20 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 3, 1975. =) 
ing notes on these three Marantas 
high an estimation of Professor Morren to suppose he 
his pass 
botanical sense to justify 
regretted that plants s 
ferent names. William Bull, Che Jiu 
y Hall, Manchester,—This palatial resi- 
dence, ics ie vgss the Independent College, е 
ange, on high road from Manches to 
Chorlton- lh Hi until -— the residence of Dum 
ased 
Mendel, as been purc y Ellis Lever, Esq. 
'This noted establishment em yeu so secluded that the 
bulk of the inhabitants of M ter were not aware 
hat such a charming y ar the great city 
of Cottonopolis. The thousands of pleasure-seekers 
ending their way to al village of Chorlton- 
cum-Hardy e summer m to view the 
har 
grand entrance t when 
bird’s-eye view obtained of a limited extent? 
of carri ith its avenues o rees an 
pleasing object, so much and no more; but thanks 
to the eraty of pes present owner, the 
farm now thr 
er as 
been long wan! — in ive neighbourhood of Manchester, 
where all well-d ed and respectable classes “ 
е 
are 
40 acres of pleasure and kitchen gardens, and near 
another 40 acres devoted to park and farm. nley 
Hall has long been celebrated for its collection 
plants. There lendid ferneries, fitted up sie 
ts. T aretwo sp 
rock bridges, stepping stones, fountains, waterfalls ; 
rvatory, av іагу, and several ranges of 
d musical fête was 
the — 
f Chinese lanterns, the 
house had to ned with tarpauling sheets for 
the occasion, but the subdued light thrown out by the 
lanterns was a E failure. the ** Bowtun 
Loominary," and ** Manchester City Lantern," 
had been suspended in the fernery, they would have 
proved to have etur more light than the Chinese 
lanterns. If the experimen ain, 
à would nir the use of the lime-light. The 
eme d "a: 1 , reflects 
the highest credit on the head g галав: Mr. Potts, 
who is a successful cultivator of choice fruits, The 
Grapes at Manic. М as 
-famed as 
rest of its productions. Tomas Campbell, 
Ti, Ad phony t Chorlton Road, Manchester. 
Potatos at Woodbine House, Beckenh 
эы M McKinlay is so well known as the leadin 
eur cultivator of Potatos for show purposes, that 
ings in connection with the noble tuber — 
fail y^ have a special interest is season. 
Kinlay is cultivating over one e hundr 
lass culture. Generall 
а 5 
nt appearances. 
which has been largely 
od manure for 
TE mmis 
the есин arched roofing tiles, with the solloped 
part down s, and forming a continuous subterra- 
nean tunnel as pe as eid reach. The effect on the 
‘growth of the haulm is surprising, as it is in every 
eed as Bong shown by plants not grown 
e tile n Ik — ng Pg the haulm ог 
ё rod (pen types help being struck 
vini the family likeness piesn by the foliage. 
ne d i 
charactér of top, and has a pij rag ved an 
gr It is cultivated by Mr. MeKinlay soliti jor 
show MUN bene so handsomely banded with red 
and c It no doubt, of h American 
Eureka, ha, Nonsuch, Breadfruit, America 
Pink Eye, Acme—very promisi Bresees’ No 
China Orange—a peculiar and distinct variety, with 
yG 
bably one of 
рыл. Potatos in cultiva is to oun 
Beckenha Of the newer er English h kinds there are 
ai Dimmick, having quite the charac ter of some 
mbers e pale: Ад an family arly Market, 
Fenn’s Early White Kidney, Prine Teck, Bountiful— 
Bar s Perfection, | Becken- 
an 
I 
ing-up t ows the mployed, but 
the soil is forked up between the rows, "atti f 
Ther 
ith 
no necessity for treading ni ei £ 
eed is all carefully sprouted before planting, 
, in the case of cut sets, Mr. McKinlay holds that 
they should be planted, at mos e or four days 
ter they t. He holds they lose much in vigour 
by being kept about. But e is allowed to 
remain in a set, the rest being ooped out ; 
t is surprising to note the num shoots a single 
eye will put forth under high-class cultivation. These 
are thinned ou d re opie Mr. McKinlay 
-— entered for competition for Messrs. Б. E K. Blis 
& Son’s prizes {Írom a pound 
each of Snowflake and E rown in "the United 
ingdom. рар und of [eme гета m with 
something like se appear- 
venty sets in each case, a 
ances justify се Mr. McKinlay will not be 
far behind in the The fine development of the 
plants E d these small eyes is E 
astonishin мс г of course, the ground w 
most нк. 274 осе prosit to planting. 
