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SUPPLEMENT 70 dm GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[5ерт, 18, 1875, E 
artistic skill as a зла тибе He has 
shown in several be 
does not affect him much. We had the honour 
to “assist at" the planting of a good-sized 
deciduous tree in the middle July. In- 
deed Mr. McNab considers that some trees 
such as Thorns and Sorbs, particularly 
when of e size, can only satisfac- 
torily transplanted in July and August. he 
leaves soon become yellow, fall off early, the 
plant goes to rest as gardeners say, and is ready 
to start in the spring earlier and more readily 
than those removed later in the autumn or in 
winter. ‘The removal of the trees is eff 
great and rapidity, by a transplantin 
machine, the invention of Mr. McNab’s baber 
Most of the large trees in the garden have been 
transplanted by one or other of the McNabs, 
including the Yew alluded to in the outset of | 
these notes, and which was.a tenant of two 
sites before it found a home in the м 
It is over 33 feet in height, 
brat bis having a diameter of 40 feet, "and thé 
trunk, at 5 feet from the ground, a girth of 
5 feet 6 in 
garden. 
| thrive ; nor do the 
HERBARIUM, WITH 
plants; and last, not least, to Roses—the pro- 
fusion of which says something for the purity of 
the atmosphere, despite the proximity to a large 
In this portion of the. ground is a semi- 
аа Wil Irish Yews. 
grown in the pond, 
is that the pretty and sweet-scented Aponogeton 
distachyum flowers and E seedlings in 
great abundance, The er in this pond 
rarely freezes, owing to Ше <i sence of some 
deep springs which maintain the temperature 
at a pretty. uniform level. 
may not be without interest to mention, as 
showing the climatal conditions of the garden, 
that neither the Catalpa nor the Paulownia will 
Plane trees do much better. 
Kalmias, particularly K. latifolia, which used to 
flower, now no longer do so—a cir сипи 
relied on by Mr. McNab as a support to his 
hypothesis of a change in the climate xét that 
| range are filled with a great variety a es 
practised is described and 
Gardeners Chronicle for 1 
tuft of Restio subverticillatus (the | d 
W illdenovia teres) is to be nd 
= 
ie in the 
r gnific cent 
мес 
long 
ing and econ omic nnd such as 
Ipecacuanha, 
seur give i 
dence of the skill and activity whic mL : 
the whole establishment. i 1 
somewhat lop-sided appearance, from the 
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THE PALM HOUSE.—This has at present; 4 
junc- А 
id 
ected, | p t 
li humilis has been 
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. C. Fortunei 
exists, but does not thrive; Arundo conspicua 
is killed in severe winters, and Pampas-grass is 
| severely hurt Bunch-grass, Elymus con- 
| densatus, which has been highly recommended 
| for cattle-feeding, however, does well. 
GLASS HOUSES, &C.— These consist of a long 
range of several compartments with a central 
| conservatory, of.a variety of low span-roofed 
In the case ГЫ Portugal Laurels and most | houses, with numerous pits and frames, in the 
evergreens, particularly the genus Pinus, Mr. 
McNab prefers to transplant in May, when the 
plants are awakening from their winter's rest, 
and and най 
А hem е vise 
the winter sets in. 
€ and there in the 
s are curiously 
inarched of Hornbeam, which at опе 
"E formed part of a hedge. 
the centre of the garden are the beds 
devoted to hardy herbaceous plants, British and 
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теат. Close by are the Palm-houses old and new, 
now forming one building, while at the oppo- 
| site side of the garden, facing the road 
to grow—wateri ing freely at the | is another conservatory for hard-w 
"The y have thus time to establish | | house plants, &c. 
1 
ooded 
'The several divisions of de 
ong range are occupied with a general collec- 
tion of stove and greenhouse plants, includ- 
ing“ Orchids, ti gies ‘Palms, Tree кеш»; 
and the like. The lar, r Palms are grown in 
large tubs, for facility oF moving and for keep- 
ing the plants within bounds. The re-tubbing 
же of various natufal orders, to medical | of Palms and other large exotics as here 
grown out -of- doors cake pro- 
| tection in winter) for forty years. 
THE FOSSIL TREE BEFORE THE ENTRANCE, 
tion of two buildings, one old and one mé 
“which do not perfectly associate one e ч 
other. e older portion is octagonal | 
structure 60 feet in diameter, the 
of wood, bein now re laced by one of irot 
within. me 
feet by 60 feet, with a height of 72 feet. 
We have thus, in a very cu ursory i 
alluded to some of the principal bip: 
а : Our th sen 
are specially due to Professor Balfour, 
Messrs. McNab and Sadler, for the age 
ness they showed us in enabling ust 
collect information regarding an a atis e: 
which redounds so much to their credit 
administrators and directors. 
