Marc 17, 1860. | THE GARDENEPS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 241 
side, and the ype of the jin the 1 middle of. the o] open ‘space is a noble fountain, | 
| te erminating with a i beautiful 3 raceme of scarlet flowers, 
rth 
kee 
ts of the eastern front are covered | around ch Shad beds of y ly with th 
ree apartments, of Ivy, from mipagit which Roses | arranged whole is planted with Geraniums foli t plants under ocak = 
d flowering creepers peep ou ut intervals— | arranged th correct taste and producing an excyulstte Aii. house is flaws ed almost exclusively to 
th gay, Ivy, it may be re Enkie Joke ng effect. Crossing to the other side and ascending by | the. cltvation of Orchids, and it contains a superb 
; eioi contrast to the sombre Solont r of the more | tortuous and somew ed stairs over the débris of | collection of admirably grown specimens. The house 
pe + and broad-leaved vari he walls of th e | former ruins, w re partially and appropriately | is y Pfs a vite stage. yore rivet. are 
te at the entrance point are some well-trained | planted on either hand with e beautiful small t etain water ; e white 
healthy Moor P: Apricots, wl re growing freel ave aster, EE eA relie ved by t e stiff pebbles are placed on which the pots i pra apes: E 
and producing excellent crops of fine fruit, and on a | form of so each Tpi 1 wate er. The ere a 
western projection on the same side some noble | the depressed summit of the ancient keep, Shis ms is 40 | also man 
specimens of Genoa and Turkey Fig trees turf wad is 450 feet in circumference. pots and the interstices ofthe 
peci nw rae auty and wonder pre- | faaeers were covered w om a ‘kind of white Spha 
portion of the wall; __ these are annually Tade 
Here a scene of unexpected bea 
tion. a the western side of the entrance consisting of 72 symmetrical beds 
of ibe heated with -hpt water ; 
range trees 
at 
ted, noble examples of ga Gia nt and 
in the centre is a pann | panel garden re ip ed fine, which has a very clean and ex ingly 
appearar nce. We noted some pron specimens of 
an ui 
it A Agee A filled with a choice vollection Milto onia Clowesii, Oncidium sessile and Lancéanum, 
and | plants, surrounding a large vase of Gothic riei gay Cattleya labiata, Angræcum caudat and virens, 
riiden with, . The terrace by which it is encircled i is fe the former remarkable for its Adjei tails; Cypri- 
buds; } 1 villosum, and many ers, all -finely culti- 
se was ruin surrounds it, over which the broad- vated.* The front plate and some portions of the roof 
Japan lowed ep has fully establi shed its claim to ramble at nt 
w 
Lilies were very conspicuous. On tl 
work between the upright sashes in front, Fo 
rtune’s 
On the side of the panel there are stan- 
it flowers; th 
fafa flowering very freely. vel are several seats, invitingly stivacie’s after so | than usual. 
