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down it does not seem to bloom so freely. never publicly exhibited. When I e expressed my opinion in a rich free soil with plenty 
3 rap. of the Crystal Palace Scarlet Dahlia was| that the. Bowood Muscat might? be ‘grows with | not too much, the « worms [as ata uri im 
PP in an ordinary Y I „only s spoke from ie or M bean as would arch m carry off the rains 
to sei n my own experience. , Three ts had time to satisfy themselves, and 
Rou A e banks are — f| first of e, — it- | the voil i queer sdb wra vicinity of the plant wearing a 
. — 2 which Lush ome places showed All I can say | sort of n dened appearance, and of * nature that 
the ill effects of the dry weather to which they aas is * at ax time sor its owen which was, I think, would not readily a allow the rains to permeate or the 
been subj isseason. Some of the circles dot in April, when we had little sun, and the he conse naequence was 5 that the tint of 
about this part of the gramas are also very pretty. | was cold and foggy, notwithstanding I had no this tree “compared with others w 
One of the best of them was filled with T , and the 1 S i of the house was | w. ery hne under the leaf,” 
grandiflorum. "This, t — 4 down quite low, it set all its berries exceedingly tose bade now that “the "roots ‘asta in all penus. got 
- * neatly within bounds, makes a capital bed | much better than a White Muscat Alexandri ti e 
is that of a peng onga scarlet, | upon which I bestowed Ld the heat {could command ala ark green hue and bright sil th der sid t 
striking, b but still by no means oppressive to the eye. vith n atural s n heat, aided the leaf like the others f that 
Another nsisted of wh ite 3 d. Flower of the | E a | little fire at night, and as far as Im may! add that che seeds eh cach We spruce 
Day G g ink Ivy- leaved Geranium l i variety 
A third had the centre filled with yellow Calceo-| cat of Alexandria. Ihave no doubt in my own m n plenty of the “warm yellow prom 
ias, edged with Tom Thumb Geraniums. A thet. it "a ns! realise the expectations of those who | vice versd. No plans have been tried to dale fertility, 
fourth filled with Mangles’s Variegated Geranium has will give rial There is another new Grape, of|as we consider them ded enough, one tree in 1853 
been fine, but its beauty is now over. A fifth co rhich much has 7. 5 said, and of which there was a Ravie yi yield es, which ees 51 lbs. x 
tained some hybrid variety of Veronica speciosa, which Jlattering drawing in tho “ Florist "—the Muscat Ham- good seed, and last Jer 1300 cones and 2} Ibs, o 
though a late bloom plant for many purposes, burgh. It has not that * know of been exhibited this | . The other tree, “the uf m. ES 
is too sombre in a bed to be effective. It was edged | summer. Perhaps however to sustain 1 miden a. Bind ok et quantity, and a much 
a i Inside the Rosery the beds have | ter which has been given of it, and to mal — i per i There in 
been excellent; one of the best had a mass of Purple — d sure, it will yet make ed appearance, and so | great many trea al i. from deer 33 years, of all 
Nosegay Geranium in the centre, then a belt of yell An inquiry is cael abont sizes from 6 ins, to n 60 feet, of all did from the 
Calceolarias, — 2 were broad bands of Trent! Grape, the Lady I Downe's selling. i have it | dense e to the i an ip and yellow, of every 
Scarlet Geraniu Bon net Verbena, and Lucia fruiting with me cw! I and if [ may v e to of gro dps om an } i ee 
rosea Genalum, d t it is a noble mae, P excellent «nmm, in every description of soil from the poorest 
Verbena called AC Ho m ord. Beds of Salvia patons, | flav vour, and in r ard to keeping ing ded e non oorland to the richest alluvial oT Tg the 
though a charming blue, have protea unsatisfactory, whilst iti is greatly. superior to some in being a certa ain | — measures in every situation the most * 
and will probably m be tried a oa p E- eafo rd. pose ed to the most sheltered, the m * ope 
Near railway station was an admirable mass of Cure for M. —Fiv I erected on every density of level hoes. the js x 
e 2 Geraniums edged with Cerastium. me Ms 32 feet b 371 16 feet, 2 "E a Vine to ev ery 40° to the level plain, from the lowest sandy soil to to the 
h of bloom on this Geranium were unusually lai ge These ese grew vigo rously, but w vitho ut, I 
and the effec Verbena bed p serve, th to the border, | 200 or 600 f feet, and ev. er aspect from the cold * 
sisted of Robinson's ‘Scarlet W segs in the „centre, and bore fruit in due course, The dE S last | the sunny south; and wherever a free vi 
edged w with Blue Bon net Holford. year, | is obtained the rin A one tints prevail pie! gh 
of the best of whites. The 25 round eur mps | however, it came iih ut virulence as to bal the stunted or less po" exists M. invariably 
to the left when passing gal the ra m. station | repeated applications of sulphur, to tire t he patience of | assume the “ wales 
to the centre transept have succeed aS my gardener, and Mp in spite Melley's Manipal Tol "This. Y. confidently 
season. They are edged with ye SEN n S | of all our effo orts, to “spoil verna of the Upt dt . Robertson, p Powersco sg to prove one 
Scarlet Geraniums, and are very effective. The fresh- | this point the jate — had been kept — with Potato yet i of resisting disease. It certainly 
ness and beauty of these, however, as well o many » flowers;. in the ing Camel Ilias and Azale eas in contrast he fields and gardens 
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y weather we have lately experienced; never- shelf, ue which the pit was filled w h s ago, this variety stands up in full —— 
on account of the grounds here lying so high in | the shelf with Balsams. This year the dis isease — riance, “bloom! ing and seeding, to 
seasons, the plants 1 look well eren as made its appearance, but in addition to sulpl r | equal to what the Potato was in its most vigorous and 
late as = end of October or beginning of November. | only once area and that dry, a go increase ealthfu 
erent trees and shrubs throughout the was made fire-heat, the flowers we moved | have 
gate have thriven remarkably well Most of the|from the front. shelf, but the pit remained f ill and | variety, with every appearance of proving valuable, and 
especially the Deodars, have made great pro- | quick lime was freely strewed about and left under da I think this may be a favourable time for calling 
gress, others we noticed an excellent Welling- 2 5 shelves by the pipes. The Ferait has b | attention to it. J. Buckham, Thornhill Bray, Dublin. 
