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thousands of Irish yews (we wish we could see some in every churchyard in 

 the country), from 5 ft. to 10 ft. high. Tliere are two rows of selected plants 

 of these, from 5 ft. to 6 ft. high, on each side of a walk which is 300 yds. in 

 length, reminding one of the noble rows of this yew at Elvaston Castle ; many 

 thousands of Mahdni« Jquifolium ; many thousands of the new Lucombe oak, 

 in pots, ready to be transmitted to every part of the world ; an immense 

 quantity of roses, rhododendrons, of ornamental trees generally, and of timber 

 trees. Many of the ornamental trees are transplanted every second year till 

 they attain the height of 10 or 12 feet, at which size they produce an imme- 

 diate effect when planted out in pleasure-grounds. Among the ^^cers in this 

 nursery we saw what Mr. Pince assured us were plants raised from seeds 

 received from North America as those of /i^cer saccharinum, but the plants 

 were nothing more than those of J^cer^jlatanoides. We have found this to 

 be the case in various other nurseries, which confirms us in a suspicion 

 we have long entertained, viz., that A. platanoides and A. saccharinum 

 are one and the same species ; notwithstanding the fact that the true A^cev 

 saccharinum has the leaves hoary beneath. We possess a plant of A. sac- 

 charinum raised from American seeds, which answers Michaux's description, 

 as does a stool in the Sawbridgeworth Nursery, and the specimen tree of 

 this species in Lawson's Nursery, Edinburgh. There is not, or was not lately, 

 any plant of this species in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



We had almost forgotten to notice the fruit trees in the Exeter Nursery, 

 which are remarkably healthy, more particularly the trained peaches and nec- 

 tarines, which are washed every spring with Mr. Glendinning's composition, 

 given in Gard. Mag, 184.1, p. 70. 



The Mount Radford Nursery, 'Exeter ; James Veitch and Son. Sept. IS^S. — 

 The nursery of Messrs. Veitch was, till lately, chiefly at Killerton, about seven 

 miles from Exeter, but in 1834 it was removed hither. It now comprises in 

 all forty acres of soil admirably adapted for the purpose, twenty-one acres of 

 which are the freehold of Mr. Veitch, sen., and the remainder is held on long 

 leases. The leasehold includes seven acres of Broadclist Heath, about 

 seven miles from Exeter, which, being entirely a peat soil, is devoted to the 

 raising and culture of American and other peat-earth plants. The grounds 

 at Mount Radford are compact in outline, finely exposed, and judiciously 

 laid out in squares and parallelograms, separated by many secondary and sub- 

 ordinate walks ; the former graveled, edged with box, and accompanied 

 with borders exhibiting specimen plants, ligneous in some places and herba- 

 ceous in others. The main or central walk is nearly 1000 ft, in length, and 

 is planted on each side with a double row of choice specimens of trees and 

 shrubs named. About half-way along the walk, there is a basin of water in 

 the centre, surrounded by rockwork; farther on there are two basins of 

 water, one on each side in a recess, also surrounded with rockwork ; and two 

 larger recesses of turf farther on, on wdiich are planted a collection of pillar 

 roses. This walk terminates at one end in the main entrance, and at the other 

 in the private entrance to the house of Mr. Veitch, sen. The main cross walk is 

 about 430 ft. in length, with a broad border of turf, on which there is a pine- 

 tum. This cross walk terminates at one end in an orangery, and at the other 

 in a camellia-house ; both very conspicuous objects from every part of the 

 nursery, and from the public road ; and both, in our opinion, altogether un- 

 suitable for a nursery. Were they ours we should remove them without 

 delay. The rest of the plant structures are most substantial, and indeed in 

 every point of view unexceptionable ; they include a stove, orchidaceous 

 house, and various greenhouses and pits. There is a third walk, of about 

 800 ft. in length, with arched trellises at regular distances for climbing roses ; 

 and there are other walks bordered by standard roses. It would be of little 

 use to go into farther details without giving a plan, and, though we have one 

 before us, there is not time at present to have it engraved. Taking it alto- 

 gether, we think this nursery better laid out than any other which we have 



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