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GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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borders inside, is the supply of water. In this, as in 
other essentials, ample provision is made ; the roof- 
water from the whole of te? Hater per and other 
ee 
supply is always at com 
The men employed ry well-cared for, A n 
as been recently built, 
the young men are comfor rtably 
lodged within a few yards of their work. This last is 
of great s pd vi the veni n those who during 
a considerable por э their time phe orking in 
X moist m$ as if on le nae such they have to 
go to and fro distance "m their lodgings 
they Ая chills that [t ave been the means of shortening 
UE eee e left the constitution a mere 
victis Г. B 
PEACH FARMING EXTRA- 
ORDINARY. 
had this week brought under our notice a very 
the arrival in. Dublin in excellent anb", of a 
quantity of ripe Peaches, gathered some three or 
more weeks since in the Peach orchards of far distant 
Alabama !—this last a feat, as far as we are aware, 
rn unaccomplished, ы which is to be credited 
toac man of our own, J. H. Parnell, Esq., of 
Co. Armagh, cau brother of Mr. Parnell, M, P. 
As well as in Armag r. Parnell, jun., p 
property in Rebates and resides there occasionally. 
Peach farming is one of the most important industries 
of America, and, as illustrating it, we remember seeing 
it stated somewhere that the shipment of Peaches from 
the State of Delaware alone in one season was con- 
siderably over half a million baskets ; and further, that 
the number of huge w: ушр: -loads sent over the railway 
in one day for supplying New York was ninety-eight, 
and twenty-fivefor Philadelphia, That Mr. Parnell goes 
in for Peach growing on a pretty extensive scale in the 
MC may be inferred, «ЕЖ itis stated that he has 
ooo trees in his Peach orchards, all, or nearly 
all. pi planted by himself, and imported from Eng- 
and, Though EN agus three or four years planted, 
now upply Rivers’ Early Be Rue ce, 
of 
tli 
ocn 
ur 
vantageously av of r 
fruiterers, who may have to keep over choice melting 
fruits, or ‘transmit them long distances. On handling 
and examining one of the Peaches, brought by Mr. 
Parnell as a imen—the very high colour notwith- 
standing—we confessed to being sceptical as to ripe- 
rked it was hard as а stone, ^ 
d it so, but dr 
was 
frends in Ireland to the ierit: D aid 
of his Peach orchards, in as good jeer iid as though 
pulled from one of our own house or wall trees the 
day before. The Sere d we consisted of.a large, 
uare bi en chest, strongly put put 
in 
iterers ; seat so much so, that those familiar 
with the fo would not think of eati latter. 
It is scarcely Ag say that the condition iM 
Melons was or. 
Should be M i be, 
or incorrect іп any way, ee aoe be, 
pom | mpd eet in conversation, perhaps if it 
arnell will kindly supplement or 
cori it ua a Porch issue, Jrish Farmers Gazette. 
MEADOWBANK AS A NURSERY. 
e of Meadowbank has long been as a 
ch 
length and breadth of the land. The p 
which it attained as a school of horticulture, and more 
pe of Orchid culture, during the lifetime 
Mr, Dawson, and its steady and uninterrupted 
aan from humble obscurity to honourable 
notoriety, together with the final dispersion of the 
collection on his death, have already become matters 
of garden history. Its fame was of no mushroom 
growth, and owed its existence, not to any sudden 
and spasmodic fancy, but was rather the result of the 
happy union of a refined and well- oe — 
coupled with unquenchable devotion on the par 
ably seconded and- eam by a spirit of indomitable 
perseverance y > practical ability on the other 
Mr. Dawso iw. Anderson the Bildern 
i never be fully estimated by any but those who 
ad the privilege of inspecting the wonderful collec- 
tion which grew up under thei 
e 
that such a epilertion should be scattered must h: 
жег і in n the least degree 
interested in i д ae ri о connoisseurs 
m of a ue eife of 
ing and 
pen. which he used so freely and effectively in their 
servi 
d the Meadowbank of the past, however, me 
have no purpose to dwell, but rather to give a littl 
ia eg d to the Meadowbank of the present кы 
utur 
It 2a a matter of no little pang to all who 
Wie o with the past ory of an жо 
ent of P" epute, doar h ould hav 
