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siderable change, if their seedlings, and inventions, | ga . shru : 
and new things had to pass t ‘ack such an orde é a 5 2 ery a SN — Se —— pe dai Nuia, waa Owi aov ae ee 
mstances and social habits would rend some pee — of the grand nonias, would tell — ade ea fit, in . substantial ‘and Proper Palatial re. 
oe ger of the French 8 system neces- | festooning from lofty gallery, which at prese tlo sx TTW 
- approach might — to it only partially covered. 1 should mention a mag- As many amateurs may be situated 
enough to answer t the more — p ten Shae, awe 4 — N vo. inea, which had | was, as coy the 3 of their ho 8 s 
GARDENS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, coming 1 20 . e eee overs seribe, as accurately as may be, the manner in which 1 I 
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. pt dry and well exposed to the 1 Bs eT ari Pees eee eee e pe ington, 
S SEND you a few nc Peaks eat 5 e it sun. Dodma as YA rene 5 f wood, and at the rear of 
a short excursion I made t 1M ee. AY Ce 
and Ieh. At D Cey 1» 5 ode KAN THE 1 857 fl width — mae “at tthe — — — — gro . 
ptam, cn I tis i: when å 3 first laid E OF THE VINE A tenian Hoor op 
How singular that suc — an e on ANO I ao that, in wet weather, constant 8 be h 
ple as that — 5 by the donation E Mr. Strutt, bas é ais 1 Noth, XE stont. to and fro, without incurring the risk of taking cold. 
not been foll I think the late Lord Hollan On Som—A light sandy loam, on a CULTURE or Immediately hetween the back — = the a 
(always first pore ad iiberty or —— of the people ottom of stone o r gravel, is the most THE MIND. h a 80 4 — ge recess * overed roof, 
was’ concerned); dedicated his Alam Ain to d satarally a Mihia — wherein a xe ee ra a i warm the bird. 
the inhabitants, before Mr. Strutt gave his garden t is not to be had, perhaps we are better the ba * the winter. I could thus en “i 
Derby. Since th : — gp without it. f . pte ena ii Gopal 24 garden, either ugh. the side door of the 
parties (a committee, I believe), have made a handso what probably will do better. I kik — ld valk Scag og e lend of fer ee 
addition of some the original arboretum, |# case, therefore, I would ad that could walk t nore the Loy san) of the aviary, if 
p and eure AE a go ip So pr erected at one end where par- - À r, about 8 feet quare and 2 3 making my exit through the door at the ex- 
ties have e. Lou don, I think, laid out the gr ‘eet deep, should be dug, and paved, if i 
if heaping up little ar wa n ; 8 i vi or, in a stiff ; iiy; 4 uddled. oe iem removed 8 Kennington to Hammersmith, 
ess, and planting them higgledy-piggledy with | But if y ot do this, place a few FCC 
trees, together with two straight walks, and one wavy large flat stonesor bricks, closely fitted, boden ass si ad : — position. It now at the 
d laying out, Even the gardens at Chis- immediately uuder the Vine, to give its den: y a * f me ov. is 120 feet long and 34 feet 
appear creditable, when compared with those at roots a ral ng direction. ide) an 3 ndo e my -house. 
Derby; but there is one prineipal fault; the e pipe-drain sho e put in the also "a divid 1 ee ee It 
much elose to each other; there are some whole length: the greater the fall the lete i vy ed into two distinct portions, each com- 
pment be ss ge of Oaks Thorns, al tter, This border should ll pieso ba iiss — 
growing one into another, and in a year or two the th dry rubbish of every i be paagid. portion, ler arent Ses 
whole wil N a mass of confusion, The planter seems tion—of tiles, stones, broken bricks, old thé ing mer 3 for a chimney at the bo 
0 as to what 10 or 15 years mortar, pottery, oyster-shells, road te ga h 2 i erected . Ë 1 
would do, and to have planted his not with any scrapings, and ear rnt with birds Me aio ee ee 
idea that he was g an arboretum which was When the water from the roof i mi raite dli ay — = winter, sti 
show each specimen tree, but to have grouped the ied off b I think it would es inched Sal Taipo e 
trees „as in a shrubbery ped the be highly advantageous that the top of + idth, 9 fe per 1e ngih of a detached aviary is T8 feet; 
— ain immediate effect ; however, there | the ied ea Ge. paved. es. far-at Wi 9 eight, 11 or 12 feet. Of course, if two 
plenty of room in the ad ditions aA * E: Raia ty wall ; as-T-håte aviaries un one be required, n r- will 
is not too late; with Mr. Barron 3 (Elvaston Castle) little doubt that the constant dropping K ogg San = neatly, , double, as regards the length; witha 
skill and 3 vine of of w. one place tends to injure 5 1 085 and a latticed · wire parti across the 
in the Arboretum might be safely m and ch which are Tat h 
it. will be well to take out every W 5 sie te ns large but only channels of food; since I have n the winter, the lattice-wire should be covered over 
trees and plant them elsewhere, otherwise the k ches to letely h green baize, „and all draught excluded, as far as is 
t a mass of confusion, or half the tie cane rotted through from this cause. 1 prac 8 E 
be cut down. ‘The emoke of the town appears to affect cE e in e e 3 shelving from the front backwards. The latter 
me growth of the trees, and I should think the climate remarkably well under pavements, ta n eee 
is rk te ; many shrubs seem to have died, and ex- whic am inclined to believe is material should be made to convey the water from one 
the coarse and hardier trees, I saw Owing to their retaining the heat so e r. of the rooh, at the back, downwards into the 
