GENERAL FORMATION, &c, OF GARDENS. 



1 , stove and greenhouse ; 2, pine-stoves ; 

 3, peach-houses; 4, apricot and plum 

 house; 5, vineries; 6, succession pine 

 pits ; 7, fruiting pine pits ; 8, cucumber 

 pits, &c; 9, store pits ; 10, melon, French 

 beans, &c, pits; 11, cherry-houses; 12, 

 asparagus beds forced by hot water ; 13, 

 dwelling-house ; 14, foremen and men's 

 rooms; 15, mushroom-house; 16, fruit- 

 rooms; 17, seed-room ; 18, store-rooms; 

 19, open sheds; 20, potting sheds; 21, 

 workmen's rooms ; 22, washing-sheds for 

 vegetables ; 23, tool-sheds ; 24, porter's 

 lodge ; 25, principal entrance ; 26, gates 

 and doorways ; 27, apricot walls ; 28, 

 peach and nectarine walls ; 29, cherry 

 wall ; 30, plum walls ; 31, pear walls ; 

 32, currant and gooseberry wall ; 33, fig, 

 mulberry, &c, wall; 34, dwarf plums 

 along side of walk ; 35, dwarf apples 

 along side of walk; 36, 37, pears on 

 trellis along side of walk ; 38, dwarf 

 cherries ; 39, flower border and beds; 40, 

 flower beds ; 41, vine borders ; 42, foun- 

 tain ; 43, compost and dung yard ; 44, 

 stable, cart sheds, &c. ; boiler houses. 



The houses in the principal range are 

 arranged as follows : Commencing at the 

 eastern gate entrance, we enter a green- 

 house 50 feet long, 16 feet 6 inches wide, 

 1 6 feet 6 inches high at back, and 7 feet 

 in height at front. The plants are ar- 

 ranged upon a platform having a stone 

 passage round it : to the roof and back 

 wall are tastefully-trained creepers of the 

 most interesting kinds, while the platform 

 is equally richly tenanted; for it ought to 

 be noticed that Frogmore is not a botanic 

 garden, but one for the culture of the 

 most showy and useful plants. The 

 next is a fruiting pine-stove 51^ feet 

 long, 1 4J feet wide, 3 feet 3 inches high 

 in front, and 10J feet at back. Bottom 

 heat is secured by means of hot-water 

 pipes laid amongst the gravel, upon which 

 a bed of loam 1 foot in depth is placed, 

 and on this the plants are set; and, judg- 

 ing from the appearance of the plants, 

 this mode of culture, which is by no 

 means common, is most conducive to 

 .their welfare. We next enter a house 56 

 feet 3 inches in length, 15 feet 6 inches 

 wide, 3 feet 8 inches high in front, and 12 



feet 6 inches at back, devoted to the cul- 

 ture of plums and apricots; and from that 

 pass into the late vinery, a magnificent 

 house 102 feet in length, 16 feet 6 inches 

 broad, 4 feet 3 inches high in front, 

 and 13 feet 6 inches at back, loaded, 

 when we saw it, with fruit of superior 

 quality, and the vines in the highest 

 state of vigour. Next is the latest peach- 

 house, 56 feet 3 inches long, 15 feet 

 6 inches broad, 3 feet 8 inches high in 

 front, and 12 feet 6 inches at back : the 

 trees are trained under the roof and 

 15 inches from it, four trees filling the 

 whole space. Last, in this half of the 

 range, comes an early vinery, chiefly 

 planted with Hamburghs, 52 feet 6 inches 

 in length, 14 feet 6 inches broad, 3 feet 

 8 inches high in front, and 10 feet 6 

 inches at back. After passing the cura- 

 tor's house, the same extent of glass, style, 

 and arrangement follows, terminating 

 with a plant-stove corresponding with the 

 greenhouse from whence we started. Each 

 house is separated from the next to it by 

 a glass corridor 7 feet square, with doors 

 opening through to the premises behind — 

 thus, without breaking in upon the uni- 

 formity of the elevation, affording a great 

 convenience in carrying on the necessary 

 operations. 



The walks throughout the garden are 

 sufficiently broad to admit a pony car- 

 riage to drive all round, and also to allow 

 the carting in manure during winter. The 

 elevation of the range of back offices has 

 a good effect, the doors and windows being 

 margined with splayed bricks and semi- 

 Gothic tops, which gives to the whole a 

 tinge of architectural effect. The mush- 

 room house is fitted up with slate shelv- 

 ing, and the fruit-room with wood. All 

 the offices have an abundant supply of 

 water, and the stoke-holes are all under 

 cover within the range, so that no appear- 

 ance of coal or ashes is to be seen. The 

 principal entrance to the garden from 

 the castle is by a spacious gravel drive 

 recently finished. We believe this was 

 formed under the direction of his Royal 

 Highness Prince Albert, who, with her 

 Majesty, takes the greatest interest in 

 this splendid garden. 



