June 12, 1897. 
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SATURDAY , JUNE 12th, 1897. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, June 15th.— Royal Horticultural Society; meeting 
of committees at 12 o’clock. 
Ryde Rose Show. 
Wednesday, June 16th.—York Floral Fete (three days). 
Saleot Specimen Palms, stove and greenhouse plants, &c., 
by Messrs. Protheroe& Morris. 
Thursday, June 17th.—Meeting of the Linnean Society. 
Friday, June 18th.—Sale of imported Orchids by Messrs 
Protturoe and Morris. 
unningdale Park in Spring.— There 
is no better time to visit the country 
than in spring and early summer, when the 
trees are in full leaf, many of them in 
bloom, and everything fresh and beautiful. 
Last week found us at Sunningdale Park, 
Sunningdale, Berks, the country residence 
of Major Joicey. This beautiful demesne 
lies close to Sunningdale railway station, 
but extends away up the hill a considerable 
distance on the way to Sunninghill. The 
mansion itself stands at a considerable 
elevation, but is, nevertheless, considerably 
below the crest of the rising ground. A 
considerable portion of the estate is covered 
with wood, and the rest is laid out in 
paddocks surrounded by trees, with the 
exception of the pleasure grounds around 
two or three sides of the mansion, and the 
kitchen garden not far off, but all surrounded 
or interspersed with trees. Entering by the 
end of the drive nearest the station in 
company with Mr. F. J. Thorne, the 
gardener, we proceeded uphill by a winding 
pathway, rather closely surrounded with 
tress of a varied description, but consisting 
largely of Sweet Chestnuts, Beech, Larch, 
and Scots Fir, in front of which great banks 
of Cherry Laurels and Rhododendrons 
come close up to the drive. Towards the 
top of the hill, the prospect began to open 
out, and beautiful glimpses of something 
beyond could be obtained. 
In some of these places, many of the old 
trees have been removed, and the ground 
occupied with thriving banks and planta¬ 
tions of fine young trees of the Douglas 
Lir, Silver Lirs, Rhododendrons, Scarlet 
Thorns now in the height of their glory, 
Laburnums, Guelder Roses, and a host of 
things, herbeceous, shrubby, and arboreal. 
In the woods or plantations proper seedling 
Sweet Chestnuts, and other trees, as well as 
Rhododendrons, spring up spontaneously 
by the hundred. As we neared the mansion, 
the ground proved to be very much 
undulated, sinking very rapidly on the right 
into valleys and hollows, rounded in the 
bottom, covered with a beautiful sward, and 
overhung with huge, umbrageous Beeches, 
Oaks, Sweet Chestnuts, Limes, and others, 
many of them being of immense size, 
especially the first two named, and judging 
from appearances one or two centuries of 
age. The Oaks are peculiarly characteristic 
of an old English Park, but the Beech is 
the queen of the glade on account of its 
symmetry and gracefully drooping habit, 
and spray-like and elegant shoots and 
branches. 
The mansion then comes in full view on a 
terrace above a ravine or gorge 40ft. to 50ft. 
in depth. On either hand the Rhododendrons 
begin to thicken, until they seem to burst 
out in full blaze everywhere, for they are 
certainly a leading feature of the place at 
the present time. On the sides of the steep 
ravine, they and deciduous Azaleas, of all 
colours, are bold and impressive. On the 
sides of the steep banks, masses of the 
prostrate blue Gromwell (Lithospermum 
prostratum), a yard in diameter, produce 
effects, as far as the eye can see them, hardly 
to be surpassed by the best of the dwarf 
blue Gentians. It is twenty years or more 
since we had previously seen such fine 
masses of this magnificent alpine. 
By this time we are in front of the 
mansion, a white walled pile of roomy 
proportions, the older portion being about 
60 years old, to which a large wing has 
more recently been added. Right in front, 
but at some distance from the building, 
is a huge oval bed of the finest named 
hybrid Rhododendrons, of the R. ponticum 
and R. catawbiense type, including the 
double R. Multiflorum. Close, dwarf, 
bushy, and floriferous, they are the picture 
of health, and marvels of what can be done 
by assisting the light and sandy soil peculiar 
to this district, by applying quantities of 
peat to the natural staple. To the left of 
the visitor, while facing the mansion, the 
ground rises abruptly in a great bank of 
Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Scarlet Thorns, 
Viburnum plicatum, White Broom, Lilacs, 
and a great variety of ornamental trees and 
shrubs that can never look better than 
during May and June. Behind them come 
the trees of the wood. Proceeding to 
climb the high bank we come upon a huge 
reservoir behind the house, almost on a level 
with the roof of it, and capable of holding 
50,000 gallons of water. This is supplied 
from the company’s main, and is meant for 
use in case of fire, besides being utilised for 
garden purposes during periods of drought. 
Splendid views may be obtained from here 
in various directions, reaching for a distance 
of 20 miles, till the Surrey Downs at Epsom 
touch the horizon, and break the view. 
Proceeding round the house, we then 
descend rapidly, and note that it is built on 
a terrace cut out of the side of the hill. On 
the steep bank is a massive bush of Broom, 
very effective in the distance, and beside it 
a great bank covered with the real Heather 
(Calluna vulgaris) in different varieties, and 
thriving well. Lower down on the smooth 
shaven sward is one of the most symmetrical 
Beeches we have seen, about 80 ft. high, and 
sweeping the grass on all sides with its long 
drooping limbs. The trunk girths 13 ft. 
6 in. from the ground, and the sweep of 
branches has a circumference of 106 paces. 
The lake grounds are now in the height 
of their glory, and occupy the ravine or 
gorge above mentioned, on the south front 
of the mansion, but at a much lower level, 
the descent being almost precipitous. Yet, 
the whole of the slope is planted with 
Rhododendrons, old and young, and the 
overgrown old ones having been cut down 
six or seven years ago are now 4 ft. to 6 ft. 
high, and floriferous. Deciduous Azaleas 
of all colours are also abundant, together 
with double Scarlet Thorns, and Yellow 
Broom. Here occur the blue sheets of 
Lithospermum above mentioned, together 
with Rock Roses, and Silene maritima fl. 
pi. On the face of the slope are footpaths 
and several narrow terraces, on which are 
series of iron arches covered with Crimson 
Rambler, Dundee Rambler, Ayrshire and 
other climbing Roses, which flower profusely 
