August 28, 1886, 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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of nice clear water, and between that and the house is 
a fine expanse of lawn, in the centre being a beautiful 
flower garden looking wondrously gay, the bedding 
being well done and full of life and contrast. Beyond, 
as behind, lie ascents covered with rich verdure, and 
nohle trees and woods ; indeed, the whole place seems 
redolent of peace, prosperity, and sweet contentment, 
although we know too well that the passion of humanity 
may sometimes display themselves in as evil a form 
amidst scenes so pure and pastoral as in the busy haunts 
of city life. 
One singular feature away across the park is found 
in some dense woods of Spruce Fir, which, although 
originally laid to promote game cover, have grown erect 
now, and developed into fine specimens. Through one of 
these woods there runs, for a length of some 200 yds., a 
perfect tunnel of Fir growth, and is one of the most 
secluded and picturesque of walks as it is one of the 
most unique. So dense is the growth above that 
daylight is hardly visible. Everywhere the trees 
and others showing fine crops and beautiful samples. 
A patch of Sea Kale from sets for forcing is a grand lot 
of stuff, Brussels Sprouts and Broccolis first-rate ; so 
also is Celery, &c., and Runner Beans are wonderful, 
the rows being some 11 ft. high and profusely fruited. 
We regret to learn that Mr. Herrin is leaving Chalfont, 
where he has been for some ten years. Mr. Hibbert’s 
death has created important changes in the establish¬ 
ment, and the garden suffers with the rest. So young 
and yet so capable a gardener should not long be without 
some suitable post, and we earnestly hope such post 
may soon he provided. 
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A FAMOUS ROSARIAN. 
M. Jean Sisley contributes the following inter¬ 
esting particulars respecting one of the most successful 
raisers of Roses—M. Francois Lachanne—to the Amer i¬ 
can Florist :—“The subject of this sketch was horn at 
Saint Didier sur Chalaroune, Ain, France, Jan. 28, 
1817. His father was an agriculturist who had a great 
Van Houtte, Charles Lefehvre, Captain Christy, Hip- 
polyte Jamain, Tea Madame Lambard, H. T. Jule3 
Finger, &c. 
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THE VINES AT GLENHURST. 
In our last we published some notes on the Hon. 
Col. Talbot’s admirably managed garden at Glenhurst, 
Esher, accompanied by an illustration of the beautiful 
cottage which has lately been erected for the able gar¬ 
dener, Mr. C. J. Waite. We have now the pleasure of 
supplementing our former remarks with the accom¬ 
panying portrait of Mr. Waite, taken in one of the 
Vineries at Glenhurst, and which will besides serve 
another purpose in affording some idea of the splendid 
character of the Grapes grown there, as described by 
us at p. 809. At the end of the house will be observed 
a very neat specimen of Vine culture in pots for table 
decoration, a pretty system not much practised now. A 
few years ago such plants might often have been seen, 
Vinery at Glenhurst, Esher. 
thrive well, and all about the park are many grand 
specimens. The kitchen gardens are close to the house, 
and partake of the general fertility of the valley. 
Vegetables thrive well, as also do most fruits ; but the 
wall-trees seem to have gone beyond their best, and 
circumstances have so far prevented their replacement. 
In the houses Mr. Herrin has some capital Grapes, 
his Hamburghs, Foster’s Seedling, and Muscats being 
first-rate, although grown this year under peculiar 
difficulties, artificial heat having been almost entirely 
dispensed with. Enough is seen, however, to show 
that Grapes are well understood and ably handled. 
Melons are well grown also, and a taste of Mr. Herrin’s 
splendid green flesh kind, La Favourite, showed it to 
be as finely flavoured and luscious as last year. An 
impending change arising from the death of the recent 
and very aged proprietor, Mr. Hibbert, has so clipped 
the efforts of the gardener that plants have received 
but little attention ; and whilst the capital stock of 
Chrysanthemums still exists, they are not grown to 
produce show blooms. Hone the less, it is well known 
that Mr. Herrin is one of our best growers of these 
grand autumn flowers. 
Better Potatos we have not seen this season, such 
kinds as Beauty of Hebron, Snowdrop, London Hero, 
Rufus, Rosebud, Radstock Beauty, Sutton’s Abundance, 
taste for flowers, and a Rosa centifolia in his garden 
was the special admiration of the youthful Lacharme, 
and was the beginning of his predilection for the queen 
of flowers, in the improvement of which he was to play 
so important a part. 
In 1836 he begged his father to allow him to become 
a gardener, and he was placed with one M. Poucet at 
Lyon. In 1839 he went to Paris with a recommenda¬ 
tion to the celebrated Pirolle, the founder of the Bon 
Jardinier, the first dictionary of horticulture, and M. 
Pirolle placed him in a Dutch establishment in Paris, 
directed by M. Duval, where Roses were largely culti¬ 
vated. 
Fr. Lacharme often visited Mr. Hardy, the director 
of the gardens of the palace of the Luxembourg, at 
Paris, who also had a great taste for Roses, of which he 
possessed the largest and best collection^at that time. 
In 1840 M. Plantier, the]jRosarian of Lyon, offered 
his establishment to Lacharme, being anxious to retire ; 
this he accepted, and followed the example of his 
patron, and devoted his time to the growing of seedling 
Roses, in which he was very successful. He has ob¬ 
tained and sent out a large number of excellent va¬ 
rieties, some sixty or more among which we find 
Victor Verdier, Anna de Diesbach, Madame Alfred de 
Rougemont, Alfred Colomb, Coquette des Alps, Louis 
and especially do we remember the beautiful way in 
which Mr. Sage, of Belton, used to manage them when 
at Ashridge Park ; and Mr. W. Cole, of Feltham, when 
gardener to J. S. Budgett, Esq., at Ealing Park. Mr. 
Sage’s plan, as described in Mr. Barron’s Vines and 
Vine Culture, was as follows :■—When the pot Vines 
were started into growth, iron standards were fixed in 
the ground near the Vines, the standards being pro¬ 
vided with rings at the top suitable for holding or 
supporting the pots in which the Vines are to be 
layered. The rod or cane of the Vine was taken 
through the bottom of the pot to the length required 
and then tied, the shoots being afterwards trained to 
a wire frame or trellis placed in the pot for that purpose. 
As the buds broke all those below the pot were rubbed 
off, and when those above had attained a length of 
7 ins. or 8 ins. they were stopped in the usual way. 
The pots "were filled with a suitable compost, and as 
they became filled with roots, required and received 
constant attention in the matter of watering. When 
the Grapes were ripe the cane was cut through by 
degrees, and the plant being found established in the 
small pot was available for use on the dinner-table or 
the sideboard. Mr. Waite’s method is not quite the 
same, but on that subject he has promised to enlighten 
us at an early date. 
