JANUARY 22, 1859.) 
k is of a brownish gray colou ; the "e 
e apparently of slow ere th. Mos t of t 
— and flowers are produc t the vy cinch E 
very abort lateral Lager or “Spurs. The for: 
petiolate, roundish in outli 
1 A — even 3 inches, in a 
-— - — E Od us n-lo bed ; the — I or 
ist are less deeply and m 
THE GARDENERS' 
specim 
n | effi 
xul M th the choicest description of bedding plants, 
and managed with the most * edo. taste, 
MAAE 
ty garden, 
vi a “Cupid fountain, the beds being tel 
planted 
alike ^ 15 , le eight an Fine 
of H elegans were sed w much 
ect in n relieving "alike the flatness of m Sire and 
in tensi t y 
partment 
with fine specimens of up: ht R 
prig 
and the Irish T E an excellent effect, and | g 
terpart of the dis the 
met division is other 
eas Ms 
e place 
er 
which 
at regular intervals polis gest nite seats, vases, b 
eden. tag 
te, int, 
times mucronate ernally the calyx is -— 
stellate-pu „and on the inside at the base it 
densely vi The — are — shorter Wala 
the calyx, and oppos its segments: the fila- 
ments are glabrous, the Met half filiform, spread- 
er part united into 
y | and verc wa, m the latter filled with beautiful 
in flo 
e 1 and 15 
r|ing duri uring 
- 8 the most inviting character 
e lower end of the eastern 
red tre ch ar 
high, over wh 
Roses, Clematis, Ivy, 5 Sipho, če, farnish- 
railin The 
s of an Vis orm, and are 9 
i N ge gere meia s 
rfaci ater appears 
ri rom th 
distance the water in 
Lilies and other flowering aquatics ; and from 1 one 
h has been resorted 
the summer mont 
The rrace is som to in changin ig the course of the river from the bed of 
r3 tet a igher | epe walks of the Italian garden, | the lake, and 2 formerly did to silt it up in all 
m it is by an open balus ur- | dire ections ns; that eautiful sheet of water is now fed 
— “with vases s artiston lly di and t “th ely Of late » 
are e filled with iewer ing plants, p dee tl it the water 
charming effect, roach is Wr vids steps orna- weed, Anacharis a err an pit hers eb: of a de- 
— ui the hice! » bronze vases and baskets of|termined character, which has spread alike over ber 
choice flowers; the pavement of this terrace is of | surface of the river and lake. Near this spot so! 
slate bordered with stone, on which are some r 12 acres have been recovered from a qui ire 
raised beds, and the whole is replete with rich condition by draining, all which has been laid oui 
marble vases and bronze statuary, — much judgment and good taste, mine ep to oe 
d; th 
apparently of 
much value, and gorgeous in their effect and charac- 
ter. The sides of the | lawn windows facing 1 this terrace | 
xisting pleasure ground; the masses 
Mège; and have been skilfull 
bud they are four-celled, but only two-celled in 
ded ; cells are distinct and open Kit 
tolinally their Live length. Under the 
iscus Syriac cus, 
t stift reddish stellate 
hairs; a portion of the aly 2 —— at its base. A 
splits aee ei nearly to the base into 
culated. plants, 
chiefly Geraniums. Advantage seems to be 
se yi of every available space in this “ garden of 
for a rich display o of the very best penis again | 
RS 
and early d shrubs, 
Broo m, Double Furze, Ferns, Heath, 
ie presen with — Hollies, 
Ke. Man clit of the latter cov with creeping 
suckles, and Cleats, pnt dw latter at 
st possible 
- 
r 
perfect health, ornamented with quantities « of — —— 
Geraniums, "Achimenes, the whole being in 
ney 
the e peri iod ef x my visit presented a somewhat singular 
but excellent effec 
Immediately facing the bridge and sloping to the 
par: aralle llogram of gravel, and 3 
8 ” are the "m 
n broad Box, in large le P ethers 
CAROLINE KILDARE 
8 
scriptions 
ELIZABETH TORN 
Only t wo 
smooth, resembling those of the Ochra. : 
all 
of Ferns and Lycopods. | _Creepers, too, sci i in 
Fh 
EAT RS 
EVELYN E VÀ iden GROSVENOR 
e ladies are the daughters of the Duke 
h gres 
ot the 
The east end o 
RIA. 
da and 
—.— of Suthe rland, and married to the noblemen 
^ 
who 
| petente apartments, whi di 
m the main portion of the b 
long this terr ace ns en one cannot hip N 
would here 
aight 
other — id of less 
portion of t 
anther-cells, pt in some 
tance. 
e 
Freer it shall have been found possible to ict 
do thing this p= we shall have added an uncommon], 
ur list of small neat hardy shrubs. 
