; 
4 
staminode. 
meas 
the upper part 
cut from a well-cultivated plant. 
of the common 
Lord Fitzwilliam’s pleasure grounds at Wentworth 
May;4, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
549 
The petals of Mr. Broome’s flower 
being yellow. It is a beautiful flower, 
THE OLD BEECH TREE AT 
WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE, 
ROTHERHAM. 
Oos illustration is that of a magnificent specimen 
Beech, Fagus sylvatica, standing in 
GARDCARON, 
ticulars, “I do not think this is so, but is simply a 
larg 
ground 0 
its e branches was broken off by wind some 
years 480, which diminished its circumference some- 
hat.’ 
FLOWER-BEDS IN HYDE PARK. 
TR e by Mr. S. Plimsoll, which was i 
in the Gardeners’ aiis 1 week, — 
such a scene of flor agniicence and profusion, that 
fi 
of Hyacinths, Tulips, and Daffodils 
never look so fine as they were a fortnight oem. The 
Talips are mostly at their best or about to open 
their showy chalices, an several choice varieties 
were noted, viz., Purple Prince, —s pure 
yellow—a beautiful flower; Duchesse 
orange-red, with a yellow edge ; ; gees — 
a 
a setting for the flowers. 
the kind, will look still better when the Doronicums 
come fally into flower. 
Some beds of Hyacinths or Talips were of one 
Fic. 76,—ANCIENT BEECH AT WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE, ROTHERHAM. 
Woodhouse. The height of the trank is only 5 feet, 
circumference of the same at 3 feet from the ground, 
18 feet; diameter of the crown, 128 feet, and circum- 
ference 360 feet 
As will be seen by these measurements the tree is 
of its trunk, but rather 
amination,” says Mr. Hughes, Lord Pitewiliams 
gardener, who kindly 3 — us with these 
proportion is there in a writer compares 
P ga 
comparis 
of cultivated Iris lævigata (Kæmpferi), the Pyruses, 
the Wistarias, and the Camellia-fil lled woods of 
Ja apan, or, * even the Cherry orchards of Kent, or 
la 
e by the y P — American 
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rdener to beautify a Pa 
The rain has taken 
colour and variety, others of the same were dotted 
over with Narcissus wee or the varieties 
lograms of one -o and variety. 
7 of to hide the 
Pansi d 
ground and ketr carpets 
harming effect. This Hyde Park flower r garden is 
— of a visit, as showing what bold telling 
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