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THE GARDENING WORLD. March 12 , iots. 
meats that has been made here is the converting of 
the old kitchen garden into pleasure grounds. Stand¬ 
ing as it did just in sight of the dressed portion of the 
grounds, it did not quite harmonise with the 
surroundings. In doing this, while changing it, due 
consideration has been made not to lose sight of the 
beautiful. Now standing on the turf are several fine 
are placed on a sloping bank, with a walk running 
below them ; and as you walk and look up at them 
in full bloom, it is more easy to admire than describe 
them. The plants are placed about 6 ft. or 7 ft. 
apart. Begonia Ingramii and Solanum jasminoides 
are also used in the same way with the very best 
results. In all cases the plants are large. Bedding- 
a walk. At the foot is a border for growing many 
rock plants; and on the other side is a border for 
herbaceous and other hardy plants. 
I must not omit to mention some few prominent 
features in other departments, In the glass depart¬ 
ment was one of the finest batches of Achimines I 
ever saw. The plants were growing in 48 and 
Turnip Sutton's Criterion. 
The Rim. 
32-sized pots, were lightly staked, sturdy, and a 
mass of bloom. Many kinds were grown, and 
brought to my memory days gone by, when we used 
to grow these extensively. In the same house was a 
fine batch of show and decorative Pelargoniums of 
the very best kinds, grown short-jointed, and re¬ 
quiring no staking. Many of the fine kinds grown 
by the market men were to be found here. 
In the stoves, which were full of the most useful 
kinds of plants, mention must be made of a fine 
specimen of Medinilla magnifica (a plant not often 
seen done well) in fine condition; also a grand pair 
of plants of Anthurium scherzerianum, a mass of 
bloom. Aristolochia gigas, with its curious blooms, 
was ornamenting the wall. On the roof was Begonia 
corallina, 18 ft. by 10 ft.; and as one looked on the 
mass of bright coral-red blooms hanging down, the 
effect was not easily forgotten. Browallia elata 
major is grown with effect here. Many fine foliage 
plants were giving good results. 
In the fruit houses were good crops of Grapes ; 
also, in a small pit I observed a batch of Primula 
obconica rosea, and from the blooms then on the 
plants, I should consider it a distinct break in colour 
The Rim in Position. 
old Apple and Pear trees; and when in bloom 
nothing could harmonise better with the dark green 
of the evergreen trees. I often think fruit trees are 
not half as much used as they ought to be in the 
ornamental portion of gardens. 
The old kitchen-garden wall facing south has been 
utilised to the best, by planting it with the best 
climbers and wall shrubs, and training them to 
wires, thereby allowing them to hang somewhat 
loosely, which is just the way to see the effect the 
bunch Roses are capable of producing. 
I must now give an outline of the way some 
portions of the grounds are ornamented with big 
Fuchsias and other plants, such as Plumbago 
capensis and many kinds of scented-leaved Pelar¬ 
goniums which are not often seen at the present 
time compared with some thirty years ago. Let it 
suffice to name one which most cultivators of that 
period remember, namely, Shrubland Pet. This 
and many other kinds are grown as big plants many 
feet hight, and plunged with other things in the 
turf. 
The Fuchsias are quite a feature here in summer, 
grown, as they are in quantity, in big pots, somfe as 
standards, and otherwise. The pots are plunged 
under the turf and placed in groups sufficient to give 
a mass of colour. In one part of the grounds they 
Out is not much done here on the old lines,, but Mr. 
Townshend is well known for his advanced style of 
gardening and that he has entirely given up the old 
stereotyped form. 
Passing from this portion of the ornamental 
grounds, I was then shown the ponds that are 
occupied with aquatic plants. Most of the new 
Nymphaeas are found here, as they are added to 
the collection as soon as their value is recognised. 
These ornamental ponds are so arranged that the 
top one of the three supplies water for the other two, 
and is made to produce a piece of swampy ground, 
which is now being added to, giving opportunities of 
growing many swamp-loving subjects, all of which 
are used to the best advantage. 
At the time of my visit Aponogeton distachyum 
(or Water Hawtborn)was in full bloom, not by the 
foot, but by the yard, and I never saw such a mass 
in bloom at one time before. This water-gardening 
is quite a feature of the place, and the gardener has 
helped towards its development by giving his 
experience in the gardening press, both relating to 
the hardy aDd the tropical kinds. The latter he is 
growing in a tank outside, heated from a small pipe 
which comes out of the wall from the hot-water 
pipes, and keeps the water in the tank warm. 
Running alongside these ponds and above them is 
(a thing not easily accomplished). I observed Mr. 
Townshend has a regard for many old plants, as 
amongst others I found Heterocentron roseum, a 
plant not often seen now. 
In the kitchen garden I noticed the wall and other 
trees looked well; and outside the garden and near 
the pleasure grounds is an iron archway. Against 
this fruit trees are planted, and Mr. Townshend told 
me they generally gave him good crops, and some 
kinds of Pears did really well. 
Vegetables were in strong force, and evidently 
every available space is used to grow something. 
On one of the outside borders of the kitchen garden 
was growing a wonderfully fine strain of self-coloured 
Pansies, true to colour and name. 
I cannot close these hurried notes without remark¬ 
ing that the keeping of, and the material used in the 
garden, show that both Sir William Farrer and his 
gardener are enthusiasts in gardening. It was quite 
a pleasure to me to look over a garden so full of 
interest, as it is not often one gets an opportunity of 
seeing a garden in which the owner takes such a 
deep interest.— J. C , Chard. 
-- 
Twenty Million Acres of Land in the United States 
are said to be owned by British landlords. 
