January SI, 1865. ] 



JOUKNAL 01' HOBTICULTTJEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



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large mound of eai'tli thi-own up a considerable height and 

 covered with. Rhododendrons, entirely hides the kitchen 

 garden from the mansion and the principal pai-ts of the 

 pleasure grounds. The wall is flanked with a broad ribbon- 

 bordei', and beginning at the back there were four or five 

 rows of Bed Beet, next yeUow Calceolaria, then Geranium 

 Tom Thumb, the next row Lobelia speciosa, finishing in 

 front with a broad band of Cerastium tomeutosum. We 

 now pass through a short tunnel underneath the above- 

 mentioned mound. To the right, at the east end of the 

 mansion, are the stables, carriage-houses, yai'd, &c., but all 

 judiciously screened from the view of the ^•isitor. To the left 

 was the ice-tower. Passing through a door we come to a 

 broad terrace-walk on the south side of the mansion. This 

 walk was about 540 feet long, and 60 feet wide. The carriage 

 entrance is on the north side through a lofty portico, beneath 

 which there is ample space for a carriage and foiir horses to 

 pass. The mansion, I should Lave before stated, is nearly 

 300 feet wide, and I very much regret the inability of my 

 humble pen to do justice to its ample proportions. From the 

 centre of the terrace-walk on the south side of the mansion, 

 a gravel walk 12 feet wide runs down the pleasure ground. 

 At each angle stand fine specimens of Araucaria inibricata. 

 As I passed down the walk I noticed to the left the geo- 

 metric iiower garden, but when I took into consideration the 

 extent of the pleasure grounds, the beauty of the terrace 

 and other walks, and the princely grandeur of the mansion, 

 I thought the flower garden far too small. The beds were 

 nicely planted, and the flowers were extremely gay. The 

 centre and four corner beds were planted chiefly with Asters, 

 and although I never saw such a grand collection of that 

 beautiful flower, nor so well grown, I thought them out of 

 place in the flower garden in such large masses. Proceeding 

 down the centre walk I came to a wooden bridge which 

 spans the lake, a fine sheet of water, though rather narrow 

 where the bridge is fixed. Near this place were some fine 

 deciduous trees which must make this a charming retreat 

 during the hot days of summer. 



Bending our steps onwards through an interesting shrub- 

 bery, we bear to the right on a path which brings us to the 

 western boundary of the pleasure grounds ; a broad terrace 

 walk forms the southern extremity. On the lower side of 

 the walk is a low wall covered with Ivy, on the upper side 

 a bank of earth extending the whole length and entu-ely 

 concealing the walk and wall from the mansion and the 

 upper part of the ground. At each end of this terrace walk, 

 upwards of 600 feet in length, is a bastion that gives a kind 

 of finish to the walk. 



I must now take my leave of Moreton. Before we had got 

 all over the pleasure ground the shades of evening set in, I 

 felt satisfied with what I had seen, and derived from it much 

 information and profit ; indeed, any gardener may be bene- 

 fited by visiting the neighbouring gardens and noticing the 

 errors or progress in the labours of others. I thought we 

 might go long expensive journeys from home expecting to 

 see variety and novelty, while everything we wish for may 

 be found in our own immediate neighbourhood. I may say 

 in conclusion that every part of this extensive demesne was 

 in first-class keeping, and reflected great credit on the ability 

 of Mr. Jlounsden, the respected gardener, who with the ut- 

 most courtesy was anxious to point out every part of the 

 gardening establishment worthy of notice. — Quintin Bead, 

 Biddwlph. 



GLAZING TYITHOUT PUTTY. 



In compliance mth your request for information respect- 

 ing the above mode of glazing, I have to state that I saw 

 one greenhouse so glazed in the neighbourhood of Boston, 

 U.S. It had a neat clean appearance, and was most favour- 

 ably reported of as a secure house. My informant stated that 

 the glazing was not so liable to be injuriously influenced by 

 the weather as when done with putty, which one can readily 

 believe, as most of the leaks iu our houses are caused by 

 defects in the putty or puttying. 



