SEPTEMBER 26, 1874.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
393 
sess the modern villa, or lodge, of mansion, 
js adorned more or less elaborately ters b eautiful 
ry 
cultivation of flowers fui s 
e climate of t gleshire Aer ge which 
abounds with indentations of the ad ae 
character, is eminently fitted for ae growth Pro 
beauti ital Conifers and other pn: ‘ant 
Japan and from t American c nein iti: have 
ro 
been so eagerly sought after witha the iit quatter of | 
a century. 
The island of Bute, as any one can see on turning to | 
big 
charity ‘stands for. 
ay th 
e ‘ol the Stewie S 
c 
. A. B. Stewart, 
th 
in the person of Mr 
tural patrons 
perature during the growing season. ions Peach-houses, 
even in that mild c r of necessi 
character of t z wood, how desi rable at a 
is to al S screen 
a safe cr d been no p irai el 
borders; no mixing up of this sample or that sample 
to constitute a pet compost ; no concreting of borders 
nor labour spent in attempting to bolster u bett 
physical condition—nothing but de a 
F 
often effect, unaided—or if 
ided at on yi to an infinitesimal degree—what has 
often defi od the best measures cones ed gardeners in 
other rll ites. elie must be sidered less pros- 
per There is a capital indication of this in the 
Fic, 82.—ERYTHRINA PARCELLIL, 
who bi’ now by his inc dustry and application suc- 
e the principal of the well-known firm of 
which we noticed on a former ion, has acq aed 
within the past half dozen years an extensive rang 
the growth of Vines, 
have beéa all ag’ Pkg the 
the res hye a fruit are in 
most promising in the 
= one => amburghs and 
li rae minim eat, the other for 
sejlot i po high tem- 
ones Ware or ark Rev. a Se ata re 
o. soil c ezi border other mass the garden oye 
fenced in of the fi cog, so far as can 
seen, may boa st of a favoured scl, and, not the least 
important thing i in the al a favoured subsoil 
also, for the growth of our most desirable indoor 
ruits. oe nes, too, have been ake i in hand, i some 
nooth Cayenn e and Queen were 
t the time of our visit. The plan itè were 
gene aly in in pe joi fe alth, e ornamental-leaved 
plants oer S 7 Bape gme 1 some ofthe best of 
and both tall and dwarf-grow- 
ing F erns, not the her ‘beautiful of whic were one or 
two ‘‘good lots” of Gleichenia; while the best 
Crotons and Dracznas and the 
tati passed bel 
| enentralis) ; ; it was growing in a large bell-glass 
rned topsy-turvey, and had a Le 
dringt on the fe a the leave e large, 
in their skeleton state, and quite delightful tor ‘the 
practical eye to past into. Mr. Todd, whom 
entrusts the of 
of tepid w "o 
Stewart 
is tio 
establishments hae iders the success in this particular 
3 diligence in keeping under t 
Cor files which mom i accompany this 
p Cie the constant as urban 
its AET al commotion 
of that pest. The 
Langside is a won Eitel EES TN 
throughout the countr 
curious example 
scarcely mae 
e houses, and passi 
n sheen of sunlight glancing upon t 
he sky-line hems in the vision 
Ayr city ir on the 
one hand, and the 
Argyleshire r agged mountain-ridges thë ther— 
quite an earthl e of beauty, dicita from all 
our party unboun admiration. 
had 
a and cold, paisi and shadow, 
arked in our insulär clim 
anarkshire to 
ute, and yet the cold is sak in the larger 
as to damage, and panapa kill o 
of Fuchsias, while in Bute 
o mm 
m 
— 
sr 
county 
utright, the hardiest 
i live tot 
-g 
o 
spans of oo arms to go 
growing and flowering fi 
a ana the ‘host Beautiful oF shrubs— nS: 
expect to seeubely Heather 
pr Fuizė and Blzeberry. 
= Mont notable, however, is the example: of emin 
irer  Ascog Lodge, hanging jn them 
pas | with its dan ngli ng branches, nee Hiteraly clad 
with its highly interesting flow 
experie’ ever remet 
tarid out unprotected before ; and it woul 
vesting news t e a note fr 
whether this is common or n 
southern climates. [Quite 
London. It is much to be wish 
Japanese Con and shru The variegated plants 
particulary 40 o woe elli in sici localities ; all 
uch c hoa its rece ced were zene 
2 point of vigour—n 
‘its growths for the saga were a 
and it promises, from suc 
pro: 7 aa plact as a lawn ee 
I cannot dwell upon the various other beauties, 
where all Weri doing so well. The Roses ce the 
ododendrons irympnte impressed me, but to go 
into these would be sp oduce a chaiiok ca nae. 
ood, althou 
pee eee 
es as this, oat 
The ‘‘ bedding-stuff ” ugh some blots 
were apparent, particularly the lines of Beet » which 
turned a not very good—Mangels so far as leaf colour 
was concerned. The grounds are pes in an unfinished 
state, ieiëhil alterations being necessary when the 
ne s are laid out. Mt. Stee wart appears - 
to be a most indulgent master, beloved by all his 
employés on the estate, as well as byt 
me utiful yacht, 
