Peme Sg i jam AMES TAIT, 
THE 
OCTOBER 10, 1874.}j 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
463 
carrying out the — of clothing the central ridge of 
our pe begs he trees that yield quinine, after the 
LLIOTT. 
peared unusual beauty. This we named 
Jamesoni, in honour of the late Dr. JAMESON, of 
Quito, by whom the plant was found l 
have received information that this fine plant has 
be this country one of ou 
ing nurserymen, an due time we er to be 
leadi 
able to oul or a length concerning it 
—— The plates in the last number of the ///ustra- 
tion n Horticole a AE song Ah are devoted to the 
lea uis rake a double- 
seeking or preparing other ee i dra 
uantity of Palm seeds. When the cases ios un- 
these were found to bet in eam of ger- 
mination, ings come 
one of the noblest ornaments of the Palm. house at 
Zew. Another specimen from the same source is, or 
rather was we believe it perish with ma 
other grand plants, in the unfortunate conflagration 
which laid a portion of the building in ruins—at the 
Crystal Palace ; and a third adorns 
here 
been 
to time, according 
the crown rose and threa A to break through 
the glass. is lesson ae ost. Mr. SMITH, 
the Curator of Kew Gardens, made the fact known, 
country as 
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delicious perfume in the Cape 
it is wing in 
ope. 
es used as a stickies, and arn reg oe Aspar: 
— The following sues from a Sew Zealeng 
a ale aa 
‘A: oer. 
Sa se 
et, the well- 
anist, an we had the plea- 
known horticulturist and botani 
y species, forming a complete and graceful 
ae The locality in hese e treasure 
Mr. TAIT very wisely keeps a secret, but 
‘Phe stem of the we is about 3 feet 
whi ip even in the ditd state, ap- | 
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BRITISH GARDENERS.—III. 
“In 1859 the present Duke of Portland determined 
to do away with the old kitchen garden ikea the Abbey, 
d fo; 
WILLIAM TILLERY. | : a + eni one, pee, A ee 
and other buildings erect 
Tithe sing. a ANa eesriie pag at se $08, = | site was bleak, and the soil ofthe most stubborn ea 
father being manager to Mr, Gemmell, a nurseryma: unfertile nature, but no expense te d 
of th ipin er Tillery was afterwards | 28% and in bringing better soil for the borders, an 
appoi ner and forester to the late Duke of | £004 ts and vegetables are now Sed I 
Badai, = "Fullerton House, near ; shaver here, The last improvement which I have been enabled to 
f our memoir, “I nced my — make is th having nearly 4000 feet of 4-inch iron 
garden was at that time o e most extensive in 
Scotland, and an excellent school for young gardeners 
I afterwards crossed the der southwards, and 
done in eee ’s Nursery, Kensington t 
at time n and its ap tame had a dif- 
ferent appearance from what have now, plian pa 
srompt on, an 
nurseries were rg way to Keightsbridge: 
The best pa: for plants was at that time the pupae: 
de Vande’s garden at Bayswater, and we you 
deners often ye a Stall across the Park on Sendijs 
to see them, for Mr. se men or pear there, 
cers alowed us > hat day. l 
ay Ti Road was then 
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into Caenwood, the then refuge for destitute young 
gardene: rs, and had Mr. Philip Frost, of Dropmore, for 
foreman, and 
Mr, Frost came from Drop- 
e the bedding system had j = commenced 
— er Me ‘Baillie The flower garden at Caenwood 
of the finest in the neig Ratios ps the 
mixed system, principally of arene plants, but it 
De m transition state of massing the 
Mr 
eons Frost t’s E SO nade £. 
After cals : Caenw ood I; in Miss 
ne, and 
n go 
calor 
Cockburn, 
e hot e was an inmate. From High 
went to Oakhill, to be under Mr. Dow. wding, who 
ea eres Fg of the finest pes in th 
He very worthy and strict old gentle- 
a: ity k us Fiia 
ucceeded m 
tation Ho 
te 
ther mig 
Grace b called a a national benefactor, , for fields which 
only eer orm ined, the finest 
Wheat loot in av the sales icant of the West of Scot- 
and, whe as a Ts rare e rainfall is about 
44 inches 1837 I igs ea ge t Welbeck, as 
gardener sia iied to i e late Mr. Mearns 
Welbeck I had every y of ¢ 
father, n afterwards was ! 
er 
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4 
spe eas and Turnips growing 
during the ee 
an a of dis in this garden are very 
mplete as regards heating and venti- 
and so ki ae features which I have pla ps 
of Portland is te 2 enthusiast in fruit-growi wing, 
and spares no expens n growing all the new kinds 
which can 
AZALEAS AT LAKE COMO. 
HESE charming Indian, or rather Chinese, shrubs, 
our northern fh oe nd we scar cely 
the inmates of a 
Art ao supplement ied Nature in her 
de of pamer attained by the arator 4 
as is notorious, where- 
oåd are permanen! 
bas-reliefs by 
sculptor, and the famous aga by Canova, as Love 
and Psy 
the Pee A 
the = gardens, near the village o 
greenhouse specime: 
e have Stats one word to ne “Tet every ay go 
aza see this forest o eas, o description can 
an idea of its splendour in ‘the atte of April. 
k Ai tn “ Illustration Horticole 
pa: 
THE PICTURESQUE IN GARDEN 
ARRANGEMENTS. 
Loo t of garden 
ground, 5 taib Mer large or small s val the idea is 
frequently suggested of how 
a be received if 
o the necessary 1 
