SEPTEMBER 3, E 
three states ; in t the „sera nd petals are 
oblong, acute, an bio gn nth b Pen ona yellow 
— the lip being sparingly marked with deep rose- 
2 GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
he fruit began to ‘colour. With some kinds of 
is good practice, but the Peach A 
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In this 
circle of t Snowdrops, and Primroses. In this 
ha 
ve from the Ist of January to the 
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5o extraordinarily rich and when ripened 
at 
1 th 1 h greener, 
urther r improve ment can take bens 
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hath A 
r 
ety 
more 4 in the third 
: "Although t the fruit trees of en 2 = b. drm are 
| — flow ered by Messrs. Veitch, the v veins we the lip are 
c scarcely visible, but the surface i is ad ipt ed w 
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THE ORCHARD HOUSE AT AUDLEY END. 
. It any o 
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any d 
are growing in 10-inch and I] wot 
of them are rooted thro 
been abundantly to; ay 
ure water occasior nally v — ma that they have had | 
ely | golden 
ir | -t ith beaut 
liti 1 a spot of ground always covered with 
| The principal part in yoe flower — will be played 
by Phlomis Leonurus, a gre Labi: whose rich 
flowers € g whorls will furnish you 
tiful blossoms for — autumn- flower 
| spikes of this Tartes grow from 24 to - 
In N ovember move it DA M TE 
abundance a pe t home e. 
me so vividly as the perfect success 
E icu The orchard house — te the 
Some qui 8 
are pie Sade not to use it, only because it has 
where vegetables ane "dee * is sw 
ted and from a very low temperature. 
This plant, the uf little care it requires, 
uch more gen nerally cul cultivated. It 
Mr. "Yo oung, who has been head ides er * 
— . End many years, is indeed a asm of fertility 
= beauty. It is one of the 
nh a fixed 
lows 
20 feet, height 11 feet i in the diee. 
pat the sides. Inthe centre is a bed of earth 7 — 
wide and 20 i nches higb, r nch brick 
walls. feet wid * pr of the 
same height. ths bet w vine A the central and side 
beds are 3 feel w wide anà mey pay ved. It is Y entilated 
ad — lights 21 fee 
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Practical, T is d 
it a point to follow the 
foolish impulses o 
r own noddles to — 
this sort who would not p his P. 
te se t they asked for it," i.e, till Ne , 
w a rare could 
eed mi FAL of course he found 
font « with the system. 
that hi 4 
f thei 
injury of their employers. I vow one gardener of | 
rees water 
ered 
before being 
| pla: raaro ye in the open border. It may be propagated by 
cuttings or easily raised from seeds, which may be pro- 
cured 
Leonurus* 
— of Walbourg (in Dutch 
Lim , th 
fthe v de Bredeesel d' debe ; and I was m 
t : 
frost of the 1st o 
r. 
effects of the 
his having shut u 
larg 
f last A 
p his house "x in the o day of March 
31, so tha at the e body of 
tres so that wher en pA open to their full extent 
In some of the — orchard hows 3 X Sa 
2 is an aperture over Br door 
for the — d the] — air, and no roof or other 
* 2 ve ee is employed. The ir ran 
Walden, the eyed d ee : Nectar 
being 24 open vider in little 
roots 
t ated in 
| flower pots, through the olei in n which the strong roo 
rive abundant nourish- 
rer 5 emn ete e course 
emplified the 
of low side entilation - to the old-fashioned mode 
pling X sliding — ats to let in and let out 
e kitch 
some tittle interest at 
ces | such 
wodid — saved the iir d 
This is mention as bei ing occasionally necessary 
. 102 of the Zr elits of - * Orchard 
ow few nded to 
tory of the Andle 
tach 
House,” yet 
on that fatal to fruit 
— orchard house has 
to it. In 1850-1 when 
to be talked about, written about, 
praised 1 id abused, as usual under such circumstances, 
from the soil beneath, DT = 8 the 
eror cs vegetation struck with." 
