October 28, 1880. ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER . 391 
Rev. C. H. Bulmek’S selection. 
1. Marechal Niel 
2. Catherine Mermet 
3. Marie Van Houtte 
4. Souvenir d’Elise 
5. Madame Bravy or Sertot 
6 . Caroline Kuster, N. 
7 (Devoniensis 
(Climbing Devoniensis 
8 . Niphetos 
9. Madame Margottin 
10. Comtesse de Nadaillac 
11. Souvenir de Paul Neyron 
( Souvenir d’uu Ami 
12 ’ Souvenir de Madame Pemet 
(.Comtesse Riza du Parc 
13. Gloire de Dijon 
14. Rubens 
(Alba Rosea 
(Engine Desgaches 
16. Madame Hippolyte Jarnaiu 
17. America, N. 
18. Triomphe de Reunes 
19. Jeau Ducher 
20. President 
21. Cdline Forestier 
22 . Cheshunt Hybrid 
23. Belle Lyoimaise 
24. Adam 
25. Madame Celine Noirey 
2G. Jean Pernet 
27. Anna Ollivier 
28. Innocente Pirola 
29. Madame Lambard 
30. Madame Camille 
31. Perle de Lyon 
3 , ? ( Madame Palcot 
(Safrano 
33. Madame Berard 
34. La Boule d’Or 
35. Narcisse 
( Beauty of Glazenwood 
( Fortune’s Yellow 
(Best six, second best six, and next 
best twelve Roses.) 
Mr. E. R. WHITWELr/S selection. 
1. Belle Lyonnaise, 6 
2. Gloire de Dijon, 24 
3. Bouquet d’Or, 15 
4. Mardclial Niel, 1 
5. Marie Van Houtte, 5 
6 . Souvenir d’un Ami, 11 
7. Horn ire, 22 
8 . Due de Magenta, 28 
9. Madame Hippolyte Jamain, 7 
10. Catherine Mermet, 2 
11. Souvenir de Paul Neyron, 14 
12. Niphetos, 4 
13. Madame Margottin, 21 
14. Anna Ollivier, 16 
15. Jean Ducher, 12 
16. Rubens, 10 
17. Madame Berard, 17 
18. Souvenir d'Elise, 3 
19. Devoniensis, 23 
20. Souvenir de Madame Pernet, 19 
21. Adam or President, 13 
22 . Comtesse de Nadaillac, 8 
23. Madame Willermoz, 18 
24. Alba Rosea or Madame Bravy, 9 
The number given on the right of each name is the order in which I should 
place them for exhibition purposes.—E. R. W. 
Once again let me express my grateful thanks to those who have 
helped by their lists, and especially to those who have not con¬ 
tented themselves by a simple list, but have also by their grateful 
recognition of the labour involved made my task all the easier ; to 
one and all, a rosy future.— Joseph Hinton, Warminster. 
TWO KENTISH GARDENS. 
Having already discoursed on Mascalls I must now proceed to 
say a few words on Weirleigh. the residence of our genial and 
worthy friend Mr. Harrison Weir, whose house, as I have said, 
stands on a hill. Externally at a distance it looks odd. I will not 
say how irreverently the Major speaks of it, but when you once 
reach it all feelings of disparagement cease, and you at once recog¬ 
nise that you are at the house of an artist. It abuts on the road, and 
on the stone facings Mr. Weir has had carved a Gloire de Dijon 
Rose, which is represented as again coming out as a good climber 
ought to do—higher up. Inside the house is delightful; it is one 
of those Queen Anne houses by which Mr. Wadmore of Tunbridge 
has earned so good a name. Being built on the side of the hill 
it gives fine opportunity for many tasteful contrivances. And 
what can be said of the view from the reception rooms ? The 
whole end of the dining-room, a lofty and well-proportioned room, 
is one large window, and from it a view unsurpassable in its 
character is obtained. The valley of the Medway lies stretched 
out before you with all its luxuriant beauty, Hop gardens, orchards, 
and abundance of grand foliage. In the near distance is Maid¬ 
stone ; while stretching out on the sky line you have the backbone 
of Kent, the range of hills which run behind Maidstone on to 
Lenham and the heading off by Eastwell and Wye to the sea. 
A little further to your right many a quiet village and country 
seat is seen embosomed in foliage, including that white house in 
Linton, the residence of Viscount Holmesdale, from whence John 
Robson used to delight the readers of the Journal in days now 
past. A little further on is Sir Edmund Filmer’s near Sutton 
Valence ; and wherever, in fact, we turn, some fresh scene of 
pastoral or woodland beauty delights the eye. 
