THE 
NovEMBER 27, 1875.] 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE, 
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| pithy, but moderate, which is safest for well-ripened 
p of good fruit in future, The borde 
which to 
make them. heap of 200 or 300 loads lay there 
still unused, and of the finest texture, 
The flower gardens are not so extensive, being re- 
: ael at the time the sale took place ; but there is a 
: ofthe garden in the Italian 
style on the south side 
samples of the 
Ameri, 6700005 
betbaceous 207965, as well as a 
til, Plants, we wind through ornamental walks 
to the 
extent, 
> A ошку which is about 2 acres in 
to notice here are the mers grown 
e 
witness such healthy trees as they were 
visits—suc as is seld 
the 
loaded with fruit, and one tree 
lI— 
^ yielded 2 bushels, 
Er in proportion to size, Espaliers also do we 
a for 
m of trainin 
ooks we 
trees fruit well when trained in that way. e vege- 
es show that o eep. soil exists here, for 
they are one and all excellent, At the lower 
of the garden ‘is a Peach- 
u 
.- It has seldom been my lot to 
on both of my 
en, not a trace of 
h foliage 
m. 
The back.wall was covered thoroughly, and those 
on à 
trained 
semicircular wire trellis were also finely 
. 
grown, so 
m wi 
worst. : 
only re notice of the high 
standard of neatness 
tained, and the buildings, too, 
e hing is annual 
; an 
, 
i d well-kept place 
Bowman and his fine P RES реч 
rought about а g 
used the place to be let fora term of 
wman to seek another post. Le 
find one suited to his 
. Thomas 
taste q as 4 
Record, Vinters Park, Maidstone, 
PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU, 
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the Revue del’ Horticulture Belge for 
of laying before our readers а portraii 
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military career in 1814 as military 
town of Bruges. After this time he visited most of 
the principal gardens of Europe with a view of per- 
fecting his knowledge of landscape gardening. His 
travels led him to the conclusion that the style of land- 
scape gardening must be adapted to the conditions of 
THE LATE PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU, 
ore than any ohe else in England 
Prince advocated the adoption of 
symmetrical in the vicinity of the 
| n the "TI ы 1 im 
of the at Muskau, 
1822 he became possessor par ect mo: ofthe 
at once set to work to render it a pe 
art: rear he made 
the climate, M. 
or the 
n. Thanks to his personal ге 
aristocracy, he was enabled to 
ks of England. His descriptions 
ters are most interesting. His excur- 
| Court, Chiswick, Cobham 
wic j 
ton, Kew, Hampton Court, Chi А 
am 
rth, with his secret visit to - 
Chatswo ve be that he permitted no 
тре 4 T 
to ente ested observations which 
scape gardeners of њо present day ou à 
