518 LAHE 
GARDENERS 
LITRON ICLE: 
[OCTOBER 24, 1874, 
betwixt the latter place and Runcorn Gap, a 
that bodes worse evils i vegetable life than any aha 
r in its immediate vicinity not 
armin 
o 
And conscience there is n eed hem, 
for there is more than enough generated in the imme 
i understood when I 
e tha Fave aa oins the glasswo apd sete 
; of consu med every week, and to aggra- 
te the the 
E E A E E T y Doai „Mr Dit.ikkh > Pose 
numerous rerni e ie glass-wor ris 
The houses are numerous ; most of them, especially 
o and very sub- 
o 
cupy, 5 
I can rn was actuated by a bestabte 
love for gardening, Aelnig in the neighbourhood he 
could in this bes ge, ify 
in sizes from 2 fee es 
feet s o feet, is $ of an inch i 
thickness, and weighs. about 4 Ib. t ~ foot in 
ight, as wi obvious, necessitating mo 
than ordinary strength in the wood work, still farther 
required by the greater ‘isis us of many of 
the houses, which are 20 fee are 6 inches 
deep, independent of the rabbet, are 2} inches in 
thickness, strengthened by a truss rod ; in 
addition it ry to place midway 
betwixt the of > Tersa at intervals 
means of every other to y2 
2 inches, in frame, a at the t top, and worked by 
ot weather Mr, Smith 
a seven yet in very h finds this 
ventilation insu t; the g very 
hot , it also has corresponding power 
ry grea e in air-giving, expecially 
the spring in pirn weather. 
The first any we come toi is s alean-to, 150 feet Jong 
i, AA - LOMmDartm the 
teat wilen i which is t the € ouse; it is c Bie 
RE 10 time is lost, are 
Spperatrom theft oat rch 27. Thesorts are 
Black Hamburgh, Be Sweetwater, and Foster’s 
Seedling: the latter is here found to be much ar 
best white En to the er for 
oe work, and i ing the B Pick: 
upon 
so as to ultimately take the pice of the latter ; 
it is hardier in consti itution, forces and when 
d frome large 
ey at al times i in readin vikiere or UEO it 
may be required, This abundant supply a water, 
to the re is o 
a It is haley Be > ey ed 
or three Foster’s Seedling and 
Madresfield Court. It is started soon after = frons 
just described, wor a little slower, and comes in 
by the middle ‘of April ; ro like the last, the. crop is 
all cut in teste three wee 
h ning house = ‘this sg is filled with 
burgh, except two 
ilaacate. nines. one Golden a , which is 
grafted on a Black Hamburgh ; it is at the warmest 
end, comes in a fortnight Velis the Muscats, iapa i 
here merne that can be desired, free from spot 
= cracking. Th e Are is started niig little Eyn 
e first week in D ing is commenced a 
ne end of April, nr the A free thecred by the end a 
st exce ae as ma some special 
as from these ee es that Mr. Smith 
exhibited the “splendid Muscats which took the Ist 
— coker Horticultural Ailey 
how eo ere hich for aware 
of colour and great commen have rarely been 
surpassed, and ped so early in nerd Tr een not 
e Vines pro 
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them 
is here considerably over w 
id 
south or midland eats the subsoil is a wet 
retentive clay. borders in thi ge occup 
12 feet inside and as much out ; they are all concreted, 
and upon the concrete is placed 6 inches rick ru 
bish for drainage, th of border in these kw the 
other vineries not averaging more than 2 feet. The 
Vi in this range were plan inside in 
ines 
the karaa of 1870. Mr. Smith and 
a ade the border 6 feet inside, and the same Saide 
err up to fa feet, but about 2 inches of new soil is 
laid on the surfa 
litter to exclude 
wooden shu o 
with six rows of 4-inc ch 
aoe oy keare son 
a lean-to vi south-east aspect, 
56 f feet by iS jieti in width, a very ag poner rafters 
13 feet. The glass in this house is in 6 feet len ngths, — 
a narrow unichi at top; ther the fro 
wall. amburghs, on wench 
lanted, ve borne four very eh! er The 
+ is si nate last in cons Para 
the whol feet wE 
Si wih its back to the last house se, and divided 
C m the insect pes 
which th yi ie so subject t but whioh must be kept 
if the plants are ex xpected ever to 
The ey comprise most of 
varieties, and are well trained without being 
ë: 
a every way med to the 
ixed collection of hard and 
rane plants and pred Seanet stock for 
The a division is 
with a 
the end of these, f 
aad equal in width tó bot 
filled 
ough these 
m strong iii, yet they enjoy 
= wot 
ext, artes distance 
30 feet by 15, with 
es of the 
Vines are all M 
ce, is a span-roofed vinery, 
a Narrow inside border on both 
Sentral path formed z a low wall. The 
uscats, planted on each side, 2 feet 
rom these eee two other large 
except oe pag 
eoa ipondlt 
ever having 
shown the least ae to crack, b 
keep long. To oid any waste ot ee 
the Doia eter one side 
viate the danger from an escape of 
arched 
e years ago. 
the whole of the spac 
the border remade. The 
colour, b t heavy, 
last ear’s removal of the inside roots, 
winter ands 
Next a vty =e mber-houses, each 76 fe 
with a sate down the centre, wit ha k ct 
in cen 
ences = th 
rown inside; a small lean-to house y= 
them. They are planted on, the-front, and 
one up t ihe roof near the ‘daa pe 
way much more fruit obtained than when ee i 
pe in ae ardina = ‘ 
mber o 
Odont toglo ie; Vanda pa Tc Epidendrum 
and sea that delig ht in a cool, close : 
ouse is 
caused co mischief, - 
On ing this place there are two th 
strike the ‘Ga ape grower : that is, the little 
in eit! er wholl ly or in part taking up Vines 
in 
the $ comparatively reat OPT ee 
than 2 feet deep—and fined area 
grow a depth of as m 
maintain that if if they are well made at “st Vines 
not require disturbing or removal of 
ons of 
o both surface and subsoil. 
res Where th 
is ‘aturall suited to the requirements of the’ 
g gravelly subsoil, 
out, cotpkrAtively confin 
greater part insid where the roots must of 
near ‘the d uently mo 
