; beds 
gratifying that an old pile like Brougham 
infliction of 
742 LILES 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER tr, 1875. 
BROUGHAM sov WEST- 
MORLAN 
THE SEAT ОЕ LORD malt ae 
THIS place is situated southward, and at a short 
distance from Penrith. The principal approach is 
from the bridge that at this point spans the river 
dly stream, winding i 
mately associated with long-passed events etiim 
connected with this part of the country as are many 
of the numerous old buildings with which this division 
of the kingdom is thickly stndded, and which even 
through the crumbling decay of their massive walls 
speak to the beholder of men who in their day apo 
a part that made its mark on the times in which t 
lived, yet the Бема Halt of to-day will ever ena 
attached t belo 
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to and been the residence of one > England's greatest 
orators, who for a long series of years w. 
Be van amidst those who Sangre an active th in s sis 
liberal f his psu late Henry, 
Tord B rougham.  Leavi in road winds 
to the left: up a steep ascent to dex et of the mansion 
where it joins that leads from a second 
? mte di fie арт, the esideofthe 
k. This drive is gh an avenue 
me of which girth 20 feet at a height о: et from 
witbout their mantle 
powering effect. 
this part one could not help reflecting that amongst 
the all се innumerable plants that have been intro- 
— e where the foot of civilised 
Noe паса not е that can be со 
to vy for adorning the most stately works 
pare i the Toy f has 
entrance to р 
The latter more properly consists of a dete of 
| and a "ep border flanking a broad 
wer garden, 
walk, som 
300 ves length, run parallel with the 
building, рыта, after the dii ана of the series of 
that bound the walks at Hampton Court. Itis 
] has been 
a geometrical garden close 
ls. The style and plain character of 
ing 
spared the 
to its piri: 
named variety e ith golden varie- 
= Thyme : the combined of these plants 
as very mongst bedding Pelargoniums 
A ng rgo 
а Ward was in especially fine condition. This 
pet. of Че oc phos commands a magnificent view west- 
hills, yn and 
th 
distant lake Helvell 
erable 
—Aan important addition to a very fine landscape. At 
this part are some splendid trees, сое, Cedar 
a mouth Pine, and a remarkable old Yew, 
bes its bottom branches perfect down = the turf on 
ich they lie. The terrace here is on a level with 
the tops of the trees, 70 feet hig 
ich the descent is rapid. This 
able ex ан з ; near its сеат ссии is 
of m il om o I2 Mg in 
girth ; the perfectly sheltered postion, in rich deep 
alluvial, yet ej mpi l (a d t from the 
this description attain their wonted size, and a 
e in the unsuitable А мед “з 
are often plant park lies southwards 
e Hall, has considerable undulations, and, like mo ой 
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hills, and — in front the inte ins o 
Brougham Castle. By iollowing this descending path 
the western point of the kitchen- a gie: ached, 
which arethe various plant and fru ouses, some feet 
above the river level. 
plants of Coprosma Baueriana Mee dag K 
асан, Pelargoniums, and similar decorative nix 
oH 
™ Adjoining i is a Peach-house, » 50 feet іп length. The 
cipal trees are planted ou m and are trained to 
the roof some е half way ai ca ы as not to 
shade рУ T the back wall, which i is also occupied 
with Peaches and Nectarines, Some are grown in 
the shape X penc mid. i the trees that occupy 
the main part o e both large and in fine 
condition : they were нем as иын; crop of fruit, 
P most essential element to success each culture 
at command here w ited 
supply of water pump 
mansion on the higher с, from whence 
on wed l the houses. This is asit should be; no 
is — without a “plentiful sapply of 
ае that can used without recourse to under- 
ground tanks i 
all very well, where, from the natural position of the 
gatden, there is not a possibility of supplying by pres- 
ти, but where Bumping or drawing up by buckets 
о be vectes during the eoi Aon are few 
as well e" half the quantity of water t 
aioe say nothing of culinary vegetable 
ies, and fe o st of other thirsty things, 
that frequently "all want a supply at a season when 
е least time to attend to them 
amburgh, 
next house i is filled with Muscats— 
Alexandria ; the crop 
i пані тад house, the largest bunch 
near the bottom of th = crei 
ower ссии es, 
ese houses are pl 
appears in every way such as they delight in ; cnm 
this was the impression given by a Vine that exists 
the next h Black Hamburgh, plani 
ouse—a ergo мез 
forty years; it has been headed by degrees, two 
or each 5 now sixteen 
canes. It would be difficult to imagine anything in 
me ition this old Vine with its renewed 
wood ; the weight v fruit upon it was enor- 
e — consi derably too much : many of the bunches 
would run from 4 lb. to 5 lb. each. In this house 
also a Grizzly m heavily laden with its 
highly f flavoured fruit. The natural soil, as already 
ed to, is of an excellent loamy uo a yard in 
epth, resting upon a gravelly subsoil, ampbell 
removed 2 feet of the surface ind fom the roots of the 
old Vine in the last house, and replaced it with new, 
which eviden y has had a besiéfcial effect. 
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пиратка he ао б aight gmp of he 
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| Side of the row of 
they include D. Devonianum, still one of the finest 
Orchids in cultivation ; D. Ca 
somewhat difficult to manage, and whic 
D. Far 
D. roble, 
decoria plant ; 
In the a joining hous 
reae А of бададан and Lycas 
number of the most useful EE Orchids, 
Calanthe ien and C. кенч, both plants of ve 
easy growth, reasonable in price, ei a пана {тее 
өрдөн. to bloom сонау fór 
season w rs are scarce ; heri are а desti of 
Ne ext te a late Peach-house some 90 feet in length, 
The tels are planted inside, the roots having access as 
well to an outside border ; the a mixed assort- 
ignonne, and Walburton 
: these, "n in the earliest house, are in fine 
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er ‘outside Plums do well. 
Jeterson, and Golden Drop are the most 
appearing to answer “the locality best. Apricots also 
than in many localities, the trees 
Kirke’s, 
umber of varieties of Pears an 
i i n in the southern 
, and 
e believe, 
grow and ee a greater extent of the king- 
dom than ai bebe ssessing equal ex eben in 
the quality of their frait. Apples that answer well 
ke House Russet, Golden Pippin, Golden 
Reinette, King of the Pippins, Reinette du Canad 
and Mother Apple. Pear and App owers in this 
district appear to яз realised the fact—that might 
with advantage be a upon in many other parts of 
the country—not t o plant kinds 
their disposition 
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. SEAKALE CULTURE. 
SEAKALE blanched by earthing-up is, to my tast 
greatly preferable to the sáme vegetable ылы 
vaporation and in gr I 
was taught the plan years ago by a first-rate market 
rdener, who would not have persevered in the 
method had he not found it to his adyantage. It 
saves the first expense of pots, 
trouble of storing them ; on the other hand, earthed- 
up plants are not quite so easily and rapidly forced. 
But for those who requirea long succession of Sea- 
kale, a certain number of stools can be forced under 
pots, and the main crop grown by earthing-up. For 
this the plants should be set in an open part of the 
| garden in a single row, which allows them to stand at 
closer distances from plant to plant. If not ina 
hurry, the seed may be sown in line where the plants 
mae remain, and then thinned out so as to leave the 
esired, eakale, however, bears trans- 
шагда better than Asparagus, and comes more 
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pletely formed can 
flattened by the back of the spade, and left so to 
а If mould suitable 2 mei e 
a distance, so much the better ; 
on each 
е yearly careand 
