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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
t August 18, 1887. 
jasminiflorum, loosely trained on a balloon trellis, which has been loaded 
with flowers. On the wall outside is a large plant of the beautiful yellow 
Tea Eose, Perle de Lyon, covered with grand blooms, and apparently 
quite at home. 
Some very large and healthy Hickory trees are met with in various 
positions on the extensive lawns, which Mr. Udale tells me fruit 
abundantly. In the churchyard I noticed also a fine Almond tree 
bearing a heavy crop of fruit. The fruit walls surrounding the kitchen 
gardens are nearly a quarter of a mile in length and planted with fruit 
trees upon both sides, thus giving half a mile of fruit trees to be kept 
in training. 
Such varieties of Pears as Glou Moi'Qeau, Winter Nelis, Beurre 
Eance, Beurre Diel, Williams’ Bon Chretien, Marie Louise, &c., do 
unusually well here and produce very fine fruits. On a wall adjoining 
the vineries we noticed a very fine Wistaria sinensis. One portion of 
this tree trained over a flue flowers much earlier than the other, and this 
portion is now producing a second crop of flowers from the ends of the 
lateral growths. 
A glance through the vineries is a treat to all who are interested in 
first-class Grape culture, and especially the early house, which now 
contains a heavy crop of Black Hamburghs, ripe and ready for the 
exhibition or dinner table, which, for size of berry and high finish, have, 
we believe, scarcely ever been surpassed, and seldom equalled. Mr. 
Udale has already made his mark in the horticultural world as a Chrys¬ 
anthemum grower, and will probably do so as a Grape grower. Much 
of his success is due to the experience gained by him nineteen years 
since at Garston, Liverpool, under that renowned cultivator Mr. Mere¬ 
dith. The larger bunches will weigh over 2 lbs. each, and the berries 
are many of them 4 inches in circumference. The foliage is very large 
and stout. 
In the late house the Vines are equally satisfactory in appearance, 
and the crop promises to be quite as good as those in the early house. 
In the Peach house good crops of Peaches and Nectarines have been 
gathered, and from what I saw of those still left have been very good. 
Some Elruge Nectarines then gathered were the highest coloured samples 
of that variety I have yet met with, and were of very rich flavour. 
From a span-roof Cucumber house adjoining over 400 Cucumbers have 
been cut during the past two months, and still the plants are vigorous 
and productive. In the frame grounds adjoining are about 400 Chrys¬ 
anthemums, very strong and healthy, showing that Mr. Udale’s love 
for this flower is still as strong as when he was at Shirecliffe, Sheffield. 
In the kitchen gardens are excellent crops of all the most useful 
vegetables, and every part is remarkable for its freedom from weeds and 
general trimness. 
One of the features of Elford Gardens are the fine herbaceous 
borders, which are about 5 yards wide and 100 yards long, on each 
side of a broad gravel walk which leads up to Mr. Udale’s residence. 
The backgrounds to these borders are formed on the west side by the 
garden wall, and on the east by a grand old Yew hedge about 10 feet 
high and 4 feet through, thus forming a most beautiful avenue, bounded 
at the north end by the gardener’s residence as aforesaid, and at the south 
by a large rockery and some fine specimen Hollies. Amongst the most 
strikingly effective of the many good plants then flowering on these 
borders first place must be given to some noble clumps, 6 feet or more 
in diameter, of Spinna Aruncus, a large clump of Spiraea alnifolia, 
several clumps of Spiraea ulmifolia and its variegated form, some 
magnificent bushes of border Roses, conspicuous amongst which was 
Paul Ricaut, bearing bushels of fine flowers. Dictamnus Fraxinella 
was also very beautiful, also Lychnis Flos-cuculi fl.-pl. Amongst 
a host of good plants on these borders, some of which are now in 
flower, some over, and others yet to come and which keep up a suc¬ 
cessive display are, besides those named, Tritoma uvaria, double and 
single Pyrethrums, herbaceous Phloxes (a good collection), Hollyhocks, 
Delphiniums, Veronica azurea, Bocconia cordata, Saxifraga palmata, 
herbaceous Paeonies, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Michaelmas Daisies, Iris 
germanica, Phlox setacea, Clematis, Aquilegia, Potentilla double, Chrys¬ 
anthemum maximum, Alstroemeria aurantiaca, Hesperis matronalis fLpl., 
Campanulas, Solomon’s Seal, Fuchsia Eiccartoni (fine), Lilium candidum, 
&c. A notice of these borders would be scarcely complete without 
mentioning the fine appearance and substantial character of the gar¬ 
dener’s residence, a modern built large square red brick structure, which 
like all similar works carried out by Mr. Paget, is very commodious, and 
fitted throughout with every convenience. 
About half a mile from the gardens and upon the Elford estates are 
some majestic old Oaks, than which, I believe, finer are scarcely to be 
found in the kingdom. One of these, lately dead, having been struck 
by lightning, but still standing apparently quite sound to the core, is 
supposed to be upwards of 1000 years old. It is, I am told, mentioned 
in Domesday Book. The girth of its stem at 4 feet from the ground is 
more than 20 feet, and the circumference of its gnarled roots at the base 
is 18 paces or yards. This has, indeed, been for hundreds of years a 
veritable monarch of the woods, defying age and storm. 
In addition to his responsibilities as head gardener, Mr. Udale has 
also the supervision of the extensive woods and general estate work as 
to repairs, &c., needed, for all of which duties he is well fitted.—W. K. W. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF AURICULAS—WHITE-EDGED. 
(Continued from page 124.) 
Ashworth's Regular .—A small plant that produces a medium sized 
flower of fair average goodness. Pip slightly pointed with narrow petals, 
flat ; edge good ; colour dark mahogany, wavy, of proper breadth ; paste 
round, good ; eye greenish yellow, anthers visible. Foliage curled, ser¬ 
rated, slightly mealed. 
