266 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST 29, 1874, 
noble vel walk 300 yards in length, by 21 feet in 
wid ith The north boundary wall is covered with 
Ivy, intermixed with the yellow-flowered Kerria 
r ar sage ar 
make the eyes 
t sig bad y kgd o which, as wel 
as a portion of the den adjoins, is 
cover oo as a a considerable ight ith Ivy, Wistaria 
sinens a Marq aréchal Niel, 
some jsd fet high, which i in in this a ella spot grow 
flow: ly; the white Fammen neriie, Jas- 
ety 
Clematis Teeni rand the 
awsoni, traine 
alls cover ith 
bo “A fe aio and effective. In 
this peo were s very fine plants of Weigela 
rosea, alm heh sn as good-sized Portugal Laurels, 
‘which doer eiri ely. 
ards from and adjoining the part arnal 
escribed, the ‘garden assumes 
wling green, as 
od A thie 
bi billed table—a ems 
oly itiiable wien the nature of both the turf and 
the under soil is such as t 
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but this season any other we thinly 
furnished with fruit, sig “beighbourtobd N g been 
visited in the spring with 22° of frost, ‘which, as 
disastrous in its effects in the 
The glass —— here are a witty op considera- 
consist of sev roo 
veral ordina 
ge nieme 
fa flow hich are ees are 
ng pacias, quite distinct from 
ly 5 
freely in lon 
saying else. Lilies are largely grown. Mr. Craig has 
5 : 
collection of hardy Ferns, partially screened from the 
C tall Lime trees at a miri distance. Here 
of the a a erme forms es 
with about from stones ; A white 
emailen. kitchen en lies at di 
ae ae ies a ogi istance 
the selection of t 
the same 
. there is an avenue about a 
Oaks, fi i 
evidently been 
ta bat from the ground, for what pur- 
TA a | 
pose it woe be difficult to surmise, as they are only 
the common British varieties. In addition to this 
ofusi 
avenue th re profusion of fine timber, consisting 
Oak, Syc ar Beech, Chestnut, Elm, e 
splendid Spruce on the lower parts where the soil is 
rich and deep near the edge of the river ; he rë 
these trees are perfectly sheltered, they form mag- 
nificent objects, especially ewed fr the 
opposite side of the river, following the aoe of 
which, yet still high above it, at every turn is met 
some distinctly beautiful view. Ato 
one pol int a Ah seen 
easy slopes of grass, the surface diversified by a sca 
ered group of broad-headed trees, the grow wth of 
centuries, that in oo iry apa ae the natural 
abit of their speci en existing oe conditions 
favourable to their fee TR Se 
committed by those who overc 
in the iren oe of tieit ex existence. A little further 
on we c a precipitous rock in the bed of the 
river over oe Which the water dashes headlong, throwing 
up a continuous cloud of white spray, like the mist 
from a lowland stream on a still cool autumn 
t 
-et 
jea 
rden sos park with its surroundings a 
ore that is strikingly different e 
ith ; 
ature as is compat 
bor ae oe in the ether, 
d shrub made to assume some “individual form 
‘eidely different from its nature. The fashi 
exemplified came into exis 
agree, | as sheer 
ism if the few gre exam pear of the n 
were destroyed. But so ine goes, ther: 
little to fear on this heid: T. Bai 
| forig Eersprne 
BANGALORE lies 2° 58" and long. 77° 38", 
and is eg nearly halfway between qor coasts of 
Corom and Malabar—an extensive tablela 
nd, 
the elevation of which i is 3000 feet gt the sea level. 
and W. co 
E 
short duration compared with that e- India generally, 
and for eight months in the year the thermometer 
om 60° to 80 Slew April, and May, 
ge the intensity of 
m the want of air 
and 
it -is the season of rest and vegetation is 
is the most favourable a for removing 
and transplanting trees and shrubs. en I arrived 
etvhigh, and the work went on suc- 
cean until the vimi vs June, but after that time 
ot advisable eh he 
e the practice 
pr eral soils i in a aight bourhaod are com oae 
+% red soil mixed with loam and vegetable 
ei = 2, seiecior red sandy soil; 3, black colton ies 
Œ loam ; 5, stony pM 
The S Bagh 
dei ed fi a ot i - i ~ 
erived from the Hindostani langu e, and signifi 
red-as-ruby garden. The word Bagh ia tad ao 
the same as the word garden 
ich 
additi on to this there 
. ; t 
are six wells, the peculiarities of which 3 I will cesta 
eral t-houses have been 
e future ti Sev plant. 
ted suitable to the climate, and a are 
oa lated. An ornamental house for pic-nic parties 
now being completed, A driv the 
_ 
garden, and it is much Pa ae by E peans, 
The growth of vegetation is onderfully tpi 
etab do wells and 
as an edging. 
substitute in nd twi wo other 4 
varieties, and also the Teleanthera 5 all of which form 
b 
beautiful edgings for the walks orders. The — 
following species make splendid Serine and are grow. 
ing here such :—Hibiscus, Hamelia, M 
erecta, Phambitgo, Casuarina, Go is ssia, and Lan- 4 
ana, &c. The beautiful Euchar 5 grandiflora Í isa 
common bedding plant, and at present I have two 
flowers, mixed ith aladiums, 
als 
Cameron, Bangalore, Fuly 20 
THE PEACH TRADE IN AMERICA.—Fewof eas 
who enjoy the flavour of the Peach are aware of the 
labour and excitement attending the transmitting of 
the fruit to the New York market. As it is neces- 
dint r the grocers an 
to e them with the usual marl 
large portion of the night has to be employed ; other- 
wise, fruit reaches con- 
signees it will be left on hand at t sufferi 
great damag ugh the rot, and th becoming 
a total loss. rder, therefore, to ascertain th 
method adopted by the large dealers in transporting 
ae 
the fruit from the cars to the cit 
recently visited the doði t of the 
road a nd waited u ntil A abe of the Pe ani tra 
standing idle on them. Half an hour later, however, 
a fe ons fro war 
appeared along Green Street, adjacent to the r 
ferry- for the n 
number, until by 24 A.M. 
me mile and a half in 
g e the es of the large w 
t 
ho 
mnnapeiinal of ed market produc 
E-D. i onds, =o ey 
early hour on this occasion, and be egan to make a 
copy of the freight bill, which; when completed, was 
nd 
placed in a frame, an hung up outside of the office in 
lain view, so that every one could see the number i 
cars comp the train, the stations whence the fruit _ 
was ship the ns to whom it onsigh 
and the numbers of the cars contai each special 
ass Eve ignee an man was able 
to learn at a glance the quantity of fruit that had 
sent t nxious wate 
will ait for the information aes be written out, 
many cars wi 
eres answered ae Fifty ts Daa”: 
for us, a 
siete “so ess. 
longest lai this fier Mee Whereis 
pi another, 
“Wh 
ea 
replied a foreman, pne busy with 
“OR, yes, ns mbled one; ‘we have 
before, 
largest two-horse trucks 
carry oa 150 te 180 baskets, and the 
