Jaxvary 26, 1895.) 
THE GARDENERS’ 
r deliberation, confident that ‘the matter will 
a due consideration at your hands, and that your 
conclusions will be SS all. 
Respectfully — 
Frenz. W. KELSEY, Chairman, 145, Broad- 
wa Yi: A. T. De La Marg, 170, 
Fulton Street, N. V.; E. A. Asuvs, Jun., 
Short Hills, N. J. Special Committee 
New York Florists’ Club. 
Paraicx O'Mara, President, N. Y. Florists’ 
Club, 35, Cortlandt Street, N.Y.” 
—The following plants, trees, shrubs, and 
n fly “ used for forcing under 
lass for cut flowers or — pie ses: 
> 
autumnale except the varieties 
ening Char soa. eee 
Asapeiopsis Veitchii and ae de Marly, pot- 
7 grow 
Lychnis 
—— y 
Anthericum — Magnolia 
Aristolochia Mahonia 
Auen e kinds Manetti stock 
Multifiora Rose stock 
ueuba, g 
(other than j — aan — 
Azaleas: t ies known a mia 
— 1 (Mock Orange) 
Pi 
Amcena, 22 1 — 
nks, hardy 
diflora, eh 
Begonias, imula g except the species 
Black —— * Vines, known as P. sinensis and P 
and other fruiting Vines and o joai ica) 
trees lea 
Calycanthus Pyrethrum 
Cannas — — 
Cactus Moss, Hybrid Per- 
themum 5 Hybrid Remontant, 
Ciematis rugosa, &c,; all classes ex- 
Cornus mascula cept Tea and Noisette 
Snowball (Viburnum) 
Cytisus or a ns agua Spireeas, except Astilbe japo- 
Daphne Cneor 3 
Delphinium (Larkspur) 
Ta (Artemisia 
Dielytra spectabilis (Dicentra) 
Doronicum Wee 
ping 
Forsythia eigela 
—— hes — 
— . (Christmas 
Rose) 
Hollyhock 
RN * duous trees: 
8 Elm Uima), 2 
— orse Chestnut 
All Evergreen t t 
— ies), . 
Valley, Prins, and other p are chiefly “u 
for forcing un lass for cut flowers or decorative 
and are not to any Seta extent 
as nursery stock for hardy outside plantin 
Araucaria excelsa Odonto or 
Aucubs japonica biums, Oncidiums, Phale- 
Azalea indica nopsis, age = &e. 
Palms: all, as Kentia: 
Carnations, monthly (Dian- * nias, Seaforth, — 
— us) a3, Cocos, * e Chame- 
rops, Raphis, 
— Primula sinensis and P. ob- 
Erica conica 
Ferns Roses: Tea and Noisette 
— classes 
allota purp 
Lily of the Valley pips Ir Oharies X., Maris La 
Marguerite (Chrysanthemum ore . Rubra de Marly, 
— such as Cypri- gree Neat (Astilbe ja- 
— — Leelias, ponica) 
TOWN MOOR PLANTING, NEW- 
CASTLE-ON-TY NE. 
enon Moor i is a favourite resort at all seas 
use 
3 naiderably more than 1000 acres, but 
that has been taken the Leazes Park, already 
- described, and the Nun’s Moor Park, besides the 
2 on have a * in the 
the “Tews and they detail of certain duties to what is called 
own Moor t ittee.” The 
have — imposed recent years 
30 feet the planting and fencing in a atrip 
can round the margin of the e reader 
* get at the mi when 
8 244 acres of ground at the above 
Dotations geet Planted within ears. Cor- 
dealing with rates exercise 
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caution in expenditure, and the echeme of planting, 
when first mooted, was to 
to be paid by the eee, and half by the Free- 
men. The force of e 
thie arrangement, bac. of 
City to give work to the unemployed. 
posed by Mr. r Baxter Eilis, = Chairman of 
the Town Moor Management, to borr , and 
proceed with the work, not piecemeal, ae right off, 
The result is much more satisfactory, because 
strips of plantation, on a twenty years’ run from 
beginning to end, have not the appearance in a great 
space of this kind, . a little over 900 ac 
that planting right off has even in the rim of the 
great o . 
