September 11, 1886. 
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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
a long time, very beautiful. The space, therefore, is 
made to do double duty, a plan which might more 
generally be adopted with advantage. On the opposite 
side to the bedding plants are some fine clumps of 
Rhododendrons which have been blooming well, and still 
are grateful objects with their clean healthy foliage. 
The Herbaceous Plant Gardens, 
Of which there are two, are here—as everywhere else 
where attention is paid to these useful and now popular 
plants—the showiest and most varied part of the garden. 
Along the broad borders, bright with varied colours, 
most of our popular hardy plants appear, their effect 
easily cultivated, and once planted they increase in 
beauty every year. They, moreover, give the longest 
season of flowering of any section of outdoor plants, 
and they are effective in their borders and beds, and 
useful for cut flowers. With them are mingled Dahlias, 
Sunflowers, and Sweet Peas, rich in colour and perfume. 
The Glass Department 
at Kingswood Warren is mainly devoted to producing 
good things for the table, or for decoration indoors, 
and in these objects, Mr. C. Blurton, the gardener, 
succeeds admirably, two plants in particular being 
cultivated by him up to their very best, viz., the 
The same heated pit is used for Gardenias which flower 
profusely ; one large specimen, planted in a division to 
itself, is covered with buds, and the specimens in pots 
are equally fine. There is no doubt that plants gener¬ 
ally like these shallow heated pits, and much may be 
done with them when properly managed as here. In 
The Cool Plant Houses 
Are a good show of tuberous-rooted Begonias- of grand 
quality (Veitch’s strain), some excellently grown 
Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, &c., and in the warmer one a 
well-grown lot of Ferns, in which the fine specimens of 
Adiantum cuneatum, and A. Farleyense predominate. 
Pnoi oden'dron balsaminjeflorum Rajah. 
being heightened by a few silver variegated Pelar¬ 
goniums being planted among them, and an edging of 
blue Lobelia and succulent plants ; neither are a few of 
the showy annuals and biennials despised, but all 
utilised to make a showy effect and supply flowers for 
cutting. 
Very handsome at present are the Delphiniums in 
every shade of blue, the yellow Solidagos, the scarlet 
Gladioli, the various coloured Phloxes, Antirrhinums, 
and Penstemons, the blue Aconites, the fine feathery 
white sprays of the double Spirrea filipendula, mingled 
with the blue and white bushes of Galega, the different 
varieties of mauve Aster, with here and there great 
golden bushes of perennial Sunflower, and clumps of 
the orange-scarlet Tritoma uvaria. There is much to 
be said in favour of herbaceous perennials, as they are 
white Eucharis amazonica and the scarlet Vallota 
purpurea, a large quantity of both of which are just now 
in bloom, and a quantity of their mingled large scarlet 
and white flowers, gathered for use at the time of our 
visit, formed a good example of their effect when used 
together for table decoration. Some of the plants of 
Vallota have five or six large heads of blooms, and the 
whole side of a house of Eucharis is bristling with the 
tall spikes of this beautiful plant. 
Small plants of Crotons, Dracaenas, and other varie¬ 
gated and ornamental plants for table decoration is 
another culture in which Mr. Blurton excells. There is 
now a whole pitful of beautiful little plants of these, 
which were struck in spring, potted into 60-sized pots 
when rooted, and are now in a heated pit getting 
beautiful colour into their foliage ready for winter use. 
With respect to the former, which is the florists’ 
Maidenhair, notwithstanding the introduction of so 
many new varieties, it is unshaken in its place as the 
only general favourite for cutting. In another warm 
house are some fine plants of Crotons, Dracaenas, 
Marantas, Dieffenbachias, grand double scarlet Hibiscus, 
Ferns, and a few Orchids, amongwhich Odontoglossum 
Roezlii is growing with remarkable vigour. The roof 
in this house is well covered with white Stephanotis 
and yellow Allamanda. The Vineries have borne, and 
are still bearing good crops, in which the Black 
Hamburgh and Muscat of Alexandria form the staple, 
but excellent in quality also are the Bowood Muscat, 
Mrs. Pince’s Black Muscat, Buckland Sweetwater, 
Madresfield Court, &c. 
In the Vineries Figs are well grown as bushes planted 
