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Sepete 1, 1860.) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAE GAZETTH, 795. 
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matter h n carried out with admirable effect, | slowly, and deliberately, but inevitably ; “and in the long 21. Verbena Defiance, Purple K King, and Golder“ 
while he Da chown not „the slightest indication. of | record of the OAA, histery, the whole Feith period; | Chain Geranium. 
neglee mn, C unts bnt as terday. The h 22. Dahlia Zelinda, Cineraria maritima, and Prince ' 
on essential difference ‘of structure or fruct: law, however, a is o be motion an gress; i 
He: has „ however, relied, on his own yr ae se nt | has been is not to be.. Climates and asipi grow ‘old ‘On a border against the wall was the new panel 
only,. but pi been kin nal assisted by Sondar a and and pass away they are but the Cio ng of tl f beddi It was this panelling especially last 
Lenormand; and he is indeb rebiss Eternal, year which took people by surprise. 
Walker Arnott, and $ Ww. Archer, for revising Pgh fkr The first border, T feet. long, has at its back a row 
list of the Desmidiaceæ and AE ser to w he Ga rden Memoranda. of Glendinning’s Seedling Geranium. Another raw. of 
has s paid himself less attention than to ERA families Flower of the e Day, ta its nga and next comes the 
t can | „„ AROHERFI AND DIRLETON Casts Gar ground-work, feet wide, of Purple Kin 
be cut up for ee while hides ‘copy ell sé ve as These are situated on the coast of the vir of Verbena, piling "tus Soi length of border, an 
Forth, within a mile or two of North Berwick, |in front of this is a row of ae plants of Flower 
|in the east oh of East Lothian or Haddington-| or the Day in bloom. The panels are inserted or 
Guide to Conf Castle isn is an ee shire, about 24 miles from Edinburgh, a locality i indented as it were in the groundwork, and consist o 
ae SAAE to the Tra aveller in Dorsets hire, and «jg| Which may be said to. be the Devon of Scotland, aen O rilliant, alternately 
very early and fertile. These gardens, together with a | About 5 feet apart, with a nice Irish Yew in the centre 
town and fortress in Great Britain. The pe valuable estate surrounding them, belong to the Hon. of each panel. This makes a charming picture. Bu 
ts it to the public with confidence that ‘it will | Lady, Mary C. Nesbit Hamilton, who with great gene- the o ther bo rder is eyen be tter. _ OF this Lobelia 
rosity throws them open to the public once or twice a les’ Variegated. 
Pree’ = 
vet (with a favourable reci pe on, because, although he McA ae 
is conscious it is marked defects, he feels ka | week, and judging from the number of visitors (nearly | Geranium figures largely in the de As a whole 
has done his utmost to Ari a really ‘useful hand- |500) one day last. week, we think that this kindness is | the effect A egs arrangement is excellent. Behind’ 
book, in strict accordance with sags dds te duly apprecia the Horn ge lies a fine bow! wling 
A Faek ; Dirleton Castle, which = long been in ruins, is said'l nd to the re Pre af aie splendid flow. dere 
but me facts of histo ory is drawn pos om ete, omwell, and never to have.) Grass, digg some very fine plants of Araucaria Deodor, 
sources; everything that could be ascertaine d, by ate repre since. 4 gr oo deal of it is still af eaten | Cupressus, Yews, &e. Asin ad kea hina nies 
perspnal i aaa 7 and careful research has mantled with Ivy, | The larger: of two -flow r gar and boy pry ‘and sta about 20, with 10 v. 
investi i 1 condi 
trai irai rh i% careful notes made whilst viewing ge tage from the, eminence on which they stand. The The 9 or 10 beds on the north side were like the 
scenes they describe. To one feature of this volume he larger, one is in Box—the smaller ; an Grass. Let, S19 or 10 on the south side; with this difference, 
begs toinvite the attention of the public mo: whe ed that Bijou took, on the th, the place 
aye The “venerable Palac ace Fortress of Corfe has |by a wall ¢ overed wiva My rte Ag ee s, Camellias, | which Mangles’ took on the south. 1. Alyssum and 
eve nor even with | Jasmines, and Puchsias, and 0 e Glycine sinensis run- | Tohelia speciosa. On either side of this was a hed 
tolerable correctness. The author has. here Tau: his ning along the hg? of the wall Just andes the coping for | flled with Punch Geranium and aurea floribunda, 
its to bear in. the illustrati GO yards, On the other side of the garde is a high | Calceolaria, Next central bed is filled: with 7 
of perh aps the most “interesting and valuable example Hornbeam he ay prome oe round it is 7 feet | floribunda and Geranium Brilliant. 5 and : 
f British stronghold in the empire, = he trusts that | Wide; the w alks between. the beds are 5 feet;.a light- | full of Mangles’ Geranium, and Lobelia specicsa. 
