Jury 20, 1895.] 
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terest would inspire them to succeed, and, that 
object attained, рая mis eries and disaffection would 
ipto . —Үо e NVE- TIGATOR. 
Pow Wo Sl en Jane 29, 1895, Man- 
chester 222 July 14. 1895. 
AZALEAS AT WALTON LEA, 
WARRINGTON 
Our illustration (fig. 13) represents a profuse 
и display in the conservatory at Walton Lea 
was taken from a photograph obligingly 
furnished Mr. P. Wilkinson, Cliff View, 
Wal lton, War n i The following letter accom- 
:—" For a number of years 
Walton — ‚ а 
аг, депего usly opened his 
zaleas, and some persons 
themselves of the privilege, myself amongst the 
number, The plants were arranged in the con- 
servatory, a splendid span-roofed house 40 feet in 
length, ias d in width, and 20 feet in height, & 
temporary апсе being arranged to meet 
necessities =} tbe occasion. The plants were arranged 
in one large group in the centre and on borders about 
4 feet wide, which run along each aide of the house. 
There are some thirty varieties, among which were 
others, all densely covered with 
of such а display of plants, arranged as 
was on 
as they were 
e calculated to leave а 
who saw it. Тһе 
house avail- 
rvatory was the only 
They were allowed to wal 
е to the public, 
Fie. 13.—azALEA- HOUSE AT WALTON LEA, WARRINGTON, 
n the long range of plant and fru 
houses, one of them the famous аа 
100 feet in length, and 16 feet 6 inches in breadth, 
containing — ‘sige sero) ch а deere 
ties. A good display of Orchi ewise 
bloom at the iie time, and an "miri batch of 
eolarias t 
large towns might follow with 
engaged in horticultural pursuits. 
SPYE 4 А RK. 
Wu п а visit last w to Mr. Perry, the 
aiden at this place, I was zh uck by the [beauty 
of an extensive herbaceous border he had made and 
border r = est, and is about 130 yards 
long, and e. Choice Apples and Pe 
line both di “Tale border ns a useful reserve 
of planta for cutting from, a 
something to be f the 
of plants, I noticed flowering wenn the lovely 
Funkia grandiflora, the odcur of whose flower is very 
refreshing; Achillea Ptarmica, fl.-pl. so useful for 
cuttin 
fully Arm with numerous өен which were of 
unusual size; Heuchera sanguinea, Bocconia 
a tall Cephalaria, with straw-coloured flowers; 
lobiums, flowering profusely; Cam of various 
species; Carnations, Mignonette, Dahlias, &с, All 
the plants were growing with amazing vigour, and 
flowering profusely, 
Choice Lilies, аша: olus, which were showing 
flower very strongly, fill the spaces between the 
herbaceous pl 
5, 
Mr. Perry finds Cote 8 Blood- -manure very beneficial 
to these subjects, and he uses it as a top- dressing for 
beds of Lily of the Valley, Deutzias, and Spirzeas. 
There is à good show of fruit generally ; and the 
houses afforded а rare show of M Peaches, and 
Fige. W. А. C., Compton Bassett 
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