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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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the root offsets, as dry weather is apt to set in before they are 
established when divided in spring.” 
Mr. C. T. WALLIS informs us that the following SHRUBS 
AND PLANTS were flowering during the last week in October 
in his garden in Surrey, which is fully exposed to the north :— 
Arbutus, Antirrhinums, Berberries, Bluebells, Calceolarias, 
Chrysanthemums, double Daisies, Escallonia. macrantha, 
Fuchsias, Hawkweed, Hollyhocks, Laurustinus, Leycesteria 
formosa, Mahonias, Michaelmas Daisies, Mignonette, Myosotis, 
Primulas, Pyrethrums, Pansies ; Boursault, China, Hybrid Per- 
petual, Noisette, and Tea-scented Roses ; Strawberries, Sedums, 
Sweet Williams, Tritonias, Tradescantias, Tropzolums, aud 
Violets. 
“Wo visited,” says‘ 8. H.,” “afew of the CHRYSANTHE- 
MUM GROWERS about Liverpool a day or two ago, and found 
both plants and blooms very fine, particularly Mr. Bateson’s 
and Mr. McIver’s, both in Allerton Road. We noticed in Mr. 
Bateson’s conservatory splendid blooms of the variety Aurea 
multiflora, anc in Mr. McIver’s grand blooms of Eve.” 
AN American correspondent writing to us from Wis- 
consin states that the SEASON there has been one of the most 
unpropitious on record. His garden, he states, has been 
rendered quite profitless by the excessive rains. After the 
storms the sun was so powerful that it made the water so hot 
everything looked as if scalded. Potatoes, Carrots, Cabbages, 
Turnips, Tomatoes, Onions, and Currants—all were destroyed. 
— “J.J.” writes to us as follows on the SULPHUR RECEIPT 
FOR KEEPING FRUIT. “I think anyone trying the receipt 
‘should do so on a small scale until they prove it. I have tried 
the plan recommended and find it has injured many Apples 
and Pears. Some have become quite soft all round to the 
depth of, say, a quarter of an inch, and others have become 
blotched and spotted, which entirely spoiled their appearance ; 
and yet others done at the same time do not seem to be 
affected at all. I shall be glad to hear the result of other 
experiments. The recipe is not explicit enough—‘two table- 
spoonfuls of sulphur in a box.’ A box is a box, but one might 
be 2 feet square and another 2 yards square. The correct way 
would be to say how much sulphur is required to a cubic foot 
of space, and then we could give the plan a fair trial. I hope 
‘A KITCHEN GARDENER’ will let us know how he succeeds.” 
— “H.H. A.” communicates the following note on SEED- 
LING BrIARS :—* I can fully endorse the statement of the Rev. 
W. F. Radelyfie on page 332, that the seedling Briar rivals all 
other stocks used for working the Rose on. We have about 
five and a half dozen, which we received at different times 
direct from My. Prince of Oxford, for filling-up gaps in our 
Rose borders, and I can point them out to any person almost 
as far as Ican see them from their dark green foliage, strong 
firm regular growth, and fine flowers. They throw few suckers.” 
APPLEY TOWERS. 
APPLEY TOWEhS, the seat of the Right Hon, Sir William 
Hutt, K.C.B., is situated a short distance from the neat and 
picturesque town of Ryde, Isle of Wight, and the road is itself 
also very beautiful, passing as it does most of the villa resi- 
dences of the noblemen and gentlemen who stay there during 
tthe yachting season, and who keep their gardens gay with 
choice flowering shrubs and the usual summer bedding plants. 
On entering Appley from the entrance lodge, which is a 
very handsome structure of the same style of architecture as the 
mansion, the house is speedily reached. It isa highly imposing 
building in the Tudor-Gothic style of architecture. The man- 
sion, with the gardens and estate, have been all remodelled 
by Sir William since he purchased the demesne some six or 
seven years ago. The whole resources of architectural art and 
modern science appear to have been brought into requisition 
in finishing the building, which for completeness—ornament 
combined with utility—is altogether unique. At the east end 
of the mansion has been built a very handsome clock tower, 
something after the style of that of the Houses of Parliament 
at Westminster, the materials employed resembling those of 
the grand classical towers at Nice and Genoa. This rich and 
lofty tower greatly enhances the beauty of the entire building. 
There has also been added to the estate a model farm, com- 
plete in every detail, with a turreted water tower, which 
supplies the wants of the gardens and the estate generally, 
Gas also is made on the premises for supplying the estate. 
whilst the stables and other adjuncts are complete in every 
modern detail. From the mansion electric bells are employed 
for communication with the heads of each department, so that 
‘scope to display their floral wreaths. 
the owner can have immediate communication with such when 
required ; in fact, every department appears to lack nothing 
that art can produce. 
