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JOURNAL OF HOSTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ November 1, 1864. 



in length, 51- feet in width, hack wall 14 feet in height, front 

 glass the same height; height to apex of span-roof from 

 gronnd, 16 feet. Every 20 feet along the back wall is a neat 

 trellis about a foot in width, and which is continued in an 

 arch over the pathway, from wall to glass, for growing on, 

 and fastening to it Tea Eoses, which are great favourites of 

 his lordship, and many of which were beautifully in bloom 

 in the beginning of October. Instead of the upright trees 

 in front, as at Trentham, there is a latticed stage or shelf 

 over the pipes, which Mr. Craw considers much preferable, 

 as giving unobstructed light to the back wall, whilst these 

 shelves are admirable places for fruiting great quantities 

 of Strawberries in pots, and for keeping lots of other things 

 in pots that are low in growth. The great height gives 

 these cases an imposing appearance, and the whole is well 

 finished ; the large lights slide freely past each other, a stout 

 plate of iron forming the ground sill all the way. The trees 

 seemed in excellent condition. Part of the hipped-roof is 

 opened for ventilation by lever power. 



The west wall, or what we may call such for convenience, is 

 covered with young, thriving trees of Apricots and Peaches, 

 and the border is fronted with a broad gravel walk, at each end 

 of which it is proposed to erect a summer-house, from which 

 fine views may be obtained southward over the picturesque 

 race course, and westward over the cricket ground, which 

 must have a striking effect on a playing day, when enlivened 

 by numbers of showy tents, flags and banners of all colours, 

 plenty of music, and thousands of people criticising the 

 sport, and so far making each splendid hit and run their own. 



Part of the ground between this walk and the cricket 

 ground is devoted to an orchard, and on the north side of it 

 is placed the old conservatory, which was not considered 

 good enough to grace the pleasure grounds. It is, however, 

 a beautiful low structure, with ridge-and-furrow-roof, 140 ft. 

 long, and 24 feet in width, divided into five or six houses, 

 and heated to suit either stove or greenhouse plants. In it 

 we found nice young plants of Camellias, Oranges, &c, and 

 in one house a great many nice plants of Humea elegans, of 

 which a great number is wanted every season. In the same 

 house was also a number of very large pots, some 18 inches 

 in diameter, with, the different Tropseolums, as tricolorum. 

 Jarrattii, &c, growing in them. Several tubers were placed 

 in each pot, this being about three parts full with soil, and 

 as the shoots grew the earthing-up to the surface would be 

 given gradually. Most of these would have the top of a young 

 tree fastened in the pot, over which the branches would 

 wind and clamber, and thus become fine objects for the 

 large conservatory. 



Next the gravel in front of this conservatory is an ob- 

 long square, devoted now to beds of flowers, but next 

 season this space will be occupied by a geometric flower 

 garden ; and backed as it will be from the orchard by a hedge 

 of Box, it will, we have no doubt, form a striking feature in 

 these gardens, and the more especially as, notwithstanding 

 the quantities of flowering plants used, there is nothing as 

 yet of the regular or geometric in the vast pleasure grounds. 

 Mr. Craw kindly showed us a plan of this new regular garden 

 coloured, &a., and we have no doubt it will be a gem. It 

 consists of a centre and a wing on each side in the broken 

 chain style. The centre alone would make a neat garden, 

 and as such we believe was sent some years ago by Mr. Craw 

 from Ayrshire to the Horticultural Journal. We have, as 

 far as we recollect, a promise that it will be again given in its 

 extended form with the planting, and our readers will then 

 judge if we have said more than sufficient of its elegance 

 and its fitness for the position. 



At the back of this conservatory three elegant rooms have 

 been erected; the central one to be used by the family and 

 friends as a resting and retiring-room when visiting the 

 kitchen gardens, and the rooms on each side to be used as 

 fruit-rooms. The walls are built hollow, air admitted' at the 

 bottom of the walls and in the roof; roof either double, or 

 the ceiling ■ well covered above with sawdust. The elegant 

 windows and shelves for fruit are stained wainscot colour. 

