THE GARDENING WORLD. 
137 
October 31, 1835. 
Which, at tie time of my visit (September 11), were in 
fine condition as regards health, heaviness of crop, and 
quality of produce. 
The herbaceous plants referred to above, Which are 
arranged in the borders according to their habit of 
growth and colour of flowers, were very effective, and 
together made a good floral display as seen from either 
end of the walk. The latter, owing to its great width, 
20 ft. to 30 ft., gives to the whole a somewhat bold and 
point of view blackbirds and thrushes should be in¬ 
cluded in that class during the fruit season, are pre¬ 
served (in the kitchen garden and grounds at any rate) ; 
the havoc, therefore, which they annually make among 
the fruit crops is considerable, notwithstanding the fact 
of a large per centage of the trees being covered with 
garden netting ; otherwise the consequences as regards 
the supply of fruit would be disastrous. 
Glass Department.—T he various plant and fruit 
Muscat and the Muscat of Alexandria, is that while the 
berries of the latter variety are oval, those of the former 
are pear-shaped. The Melon crop was nearly over, but 
a sufficient number of fruits remained on the plant to 
show that their culture was understood. One house 
contained a nice crop of Tomatos, of the Trophy type, 
the fruits of that variety being rather small, but very 
highly coloured. 
The Peach crop, except a variety called “Thames 
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Early Flowering Chrysanthemums.—1, Mandarin; 2, Roi des Practices ; 3, Mons. Roux. 
commanding appearance, an appearance which is quite 
in keeping with the place. 
Fruit Trees : these are grown in the kitchen garden 
in the ordinary way, and, on the whole, were carrying 
heavy crops of good-sized clear-looking fruits. The 
walls are well furnished with healthy trees of the 
Morello Cherry, Pears, and Plums in variety. Of the 
latter I noticed that trees of that excellent and sure- 
bearing variety, Coe's Golden Drop, were heavily 
cropped with fine large fruits. Seeing that birds of 
every description, excepting, of course, those of a 
strictly rapacious character, though in a gardener’s 
houses are located in and close to the kitchen garden. In 
the former we noticed several well-flowered plants of 
tuberous-rooted Begonias, including double and single- 
flowered varieties, the flowers being fine in form, size, 
and colour ; and a nice little collection of Orchids, &c. 
The vineries, some of which are new, and, unlike the 
old ones, which, consist of a maximum of wood and a 
minimum of glass, light, contain useful sized bunches of 
late Grapes, including the Tyningham Muscat, a variety 
which was raised on the place whence it takes its name, 
many years ago by the late and much respected gardener, 
Mr. Lees. The only difference between the Tyningham 
Bank,” which Mr. Brotherston, the head gardener 
speaks highly of as a late variety, was finished. One 
Peach house, a new one having a good length of rafter, 
contained a couple of fine healthy trees, back and front, 
a particularly well-balanced tree of Barrington, 
occupying a central position on the back wall, and 
which it will completely furnish, if allowed to do so, in 
the course of a year or two. Standing on the floor in 
this Peach house, wherein plants are also grown when 
forcing is commenced, in pots about 20 inches in 
diameter, were two recently cut back plants of Hibiscus, 
which prior to their decapitation with a view to ultimate 