p pag desgeintions i in thes ap y of the. work, and coloured sea gravel is used for the walks. The m S e make a.first-rate bed, but for. ee Bijou 
ced: plan and gloss ect nable the most | 14 prodigiously large beds strike the visitor the| is better. Variegated Geraniums and Lobelias go well 
incering ques» moment he enters. Some are 60 yards in me ae r, ogether. 7. Trentham Rose Geranium and Alyssum: 
tions to TE Sdi and enjoy as poria features of | Some 30 yards, most of them about 50. Tast year some |'g, Golden Chain and Baron Hugel Geraniums. 9 ang 
ae and aid a learned to a more perfect andj Were planted with Verbenas along, and took 1000/10. Purple King and Cerastium tomentosum, For 
review of them.” Although this is the anthora plants. This year evéry bed has three cone o — effect these two beds would be hard to beat. 
ji a we kan it, because it seems a per- and colours, and one uniform system i Archerfield House and Hike a gardens are about 1 
feet fair Sminia. of the manner. in ich Mr, | Viz acentre, a stripe, binds DOGen The border i is foot | [mile distant from Dirleton. ouse is large but 
Brannon has fulfilled his s taug, te Me tle yangon op wide, the stripe 1 foot or thereabouts, and of’ course the | plain- looking ; Pie kitchen "gardens are extensive and 
paes Pe views of ee are, propag iiye the. hothouses are three b 
of thi amen PETE SpA res hed. T In the centre stands an ornamental pti to give} bor have ee Panel style again. 
wth , whose experience as an. Bac ri amar be je sap- | zeres ima ehg to the oye tig oe to the oe bei hal ion is iy pie t wide. The back row i 
. have-rendered him an. authority. Ent y, the north doo following are the con- | of Holly poe: next Zelinda. Dahlias, another row of 
tnt ofeach bed in success Sei: hear Cineraria maritima, and then comes, the ground 
“Brilliant” Geranium for centre, stripe of Purple | work of Tom 52 a ngage 10 feet 
a rag bordered’ with Alyssum and Cerastium ant a angles Geranium for front row. ne 
von s here, ane consist of a plant of P tener 
ntre ae la 5 taken of shti Chain Geranium elegans i in Saatte, next Yellow Calceolarin and Purple: 
The Tweeddale Prize Essay on the Rainfall, by 
Text sE onia ieman d is a pamphlet of 51 pages, 
forming the prize essay offered by t the Ma argui ess of 
Tweeddale for the _ bes e questio: wit 
hether ern | Ge 
ts Baron, Huge j Verbena, Between the panels is a parallelogram 
ium, with Lob ae oF tower of the e Day. ; SPPE 
area s fri firo borders side of thisare poe 
F 58 yards in iteamferenes, with oe tat, the back row pidak of Hollyhoe so second ow 
sl tina Re to Or K und ane WA uot ie Emig ia Ma Gerda jie ae ond Peep 
- je or d; and a new Vi ë els Ger: rilliapt e 
cai Sane estion hes so loosely, Mr. Jamieson’s | eae of Buccleuch,” for bor ey oe, the ae “ate pa anim iap and Purple 
reply is waifilcient, if the meaning of the yi Seedling is an enormous trusser, and bright scarlet: ordi i a e worth: oing a great: 
etmay, So Da To = ba ce oe s it | 4., This 5 60 A ds in tudes,” we and most | pv to Fiy e. en ba à Pe, 
wider — cation, ange of | gorgeous—Yellow Calceolaria in centre, banded’ with} Steppi to th f hothouses at the west 
nquiry should have ie “instit bated. say a Perilla, Nankinensis, and bordered with Tom Thumb door Ki ys, A dat i E oO ms energies are, nar 
over ~ lee we oDeerved t that a gir v devoted | Geranium, s | expended out-doors. "The first house is 65 feet long and» 
to Caus sof Kariatiang Clima onfess to 5. One of is of | planted with Vines from eyes last year, some now in’ 
dleappointine ment dwarf Dalhilias, Ai arderet wh sore of ka ie bearing. The Vines that are to bear permanently are 
in three Pages, Si balt of Pica ter ip fol- | Geranium and Vi be “Hien not allowed to fruit this year; but between these were 
igno which in fruit and will be 
lowing quotation 6. He planted 
ay teaches us wonderful aedi have| 7. Verbena venosa, Gorman “Shatin age A removed when the crop is cut. The Vines, to 
taken pla ae climate. and white Mint. This eran a good one. here are Lady Downe’s Seedling wit West “St 
Scoresby found et Portis showin ng i impresions of tro-| 8 tg am os. vl oe m, Verbena venosa, bor- | Peter's, The” sotona aer whi E to be a 
pieal plants; and here e, in OnB- untry, we find | dered’ with Tropæo ma mford ia ‘Tropwolums | house, has present i Vines. A: w id 
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ea land of. Palms.and | answer tr caret en Eor brilliant effect, Vinery | “4 Hamburgi and -g Sweet Wat 
Cocoa-nn a with ery phn pir orog the 
branches; ate a apother,, the. seat of ie glaciers and, and Lobelia speciosa. A’ Cia ‘bed 
perpetua __ 10. Mange? Vari riége ted Geranium, "parole King and 
heard but the he Ver 7 A most y Beautifal bed! Miscellaneous. 
