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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[AvGusT 21, 1875. 
admirably when treated in this manner, producin 
their flowers in abundance, and being less liable to 
m thei I3 mealy-bug э 5са1е. 
е this house we find 
and 
of баин тры: Indi 
Du assau, Got venir du Prince 
William Rollisson, George Loddiges, Gem, Perryana, 
&c. The collec vum altogether is quite a picture, and 
uld not be fou 
we feel assured its equal co out 
of Lon а thane it would dé impos amie to 
find plants in finer cdi ition. The centre part of the 
house is filled with large Camellias iue ted out for 
flowering p hin are n splendid con- 
dition, being covered with боена and the foliage 
the fin m kens an 
abundance e vigour and of healthy Lees andas t 
varieties ar most choice бшу V en in flower 
be у а long j journey to see. т one division of 
the e find an excellent crop of Gra ao es Ж?" 
dr fe cutting, bundles of ыш size, with large 
plump berries ; and in an adjoining division we meet 
with more. Orchids, mostly I pieces, [ч 
away. Several fine of Dendro Ба 
Falconeri are Pese out new growths, and ro 
promising, and D. thyrsiflorum, Bensoni, &c. 
miscellaneous lot of other species, are ‘fast deitas ip 
into valuable stock. 
Leaving these, we enter the Cattleya-house, and 
find чины ао with a choice 
TI plants here worthy о 
uld ВЕ ва по еаѕу tak, “> t we specify а few 
the mare prominent. Wi th fine lots of the well- 
. Mossiz, эы of pos ores апо 
we of € e more rar 
2e, quinquevul- 
ter Ее 
‚ Large mas of  Miltoni ia hat d that 
leO also ае 
attention, a as do many other things, such as eres 
e- 
dium Lowii, and the pretty Maxillaria stapelioides, a 
small petu d n ао large flow arred and 
spotted w n on a creamy white 2 Hes with 
s wel ума back, and somewhat resembling 
in ch the curious Promenzea 
lioides, B e vari 
itself, The variety was superb, the spathes id 
ge and n numerous, and altogether the plant was a 
most telling 
In желле б roc we find more of the commoner 
ri 
use 
d a nice lot of the curious 
Minis сорай to thrive риу е. = 
фен: Another bros containing у 
Stock, Ericas, n EET E «Арне а. 
pe pits for propagating and b n Cycla- 
эйгш e complete the | list of glass erec- 
iu and it will be see e noted 
above шы. z is ae mean array. Considertag how 
howes we scattered, - ie many sd io 
c -—— 
> ER ch, during the — Mr. Anderson fine c t 
give his atten ention, we 
iy array of EY stages, at feat [fni but 
sparsely populated, but our visit has 
eristi 
eased 
ve pid quite 
e proceed for a short tour 
gs, and 
troduced to more of the 
We were here glad to NS 
that, in pri the grounds for nurse 
Anderson had been able to preserve the Tending 
features of the place воч : that in its main aspects 
it presents the appearance of a comfortable and 
well-ordered gentleman's pec idi while the numer- 
ous and well-selected plants : and shrubs with which it 
with, many of them s Being much liger than the 
specimens to be met in nurseries, 
collec-. 
of 
prevent the dent cap from obtruding M 
selves on the g along the main aven 
i ian of “the river e k e 
o 
mixed flowering plants and shrubs, we e 
art di onem: 8-а oa : laid out =e the he centre of x a 
gras unded by s 
Mental 3 shrubs r^ ‘Coaiiers, the whole p protected from 
the b whic бота іск 
E 
r. Àn 
beautifal with the useful in a 
Interspersed with flowering plants he c fine beds of 
2 plants of e ed Hollies and other small- 
ing shrubs, including the green and Marion need 
on ie ieties of Retin nospora, the small-growing Cupressus 
and several other species. The general effect is ood, 
n additional advantage xS by giving х= 
да the 
fine things an extra chance of thriving. 
ot 
Silver € Black Am 
and borealis, &c., in 
in hei ght. 
