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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 25, 1875. 
it needs be seen to be realised. No conception can 
be formed of the mi ighty power = beauty of Father 
Neptune’s domains n he is excited. He t umbles 
down breakwaters aad aie “built piers, and with he 
n the 
lands, 
which is the site of that pretty residence, 
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The house is approached by a long serpentine 
avenue, which wends its way through natural island 
rock, ен the left of which is a marvellously d 
well-constructed, aad romantic g 
ved, 
es over a stone bridge, originally 
rmed for an pcs: to the 
^ Аата pleasure 
have 
the indomitahle skill, perse- 
To и е а single example, imagine a single 
ucing I2 gross of fine-sized ел к. if 
sold at 245. per gross, w of 
14 8s., and you have the result of its "S NATA 
produce, without the f 1 t 
or glass protection in any shape or form he soil 
ing made k, is 1 ight, 
ts introduced into it, so that its pro- 
lumps of eg rage oe 
me Be 50 to 70 feet high, from ни 
O feet in diameter, with their "splendid dark gr M 
u 
gatherum of the specifically useful and orna- 
Mite | анз геа used to БЕ the clumps on 
well-designed and better planted lawn 
h to the 
The nearer approach to house brings yox io a 
ion of our visit was filled 
the occas 
"e ernie or 
en do 
lower level, a vinery, and again, 
g vinery, z connected and igehiowly min by 
one hot-water apparatus, acting admirably and sending 
its volumes of hot water through several less feet 
of piping, imparting health and earliness to Vines, 
Orchi nal lo A and a general collection of рб had orna- 
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way out u came toa pretty winding 
th bordered with flowering shrubs herbaceous 
plants, which leads to the top of the cliff overlook- 
ing the quarry garden on the no: side, whence 
there is a prospect Infinity al I 
confes ihe it, but will make an abortive 
attempt, RET To lies the greater portion of the 
“af of S = Heller's with its cce of houses 
and tap 
"SMALL, 
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turning this tremendous hole into a beautiful perdent 
Who would have hewn that alpine pa 
aro iid. its side to descend t 
w h 
mums, Muhlenbergias, Sempervivums, and all those 
half-hardy and exotic plants which line the walls of the 
ма rock оп your left, as you owe ks the bottom, 
but the most ingenious of men? A ere, you 
nd Osmunda regalis, 7 m N feet h high; Hydrangea 
hortensis, growi sed plateau prepared for it, 
i f he ads of bloom, which had 
flowered in all their TER during the d season ; 
Edwardsia [to the size of a tree; 
i fa озове 
сес of а much greater 
owing and covering scores of 
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Sophora pendula as а beautiful weepin 
specimen of Cedrus ara gigantea towering above 
all, but detracting pe thebeauty of none—these formed 
but a few of the features of this remarkable garden, 
with its caves and НЫ ean passages stocked wi 
ча ee ary dide We continue 
а astonished, pleased, and amused at 
the осад? the means adopted for attaining the 
different elevations each and every one plan 
great vari ts. We follow up a flight of 
irregular steps DE xs е: Panty fixed, to find re- 
vealed more and of vegetable soe 
iban from plateau zu ym e again 
the top, mony per patches 
and crop 
EI 
of useful garden ; AR d sell plant 
back to the front of the house, thro 
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nes, по tw h are of the same shape or corre- 
spond in size, all so arranged that access to 
any part is easy, and the different plants growing 
in them may be hed without di hese 
sand borders are filled with an tw ariety 
of bulbs, herbaceous flowering p and shrubs, 
amongst which we noticed large уже of Agapan- 
us umbellatus and Amaryllis Belladonna : in fact, 
o pe pages to 
visited, —productive in 
many senses of the word, and quite unique in its 
style. C. B. .5,, Jersey. 
CONCERNING OAKS. 
