496 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[OcTOBER 16, 1875, 
terrace are some splendid views, to the south 
miles away, one visible oer че highest 
noticed her eeches were affected 
ith the white — MÀ s that have of late 
made their a ance "iere nt parts of the 
country ; they usually attack one side of the tree, in 
time destroying the bark a 
It seems to do the most хаза in districts where there 
isa Tight rainfall, and the soil is of a nature subject to 
drough file with 
In ction we co: le 
precipitous descent to the south, on the slopes о 
which is the site of what at one time was а vi . 
There are still some traces of the purpose for which 
it was used. A more suitable spot it would be diffi- 
cult to find—h 
the northern and eastern winds, in a position to catch 
the full sun, the peu of which would be reflected 
from these natu ral walls, on which the Vines were 
y would be in a situation to do all that 
the climate would admit in A little ну on is the 
Glade, a beautiful w a hot day, shaded over ks 
an avenue of Limes ; it vince down to the pleas 
the to i 
girth, without the slightest trace 
of the heart exa that Ф often pers this 
uable | when as attained considerable 
ings us ^m the ад gon T the рм, 
700 feet ^ mea the - level ; her a monum 
erected to the m ir Rowland Hill, the nt 
testan phy pe don. It is in the shape 
of a tall shaft, with Ж inside spiral stair, anpposting a 
statue ; its height from "ML aai ed is але ; оп 
the top of the shaft is an p vatory, from 
m its height and A» ‘levation 
on which it stands, a splendid og > ee Se vento of 
the surrounding country may be espe- 
calle clear I it is said, d a dozen eer н may 
. As far e penetrate in every 
direction there is nothing to intercept the view, the 
whole country being seen m the car of a balloon. 
The bird’s-eye view of the park and its immediate 
qud s alone well repay the labour of ascending 
t 
Westwards from КЕ point are some fine Spanish 
Chestnuts. This tr 
ee grows at Hawkstone propor- 
tionately larger than others ; — of fine 
examples are to be met with in ts of the 
gro Hereabouts are Te OF RI Rhododen- 
ope that ru in the HE season produce a 
e effect, co rom seed as freely as weeds. 
which is the ‘* Hermit's Cave,” historically MET 
with an ancestor of the family, who was an 
of Char — OD m. said to hav n иа 
ards confined in the adjacent 
pda of Red Castle At present the hermit is re 
t so life-like 
. Castle already кн to. It is an inter 
met on there 
way — hundreds of ЕЕ іп Tenth 
in the rocks, nearly 20 
des ай, as upright as a wall ; — 
and cut out and 
e rock, the work of 
many winters for the unemployed labour of the dis- 
trict ; it extends in several р, but Segue d 
es in a spacious grotto of seve 
ments at the opposite side of the hill : 
of stalactite, seen to advantage thr ugh the dim light 
i by small openings filled with coloured glass, 
made, some fifty years ago. The ceiling of the dining- 
room is a splendid work. From the east front there 
is a considerable rise. et facing the windows 
fountain and basin, be which the gre ound is 
i i ncement 
ban: erraces rig 
coniferous trees ; 
also in fine condition. Intersp 
some Irish Vews that Rae ned 
headed trees and 
groun 
water pumped up by a couple of rams from the lower 
pete near Weston : this supplies 
provisio: dti an 
ets Inoticed He 
Willow, the penden 
amongst the surrounding forms. 
that 
ctive 
Turning to the left 
we followa walk leads to the Rose garden; 
is was re-m last spring by Mr. Judd. It 
was formerly in grass. The beds been en- 
ed so as to occup’ ole space ; walks, all in 
he 
gravel with Box edging, the sree a of dcm inter- 
arden, running eas orth and 
overed with hi $m pee iron 
arches, to the buen of hh are planted climbing 
ill shortly cover the whole. Allthe 
Roses in this Hir gi e on their own roots, € E 
the beds will be each year pegged down. Below 
isthe ress garden, which is in a w 
ell chosen see di 
S 
er 
dul 
out in the irre geomet 
few intersecting w velled. 