Маа id A таў be transplanted any distance "aont 
risk. ing fi ne of 
mixed Bee der 
ving lately 
y a choice collection of a 
cones—a most unusu stance in 
locality. те Rhododendron of the best Varietiis 
are also n tees d Azaleas, = 
plants of Thujopsis borealis, Arauca 
bor 
P 
Re 
p 
5 
m ther wal off — 
angle, 
richly 
e avenue, a 
ight leads us to another border of speci- 
ers for smaller 
and English 
Yews, Portugal Laure 
vit “all the etia favourite species, are to be met 
huge dimensions all in the pink 
of condition, and alas Mr. Anderson is careful to 
genes well prepared for removal in anticipati of 
the approaching planting season 
close we can onl 
blishm 
TAN il v 
th 
respect 15 more 
e up fori in another, Lh the rh ntroduction с of a 
s in a satisfactory eme and reflects € on 
the administrative capacity of Mr. Anders че 
Беат wish um ed i 
її and we trust His the 
Shes may be cutie to his satisfaction. B. 
MINERAL ALIMENTS. 
THE таалаа ОЕ en IN ACCELERATING 
VEGETATION. 
IN your issue of last Saturday (August 14) there 
are two questions raised, respecting which зы ехре- 
rience of the Mediterranean shores апа i а 
me to contribute а little information. rst. The 
tritus or dust to support vegetation, - 
only that of Маза but of cereals апа fruit trees, allu = 
soil or humus being all but absent. 2d. Тһе с 
parative influence of io ade in leaf developmen 
in southern and northern clim 
The entire north shore of v Mediterranean, from 
Gibraltar to the Dardanelles, with the exception of 
the mouths of rivers, tay BY але be a sine ot 
rocky mountains, principally calcareous, sometimes 
schistic. | The southern flanks of these mountains or | sure, 
a they are DY, southern sun, with a five or six 
к summer drought; present but a scanty 
on, pretty nearly everyw of the same character 
, Thyme, Juniper, Euphorbia, Taxodium, 
: Glaus, ла editerranean Heath, Maritime 
Pine, Aleppo Pine, &c. ; and, where cultivated, Olive, 
and Box Sans 
Orange, Lemon, Opuntia, Almond, Apricot, Peach, 
and Vine 
The wild plants and trees above-named c 
rocks sparsely, so as of 
«Чу a dud 
ure 
e" сау any ot 
The aa ha nts xe trees being all grown а 
the fruit they produce, although in а 
3 by blasting, 
These terraces are fille 
powdered stones. A litt 
table soil, if it can be 
urely, 
nt-food must be м нат 
нн. and the mineral con- 
stituents of ie Ocks. 
D ёш rock garden at Mentone, which is 
300 fee above the sea, and itself formed of successive 
ethos or shelves, as described, this pro h 
been going on for the last four years, an i have been 
observing it with great curiosity = interest. A jetty 
the sear 
or pier is being made, an contractor in ch 
of stone bought the terraces below me, which were 
covered with healthy Lemon trees in full bearing, 
ome 20 high, with foot in diameter. 
These terraces have been on nsumed to 
make stones, pour faire des ете, as the local say- 
ing is, M hes s being cut down, and the earth scat- 
as given me a splen ndid opportunity of 
or sat — in succession the entire ro 
ness of the " rraces in which — healthy Lem 
trees were in omys 
there were Ae 8 or 10 inches n ed calcareous so 
inches of small calcareous rubble, 
е 
prise, I found t a 
water once a fortnight in summer, and 
in a trench 3 feet from the trunk every two or three 
ears 
e destruction of these terraces enabled me to 
ine now form pretty young fruit- 
The bare rock has truly been 
P 
pickaxe, hamme 
into requisition, all рон ances are levell 
walls are t with the the — 
Small siones end stone: are | 
road sweepings, soil, manure, anything t that can - 
be got, is strewn over the field, and tion at 
once begins. ens: cereals: ‘and Cotton MOS 
planted, and, wonderful to to — they flourish and 
produce crops— t , aiding 
са сеа T береле of a rich loam . 
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Olive trees, and all kinds of fruit trees, will flourish - 
ie Rock ric ahd mineral T for they 
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