d 
Fesrvary 23 1895 
ae stoutly * without Ae, there is 
room for experimentin zinen h th As it 
and, the principal 
ng the position 
of the plants near the glass, cleanlinesr, abser ce 
l 
in which they a ome n 
eta au ended seni the glase, some in shallow 
pans, but there is little or any difference in point of 
cultural condition, only that when the suspended 
ones are in flower they are the more generally 
attractiv’ 
Eos ing climbers was remarked a plant 
Fig, 3l.—THE IVY-LEAVED CHINESE PRIMROSE: 
of Stephan: 
Otis bees, wee a roof in a Fern- 
House, — a large quantity of umbels. Another 
aalen species here is the sweet-scented Schubertia 
Fraveoleng, 
Stephanotie i 
itself. Its pearly whiteness commands 
ia. and as an auxiliary to the firet-named, 
* Capital subj cut flowers are in 
ion for a queen, e 
e and eros greenhouse Rhododendrons 
plant k some variety; there is one remarkable 
Producing Gibsoni planted out, in a lar, 
thousands of flow: year, 
eh establishment a large quantity of 
ways in demand; and in meeti ng it, 
F 
md one atuma take the chief position 
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233 
larger fronds, A. concinnum and A. concinnum 
latum are grown, Asparagus, which i 
enduring than Adiantums, in two or three 3 
is much run upon. For elegant 1 Medeo 
medeoloides comes by ne frie its neat 27 patie 
leaf, and its sle d well; 
Panicum 3 ba with its e 
Bi 1 placed a 
ge quantities of Palms are grown for table and 
other decorations, in which the firm is lar rgely 
engaged, he fine examples of Kentia Belmoreana 
are conspicuous in the large coneervatory adjoining 
the villa, and in the large houses set apart for this 
and other d s; the specimens of 
8 
— · 
2 
D 
on 
represented 
t grown in too great 
heat, For affording colour, Crotons of some size are 
cultivated, and hardened off as much as possible 
before being made use of in decorations, 
LEAF AND FLOWER, 
(sEE P. 236.) 
The manager, Mr. Joha Smith, was many years 
head gardener to the late princely merchant, Mr. 
Rylands, Longford Hall, and in his time used to take 
many prizes for specimen 1 ia sap for groups at 
15 5 bab le ntide shows. He seems to 
life, 
n’s seem be N 
cultivated under his supervision. Via 
VEGETABLES, 
PLAND KALE 
Tuts neglected variety of Borecole proves its 
value during severe weather; while Early Broccolis, 
Brussels Sprouts and other green vegetables are 
killed by the frost, the Lapland Kale furnishes a 
plentiful supply roduces an abundance of 
thick, succulent, dark- leaves, which, -when 
l As a winter 
it 
the hardiest, being uninjured through the verii of 
English winters, In some gardens at the present 
— it is eT the only available vegetable of 
ts class, 
WHITFIELD GARDENS. 
Finis coronat opus; and so, after man ny changes, 
internal and external, the grounds, which for nearly 
a century and a half have enclosed Whitfield’s Taber- 
nacle in Tottenbam Court Roa 
open air are, indeed, apt to be brief! — 
was of more than passing ee ge 
is full of historic associatio 
w 
“ Love flies the dusty town for shady woods,” and, 
again, with a poetical extravagance entirely 
excusable in a Cockney bard, describes Tottenham 
Fields as swarming “ ieee roving beauty,” whatever 
that experience may mea 0 h 0 
maps of th 
The real and tangible e of the place may be 
regarded as dating from the time when the 
George Whitfield, the rated Calvinist preacher, 
erected a tabernacle in 1756. Even at this period 
the locality e scarcely be described as a populous 
one, for on the north side of 
ye papi attached to the le, 
seems to know how meije wmen 
obtained, and for a long time fully lived a io, their 
privileges in regard to this fair; for t 
Secretary ind the Metropolitan Board a Works 
appear to have been "r unable to suppress this 
disgusting vandalism, e Improvements Act of 
1889 gave the 3 Board of Works power 
to purchase the land; but the whole affair was in 
the hands of the Court of Chancery, whose move- 
ments are not usually characterised by alacrity. The 
ou 
church. I f 
northern plot is about 1400 square yards, and that of 
the southern one about 700 square yards, ran latter . 
it seems, to form 
plot was, i with 
to A 
2 east ind Ae e the areh was i 
brought okt he athe creo 
Whitfield Street. ‘This part of the pound, how- 
