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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Carnations and Picotees, lines of Sweet Peas in distinct colours, and 
some fine beds of Violets for forcing, Marie Louise, Neapolitan, and 
Comte de Brazza. We have seen these on former visits giving a very 
good account of themselves in some pits in the frame ground. 
These are filled in summer with various useful plants, also Cucum¬ 
bers and Melons. Two span-roof houses were full of sueh useful plants 
as Calanthe Veitchi and C. vestita, Poinsettias, and Gardenias, with 
Stephanotis oeeupying the best part of the roof. Eucharis, too, were 
something to boast of—large plants in 24-inch pots, with leathery 
foliage, pictures of health, affording an almost continuous supply of 
their choice blooms. An iron structure with a curved roof does duty 
for Peaches and such a crop as they carried was a treat to see, not only 
in quantity, but in size and finish. Noblesse particularly so. On the 
back wall of this house Camellias are well grown. 
Fruit and Plant Houses. 
We were first attracted by a grand old Vine that has done duty for 
the best part of a century, and still continues to produce good crops of 
fruit, thanks, of course, to liberal treatment. Double and single 
mens of Davallias and Goniophlebium occupy various positions. Filmy 
Ferns occupy one end, and the trickling of water creates a refreshing 
coolness that renders the house most inviting and enjoyable during the 
summer months. 
The Pleasure Grounds. 
I was much struck by the masses of Tropseolum speciosum, that 
make a most gorgeous display in a somewhat shady position. Passing 
through a trellised archway densely covered with Traveller’s Joy, we 
came upon a pretty garden house about which there was a delicious 
fragrance, the house itself being covered with Jasmine and beds of 
sweet Roses and Carnations close by. This, I was told, is the young ladies’ 
garden, and is certainly most charming. Among Conifers I noted 
a fine Sequoia sempervirens, Golden Irish Yews, Picea Pinsapo, Crypto- 
meria elegans, the dwarf Abies pygmea, and some fine Cedars. Near 
the mansion were found several of the dwarf varieties of Rhododen¬ 
drons. The walls of the mansion itself are well furnished with Magnolias, 
Myrtles, Cotoneaster, Pyrus japonica, P. j. Lelandi, Clematis, Ampelopsis 
Veitchi, and variegated Ivies. The low walls and balustrading sur- 
Fig. 4G.—GLANUSK park 
Begonias were the chief occupants of the stages beneath, and they were 
exceedingly fine. The stove adjoining contained a miscellaneous collec¬ 
tion of useful decorative and flowering plants, the roof draped with 
Bougainvilleas, Allamandas, Clerodendrons and Passifloras. Coelogynes, 
Cypripediums, and a few other free-flowering plants represented the 
Orchids, and the walls are clo heJ with Ficus repens and Ferns. The 
other four houses in this rang are devote 1 to Vines and Peaches, the 
former represented chiefly by Foster’s Seedling, Muscat of Alexandria, 
and Black Alicante. Another veteran Vine, however. Black Hamburgh, 
fills one house, which, for old association’s sake, is allowed to exist ; 
but its fruit naturally is not of the finest nor such as we find in the 
houses of young canes here. With this exception. Vines and Peach 
trees are simply excellent. 
The Fernery. 
This is charmingly arranged. The structure is roomy, and a stage 
occupies the front and one end, this being filled with specimens, large 
and small, of the leading varieties of Ferns for decoration and cutting. 
The back wall is arranged with cork, the protruding pockets containing 
pretty drooping specimens, such as Woodwardias and Goniophlebiums, 
foliage Begonias, Ficus repens, and smaller Ferns, growing close to 
wall. The centre bed contains Tree Ferns and Palms, and large speci- 
AND FLOWER GARDEN. 
rounding the flower garden were also draped with a pleasing selection 
of climbers and Roses. 
Flower Garden. 
There are three broad terraces in which are flights of steps, with 
ornamental pillars and vases. The higher terrace commands a magni¬ 
ficent view of the flower garden, and of the well-wooded park beyond ; 
the former, notwithstanding the dull season, was particularly attractive. 
The beds in the large design were well filled and a mass of colours ; 
Pelargoniums, ornamental Grasses, Calceolarias, and Lobelias were well 
arranged and most effective. Small paths edged with Box divide the 
beds. In the centre of the design is a fountain having a circle of jets, 
the centre jet forming the Prince of Wales’ plume. Standard Roses, 
Bays, and Rhododendrons grow at regular intervals, and a number of 
fine Yuccas, too, were in bloom at the time. Many other large beds 
were as gay as the foregoing, and Roses can only be barely mentioned. 
Retracing our steps, we came upon another flower garden, in the 
form of a semicircle, the boundary on the half-circle side being a stout 
Yew hedge, which is the background for a border about G feet wide, 
bedded in ribbon style, with blue Salvia and white Marguerite alternately 
as a back row, and very effective they were; Pelargoniums Waltham 
Seedling, West Brighton Gem, Mrs. Mappin, and Christine, Ageratums, 
