August 13, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD . 
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high; Sequoia sempe-rvirens, 13 ft. 6 in. in circumference at 
G ft. from the ground; Arundina-ria- noibilis, an immense mass, 
40 yards round the base, and the -stems 30 ft. high; Comus 
florida, a large bush; Viburnum odoratissimum, quite a tree ; 
Po-docarpus chilina, 30 ft. high; and a fine mass of Begonia 
evansiiana, naturalised under trees. This garden is; well worth 
seeing, as all the plants are good specimens. 
Bozain, the next place visited, is about four miles further on. 
It is a difficult place to get- at, as there is no station very near. 
It is a comparatively new place', having been made by Sir 
Arthur Vivian less than twenty years ago. The collection of 
plants is very rich. The Bamboos form the best collection T 
saw in Cornwall. In all thirty-six species and varieties are 
grown, and all are represented by good -specimens. Phyllo- 
stachys castillonis is specially 'noticeable, the leaves being 
richly striated with red. Arundina-ria anceps is also very fine. 
A border of Calceolaria- a-mplexicaulis was very good. The 
plants were 2J ft. high, and a mass of flowers'. Erythrina, 
Crista,-galli, 8 ft. high, was in- full flower, planted at the foot of 
a wall.^ This has not been out down, as is usually done, and a 
strong stem is being formed. Many species of Acacia were 
thriving well, and growing into big -trees. Clethra arbo-rea. was 
smothered with flowers. Nymphaeas were represented by 
most of the new varieties, and also by N. stellata. I also saw 
a good clump of the golden-leaved Pampas Grass, a finely- 
flowered bush of Datura, sanguinea, a, good bush o-f Erio-stemon 
cuspidatum, and Plagiant-hus betulinus, 16 ft. high, Ole-a 
europa-ea, Leycesteria formosa, with racemes 8 in. long of black 
fruits, Des-fontainia spinosa, Eucalyptus Globulus-, Grevillea 
sulphurea-, Diospyros Ka.ki on a. wall, Tricuspidaria dependens, 
Lapageria rosea and alba, covering a l-o-ng wall and fl-owering 
finely a fine plant of Clematis panicula-ta smothered witti 
flowers, Clematis indivisa-, a, fine plant on a wall, Ja-sminum 
primulinum, P-seudolarix K-a-empferi, a fine, healthy 
specimen, and Conifers, gold and silver leaved, finely coloured. 
A grove of about 100 fine plants -o-f Dicksonia a-nta-ictica in a- 
damp place in a valley, with an undergrowth of dwarf Feins, 
was lovely, while in the same va-lley Gunnera-s-, Rhododendrons, 
Bamboo®, Livist-oma australis, Jubaei spectabilis-, Trachycarpus 
excelsa, and other things made a fine picture. Indoors here 
there is some very fine fruit-, Mr. Russell, the head gardener, 
being somewhat o-f a fruit specialist. _ „ 
On Saturday, September 12th, I went to “ The Lizard,, a 
drive of twenty-one miles from Falmouth. The- drive for the 
greater part of the wa.y is very interesting, and Ferns abound, 
particularly Blecbnum spicant- About six miles from “ The 
Lizard ” I first sa.w the <! Cornish Heath, ’ Erica vagans, and a 
little further on it grew in large quantities. 
On September 13th I visited Gardew, the residence of 
Colonel Trema-yne. It is five or six miles from Falmouth, and 
rather difficult to get at, but- the place is well worth the trouble 
of getting there, for there are- many fine specimen plants. The 
Rhododendrons here are veiy fine, some being as large as those 
at Tregothnan. R. campylo-carpum, R. Hodgso-ni, R. ca-mpanu- 
latum, R. Thomsoni, R. Cunninghamii, R. Fa-lco-neri, and R. 
arboreum are splendid specimens. Of R. arboreum. th-eie is an 
exceptionally fine specimen, it being a tree about 35 ft. high, 
with a trunk 4 ft. 4 in. in circumference at 2 ft. from the 
ground. Embothriums here are very g-ood, the largest one 
being a,bout 35 ft. or 40 ft. high. In one place there- is a fine 
mass of white Indian Azaleas, red Rhododendrons, -and plants 
of Emb-othrium ooeeinefU.ua, which is said to- be a very effective 
feature when in flower. A grove of Tree and dwarf Ferns 
is pretty, and Conifers are very go-od. A warm border con¬ 
tains a large- number of interesting Australian, New Zealand, 
and South African plants, which are doing veiy well. Near 
the house -of the- head gardener, Mr. Simmons, there is a very 
fine plant of Co-toneaster, 25 ft. high and 40 ft. wide. 