Horticultural Academy 
Home Mer e 
—— 
Out. door 
attention to the growt 
for the London 
(when they hit) which realises so much money. 
season the hao uce has c 
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at a charm contrast! It is, to spe 
cally, Hrs, E^ fruit; the Apricot are 
— A * Pea 33 » Nectarmes, and Plum are in the 
y 
i 
of a respectable ee ut of y 
two-score and ten, heard about t them 
his neighbours "earn —.— 
different s stages 
bouse is full uty. Sankta on the Spa tral 
8 none of the pots are plunged—is w of 
dd trees, from six x to eight years old, in "18-inch 
ving looked a of 
vp ringing 8 fruit tree 
culture as childish, Chinese 
t for "T ble 
enltur ^] — 
and fi de or i and still poorer 
2 7. Autumn of 1866 the 
ing umbrageous 
lat. "m T nd Brayb 
and * of other 
think Ag v 1 un 
mode 
ye &c., | man 
Somet 
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3, — or 2 aer apart n 
vas beds 
| wish to have an dtes Y xm e, um serve n not only to | 
0 
most charmi ees—5 
| eet "Mak d 4 to 5 feet in aue IUUD 
——— m y Nectari The zopa 
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wa this central row are some fine Peach trees of the 
e age and dimensi 
are ignonne, 
Grosse Mignonne, hese 
With the exception of the which i is an 
w fr E in Matar a prom 
2 caiba his hoali 
autumn by Me r. Dixon, the builder 
bride cM n rs some extra:sized trees of four or 
sin 
no pert can be more re grat 
and at this 
ring, for not a diseased leaf is 
e; 
zr — LE de the ground fine Be level for 
sow in The ee f are made by a hoe about 14 inch 
dee eep, a man follow the 
‘the uus 
Led E sow a second, time d 
excellent early so; 
Mr. 
rt, are fata sf te fruit” Among u 
central trees You 
out t 
ung po 
pyramid Plums, stout tees well foenisbed T branches 
and 6 feet high i in 18-in : removed | 
from the o „ IC 
Early 
get 
the successful results of “his intelligence and 
ver : 
reh, 
the hea with a Wit 3 > mould ti you 
mbers the 
ia G 
ht and finished a er 
sowin; 
expense of a crop of Game make dou bie t s pmi 
ructed, and has a li 
M it were 12 feet hig 
— an improvement. 
t to add that Mr. Young uses his house 
of his ng plan 
instead of 11 
very ni it. s perhaps n 
repays the 2 Ms cultivation m 
it bears so em dantly and gives such | 
in great favour. with 
beddin 
the trees, and in early — 
to harden them 
vinti the fruit 
the shade o! 
t. In 
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A BELGIAN x NOTION OFA Magia a ARDEN. | 
We the urnal d’Horticulture 
Pratique the er which. serves to show the 
"TS 
rated | the Secret 
trees | 
well. 
ave s in first-rate order 
for any crop. What I state as to (be alas of the ason 
may be doubted by some, but it is the truth. One im 
3 pae 
amber, gives it a charming 
+h 
perha: 
is very * but 3 hA and Mg. in fact a 
fect orch ri which does not require 
xc ripen its fruit, as is the 
“Tt does 
square, out. or "ir ones in 25 centre a strong 
— of x: racantha, ts handsome red berries stand. |o 
the white 
doors 
Sicile sorts of Plums, if it is 
h flavoured. 
win winter will eee 
l eA the Peach trees placed on the side borders 
w 8 a tree of the 1 in 
of the sorts raised E the late T. A. 
E 
i 
In pos ane your Pyracanths nth a a row s 
= ai 
ral 
ot matter whether your piece of ground be Gra 
pe much trouble amongst some o 
r most — — * 1 understand that man 
first class gardeners have 
I 
Phlomis 8 IER eem Me of the 
blooms as fre ey m | flowers 
— had been taken 
rees had not borne so large a thi 
n 1858, but but the fruit was e oo the 
good-sized 
Miet id 
h 
; I have rarely seen 
— 
Alberge de Mon et 
elicious early kind, 255 — * but 
gs, forth b s lovely 
wet with the Suan 
domin to * 
p taia e. should 
be ard rom Tue ctr of € 
Corydalis fi its flowers in May and 
and its i delicde rcu is seen be advantage 
— n of the other plan 
anuary February the e n will be 
1 with a má of Hellebores. 
rich and excellent. The flavour he thought 
. g "ed much | 
improved by placing the tree out of doors in the sun 
(Qu. Christmas |. 
oses or Eranthis ?) 
Fal all round this flower bed, full as it is, plant a 
ample 
2 and 
say it wanted 
. [The bunch van en 
i 3 should 
a month lon 
pic Hn ae. I have just read in your last 
week’s Paper a notice of a remarkable “ ——— 
ba 
roperly called, at the present 
a Cape plant introduced into 
Phiomis rus is more 
time, Leonotis Taros, and 
Europe about 1712. 
