Litt ky 
DECEMBER 19, 1874.] 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
783 
— 
one of the most eligible grasses for growing under 
and one of the most desirable for scenic plant- 
in Bice. Doubtless this grass would 
tern counties. In any case, 
Id m oye SEON for 
rred to con- 
collections 
oes, car 
distributed among various institutions in the colony. 
ye Baron is sadly hampered by the fact that rs has 
i roo: 
been reproduced, 
» eera no 
rs cont ay ea 
om the far 
ely, 
u g interet = quoting by our 
it orth acknowledging the 
whence it was dee 
the Report of the Commissioner of 
ure re (United States) for the year 1872, we find 
there are no less than u 
f one, and one 
eral, 
In this ee we boast o 
There is now, in fine condition, in the con- 
Hatfield, Hert d cimen of 
n being crampe 
BENNETT, whens at Enville, stated his srona 
treatment of = Luculia in the Gardener. 
onicle of June 11, 1870. 
a I z Ato. 32) of the prereni. volume of 
| Gan Be 7 re 2 
sotrd, toget ether with some notes as as to its 
:almost identical with those given at the € re- 
ove, have, we learn, recently been received at 
um from Mobile, Alabama. This fruit, 
Denes in the Spain on 
, which, however, om pe 
much as it is stated in OLIVER’S Flora of 
than the “ Sooly Qua, ” and 
=== The eng plants are mom flowering in 
TYERMA in Cornwall :—Jasminum 
a 
otek oF HY | 
BRITISH GARDENERS.—VIII. 
HOMAS SPEED. 
Mr. THOMAS SPEED is o 
of the soil erin by priictical Skill, 
camar a hi 
en 
igh position: ni British 
He was born at Abingd 
om 
Abin ngdon Hall; and at a early age the 
occupied in assisting his father in the” pe depart- 
ment, wher e he remained 
that period on 
exhibitors wi, by their splendid examples 0 ork 
made the Lon 
oO 
$8 
ops 
tne 
aaah mere of t e Sat ee of plants 
arge at word 
-To "1852 Speed was fortatiité neh to be engaged 
by Mr. William ae son as a journeyman in the 
kitchen garden at Wrotham Park, and, after -p ra 
that nome for twelve pro 
b 
advanced to phere 
—so 
e to 
agaid of ability ia 
eserved 
reer of one of the best of modern gar- 
1 
pract 
“different geologi 
n horticultu: 
infiuence i is much ‘greater than is imagined by many 
cultivat 
Edwar ee 
8: “Mr. S = a engaged as gardener to Sir 
a 59 Bat. Berry Hill, Mansfield, Notting- 
until 1868, during 
of the select band of | 
of those cultivators | 
have won for 
gar- | 
lon, in Cambridge- 
as lighter r in character 
respondent—we believe, Mr. Ingram, 'of Belvoir— 
describes them as ‘“‘surpassing in size and 
excellence all ever before been grown in the 
midland districts.” Another, Mr. Ayres, writes, that 
Mr. S ’s Grapes at the present time (Feb., 1866) 
will bear comparison with those produced by the 
gro in England ; he has not only quality but he 
has quantity ; and all i cellent condition, . 
h as in a forty years’ experience wpa hone 
eI 
equa oa and never excelled in the end 
e same Vines Mr. raang Pasiepoes: in the same 
lows 
00 
Vines at Sir Edward Walker's ype t admiring 
aea nd their wonderful productions, ep about, 
ourse, through the liberality of t wner, and 
the “skilful management ener, 
In 1868 Mr. Speed was appointed to ‘th charge of 
the ee apr at Chatsworth, these of his Grace 
the Duke of Devonshire, and th: is management of 
these apami res wort ayes Bey that of his predecessors, 
the descriptive notes pu us in our volum 
for 1873 (pp. 648, fis; 1238), and for 1874 (ii., 
p. 291), ample testimony, displa 
of Pitcher-plants in the Amhe is some- 
thing marvellous ; and as a feature Rio! acknowledged 
improvement which comes from nd, may 
en ome raised beds with Ivy-covered 
ssc introduced on the stretch of la lying between 
was apparent 
is - princely 
ao mre the baldness 
there. To some of 
garden we hope to revert ert shortly. 
Home Correspondence 
Plants for Table Decoration.—Probabl 
selection i pianis y in the tabl Fait 
ha tition in e table 
ere and i 
at the C. 
durability, video = ‘ther ay 
leaves appear t tage. C Weddel- 
liana is one of e y best plants for this work, and 
w oug collection, Its 
light and elegant leaves it a universal favourite. 
mzedorea gram stinifolia, next to the above is one of 
the best, rath erin eed ; hn 
a more s ) ing, is very 
pretty. Areca lutescens is a useful Palm, being 
of a more y constitution than K 
Kentia australis is a splendid kind, of a pleasing 
S of green, plant for a 
table where three monorops fissus 
makes a fine t for a centre, and iš a 
ful P. but requires a higħer temperature 
T foregoing. E ié edulis is a beautiful Palm in 
mall state when grown in 3-inch pots, with a 
a very 
dender stem espe ye ng its 5 of ace nha S — 
well in the centre of se 
aera is a distinct an onpas iehi Riáphis ‘label. 
lifor when grown a single stem, makes a 
Oreodoxa regia is tall but very light and 
elegant ; "apd cene plano table with flowers 
at the base. > piirama kind, look- 
ret s E i E nes. 
Ta Ayk d Car of all Fan Palms pa e purpose; 
useful kind. : Sea- 
character than the 
is a well Eoi variety; 
