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1—1830.] THE GARDENERS: CHRONICLE. 
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Tea-scented : — 1 pink 
phetos, pale lemon; za Sauvage, 
z and Bouge re, deep salmon. There are 
me that 1 reform was wanted in this s department, for in| | Morning Rambles in the Rose i Gardens Rs 3 A amaranth 
following season matters would be even worse, I shire. By William Paul. Piper, L ged with fawn; Ni 
cut the plants well in A F anag ha * put them into a| A vsEPuL and interesting little kaa | 32 Paget cream and orange; 
tolerably well. I shook the soil wt the roots and re- | gardens of Hertfordshire.” The object of these Setaria, = exterior with good effect, 
tted them ; they were then * in a heat varying tions is to give “ Rose fanciers” who live at a distance, hedge of dwarf Seotch Roses. 
5 e end of April they and who might therefore be prevented from seein limpse of the lawn studded 
an fe wish 
Beyond these is 1 a 
S, over which we caught a 
with various ornamen 
n air, where they remained till the end of September ; ing account of Mr. er’s garden at Hoddesdon, in | too, was before us, and though not 
= since then they have been kept moderately cold, illus tention of the elev >g way in which Mr, Paul ma- | rarity of its plants, through his we * 22 ‘ip 
and now nearly the whole are well covered with flower nages his subjec pass. is a prettily designed 
buds. Somme. a are in good flower, and the foliage is a This ee prim is about a mile from the | fountain, playing cheerfully — and from which a 
dark green. At first my employer feared te. result | Broxbourn Station on the Eastern Counties Railway, | straight walk, with a border on either side, | 
of my a — arm eed * seldom go ys | aad is remarkable he y diversified surface it bein magnificent cut-leaved Alder, whose branches 
without — Prins n the health of the 2 On the lawn, fronting the house, is a row of tree upheld with arches covered with climbing Roses. 
Ev artment —— the same treatment as 2 and fine specimens of the W oping 3 Elm, the | Following the bank ef the canal, we pass before x 
early as mo as I considered that d delays would be Deodara, Daphne pontica, Fern-leaved Beech, | of Neptune reclining on a rock risin rising from the waves, 
rous, and that I would lose a season. odman” jes px eier a Mtr, trees. On the upper end ys the with a fountain playing over and around it, The island 
22 combine theory with practice, and then he would lawn a raised terrace of considerable length, fro is planted with Weeping Ash, W eoping Willows, and 
a position to advise, Hort sinnt ware a fine view of this part of the primi is obtain Nr ; | Laburnums at its edge, while Scarlet Thorns and Tulip 
— — e Essex embracing part o ing Common, trees.oceupy the centre. On this side the canal is ala 
affording an agreeable prospect in aa opposite direc- sloping to the * 
Reb iews. tion. A shaded walk descends, “ slowly winding ” to a standard Roses in front. The next object of attraction 
Episodes of Insect Life. By Acheta Domestica. | canal, over which a rustic br idge is thrown ; the scene | is a span-roofed house, built expressly for the culti 
2 Vols., Svo, with numerous coloured plates. Reeve post a 3 an excellent imitation of rocks formed a] tion of Orchidaceous plants, several fine specimens of 
which these plants 
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and Co,, Lon don, brick and cement, thrown with careless hand in the bed | which were in bloom, The skill with 
Or this singular work the first series appeared in 1848, of the stream. Near this spot is a rustic building, which | ave cultivated needs no comment at our hands: the 
the second has just been issued; both in covers as gay perfectly N the idea of | prizes obtained at the principal flower - shows sufficiently 
as the jewelled creatures whose history they tell, They e calm retreat, the silent shade ;” attest the fact. In the upper garden the natural soil is 
belong to a class of writings consisting of the real and | and an agreeable encounter on a summer’s day is gravel ; consequently the flower-beds are filled with 
