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their owners in providing for their wants. Souvenir d'Elise, 

 and Souvenir d'nn Ami, and Paul Neron have been splendid, 

 Marie Van Houtte and Catherine Mermet have never been so 

 grand, while during the latter part of the season La Boule 

 d'Or, that most difficult of all Teas, has been superb. I have 

 not seen Niphetos good, or Bubens ; but some of the most 

 tender varieties, such as Comtesse de Nadaillae, Beine du 

 Portugal, Mons. Furtado, and Cloth of Gold have been very 

 fine. 



This is an honest expression of my own opinion, and the 

 result of the most careful inspection of exhibitors' stands and 

 of the blooms in my own garden and in those of friends ; but 

 I am quite open to conviction. The more we discuss Boses 

 among ourselves the more we learn, and the more we love 

 them. 'Tis like comparing vintages of Lafitte and Margaux, 

 Haubrion and Latour. We like them all, but we like to dis- 

 criminate between them. We delight in recalling how such 

 a season suited one variety and how utterly another failed. 

 We like to compare notes and linger over the memory of our 

 loves that are gone, and wonder if another year will restore 

 them again, or give us new beauties to worship and old ones 

 to revere in the memory of their past glories. But be the Boses 

 old or young, be they vigorous growers or poor sickly plants 

 that have to struggle to live, we love them all, and the memory 

 of their beauty will console us through the long winter monthB ; 

 and the more we miss them the fonder will our hearts grow 

 of the Bose, the queen of flowers, and our national emblem. — 

 The Wtld Savage. 



AN INTERESTING GABDEN. 



When visiting Brambletye some months ago I was urged to 

 call on Dr. Rogers at East Grinstead, being assured that I 

 Bhould find a garden worthy of inspection and an owner of it 

 skilled in horticultural matters — a good collector, experiment- 

 alist, and cultivator of plants. Such I found was the case, 

 and regretted that my time was bo short, precluding me from 

 doing more than glance through the place, and compelling me 

 to forego the pleasure of- entering into the history of the plantB 

 and trees growing in the houses and grounds. Dr. Bogers has 

 been a great traveller and has added something to his garden 

 from distant lands; hence almost every plant has a history, 

 and is a living remembrancer of scenes and oircumstances 

 which had occurred it may be many years ago. The garden 

 is only a small one, but is an instance that the pleasure which 

 a garden affords is not to be estimated by its size, many small 

 gardens affording great pleasure, and it is to be feared some 

 large gardens contributing only a small share of enjoyment. 



Dr. Bogers' garden is not an enclosure rendered gay by the 

 employment of large numbers of popular bedding plants ; 

 indeed it has no pretensions to gaiety, and its contents are 

 different to most gardens, its owner having endeavoured to 

 establish and acclimatise tender plants and trees, some of 

 which have survived many and severe winters. The Tea shrub 

 (Thea bohea), for instance, has been growing and flowering on 

 the lawn for upwards of twenty years, and during that time 

 has not received the slightest protection. Opuntia kafines- 

 quiana is also firmly established, and is ornamental on the 

 rocky knoll on which it has long been growing. This plant is, 

 however, hardy, or would be if it was planted in many other 

 gardens, and is one of the most distinct of plants for rockwork 

 having a southern exposure. It is one of the very few species 

 of Cacti that can be considered as hardy in our climate. The 

 plant is of prostrate growth, the leaves being flat, fleshy, and 

 spineless. The flowers are yellow, and are freely produced 

 and succeeded by red pulpy fruits having a flavour somewhat 

 similar to that of Gooseberries. In this garden the Eugenia 

 Ugni is also growing without protection. Saxifraga sarmen- 

 tosa, which is usually cultivated under glass, is rambling 

 wildly amongst the stones of the rockery. Azalea indica alba 

 has been growing as a hardy shrub for many years. Arundo 

 conspicua has flourished for three years without receiving any 

 injury. The Eucalyptus globulus grew for four years, forming 

 quite a tree, but then succumbed to the severity of the weather. 

 The wood which has been preserved is exceedingly hard. A 

 healthy plant of the Loqaat, Eriobotrya japonica, is trained 

 to the walls of the residence, the large glossy foliage of the 

 plant being highly ornamental. Bamboos (Arundinaria fal- 

 cata) and many other tender plants are also growing freely in 

 the open air in sheltered Bpots in the garden. 



On the lawn are several fine shrubs, trees and Conifers. 