Appley Towers is charmingly situated. Nature alone seems 
to have been profuse in her beauty there. The mansion being 
on an eminence commands extensive views of the sea stretching 
as far as Falmouth and along the adjacent coast, and the 
grounds have been so arranged as to show ‘“Nature’s pictures” 
to the best advantage. A sea wall is built for the protection 
of the property, and the whole pleasure grounds, extending 
over many acres, are laid out with judgment and taste. 
Great skill has been exercised in their planting; but that, 
perhaps, which renders Appley the most interesting is the 
work of acclimatisation that is carried out on a scale un- 
equalled perhaps in any other establishment in Britain. To 
this important work the proprietor devotes especial and per- 
sonal attention, and in carrying it out he is ably supported 
by his painstaking gardener Mr. Sunbury. The results obtained 
cannot but be beneficial to horticultural science in general, for 
there is perhaps no department of gardening so little under- 
stood as that of acclimatisation. Amongst gardeners generally 
the predominating object seems to be that.of coddling, but no 
protection is ever given to any plants at Appley during the 
winter. The list of plants we enumerate are such as have 
been proved perfectly hardy after two or three years of trial of 
them, while the good work is still progressing. Many hundreds 
of stove, New Holland, and Cape plants have been planted out 
this year, and have thrived so far very satisfactorily. 
On entering the grounds from the orangery—which is in a 
line with the mansion and is 50 feet by 20. and well stocked 
with fine Orange trees, the roof finely covered with the red and 
white Lapagerias beautifully interlaced—the eye is entranced 
by ahuge belt of Hydrangeas 5 or 6 feet high skirting a shrub- 
bery, in full bloom on October 11th. This is easily seen from 
the principal drawing-room, from where the present view is 
taken; also beds of Fuchsias of the choice greenhouse varieties 
were very fine. Eucalyptus globulus is planted extensively, 
all of them haying been raised from seed received from 
Nice and Algiers. Although only planted two or three years 
the trees have attained the height of from 20 to 30 feet. 
There is also the Peach-leaf-shaped Hucalyptus, which at- 
tains the height of 420 feet in its native habitat—Australia. 
Araucaria brasiliense quite luxuriates at Appley. Messrs. 
Veitch & Son sent Sir William a dozen seedlings in a pot for 
trial, and it is gratifying to record how well they have suc- 
ceeded. Some of them are now 3 and 4 feet high. Erythrina 
Crista-galli had also been splendid, and the Nerium Oleander 
was grand, flowering profusely. Abutilon Boule de Neige 
flowers well as a hardy shrub, also A. vexillarium. Habro- 
thamnus elegans had flowered twice; Eriostemons, Desfontainea 
spinosa, Correa Harrisii, Grevillea rosmarinifolia, Acacias longi- 
flora, armata, and coccinea, Boronia serrulata, Genetyllis 
fuchsioides, Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Dasylirions, Aralia 
papyrifera, Dracena indivisa, Phormium tenax, Dicksonia 
antarctica, Alsophila excelsa, and the Breadfruit Tree (Arto- 
carpus incisa), have all stood the test of full exposure. 
Cassia corymbosa in beds 20 and 30 feet long, one mass of 
rich golden yellow, was a sight not easily to be forgotten. 
Bouvardias do well and flower most beautifully, as also do 
Clianthus puniceus and magnifica; to which we must also 
add another choice greenhouse climber, Cantua dependens. 
How seldom is it we see this lovely climber in our greenhouses, 
and yet what can be finer than its fine and charming rose- 
coloured racemes of flowers in the spring? Amongst choice 
flowering shrubs Indian Azaleas and several of the mollis 
section are pianted out, and there is a fine collection of choice 
Rhododendrons, and many rare and beautiful Aucubas ; 
amongst them Youngii medio-picta was very attractive. 
The ends of the conservatory, a building 63 feet by 23, is 
finely covered with climbing plants. This house was under- 
going cleaning and repairs during our visit; it is seen from 
the house, but it is the white and red Lapagerias planted out- 
side that demand attention. They are both magnificent plants 
and produce their flowers in large clusters. These plants cover 
a large superficial area, and seem to delight in having full 
Outside in a narrow 
border were flowering profusely Guernsey and Belladonna 
Lilies and Nerine Fothergiili. At a short distance from the 
conservatory is a very beautiful aviary containing many rare 
species of parrots, kc. Many flowering plants and trees cannot 
be noticed, but we must not omit some of the following— 
Myoporum parvifolium, Lomatias, Edwardsias, Banksias, Mag- 
