Novemser 30, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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Camellias, &c., were all the best of their kind. 
Marguerite deve were АЫ and it has never 
fallen to my lot to see a finer show of blooms in all 
shades of colour, "Ot course, thene are only flowered 
inside for seeding purposes. sown early in the 
Several houses are occupied by Тарии 
growth, 
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L. alba, L. maculata, and the celebrated red verd. 
eer Erw are all produced from layers 
from plan хе out іп convenient borders for 
this eri d 
Four houses are —— apart for the NU of 
flowers А foliage for cutting, and a у 
у praise- 
worthy rey is * eleg viz., tha т no flowers, 
&с„ are to be any other houses, Their 
contents, at this . consist principally of Smilax 
Adiantum cuneatum, 
мга defiexus, 88 
nthemums. 
e н ssums, 
Aspar plum 
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About 9 . houses and n 
devoted t 
Харбор акы Clematis 
merous pits a 
have been 
been famous for 
the present time there is a large stock of fine plants 
folia and 
opagation x rae of Тай, 
herbaceous and Sis ped numerous 
pla nted ua 
of the Grecian variety, and some large-leaved varie- 
ties not yet as 
in commerce,  Evergreens, such 
Aucubas, deer cerasus var, С vars, lati- 
red by thousands. 
Owing to the — * * to injury from 
frost, it is the practice to transplant them in 
August, the object being to ripen the young growth. 
ruits,—Fruit trees cover some 60 acres; Peaches, 
Nectarines, Plums, Cherries, and Apricots, dwarf and 
fan-trained, were all “т good; and of espalier — 
pyramid- trained 5 сөе is a very fine o 
Standard Apples, "hn and Damsons, were 
all clean-grown майы "үйө Partloular attention, I 
was told, is paid to the selection of stocks for budding 
and grafting, and үлү necessary, — ра їз 
carried out to ensure fruitfulness, examples of which 
may be observed in the splendid iran satt $ Bis- 
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Fie, 106,—A TOWN GARDEN, HANLEY, STAFFORDSHIRE, 
marck, Gascoigne’s Seedling, Peasgooa’s Nonsuch, 
Lord Derby, and other varieties of Apples. Whether 
it is the nature of the soil, or the constant use of the 
pec the trees bn ctr show great masses of fibry 
Gooseberri grown in hundreds “of thou- 
2 Immense de ket ‘black Carrants, particularly 
rince, the growth of which is 
ten, 
мина for trial purposes, and e for 3 
i rly layers. A large trac 
. and farm seeds; ‘at another id 
important feature is the seed department, the firm 
during the 150 years of its existence having always 
been noted for its eg seeds, 
The area of these reery grounds about 
200 acres, and every — of the land is under some 
kind of nursery crop, park and forest trees forming 
no small portion of the same, 
1 of the dw 
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FLORICULTURE IN HANLEY. 
Tue possibilities of beautifying and decorating the 
Chrysanthemum Society, 27, Windsor Street, Hanley, 
For many weeks it has been the admiration of 
2 by. The wealth of v the fresh, green 
pearance of the foliage, the variegated 
у: йз of the plants, made — of the prettiest 
pictures imaginable. The Mayor, who recently 
paid а visit to Mr, Bowering’s residence, and 
expressed his pleasure at vus fert gne арревг- 
Mr, Bowering is to be con- 
ee н our dwellings, he will have саа а great deal 
courage others Ld aye his lead. Staffordsh 
Weekly Post, Septem 
[ 7 — of E а photographic view was 
kindly furnish r, Jas, Kent, —— 
of the public park, — is reproduced g. 106. 
Our readers will not fail to notice and — this 
garden, situated in the heart of this not very 
salubrious pottery town of 60,000 inhabitants. | 
Salaam pete 
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RAN UN 8 
Since I received a v dus Certificate and Ca'- 
tural Commendation for the above plant from the 
Royal Horticultural Society, I am constantly beirg 
