Jaxvan 31, 1868.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
103 
worthy of every споортарешеп 
combining both i 
— striking and 
especially waen its ges is of a 
being firmly packed with Moss, and t 
cealed by means of a lath dnd iilo sig. Double 
t from the doo made to 
usual wee 16 came in pa е condition from 
Halifax, c be expected to a good place i 
ben p market. Itisa jv uie striped fruit, 
e fle d 
js: ант onally stained wit ith red, espe- 
"th nd ! 
rist e ologist c opens sits dr volume | 
fine portrait of a new dark velvety Rose, of the 
he old Tuscany, and named André Leroy 
raised by ictor 
have ben named by him 
roy т after 
ploy e neral 
Jacq ueminot, is large and eupped, smooth, ere of а 
urpe Ин апа, 1Ё anything like 
ust be an aequ uis sition. 
giis the 
open, and other ventilation can be given 
ugh аба in the front 
we eather i is Жр throu 
а аге e o 
sudde a upon some rectilinear piece of water ina sunk 
rans Ferroni ien by high Ta puce I c 
the whole es ing inth of much 
шн and b 
d by Y 
Spanis rmain, Blenheim briga. К ton, 
Wellington, mud jm er kind with a local ge quite gar 
nt i 
ple, or 
f 
colour аз нар of the quj i 
D g 
nabh 
ег К 
ouses consist of Vineries, Pu. houses, T 
ses, а warm Green-house, or rather stove, 
[уге апа numerous pits, the whole veingi in excel- 
warmed. In th 
bear In the 1 iterary portion the бе ар o some 
remarkably fine piant of Bignonia venusta, now lo nan 
with ma aguific ent c aye of bud range blossom 
nd of the hous se and 
e stove isa 
glass span n roof nd aaeth some noble trees in g 
condit tion e are M two fine standard уа, of 
E ind ‘blossomed un d the Orange tubs, 
ing ME 
а retros канен view e par 
, its beautiful Уу. еепѕ 
агу, its water, its walks, 
mansion, ani T ра 
with i m 
Rm up to 
th A is 
rafter; it is t ШТ wall to the 
pe opposed to the preti o герат Min ng “Вау 
In another page “ 
В. 8.” makes the following 
b 
‘Pitch Pino’; ; itis ode from America, and i * 
according to a uthority, be the pro odu ce d Pinus rigida, 
ind. OWers, 
| Uber plants of that description, are also trained dow 
manner, and, m 
s stat 
d its pos Goth ic avenues the vis itor must feel 
satisfied that he has just had t 
oneof the finest places in Bedfordsl aire, and one ge ch, 
n 
Es ssion Stephanotis and 
fin 
throu agh the libera ality of mne Countess Cowper, is open 
y Monday. 
but on examina tion a similar , and, managed in this 
Pinus Coulteri, ponderosa, or Вепіћа amiata. - ie T they are reporte ower t profusely. 
valuable timber, pn its use is likely to inc Below this floral eanopy is a stageful of eg es cellaneous. 
siderably. Can any reader say verts the йрек is s | plants, with a dwa rf wall in front conceal The Llam iur p Animal Allies. — The. lla 
really obtained fro ЫЛ ен 18 no ot hardy i f Ficus repena; aplant extremely wol and its. near КОЛАН ions, the alpaca, the hua mig 
Britain, but both моно d for this код of work, and not half э and the vicuña, the "largest our-footed animals 
fectly so? If the Royal Horticultural Society w would known as it рава h which Peru possessed before the Spaniards intro- 
send some Mese ui pe to investigate and g Vines is a strong plant of Snow's Muscat | duced the h and the ox, are all natives of the 
report on е. timber trees of British Columbia, | Навін ын! койну black Warie, stated to be the Puna. efore the invasion of Pizarro, Паша 
Ше would confer a benefit on planters. The вате |result of s bet the Black Hamburgh and | was use the ancient Peruvians as st of 
be er asks:—'* Who is to investigate the banks ww oF Mon „ага, ‘raised at Hanin ngham дй burthen, and was ` поё less serviceable to them than 
of the а river, where travellers tell us аге magnifi- | Ful y Mr. Lane, once a gardener there. The|the camel E the araba of the esert. The wool 
cent trees which would be hardy in Britain? and ийет уа, an old friend of Mr. Snow's, made ар | вегуей e fabrication of a с cloth ; the milk 
who the Bokhara, Cashmerian, ibetan chains of| with - - MAT his name to it, sg to | and fodh, dà бой; jos Y z ч? - covering or 
mountains, the only spots - ly to give us hardy trees diui v ir it^ ally, inasmuch as а had | mantle ; and without the assistance „of the llama, it 
and shrubs. It appears to unfortunate sending | better opportunity of cry than Mr. Lane. Such | would h 
collectors to climates where nothing hardy can led аб least is Мг, Sno A аршу of the пачи 1 че we | goods or provisions. over the high table-lands of the 
see no c ha of ur An ыл т for a m ncas to have founded and maintained 
obtained, and the Society should remember lans Ur 
l their Е Again 
ped import the Tasmanian and Australian timber 
ү | r 
may be и, satis [vi ith Mr. тл beber 
trees to | South Africa a sa commercial speculati 
he classification of Ик lias, 
which will 1 ad MU been d ie р пете гыты 
of flowergardening, considered om 
ич 
unity to Suggest that к differo rences betwe 
md South should be settled by topig T si» 
tead of ^ as the minimum for a truss, and to 
uphold on the popra of economy г pi of exhibiting 
in temporary po 
Garden Mem — 
WREST PARK, BEDS, ONE OF THE SEATS OF THE 
CouxTEsS CowPER.—Until within | Ae [Ry few years 
this fine place opis p to Earl de Grey, under whose 
directions the present mansion was built, iul мын 
t from Silsoe a line Н. 