Th e Exhibition of American Plants at Man- 
À od as 
stranger some ide 
will jast give some data by which the fiel 
may measured and counte [Ше] а ате god 
- under a large tent which is at leas s as 
ts width, thus giving a glorious Sepe ive; 
ET bs mc f a ound whole area 
can be taken in at a ce—but g 
s has perhaps never been equalled in the pr 
vinces one knows the Rose tree of 
~ 
р 
hide grey leat of the nd, in America 
hrase calculate that the Britisher possesses 
т adm either native or exotic, that can *' lick" the 
= n ерй - e of bloo The Roses of 
em ope, W , are now, and ever have been, 
held in the bar estimation for the beauty of their 
tals an s of their perfume, but the 
Rose tree of the New World can boast tha 
y 
arboreum of Nepal, robed in brilliant is 
worthy of der en that i e sets the hills n [^ 
es the queen of flowers— od 
not ?— must de that the ay ee ay is cens s 
g her Prime Minister. But to the point. Let u 
reckon 2000 Rhododendrons, allin full bloom, without 
pee 
dw $4 
за отет опе сопе to dear: and not IO or! "fa fe eet t high, 
as we see them in eu established shrubberies, but all 
young, ed under or at easy distance 
eit. Now apis 2000 р y t only thirty 
(riis) of bloom on each, this would g be enor- 
of 60,000 trusses of f'ihe eee pode. 
ething over an acre of gaudily coloured petals have 
budded out pi the wood in holiday attire to meet our 
H idi wouldst view fair Mera aright, 
Go visit it by the pale moonlight 
The light and shade of this living АША under arti- 
е light was quite a fairy scene, Gur e some o 
i rs and lightening other Some persons 
€ cen exception to these йү entertain- 
ments, "put Tom Moore said wisely, though in jest 
at 
ay HEN best of all ways to e a our days 
s to steal a few hours from the night.' 
The genius of this ещ city of Cotton is p 
for late hours. * Go to bed at nine?—no, not I," 
says the p; so, too, i А be ане 
s the practice of Manchester society. Оп the 
occasion of all great fées in the mansions of the 
obility an a2 it is y to entertain 
the guests by a display of artificial light in the con- 
servator I counted 1400 ca lit 
time, illuminating the galleries and conservatory at 
Alton Towers, besides lamps and o lights ; and at 
Kensington Palace not onl e the Orange trees 
lighted up for ү рө, but fruit that never 
ripened there was e trees to produce 
effect, and it did so. ere is, moreover, some 
truth in the old adage that bes ‘and even mes 
with all due respect be spoken—look best 
candlelight S and grave i ly have left it on recor A 
that some affect the sun and some the shade, there- 
fore let no one be surprised to see a sunlight peu 
lighted up where all around is shade. Let. 
and a s de s draw on 
our ial, e Mera ngs сонды around the edis re, 
like the family circle, which has ever been - pe 
of the poet human happiness. Alex. Fors 
— Cobbett's Improved Maize, sown here in 
the клу of April, and protected from the birds with 
is now from I2 inches to 
transplant for garden culture, In any case ee 
ould be h ad in abun If a table delicacy, per 
' tell us and 
dene. His анаа, th 
rel to be relished in this country, I must dispute, 
for th Er imple ved that ‘‘corn flour," which is 
maize yan important article of се апі 
| for scd ем саКез, &с. eemed, 
If € our farmers will but rok a good crop 
the no doubt a зм will soon offer itself. 
Alex. gh Bedfont. 
An Ice Storm in the Eastern Counties on 
June 17, 1875.— The above title is true, But Pas 
to mislead. The fall of hail and ice was 
expediens falling h hers and skipping o ore ine d 
eping reat. 
оа of Suffolk. The thund dore zn <: а the rain 
were more general, but the sudden discharge of һай 
апа fallof angular pieces of ice was more partial. 
P 
The day had and fine, with that feeling 
nown by all old s брез as so omething i n the air 
impossible to describe. From after 6 o ‘clock: a severe 
thunderstorm p from west to east, merely fo!- 
lowed by heavy rain, and about 7 o'clock a terrific 
discharge of h pieces of ice fell here, extend- 
they had n 
нн по hail E Shrubland neither, while at Woo 
e n the banks of the Orwell, the sm was 
like a doctis ^an of grape-shot, — all before it. 
At Hardwicke it dashed the er plants to ribbons, 
struc bed о oom off, and almost 
defoliated Calceolarias, i opc Pelargoniams, i 
oft of Ros 
„щл 
© 
actly the same as i bee 
severely frozen, as no doubt they were. The 
on Calceolarias has been stripped of rites 
elm utright 
f the MNG that 
I. their heads to uw ice mae are W 
composed, almost right thro ooh the emire dept 
