THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 12, 1874, 
ndicular rock, the summits of which 
o high in the world frequently throw cold eile 
li ie Aeri ase oe ixt such there 
really is no com In the one we behold the 
rugged ntindear of Nature’ s most lofty get: on the 
other we have beauties, adorned y, by the 
om 
asperit o spe 
once bleak districts more continuously « enjoyable, 
nown to all who 
m: s i 
his is generally Aapa 
effect of producing rapid growt 
ion of the veget 
peko ‘of rapi series a only to be more perish- 
able when felled and seasoned, but less icaid to 
withstand the effects of eithuane cold whilst in a grow- 
ing sta This is correct be far as applies to timber 
in the former state, an en converted into use ; 
for the Oak produced in this part is said to ben 
Yet this by no means appears to apply to growing 
ing more especially the Contin nd Tax 
e they grow magnificently in the sheltered saa. 
toes attaining Lg “hg equal to anything in 
time, and not apparently suffering 
one severest winters, for here may be 
seen Araucarias and Deodars, with ‘numbers of other 
trees similar in their powers of resisting cold, perfect 
in every branch down to the turf on whi ey rest, 
that passed unscathed through the winter of 
when hundreds were either killed outright or injured 
beyond recovery in localities where the frost no 
= e 
observ: n upset our calculations. 
Belsfield is situated at the end T the lake, the man- 
sion is built on the high groun some distance Se 
i . Nothing of its kind could be fine 
t on ie 
ve posed of a 
ed with the Aian 
the ground and flower- 
ing profusely, but not objectionably interfering with, 
nor distracting the eye from, the views which e xtend 
e distan 
the house i is a corridor 12 feet in 
- raa pact very ARS 2 = m " 
Fuchsias, so e fine E, of Ca 
intermixed 
a pyramidalis, 
with Palms and other foliage plants ; on 
the roof, in fine condition, are at, ag rosea and 
acsonia Van Volxemii, The centre bed of the con- 
servatory is filled with elias, planted out; 
-Brugmansias, A xX ia Sie- 
boldii, &c., intermixed with the usual summer-flower- 
ing plants, whic ding below, and on a level with 
the eye, pome a good efi baskets 
mg 
y and very 
improved its appearance without shading the other 
plants to an injurious extent. From the roof are 
several pendent Passifloras, but ae overcrowded, 
in ton aded by a commodious 
tiled path, bounded by a pe “Bat table on which 
gon ett sees bie ee 
x conservatory, traversing the terrace 
- BE come to the end of the mansion facing the lake, 
in which reer Sor m the accom- 
panying view (fig. a 
tremely fine. the terrace, fom 
eed the 
nd slopes y y tires the 
irregularly flanking the open vistas of closely s 
e see interspersed some splendid examples of 
coniferous and deciduous trees, Hollies a nd flowerin 
shrubs, which grow here with a vigour that can scarcely 
be . At the part of the poke ost dist 
from the dwelling, and ri by a circuitous path, is 
wer garden, sheltered and w ted, See 
very gy w without being gaudy—a edna not e 
where assing the mansion 
come to a walled-in garden, a portion of = wall 
is covered with young Pear and Cherry tre There 
is here fa a the south a new lean-to Peach -hitise 
ine containing such kinds as Late 
n de Venus, it being found neces- 
w all, “inelnding these vo 
the necessary soiyng of the 
oach a oted to Ferns 
the latter onsi principally 
owering ; 
Ferns, Lycopodiums, and Jar e-leaved T 
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range is filled with t 
winter e MoPar plants in cultivation—Poinsettia 
a and Celosia, Me Be ell done, the latter 
a South of the kingdom, 
things for winter cutting 
t months, its beau- 
d 
oted to the growth of early c thes Sin peer 
sheltered sat sloping down nicely to t 
eav winen aeaa 
ne roofed and loft e gm are some turne 
out in the border and others in pots. is not over- 
light, jat ig ot the odito of the plants, it seems 
to E them 
m this we come to where the principal ranges 
articularise. The first we 
enter is a Peach-house 60 feet long, with a front trellis 
and back wall planted. The gor eer in this 
house are Early York, Magdalen al George. 
