LONDON. 501 



Brighton to London. 



Oct. 5. — Mr Hay here parted from us, taking the road 

 to Portsmouth, with the intention of spending a day or two 

 at Broadlands, near Rumsey *. Mr Macdonald and I set 

 off for London. Furze hedges are rare in Scotland ; but 

 we noticed many in Sussex, and, though six or eight feet 

 high, some of them were compact and efficient. Near 

 Crawley we saw an English elm of great age and uncom- 

 mon dimensions, the trunk being nearly 20 feet in circum- 

 ference : it is much hollowed, and a door has been placed 

 on the hollow, to prevent the interior from being injured 

 by thoughtless persons. 



London. 



We again spent a few days at the English capital, view- 

 ing some of the admirable horticultural establishments in 

 its neighbourhood. Our notices of these must, however, 

 be very brief. 



Portman Nurseries, New Road. 



Oct. 6. — To-day, Mr Macdonald and I spent some time 

 in the nursery-gardens of Jenkins and Gwyther. The ex- 

 tent of glazed houses is very great. One of the houses 

 abounds in the plants of New Holland, among which we 

 remarked some fine specimens of Melaleuca glauca. No 

 fewer than four houses are appropriated to the raising of 

 ananas plants, which may here be purchased of every kind, 

 and of any age required. If little demand for young 

 plants happen to occur, they are in due time placed in a 



• See Appendix, No. XL 