the fanciful and the matter of fact, by means of | retreat so pleasantly * suggesting, in addition to prepared soil. Pern adn is decorated with flower beds, 
i Roses 
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ifferent. We and repose, But our “path lay onward, and we pursued | interspersed. “We noted the following as the best : 
subseribe to the opinion that such means deserve encou- it till we entered the Dahlia-garden, where we were Boursault s Elegans, rosy crimson — Hybrid Bourbon: 
Tagement ; and the volumes before us among the confronted by a Gothic arch in ruins, covered with Ivy, Coupe Hébé, pink; Las Casas, rosy Se z 
more successful of their kind. and in judicious connection therewith were antique | Queen, rose and buff ; Madame. Desprez, ; 
The author is well read and well bred, There is Windows apparently dilapidated by the hand of time. | and Cardinal Fesch, cherry crimson, The .—. soil 
nothing to offend the r- of paie nor the good On the iry = of this ena, sijoining the lawn, was a | of this garden is gravel: consequently the flower-beds 
taste of men of Pa ga nor the ery. of ith prepared soil 
pro On the e et a style w i eni À dwarf- - dards. It co tained the usual popular | Gold, which had oceupied a south wall for three years, 
is very much that =. ntlewoman, is added an amoun ong the new ones were Moss Laneii and had never flowered, By the side of it grew the single 
of knowledge of the habits of | fave he which would — Geant 2 Batailles, whose brilliant tints recalled the | Macartney, which flowered freely, and elicited general 
done no discredit to a Curtis or a Westwood. The | description of Love lace ; + A line of arches covered with Roses 
worst that can be said of the author i is, that his (her !) Vermilion ball that ’s given — crosses the lawn, and produces a very 
lip to hp in h : : 
liveliness has too much the air of constraint, and his pna p r sp — — * pleasing effect. Maria Leonida ( y) and Leo- 
illustrations are now and then more grotesque than is “In the centre of this is garden is a column of Roses ; — $ — Sempervirens) were trained over a 
i i pla anted | seat, t i 
worthy g in 
— and may lead persons of — a inds to en- plant of Leopoldine d'Orleans standing alone, trained as | object to rivet the a K sere “as ¢ the end of this 
quire into truths of which Acheta’s pain aa are the | a weeper, the finest specimen of such we had ever seen, ee the dwelling-house, is a 
burlesque., and a splendid Félicité perpetuelle but little inferior ked with flowering 1 thero ia also an 
second volume, gives as good an example of the and enlivened with its foliage and blossoms, and this an ew 
author's manner as any extract for which our limited was no mean feature in the scene. Here we — for ‘Mis ——— 
Space will afford room, a moment to admire fine specimens of the Paulovnia The late Mr. W. Loddiges.—We regret to announce 
„ Young ladi old, and of a certain age, imperialis and Bignonia catalpa, when our ears were | the e decease, on the 28th ult., of Mr. Willia i 
all of you who have propensities for petting, we can | greeted by the — of a distant waterfall. And after an illness of three weeks. This gentleman 
The followin 
ihat is to say, of chafer, Cetonia cris around a large Oak, whose trunk it 2 encireled Camellias,” 
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recommend to you a pet—a novel sort of favourite. ——" indeed i Nay, more ; sweeter far just | long been known as one of the most persevering culti- 
We will describe his person and his qualities. In then than the shade ‘of the sweetest music, calling up | vators of his age, and a 8 -tag of plants for their 
figure, he is a model of miniature and — e 2 in — all that seemed required to amplify and own sake. With him has as gone the last of the old firm 
ſor the G dere mage of General T umb, complete the harmony of the scene—associating the of Conrad Loddiges and Sons. The business now rests 
and a contrast 2 pigmy order ny cb tful in freshness of the streamlet with the fragrance of in the hands of, and will we believe be carried on by, his 
Bg bude o or bulk of lim limb: He is clad i in a coat of the flowers. We turned our steps thitherward, | ne ephew Mr. Conrad Loddiges. 
