70 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 17, 1875. 
globular, with a slight riggs “ЫР to an oval shap 
and is covered with warts, is probably -~ i 
ing-spore of Peronospora de itica, the pest 
Cabbage. 
In figs. 12 and Io are given copies of the — 
and antheridium of Peronospora umbelliferarum and 
P. alsinearum, enlarged from De Bary to ds same 
scale as ‘the other figures, to show the close similarity 
in size and 
: t has been pee put Т Саг- 
des hay Зен on Dr. 
the Pota Rot, estricto from 
the Bulletin. oft the J Bussy Institution, = a paper 
had ` Ass of Dr. Е arlow's 
ese threads in the leaves, 
nearly Pong — plant" (p. 322). 
e easily affected by 
an the Potato plant "itself qx 
ашк to eee e eA m, and the a 
to become very damp, the эл me ocn orbing power of 
the 
ng power of the 1 leaf- cells i k little ‘altered, 
Thus it happens that a su actam. sd 
50 vi 
e latter 
om 
iew, and I have pre- 
served ample material for the peior € of all the 
facts enumerated. Worthington G. Si 
WORSLEY HALL, 
THE SEAT OF THE EARL OF ELLESMERE, 
р. 77.) 
THis place lies dint 6 эч in a westerly direc- 
tion from Manchester, from whi: b 
т 
ist 
than falls to the lot o accomplish 
I allude subt al made by the 
great of Bridge nd fr the 
village of Worsley pierce the hi Ils, under which 
lie the rich е that have played s uch a con- 
icu in nly making the northern 
artesta. what it is they: but in laying the 
ground work P ity in ich the ntry i 
general pa «npn It is here that this t engi 
neering work has its commencement, and hence, with 
ts ramifications, it exte n u es, in 
some places at a depth of over 55 e in our 
е, completion 
; but when 
into account the ount of engineering 
: ge that then existed, we must not spea 
lightly of the indomitable everance of the Duke, 
or bilities of Brin his engineer, Illustrative 
of the unyielding perseverance of the Duke 
plish the work he had s out, it is related that in 
some places rock was so the men lost 
in the лур he replied, i 
go on," It may give some idea of the effect - d 
when c асар must have exerted upon manufac- 
turing и the district, to st te that it was said t be the 
in Manchester 
1 
canal has а м dismal pase 
this oun 
its waters have borne many illustrious per- 
sonages, including, during his ers lifetime, the 
eaving a with its quaint old-fashioned 
houses, we proceed a mile westerly to 
the Hal To the right on the higher ground is seen 
the stately monument, ed by subscription, to the 
first Earl of к=; itisan 2 shaft Peon |: 
in height, with an масай — = It cost Z 5000, 
others connected with the estates. In the rear of the 
р 
the ee = occup ied E the great Duke, api the 
time h 
iss building, and was pulled down — Ln years 
e present mansion, which i 
ie а іп pra a style, ge op som: 
thirty years ands on a considerable Piero 
above the lud. tine lies r the sou 
at Moss. ien = гати - stretches 
out as E ia s the e eye c en line to 
o south. goth is the tige pesmi of North 
ire. 
М me distance agite the canal traverses the 
grounds, on the banks 
ed о s 
visit to Worsley in 155 I, wh oyal party and 
uite were c n the Ea splendidly fitted up 
barges from the "Patricroft station to the Hall, The 
age imer 
permost 
1851 
Bs Exhibition, a fine work of art, On eac = e 
this fountain runs a narrow bed parallel with the 
mansion, some 20 yards in € th, cem with. choice 
summer bedders, This terr ved b 
wi 
this direction, at a 
short distance, are numerous jupe irregular beds filled 
with evergreen shru А of which Rhododendrons 
form a considerable par most luxuriantly, 
as they are proverbial for doing i in this neighbour ood, 
the humid atmosphere and damp soil so i 
nature, These 
and were in some cases relieved i the in- 
нас гае й single Deodars ог Araucarias, whicb, 
standing high above = Rhododendrons aig kindred 
plants, were very effective, preventing the somewhat 
even formality of siue which these useful decorative 
5 
Bros have when planted alone. 