The way in which the house alluded to was glazed was 

 this — after the priming coat the glass was laid on in the 

 usual way, but without bedding ; the panes were securely 

 pegged in, and then three or four coats of white lead given, 

 which proved quite capable of resisting the great extremes 



of heat and cold in that country, and I should imagine 

 would prove fully as efficient in this. At all events it would 

 be worth trying whether putty cannot be dispensed with, 

 for it is a source of annoyance iu more ways than one. I 

 should think that if the glass were laid in a fresh coat of 

 white lead, and three coats over it, it would be stiE more 

 secure than the above mode. 



I have heard that white zinc is a better paint for out-door 

 work than white lead. Can you, or any of your readers, 

 confirm the report ? — J. K., Arch Hall Gardens. 



POTATO PEODUCE. 



I NEVEB for a moment thought of imputing anything to 

 " Agkicola," " W. W. H.," and " Upwards and Onwauds," 

 nor did I desire to lessen the value of their experiments. 

 On the contrary, I read them with great interest and profit, 

 as many of your readers have, no doubt, likewise done ; but 

 I objected (and I see no reason to vary in that respect, even 

 after the temperate reply of " Agricola"), to the produce 

 per acre being calculated by the quantity of seed set. I do 

 not think that seed Potatoes are of a uniform size, nor that 

 1-i lbs. of sets of a Round Potato would plant the same 

 ground as 14 lbs. of Kidneys, or another kind. Prom expe- 

 rience I have found sets vary much ; there being no more 

 than sixty in some cases in 14 lbs. of sets, whilst in others 

 there may be as many as eighty-seven, and in one case 

 ninety-seven, and these selected sets. 



I think, therefore, that to calculate the produce by a given 

 qiiantity of sets, varying in number so much as they do in 

 different varieties, is apt to lead to an incorrect conclusion, 

 for it follows that 14 lbs. of sets of a small sample wfil plant 

 half as much more ground as those of a larger size of a finer 

 sample — that is, presuming them to be planted at equal 

 distances. 



It is, I think, well known that one kind of Potato will 

 plant half as much more ground than some other varieties, 

 simply because the Potatoes themselves vary in size, the 

 sets being large or small in proportion to the sort. How, 

 then, can the produce per acre be calculated when it is not 

 known what ground they occupy ? They might all occupy 

 an equal amount of ground, but of that we have no proof, 

 and if one occupies more ground than another, that one has 

 au undue advantage over the other. 



Irrespective of the unequal number of sets in a given 

 quantity by weight, the distance they are planted apart 

 also makes a wide difference in the calculation. "Ordinary 

 distance," writes " Agkicola," "with the rows 3 feet apart." 

 We are left to guess what ordinary distance signifies. In 

 some localities Potatoes are planted in rows 2 feet 3 inches 

 apart, 2 feet 6 inches, a very common distance, 3 feet in 

 some cases, but this is rare amongst Potato-growers, and 

 occasionally 3 feet 6 inches ; as for distance in the rows, 

 some plant at 1 foot, others at 15 inches, some at 18 inches, 

 others at 20 inches. 



" Upwards and Onwards " does not relieve my doubts 

 on this head. He plants in rows 42 inches apart, and from 

 15 to 20 inches apart in the rows. Here again a differ- 

 ence of 5 inches will tell immensely in calculating the pro- 

 duce per acre from a small quantity planted. I can assure 

 the last-named correspondent that I do care to bear iu me- 

 moi-y what he writes, and am much interested and benefited 

 by perusing his occasional papers in this Journal. His 

 notices of distance and of ground occupied are certainly given 

 in some of his articles, " sufficient to suit the customs of 

 most localities," by which I presume sufficient is written for 

 practical purposes. That I readily admit; but viewing 

 them as experiments I think they lose much of their 

 value through the omission of important particulars which 

 he is so particular in recording with reference to some 

 varieties — viz., the ground occupied, the size of the sets, 

 and their distance apai-t. "Agricola" writes, he "had 

 credible information of a still higher result than that ob- 

 tained by ' W. W. H.' and Mr. Lupton." Perhaps he 'vnll 

 state when, whfire, and by whom. 



" Upwards and Onwards " claims a greater yield per 

 acre for his root of Negro than that of Mr. Lupton's two 

 roots. His occupied a square yard, those of Mr. Lupton 

 4 feet on the side, or 16 square feet, and yet his is the 



