54 THE CARDEN ERE CHRONICLE. [JANUARY 22, lig | 
own e xperience his particular, the plan is worth feaths and Geraniums. The Melon house is another Fir trees to pu uch an extent as to become 73 
of tes — : The ih V Eo Fab we e -n — a; a ry building, in which were peor i especially in 7 Pine woods et be 
adjacent pens ined some exce — rods which were very fine hybridised specimens, and for rom 1 nir n always selects the 
expected to produce fruit of no * — character for Trentham far r ore ‘hog been n famous. The grounds 2 eh 4n f vet md other Co 
— aid in the coming May wm. o were out S FARSA now Tk mS s 0 iy 
uced from a th re part o of and were gay with flowering —— Imme- So ag d : t re me portions oj the 
the back wall of the “house, the dnm of whi ch was wen chind are the children’s gardens, in which is a unu oe 2 oot in 
the rafters to the front — cottage surrounded beds of flowering plants 15 ^ Mr a Due of more than agg 
— 2 of the house, and then laid along in its|very effectively disposed. Hence the beautiful lawn S u * whic E not bored into 
whole length. From this mode shoots of the prea atest | strete onward beneath the umbrageous e 0 1 raxini and Á 
and 
sha it 
promise had been produced; surely with this | lofty tr 5 — the ferry boat already referred to imme- oet 1 "E ects 5 healthy trees € 
extraordinary amount of feeding some — nt poe diately i $ n front of the large mass of stable and office ses ^ o — d or analogy de ‘rived froge 
may at least be expected. Other Vine houses building. g g and proceeding by a insects belonging for the most par Min to the same 
tained some beautiful) — and other * rustic bridge over a tributary ^ the Trent, we came in | fam Then as t 
faultless alike in regard to colour and size. front of Mr. Fleming's house, a very pretty —Á 
: i ; » 
f 
The Pineries are conta po in an inclosed square a | structure 
little southward of the each houses, and from the short distance from the end of the 
honses; its wal wi 
iate 
speci ; nor was I disappo 
not only some admirable plants but there were then|the grave red with m vy and La Fi with din T 
t anti rches by which | 1s the cause of the mischief. 
ri he 
ar redness for which this variety is distinguished, of these ew; "x a projecting eed block of st h t 
The whole hich a dat 1 Mr. Fleming’s initials are cu 177 t the | trees destroyed some years ago in K : 
just been reheated on the boilers” syst e special order of the Duke of Su lapsa" tribute to and mother Gardeners’ Chronicle of last week g 
and hr niodo differe — from ater I A recently had | the master spirit who for a ong series of years not t t m 
an , Opport un nity of seeing — e flue e pipes from the only conducted works of vas t magnitude to a suc- 
eter. The Te ent | cessful termination (the changing the bed of the river 
modes of training fruit trees jt ushes these | may be adduced as one example), but also by the n 
ns are wo sinu A f 1 ; on either side of the | triumphs s of his skill, under circumstances of much diffi- alone, They 
trees are t ramidal, bell. culty, has made the name of these gardens 2 the grounds at Nuneham Park had only 
th of the ci from 35 to 40 years; th e urian 
[Merit like that of Mr. Fleming does not go u . | growth, the drainage good, the soil a light gr 
TS e genieni T en eid 1 ooh wii with | resting upon the new sand, 
ondition was in favour of the health of thes f 
as the Se 
garde 
middle wal rained—py 
shaped, hy eylindrical not. more than 4 or 5 fee 
hei eight ; they appe eared to be i in perfect health, and were e| 
Pears and gier oe bearing trees were kept periodically 
mueh gratifica 
s h the best effect. I also observed s| by Mr. Bailey, the Ejus ardener at 
quantity ‘of excellent Apple trees caet E I ^ pad rid "te Duke of Sutherland has re p. ad and hence the mischief. J. DEZ — 
cylin forma, and produei: ng fine of I rreat n f f th h l "Tr m Taylor enge Ozford 
inspotted fruit, and the trees, as far as $T [^s n rent ae Josephine de Malines 
vere altogether free fram canker. Gooseberries and estate. . Fleming is now succeeded in the delay in their being forwarde 
Currants were trained tandards with nicely forme | detailed management of the gardens by Mr. Wren, specimens of this very fine late ere * 
" strong, and etude y with excellent fruit. The a young man of much practical knowledge and | at the meeting of the Fruit Committee of the Ham 
iron trellised arches are covered with Pears, and are|ability—a former pupil at Trentham, and lately | tural Society on the 11th inst. I now send 
very productive. Mr. Fle ming's mode of f managing | £a Stayaooth:} m the Duke of Leinster at Carton, near | you to taste and test their meri 1 
tly 1 cumstances I should not have troubled 
id | E „the Fruit Committee of the Horticultural TH ——À opinion on this we inodo vt d you to 
E YEAR 1858 AT WEYBRIDGE, | are from a tree grafted on a 
mda Chronicle. I can only add that M system (Crategus ned es à ie irha $ 
of grafting fruit spurs in the autumn or spring appears Departure |about 12 years old and is a BÓ stan 
to be a most successful one, producing fruit of the best Sop ge of | the open air in the garden of a gentlem 
quality, and they are inserted down the branches ind “ast ree pod of gravel close 10 Hertford, called 1 Pot] in 
vier there is sufficient room for a spur—a ready med Nene years ed on as ock € 
mode of renewing old trees or changing the sorts if ^ above; lani commeneed to fare 2 
mired. The walks are well proportioned, dry, and —, below. | grafting. 