The terrace is faced by a wall of great fagis, on the | steep an ascent t the beauties of th s delight Proceeding onwards to the forcing garden 
fomee ne ot which fruit trees are train ed. The rr cat ed ful plac On ithern side the ruin stands |t stern end, we have a singularly beantifal 
parapet, w. rises some nnbroken to a still greater height of some 20 feet; w over the low grounds immediately in front, 
is jee with Ivy intermixed with oe Fuchsias, | here a nd the ere are sev era 1 opes napr from which views|and through the trees into the distant Ia 
and a multitude of other floweri ng pane which pro. ntry. There is z o a| scape; th entrance form centre 
duce a charming effect; Re Ms. oo has taken | large ine, aes as “t were, by the smoke|of the middle distance at the extreme end of the 
possession of its summit, “and its flowers ia of a very of but yesterday. on tl of the old s a glass 
decided an contrast a nirabiy with the foliage} The view fa the western side of the terrace into | structure which has recently been planted with Vines, 
the 
wee of a broad and open si 
a b 
which is usy throng; somewhat to ther 
grey ey tinier of ae. ieh church, 
is the and n 
at hand on the left Are so edars, aa 
tately C 
os of mich a symmetrical 
e 
pa s seen to advanta; 
latter the Poin ms: cighbodting villa. The 
whole, backed as as they are ós the e siia 
hills and their T Binet for of 
"From the and in 
os Filin + 
SHE a 
flow: 
EE 
Surrey, 
gr 
egrets is altogether unrivalled of its kind. Near|the roots depending entirely for eens on the 
i co i in t 
ti k h 
erections of the Conservative Building Society. In the 
Alton 
ew distance the 
and fosse commence, and are continued r 
eet Bos the palace ; oo 
and to the 
offices at the pen side, at a distance of something | 
è than 110 Troa of 
4 
wall 
= 
idly 
vow 
itself; ; it is 
Te 
wall g m4 = “entire lengths Sae da the great hall—a noble apartment 50 
foni w are ined ; far ben h, 31 
the eye, pe raca toa rnd ible distance i 
directions, a vast. co ion of red roofs present 
e 
feet in | of the house. On the lower embankment, which ‘is 
forcing garden 
lë à 
pproaching maturity. There is a perpen- 
were fas 
valley stretches forth | dicular hira light immediately under the back 
fertile oy Tare enlivened and enriched by the} plate, which very materially in ingi 
forward the crops of Beans and Strawberries 
are grown on ae ia the Pine bed Te the 
i winter months. ext house is dev 
ed. 
cultivation at Cocumbers, aye is 30 feet by 12 pa it 
heated hot presents the same 
em 
is 
of a s gnaet park presents general A the. The ‘stove, e ore 
in extent and of unev f 
as 
orcing variety is usually grow the winter. 
e 3 
surface, e, delightfully eee iai beat ar ge 0 ‘See The forcing garden at Farnham Castle has lng beon 
is admirably laid ou 
pes cia" 
of the building, cna ‘tt reaches nearly to 
the central point ; from thence it has been lowered we 
seeming level entirely round the base of the ancient 
eop his we a = fa polygonal form, origin flanked | 
wit since demolished, a tom the} 
materia th obtained a double embankment has been | 
o! the exterior walls, the | 
k te n side of these sweeping walls 
po: by 
terrace, suita y seabed with vases and ites 
ornaments. The iio commences at hed eastern 
ed o 
e terrace along the 
belonged to the castle, but this was 
e foreground | famous for the production of this particular fruit 
-|wi gpa ais poll ni of “Lelmion Cedar ES rmer r ardane used to on the amount of hi 
d wth 3 y | cess in this not thE ubdal 
a stately avenue e of Elms nearly mile in length, the | tion by- the brace; tat Ba ie ‘ 
end of which directly faces the keep of the palace. inches, fe a so nt and as the season 
|In the middle distance a noble herd of deer , vanced his figures assumed a 
grazing, and the i ced of these glorious scenes of | nor has their cultivation in ‘any. Pf 
loveliness was just ooded with the light of | other hands, The next house i is a n-roofed structure 
> | golden noontide. setae park of 3000 acres formerly | in two divisions ; it is 68 feet in in length and 16 Pept in 
b The 
Act of Faclemens during the reign of Charles II. eastern division has a walk up its: e, and re space 
Descending par hops A me ruins t! Oi either side is varied and enlivened with 
ese form: object er at its well- | pieces of sa er hich a very excel- 
parte colona fn “ae g lent collection of Ferns and Mosses is yed to much 
pow 
hogramma and Cheilanthes scotia 