which he never doffs ; yet be not alarmed at bis for it was not far, and found it to proceed from a Artificial Ne. of Fish’ Spaton.— As bearing 
Y; for its wearer is as little formidable as neighbouring brook, by the side of which was a upon a recent communication of M. de Quatrefages on 
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— -marshals, the Marshal of the City, or the rustie seat, covered with Ivy, Hone — and the artificial fecundation of fish's spawn, M. Haxo 
men in armour at the Lord Mayor's show. Never, evergreen Roses. It was neither costly nor grand; says that for several years past, two inhabitants of 
indeed, was carpet kni ht more gentle; and though he | but it was natural, and fancy applied — it Spenser's Vosges, without being aware either of the previous 
wears spurs (badge of his order), they were not won in description. of— publications of M. de Golstein, or of the princi 
fight, nor does he ever plunge them into ladies’ trains. ——— an arbour green dispread, announced by M. Quatrefages, have pet kagi 
armour—how shall we describe it for lustre, taste, Framed of wan ton Sey A be W i 3 mendations of this gentleman into prac 
and finish? The finest suit that ever issued from the His pricklin ng arms 2 with Roses red, ` obtained results which have completely ‘eae the 
workshops of Milan, rich in the most cun cunning inlay of Which dainty odours round about them threw.” question. M. Haxo states that sin has 
would prove, if 8 with it, a rede, This was “indeed za delightful spot; but we dared not been awarded, by the Société 
piece of . back of the linger. A few steps more, and we f. ourselves in | to M. Géhin and Remi, L 
corslet, burnished green and ** the prevailing the Barden. The soil, although naturally loamy, | artificially 
hues, in front, on breast-plate, tlet, thought not sufficiently good, and the beds were | fishermen having for som 
the lustre of the precious metal i is predominant, mi led | originally filled with pre soil. In the of vent the destruction o 
with eable erimson. t | the garden is a Rose temple. The ground on which it an 
description fails in doing j an so brilliant. ; ists of four beds of equal size, segments of a | female when o Spa 
Let d, therefore, to its owner’s character and | circle, the soil being form a mound, about | ber), ru elly gently on a bed of sand, and thus 
to his 4 feet high. Twelve Gothic arches, the standards of | force the eggs out, which she them leaves on the san 
polished exterior, His contin has been before which are of iron, 7 feet 3 inches high and 6 feet — edge of the streams ; ; concluded that if they zox 
adverted to, and he is no less distinguished for taste | 3 inches apart, describe the outside of the circle. From catch the females fom oor hot very timid in 
and delieacy. epee — pa greedy appetite defiles his these rise several rods, which — — 2 top, and are 
rm ture; — ' i 
= farina of flowers, ‘moistened by the ja of | ‘Two walks pass transversely 1 ene of this | fecundated — fe by oes i milt from the male 
l kes up his table of regalement. He loves, dene thus leaving four arches for ingress or egress. | the same way, the 3 be sure to 3 
while yet in freedom, to ride upon a sunbeam; but A seat surrounds the central support. Among the climb- | the chances of 8 3 
would be content, when once enthralled, to bask only in ing Roses which covered the framework we observed— They tried what could do; having caught some 
the sunshine and his mistress’s smile—to revel and to : ia creamy white — Hybrid | females in a p : me the * forced out the 
j ight i y hand, 
if i Dav pro- 
already known at a is more familiar as ‘a nasty | white to pink—Ayrshire: Ru - ae. In the | cess ; the milt was placed in the same pan, when the 
beetle!’ Yes, it is thus, doubtless, a | blinded K same beds with the climbing Roses were in water became slightly turbid, a sign that the eggs were 
Some are for their live-long Oy) I Bee me mist | various dwarf hardy kinds chk tale gic Yalta: to fill up | fecundated. The pan (w which was an iron vessel pierced 
of early prejudice, — have even the ground. Van beds surrounded the temple, | with wih spal, olen) was then put in a stream of running 
———— - the Rose or — Chafer ; which were planted with standard sing» Bor of ecr ad 5 2 the eggs were hatched 
u . tu ) others — worthy of | which the followi were the moat ing: Bourbons.: | an 7 che 0 e 115 EX a 
as, notice,” Cardinal „ e Rosoméne, | several times repeated before the society, MM. Géhin 
; en ne. mnnt: a. auaji amusing, glittering | crimson scarlet; Le Grenadier, 1 p kosy parpi e cenix, and Remi next tried their experiments on 
2 de t earmine R 
da crimson ; and Bo to replenish th 
Preset, wil hardly Aad ioe baat eet (ae Gouvion St. Cys, pink, and Eugeno Hear. Vosges and ita neighboushood j and such has 
