372 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [June 15, 
nT A —— ——— 
: ibe, comm as American the preparation of the beds constitutes a mere 
extensive tri only known 
Plants’ are — it is always on the margin of nominal outa y” 
lakes, ri bogs, or on the n ons of take some opportunity of commenting | 
rivers or 0 earest portions 
dry land in their vicinity. Surely, then, if the upon these good practical remarks, which, in the 
places and which be safes 
ps to 
fonnd i in the plantations, on the borders of ‘ drives,’| served by thos 
est bd ob- 
Rhodo- 
mulate the 
d even in view from many of our noblemen s | dendron ee = Basket 2 its neighbourhood. 
princely mansions, ar worth reclaiming for any — — 
other purpose, they afford excellent situations for the NOTES OF A 5 XII. 
y of taste and liberality: the ultimate result! Prants AND GARDENS or THE 
to enric scape, an to o e. far excel those of the Chinese in the nu of 
land — a beauty which is ee 9 in a peni r ee, wate Pich th ao 
isolated " — to the shrubbery and the neat an manner in which they are laid out and 
st arranged. In; 1845 only one or 4 small English houses 
pleasur 1 
“Tf ty. a a moderate amount of stagnant moisture now e pers age English tow a has ri risen 
is aanza gehs ordinary draining is all that will be | river, fand almos 
i “The 
displa: GLISH AT SHANGHAE 
of which 8 be to gratify the * = the poaait 4 Cuiva.—The gardens of the Engl ents i 
ood- a 
on the banks of the 
ery house rrounded by a gard 
uisite. But there are 1 in which this is te Mr. n ae the first to dot 
not ae or would too expensive, as, for % cates es on a large scale. He introduced 
3 where the bog is of such a depth as would | Asparagus, which now succeeds admirably at Shanghae, 
n 
Sp 
a largo amount of labour to procure 5 — Rhubarb, Seakale, and all the veg 
English Iso rai 
fail? 1 for t e Under such conditi ions the | English gardens. He also raised the Strawbe 
K fi some seeds I sent him in 1846 ; but, curious ae 
although it grows luxuriantly, it scarce y 
blind soon after i 
: expand. I have no doubt, however, that some metho 
with them form a fo — the fore i mia b overcome this habit, 
lesired end ca 
Procure a ‘quantity of brushwood faggots, poles old 
€ pollards,’ or any ma oa like ened fruit. The blossoms appear to go 
20 gee upon this sufficient yer must be placed, | see Strawberries produced in gre 
t, 
and I expect to 
at abundance and in ten 
owing for — not less than 18 inches perfection in Shanghae. The ground about the town is tl J 
of suitable compost will remain above the surface | too low and wet for the growth of the Potato, and 
of the bog. In such localities the nnn | hence no one has succeeded in rear 
i i native beauty, and as the is desi 
soil wil tted togethe 
roots of the } — — preventing any sub- 
sidence i = the soi r the wooden foundation is 
ki > 
Suppose, achat that eri is naturally dry, and | a true specimen of the old English gentleman, and 
m was | of 
fore the reverse of “ American ” plants | deeply regretted by all who had the pleasure of know- |o 
uire, then Messrs. Sraxbpisn and Nose give the | ing 
im. 
eu 1 Le for nevertheless securing an] The English Consul, Mr. Alcock, has a 
glis Iso a good 
unt of moisture. vegetable garden on the grounds attached to the con- 
Th 
s — by which this can be attained are— | sulate. ere is a noble — of t 
1, deep trenching the natural soil; and 2 ag ai 5 garden, which flowers most profusely, an 
the beds flat, and below the surrounding | com covered with its long ee or pea- like fruit, 
in order to prevent the escape of moisture which it. E s to perfection. 
era aah Fe by i nans In — — pean 3 o first yaar + a gardens 
are those of Mr. 
Mr. Beale’s house 
h h 
nice garden in front of it, full of interesting Ch 
3 Dr. Lockhart has 
the — 
collec 
These ee statements are sufficient to ate * — 
ders has ince the X 
Chinese plants have not only been in 
and America, to utify our parks 
b 
Empire w — the eye of the west. Nothing, I 
believe, can give the Chinese a higher idea of our 
civilisation and attainments — our love for flowers, 
more to create a kindly feeling between us and 
hem. 
Before all these gardens could be stocked, the de- 
paan for ive and trees has been necessarily 
ryptome 
„each, chy: penny of our money ; 100 fine bushy plants 
the 
of ew Gardenia just pens have agg | been 
It is ing to prc 
the large te of Soo- e hd Hang-chow, the 
former 50 miles distant, pei the latter prt 100. 
