822 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 15, 1904. 
tain the necessary temperature according to the stage of 
growth and the state of the weather outside. It. may give 
readers some idea of the extent, of the vineries and other 
houses when we say there are between five and six miles of hot- 
water pipes on the place. We must congratulate Mr. D. Cal- 
derheiad, the energetic manager, on the great success attend¬ 
ing his efforts to maintain the fertility of these Vines after so 
many years of heavy cropping. 
The house devoted to Muscat of Alexandria is a lean-to 
structure about 250 ft, in length. Some of the \ me® have 
several rods, and give evidence of having been fruiting for 
many years. Cutting had been commenced in July and con¬ 
tinued to the time of # our visit, yet many grand bunches were 
still hanging. Some of the more useful Ferns are grown under 
the Vines of this house, including the common Maidenhair for 
the sake of the fronds, also' Pteris serrulata, crista,ta. major and 
P. Wimsettii. We next entered two Tomato houses, the first 
of which was a three-quarter span with the Tomato® planted in 
two rows. The favourites here are 
Cornet, Forth Vineyard, Austin’s 
Eclipse, and Sutton’s Winter Beauty. 
Cutting was commenced early in 
June, the last-named variety being 
the first to give ripe fruit. The 
other was a span-roofed structure 
with the Tomato® planted in four 
rows along the house, the varieties 
in this instance being the same'as in 
the previous case. The upper por¬ 
tion. of the stems was still bearing 
heavily. 
Palms are grown solely for deoora- 
tivei purposes, so that only the more: 
useful kinds are grown, such as 
Kentia, b el mo,rearm and K. foster- 
iana. These were present in plants 
varying from germinating seedlings 
up to 9 ft. high. Those ranging 
from 4 ft. to 6 ft. are here found 
most useful for decorating. The 
next. was a Palm house 200 ft. long, 
and here also the various Kentias of 
a useful size, ranging from 2 ft. to 
3 ft. 'n height, were grown. The 
foliage was of a, fine: dark green 
colour, the house being shaded to 
produce this effect. The houses 
are also well ventilated, so that the 
plants may be grown hard in order 
to stand well for decorating purposes. Other species m this 
house of various sizes were Cocos weddeliana, Chamaerops 
excelsa, Corypha australis, Geo,noma gracilis, and G. msigms, 
the last named being notable for the deep bronzy colour 
■of its young leaves. A very hardy Palm for decorative 
purpose® is Phoenix canariensis, of which the specimens 
ranged from 3 ft, to 5 ft. in. height. Owing to. the hard 
character of the foliage, this ha® become popular in, recent 
years for decorative purposes. Other useful subjects are 
Areica. lutescens and A. Baueri, with brown petioles and 0 ft, 
to 7 ft. in height. 
Several foliage plants were the feature of another house, 
including Ficus ela,stria, F. e. variegata, Panda,nus Veitchi, and 
Dracaena massangeana, having the variegation down the 
middle of the leaf. Other useful Dracaenas in this house were 
D. tenninalis, D. amabilis, and D. sanderiana. Some Eucharis 
were also grown in, this house. Komar i a gibba, was so cleanh 
crown that if showed a distinct white, midrib. 
One of the divisions of the last 'house is devoted to, the pro, 
pa.ou.tion of pot Vines. Elsewhere we noted a large batch of 
them ripening off their foliage. Then came another division 
about 100 ft, in. length, in which pot Vines were grown in. 
o ie ,at quantity. All the leading and useful varieties are kept 
hi stock. One portion of the division had a plantation of 
Cucumbers just coming into bearing, and another of Melons. 
Next to. this came a Tomato house 90 ft. long, and sufficiently 
wide to* contain eight rows, of plants thei long way of the house. 
This was entirely devoted to Sutton’s Winter Beauty, and being 
the early house, cutting was commenced in June, while fruits 
will be obtainable up, to, December from this variety alone. 
The propagating pit contained vast numbers of seedling 
Palms in thumb pots and also some in beds where they were 
originally sown. Amongst others we noted were Cocos wed¬ 
deliana, the new Kentia sanderiana with long slender dark 
green pinnae, and Licuala grandis in the form of young plants 
still in. large 60-size pot®. Here we noted a very ornamental 
wa.v of growing - Cissus discolor, being planted about, the middle 
door of a very long house, and the stems trained along the roof 
on wires ‘both. ways. When, induced to grow rampantly in this 
way, the young foliage is very handsome indeed. Small plants 
of several subjects include young Dracaenas, Crotons and Sela- 
ginella emiliana, A rare Palm was Licuala Muelleri, with 
five to seven-fingered leaves, reminding us of L. horrida with¬ 
out the spines on the petioles. It would therefore be very 
easy to handle for decorative purposes. 
We were next led through the main ranges of vineries, which 
are slightly younger than those above mentioned. Each of 
the three we first entered was 300 ft. in length. Most, of the 
three houses are devoted to Gros Column, but in, the first house 
of the main block we noted a Vine of Duke of Buccleuch, bear¬ 
ing its huge amber berries and very tempting in appearance. 
One of the houses is known, as the Lady Downes’ housei, because 
the house was originally planted with this, but, since then 
Lady Downes only forms the stock for Gros Column, One 
graft of Diamond Jubilee has been effected, and the rod carried 
some bunches of its huge berries, which were ripening in 
advance of those of Gro® Column, in, the same house. The 
corridor house is also occupied with Gros Column, with the 
exception of some Vines of Duke of Buccleuch, a, very difficult 
Grape to grow and even to maintain the berries in healthy 
condition, but it is bet,tea- managed here than wo have seen it 
elsewhere. There was also a, rod of Black Hamburgh. 
Entering the middle house, which was one of the original- 
structures, we found a magnificent crop of Gros Column just, 
about half coloured. Some of the Vines in this house have a 
trunk 19 in. in circumference below the forks, and the berries 
INTERIOR OF ONE OF THE BlG VINERIES AT CLOVENFORDS. 
