226 ТК 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONTCLE. 
[AUGUST 21, 1875. 
bender I have had E. ne row of Sweet Peas (which 
of d of odo ш), be the red AN 
the blue ое disditiflora and t e Sap 
Few pe assoc 
Pansy, and ie T find that I pet never P expert 
it in my ** Notes." ip hakspeare's 
rere та чу с ** Pansy fr ex d with] et" 
gar Poe, a of the **beauti- 
fal 1 eig (eem ; and I remember a fine wild 
passage in one of this same eor 5 's little- known — 
in which two angels a ki d on 
wil po 
tinted suns"—a far grander conception than Long- 
ow’s :— 
** Blossomed the lovely stars, the Forget-me-Nots of the 
angels.” 
But I must come down again to my own earthly 
pu DN Ae of the withies, around and over it 
and clings ; and at the edge of the bed I have 
pre ap the Бел 
mottled leaves. Again, as 
Lobelia cardinali 
Again, the Ver rm a 
glossy leaves, and the white Japanese PIE Io RC 
I learn was brought first to Englan 
бене is again encircled by the light lilac vs dim 
Stat 
en there are some beds which аге new to us this 
a 
Ses sta Pu 
em 
o bu о 
sp cte dead Mero man 
e 
great Magnolia E the wall has alre my given 
me three of its - white pct ee I see there 
are six more to == 
Along the eet walk there are, as before, the gay 
tents of. red and gre en, which the trained. Scarlet 
Runners have formed, and at the far end is the new 
seat, over the trellis of which a Tropxolum speciosum 
at home. 
The fruit wall is v D ‚ииси м what it was last 
year. Partly owing Ж. partly to the 
g care the Sa of the trees, I -ha 
really a fine crop of both Nectarines an 
The ouble us, and the ant has 
n o 
d rries wi 
a failure, but the trees are no ink, ve n in fall 
d. perhaps the aspec 5 is unfortunate. 
e 
wares were father P fered ert the rain, but our 
Currants and Gooseberries could hold their own 
against any in pu — — Our Grapes are 
particularly fine for us. 
In the outer pais. and rece we have been very 
ve taken down an old 
lane. gi 
of our Jabour, "The place pue looked so well. The 
very trees seem to dee e e her- 
baceous Phloxes have qoe masse of crimson blos- 
som. The Clematis 1 on the house shows 
six grey discs for one liit y year, ^id for the first time 
we have berries on our "yracantha. The Clethra 
arborea has been moved in its huge E As a ers by 
ı window, where i 
Y i aper the / her da : 
walk, where a circle of Yuccas | бм 
there were no less than five Вене eT. d | Cile 
emn 
. I never saw anything more perfect in its way. 
= itis said that the right time to see a Euer и se 
ig ere is a very striking passage 
of the agi the most i of у ти жем 
Fuller шанк йе сы Countess 
Says 
BS 
ret 
d Ossoli), i - which she 
‘This flower" (it w he ucca filamentosa) ‘is 
made for the moon as the Heliotrope is for the sun, and 
fuses other influences or to lay her beauty in any 
other light. Many white fl are far more beautiful 
parent than silver, and of softer li 
Their edges were clearly, but notsharply defined. They 
d to have been made byt n's rays. The 
leaves, whlch had looked y, now se 
ringed by most delicate gossamer, an 
claim with pride its distinctive epithet of filamentosa 
Can I do better than end these ‘‘ notes” of to-day 
with this ree for which your readers will, I well 
know, thank me? Æ. 
LONGFORD HALL, STRETFORD. 
(Concluded from №. 196.) 