excellent effect oe wit closely ‘nee upland lawn advantage the golden and silvery ered specics of 
escription o ym 
bare 
t of the walls and h til it 
end of|—a descri we can scarcely | Gym 
hope to have s raian L iy a plant whatever | ieo" ar or PP neem og 
to insinua 
I | There isa isa jet of water 
pn 
ments in 
the western ps thus forming a delightful promenade, 
from which new views are obtain into the distant 
very f penatia ints with hk 
a: 
amongst these were upri ht Cypress 56 foot in 
es macrostachya, rsh h Yews, variegated Acers, 
cts of interest. A ae 
noms were very ery conspicuous ; the latter was er tae ly | ni 
Sovered with singularly-shaped orange-eolour eo 
aa many spi ikes of flowers, and co: 
it is adorned; 
soles exam on of Pam Grow Jast then throwin 
p! mpas g | Ceo} 
admirably 
on the ts right hand side, and > riari this is a most 
to 
in height, ere house; every plant seemed ' in 
devoted 
the As arid t health. The other division is 
cea to had cultivation of Orchida- 
may the great h the ther ‘Shanta, „Fine specimen mmon placa ed as as in the other Oren hoia which can‘ ra 
old specimens of Peach, a S 1 water when required, a and a sand bed 
cellent condition, and i in no season y they ied to| ae walks, and their gay flowers seemed to enliven the | oceupies “thie “centre of this stove. It contained some 
x p very of fruit, | dark green of the Aher plants, more ehpectally the | noble examples of Dendrobes, Cattle leyas, Cologyne, 
and this, oo, without the aid of any spri as vei ing or | sombre tints of the Ivy, with which the walls of | Oncids, and many other beautiful aria the rare 
of any kind. The elevated situation ar | Grammato’ ‘oe multiflorum was a n a of 
thickness of the biick walls ( The plant he es are in three divisions The first | attraction. A fruiti ting plant i ‘the ‘Crud Musa 
fee hiny assigned as the cause ¢ econ is devoted -i the display of plants in flower; it | occupied the western e frames and 
the ill effects of f early frosts, which are regenera 5 contained many excellent specs of. well-grown | two of brick pita complete the Barir cing cor. 
pari cia to b The an piots o FA Benga nin which were many noble | veniences in these grounds, and th y are £ 
adm nE th tikverting these tt tm- of Achime co with doe of Mahon: Piles iad ie -awberries, and the 
bankments they imbibe no ure, nor are Gerani iums, ean and a i orcing of vegetables and flowers. | so some 
maser deetod to periodical a -yard | other gay plants, the whole being intermixed with | turf and boarded pits for the proti of beddin 
manure; are under Saat ae most | Ferns and other fine-foliaged plants, a | plants in the spring and late autumn nc eg 
serable the ction of well-m sac- | ch . A single stem of the best kinds of |” The eastern si a partial screen of Rhodo- 
matter, the test of al i good f uit, “iad this | Fuc trained up and their |dendrons and other evergreens, to break alike 
to be the aim Off Evei ealtivato hes loaded wit a|the violence of the storm or hide “any uritight- 
from ess ma = of the pleasure 
the easte rner of the terra 
alk at the foot of the ancient. the terrace bythe 
side a flower. he form 
,acden somewhat in t 
Maltese cross; it on gay with flowers and the 
co) 
Were very well con contrasted ; here May’s variety 
Calceo winter 
rugose laria endured the cold of last wint 
A E The left hand side of the walk w rdéeed 1 
Oth a row of ro select | m 
kinds, which were ere 
the left 
cf a 
lours | 
gorgeous ap 
lin 
the middle house i is a stove, and contained many = 
specimens; wi 
ra walks of 1 
S wills which separates 
the cae garda ee ited othe keep, 
faced on the e garden side h rustica ted sand-ston 
tid ing and w 
va ety interesting @ a = ae fine ives of 
reset m margina 
n- 
attraction. 
of the int 
mana iat tettleny s $ and op 
also very peen Ses cers on whieh Rex co 
| miranda, Reichenheimii, maculata, and spl endida w 
probably the best. C hea 
medullaris, A 
pas Caladiums, Echites, a few Palms, aa 
and similar plants formed the 
l attractions of this interesting 
“proc 3 and cross beams of the roof were covered 
oF Goatees ble cae 
The viole of these ietiehefol grounds has 
remodelled b the present Lord ape a Winchester, - 
in such matters, as as fondness. 
for rare and beautifal plants, are val pet . The 
assemblage. 
Dendrobium 
* We understand that at the moment Den baa 
the ths, 
present 
densiflorum is showing about 50 spikes of bloom ; another 
and D. Farmeri 2 spikes, with bulbs 18 inches bigh and 
h' 3 inches in circumference, 
