OCTOBER 16, 1875.] 
THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
487 
n foot, the rails are sure to guide you to somewhere, 
o the numer rous 
g twilight, a soft panorama of cut 
ng up against an iridescent sky of 
white-painted streets, made soft an 
glancing rays of E day, of smooth-surfaced 
streams too lazy to flow, but reflecting the brightest 
lights and the d foliag 
(the latter гаю} showin ~. 
broad g 
the tramway rse pre- 
sent te dir з other AE besides 
- per es H^ ner e least as needful 
on a journey as it ome. rom Mr. 
Carles Van Eeckha ute ne P bes Houtte's 
chiefs, to whose supervi ongst other 
things, Фё admirable packing done by ‘that establish- 
ment, and whose name is ado 
r and sunshine, 
r three francs, an excel- 
lent dinner (not including. wine) could be eaten at the 
restaurant “Ац Pa n the че es Vanniers, 
is isa convenient m of knowledge for strangers 
o do not are to be tied to а table 1275 dinner at all, 
or pue Next day the generous 
not absit i in intensity. 
dd piece of in dation not foreign to our 
Eos is, that the Hôtel de la Grande Cour Royale, 
in the Ruede la Station, No. 3, near the Government 
terminus—a clean e moderate- 
priced house, kept by M. and Mm Guch- 
ten&ere, who are ii obli (Qe to their visitors—is 
lay or meerschaum, the cl 
dominos) the fortunes of recent floral novelties, and 
the prospects of the next-coming exhibition. 
u may be sented to Mr. A., who “' does” а 
million Rhododendrons ; t 
im to imitate Guido’s pee in 
йш i ponquets round the wor Of whatever 
Eu you may be in search— Palms, Giorinias, 
Tree Ferns, Cm oig Em Begonias—some 
e. found enjoyin m 
ard - ce Ghent without 
estroyed ram Гул. even oe 
warehouse of dead 
on to a severe night's 
unstroke, 
Inatte 
frost, cm a spell of Жолды, x A a sudden. s 
шау cause losses that would end in ruin. ot every 
. 9neé who delights to decorate his home with choice 
| plants guesses sleepless ni and the pains 
| meee gether be cost the nurse wh 
‘Supplied the me there are other horticultural 
— Wablishments rge as, or larger than, Van 
Outte's, but that fact does not diminish the merit 
and interest of the one we have now the privilege of 
V. Н.га houses combine, as usual, a goodly d 
: , y display 
| of things Өй Rid эе; of Gloxinias , more admirably 
Punctuated than the best-corrected article ; of 
the gern > 4 obtained bape named by its raiser 
(under an attack, not of the blues, but of the blacks) 
Belzebuth. ` "These and their congeners—t 
tribe of Achi S, Gesneras, an zegeli wate 
асет, u MM utres and drop their foliage, to 
take their rest, "Their tube 
boxes filled w 
what, In spri 
Fri says are at 
at as i bare shelves of an prés 
n short. able am etai 
pio to yp ss ithe oie of his 
rspersed amongst these dere are specimens 
of te old Firework p. Pilea. callitrichoides, which 
have to take a te our or d^ times a day, for the 
amusement of non-botanical visitors ga т 
call it ** Sebastopol, ” altho wt it was — before 
Sram eq was thought of as a point of attack. Those 
w 
and very amusing. During the 
it is covered wi 
white Maltese cross. 
— which sets fire to nothing an 
рсе ап 
Outdoo ix Na En 
are ratis ible ; the latter is extremely ha 
sete and Jacaranda mimoszefolia 
andsome in 
s in nen could find room for V. H.'s Camellias 
only. the close of TE ly they were fully exposed 
to the Mos here ated under the shade of 
slim Lombardy Poplis e expressly planted to serve asa 
screen. of their vegetation the 
5 
their buds are wel ed. The they enter 
upon the opposite régime, getting a scant supply of 
water and a fre sure to air. ject is to 
prevent a second growth o by a limited allow- 
h o 
se ‘the n о себ and e 
further precautions, t t seaso: 
would be what is called i in Ghent t^ filling up the well 
wned,”” 
— occur here of skill which may be 
ned by degna attention to the 
x 
attain same spe- 
the same establishment. 
the 
he himself could, 4. one time, name m 
ies "Roses, only from an inspection of the 
йш 
аир Another of V. H.'sa 
ores amusing in Ghent to ede 
ficque fum 
the bold strokes 
unded 
lage close at hand. 
act, several 222іті2ғех), which you will reach across 
fields by a dirty It is surprising to find so much 
produce in such an 
-of-the-way place. Н 
to Brussels from 1000 to 1500 cut Кы рет дау, аз 
as outdoor Roses are to be had. He finds it 
answer better to propagate good known sorts t 
novelties which still are doubtful. Varieties in great 
request are Belle Lyonnaise, Princ amile de 
ohan, Baronne de Rothschild, Paul Neron, Louise 
d'Arcin, Alfri olomb. ut there are heaps 
other things besides Ro: hus, urple-leaved 
be grown as standards. 
CLAYS pa meld FOR 
Having eee е is а arising from a 
free use of clay in gardens dian light soil, and 
readers to give it a trial ; should they do so, I venture 
hose who have ла soils to deal —: and can gain 
access to a go pi nd them: 
comparatively Moin nd of the manure heap, as the 
clay is often preferable for certain crops, and the 
beneficial effects far more durable ; 8 fact, they are 
for the purpose of awe d eris linings, &c., the 
mo 
bis 
dressings are only adding fuel to the 
ат have not much choi 
are often obliged to whatever they can get by w 
е; and, let the soil of the garden be "hai t 
erally confined to the loose, stra 
to light land, and, whe 
the roots of plants are soon attracted to the rich feed- 
ing it. 
the coolest of all manures, on 
e 
e vigorous cob мў 
make. and 
themselves ары of carryin A ai cline, 
from long cropping and a too d use of - manures 
and other vegetable matter, a better tilth ility 
may be quickly by wing plenty of stift ci, 
marl, or heavy loam, There Se d e 
one or the other be ob the labour 
a small matter or e i 
the immense benefits to be derived from th 
The best kinds of clay for restoring fertility, or adding 
attraction for moisture is so pa 
vapour during the dd dni 
~ ]tisa well known fact that the greater the 
portion is. 
will al Ju s 
нат, ways catty 2 such 
as have not that quality. ie os in 
