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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
August 8 
many of them were very old), and had on a splendid 
j crop of fruit. The glass projects out at the foot about 
i six feet, and a row of young trees had been planted, and 
[ trained to a trellis close to the glass. Even these had 
: on them a sprinkling of fruit, and were making good 
I trees. As the old ones on the wall become too old or 
I exhausted, these young trees are intended to take their 
I place, and would be carefully removed close to the wall, 
! so as not to injure them. There is a proof that glass is 
I in some places almost necessary, in order to produce 
good fruits of these kinds. In all situations where the 
Peach does not do well the walls ought to be instantly 
covered with glass. 
There is only one vinery against this south wall. It 
is intended to put up some vineries near to the highest 
part of the gardens, so that the vines here will be more 
happily situated than at present. In the flower-garden, 
it is true, there is a long range of glass where the vines 
are grown well, but this range is intended for plants 
only. One is to be an aquarium, one a stove-plant 
house, and the other a greenhouse; at least, I under 
stood that is the present intention in regard to arrange¬ 
ment. The plaut-houses will then be in their proper 
place, the flower-garden close to the mansion, and, in 
consequence, can be visited oftener, or more conveni¬ 
ently, than the kitchen-garden and fruit-houses which 
are situated a considerable distance from the mansion. 
It seems a sacrifice to do away with the vines in this 
flower-garden ; but, for the sake of uniformity and good 
taste, I think it highly commendable to make the 
alteration. 
The intended situation for the new vineries is close to 
the pineries, melon, cucumber, and forcing pits. These 
pineries are just completed; there are three houses, or 
rather span-roofed pits, with a walk at the back. Each 
house is thirty-six feet long, and about fourteen feet 
wide. The cucumber and melon-house is of the same 
length, and in front of these there are twelve ranges 
of pits with a walk under the glass; these are used 
partly for store pits in winter, and for forcing potatoes, 
kidney beans, &c., One range was tilled with Melons 
when I called, and I noted that the soil inside was 
Hosely covered with large pebbles, or, what we call in 
Yorkshire, boulder stones. I was informed this was 
found a good point in melon culture, and certainly the 
plants looked very healthy, with plenty of tine fruit 
i swelling off. These ranges of pine-houses, melon and 
I cucumber, and forcing pits, are as complete an establish* 
! merit for these purposes as any in the kingdom. 
| In the flower-garden, I was gratified to find the 
bedding-out plauts looking very well. Mr. M. makes 
great use of Calceolarias for this purpose; one large 
} bed had a dark variety ( Sultan , I believe,) in the 
centre, edged with a dwarf yellow variety, and another 
had the centre filled with a tall yellow edged with a dark 
one. Instead of cutting down all the Geraniums that 
i had flowered in the greenhouse, they were planted out in 
large beds pegged down to the ground, and were already 
beginning to grow, and showing plenty of fresh flowers. 
I was told this method answered very well, the plants 
grew and flowered much better than young ones. 
I Smaller beds were filled with Guplieas, edged with dwarf 
blue Lobelias; scarlet and pink Geraniums were, of course, 
I planted largely, and most of these beds were edged with 
the different varieties of variegated Geraniums. The 
flower-garden is large, and the ground rises; hence, from 
the walk in front of the plant-houses every bed is 
distinctly seen, and the whole presents a very bright 
appearance. 
The last winter has scarcely injured a single tree. The 
noble Deodars from twenty-live to thirty feet high, 
looked as fresh and green as if there had been no winter 
at all; also the Araucarias, Cryptomerias, and Taxodiums 
were uninjured. Even the Laurel, Arbutus, and Lau- 
rustinus have escaped. Such being the case, it seems a 
pity that a convenient piece of ground is not set out and 
made use of as a Pinetum. The reason may be, that there 
is, and has been, considerable alterations going on for 
some time, such as building new pineries, pcacli-houses, j 
vineries, &c., besides a noble set of new stables and 
coach-houses. It is probable, when all these are finished, ; 
attention will be paid to improving the pleasure-grounds, 
forming a Pinetum, &c., &c. Then Kinmel will be 
even more noble and interesting than it is now. One | 
point, or circumstance, is in favour of the probability 
that such will be the case; the present owner is rich, 
young, spirited, and enterprizing; fond of gardening 
and general improvement; and another thing in favour 
of such improvements being carried out is, that Mr. 
Mountford, the gardener, is a man of the right stamp, ! 
having great experience, and thoroughly understands | 
his business. 1 trust, therefore, before many years 
are over to see this place one of the finest in the 
kingdom. T. Appleby. 
STOVE l-’ERNS. 
( Concluded from page 198.) 
SAGENIA. 
A genus of large growing Perns of great beauty. 
Most of them are from the East Indies, and, therefore, 
require the full heat of the stove. The name is derived 
1 from sagene, a large net, the leaves being covered with 
widely spread veins. This genus approaches very closely 
to Aspidium; the chief distinction between them con¬ 
sists, in this genus, of the thinly-spread veins, and the 
seed-vessels being produced ou the top of a small vein. 
S.’ decurbens. — A handsome Pern from Ceylon, bear¬ 
ing barren and fertile fronds separate. The barren 
fronds half pinnate, tliut is, having a small wing, or 
i leaf, at the base. Fertile fronds, very curiously turned 
up at the edges, also suhpiunate, growing two-and-a-half 
' feet high. The lower part, or wing, runs down almost 
to the rootstock. Seed-vessels very prominent, and 
kidney-shaped. Increased by seeds. 
S. repandum (Spreading).*—A splendid Pern from the 
' Manillas, with two kinds of fronds, barren and seed- 
J bearing. The latter are half erect, repauded, or spread¬ 
ing pinnate ; the lowest pinnae on the side next the soil 
deeply cut into one, or sometimes two, segments. The 
barren fronds are pinnated, and of a bright shining 
green The pinnae, or leaves, are large and drooping, 
often a foot long, with a footstalk to each. The whole 
plant grows three feet high. This is the handsomest 
; Fern of the whole genus. Increased by seeds. There 
, are only two more species, namely, /S', coadnata and 
S. Hxppocrepis , both very rare. 
STENOCHL/ENA. 
A genus of Ferns, divided from Acrostichium by 
Mr. John Smith, of Kew. Name derived from Stems, 
' narrow, and chlaina, a hood or cloak, because of the nar¬ 
row covered margin of the seed-bearing leaves. This is. 
a very well defined genus, and very remarkable. The 
seed-bearing fronds are pinnated, and the pinnules are 
long and narrow, with the undersides densely covered 
with seed-vessels. The habit of the genus is climbing. 
I have grown the S. scandens five feet high. 
S. sorbifolia (Sorb-leaved).—A climbing Fern, but 
not very lofty, from Jamaica. Barren fronds pinnate, 
with bright green leathery piume. Fertile fronds erect, 
pinnated, each leaf entire. Increased by dividing the 
scandent creeping rhizoma. 
S. scandens (Climbing).—A handsome East Indian 
Fern, with the barren fronds pinnated, and each pinnee, 
or leaf, a foot long, and beautifully veined with a fleshy 
margin. The fertile fronds are very curious, bipinuated, 