us le 
. | sometimes aftor € 
Peaches e grown on " semicircular trellises, sloping 
from She EA of tho house to the bac ck, 
ing the distance they 
өт, аге matchless. By having low trellises in front 
furnish go 
але pa 
and another in August or Septe 
mber. 
Cucumbers ag Melons are grown in McPhail pits, | They a 
nd less 
ees can be trained up the back wall, ai: these aleo 
e wall are also Figs, | observ: 
the fitness o Tut д Чо purposes Mr. био 
in abundanc is 
а 
over the ds 
«€ m 
After t 
| late Cucumbers. 
nuts is aser, on each side of the proach outside 
the Elms, furnishing ample shade in шдет and pro- 
Other | Heu of noch. kind, but i nie pese 
planted with Limes instead of of ims, ба 
different P I kinds a 
амони 
emely inge ри espe 
" well, black, but 
for 
"Чате 58, 808 bales, weg haing near 7, 
and ported into Liverpool alone. 
эуе, able from its being able 
steinbock, the Picu 
for |i ro w the most ат mountain-valleys of 
em he llama is also historically 
rotas as кы the only animal domesticated by 
the aborig ginal Americans 
he паси is of а greater m than the llama, and 
hat as supposed to be the 
, in "his * Fauna 
t the lips. The huanacus 
enerally live sd bao s of from five to seven. 
are very shy, but when caught young are easily 
and can 
tamed, bine e tier always remain spite 
her ху oy er be ined to carry burthens, "They ня 
апі -— 
Pants 
often also v 
о qualities it fetches a 
TT. used 
high price, and i 
uas and; so that from 1835 to 1839, 
7,000,000 lbs., 
duin 
pd like the chamois or the ps 
the 
tisofa elegant shape than the орь 
conservatory wall аб the head of a broad with a a lon nger ba 2А e graceful neck, and а 
ceed well = ym part of: Бенг, ong 
are 1 LIA pru some of whic h бе л MAE which xod 998 Sapa! ANSA from | shorterand more curly wool, of such phon dili 
are stag-headed, b: ut others are aed Е T e pleasure groun nds, Jas is now jas @ be worth about 27s. the poun upper parts 
rous henlth боео trees, ug Sdn its Prim imro NT m having|of the body are of a peculiar reddish- АН eolour 
remarkably fine example of Balm of Пева [n a cheerful бы K this is comparatively hon season of the ha de vicuña), the under side of the neck and the 
also thri walh a T likewise all kinds year. Near too, the long wool of the breast and ће 
greens. nts of n Merias , now in beautiful bloom, and | abdomen white. During the rainy season, vicuñas 
On the он side of the mansion lie the fruit and | in a cold frame аге хушй ance 9 Neapolitan n Violets, the Cord dilera, where А.н. 
kitehen gardeas, all of which are substantially e nelosed| Аб M end of t greg d mall волео іѕ reduced to the scantiest с ды, but they never | 
by means — ym lls co h - qu up а As at conservator гу, | venture on the bare summits, ав med - 
peu fruit-trees, skilfully pruned and beautifully | forming хыя одада at jd [d Iu front b rf is very sensitiv 
rained. From these and from standards во f | sto: mem promenade, апд down а Pn " steps а | Wh pursued, ey a never "d to the ice-fiel 
the best Pears and Apples in England are annually p ornamented with карату, some | only di wn slopes. Ta tlie dr 
gathered. ed. Alfristons weighing a pound each are no|very t ud standard P ortugal Laurels, and eonsistingof 
uncommon occurrence here, and Cherries, Plums, and | beds uiti Qd with Box embroidery, grassy walks 
all other out-door fruit indicate equal excellence, hile | and others of а small narrow donem, ате 
for резе с perhaps 1 er has ever carri ith white Derbyshire spar. grave voL R 
off so first prizes at our great London exhibitions | walk үе ч ehe yangi the де of 
as Mr. o a fehdener whose CUTE acknowledged 
abilities place him in the nglish culti- 
vators, Even s Зовем pee 
is full «es 0 
ч о M LE ri Аы Рат um Nui a бе 
Fhion a А еде үзеш, 
Nue M E alls and a slat маса | 
eans of inch нб јо pista to which 
poraa Oy me 
fixed above and below, the space between ! a 
n dow 
» юрри Моц halfa mile off. RÍ f tont кз this tls 
oom | is a piec 
garden ark, past a circular basin of wate быгы 
ving monumen 
ns e se. In M neighbourhood 2d А, the 
named the gr is кы} p^ lante ud r- 
vaded by a network of w. Y pai e 
guarded on each s:de b E 
E. vel—some str 
дале 
en sud 
' fe k ^ " 
d swifüness. The male 
y standing still ind абе к the enemy. 