lenin ted чуч tter erasure of the name hte the 
garden directory, that, in the dispersion of the collec- 
tion at Mr. Dawson's d 
and carried out the idea of taking over tl the whole xd 
the pleasure grounds о 
embarking in nursery enterprise ; and as we have felt 
that it must be inter yt hing 
sque of Meadowba 
we haveto say may in som А рмароке prepare them 
for the he нөм they will the 
The houses at Meado wbank having all been built 
according to e ME Anderson’s 
rarer eee pet Ны 
span- 
roofed erections, and the various appliances for heat- 
ing and ventilating are of the most сыз рне 
The first we enter is a large roomy house in whic 
find the side stages chiefly occupied "c spe не сс 
greenhouse plants, among the most striking of which 
we — splendid ex ples | of such fine thin ma n 
Pleroma elegans, Phzenocoma pro olifera Barnesii, the 
different varieties of Айын; Dracophyllum ge 
odendrons Gibsoni e 
grand spe 
Edgeworthii, a superb Erica Victoria, quite a picture 
together wi such fine things as Hydrangea panicu- 
ee, ponte р gay with ит Жура TETE large 
the 
white panicles of flow Tritonia 
aurea, and a host of. Ө сһоїсе ес, T 
centre stage is well filled with specimens of 
Tree Ferns and M mie of 
Passing from this house, we find a large heated pit, 
Of E ants for which Meadowbank ELA 
Ww. К 
E Du . Ande them here k 
thousands, both of the finest named some 
the very best of which ren been ra am himself, 
and of seedlings yet t o be proved, among which, 
without doubt, many fine ‘things will be ‘found The 
llection is altogether ые a and by a li ttle manage- 
ve in cbt and bringing forward, Mr. 
Anderson is able to keep up a n of bloom 
nearly all the year ripe аф 
an pst Mer Orchids ids 
Ө ЫЛА мн, which we e fod Dr or Orchi 
and partly occupied by another batch of Amaryllis, 
— 
| lar, 
mong the former we find several sampi of 
the pretty Thunia Bensoniæ flowering ae Жн and 
S Gi us primu- 
Adiantum farleyense and other ung 
Pitcher Plants, Well furnished "with pi 299 ; the 
new varieties of Cro and Draczenas, healthy 
and well coloured ; dida ‘plants of Anthurium Scher. 
zerianum, and the cho oice Palms, such as Cocos Wed- 
d the different матава of Areca, with 
lants, Maran 
notice a capital batch “of быгы superba just getting 
established ; a lot of fine plants of the lovel 
pedium Е in splendid condition, spe u 
taurinum, strong and healthy ; and a fine lot of these 
tud among Orchids, Phalzenopsis amabilis and 
gran 
In the "house set е n chiefly for cool Orchids 
we find very in "JA ae E of all the 
hoice RD rule, plants are 
not e К xceedingly Mn and 
present a most promising pe earance. Mr. Ander- 
son grows them plunged 8, ip: sphagnum, which 
he finds much the bes de of treating this fine 
sectio Orchid oti 
hid fam 
collection beautiful young. nr 
andrze and Pescatorei in considerable 
a goes valuable stock—together with Ошан of 
such varieties as O. luteo-purpureu „е trum, macu- 
Tatum, litorum; ; the rare O. eu m and minia- 
u aps the most saltanle and be ‘lovely of all, 
as it is aise the most rar and a variety re- 
sembling niveum, bu er in the fl m 
scarcer. O. Roezlii is also here showing its charming 
ms, and neb hich h b 
particularly fine at Meadowbank. ong other 
i e saw several fine plants gran 
seems с\т ` home, ha 
fat bulbs ump, jivi -looking roots. 
other subjects Y of attention are a fine collection 
of | ing flexuosa, venusta, coruscans, 
Ко i rere enorm Ok, nd 
always been special favourites at Meadow 
they are in capital condition, just thro up for 
e: ; and we have another fine lot of pe in 
more advan stage, having e, stro ulbs, 
avet ral of them at present throwing up promising 
flower-spikes. 
The next house we enter is of a 
miscel- 
regards its occupants, being 
saleable stock of = ch 
things as Kalosant el onse t gen 
кы Es more њав 
fine tren pe ot the useful 
Vallota "purpurea Dyckia splendens, gay with its 
ious scarlet inflorescence, and an extensive collec- - 
w made a e 
h, and look very promising, TAM ngewe me 
green mene fronds. Leading fro 
through another house ieee by aot t healthy 
es grown from eyes this 1 the 
E the house for pena nom. Ga we find 
Among the 
ifi 
letia 
mandas, Ixoras, Gardenias, Eucharis 
s; finely among the flowering 
ental foliaged section includes fine . 
of үк Cooperi in 
| ушш, оа Mo oe Cycas revoluta, the 
