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GARDENERS CHRONIGLR. 
[OCTOBER 30, 187g, 
ially finer than I ever before saw them. 
e, both КЫР t fore eign, i 
Besides the familiar 
an SO, 
the same 
purposes ; or whether it is simply the result of a more 
favourable cli imate, 
Finally, I remember two kinds of wood which 
1 15 са: in sone: and not less than 4 feet in Rained, 
ae 
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eight was lost, but I sh 
act its 
ould reve ear it " y been 
at least 45 to 50 feet high. 
ro, a locality 
e species. They were exhibited 
„who resides in the district 
n ons by putting ourselves 
in нова al witl e possessor о! the herbarium 
ven seeds, cou 
I recollect танан the beautiful 
корты undulatifolia, which, ers other 
5 family, grows in the Val di Ledro 
But eh were other collections o 
" Livin ng plants, or or 
less be obtained, 
Orchid, 
conclusion, let me T a ii A Ari: respecting the 
ым авв е culti tivated her | Flax and 
Specimens of the plants a a 
А огнот а V tes w 
e culture is 
same eans 
general in the Triento, being li 
Wen ы, їп Нипдагу, 
to а few private individuals, who a pleasure in 
am i А themselves with o Needs: in cultivating 
I now come to the general exhibition of End Agri- 
Horticultural Union of Botzen and its s in the 
political circuit of Botzen and Meran. I тай, 
viously had n to speak of the activity and use- 
fulness of this Society. Its exhibitions have 
ranked with Lie best and most instructive 
logists and the general public, e ampie as corr 
and intelligible sien энене 
characteristics—a feature too often. 
bitions of this sort. This Soci 
known i n Germany, as its m 
in the large meetings of oa 5 nd and fruit 
and invariably carry 
a 
ки ар S gre a ax 
et a few gen 
sented 
altogether бен varieties, 
Fig, and 16 varieties of Peach. The south 
nas attraction, particularly и the 
ange ger: and ranates, 
egg and Toggen burg and M. 
ren, &c., distinguished themselves in this section. 
а Finally, the Ar chduke Heinrich c a miscel- 
collection, from his жады. 4 at Botzen, con- 
tangy on among other things, many southern fruits, the 
Evil ish my sport with a notice of а ше 
| UE. ат ed will be ap 
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tr dec 
eurs who dot da in fruit 
ork will obtain the wide 
growing. I trust the wi 
circulation licht it Heen Karl Koch. 
anufactured cloth ‘from ue 
no means | habits to all. 
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Immediately on lea 
HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, 
GUERNSEY, 
THE RESIDENCE OF Mons, Victor Huco, 
HAUTEVILLE HOUSE is situated in the upper por- 
t aci 
Itisa town residence of good size, square and lofty ; its 
exterior, however, as seen by the ‘passers-by, presents 
nothing attractive, being built- - closely to the foot- 
path to allow of the common feature of a neat lawn 
ost houses in 
gloomy look, two Quercus Ilex and one large Laurus- 
tinus bush hang, winter and summer alike, dependent 
over the dark green wooden railings between the 
house and the street. The door, which is ancient, is 
painted of the same dark colour ; above it are inserted 
thick pieces of glass, which light mysteriously the 
remarkable interior, and the handsome passage, lined 
with services of valuable Sévres china, which conducts 
straight to the lawn beyond. The door opens hos- 
pitably, and a pleasant French face admits the visitor, 
duly authorised, into the residence of the great master 
ofliterature. On your left winds the dark tapestried 
aircase leading to the treasures of art and research 
accumulated by years of discerning labour ; the house 
is well known to the writer, but his business to-day is 
with the ciem alone, and his subject is—Victor 
ugo's g 
Passing quickly through, I am on the lawn, and 
before me is the garden, seen ata glance, being of 
own dimensions. The day is brilliantly sunny and 
close, and, be acquaintance of Madame 
Chenay's, who is dies sister of the late Madame 
. Hugo, long presided over this house- 
hold, I am left to his uninterrupted observations. The 
illustrious poet is point and livin 
ments in nce the late w 
ch time ; id by ча ота: гг 
(which is of Republican Eta he will not 
probably ever return, se was rorem d by 