The object of Mr. Weir in his garden has been to produce 
picturesque results in each separate place rather than a grand 
general effect; so that as you go round the grounds you come 
on bits which, like those in a picture, delight you by their com¬ 
pleteness in themselves while in no way interfering with the 
general effect. As you enter the garden from the house you come 
on a shrubbery in which is arranged a very good collection of 
Ferns, a result you would never have expected when you entered 
the place. In walking round the shrubbery you are continually 
meeting unexpected effects produced by seemingly small means. 
Here is a mass of Rudbeckia, there of Anemone japonica, mixed 
with smaller plants, and so arranged that variations of colouring 
should be combined with elegance of form. Here you turn off 
to a little nook from whence there is a delightful glimpse of 
a woodland glen close by ; and here is a walk shaded with Apple 
trees which must be a real delight in spring time when the 
trees are in bloom. Mr. Weir, as most of your readers know, 
is an experienced fruit-grower, and brings up from time to 
time to the Royal Horticultural Society specimens of his skill, 
especially in Grape-growing. Cordon trees w r ere doing well 
and bearing some fine Apples. In his two houses were some 
Vines exceedingly well grown. But unquestionably the glory of 
the place, as far as fruit-growiDg is concerned, was the ground 
vinery. I have been through many gardens in my time. I 
have talked over these vineries with good old Mr. Rivers of 
Sawbridgeworth, and have seen them there ; this was many years 
ago, how many I am afraid to say, but never since then 'have 
I in any garden seen an attempt at following out Mr. Rivers’ 
plan. Indeed I cannot call to recollection any ground vinery ; 
but after seeing Mr. Harrison Weir’s very successful vinery I am 
induced to ask why they are not more often attempted. The 
length of his vinery is 30 feet and formed of six lights 6 feet each. 
The Vines are planted in a bed outside and then brought in to 
the case. The bottom is lined with tiles, and the Vine led along 
under the span of the case ; and here might be seen bunches of 
Madresfield Court large, shapely, with well-ripened and well- 
coloured berries, quite equalling those grown in a house. We 
counted between thirty and forty bunches. As far as I could see 
there was at least a bunch to every pane of glass. The frames 
are inexpensively made, glazed without putty, and can be easily 
lifted off and moved in any direction. These vineries are very 
useful for growing Strawberries in or for hardening off bedding 
plants. In fact they may be put to many uses ; and I am sure 
that anyone seeing those of Mr. Weir’s would at once say, “ Well, 
I must try aud have some of these.” Such was my own impulse, 
but then came the unpleasant reflection of “no assets.” 
Mr. Weir, while not relying on bedding-out plants, does not 
despise their moderate use, and indeed has been very successful in 
his hybridising of Pelargoniums, one very beautiful pink variety 
being especially worthy of notice. 
Returning to the house we came upon a collection of Auriculas 
apparently in most robust health. Contrary to all the rules 
and directions so constantly given, the plants were standing out 
in the open exposed to rain, and in pots about twice the size of 
those in which they are ordinarily grown. They had their offsets 
in abundance, and were as healthy a lot in a small way as I have 
seen for some time. I do not know how they will fare when 
brought into their winter quarters, but at present they look 
uncommonly well. 
Such, then, is Weirleigh, the home of a real artist, of a true 
lover of Nature. He has brought his art to bear in adding to the 
natural beauty of the place, and he has truly learned the truth 
that Ars est celare artem. —D., Deal. 
LAWN TENNIS GROUND. 
Seeing in your esteemed Journal that one of your correspon¬ 
dents desires some hints as to the formation of a lawn tennis 
ground, I have much pleasure in sending you the following few 
remarks, which I hope may prove of service. To begin with, a 
full-sized court for four players is 2G yards long by 12 yards wfide. 
As much play takes place at the extreme ends or “ back lines” of 
the court, a considerable margin is required at each end ; the 
total length of the tennis ground should therefore, if practicable, 
be not less than 33 or 31 yards. My own tennis ground is at 
present only 18 yards wide, but it would be preferable to have it 
considerably wider than this so as to allow of the position of the 
court being moved a little one way or the other, and thus obviate 
wearing out the ground unduly. It is generally a good plan to 
have a little drainage material laid under the turf, so that the 
ground will not be so liable to play “ dead ” after rain. 
If a wire fencing about G feet high is placed at each extreme 
end of the ground, and a lower fencing about 3 feet high running 
along each side, this will be found to save a great amount of 
superfluous muscular exercise in “fielding” the balls. If neatly 
put up and painted dark green this wire fencing does not appear 
too prominent in the grounds. 
The ground should be as nearly level as possible, as uphill or 
downhill playing is most undesirable.—A. T., Liverpool. 
In reply to “W. F. M.” I desire to state that the regulation 
size of tennis courts is 78 feet by 36 feet. Outside this there 
should be at least a yard all round, but better if it is two— 
namely, 85 feet by 42 feet of level lawn. Tennis lawns are 