The market gardens of Mr. Gill and Mr. Rus*e completed 
the places I visited. Mr. Gill has a good strain of Begonias, 
and goes in largely for Rhododendrons, Embothriums, etc. 
Mr. Ruse has several fine houses of Grapes, Pea-ches, Cucum¬ 
bers, Tomato-s, etc., all m excellent health, and large quantities 
of flowers popular for cutting. 
In clo-sing, I must acknowledge the kindness and hospitality 
sho-wn to me on eveiy side whilst in Cornwall, this going a 
grea-t way to make- my tour a success. W. Daliamore. 
Arboretum, Kew. 
The Horticultural Club. 
The annual excursion of tliis- club to-o-k place- on Wednesday, 
July 27th, and tlxanks to- the genial hospitality accorded to 
the members and the-ir friends by Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. 
Veitc-h and the general arrangements rna-de by that gentleman, 
some fifty odd participants spent a most delightful and in¬ 
structive day. The weather, fortunately, was o-n-ly a little 
chequered by occasional showers, and even- t-hisi was more than 
counterbalanced by the prevailing fres-hness of the landscape 
after the previous heavy rainfall. The party, among wlro-m 
were: Messrs. J. Sweet, G. Mo-nro, Watkins, C. T. Druery, 
H. H. Langston, J. Green, G. Paul, E. Molyne-ux, Bassett, 
Ass-bee, E. T. Cook, J. Do-wi’e, E. Mawley, W. R, Alderson, 
H. B. May, G. B. Sohoults-, 0. Thomas, J. Ingram, T. Bevan, 
J. Wa-lker, and C. E. Osman-, with their wives and lady re¬ 
lative®, went down by the 10.55 tra-in from Paddington in 
two saloon carriages, and being met at Slough b-y their host, 
had a delightful drive by brake to Langley Park, the residence 
of Sir 1 R. Harvey, Bart-., where by permission they had an 
opportunity of inspecting a, number of re-marka-bly weird ex¬ 
ample® of Japanese bronzes, nightmarish combinations o-f 
dragons, cupids, and fiercei-lco-king lions with yard-wide- grins 
upon the-ir very open countenances-, prior to viewing the 
greatest- ma-rvel of all—the renowned Cedar of Lebanon, which 
forms the chief attraction there among many. This Cedar 
utterly transcends all -ordinary ideas, -owing to its immense 
size and the peculiar decumbent habit of its branches, the 
lower of which spread -horizontally in all directions- to- a- gieat 
distance-, completely covering with still rapidly increasing 
foliage, a circle -of no- less- than 100 yards in circumference. 
Penetrating this, we reach an enormous trunk which towers 
to a- great height, sending out similar -but smaller branches- to 
some 6 elevation, and finally forming a grand mass of fo-liage, 
somewhat mere on normal Cedar-like lines. The main lateral 
branches are seen to be -o-f huge girth in themselves and rest¬ 
ing upon the slo-il at a- considerable distanic© from the t-iunk, 
spread -out into- wide sheets of vigorous verdure to form the 
circle aforesaid. T'oi look at this tree, one would give it at 
least a thousand years, judging by ordinary standards of 
o-ro-wth and yet it is computed t-o- be no- more than 150 ye-ais 
old, and certainly not 200, as the Cedar of Lebanon had not 
been introduced into- thisi country s.o- long ago. The nest 
marvel in this garden is an extraordinary sample of Common 
Spruce Fir, which, though lacking the majesty of beauty of its 
near neighbour, is probably unique. This-, to-o- -appears to 
have caught the spreading habit of the Cedar, its lowest 
branches radiating horizontally and resting on the soil. It 
differs^ however, in the fact, that a large number of these 
branched ha-ve rooted, and while still attached have- formed a 
ring, or, rather, thicket, of good-sized 'trees, more of which 
appear to- be- in process of formation. The most curio-u® feature 
is observed when this- thicket- is- entered, as- it can be here and 
there, when it is seen that each tree is joined to the- main 
trunk by a s-lender branch an inch- or so in diameter, and a 
yard or two long, which, at the rooting-point, -suddenly swells 
out, to a foot or- more- thick, which continues horizontally for 
a. few yards, and then lifts perpendicularly to- form the tree 
^ The- effect is very o-dd, and shows that so- soon as the roo-ting 
c-f the branch was perfected, the resulting young tree ceased 
to contribute an appreciable annual ring to the connecting 
link After the-se, the beautiful collection of Bamboo-s, etc., 
was visited and much admired, and the- party -then proceeded 
via Black Park to East Burnham Park, the seat of Mr. Harry 
Veitc-h, where a generous luncheon was provided, and a so 
