October 21, lb99. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Ampelopsis qainquiefolia — W.Murray. We cannot 
imagine anyone not caring for so beautiful a wall 
climber. If you could see it in the manner it grows 
and colours up on hundreds, or one might say 
thousands, of the houses or back buildings of 
dwellers in all the southern districts of London, we 
feel sure your opinion would be converted. The 
MESSRS. TOOGOOD & SONS’ NEW 
SEED WAREHOUSES AT 
SOUTHAMPTON. 
This well-known firm has secured an extensive 
range of warehouses at Chapel Wharf, contiguous to 
the docks, and near to the Coating bridge crossing 
opportunity of inspecting it. The entire groucd 
floor is taken up by work involved in dispatch and 
packing, as many as ioo hands being employed in the 
season. There is ample stabling also, with a team 
of useful horses, which are utilised for the firm’s 
own cartage work. An engine house is attached, 
which provides the steam power for driving the belt- 
leaves assume a rich crimson-claret cr bright blood 
hue. Of course, it enjoys to root in a rich soil and 
a warm, moist border and sunny position ; on a hot 
slate roof, for instance, the shoots grow luxuriously. 
But at the same time you will find it to succeed in a 
poor soil and on the south side of walls much 
further north even than your district (Roxburgh.) 
the Itchen. They have there been able to make 
very considerable additions to their premises, which 
in the continuous development of their business 
must have become absolutely necessary for the 
handling of so large a trade. 
The new warehouse is a building of six floors, and 
in passing through Southampton recently we had an 
ing and straps by which the motion is continued 
from floor to floor above. The first floor is occupied 
as a pasture and grass seed store. On this floor also 
the mixing and blending is done on varnished, hard 
wood, so that each mixing is absolutely cleared away 
and no odd seeds likely to affect another sample are 
left upon the floor. Mr. Wm. Toogood has, for 
