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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
motive, into which we hope we may not be obliged 
inquire. e, however, impute no motives: we 
fair and usual; but we a 
pro vi 
and kalaa 
ot but feel 
that the e 83 co e 
which honest men must prea regret, although trade | t 
interests may for the moment cause them to attempt 
a justification. 
As to Mr. BARWELL. Jones, and his charging 
malicious intention upon those who venture to put 
the public on their guard agai ne ve tricks, or if he 
f tra 
Sar Chief Justice a Jau ‘ie 
speak t the King’s EA 75 any manner 
of means, that speaking is to be understood and 
in law as aan We have only to sub- 
stitute the “ craft of glass dealers” for “ ors Kine’s 
supremacy,” and we have ELL JONES 
e notorious old 
ho: wisdom enough to a avoid arguments in 
which it would be no credit to i 
n, we may congratulate 
mistake” in 
servatories 0 
execute should be of 5 85 that glass is glass, and 
one od as 9 
elderly gen mallet eman, w. 
have no fault to find with bast ah doe 101 lie 
We dar 
ue to submit, 
as glaziers have interests different from those 
of their customers. 
ON THE DEGENERATION AND IMPROVE. 
MENT OF VINE See S. 
By M. BOUCHARDA' 
‘Tie “Vine is We beet plant tbat, ean be taken for the 
ex modifications m 
s | which 
v 
- | quantity of Grapes, This last was plante 
its degeneration ae attempted to | lordshi 
heey On each side are arranged 
tre 150 fee 
agents or conditions of culture, and not on the rode 
as the infiuence of soil, manure, e 
a a r are ork igs 
the some ntal conditions de- 
it is here tha t 
sembling, by very marked 
gave Pai birth. As the differences can be 
traced to the quality as well as the quantity of produce, 
eee . study is very interesting. It is fou 
vari Thi 
can be * M by the division of the branches which 
have aw w ten 
* au yh has investigated some remarkable modifi- 
e young wood w. ead, and 
whieh h gave shoot 8 87 from old W 
eove origin of those pn gin Nr 
uy poe by him r the Mg pine 
post ae of 
Vine stocks, giving rise to varieties more and less pro- 
ductive than the original e are studie 
rapid sketch of M. Boucharda 3 va; example 
only can be given. A stock at the Vin 
called the bon tresseau, consisting of — limbs fit to 
produce four new stools was planted. Three of the new 
yi the causes of 
explain ed, and the author then 
he in 
tinguished from the 
knowledge of these matters can be applied i 
blishment of a good Vin 8 nd hee to judge ace „ 
of the value of the seedlin 
of manures properly chosen, yet in a method of site 
ee by ser ae cuttings deprived of used, 
rom 
er 
pagated, would give rise arieties 5 
— — for ‘their , A Haing, the little 
is | requisite in their n, their pow 
, the author may hope to 
en to them a pn rich in the elements of progress. 
— Rendus 
N TE CASTLE, THE SEAT OF THE 
EARL OF 6 
Ir has been stated that th une around Elvaston 
consists 5 of ibe — — that it is totally 
destitute is not, however, 
of 
i 
wide ; each step i 1 
rises 3} inches which is the height of all the steps in 
the several 
. * 
Shand 
y$ al — a | japo 
as d 
He there dis- | i 
Se nb 
full of flowers, and, on account of their 8 de fe 
utu umn is exceedi he 
ol e suckers , buds, a nd i ue of each of the others. The second row ig 
having peculiar properties which m y be 3 planted with Ce of Lebanon D alter. 
by the division of the new individ Ey d give birth | nately. The third bes ith Pinus insignis, Douglas 
toa distinct variety. The author describes a modification | Firs, Picea Webbiana, Abies Pinsapo, and H mlock 
hich gave rise to bud ducing fruit differing ice. „ These latter alternating wi ith „the Pinus in- 
colour from that usually gathered from the stock. signis. 