little a gro ndeed, the climate did not well, and to th ness thus affo oun ii 
av Bae to vegetation as much to the roots, which, on removing th h 2 b ing should be entirely of vet There 
north, where I now write (Crief). pa T aga will be found to be ar Aaaa BE il di three windows in the centre of t 
I was aua to find that the gift was duly 2 con on d ae bor ge d below ele 
and that the gardens are often thron rely = Nothing, if . 5 ghon 5 3 met des 8 pier ss sgu e alias 
an vicina for wih’ the exception of $ oe p|on the ; at an lise doa . age o opposite end; a 
or two of there were no flowers, and yet kept perfectly free En 9 ool be p a ot cane 2 A over which there 
there inted exhortations be to pluck flowers, fallen leav: “3 d sun and air 10 N a cou cle window, opening outwards on binges 
in different parts of the grounds, just as if the flowers be allow wo. eet to it as possible. biai t 15 5 e ret gia audits 
= existence, I think this want made the —— >r either a nailed ‘on, mps cos he Wide Ene binds ill th 1 * 
a 5 = Š . i wi en ge 
. Ten 5 3 al 2 a aea — = 0 oe — eae 1 do e Pansi of fresh air and be able to introduce the a 
bli avsa aa a oa to their brethren in a te freedom, who will 
where the pi thet 53 5 naw eik and assemble in numbers on the adjoining trees and 
. e as Seep sar Wane, it would branches to join them in r so My garden has 
lagda op = you and 0 ee always been the resort of multitudes of these song birds; 
sis kep it would increase the rature of it, the: harmony. Catia ns of spring and 
of a town of merch . or a channel of w De nwa: whose tie rer not excepting the pipin of t u and 
From Derby I- ä to see Elvaston small roots might always get a supply, > 8 birds in the winter months, has been delightful. 
but in vain; Aag yet 1 tri — vaus without the soil becoming damp and 1 e of the panes at the opposite en of th 
* 2 dens are hermetically closed | elose. * 3 è to open outwards, with hinge; 
against rs; this was mortifying, as the de. Manures—To be mixed with the g 92 — interior lined wi wire-work, whereby 
sruli mor in the Gardeners’ Chronicle had made = when made for the border ; the — tion wil TI $ 
all amateurs anxious to the — 8 8 — hocks o8 ack of the aviary should be entirely of wood, by which 
planted by Mr. Barron, and also to see the gr | cattle; 88 of leathe puhe itwa , readily ke snug. 
ith the wil of sii Ti was almost rage , hair, Ke. front should be painted white, with at least three 
_ to put such a tempting deseription in your Paper, quip.—If the wee does any =. afterw be ornamen with 
re is no means of obtaining admission to | washing apply the: ds on a e painted green; not too 
the . — The story goes that even the Duke of n summer’s evening in „and ra ose, but arranged with a due regard to relief or effect. 
t as a gard ; however, be that as it soil over. If the goodman kill a pig, do dui Wedd each w d at the extreme ends of 
may, my application (though very humble) was refused the same with the blood. t- water í ws, should be upright fluted pillars of 
in r. Barron also; one quart of soot to 12 of water; S i really hollow, appear when viewed from 
should, in some outworks e = all) transplant drainings o ot Parad heaps, &e. l a ely. solid, anit Shpartant bir ss 
some four or five large trees, might see how Tor- p prunings, leaves, Riches, Hike |f should be strongly painted in green, e 
far the marvels told of his success ae 2805 weeds, hjii * should be put — heap to muck,’ are of the plinths, which should be white ; the facia, of stone 
At i Chats wo th gardens are dre: en aball nde, rot, or, * n = —— read. unless rsa and the ornaments round top of 
barake g y e e which is kept slowly swatting A -a —— . Fenn 3 
axton or his Grace. My principal objec being sm 5 ed en soil scometh nothing general fi 
Soe the Geshtinceots piini yi panim imaja Sag whic z n e e 415 de it toe. = the building. The internal arrangements we shall 
— — magnificent speci mens 3 perhaps the fi t are | got rid of, si 15 in wich a sta te as to Every 5 "Wake coe 
nay lense plant of Ansellia africana aud one of Afford immedia past makes amickle; ate per to the “look-out” of the little 2 
but I had i it as a to ait TE 5 ew can 
a) $ K time SPEL g g in No- mak be ewer — = is ne in their element (during 2 
Never waste v matter, Manure, 8 ; y ira 
C 
— ; i er aviary as umbrageous ^s, 
— a as well expect —— of — ake 3 to have it oyerarched, at all events in the 
water, after no rain, in a well which he ccc with drooping foliage. _ ol 
is constant! unting “ad plants 0 bg e ma toate — in this matter, and a ken, 
flourish when <3 vegetable — oh ante ory —.— * fine Cubas, which would 500 cae 
1 50 a part is formed, has putting in, soon y, and look very handsome on either side, 5 wth. 
-E Siti a nd never given back to comes to the == tres would also be of rapid growl = 
it, the excention. of | oe — C. A., October 1 8 presen Eg AP at the ho feani, a -E 
isappointin the | an axio thy is s self-evident ie ee wid bieds, and ten them t — ; 
n m as the nose art of the the w mpts 0 pr 
ng et | F r a — quarters with oan + thus. strengthening: J0 = e 
undergrowth should be entirely — etd aie aiy 5 SONG BIRDS. 3 . E poe thn 
ace shi fille o. IV.—Having given good and cient reasons could hare broken Ses ; ance 
— be filled up with — -r more e we do * 05 Mechanical “avian” which, Maa mire, th 7 so 
my neighbours, i Seats matter of 