WE now come to the side of the square opposite to 
where we first The first house in this 
nd N ar rA and is the secon 
i The wall is planted, and 
there is a trellis in front Jen with trees in Splendi id 
condition, the woo: strong, with a p red 
colour indicative of Se Seti y ripe. etw 
this house are Royal George, Noblesse, дерсде 
and Bellegarde, with MS ole te Hátive, Pitmaston 
Orange, and Elruge Nec 
his leads to the la si X 2 small, high, curvi- 
ouses, corresponding with the others 
cr fee t by 18; it is imei as an intermediate 
plant-house, and from it w 
he ne fitted Peach- house, which is 135 feet 
arrangement of the trees here is similar 
wall and. front trellis— 
case is no uigh as іо; interfere with 
the light getting to the ce on the w 
t ose: 
their roots, as in it, all "oxide. They are re equally 
i The trees i 
produced 
ordinaril e fruit, and they appear vow e to 
their old state mge the rA man 
is a small, squ fate Pos. Ё om 
pin are entered the feiti veh бы potting йа at 
Next in continuation of this range is a Musc 
vinery, 72 feet by 22. The border occupies the ede 
The Vines 
have most of. them two rods eac 
be 
ining w 
with the e finest Pre colour. 
Adjo isa Ham mburgh-house, 65 feet by 20. The 
Vines lave been three and from them 
as cut the beautiful basket e. m exhibited by 
mith at the Manchester great show last May, 
and which received a special prize : the roots, like the 
last, are аа р 
in. 
Ме т a house, чё. feet by 20, miea 
інін with V West's St. P , which Mr.- 
is about to replace with Black Al Alicante, ы is e 
ferred, although the crop the present Vines are - 
ing is all that can be desir 
ext is ии егу, о feet by d filled with 
y Do “These w were d a beautiful 
rop of не and 
e-sized bun go 
ч black as Бов, іп ae condition Po hanging 
through the wi 
At the im of this house and adjoining it, but 
not — У of t 
cenas, and t 
variegata, the viole. Bati assem Tieni 
cutting. 
_ "The next house, бо feet by 15, is аде ве 2 
cultivation of Tomatos in pots, which here, as in 
other parts of the county, do not succeed well out-of. 
doors. through the 
ing d 
t the a angle Bape 
th ат d ma: ‘i om 
complete side of the a lean- 
the north, 90 feet =y I "P years 
ith Black Ама and Lad ан Mrs 
tronger constitutioned Alica rrying 
some Pu» b . The foot a гэн valli алде. Тһе 
all is planted with Cucumbers, 
ready for breathing the external air, yet am 
able promenade on a cold winter 
difficult to find anywh 
m 
e sorts grown . are Queens, Montserrats 
Punda and Smooth Cayenne, and they were strong 
clean. 
Net another ee house, the plants a 
little liget than the last.. They occu 
centre, with a good passage all round, over which are 
ers 
enclosed space over the pipes ; 
no loss of room. 
which were a good lot 
which here, as in in the s succession houses, surrounds the 
wn in the summer an 
Asparagus and similar things, as теа - for bringing 
on flowering plants for er dec 
Ata shit d istance is той, a -roofed house, 
70 feet by 14, mostly ee with m. which 
under this system of cultu had fresh most of 
the year. Iso are the pits for Heaths, bedding 
plants, &c., and for forcing Pota French Beans, an 
Strawberries. Their lengthis 35 awe ‘ape 
the yt 
of 
divided from the shrubbery and 
lie southwards from it; the beds are т grass, and 
well planted, ee sufficient. space, but not too 
Vici Fun be in ing with the rest of the place. 
h ward, comprising the space — 
h 
erse cine wa 
o 
Wheres m an amount of glass exists there neces- 
sarily is required considerable space beret to do 
or. “At the 
the work: pra is amply provided for. 
aod ies Pec vs ipal range is the potting- 
shed, tually a glass-hou lazed with 
rough ires 50 nite by z wherein i 
very convenience for carrying on- hos work of a 
| me place. The which is here close at 
hand, is 80 feet by 18,. and ers эр. with every con- 
enience.. The M the prin- 
cipal range, the arches u ich. the inside border 
rests даш the f Mus house ; it i 
140 feet by 14, extremely well fitted up, as is the rest 
of the Mew t, and i is sumen heated with piping. 
On will 
archi ; 
to heat it all, more especially as h 
orci whole there are 2 miles, including 
1045 yards ОГ 14-in of 6-inch. 
requen " deal. about the extraor- 
iler 
dle, with 1 one of Lumley's patent as a 
d | reserve for or the vineries and plant stoves in case of 
acci 
There i is a good deal of ener miner Eight years . 
ago an additional one of 2 with 
