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THE GARDENERS 
much about man as the 
a high ciini ery “ Horty ^ 
new Aas 
price amounts to the percentage given above, Tae 
chief explanation appears to ba this, that one 
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was just double the weight of that on ground which 
had received n kind of manur 
rops was marked from the beginning. 
state this c case E 8s what I wish to show 
is that this manure, made of fairly expensive consti- 
tuents, and — in the way stated, cost j ust about 
£9 per ton, and could, I find, have been got for a 
still smaller sum. Най I purchased the manure 
Fia 116.—a TOWN GARDEN 
Vendor selle direc; to the coasumer, and th 
Other thr rough the middleman and n nly that, 
but e firs these o vendors offers his 
purchaser's own will sell any of 
the constituents 1 toe" bey parkad to mix 
them a home—a practice now often adopted. I 
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E њин this year my Potato-manure іп its separate 
othe according to the recipe published by the 
tö, perfectly equal conditions, carefally attended 
the crop of “ Bruce” Potato under the manure 
from & m ee e. it would probably have cost 
&bou5 £15 ton, cent, going, I 
believe, to e latter, and the rest for advertising 
and profits, &c. The most amazing thing about 
these expensive manurea is the 
vendors, one great feature of their value consists in 
their lasting effects, the best 3 on this 
lity being that they are to be applied once, or 
“an ME tre at а rate Mes would cost abou! 
from £25 to £35 per roo ay be guessed, 
therefore, DA proportion of e lasting elements 
to their composition, and these are, as а 
higheat priced, and have hitherto been 
p last а Vine border at a less rate of 
application from vacans to end, 
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A TOWN GARDEN. 
Tue garden, a view of which we give at fig. 116, 
ia situated i in one of the blackest suburbs of London, 
pieasing 
ned to hide out er, suburban gardens. 
The illustration tells i n tale. It muat suffice 
here to say that the tree on on leít is а fine speci- 
men of Ailanthus prin yr one of the best of 
pc trees; the on ar the centre of the cut is 
n old Almond, mr rior agonies have 
sedili cut short by amputation. The large shrub 
are fine old Hollies, which suffered greatly from 
urnu 
which in spring is тау "красна. The garden has 
ч the last few 8 bee measure utilised 
san MEE Bs s fo Or ae purpose of ascer- 
на гай what shrubs would survive under such un- 
toward conditions. Specimens of these have from 
time to time been exhibit: d before the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society, and made the subj:ct of comment 
b; the writer of these notes, and have excited much 
ioterest, Aucubas, Hollies, Skimmia japonica, the 
common Fig, and Metake Bamboo, have survived many 
others, and are still flourishing. Conifera except Pinus 
excelsa, and Ginkgo biloba, the Maidenhair tree—fine 
grow. qu 
number of ceciducus trees and shrubs do well, and till 
lately there was a good collection of hardy wild 
plants and bardy Ferns, Under glass, Vines had 
ceased to bear, but Camellias and Fachsias bloomed 
freely. Lapageria and S lanum jasminoides were the 
beat creepers, and at one time there was а small but 
cho'ce ерер ра of succulents, The rec nt death 
of the ow the premises, who great interest 
іп her gar ardé єп, and was a genuine тна will 
necessitate the break up of the Amen 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
LORBERG’S MAPLE. 
One of the most Mos ди А e . of Maples ia 
the autumn is the Maple - Pe cae: It 
is & form of the 1 A vari of t rere 
g lobules, terminating in long 
slender points (acuminate). The apecimen before ua 
was sent with a note of commendation by Mr, W. E. 
Gumbleton. 
A WosrEsruL Ровтсолі_ Laungkr, 
I enclose you particulars and a sketch of a gigantic 
Portugal Laurel growing upon the lawn at Siberts- 
wold Vicarage, Dover, kindly sent me by the Rev. 
Thos, Falkner, who states, that owing to the severity 
of the winter last season, every leaf dropped off, but 
now it is ав green as ever, and well clothed with 
foliage. Tae tree overshadows a ference of 
fally 100 feet; girth of trunk 5 feet po <a 
of head, 100 feet. А (fred Outram, FR HS. 
. Pinus DzvoNiawa. 
Under this name, dley (Bot, Heg. 183») 
described а Mexican Pine discovered by Hart: 
in tbe neighbourhood of m a height of 
8,000 feet. It is one of the five-leaved Pines with 
deep green leaves, 8 te to 10 inches — with sheaths 
: ук» long. In Veitch’s Manual, р. , it is 
oned as closely resembling P, Montezam ums, 
of whieh it is F. ae probably only a variety. 
This, indeed, seems to be the general opinion am 