 Bhododendrons, such as Smithii, arborea, &c, have attained 



a great size, are in robust health, and flower profusely; and 

 B. Nobleanum usually commences flowering in January. 

 Standard Magnolias are very fine in the blossoming period — 

 M. conspicua, and a kind with rosy flowers Bimilar to but not 

 so good as M. Lenne. There is also a good specimen of 

 .-Esculus macrostachia, and a fine tree of the Eeldom-seen Pyrus 

 vestita, which flowers freely. There is a handsome specimen 

 of the elegant Conifer Fitzroya patagonica, and Aucubas are 

 yearly laden with berries without any artificial fertilisation of 

 the flowers. Of Wellingtonias there are excellent specimens 

 which have been raised from terminal cuttings by Dr. Bogers-, 

 and many other kinds of Conifers have been similarly raised, 

 and are fully aB free and handsome as are those which have 

 been raised from seed. Of these may be named Cupreesus 

 funebris, Picea Webbiana, Sequoia insignis and Cunninghamii, 

 and Deodars. There is also a plant of Camphora (Camphors 

 officinarum), and a specimen of Gleditschia from the Colliseum 

 at Borne. 



The garden is on a considerable altitude, yet is well sheltered 

 by close belts of trees and shrubs, and hence may be attributed 

 the immunity from injury by frosts of several plants, trees, 

 and shrubs which commonly need protection. 



Entering the glass structures we also find the arrangement 

 and management of the plants different to what we commonly 

 meet with. The houses are small, one jutting against the 

 other, convenience having been Btudied more than aspect. 

 They contain no stages, but the plants are placed on or are 

 growing in bold rugged knolls of stones and roots. The effect 

 was good, the arrangement being as picturesque as it was 

 possible to produce in the limited space. Some of the plants 

 were very fine— specimens worthy of being exhibited. Notably 

 so were Agave coccinea, Dasylirion longifolium, Dracrenas 

 indiviea, latifolia, and angustifolia ; Ficus macrophylla, Also- 

 phila australis, Cycas revoluta, Dicksonias, &c. These plants, 

 which have been growing under exceedingly cool treatment, 

 are shortly to be disposed of on account of Dr. Bogers chang- 

 ing his residenoe, he considering that a successor could not be 

 expected to take that care of them which they require to pre- 

 serve them in their healthy state. Associated with these 

 large plants are many Ferns growing luxuriantly in a semi- 

 natural manner — Aspleniums, Adiantums, Davallias, &c. Most 

 or all of the plants named are growing in an unheated house 

 which has been many times below the freezing point, and yet 

 the plants are sturdy and healthy. 



Besides this and other houses there is a stove in which the 

 most tender plants are preserved through the winter ; but this 

 is not kept at a stove temperature, a night temperature of id' 

 being considered sufficient, Dr. BogerB' object having been to 

 inure his plants to the coolest treatment possible, and to this 

 low temperature the plants after many years of preparation 

 appear to have become acclimatised. Here Bice, Coffee, Cotton, 

 and Sugar canes are grown together with Caladiums, Begonias, 

 and Orchids. Of the latter plants there are some fine speci- 

 mens, notably of Cattleyas, which produce their gorgeous 

 flowers in great profusion, although the plants must many 

 times have been within a few degrees of the freezing point. 



Dr. Bogers has been an importer of Orchids, and was for- 

 tunate in introducing one with which his name has become 

 identified— Oncidium Bogersii. This fine Orchid was observed 

 by Dr. Hogg when on a visit to Dr. Bogers in 1868, and was 

 recognised as not only new but extremely beautiful ; it was 

 consequently exhibited in London and arrested considerable 

 attention. The following extract from a previous number of 

 the Journal of Horticulture is well descriptive of a plant 

 which is worthy of notice at the present time and of general 

 cultivation : — 



" Few species of the grand genus Oncidium have yet been 

 met with of a more showy and ornamental character than 

 Oncidium varicosum var. Bogersii. The flowers, indeed, are 

 quite equal in size and beauty to those of 0. Marshallianum 

 and 0. pectorale, while in brilliancy of colour they far surpass 

 those of 0. macranthum. The plant was introduced into this 

 country by Dr. Bogers of East Grinstead, after whom it has 

 been named ; and was exhibited by him for the first time when 

 just going out of flower in November, 1868. Both 0. varicosum 

 and the, variety under notice are natives of Brazil, the latter 

 differing from the former chiefly in the larger size of its flowers 

 and in the fewer crests developed on the disk. It is one of the 

 more ornamental of its race, and all the more valuable for its 

 habit of flowering during the late autumnal months. 



" The habit of the plant resembles that of 0. bifolium. The 

 pseudobulbs are of a long ovate form, and somewhat compressed 



