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208 TAHE” GARDENERS CHRONICLE: [AUGUST 14, 1875. 
size bronze figures, also he aree vases filled corresponds vig the large plant. stove, and is ae ias, Draczenas, Crotons, also Croton undulatus 
with scarlet Pelargoniums, e end of this | with spec plants— Araucaria excelsa glau а | 5 feet high, 4 feet through. On the back shelf nat 
balustrade we arri A of age where sit a | magnificent plani, 14 feet by 11; a pair of Dickscaia the gla varieties of Calanthe, m king fine 
a pair of splendid po marble St. Bernard dogs, | antarctica, a pair of Alsophila australis, a Dicksonia | growth ; also a plant of Stephanotis trained on the 
which appear to be baying ; here is gua ng bor squarrosa, with 3 feet stem and leaves 4 feet long, a | roof, where it flowers free This r of three 
рамеі with иб Rows which flower from es fine plant; Areca sapida, fine Diod: Vilis aloi- | houses is 30 feet long by 16 feet wide, 12 feet high, 
spring to the end of autumn, and passing onwards we folia variegata, 8 feet; Phormium tenax var. su- | hip-span,'heated by top and bottom heat, flagstone 
rba, with thirty ves ; Cordyline indivisa, a fine ath down centre, ventilated back and front (worked 
and figures, On three sides are sloping banks of | plant; Dasylirion acrotrichum, with leaves 4 teet | by levers e now Cros EE d enter No. 21, a 
gren, atthe foot of which are ri long; Imatophyllum miniatum, 3 feet ugh ; a | second Af Strawberry-house, 20 feet 16 feet, 
чаа borders, con- 
nts. 
z Mary of Pam were 
Company's easy garden 
whole can be lighted with gas by кашыр о 
The small dome entrance is planted with Oranges 
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crop о k wall of this house 
is a eo specimen К. Ме акч: ied кенч. heavily 
laden ing through the large dome 
w ihe to the ate sien, planted with 
Downe’ s, Black Alican rbarossa, and Muscat 
The back wall is 
planted with Figs. The third ay еса 
is the same size as the vinery, a and co €— 
гр 
oaks en 
crop ‘of fruit is _coming on. The back wall i is ne 
also planted with Camellias, and t р Hote 
Selaginella denticulata. The houses in this dng ie 
ventilated by well arranged back and front до» 
at the top, Ah bottom front ventilators worked by 
levers, and they are heated by eight rows of аль hot- 
water 2 A small dome is planted wit 
ms, and Roses, which flower abund- 
antly through the winter ; H it contains also a fine plant 
of Abutilon jonas back we see the мак 
ана plat e-glass doors, 7 feet b 
iy ix is a large specimen plant stove, 60 feet 
by 26, height 20 feet, 
rium Scherzerianum, my large-spathed variety, 3 feet 
6 inches through, w f thirty spathes 
ty eaves ; $6 Anthurium 
Latania 
00 olo: ; Cibotium S, S 
with a fine үү» A foliage; hac pits rite Balfou urianum, 
о aranta а, also Maranta Vei 
гоор; Croton Hookeri and robe] interruptus, 
д 9 Palms, Ferns, oto! 
No. a se е 58 feet long by у 25, height 3o feet. 
The cen s fill different var 
era also Phoenix 
et high, with rock- 
with Begonias, Ferns, &c., and which 
. The side borders are planted with 
s elastica, a very fine plant 
o 
covadensis, and of 
No. 10 is a ENGINE, which in 
een danni Haag tn growth, very у; | 
шысы 
other varieties 
and build | 
in borders. 
and hard-wooded plants and 
such as Cobcea scandens variegata, a very large plant ; 
onon glass, and when thrown back 
menade” of I AN feet through these houses is 
Бы (see fig. 46.) 
We next "e No, ri, & 
feet long, 10 feet w 
of which is planted w 
arieties being Violette Hative, Bellegarde, Barrington, 
York, Crawford's Early, Roya George, 
e; and Violette Hative, Downton, Ён, 
i Nectari the 
a lean-to Peach case, 172 
trained half-way up theroof, 
Downes, Alicante, 
p SEEDS 
la] pu Be 
3. Ta 
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8 
Ё 5, 
о 
EB S 
inter use. 