ment there exists all the charm w sufficient 
br turf imparts to t colours of th 
flowers, with an ability to see the whole from these 
lled paths at times when the amp and 
not in a condition to walk upon with any degree of 
conte It is well arranged, and at the time of my 
visit 
-— was in excellent bloom. 7; Адене 
(To be continued. , 
Home Correspondence, 
Preserving Laurel — a think some tim 
last autumn I noticed a paragr the Bouvier 
— Rakete the utilization P English fruits, 
berri Now І ask if yo i 
fruit of the common Laurel ? E 
had, until coming here, 
supposed it to be poisonous, but I find children here- 
bouts eat them as freely kberries, and some 
о tribe” (gipsies), if this way durin 
e are glad of them (the fruit) for making 
tarts. I wonder what kind of preserve they 
make? t some. Have f 
n, and are yet, a sight to 
—— and foetal who have called here during the 
ressed their eser nd i see the 
fruit. hanging i in bunches like small clusters of Lady 
Downe’s Grape. ve seen deer 
counties and of different sizes, but never to fruit as 
e mentioned, the individual berries 
and bushels 
from 2 to р inches in circumference, 
might have been evn: n the on old 
veterans. The à; 
e Iw 
sample. ¥. Batters, The ess Chilworth Abas, 
Romsey. [Has any reader any experience to record 
as to the use of these berries? Eps.] 
Camellias at Glen Eyre.—I think it may be 
interesting to some of your read e 
рай of the very large-flowered scarlet single Camellia 
w in t i 
perfect as 
they are in Italy. Thomas Stewart, Glen Eyre, near 
Southampton. 
The Autumn Show at Aberdeen.— 
ing your report of the A 
an omis- 
A akh I have n] йоны. you wil willingly reci 
In to some of the more im- 
portant articles exhibited at the show no reference is 
Tuis e i зе sis futures cf tlie «хыс 
bition, viz. the thisty-six stove and greenhouse plants 
shown by Messrs. J. ye r & Sons, n 
Aberdeen, which were еі ed the ist чу 
never а in 
llia 
узн plies didnt special itid, Gardener. 
с Рр nown, Ont the 6n 
inst. I exhibited at "South Ke usin ngton a basket of the 
new Golden Thujopsis borealis taken up from the € open 
he basket was 
ping - 
ry, that the meanest costermonger | 
might well feel himself disgraced by it. 
are, _unfor unately, no 
a 
y depend 
that, if found, he shall be ** made a note of. A Charles 
Noble, Bag. shot 
Orobanche Picridis.—At p. 460 of the Gardener? 
Chronicle, under ** Dorset ete History Club" 
it is stated that Mr. Buckm Picridis 
The vis nt is not named in 
two localities for this plant, and neither of them isin - 
Dorsetshire. B. 
The Resting-spores of the Potato Fungus,— 
The discovery — эе by Mr. Smith, supported. 
sa itia bz the dra ished of a similar dis- 
covery made by "Mr. — thirty years since, leaves 
ce of the resti 
that has been lately written as to the possible stamp- 
ing out of the d ore cle 
h racti to the conclusion 
1 
I upon it? I believe that on or in 
und tuber it w шува for any 
== even with the aid of а most power micro. - | 
ventive purpos e valu 
[Resting-spores ay ‘be lying Simant i in n the ground] | 
the disease—without doubt identical wi me 
disease—in a mild wa т, е lights were kept X 
until after rain, and then 
a wall, are speedy heal 
pM rostrate on the soil, 
the Tomato ore, and the se | 
i d not previously grown Tomatos 
in a frame, and no doubt had I put on the lights 
"dier I should have saved most o crop. From | 
whence came the germs of the ? Without — 
fi air, and were 
