THE 
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GARDENERS’ 
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кр osed to have been о. f Jonas." 
They grow rapidly when well n eis d wither 
immediately when left dr weeks forming 
dense shady a pu under which the "people of the 
When the fruit is young, it 
arbour like candles, In this 
tu i 
district in the vicin es 
or Gourd gardens. m the cultivation ж these plan ants. 
. Butalthough the е of Engish summers woul 
not allow us to depend ourds as a "reliable article 
it i i i hem toa 
e for applying t m kis 
of the vegetable Laden 
is strange g icem а es not be made of the 
multifarious and striking varieties of Gourds—the 
small table or sitting-room m aments, the larger 
ents, While flowers 
and oliage Ее = profusely employed, fruits, one 
gh. Е 
чуге the 
penes a xt Holly and Modden snis кендә v. Privet, 
d Crategus Py 
and permutatio Be p 
devise, and onl == equiring to Ье. 
and to have their ce wipe 
of Gourds in a corner of the 
eld its own, wit 
mould (much will depend upon the 
sario ane Fy its ripening), of course it is removed 
and the seeds, if xtracted and saved. e 
survivors close the ranks and continue to do duty, as 
if no gap i d occurred, 
чат ds, not being larger than 
ced at desser ert, are 
supplying a an -piece, 
which they will fill adimi irably if helped by a little 
—— foliage. They have 
make 
the warted Colocynth, == with green the 
Pow sep t the Pilgrim’ 5 s Boule; 
he the “thousand” 
a > an purum crop, the plan to 
И gives 200 or 300 pretty little playthi 
To specify all would ma 3 P ty playthings, 
first, ripening to brigh covered xih thick, 
conical, re bumps. Few, if any, o 
edible. 
T he large varieties—the Patissons, Citrouilles, 
C rua Caps, Cannon Balls, Electors Bonnets, 
iphons, Portmanteaus, Hercules’ Clubs, Pumpkins 
9r Pompions, and the like—are exce lently adapted 
for combining with architectural o as 
large cornucopias, or for — up into 
ор complete the scenery of t 
hies—to eting rooms 
or exhibition halls, Ds be it dieere, the said 
ust not be white, as 
nze, colour ed marb 
e decided, strongly 
gaudy colouring of the Gourds would 
er than with the raw whitew urns 
black Gourd which sets oft 
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owe Gourds, and 
a light-tinted recipient, Almost all the large heat 
t c owing 
— from the sea, which г their le leaf. stalks and 
ar and parch their leaves, with the кеу. fatal 
pres бы They do not ask to drive more useful 
rops from the kitchen garden, but piss. eerie 
me 
for some ‘reason 
0; with the ground till a 
such blank places, y Gourds would be ilte а dele 
occupants as w 
The surest and least "m way to grow them 
is to plant, at the end of March o 
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ARUNDEL CASTLE. 
d from p. 11.) 
ON the summ a gently rising knoll stands p 
Horn Tower, built in Duke Charles! time. 
prospect from this на = = and uninte unt 
er pro as far as the 
Returning by the same ат the forcing т scam 
rc- 
The 
border and about 12 feet соне "They a aes lea pind 
by Mr. Wilson seven years ago, 
The next house is similar to the last, with the 
рор of the Vines being all Hambu urghs, They 
and healthy, and, like the preceding, have 
vies nor о each. 
Ао! is а Peach-house сае some — 
ves old tr y are planted i 
trellis co g the whole d the sols ; nothing 
сн be Nur rib eme) co here is one in 
icular—a Nectarin which, although neler n 
the stem, is as stro al v as possible, 
promises lasting much зна. ел covers a large sack: 
At a short distance stand two vineries, each 
feet by 16. is filled with Ham 
Muscats, planted over twenty years 
occupy a border inside, and about 12 feet o 
They are i strong 
former, others аанай these ате 
constructed metal houses I have e amg е th, t 
7 е h to give fair evi аа 
cir bil эр hk sit of th 
erii in the back "s near n дор, куе 
ir-giving 
weather: ey аг ell and sufficiently а на 
with six rows of 4-inch Bing. These and t next 
range to be noticed were built at th 
they are 2 as good as the da put pt 
The first of the next range of houses is apres in 
front with [oo and Nectarines, consisting of Royal 
re п жй Күр, 
ripe. e back Wall is 
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Eucharis amazonica, 
M ue ^ being put into heat for flowerin ng. The Figs 
n good condition. This is the latest Peach- 
d 
The ad joining 1 gre is tea beg forced. It con- 
mbrella- 
shaded 
"T are principally old, well prov 
ses are ау in size, pet artes 
E PIER eed © the las ris 
bearing a few good bunches. 
= af copper bars and iron frames, Suc h hous 1зез are 
stly t 
ed Кае and rafters yiri ds, 
he next house is Disc in every way, except that 
in 
the reae of t are Hole rably older, a 
few only having 4 recenti pee ee older (ii 
DE of Lady Dow e burghs, and Muscats) 
^ the time of ny? visi carrying a useful crop, 
жаг thinned out for керде through the winter. 
mc three in number. 
They i hip-roofed, and t by 12 feet each. 
The s grown are Queens, <a ooth Cayenne, and 
Charlotte PE There was a lot of fine fruit 
oming o: his house, especially аз Сауеппез апа 
Charlotte Rothschi Ids. The adjoin is also a 
re eral in preparation for a fresh lot of pali 
D succession-house, filled with a lot of 
Nex 
yours plan 
a new Pine pit, half-span, 50 feet 
by 1 è feet, ied with plants ni age те = their 
fruiting-pot 
broad short leaves, ыйы а dta rot bun "ruit. 
mbers in w Шей with a еж lot 
ot plats fo - the iater: "Eelégru ph being the 
oce 
e new houses, hip-roofed, бо ie 
d M ich 
The 
in len Mgr is filled with Mure Saee ee 
t 
were Du of Eucharis amazonica—a 
autumn flowering C 
is that xg indispensable fr furnishing est 
flowers even where Orchid growing in the shape of a 
clero of these plants is ёч attem 
in quantity n" peaking Salvias, an 
‘The following house, half-span, 80 feet long, fitted 
up with ‘ieee shelving on iron s 
the end the cheapest € fittings for 
tmi 
ive of wood. Th 
of Gesnera zebrina, Euphorbia Jacquinzflora, Cro- 
tons, peores farleyense, A. tinctum, Dieffenbachias, 
epenthes. 
ear it is another new Hor span- рор о бо feet 
milar t last, of 
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‘On the left of the broad walk, leading from the 
Castle to the aa stands the old Orangery, 75 feet 
w used as a sort of "na garden. 
vases occupy the middle of the 
house, these are kept filled with plants, * remainder 
gro on t On the back wall are some 
immense plants ws pl ted ut a 
compan "od Jorio md E: : 
nos a that covered ысы or E 