Adj ae is niket Peach- serene 45 feet i in length, 
sim Bees to the last, planted with Barrington Peac 
and Violette Hâtive Nectarine. In continuation is 
another 45 feet house, planted with Royal G 
Peaches and E Nectarines. h 
tank in each of these 
cessary labour a suficient supply for u 
head and at the roots of this fruit, Without cet it is 
useless to took for aiuhanney ae crops, any part of 
the front trellis in these ony where the space was 
t pti with the trees, Tomatos so grown, 
which also will not answer vont f-doors her 
Next are the Pine-houses, 45 a an I 45 feet, filled 
with fruiting and succession plan The sorts are 
ueen, Charlotte Rothschild, Black Jamaica, and 
Smooth Cayenn 
of teat 4 
lew ot which we may 
house 40 feet ‘goes Bev 
e last wee ee A pool 7 in May. They consist 
lack sat ai hand Foster’s Seedling. The crop 
ca middle of ibe nan the house then 
filled “yi soc, pac 
Next nery, similar in si sy contai 
Hamburgh, “Mil Hill, and Golden per 
crop in this house was good and well-coloured—the 
Golden Champion fine in colour, with no apparent 
trace of cracking. The border is covered with 2 feet 
of litter when the house is started, over which are 
am tie which are moved as soon as the fruit 
begins to co 
Adjoining is s a similar vinery 
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for late Grapes: the 
sorts ady Downe’s, ieee and Mus- 
cat o ‘Alexi dria ce psy wore-canies good crop, 
and ome off well. The border is Sontade and in, 
the oot planted inside, 
crop ; they are only allowed 
in thickly a couple of fruit each, but the plants are put 
in thickl 
° 
are several small houses, each oe na to 
x Such as winter Cucu 
Ixoras, Palms, Marantas, Crotons, Dracænas 
d ns, and some very large plants of Dendrobiu i 
== 
nobile. ed h 
joining, 36 feet by 18 feet, is well filled with Boe 
pinnata, a Hedaromas, Choroz Daphne 
indica, Pimeleas, Epacris  Statices, Dis 5. 
reader and Aphelex i ophyllums 
The span-roofed hard-wood 
The Azale house is sienilae' in size to the last, isalso 
ee: and is.filled with pyramidal trained 
r plants of " kinds, such as 
Chelboti, icin Iveryana, Duke vonshi 
isa span- roofed bonia 54 feet by 18 feet, 
principally used for mowing lants ns 
decoration, suc Monochætums, Plumbago ca 
sis, Fuchsias, e hundreds of rpurea, 
so 
mn-flow ering Rochea fa 
Som pits near are filled with young poai for 
cant yea s forcin 
Stand ing ¢ outside on beds of ashes were such hpa 
bers of a n and w _ flowering plants as can 
only be found room for where there is a ve 
ern of glass to accom homo them 
sist of autum inasin ering 
Calla æthiopica, Azalea 
themum: 
well 
am s, Chrpsan 
s, and similar thin: nok soem existing, but 
— 
Adjoining is a moderate-sized siz fruit garden, 
filled” with dwarf PP les and Pears, Plums, Straw- 
berries, and bush frui 
succeed the best ati are M Loui ouise 
of Jersey, Williams’ Bon Chrétien, and Beurré Diel, 
rden lies at a short distance further away, ona 
culinary vegeta 
ny one visiting “thi is place, and who has a know. 
ledge of the routine in ga 
to notice the efficient m 
meopta 
well ca 
pe matter that deserves especial — | 
time when we hears 
i 
Ther arh 
notice, and particularly so at a 
much a 
rie 
the brite etéation § but here Mr. Schneider ber 
a thoroughly good ines hatik, with ampli 
This is 
ought to be, 
called bothies are swept away the better, hs Bent 
Alera GARDEN WALLS? 
Nov t the season has pe for 
—— alin, If t 
maged or covered with lichen, as is freq 
oe 
thoroughly and neatly stopped with 
or good stone-lime — but the f 
able, as mortar is apt to be injured by 
once the trellis i is on, te: re ll cannot be n | 
venience or rating as grer M wires, 
easi ree ained ay 
of test "eon rama ced an inch 
from the and the other pa close to the 
when a difference of sever 
oad 
the bricks 
us red bricks 
a 
ar Penhes and Nectarines, 
I much prefer a diamond or 
o having wires s orizo: 
latter the side shoots of ad f iy 
an- 
run a considerable length before cross 
as to admit of their being tied, th necessitate 
gar 
slope facing the south, well adapted for the growth of 
br. Mr. Chaplin, inl department being 
t better habitations for the people, and je 
ough for anything save the lo west of 
uld be driven hometo A 
egroos will be forh | 
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