White żressots produ N rapes being all min plants. Both si es are, as peet e, planted 
iegated with black an acquired variety | 
for the extent of half r mile, the plants being all selected 
specimens, The effect of the whole is Pye, and 
constitutes one of the . features of Elvas 
oad semicircular 
edges on = tide, 3 feet high and 
2 feet wide, cut square. Descending on each i 
the ste e 
high. el 
men ounded on 2 
other sides * Holly ye 2 feet highs a a of 
fine specimens of Irish Juniper are dis termi. 
nation of each go in 9 to Ps —— to this 
peculiar s observed a fine plant of the 
rare ald expe Irish Yew 5 5 feet high, and also a noble 
Ju 8 excelsa 15 feet in height, a perfect pillar. 
hich 
west side o 
Ww 
amed 
from having been laid out under the direction of hig 
ip’s three rs. It is old garden, in the 
geometric style, and is chiefly plan with sweet- 
scented plants, s Honeysuckles, Roses, t 
arranged in masses; these afford a supply of cut 
ers. some d imens 
15 feet high, of Cupressus torulosa. Procee west- 
war m the garden of the Sisters we enter a 
b , also designed b It is formed 
of Portugal Laurel hedges, igh, tri 
11 feet hi med 
edge very suitable rs a fabyrinth. 
ing igo 8 rinth and the garden of the Three 
wards, we geal the Mag- 
Sweet- 
Sisters, and p eedin ng nor 
nolia € 3 — N is divided into 
Ma 
0 th um- 
by stance of deciduous kinds only being employed, an 
is kept in Mati ids | ma 8 this 
of the beds 
of the Valley. They are, 
Magnolias begin to 
to | important object is 
a spot of it ge in sprin 
th Lily 
me carpeted 
therefore, most beautifal just as the 
flowers, R 
develope their leaves and 
To 
M. ;CHEVREUL’S . OF 
FLOWERS. 
THE — ien 3 maiaren of flowers are given by 
M. Chevreul, for the purpose of illustrating the princi- 
aras before laid dave, and g he as a guide to those 
W. to carry them into pra Our readers 
must, however, in referring to these examples, bear in 
e combinations of fi 
ae any one group may be in flower at 
1 
their ascent or descent violet, 
the castle, there is d to the eye one of the most For th — — of Fesruary :—If the f the winter has not 
extensive prospects which almost ony a. been very severe or long, s of Crocus 
mand, and one certainly magnificent of its kind. It is ir appearance in*this month, ie vies the whi 
termed, and with much propriety, “ the great east-wing violet, and yellow. A border ngle line may 
| — aoe app: to this avenue is from the made with these placed in any one of the five follow- 
—— surro —— e by a flight of steps j viz. : Be t, yellow, violet, &e.; 2, 
in only | yell cowie chi . 5 3, yellow, 
ell 
“he dress 
Both sid f the avenue alluded to are 
See alike, — with plants of corresponding | 
not be disregarded. It is precisely — a mile from the — — — — let Pie i vine alow, ol 
steps to the termination of the dress ground, all being | ei a — 
perfectly level, with a finely kept lawn 150 feet broad, per in a border — . Aconite may 
penne object. oe the ground, every tree, coïum 8 ee some the Christmas Rose 
ee. c . Notting ( ) remains in flower in this month, and 
view, miles “3 i 5 a : 
ire. An avenue of this extent leading from the Borinage ea d with ar orden, Wien paee er 
. eft of D Soms Tor blue Hepaticas may be a arranged in in a border, thus : 
| hedges of great height; and descending the steps on "iS bine, white, eee r ee S 
each side are two very fine specimens of Gold Yew, up- E 2 
wards of 13 feet high. h was brought here 8 m 
Surrey about 2 years ago; 5 not, N Wilth's<- 0 wate PEL wae 
„ removed Rose o» © o rose Or thus: blue o © 0 
growing in eq pi cared = its fellow, which had White o o white white o o white 
| been previously establi 0 0 
N have und extends 8 
half a mile. sen ia 8 3 
For the Wie of Aran A. . Oxlips, 
