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of its flowers, there being very few “gree of this 
. large genus with white flowers. N. E, B n, Her- 
barium, Kew. 
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the back wall, with trellises across the house which 
reach from the border to the roof, these are 10 fect 
apart, and at this distance sufficient light reaches the 
trees on the wall to keep them in a good bearing 
state down to the bottom. Needless, to say in houses 
devoted to the cultivation of Peaches х 
ing as it should do, for, although 
imes made with a view to show 
that high-coloured fruit is not the best flavoured 
point to the 
or a.Nectarine that has 
een suffici iently exposed to the sun and thereby 
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also filled wi ach tree ch y , and 
confined to the back wall, which they have nearly 
covere d the r 
in the preceding Mc сар they promise well for 
besring next seaso 
VINES, 
Two low houses containing Muscat Vines have 
been th d ye roof raised much 
bo стени go far to 
inside, and within the last twelve inonthy а new one 
been made; the greater part of the roots were 
КО lifted, and the Vines were bearing a full crop of 
T medium-sized bunches, that had coloured to per- 
= fection: These Vines are ol 
now take a fresh lease. 
burgh Vine, = has a house to itself, is in fine 
bearing condition, carryi ng a heavy crop of full-sized 
bunches hater house ана contains three 
Vines alike in a fruitful sta 
ORCHIDS. 
А select collection of Orchids is in course 
formation. One house is principally filled "n 
Odon her cool kinds ese 
itoglossums and ot f 
or second growth since being imported ; 
have been longer established, In another filie 
"iam kinds requiring more heat are various 
of Aérides, Saccolabium, Vanda, Phalz- 
«мич апа prd in thriving condition. There are 
also a num Dendrobiums remarkable for the 
size and misce of the growth they have made. 
row of D. Wardianum growing in baskets suspended 
from the roof have bulbs from 
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as give а forecast of the great amount of the flower 
p. 
In a lean-to house, the back wall of which is occu- 
pied by Fig trees, there is a row of Dendrobium 
nobile temporarily located Dm the growth 1з 
ripening up. "These show what can be done in the 
way of increasing this pretty Orchid Hm the treat- 
ment is such as it requires. About eight years 
since Mr. Baxter commenced with a gis bulb that 
had produced growths at the nodes, in the way this 
sually doe rom this small beginning 
t k now consists of twelve plants, from 2 to 
21 feet in diameter ; numbers of ulbs are over 
fee g, a proportionate strength — an 
engt 
example of erige Orchid growing it would not 
be easy to excel, 
MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS. 
Zonal Pelargoniums to bloom in winter are сөе 
done, many of these being seedlings raised by M 
Baxter, and among them are several varieties “ 
shades of colour, and which at one time, when t 
varieties of stre apu were less p ы 
have been looked п wonderful adva 
Of Amaryllis ма find kinds have "iem ind; 
ties and selected seedlings 
adjoins the mansion, is well furnished with large Tree 
Ferns and other plants, with Tacsonias and other 
climbers draping the roo 
Po es, of which there are a large number very 
well grown, are a leading feature in the early part of 
the year. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
The arrangement of the beds кен коп the geo- 
metrical designs usually observ re com- 
ee ee f ew in number, and large and irregular i in 
f plants 
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in masses, th g wasan 
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the surface thickly under the old trees ae which 
bounds. Recently, wide open- 
been cut through the groups of these 
plants in places, so as to secure glimpses here an 
there of the lawn in the direction of the lower lake. 
This is a manifest improvement. 
On the north side of Mr. Baxter's house, which 
has -I been rebuilt, Tropæolum speciosum was 
ost luxuriantly, and reaching a height of 
"This brilliant climber is Быр often seen in 
in so a dition as it is 
here. The plant is often said to je poem to the 
south of the ies , but he way it grows at Trent 
Park is sufficient evidence that a northern aspect, 
good soil, protection from wind, and sufficient water, 
are all that is necessary to induce it to thrive and 
flower abundantly. 
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14 feet. 
this part of a 
OPEN WALLIS, 
Peaches on the open walls were bearing vell 
Here in it was evident that there need be no loss 
of time when the border has to be renewed; last 
winter a new border was made, most of the roots 
being a but no trace of the disturbance was 
pparent 
Apricots .—Of these an unusual quantity are grown 
The trees occupy a west wall in the kitchen garden, 
about a hundred yards in length; they are in fine 
Il. 
‘condition, and bear we 
Ru T Jaciniatus (the Parsley-leaved Blackberry) 
is well ma ere; it forms а row across one of 
the quarters of the kitchen garken, and bears pro- 
fusely. After fruiting, the s 8 have 
hoot: 
“are cut away from the bottom, the young current 
season's growths are retained their whole length— 
often 10 or 12 feet: these are trained to a wire 
running horizontally about 24 feet from the ground. 
Of Plums, as elsewhere, there was а super- 
abundance. 
me varieties of Pears were heavily laden, whilst 
Apples were much more plentiful than in m 
on's Open-air i 
literally formed ropes o 
shoots from the bottom of the plants to their ex- 
tremities. It is a medium-sized variety, and an 
extraordinary bearer. 7. В 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER. 
OUTDOOR AURICULAS. 
Tue distinction drawn between outdoor Auriculas 
‚апа those in pots is, that whilst the itl are treated 
att 
dissipation, he was found amongst his pet plants far 
happier with them than in the pursuit of human en- 
joyments and frivolities. 
any one to embark in the culture of choice Auriculas 
_ unless he мы do so in a spirit of love and devotion, 
The needs an d requirements of the plants must have 
thriving praise well even under adverse circum- 
stances. n, last winter, all other hardy plants, 
border paene X" similar things included, 
were burnt or seared with frosts and biting winds, a 
big batch of laced arias out in the open field 
dd to other things. 
and drought of two 
same way, utterly regardless of the afflictions, and 
seeming again to like them. Neither frost, snow, 
Most certainly the blooms suffer under heavy rains, 
and equally so under hot sunshine, and, after all, 
the great aim ofthe grower of dran e — is 
to preserve his plants from these imperious elements 
and enable the blooms to Toda ae “fullest 
beauty. 
As a rule Auriculas in the open ground, remaining 
restful rather later in the spring than do pot plants 
ei her give ed woar rather later, hence к 
drop i e spring weather. With 
the ilk ar plants in ар district, May is the chicf 
outdoor blooming month ; but many plants will 
faculty of being ready to adapt itself to all sorts of 