Ca/mpbelVs Robert Burns .—A pretty feminine-looking flower with 
neat evenly mealed foliage, having a tint of straw in it. It is not a full 
trusser, and can rarely be shown owing to the narrowness of its two- 
outer zones, the edge and the colour, though in this it is inconstant. Pip 
large, inconstant, some being round and some angular on the same truss ; 
edge good white, too narrow; colour plum, not always wide enough; 
paste good, broad, defined ; eye generally too large, pale yellow, cupped 
with anthers in the hollow. 
Clieetham's Countess of Wilton .—Of average properties for a white- 
edge. Pip round, moderately flat, petal small; edge hardly decided 
enough ; colour dark chestnut, splashed with meal, of sufficient breadth ; 
paste good, circular ; eye browned lemon, anthers low ; foliage curled, 
serrated, without meal. 
Clegg's Crucifix. —A coarse looking flower. Pip large, round, curls ; 
edge good white, colour broad, black, in rays ; paste good, uneven ; eye 
lemon with projecting anthers ; foliage much mealed and serrated. 
Gairn's Model .—Large growing plant with curled and mealed foliage. 
Pip too small, round ; edge good white ; colour very deep plum almost 
black, well proportioned ; paste good, circular, defined ; eye greenish 
orange yellow, rather too large for the size of the flower ; anthers not 
projecting ; fair trusser ; no improvement on Earl Grosvenor, which it 
most resembles. 
Heap's Smiling Beauty. —One of the few whites to rank with Taylor’s 
three celebrities, which it does even with GloVy the best of them. Pip 
round and flat, not always large enough ; edge good white ; colour very 
dark velvety plum with a dash of violet in it, well proportioned ; paste 
even and circular, and where the eye admits of it broad enough ; eye 
full, greenish yellow with low anthers ; magnificent trusser. Foliage 
curled, slightly serrated, evenly mealed. This year, 1860, this variety 
gave me my premier truss, indeed I never saw one that excelled it. 
Hepmorth's True Briton .—A fine thing, and when white enough in the 
edge inferior to none. Pip as perfectly circular as can consist with a 
too uneven surface, for it does not flatten, petals very broad and fine ; 
edge generally undecided ; colour very dark plum,, well placed ; paste 
good, round, defined ; eye bright yellow, open though not large, 
moderately low anthers. Foliage clean, smooth, veined, dark green, 
fleshy, and so impatient of overwatering. 
Hvfton's Miss Willoughby .—Pip not flat nor circular enough ; edge 
decided but of insufficient breadth ; colour plum, too broad ; paste thin, 
circular, eye greenish yellow which fades, low anthers. Foliage broad, 
smooth, evenly mealed.' 
Hughes' Pillar of Beauty .—A very bold flower not worth much now. 
Pip large, round, curled ; edge good white, which contrasts the better 
with the deep black colour because it is splashed into by the latter ; 
paste of good substance, uneven ; eye lemon, with forward anthers. 
Foliage curled, slightly serrated, evenly mealed. 
Lee's Bright Venus .—Large growing plant, with curled and serrated 
foliage, evenly mealed, stout stem, and good trusser. Pip moderately 
flat, circular, with points; edge but moderately white; colour dark 
maroon ; paste scalloped ; all the zones cramped by the size of the eye, 
which is immoderate and open, of a deep greenish yellow, with visible 
anthers. 
Lee's Earl Grosvenor .—A late bloomer but a good one. Pip mode¬ 
rately round and flat ; edge good white ; colour dark chestnut of fair 
breadth, bold ; paste good, occupying at least its fair proportion ; eye 
greenish yellow, rather bold, anthers low ; foliage curly, slightly 
serrated, mealed. Quite as good as Gairn’s Model. 
Lightbody's Mrs. Headley .—Not yet let out, and the raiser hesitates 
about it because of its habit of cupping. The plant sent me on trial 
certainly did not flatten its flowers, but its properties are so good that I 
for one am loth to entertain the idea of discarding it. Pip purely cir¬ 
cular with large petals, which opens like that of Matilda ; the edge was 
not white enough ; colour broad but even, of a rich deep brown ; paste 
of good substance, well defined; eye greenish-orange with a tinge of 
brown, anthers even with the surface. A small grower with a semi- 
mealed foliage. 
Lightbody's Countess of Dunmore .—Not a first-rate flower. Pip small, 
fairly round, rarely flat ; good white edge, narrow ; colour chestnut, not 
always sufficient ; paste occasionally too thin, sometimes good, narrow ; 
eye orange, proportionate, anthers even with the surface ; foliage plenti¬ 
ful, serrated, handsome, fully mealed ; full trusser. 
Popplewell’s Conqueror. —Large, broad petalled, round pip, tolerably 
flat; edge not white enough ; colour chestnut, too narrow ; paste good, 
but angular; eye twice its proper size, open, deep yellow ; foliage large, 
mealed. 
Pott's Regulator .—A good flower though of undecided edge. Pip 
hardly flat enough, fairly rounded ; edge often no more than grey ; 
colour good dark chestnut; paste good, circular ; eye greenish orange, 
small, with low anthers ; in general not a good trusser. Foliage bold, 
light green, without meal. 
Smith’s Ne Plus Ultra .—Pip of good size, of the flattest, very 
pointed; edge white ; colour deep chestnut, starry, might be broader 
with advantage ; paste round ; eye too large, greenish yellow, with low 
anthers; good trusser. Broad, smooth, mealed foliage, constitution 
robust. 
Summer scale's Catharina. —Nothing to boast of. Pip of good size, 
angular, crumpled ; edge fairly white ; colour dark plum, of sufficient 
