growing the 

 Orchideee; and in particular with the very neat and effective 

 manner in which the heaths and New Holland plants, and 

 indeed all house plants of a shrubby kind, were tied by slender 

 threads or copper wires into handsome shapes, conical, globular, 

 domical, umbrella-like, or in some other modification or segment 

 of a sphere or hemisphere. 