tonia not. less im ti feet high, growing in 8 eat tisfac meri AT a . ond 8 injure ed a ar a 1 Gee) is stated in Loudon's * Encyclopedia 
lixuriance, The Ara rias also seem now to h an Whether bi f Ga: „p. 927, that “any "s nch nf a vill grow? 
bli tl or any one ne firmly inserted in the groun will grow.” 
la aost to ME the facts of the case, er, | In t on of 
the Palace two plants of Dicksonia antaretien | may D useful to Some of ho > I Had 
opposite t cipem d Court have acqu e and | remark that there is a strip e between he te 
; ich is — 5 remarkable. They are both truly 3 in front a the pipes, 7 5 ej e as to * to ots sige 
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might be introduced more liberally into the beds and | — — the . ghet in the eal | 
borders here than they are, and with evident advantage, | part of the summer before t the 
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lenge svn add richness and beauty to that part of the deal of good good * sse in the remarks of your ect fail 
ilding. The Aquaria, both Tp rs temperate, *H. A. M. D." ing eners and their em- | given 
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either white, or bl re alm ways in flower. me many years ago, w Wia ] vat nd asking his|this season it has ng e 1 e 
We i rige Ae odes ipe E x ae. [aie — a P m id all osos don't have your | watch their daily and "weekly growth, their periodieal 
ment of the place, both diti ye and in, reflects th the | 8 and | the turns which their Sp shoots take when 
highest est credit on Mr. Eyles, whose skill as of the 2015 ih do.“ I have often ‘thought ‘of his words and | starting to grow again, and ' t he remarkably vigorous 
pa 1 how sound his advice was; for I fancied I knew better|growth of some of our est and mo uniform 
ledged. M. than he did, and — the same man gardener and specimens. When I walk through the Pinetum and 
i ste i i «take. such plants as Pinus in in sign is, exce! 5 aud Lam- 
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Home orrespondence. can serve two masters.” The farm m must either be | and varied hues of s some of the br growing kinds of 57 
Remarkable Conifers.— Few Iimag 151 1 But | Conifers, I am led to wonder to become 
had the opportunit . imens of while I differ from your pier elena in this point I | th 
the bra Pine al of Abies canadensis (the Hemlock rad with him entirely in his other remarks, [t Moe br satius ke to pee and — their annual pes 
8 those now in eir ear lest in a few 
berton Hall. Pinus Cembra is nearly | em: expect “ bricks without finding the 3 them away in order to iie the giants of the forest to 
in and measures at eet and ployers say “ye are idle,” o or “ye are ignorant.” | extend their noble branches upwar yee! outward un- 
60 in circumference, and the trunk at n flowers and aged ar * 3 uired in ibis. and | imp by their neighbours who vie with them in 
— i 8 feet. Few of the Pinus tribe are more| in succession, there m e houses in proportion T colour and end 75 not in altitude and strength. One 
— thas this; its handsome conical shape, and what is demanded, and ne = > Ink of hands. And again, | plant of the we possess which I consider j 
Short rigid horizontal tal branches, combined with its when a large f garden and eom special 3 is s the eldest of the rug it was a seed- 
Colour, render it it particularly attractive. It certainly ground is dile P^ be kept ? in first-rate | ling 6 inches es high when planted in ary, 1854, and 
deserves more extensive cultivation than it receives, for order, how utterly impossible is this without a à 
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the ground and formi FF hé ses it to: 
a T one e most ightful | to kee} oroughly we sooner uces it to 
Objects I ever saw. h specimens Bore nd the level of his — the on satisfactory for all 
health be The soil these trees | ies concern 
.— Equally : TJ. B” 1| than one variety of Abies Douglasii (see see your Nene | 
feel some surprise that there | : 
Muscat at the late Crystal Palace Hor aa 8 Pax pianta from Douglas's first ides dans one answering | of the be can usly d rua cae e gg a cpm 
rtm it has not been sufficiently lon usi the | Mr. Barron's Mv oe of Phew epee and the other | made gla P heic tatg 9 
Public, or come into eral cultivation. - h | that 3 Douglas’s variety, viz., dark green and silvery, | stock wa: ere 
Mr. Spencer and Mr. Thompson are ther da * y. : yellow green," but uis * warm yellow | inches than i zou resent, 8 ich 
show Specimens, but Ee ” must ped arisen from the less favourable be cm of evan i is Ji pn and wee 
like those of Bowood and Dalkeith, DA equoy locality in which i it was planted, the dark variety being | sandy loam, and fully exposed 
