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THE 
NOVEMBER 14, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
613 
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their flowers unharmed. 
These beds of a 
> aa here seen sitting on the grass, with no ra 
sharply-d gest end the eye, but ith 
thebranches falling down to kissthe green turf, of which 
there are fine open breadths, forming vistas extending 
in all di he one blot of the ea | a 
: . , Un- 
use on the phe 
In the c onservatory a to the mansion (a view 
72) were some bloom- 
old and young plants a 
That portion of sr ble om re-ground immediately in 
eparated from the kitchen garden 
from ti 
which und th 
down on an average about 2 feet in length. Tacsonia 
bia Mina and other creepers drape the roof; and 
fron l of a fragrant 
ave in ‘thie form of a large Heliotrope trained so as 
forma back and ov cover to a reclining 
pr Ari erous blooms during the winter season. 
à several of the vineries the 1 is occupied 
by Camellias, which do well in a tion, and 
furnish a u I supply of cut bl s S, 
according to the heat maintained in the house. In 
the Muscat-house a grand plant of Inga pulcherrima 
owers splendidly 
e. 
zn agparsies 
a b i ard oe: 
-table, ~ are fo und to Aimser som 
i 1 ae ypeasere 
the 
Pin the 
e north aspect house, 
Principally to aoii ts is filled b 
t of useful sized ts 
AS are so su that at one time 
the flo season Mr. Stevens had over 
bak y ed flo Pescatorei at one 
w peaa as this plant holds its blossoms from t 
le for months, it is at once ent how valuable it 
are -the of table decoration. Here, also, 
ee th ee ot the harmi evallia 
Rona, 2 mis choice varieties. 
ag too, was pig APN us Dri bina’ 
the Which seems ie pepudiata | paiz clas 
the carnivora. In In the atmosphere of the Odontoglos- 
forked the plant grows freely, throwing out it 
grow leaves in su By-and-by, as the leaves 
= to bla 
régime adopted here for the aere s of Odonto- 
glots and other cool Orchids, is to give them water 
most profusely, the cold rain- here which falls from 
the roof being used summer and winter, and to allow 
ae air to circulate freely meer ar them at all times, 
night and day, except in prae er, The 
natural water at iranha 43 any other water 
containing ge 1 the Sphag- 
num u these plants, 
O and this i is aat | inimical to the 
` keeps fresh and in a growing 
Phalenopsis is fi 
apparently from its holding too 
much water th 
The bac 
with, probably, E= finest mer of 
Lapageria alba fi 
this country phai is one of the 
t useful f all flowers for 
u 
by artificial li 
Ers the various “plant- houses are 
did specimens of 
foliage plants, vat as Crotons, 
D 
; the leaves are very long, 
af, about an in ch wide, m 
e the ccnetitutlon is 
rtainly is a 
very handsome and effective 
dient, and cannot fail to become 
ê 
Much of the sp in the 
different ‘‘ growing” houses and 
a is occupied by plants bein 
ed pas wl use about Christ- 
Fic. 125. 
HORNBY'S MOVABLE 
GARDEN SCRAPER, 
more striking of Saabs we dail mantel. 
our notebook is the Epiphyllum truncatum 
a considerable number ants some sixteen 
or eighteen years old are grown, and introduced 
successionally from their resting quarters pen very 
ei ere aa but with a closer and 
damper atmosphere, where their buds soon begin to 
SM see er” lg ce 
Fic. 126.—STEVENS’ GARDEN EDGING BRICK. 
swell out and mpage themselves for a more rapid 
advance should it be n ary. The cutting of the 
owers, which are påsen gathered e joint of 
> stem attached, keeps the heads compact 
bounds. They are 
a arson pro as to ois successional crops ; 
nicely for bloom; these are indispensable for decora- 
i amaz grown in quan» 
tity; old plants shifted towards the end of September, 
on, furnish good 
h season ; others, if divided about the same 
time, leaves entirely cut of, throw up 
three or four sma! and xceedingl 
useful small flowering plants. Adiantum macrophyl- 
lum is treated in a similar way, ex that the plants 
st be established and begin to throw up eae a 
re they are cut down. Th e divided into 
single crowns in September, a as the 
young fronds n to sprout, the old ones are all 
and thus a neat tuft of small, clean, nicely» 
olved, which makes such plants 
de 
hyrsacanthus rutila 
Rivinas, with their brilliant drooping es 
scarlet berries, are largely employed; neat dwarf 
lants, 6 to 8 shied ches oP show four or six shoots, full 
of flowers now, an with berries 
will be exceedingly cfctve. “Other lants provided 
for this purpose, a n in quantity, were the 
ever welcome iia pietini and Ta æmontana 
fine houseful of Azalea 
sized speci will for similar use in due 
‘seer We quite agree wi k eg in 
n spa growt so regu» 
ed as Kiong head, to the stif 
crinoline training: whi so 0 to at 
flower shows, but which reg taste seems 
grr gos me generally p bin 
ing elir: with liv ist 
whic have been foratly us and DA er two years’ ex- 
edging, and its form is so le and neat as 
thoroughly unobtrusive, though perfectly efficient, 
ith an edging is sort the walks can 
re made 
Or thi r- nd $ itch m) ne 4 18 E ai bat š prod 
sole, 2 
man imention ( ; ra), 
ye This a duras 
E 
bility ce wth ag no Mam 
ae as is ne Bs 
oticed in use in this eg pene a koian 
which gardens are 
“scraper, w sketch is subjoined 
(fig. 129) This is the invention of Admiral Hornby, 
late of Knowsley, from m Mr. Stevens ob 
el. On the score of utility it speaks for itself, 
for it will be seen that it is easily removable as well 
completely efficient ; with this work 
hen occu any particular of 
ve only to set down the utensil at the point where 
they are likely to go off, a need be no 
n to i to 
inches 
aati ‘the growing crops we noticed the Ameri- 
ved Reb wes which is » 
mn crop, since 
‘well, 
can Strap-leav here held in high 
est comes in 
, but 
King Cauliflower was just come 
a the habit of the plant being too coarse and 
spreading, leaving the young flower-head exposed. 
The true Walcheren, with its compact and self-pro- 
tectin idered much preferable. 
Keens’, The latter is not, however, by any me 
to bi despised for general purposes by the kirig 
arden 
S In the + cold damp is of Staffordshire outdoor 
wall fruits, except of very hardiest t_kinds, rarely 
to perfection Tar ae - 
ii À 
come 
the 
Pecan a 
[ri 
