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division for late Grapes, one Vine of each variety. The walls are built 

 on arches for inside and outside borders. 



The next house is intended for plant trials, and should prove an 

 excellent house for the purpose. In the centre is a raised bed with side 

 stages all round. The last house is intended for Peaches and Nectarines, 

 one division to be planted out and the other division for trees in pots, 

 thus making it as instructive as possible. In addition to these houses 

 there are three frames, each 100 feet long, two of which are heated 

 and one is a cold frame. All the glass houses were erected by Messrs. 

 Richardson & Co., of Darlington, and the heating was done by Messrs. 

 Kinnell & Co., of London, and in both cases the work has been carried out 

 in a very satisfactory manner. The boilers are known as the " horizontal 

 tubular." All the houses are well heated and well adapted for the 

 purposes they are intended for. Close to the glass structures is an ex- 

 cellent bothy for four young gardeners, and there is a very good library 

 of books dealing with practical and scientific horticulture for the use of 

 the students and staff. The house used by the late Mr. Wilson is 

 occupied by one of the foremen, and another house has been built for the 

 other foreman. A good water supply has also been made by sinking 

 a large well, from which water is pumped up into a great tank, higher 

 than the top of any building on the place. The pump is capable of 

 pumping up ten thousand gallons in an hour, and as the supply is good 

 there is little likelihood of the water running short. From the tank 

 mentioned pipes are laid to all the cottages and glass houses in the 

 most convenient manner. In addition tanks have been made in several 

 of the glass structures to catch the rainwater. The drainage has 

 received careful attention, and is so well arranged that it seems im- 

 possible for anything to go wrong in this important matter. 



The approach to the Garden from the Portsmouth Road has been 

 improved, a large quantity of stone having been put on the drive, and a 

 new entrance has been made ; it is now entered through handsome oak 

 gates by the Superintendent's house (fig. 29). From these gates a drive 

 twelve feet wide, of Farnham gravel, has been made. It is intended to 

 make wide borders on either side of this drive, and when this is done a 

 very handsome approach will be made to the Garden proper. Probably 

 the borders will be planted with Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses, as this part 

 of the ground is tco light for Hybrid Perpetuals. On either side of the 

 drive, and behind the borders, a hedge or screen will be planted to shut 

 off the vegetable trial grounds, and it may be said that this part of the 

 trial grounds is very poor, and will take some time to get into a really 

 fertile condition. However, by deep cultivation and a liberal application 

 of manure, this will be remedied ; and there is this to be said, that all 

 vegetables that are a success at Wisley will be a success anywhere, and 

 for this reason alone it may be an advantage to have a poor soil rather 

 than a rich, fertile one. We have never had such large quantities of 

 Potatoes, Peas, Broccoli, &c, sent us for trial before, and with one or 

 two exceptions all have done or are doing fairly well. As we have plenty 

 of space, a clear unpolluted atmosphere, and are pretty well above the 

 fog-line, we are sure to have much larger, better, and more conclusive 

 trials than were possible in the past. 