M. V. Hugo in 1855, three 96. Jens ates his expulsion 
from Paris, and he has thus $ (with in rvals o o) 
c эй dw ever 
by his benevolent "hospitality and 
liberality to to the poor, as by his simple and gracious 
f Charles, and recently e ‘Francs the 
› have inflicted deadly wounds 
rge and Jeanne by name), to 
he family name and genius, and also the large 
property resulting from so much remarkable literary 
The garden itself resembles an old English on 
where old fashions prevail to the exclusion of ав 
metrical designs, and wher хе modern garden- 
ing = not in boe is caused mainly by the 
ruit standards 
An air of seclusion and PA dein variety pervades 
the whole garden, NS is of s ensions, the 
lawn i 150 fet long ba half as 
pes ону Е egli зы E 
y. ng tur e 
a walk 
— on. ere repeated 
he 
absences no doubt, mu uch aided in this respect, 
but at no lee do we fancy ouri 
Wi - fhe 
brilliant flow 
though, with our 
like “Чо tie u up yon d pi ocks, 
Roland еа in supporting the fruit-laden bough” 
affo 
© 
"n 
with Blinkhoolie, still we 
а ЧР ts of the а scissors in such а place 
at 
yards awa 
bor st that he should also 
MM at he pay the heavy price of 
ey trumpet so victoriously in his 
There is is not much t ler т AR 
Mer et aoe ё here, nor do we expect it it, 
e house the visitor passes 
er four or five DX Quercus Пех trees, whose 
cause him to bow the head, Then he comes 
н 
to а quaint old stone arbour, with a wooden Ivy-laced 
€ overhead, through which the bright autumnal 
but a secondary object, 
wall, facing ус wit and Plum trees 
ai ooden rails, but all йезе cropped. In 
Де kitchen amis are many standards equally poorly 
ed, and a mong PR Hug “Seakale, which 
fa es like Asparagus” (as V says), and we are 
E the north wall, on which are iod chard one Apple, 
three Pear trees, fan-trained, he bor 
Uie on it, an 
nade in winter days. Неге is border, 
tile-edged, full of 6 нн Fuchsias, Mi Calceo- 
larias, planted irregular 
About half-way to the house i is an old ** look out” 
with ten steps, by ascending which a fine view 
he town, some 200 feet below, with the harbour and 
island, is obtained. This e e very pi 
u ‚ but now 
quite empty when I looked into it, the few bedding 
Pelargoniums being in pots under the shade of several 
fine Camellia bushes 
e, and the 
walls underneath are prettily draped with H 
mine, and Ros 
lawn on the east, or cold "side of the Е апа аге 
some of the prettiest portions of the plac 
om the house, e, ooking сагак) poss at 50 feet 
distant, is a fountain or reservo 
having "do Iphinesque animals ps (= dles. 
m there, all was се 
апа Көя H Spint e everthing seems out of gear, and 
would easily relapse into 
unless some enriched modern would 
‘restore fr or the spot become a source of vulgar 
specula iis 
A prominent object in Victor Hugo's garden at pre 
sent is the fine Agave which stands on the left (looking 
h fr 
sou ho fountain, It is a 
— and one of which great poet 
proud, as I know. asured it and found it to be 
about 25 feet hig} the flower-stem, 
was th 
Victor Hugo's is а 
good s ecimen, "but. i not te largest by any means 
ever seen in Guernsey, у. It seems to be about 10 feet 
in iati at the leafy potion , and - a noble 
appearance here, It will shortly die, and symbolise 
our Visitors Stay with us most perfectly, “unless it live 
again in undying vers 
б portrait of the frst of the Agaves which bloomed 
n the Channel I peg неи as I write, and, 
e as common as Cabbages i in 
ands, still authentic details respecting their 
so far north as this island is, 
. The саспай of this first 
plant is, that it bloomed in 181 a garden now 
with thirty-nine 
tuft. The lowe 
lossomed, and the 
Hos till the end of Матай It then grad 
die way. There were seventy-four leaves on the 
Sine some of which were 5 inches in 
There are at present in this garden, which is ; only 
separated from the sea by an es 
х сечь на уа A inches per day, 
and on some hot days as much as 6 in 
adem a, sped ined t So tae is 
es long w Another plant suc- 
ceeded on the same Spot, which attained to a been os of 
26 feet. At its poc of bloom numerous suckers 
round its p short stems, which also 
bloomed. Pot ot Mess ыы PN eat their best in 
September, and both were about a quarter of a cen- 