of the northern, foe. ‘Tha passage 4 mae xtreme ‘11. Mrs, Holford Vidette Geranium, Cerise Unique, | ae Fishes,—In Sir Emerson Tennent’s “ Ceylon” 
the: other. was doubtless .very ag lL; indeed, we; ie and Verbena Bi find the following oe ng the musical sounds or w 
proof that the rigorous nme of the arit, periode eaae | 1. Agera ratuin, Cineraria maritima, and G | in Ch 
y ees, and di i 
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Lake, a silt-water creek: close y Battico! 
| op the cart shores of ‘Coy on: —“ T distinctly hola 
fı 
é o 13. T rAMA Shrubland Superb, Mangles’ Variegated, 
of animals flourished: and decayed, The and Lobelia speciosa tl fa 
canse of these mighty changes is ne wrapped: in obse 14, Perilla, Yellow, Calceolaria, and Verbena St. | ie ations of a wine ptt: whien its rim is pya 
rity, but : to have had som ppnertion with the Margaret. “wet finger. It was not one sustain che ut a mul 
sion, of land. on water Whole conti-|. 15, eh bed! is jie round, and is filled: with | Sagi tiny, sounds, each clear and distinet in itself; 
ik, mou anges e been Meie- n and venosa, bordered, with treble ig with | c 
e snow-line, Aad eae bares again, | Ma one nium. lying the e 
T alone r Tena a, set of, islands poe yy Lares i aa yaris on linie ei p te n vil = wasg 
7 Pk vi yard ‘he s0 
thee te ae oe thodawn | 1, Ava Day, Purple King, and’ Tro- ap Rat erty 
narrow limits. Indeod. itis stil a Vrs re Verbena ven osa, aei, and' Miss Trotter Ver-| in particu auc ae and: occasion 
perceptible — has’ bee! nhair Tko sanu = Perhaps the most chaste’ and pretty bed‘in the’ hearing of the m al 
sti à 
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er, 
he. ; pria ri hat original loca otalt; ee di 
wrod min the days of Moses, + m. for. centre, Miss Sere and Lobelia Will yo out readers oblige me by comparing this 
imita of the Olive, the Vine, ne, and the Raia cose Tag eS Ho Ciasem aa “bests E published; of Musical Pishesin a 
to bethe same as they wi years: rs ago; and:as | wherever Miss Trotter Verbena and. T 4 sA 
even. a slight alteration woul affect t he ripening of | are act the effect is good: We have no eet ail Shea ary, be “A part E ioni c g fig fo om the 
».Wẹe cannot suppose, m i change, to, ye | to T Tt likes ‘a very -rich oh which, = H promontory in Salsette patted ns s Neat’ 3 Ton e,” to 
occurred. Seedtime and harvest: hay, remained the | ge np dt “We saw it on the sa near Sewree, were, about sunset, struck by ‘hearing 
Same, $0 fär as wé can discover, nejther bas:the e vintage da h Dalkeith PE where it Aa tet cone ively, “et long distinct sounds like the pr vaeni E 
varied, All things mias to bias similar. climatic With striking effect. of a distant Seg the dying eadence Eolian 
ar. o Ce: Tek this. apt “90, Crimson. Stocks, very fine; Alyssum and Miss bs the note of a pitch-pipe or vital. ‘en, or any 
% be: wondered: at for- the gronh world:clocki move: s | rotter, a very good bed: r long- Arari ont musical’ note. It was, ab first 
