March i, 1893.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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lordship concludes his interesting and instructive paper when 

 he says, " I have hitherto been vanquished in these attempts, 

 hut I shall not give them up until I have received a good 

 many more rebuffs." 



Reading by the banks of the river Thames. American 

 visitors to England who are interested in horticulture find 

 much to interest them in the fine seed warehouses and 



Fig. 17. — The Mangrove-lree (Rliizopliora Mangle) in Florida.— See page 97. 



Foreign Correspondence. 



A Famous English Nurseiy. 



ONE of the most famous English nurseries is that of 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, who, with the Palmers, of 



biscuit fame, are the ruling powers in the quaint town of 



trial-grounds. Mr. Martin Hope Sutton is the senior mem- 

 ber of the firm. The father of Mr. Sutton was a miller 

 and corn merchant and was greatly averse to adding 

 garden seeds to the business. Soon after leaving school 

 in 1832 the present Mr. Sutton undertook a three days' walk 

 to see some remarkable Tulips at Slough^and Brentford, 