THE a of the note concerning the fine 
seedling Oak raised by Sig. Sada, of Milan, and 
called by us, at 8 685, Quercus Sada, has brought us 
sundry inquiries as to other Oaks. In the first place 
Mr, Charles Lee, whose opinion on such matters we 
completely defer “i ang whether M, Sada's Oak is 
a seedling from a at all, and we are bound to 
hand, we are assured by M. Sada that the parent was 
Q. rubra, 
Quercus pannonica.—In some nurseries, and specially 
me occurs in r 
nised works, we have been at the pains of ne 
what this Oak might y omparison with 
native specimens shows indubitably that the 0. pan- 
[eo of English gardens, originally derived from M. 
Boo be e: mburg, is Q. conferta, the Hungarian 
Oa e propose eti to s rap a Papers kee 
of the pa bbe need say no more about it at pres 
А са pannosa of gardens C The Oak лоп 
аїе, 
niii leaves, tapering gradu ally bu but vm 
to a wedge-shaped base. In its distal two-thirds it is : 
slightly lo in a pi ion, the lobes being 
surface is quite glabrous, while the 1 
with white-felted down. This Oak is clearly a variety 
of Q. de ша Swamp ли Oak of America. 
. bicolor var. platanoides of Alph. 
le Prion, xvi. ii, 21), — from 
n being less hoary on the 
Q. E Hort. Ottolander.—Under this name 
we have seen a fine-leaved Oak, very markedly 
раса at the upper end, wedge-shaped, and entire 
е base, but above with shallow, spine-pointed 
specimen 
that Q. nobilis, Hort., is a seedling form of Q. nigr 
M. Т. M. 
THE FARM 
MEDIUM, AND LARGE 
OLLECTIONS OF 
undeniable excellence of certain Pears—an 
РЕ maintained under а variety of circumstances 
of soil and climate—renders the task of selecting 
e limited number of kinds required for a small 
pud comparatively easy. Quality is not always 
combined with beauty; but it may be assumed that 
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Olivier des Serres, Doyenné d'Alencon, 
everything we possess in constitution, Бш, апа 
uality in Pears, 
A collection that may E thirty kinds and be 
marked as one of medium 
dozen excellent and useful Pan 
named, aud th es, 
illiams’ n Fondante d'Automne, 
Misco Doyenné ussoch, Conseiller à la Cour, 
n Mons' Léon : Clere, Glou Moti, Knight's 
«uh. Crassan Arem 
Prince ot alee 
Tho ompson’s, Beurr Beurr 
u, é ре Ne Plus Meuris, Madame 
Hacon's 
ve fruited with п to give a 
spreta at Uy ттан Babain in e * Villa 
ка 
KEYS, ateur poultry 
their charges being an anxiety to them during all the 
earlier stages (at least) of their existence, would do 
ell not to select turkeys as their special care, the 
peed stupidity of the turkey chicks makes a 
helping hand necessary in the small difficulties which 
all the children, and sometimes a source of 
even to their elders. 
The varieties commonly reared are the Norfolk or 
black turkey, and the Cambridge, perhaps most 
when a medium ee copper is the one 
The white 
account of it its greater tenderness of constituti 
a ree should be careful to select (or to obt 
enced ance in 
wel formed « and — birds. 
It at all necessary for mere household 
selecting) Бонда фы 
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bright the eye clear, the ег 
and the legs straight and 
should be 
straight. rocuring 
and particularly th 
not made sure of, the youn 
deformed figure, ‘and the results be exceedingly dis- 
appointing when they appear at table. 
e synonymy of this Oak may be giv: ven as 
* 'The follows :— ў 
. bicolor, Willd. de ud mam oe ray, vow Bot. N.U. States, 
) Koch, Den 
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ar. discolor, Michx. ; y бау: ray, te and Loudon, 
A li, p. 1876 ; Prinus bicolor, Spach. Hist. Veg. 
Бы т I ais, Alph D.C., Prod 
ғ. XVi 2, p. 21. 
; Primus platanoides, Lan. Dict. i. » p. ўзо TT 
Q: lyrata, Hac 
eepers, puis dislike 
