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THE GARDENERS’ 
DUNEDIN, STREATHAM HILL. 
the well-known firm of 
merchants of Houndsditch, Lon 
pleasant retreat within easy се of the City, and 
around it the dens are in keeping with the 
— dwelling. Within their moderate limita 
something of every branch of horticulture is 
e in a creditable manner, the whole forming а 
pretty and rep example of what man be 
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of nature is attempted, such as one often sees in 
nder glass, and which seems altogether 
out of place under a roof ; but, rather ie the rock of 
the stalactite cave imitated, and that, too, with happy 
е terrace outside the Fernery the 
which runs an arched 
climbers, С fragrant flowers, Striking су сари 
on each side of the lawn are clumps of Rhododen- 
drons, lar int піч caria imbricata, Cedar of Lebanon, 
and other trees, all of which have been planted with 
a view to effect. The show of flowers in the open 
garden may now be quickly terminated at any time, 
and then the beauties of the stately trees and 
come more visible, 
O:chids of the penser —€— have for а con- 
siderable a been Danedin with 
pie species, which 
are most Tiked by 3 a an ате concerned, p 
the success is in a great measure due to 
suitable house provided for them, The vafe 
beneath un plant-atages not taken a 
anks is planted with Ferns, foliage 
rain-wa 
Begonias, ie e., the foliage reaching up to the staging 
which runs on each side, and over the edge of 
which depends Isolepis gracilis, mingled with 
Maidenhair Ferns. Such an arrangement is not 
only beneficial to the plants, but makes a pretty 
feature in the house, The bulk of the plants consist 
of Odontoglossum crispum, which, judging by their 
and are at resent time sending up - 
es; and а row of Sophronitis 5 repre- 
sents that pretty cool- house plant at its beat, 
and 
with the Green 
андин» here it is grown in warmer houses, 
Among 
um grande are i 
others well advanced in bud, the ol house 
is a small, rock-lined, unheated 5 filled with very 
fresh-looking specimens of Todea superba, Todea 
pellucida, & 
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| асбогу, ыга hi owing 
wa applying bottom ventilation on one 
: = sata care to obviate which an men 
she Pail med Ina this bouse ‘Variegated Pan 
ion чан over the stages with Read 
Ia зба little 
house, a batch af 
laria, беоне cristata, and the wf Miltonia vezil- 
doing well. Then follow a house of Cyclamens, 
Primulas, and Bouvardias, and а very pretty rock- 
other orname lants, and with trailing 
Ficus stipularis clinging to the rock; and at t 
house is reached, in ini the different 
end a Fern- 
varieties of Gymnogramma are truly magnificent, 
the large specimens of gold and silver varieties 
being specially beautiful, The Adi ms, 600, 
are good, as also fiae plants of P абам 
and other Ferns, w mete are arranged with the 
Gymnograwmas. 
FRUIT REGISTER, 
THE STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY. 
im тамийла, fruit is one not generally known 
it ig т native of Japan, and ia known Калый) a as 
Rubus sorbifolius [Ero olius ?] 
growth, it is somewhat similar to our comm asp- 
berries, The young plate commence bearing when 
only ab ета high, and full-gr hes yield 
heavy оре of fruit, The leaves — this plant are воше- 
what like a Rose t is of large size, a 
brilliant red ке and very deliciously flavoured ; 
it resembles a huge Strawberry very much, and hence 
the name, Strawberry- verd erry 
Being such а fine fruit, and 80 different from all 
other kinds, 1 га P. widely bees when better 
nown. doubt be used for every pq 
that our бов апа Ras pberries are o. 
2 lee жч wi жам : bels it — succeed Sen 
try. S. L. Grizz zzly 
Flats, California, in d күчө л елен! 
THE WEEK'S W ORK. 
THE a ife R GARDEN. 
Wan: Gardens, York, 
PLA — Those that are — 
against walle, pillare, or on rustic - work of any 
kind, and which have grown pos ФА should have 
the atrong shoots shies d out, then be nailed 
= hept joos secure ost pe * sons prefer a аз 
of s securing climbing plants, so that thei 
na ese babit is not overmuch со onstrained, and an У 
severe cutting- ak at this — рези be avoided, 
e ge of those which are 
This, if of rampant ‘abit, should 
trac ‘il ‘the shoots that at not clinging fi 
whatever they are growing against, лра but on 
no account should the foliage gene cut off at 
— time of the year. The planting of Ivy boar pe 
в required may now be done, and be ond the 
а 8 1 
&c., after the soil has sun nk, not mu sh further 
ee is called for, it being better for the young 
plants to get strong at the pent s ‘ood 
— of young shoots th 
f themselves, Edgings of Ivy will, af r a few years, 
me weedy, and impoasi Е In such 
case, it is the best practice to take up the plants of 
which the edgings consist, dig the Bao a addin 
—.— soil and leaf- mould, and planting it with veer 
AMPELOPSIS NEM and other species 
d 
ve grown out away from 
the shoots thinned Аз — 4 — 
heavily. The shoots — ave а grace 
Sener when the foliage has fallen, but care 
„ е taken to make them secure against the 
JASMINES, — The evergreen species should be 
thinne Am elop- 
8 now 
present, Jasminum nido f 
PT coming into bloom, and the shoots shou 
e eft in the way they have grown till — i is 
CLEMATIS FLAMULA (Virgin's Bower), and 
С. fidi. (Traveller's Joy), should be left А the 
n their wild beaut 
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Clematise ng к 8 This year the 
ly. бы linosanthas fragrans, 
Cotoneatter microphylla, C. Choisya ternat € 
Simonei, Cratægu 
CHRONICLE. 
oomed luzu- ' w 
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pyracantha, ee, japonica, О 
reflexus, Escallonia macrantha, Garrya 
the various ern of Loniceras may по 
care being п to h 
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affords them a good st 
RHODODENDRONS qe e present is a gd i 
burnt refuse grow the 
torily, as also Pontica, Ghent, and mo 
EN WD ee. pue -— 
masses, the plantirg may — in и 
By W. Н. WHITE, Orch 
CATTLEYAS GIGAS AND но sd 
ya-fly. 'The 
deformed pseudo-bulbs, or if а small round 
observed in any part of 
is prov Sometimes these insects 
new s ey are only а few 
sible—j ust large en 
growth, The pots — 1 nearly filled 
drainage mate гаи then hold the planta 
the rim of t to the 
placed should Pig т tim very 8 
This being the season in which imper 
roots, t soon commen 
the last-made pseudo-bulbs, wh 
then be supplied with peat an 
. This should be 
the intermixing with the com 
pieces of crock to keep it open and to 
osition, These newly im 
subjected to the Cattleya- 
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more under the grower's eye, 