 The windows are furnished with blinds and shutters, to be 

 used according to the weather. The shelves on three sides 

 of the room are fitted up with slits of wood some 2 j inches 

 wide, with half- inch openings between, and the outside ledge 

 is about 2 1 inches high. A table with drawers is yet to be 

 placed in the centre of each room ; and we will say no more 



of them now, as we have the promise that a plan, with ac- 

 companying details, will be sent when all is finished. But 

 there is one little thing we must notice, but which only seems 

 little after we have seen it in operation, and so simple is it 

 and useful that the wonder is that it has not been generally 

 adopted long ago ; so true is it that everything seems simple 

 when it is understood and practised. The simple unique 

 contrivance is this : Along each of these outside ledges a 

 small strained galvanised wire is fixed, and opposite every 

 kind of fruit the name is clearly written on a card label, 

 which is then tied by a thread to the wire. As the fruit is 

 changed the label is changed. This is far superior to laying 

 labels on the fruit, or tacking them on the sides, and thus 

 disfiguring them. — E. Pish. 



(To he continued.) 



WOEE FOE THE WEEK, 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



If any esculent roots remain in the ground they should 

 be taken up immediately. Dress Asparagus-beds ; manure, 

 ridge, and trench all vacant ground, first making arrange- 

 ments as to what spring crops it is intended for. Cabbage, 

 earth-up those planted for Coleworts for winter and early 

 spring use. Look over the principal plantations frequently 

 to see if the slugs attack the plants. If they are numerous 

 lay a quantity of Cabbage leaves on the ground and examine 

 these daily. A pail of hot water or some lime may be taken 

 round at the time they are examined, and the slugs shaken 

 into it. By this simple method many thousands may be de- 

 stroyed at this time of year. Cauliflower, lose no time in 

 taking up those nearly fit for use, lay them in a frame, so 

 as not to touch each other, and keep them free from dead 

 and decaying leaves. Celery, earth-up that intended for 

 winter use to a good height as soon as the soil becomes a 

 little dry. It will be necessary to attend to this as early as 

 an opportunity offers, as the frost may set in shortly, which, 

 from the weather preventing earthing-up lately will do it 

 much mischief. EncJii-s, continue to blanch it by tying up 

 or wrapping the leaves together and laying two flat tiles on 

 each plant, so as to form a slight ridge, one tile overlapping 

 the other. Lettuces, nay the same attention to the autumn 

 plantations that was recommended for the Cabbages. Give 

 air freely to the young plants in frames. The Cabbage 

 Lettuces in frames for winter use will not require much 

 air. Peas, a few, and also Broad Beans, may be sown on a 

 dry, warm border. Some cover them with cinder ashes, but 

 we have several times seen them go off in the spring, and 

 have been fully satisfied that the ashes were the cause of 

 their doing so. 



FETTIT GAEDEN'. 



Let there be no lack of attention in the fruit-room at 

 present, for fruit requires more care during the first few 

 weeks after gathering, than all the season afterwards. Give 

 just sufficient air to carry off damp, but nothing more, as 

 allowing dry winds to blow over the fruit would only cause 

 shrivelling. Strawberries for early forcing should be placed 

 where they can be protected from drenching rains, a cold 

 frame or pit, where either can be spared, would be the best 

 situationfor them, but the lights should not be put on 

 except in case of rain or frost. Indeed, the whole stock in 

 pots for forcing would be benefited by being placed where it 

 could be guarded from heavy rains. If any transplanting or 

 root-pruning of fruit trees has to be done, let this be at- 

 tended to as soon as the leaves are off, and see that trees 

 exposed are securely staked before leaving them. Also, 

 prepare the ground for fresh plantations, and plant the trees 

 as so:>n as convenient. Take every opportunity of pushing 

 forward pruning and nailing. 



flower gaede:-:. 



Those who propose making additions to their collection of 

 Eoses, should do so at once, as there will be a better chance 

 of obtaining good plants now than after the nursery stock 

 has been repeatedly picked. The present season is also 

 very favourable for planting all but tender sorts, which had 

 better be kept under glass until next May; but these should 

 be procured at once, and if they cm be placed in a gentle 

 heat through the winter, they will grow freely and furnish 

 cuttings which will root just as freely as Terbenas. In pre- 