m the west end this the view is 
very striking; the whole of de di сы grounds 
(abo: acres) is seen, with the lower recedin 
баас and fine piece of ornamental water at the 
bottom. In this direction, at this end of the mansion, 
most noticeable bed ixed Ghent and American 
Azaleas, the latter succeeding t. There is also 
ere a small encl nts are 
9 feet wide a 50 yards in length separates this 
mixed border from the central portion of the terrace, 
which is in IO feet wide ribbon bor 
— it: on 995. or furthest side from the man- 
walk, 12 feet wide, running the 
iatis length, on “the side of which at intervals are 
apes Irish Y me § feet in height ; these have 
effect in ge the otherwise too even sur- 
fuse ading from this is the intervening space 
betwixt it and t ke, surrounded I2 feet 
walk, and di vided per equ y a broad 
centr re zk the middle of each space is a foun 
n the centre of a large e berin, the supply of 
Viti being ien to keep t em continuously i in 
entral walk 
play. The grounds on both sides of this c 
are laid out alike, therefore a descri of one 
wil co ea both. In each of 
the four is large triangular Ivy- 
margined bed d filled with the usual summer decorative 
on hi ата of 
somonning walk are — UE Portuga! Laurels, Irish 
Yew, and Tree Box. est of the surface, 
some three-fourths of m whole, is rich green tuf. 
umbe 
b far емы breadth 
of the surface bein usi not the slightest 
objectionable glare of ed too nce. anh v 
PE La are so largely employed, pee for 
my own part I sho poa дорог that this fine garden 
hiis be rm) inte ome extent forther а ies 
mer xn This brings us to 
size, Adjoining t the walks which wat 
the side t the mansion, 6 er 
filled with dwarf dem s —€— are етө being got 
their own roots. he middle the lake i 
he mansion from this point has a most commanding 
appearance, Following the woodland walk from this 
we again ascend to t pper екы, from which 
a walk some third of a mil leads in a south- 
westerly direction. Near the head of this walk is the 
memorial tree p d 
which at some future time may be 
possessing historical interest, su uch kinds are’, 
Heg e fully shown their and to succeed well i in the 
ear it is an « planted at the sa сони b 
te Princess Royal (Crown Piven of Prussia), bene 
is doing = ; in this part of the grounds . are seve 
examples of A 
capable of: к much better than the majority 
of rie cir recently introduced coniferous trees, . 
о 
hut out from the p easure grounds by a woo 
thriving timber and shrubs, and lies же " lower than 
the ground on which the mansoni 
glues the principal ran дрн 
Ыса е, 40 PDA IS feet planted back and 
Кош, principally with old- сыы He Ape. 
Ayers ctarine, whic 
liked here, good in flavour, and е freely, 
a deficient | in colour, 
ining is a mixed ie consisting of Muscat 
of Ке. е all Muscat, and Duchess of 
Buccleuch, the latter well" known for its fine flavour. 
Mr. Upjobn took Ist prize for flavour at the last 
autumn belfast show with this variety. 
e green de Aen giving good- 
br the coming season's crop. The border occupies 
the S rester part of the inside space and a considerable 
extent outside. 
The n meet house i is the same in size as the rest in this 
гапре—40 by 18 feet, and is filled "m Me 
ady Downe's, Black > Rte Mrs. P 
lm h is here well liked Aw 
ng, vigorou 
ndition, met ng a good crop of well finished CPU 
which late in the season aep r. Upjohn to take 
SE Cis: and Ist for six 
ishes of fruit, at the Pomona Palace, Manchester, 
when y e most successful growers in the 
kingdom were tin 
The next is a house two years е with Black 
Hamburghs, Muscats, d White F —— ; they 
owed to id tas 
but 
not so many as to com eg бе 1 the bene they 
are strong and very prom 
We now come to the t house, which at the 
kii of R early in Sent ember, had jus 
this are the Pine-pits, and a numb-t 
of снай houses devoted to different purposes ; the 
first is a succession Pine Pit, the plants in good stout — 
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