72 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 17, 1875. 
outer covering, has a cup-like cover in which Rice 
is placed, with a little water ; the Ginseng with water 
О, it is said, gave his whole —— 
to the sale of this ms is described as havi 
his eds in strongl y und bo 
; w L 
slowly to unlock the boxes. enin outer box, 
removed several paper parcels, which appeared to 
fill the box, but under th a ox (or 
perhaps two small boxes), wh aken o 
pose a 
boxes quite dry ;’ the lim 
the sake of cleanliness. 
the Gi 
was 
ast after dinalis 
actual medicine was сават 
silk i its silken wrapper. 
pug his visitor not to 
woul 
tter the merchant 
prizes of course very highly, and allowe 
glance at it, as he said “it migh 
ce in the box, 
ts position on the lime ; s parcels of the 
latter sin оо and the outer cked.” 
So grea 
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BRITISH GARDENERS.—XXI. 
GEORGE THOMAS MA 
WE have to thank Mr. Miles se portrait is 
subjoined, for the MASTER esee sketch of 
his career as a garden 
of my 
home, on a part of which I was allowed to operate, 
and where I = ventured at thinning out bunches of 
Grapes, er these circumstances, unaided by pro- 
fession ce or men I commenced my hor- 
ticultural career, being stimulated in it by an innate 
passion for flowers, mds latter I frequently purchased 
out of small means, and the love of which continues 
with force unabated. 
**On leaving school my ambition remained fixed 
on gardening as an occupa hortly afterwards 
on 
rists, and at the time in ques specially noted 
> Нувос hundreds cot н of which w were 
varieties w жели M 
** I left Ex to go as = чурк for two years 
to Mr. Thomas Perkins, who was then ener 
ш ые Viscount Com 
increasing my ioe and € 
in which matter I was much assisted 
E 
by Mr. Perkins, The gardens of Ralph Sneyd, Esq., 
at Keele Hall, Staffordshire, which at that time were 
rapidly rising into importance under the able manage- 
ment of their present superintenden nt, Mr. VERAM 
Hill, was fixed upon as a suitable r mete: ; and through 
Mr. Perkins’ kind intervention I w lo: itted there 
at once, and was ed in the Man 
ast, I had certainly made a pecuniary 
y шу тон but this І never Ме, ДИ 
loss of a few shillings per week at such a per 
worth Mos for the sake of gaining 9709 
Іеѕѕ and I refer to it way of encourage- 
ing hardy чаа and тапар nting large 
nes. Amongst the latter, Hollies for ortant 
feature. Former] y i these were e subjected 
ш kni ies E ually, KE its beneficial effects 
now unm а-а indicated by the magnificent 
pyramidal edited which abound in the pleasure 
grounds, such as I may venture to affirm will vie with 
any oben] in the kingdom fter two seasons' expe- 
nce in this way I became forem ok charge 
equir 
gardens PY IT Scag ec for the re- 
markable examples h Mr. Hill 
was in the habit of ixi x a: which deservedly 
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dom 
established his reputation as a Grape grower of the 
first order 
staying more than three -— - Keele I 
was sent pe SIN x Mr. Sne ecommen- 
dation, in UNE 1858, to take the. BENGAL of 
Wycombe Abbey Gardens. (——— 
ton, whose kindness I shall remember while memor 
lasts, required me to devote my chief attention to 
the production of the best kinds of fruits and 
vegetables, in quantity at all seasons e con- 
dition o e garden d t 
I 
vegetables, or 
both, to most of do тесе мернага 
“I always had nto н able to cultivate 
Pine-apples successfully. Here I have an oppor- 
tunity, which I ы! id greatly enjoyed, ak we that 
e; and althou gh tim 
ince, I 
rovidence, 104 Ib. In recording these weights, I 
caye the indulgence of my readers for so fully allud. 
га М о this favourite topic, which is not done boast. 
perro о uch m oble pis 
ployer, the present Lord Carington, and his mily 
for the encouragement I have rag, e ie Aig and 
for the kind consideration which they have shown tg 
me сара а period of seventeen un c 
. Miles’ views on the culture of the Pine- "apple, 
Bie on vegetable growing, will be found Mm - in 
our Calendarial department of the last year o Wo; 
and his productions on the exhibition table poc 
ex 
SUE shown that he can successfully carry out 
what he teaches 
A TERRACED GARDEN. 
Lime time to time you give in your paper ground 
a tions of some on 
— 
aspect they must present when in their beauty; to 
copy them is far beyond their о and thinking 
that an example on a smaller s d within reach 
of the means of: a larger number might. be of interest, 
I n (fi б 15). 
It has some features not quite in the ial w rae, and has 
received the a roval of many fri ends, It is a terraced 
white- tud А d гера Queen “ "en 
and Iresine Lindeni—the centre of the p being 
2, 3 4, 
Pansies, and then i in ud following rx aic xc of the 
beds with white Daisies, yellow white 
Daisies, purple Aubrietia dtr oig d red Daisies, 
dotted with a few ci d Tulips : these have 
for si eeks presented a t rich effect ; the 
white Daisies make qaem sparkle, and the 
edging of red Daisies adds ri ss to the at pupa 
of th rietia, Beds Мет а wire 
7 have 
basket, a variegated Honeysuckle being trained on 
andle. xiva. for spring filling a centre of Silene 
rcle of Myosotis 
e room f. 
os beauty has passed, 
an 
hey are far less expen- 
e than 
which, whilst 
о such of my 
fellow gardeners as are mp with a sheltered 
garden with po subsoil, 
PLANT GOSSIP. 
THE fine = African Lily, AGAPANTHUS 
LATU: 
decorative 
agent should suffer eclipse, but the changing fashions 
in the aspects of eee are producing this result 
tosome extent. It is equally valuable for conser- 
est 
seen large examples in 
pots used for standing on the balustrades of stone 
