kait $ 18741 THE ‘GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 713 
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en was situat ted, are some purple Beeches that | gated New Zealand Fl l 
have a fine appearance es ae ih ae oon ng | covered with fruit, an dha : large es Á Aid = =e filled i Gana A fine perper og of colours; and 
pace, l y the Beeches | pulchra and dactylifera. The Palms include a tree | with evergreens, an prrago the r ome a te veal ute 
green. In : 
hear the west end of the terrace, is a Sequoia gigantea | of Seaforthia el i 
(Welingtonia), we ad a gc poa atc some, and other valtable ‘witty My te rt kitchen oa Twr. Tee ee ee eee om 
occasion of a loors, st, b is | are the Cibotium Schiedei; and there is a 
, ery fi O 
. fine healthy tia tree, ànd 3 now about age BE nm ge There are many of the Abutilons, wall 15 fect high, Feat pir of peste ro Be 
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: ams i Eat s fishing lodge on mS te pane of the Oleanders, and a beautiful blue Hovea i P Pateni covered wi ehh i Ode 
Tees an e the Silas AR Pe ea: k. at Ba i. There are likewise many specimens of the long, and runs in a line with the eee to ‘ach we 
e et they are Sek Gn ou raceena, including the nee indivisa ; a fine | have already referred, but th te tate oa 
2 miles long, Rh Dd e the other walks | Loquat, which fruited last year; a fine Daphne, | by a wid 7 as Ga S der oy 
and drives with Rhododendrons, Box, Yew, and other | 10 feet high, and an Acacia Riah š which, has Foe gardener’ show. E E = 
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we ae poren : rnn on of the roof 20 yards line is farther continued by a vinery in 
Near 
into the flower-garden, which, at this Bl u pi il L Fi ered eet | 
the bloom of autumnal semis Mea st se al lalai. gps slr rn uc ne te of at ` this v! a broad border planted with cordon Apple 
isting i i wall is cove wit rees, and a wal ; 
existing were laid out in the year 1859, and the plants of sub-climbing habit, such as Heliotropes, four other Daia Em hen ee ver oh 
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pe ag Pes cation Lg a a iy Hig cc. ee tse e end to the other is a serpentine | as the vineries. First is the Orchid-house in two 
MMs of the tank on which t iA rue which c ts of a perforated cast metal path- | divisions, with a very large and fine collection; and 
a e oe gaat eat f we hissy *pexitifally bordered with Selaginella denticulata. | the line is continued by a succession pinery and a 
eae Be aot rece A Ba Ai A torp A From this corridor, as we have already said, seven | Fern-house, with a rare and fine collection, Next 
eh Peas removed fro ane Auh ar A Tenir Tai = right angles, the first = which at = are Peach-houses and Melon-houses, in four divisions, 
Ba ae vost vest P r altogether, an east en d is e Azalea-house, at present filled w Then comes a fruiting pinery of the same length, in 
as placed t west of the Castle, only a kanrin i as the Azaleas are in the vineries for three divisions, and then there i ston n-roof range of 
quarter of a mile distant, but not within view. The | the purpose of making their growth, but the bloom the sam e length, devoted chiefly pA kir raoe, of 
ey Berlett, Shree tes, Ba is fapad tothe | o é : on was something extraordinary. | early Seaia biii l these houses a with 
e E. slanted ge which will be | In this, asin all the houses, every inch of space is eiklejohn’s cruciform boiler, the heating jer 
en Bt Ee Rie pi t some years since shall | skilfully and carefully utilised by Mr. Knight, Ferns ventilation are perfect. At the north-west corner of 
gro y high to afford shelter. The | and all sorts of trailing plants growing underneath | the garden, outside the is a compost-yard of 
ab If an , encl ze wall, which keeps 
the ul there collected from spreading 
phere it it is aie wanted. and fruit 
, and in the orchard there is a very 
T eG of pear including the Ecklinville, 
Dumnelows Seedling, the Irish Pea at Baldwin, 
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F and of large experience both 
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Y i i Fic. 141,—FLOORS CASTLE; GARDEN FRONT, j their o ket. Ee ee 
yo butter, nay, their dresses gr i apc were su 
> 3 mitted to rigorous prodding w bes and wires ; 
Whole nee sone by the gardens is a square of | the stages, and Maréchal Niel roses covering the men’s pockets were felt and Ok G the recesses o of 
= 12 ac Of the flower-garden there are gables, passing through, and spreading along the | their blouses duly scrutinised. By- d- to 
E about 4 4 ot "u: 4 acres are enclosed by a wall to | roof of the ar T Next to the Azalea-hous my turn. Now, whatever others might have thought, 
_ form the kitchen garden, while there are 3 acres o ofan | avinery, which is in process s of being converted into I considered myself a law-abiding, inoffensive tourist, 
orchard outside the wall, and the remainder i is occu- | a Fig-house, and i iy at present filled partly with Vines disposed rather than other ise to be extra polite t 
Pied by ho | and to some extent with Figs. Next in order is a | the officials, This view of my own acquirements 
the whole north side of the square are heneg vinery planted chiefly with Hiatt Hamburgh Grapes. | evidently did not consort with that of one of the 
in: le rare i What w. p Aard fate? My m 
ad sheds for potting, a ri tools, for frajto. for boiler Next is the tropical al house 
Sh S, for bot In the on by a female with the 
customs sofa 2 
clean, l-ventilated, with a plentiful | Bana ge i wae aS spi whi 
roughly well drained. pi abundantly. The roof is Lee vary fine creepers, 
hav h as Allam gan jpo i ee Thun- 
eae 
Muscat-house, Bei ‘half of hich i is rptsnted Wi with ar 
pr ot verything ne n ie Be 
ack of these houses forms the north wall of the € 
i e i Next i lentlessly—every single article shaken out before the 
cats and the other viR hia Himmat ext is | re grr aa wh sng rity what rel or 
gaz bystan 
ave all sc 0 p eg harpy pounced on 
v bought as a iak for the little 
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walls of Minton man and o: maston e Nectarine, the Noblesse Peach, and had nan a trusted to me by a friend in Ghent to = 
ool and comfortable and Sa the Early Beatrice Peach, Which is a special favourite | to tciative in England. Here, then, was a justifi- 
corridor itself is a gre ere, and which ri fru ly as April 24. | cation of the searcher’s severity. ‘‘ Ces yi gre 
e and val plants. It is chiefly | Standard Peaches are planted along àT hriek could al say they di 
Na of which there are so hous e last to be notice u 
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np mith many ather grace i i T ered with 
a mong these we notice several specimens of | somest climbers incinding the Fibber ayo and 
Rhododendrons, including the fin ebybridet some Tacso' egon la e houses 
Teen r raised n gf then in ip this Seis af and A of exactly the $ same, si oat 
Gms Lee e observe, ewise, a fine sample of the | end opening = he co: they form the nor the ee ead sarments; ànd I wa 
Specim onum, a large Shaddock, very healthy | flower pees Bg of which hem | Siling countenance in fall 
Norfolk Giad. Pines, a plant of te boundary. The flower garden itself is peaatifally 