But for ee 8 the eer the scheme 
would not n carried out, e land is gene- 
"a in exellent 1 1 a good tilth of 
te 1 and t were little difficulties in 
work three days a week the other set the 
received 
ma von men 
ground per day 
This practically meant trenching at a cost of 6}d, 
per square yard, and the trenching only 16 inehes 
deep. The practical man knows that this is really 
about the Asin and in many cases more than the 
value of the er itself, and shows what corpora- 
tions are forced to do now-a-days to satisfy their 
conatit 
In 1892—93 the cost of the work was about 24d,, 
upon the report and authority of the T 
Councillor George Harkus (wh 
ose courtesy an and 
attention I have to acknowledge), which, although 
high, was not an unfair price, but what 
and non-ability men to work, it rose ri ie 
1893—94. It is a lesson to all corporations to adopt 
working by the piece, in this instance at say 24d, 
per square yard, thus enabling handy-men to ear 
something like a fair day’s wage, and an inducement 
to unhandy men to work deftly. 
As to the planting itself, it was let out by con- 
tract, the Messrs. Robson and the Messrs. Fell, both 
Hexham firms, having slices of it to do in nearly 
equal proportions. The principal trees are the 
Great Maple, commonly called Sycamore, and the 
Lime. These are larger in size, and are meant to 
form a sort of double avenue as the visitor or 
traveller walks or trams from Newcastle to Gosforth. 
These being the chief trees, they are stayed in 
triangular fashion with galvanised wire attached to 
posts driven into the ground, and wrapped round the 
bole of the tree itself, forming, of course, the apex 
of the triangle, The wires, instead of being attached 
to a piece of cloth, as in the ordinary way, are 
clip in through half-inch diameter india-ru 
tubing. "This is a capital idea, rn all planters 
would do well to follow, as it saves the 
circulation, and prae as 
he is due to 
Mr, Moffatt, the] park superintendent, for putting 
the rubber into use in this way. = similar 
Geo, 
et 
5 
a 
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plan has long been in use at 
ee ae Newoutle, supplied it, and 
the coat per tree, understand, is om para- 
tively trifling. The *. trees are tiated as 
nurses about every 5 feet or _ ei 2 
they will not bear the same 
the trees 3 
sample of mixed deciduous “ ataf.” The Limes are 
nage Soe and if they get along, they are 
2 Sycamore evidently does best 
as an all- round tree in this district, only it is suffering 
Elswick, where sulphur 
wind, 
spring are very 8 
t or around it, The 
are a few Wych Rime left which have been plante 
towards the lower end, or more properly ekg 
in the Recreation Grounds, but no one need e 
the strongest of the tree family to grow ‘high. 
The winds keep them down by brushing along, and 
leaving their marke along the top, We should have 
liked to have seen a little of evergreen life intro- 
duced in these fresh plantations, particularly 
along the 8 * Seven months of bare- 
ess is 
even for people w 
n uch, and if th 
some of the e . ndrons, some eae 
some Tree Ivies, some Hollies, some Coto 
group, 
tempt to vandal, inc ‘he sub- 
stantial fence on np ta ne eee, 5 open sur- 
roundings on the other, e Nel destruc- 
tive work; whilst the “Taoroa the Rowans, and 
Lilacs and Spiræas, and even Service Trees, are 
open to the same objection, but they are plentifull 
distributed here, and will form excellent lower-level 
plants if only the permanent trees will go o 
prosper. 
Sach a mileage of strip necessitates fencing in on 
both sides, and it is a very costly affair. Nearly the 
same expense would have fenced in a much wider 
belting, as both Lord Armstrong and Sir Matthew 
White Ridley suggested; but if the 8 
upwards in a fair way, the n ill be sufficient 
em i e lower levels. This “mili 
fencing appears strong, and is likely to be durable. 
It it white Pine, well creosoted, of triangular outline, 
the reed side of the triangle facing the eee 
and the tops chamfered down inwards. I 
and att about 44 to 5 feet high, is a onfliciens 5 
against eithe or beast. 
Tun Recreation GROUND, 
although really a portion of the Town Moor, is inde- 
pendently enclosed for purposes of charges when gala 
days such as exhibitions of any kind are on. It is 
35 acres in extent and is in ja tothe town 
outskirts. band-stand of imposing appearance 
greets the eye from the roadside, and Your are several 
ornamen 8 groups of plants unding it, 
separa road gravel promenades. 3 here is a 
little igi too, within it which brings in a certain 
amount in good seasons—altogether it is a snug 
corner division of the Moor, and will be the first to 
14s, 10d,, its income from such sources 
as een above was £114 138. 4d, All this too 
to the bon for ee and hearing 
3 play free of charge. 
Nuns Moor RRCRRATION- GROUND, 
This is at the ders end of the Moor, and as 
there is a great number of workmen’s houses build- 
ing in a cela it is much frequented. _ The 
T ment Committee hav: 
r a big hold of the 
eens are here, largely patronised, 
E this class of turf is an expensive job, 
although 
a guinea entrance- 
— 
squares, of 42 yards each way, the standard size for 