“ Heaven is above” aa says a Chinese proverb, “ but below 
ps ae A 
is Hang-chow and Soo-chow.” 
e- 
ee OF PLN 
p. 3 
Fifth Species, Deere LIGHT ; pii Sixth Species, 
othe 
it is * necessary to trench o Coat Buicut or Carsuncte.—From the earliest times, 
prepa: 3 or 4 bpi in . ‘and the f follow- ni e square 1 na ain og gered aes siden agriculturists have — t in corn, those 
wi und a excellen tm od. ving | hi h t äs fe i Spo appear on eren rain, an 
Darmini the ale of the beds remove the = — hs vives, Behind rl l- 3 thes covered N with a og a Sona neg pee 
Aapa spade’s dept. ines all its attached vegeta- lawn surrounded with a dwarf ornamental wall. A lves or e RNA a t "frg pg 
to some | t spot immediately contiguous wide gravel walk leading from the entrance to the | pus to 8 e a yel- 
: mn cart awa ay from 18 inches to | back part of the garden divides the house from the | jowish, o „ and give that of 
2 feet of the remaining well eaking up — business Part of the premises. This garden is rich in r whieh not on ge the 
d si lan Chin former, but blackish and covered with a black powder; 
this kin i i 
this cast in the surface soil previously which have been introduced from 
still. Upon 
e well chopping it with the spade as the world. On entering the gate the gr 
work proceeds; 
g up with a sufficient — 
88 nearly 6 feet high, and just 8 g to * 
T prepared soi 3 ttling down . ts beautiful weeping habit. This has been obtained 
iib. after th tural e rel, | en th tatetloe, and does not grow in the neighbour- 
weather, after the hood of S h Mr. Beale intends to plant another 
ry weather, aft are planted, the surface 
d be re hoe and | specimen on the opposite side of the 
wh 
rake, for the double purpose of preventing the growth i 
r e gro | two grow up, a very striking and pretty effect will be 
2 — on. Should an produced. In the ‘same aoe th . 
ssively dry season occu e 
newly lanted beds may with advantage be wholly | nanthus, Moutans, 2 cemiias, 
with the short Grass from the lawns. It all the new plants t home to 
o 
dissima, Chimo- 
c., and nearly 
Roses, &c. 
the Horticultural 
will at least prevent the necessity of a frequent use Society from 1843 to 1846. 1 of the garden 
of the watering- pot, th li „%% 
g-pot, the application of which in all 4 be e 3 “geome 
-door gardening is a prac tice ‘more honoured in ft obini ~ 
I 
the breach than in the observance.’ If the beds is American Magnolia been intro- e to = 
will pais seit ab o be affected by it. In damp valleys, 
and so i i ilst i 
plants i in 2 xcursions, I have 
| graminese covered wi with aie spots, which I have con- 
sidered as rust. Some assert that where the rust ap- 
pears the epidermis i is wanting. Others have observed 
i- | that the spots are always preceded by a little swelling 
ys P. 
in the form of a vesicle or pustule, The spots of rust 
: a S 
are always longitudinal, an been that th 
commence in the fo dots ve 
not had the opportunity of applying the 
the disease in its early but with the naked eye I 
have not always found the pustules, and never seen the 
black do e symptom which h 
t of 
are situated in the neighbourhood of trees, they are | duced here, 
i le 
sure to be invaded b on of roots ‘which, in its green — A 3 one genus the ‘above six 
allowed nals ed Suaia, will in a few i eine by the" ortho 8 flowers are much ov of blight, pe dang we gerd maak followed b; 
appropriate the whole of what you fad: . for te Ny Pay japonica admira ee 2 ͤ T i 
your — 4 But as we recommend American | will soon be much corti beautiful than an Chinese Chinese heute coe able angi „ pega — 
ts, in such situations, to be re and the | have in this part of the country. The been | di i for the most p similar 
soil trenched to a depth of 2 feet every autumn, with a large quantit, of fresh soil considerably | symptoms. The yell blight alone has no extraneous 
and every the whole mass of above the level of the su , 80 that all | substance g to the surface of the But i 
soil trenched to the bottom—there will not be much the family of the Fines ch better than in | many cases the external blight has a humour like that 
to fear upon that point, and the mass of soil, by (iges 8 eee by the of the rust, and in the form an of the 
uh rendered le to the autumn Chinese; es the latter p y spoil all their trees carbuncle. Thus in 1761 the leaves of of the 
rains, will al via — n a to this f. y lopping off the lower forest venna À ed dry — 
Abe no fear of ‘the oiii e ge exudation in the form of very white globules w 
aan : e ts — PS * uantities of — 8 ets of the were black inside. All these forms of disease may a? 
rom removal, as eden uss 
iin safety, even after 
feet in circumf in 
5 with lags double white * 
= oa 2 loy -| Camellia, and highly fra 
nen ee lawns, con - | most interesting garden, and promise 
deca rnis apo Si ha : 
every way available for the — ar 1 = in China, ‘put it does mot seem 
natural soil is not what could be be desired ; and ihe 1 Macao Potatoes have 
better 
the oY when 
grant. E this is a 
be to Shang 
es the well-known one of Mr. Beale’ 
Macao. 
wage 
they are 
the most delicious 
the Potato 
uiries about 
‘to have made its ap- 
always been good and 
ascertained, 
myself believe S ca ted sae o mat 