4-inch hot-water pi 
ie чили plants and beddin 
о. I3, first early vinery, co c 
and Foster's m cut in April ; the bac 
ing with Tomatos, from which Mr. Stephens 
water pipes, with bottom-heat unde ines 
are plan side border ; there is ‘also a 
border outside, o ed with glass, but as 
v did not answer for Vines so well as long manure, 
he glass is now disused. 
н? елй through a сарса d gateway we enter 
No. н ан а late vi r ай 
Lady 
Downes, Madr Court, Gros. camem Lee's 
White Torqua ay, carrying a splendid crop of fruit ; 
rg уча Tomatos on the back w oticed 
in this we a a of Coleus—fine plants, 
which are Rene nd v ful nse 
I5, “First early Peach-house, planted 
T GR orge = У Hátive, „had borne an 
crop of fru 
fr oh trees in 
trellis, in order to adit AE. to S tiie ba ik жай, Тһе 
two last-nam ouses are heated by six rows of 
4-inch hot-water piping, and are of the same height 
ize as the first and second early vineri 
ing through a cistern-house, UE hot and 
cold v water taps, we enter No. 16, a Camell 
de 
for Camellias. a vinery, is planted with Black 
Hamburghs and Foster's Seedling, carryin ga good 
crop : there : Camellias in 
Ww 
et 
The next house, No. 19, contains 
a choice collection of Orchids, , amongst which we 
i , and other 
е of Dendrobium ; ; nice pieces es of Vanda 
vis, V. tricolor, &c., and a grand spike of Lzelia pur- 
vutite. the flowers ers measuring 3 inches а санча 
а - s Dayanum and Lobbii dee 
ttleya Trianz, kinneri, Mossize, 
bicolor dary 'Amethystoglosss, nice p 
£g. 
lants ; Cypri pe- 
barbatum superbumin a 7-inch pot, rides. fifteen 
splendid blooms ; rum, also villosum, Hookeri, 
and others; Lycaste Skinneri alba, and — 8 a 
y 
plant of Miltonia spectabilis, 2 feet through, sho 
ing upwards of forty epike es of = ; and Dow 
t| is also in this house a mice young of Anthuri 
| i É iety, growing freely ; 
| also, trained on the Vanilla aromatica, 4 
„We next enter No. 20, а plant stove, filled 
with different varieties of plants for table decoration 
and specimen о! Ron- 
built ма a hip ; 
wil 
Рой. &c. No. 2 is a 
4-inch 
piping. 
b 
the hanging „беге nón a the roof 
250 plants hj yere now filled with 
n early eR 
rows of 
d Arn ST. there an annually 
; and fruit is cath 
daily, from Feby to the end of June. The 
crop of 
On leavin 
oad, as 
splendid view which can be eis fro 
of the beau 
of the 
Sheffeld and the 
delight 
planted 
centre walk is 12 feet wide 
00 
been selected with inet 
choice 
tio: 
which he thinks 
гу, 
tante, Victoria, and 
—a "ет mete for lat te use. This 
by Figs in pots, and a fine 
"Tomátos e i. the bac tec 
tiful mansion and ter 
Eielietierden, whic 
Ming hamlets view with 
arden, he wa 
aces, е] especially 
and call a 
with Яш: Plums, and erries, 
ear to year, from 
might now z p named Perfec- 
poing Rh 
tephen SO 
will prove a fine v. 
eeled and cut, it is red throughout, ad when cooked 
has a fine flavour zd er our. 
bedding шар, &с. 
dener's 
ga 
a range 
that we 
Stephens conducted us t 
me 
under no 
walks is 
ome to the 
of р, 50 "- by 5 re et, in 
e 
ns; an we are struck with the results 
bie no e. Lo 
P 
e in the T way, 
to 24 inches thick, No 
bed w 
mation. Such 
P 
о t ave we ever seen gri 
fusion of M 
quality. 
ucum 
ZN z 
koa gg fruited Ame 
e 
clean and free from 
certainly never of yes fine 
та the athe divisions are grown Melons and 
, for summer use. 
to these pits are pleated eleven rows 
ies, each тор, 60 feet long, and one row of 
can Blackberry, all of which 
a “They e ма i strained 
ake good trellises for = 
ing 
m slugs. Bown the centre walk is 
ик Apple and 
ie a ran 
We here com 
fect ‘ong’ by 8 feet, divided ino five pils, for growing 
elons н 
up by 
posed 
. Conifers, 
Ета will add an addi 
built a brick pit, 