firm; they are edged with - trained and ke i ys Mean height of, fotine has failed but . i ico i m giving 24 
uniform — = inated. i A Mimulus, and Pinds. "| day m meter. nches 29.90 7 ins. . 0881. now bears from two e 
rows of flo 8, and the e again reliev : |Mean hei, ARE One would suppose that a Pear 
us patches of Sweet | Peasand olyhoeks atintervals pro- N 17 . is the shade 19 8194 484 Thorn and growing in gr ! 
ncing a very good effect. What struc ck me as somno N.E. 97 low 39-6013 1.174 — | inclined to 1 ty and h WE ME 
E. 11 Mean $ 1.174 = tatha A i i Ace 8 2 i £t E 
.B. 18 mpera : 4977180] .79* — y the site o grows 
Iha 2 * — - 2 that i h : 1 ORE A ines, a — — vestem called a hot A Done wo - 
„long been of opinion in a choice S.W. 84 equal io 22,6 221 Sue] oar ieee in the season. 
of evils garden is preferable to a large one W. T Pos à | 
Ds - pe py va A ne, N. W. 46 [xu tbe of Gr * Pears Ways r ripen slowly, commencin; in 20 : 
zi ong, 8 ing y Lin ajos bok uber a we A Says os 80|days3.7— | keeping Zn a ition till March. This mi - 
inclosed situation t some excelle 1 — — sA seems to like the Thor graft 
D in a cni gri enu. a hl Highest winds KT th | .. No P |here last March on stout stocks 
the enstern one s devoted to the grow 8 en 0,21 TORA is eda, an s deep ton 1 
an had ny e ih ie wai tthe] e e e oi 
» » y — ; y ha pri ue ins. 30.58, ins. 01 — of n d EM from a tree E ns int 
short. period Ahe`mhoje monid: bo a blase of Somn, — d 11—mernc MM n" 1 5 a compared with tt 
woul ue in perf for . iad 15 105 b ; i to 
A The gai hanes is an aquarium, and is] Dec. 23, 26, 27 Hier In the shade 05. equal | was bee . — tal grit a Ta th 
Tack wall ie shore with irregular d M heisa the night of) d 88° colour near the core a constant 
rocks on which Ferns and Lycopods are displayedto much | . F. Wowo Bake PUR this variety ?] 
the centre is the water tank with a | 7anuary 8 ; „ 
with a e. 
continual stream, in which several species of Nym — iens ^s 
are apparently at home. Towards the back Sa Home ond tuner She tide pa S Mew Zealand. TI ing | 
— and other fine foliaged plants, — bn adi Corresp ence, : Now, 4 ncs d ipi the np gh: 
an i ‘eti * very 80 eed ety, or only one í b. 
ia; bo, wil the rable na Mr, | puffed off under this new and attractive tit 
. r terton in your pages of the oe ult., in which that | MR to understand how this 
ngth of the "n wall, and — filled. with 5 Dee Dye. iac the bark of healthy trees, and d then | to f veg — the sure oi E 
minute Lyco apodum, produ a unique orm a lement in the wood beneath, and P. Kitteman, 
beautiful effect. plants hung here in grace- | quently that th se Kitt "C There i is no 3 doubt in our m 
fl festoons from the soef, onsisüng f. Nen, been die pe by the alanis er de Dri havea | Bean in queis bars sone ne ar oh 
discolor, Stephanotis floribunda, Ipomma Leari, Alla. | that pest which of Scolytus destructor, | to New Zealand from Europe or Indi 
cathartica, de. The beautiful flowers of these | round London. This opinion af Me. arten l. | bits dh and speckled, and 
mixed with the glorious foliage of the Cissus were truly | know, a very aie ie ee 2 : MU: jeti caf te — Bean d 
were agai : : ave | num Dom i Ki 
again relieved by globular all sorts of other causes assigned for the first | cultivated are grown on the Co 
S heard 
f M i i 
The ae oss, suspended at intervals from the roof. of disease being laid in the trees—bad drainage, ets 
whole indeed was a scene of much beauty, noli Iu ion : elsewhere, 
sik d fine foliage and d A m gas pipes, impro soil, cutting throug? that 
2e — ae c" ^ al the roots for the formation of. &e., A then e gie : 8 har ri 
when the tree is already in a state of di it sla ^ Pray a e ee for v avona, d = 
— a quantit of useful plants | attacked D pats which soo i s isst 
2 e y i m, as in the case of the from the character of their ten cans It 
in pots. Near "this range there is a very large well | Scolytus, complete its destruction by cutting thr h not one word has 
filled hine! th th Y That the idis 
greenhouse, well wi Azal hole of the essels. been wri 
and other kindred plants all nicely trained and Maren tnd i course of the|aspeet. Surely trees are i 
T BIA pir ed 1 da 
loubt; but to af&rm insects 10 ut out of si 
1 als amongst the specimens. Af trees, and that the Eee S phic ao healthy of rest. Ys oet 45 Ti 
e distance —.— on there is a stov h a | Elm is : T Buses until the the dead * subject 
9 uh c: t i ; here I noticed ees sition of on of its r Eat en a place for the depo- pd almost scons T e th 
venus ae Peer ens aie vases and other — à 9 * ‘obser hs of px: not hinder es ae loving the tr 
s of art, eac ) tamologist : seems to eg as Vi 
some nicely constructed pits for — special cultivation yl abietis gnaws de uk E. P par moie * s mot ms ~ e b est laa 
ow when bare, 
