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to produce good fruits. The next division was filled with Orchids, amongst 
which were good batches of Calanthe vestita oculata and C. Veitchi, 
Cattleya Mendeli, C. Trianae, and 0. Mossice. The end of the house was 
covered with virgin cork, and Ferns, Selaginellas, Begonia Rex, and 
other plants were growing over it. Next to this is the succession Pine pit. 
Pines are grown on one side of it, and Melons in pots on the other. The 
next division—an intermediate house—was filled with Odontoglossums 
and several other genera of Orchids, and a few fine plants of Gleichenias 
in good condition. The Cucumber and Melon house adjoins this. It was 
partly filled with plants consisting of Dracaenas, Gardenias, Ixoras, and 
some Orchids. Close to this is the Strawberry house, a neat lean-to 
building, both light and airy, with a series of shelves on a stage running 
close up the glass. Some 400 Strawberry plants are forced here annually, 
and to judge from the plants I saw in preparation they cannot fail to 
produce good crops. 
The vineries, Peach houses, and the principal plant houses occupy the 
whole of the south wall in the kitchen garden. The ground has a steep 
incline to the east, and the houses form, as it were, a series of terraces. 
fruit. The berries were free from cracking, and the Vine seemed to do 
fairly well in company with the Peaches. Passing on, we descend another 
three steps into the late vinery, which is planted with Gros Colman, Black 
Hamburgh, Muscat of Alexandria, West’s St. Peter’s, Lady Downe’s' 
Seedling, and Mrs. Pince. The Vines looked strong and healthy, and all 
the varieties were bearing good crops. 
Next is the early vinery. It is planted with Black Hamburgh, Muscat of 
Alexandria, Buckland Sweetwater, and Foster’s Seedling. The plant stove 
—a commodious span-roofed house—is next entered. It contained a good 
collection of flowering and fine-foliaged plants in vigorous health, amongst 
which were some fine specimen plants of Croton Victoria, 5 feet high and 
as much through. There were also two large plants of Eucharis amazonica 
fully 6 feet in diameter, which have not been potted for the last seven 
years, yet they are strong and healthy, and produce enormous quantities 
of flowers during the year; large plants of Davallia Mooreana more than 
5 feet through, and many others of smaller growth in a flourishing con¬ 
dition. The back wall was covered with a plant of Stephanotis in a free- 
flowering state. Next to this is the house for growing pot Vines. It was 
Fig. 72.—B r y N G l a s. 
The. first at the top of the range—a span-roofed greenhouse—stands on 
level ground, and acts as a kind of corridor to all the others, which are on 
a lower level. Each division is entered by a flight of three steps till the 
stove is reached at the bottom, which is built on level ground. In passing, 
I may say that Mr. Wattie is a good plantsman, and Bryn Glas till lately 
possessed one of the finest collections of specimen stove and greenhouse 
plants in the country. These, for some reason or other, have been dis¬ 
persed to make room for smaller plants. The greenhouse was filled with 
a general collection of plants, amongst which were Tuberous Begonias, 
single and double, Gloxinia^. Tree Ferns, Rhododendron Countess of 
Haddington and R. Veitchianum, two splendid varieties. The plants are 
about 5 feet high, and from 3 to 4 feet in diameter. Tea Roses and the 
red and white Lapagerias were trained over part of the roof and end of 
the house, and in a case, in an out-of-the-way corner, a fine plant of Todea 
superba, which I look upon as a most unsatisfactory plant, shunning the 
light and hiding its beauty under a bushel. 
Leaving this we entered the early Peach house, which is a lean-to. 
It is well furnished with fine trees of Royal George and Early York 
Peaches, and Violette Bative Nectarines, which carry good crops annually. 
The trees were clean and healthy and full of foliage, though the crop had 
been gathered some time before. At the lower end of the house a Vine cf 
Madresfieid Court Grape was finishing tff a good crop of highly flavoured 
filled with a miscellaneous collection of plants in pots. The back wall 
was covered with Marechal Neil Roses, which were struck from cuttings 
in the spring. They were strong vigorous plants with shoots more than 
6 feet in length, some of which were flowering. 
The Muscat house follows. The Vines were planted this spring. 
They have made strong short-jointed canes which run right up to the top 
of the house. The border is made by degrees both inside and out. As 
the Vines grow and fill it with roots a fresh breadth is added. Next to 
this is the late Peach house. Mr. Wattie adopts the system of planting 
early and late varieties in the same house, and by this means he can 
gather ripe fruit from the month of June till September from it—rather a 
good idea where glass is limited. The varieties planted here are Prince of 
Wales, a large melting late variety, and a great favourite at Bryn Glas ; 
Late Admirable, Lord Palmerston, Hale’s Early, and Pine Apple Nectarine. 
The trees were healthy and clean, and the late varieties were carrying a 
good crop of excellent fruit. Besides this there is a new Peach case 
covering 60 feet of wall. It is planted with late varieties, which are 
making splendid growth, and promise to mate fine trees. The trees are 
young, and to make the most use of the structure possible it was planted 
with Tomatoes, which have produced as good a crop as is almost possible 
of large finely finished fruit. The varieties are Stamfordian, Trophy, and 
Perfection. In conclusion, it is right that I should say the magnificent 