2 
n the season 
ewe gardens 
rains had 
vy fallen in the middle part o 
ren he which had considerably d etracted from the 
- 5 T nett — 
Close at han rvatory 
39 feat) md 60 feet wie, ery n feet high, vf a ridge 
and furrow constru and admirably adapted for 
plant cultivation. tai 
: Camellias, — 
Dear; 
roots by brick k-work, 
s. The 5 is unity estooned with creepers 
ed his Grace v 
gorgeous character of the scene as well as the artistic 
and tasteful manner in which all had been treated. 
Everything was in the most perfect order and neatness, 
of —— — showy kinds; ended baskets with trail - 
ts adding much to the he genera et veria The whole 
is yira gay during the season by a ant succession 
North Staffordshire Ralley. 
urel trees in “te xes, Mv nicely formed — ; the 
later are more appropriate than 
and these viewed in con teat. with 
rms of t Cypr y and Irish Yew, 
f | of flo — plants liberally distribu er the whole 
e period of my visit A dert hly fleco- 
a | rated wi i — iums, Achimen 
Apes capital specim ens, prod: a 
beauty and — — and ul 
from thes e grounds that the whole of the 
its Tring a 
certain degree of majesty on the whole mas and 
"4 
on its bosom, and stately swans proudly 
crystal-f -faced surface. A little to the right. cm "ghost 
the park by an unpretendin and sweeping round | seen to great advantage, ‘dao — well, Grass and gravel are kept in the most perfect — xd 
or entrance point (which —.— at hand), while the 8 bronzes, balustrades, figures, vases the aid of erem. the former by a horse machin 
een two richly ornamented 1 im- with which this garden is so liberally pat ed prod wherever it can be worked, a small hand i " 
ly in front of the bres which i isa noble pile | an effect of the most charming and perfect kind. Ad. being used in places of difficult access; the latter is 
of a pure and chaste style of Italian repere | joining this gorgeous scene the large ee beni lake | kept in order by a salting machine, the invention of 
elaborately and richly ornamented p ards t uth, | Mr. Fleming, and judging from the beautiful ition. 
with an open balustrade surmounted at intervals with and i is lost in the vast eee of partes which |.of the gravel in every cra a I should say that it 
lofty urns and vases. A lofty Sete ed 100 | rises beyond, whilst densely clothed ore Ta ea | was altogeth ost efficien 
feet US height rises from ini 
offi 
'shops an uildings are of a second. 
class o of rna yt otter of of acter or what is usually | and 
es, land, after 
statue, 15 feet in height, of the late Duke of Riu 
the original by 8 
rected, as the inscription informs us, 
grateful ten: 
„ by a . 
antry; a noble object i in the land- 
and 
count; ry. from here the hill po nort 
considerable distance „beyon the „mansion, "where it 
— 
ward to a | Case, 
—: — S its — with — rue of — 
j 
m open alantrade fence 
g 
E 
cent —.— 
D 
e| producing an | Cexbellent 
variety to . scene. 
covered with groups o 
uch 
re the qur is "hie 
“ Bracken,” which has very 
lightful promenade. 
| gathered; ird appearance of the wood, however, for the 
seemed all that could be desired. 
trees; aid the whole ofthe trees looked in most 
e ins h; the wood being stro: 2 hl f M. 
rounded frui: ae 
ew ridge an 
i 
y al 
of the ie or Italian garden 
14 ums — at the per end 
is an admirable bronze figure; there 
Wee walks on either side, and the whole i às 
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H 
view over a bare and somewhat flat ear Ae 
however in its extent a vast field of arrange 
2 wns of North Staffordshire, the site of — 
i k smoke. 
ell 
p 
an exce ent: —— 
g 
E 
int y huge volumes of fire and 
It i is worthy of remark that this magnificent, park | 
[joining e furrow roofed 
ing | Vinery, erected for the pr rah ier the Trentham Black 
tha | Ghipo ;i 34 long of considerable width. 
| The ventilation of the roof is of the most perfect kind ; 
aj 
z gr 
5 
s 
in the 1 middle 
i omisi m — jet; the sur- 
— Lew, Berberis, 
orm height, and the whole was 
— dense population of these towns, an es — — 
occasions during the “Stoke wakes” 
— enjoy the advantages so liberally offered n 25 
Duke of Sutherland. 
Oran is a long and somewhat ! narrow | 
building; it contains many noble specimens in rude! 
being given. 
le shortly to to bik a detailed accoun 
ing, a rep tion of which is 3 
| excellent plan rue 
0 cohen into 
it in or 
