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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
yet show no signs of age. They act as wind-guards for 
tender plants and give favouring conditions for the growth 
of young seedlings. They also may, by the use of gates, be 
employed as effective barriers to any area which the 
proprietor may wish to enclose. In this older section one 
finds the finest nursery products, the systematically trained 
fruit tree, the formally pruned conifer, the fine specimens 
of select varieties of deciduous and coniferous trees. In 
this section are what might be called type specimens of the 
large stocks grown in the second and newer division of the 
nursery land. It forms the great “show case” display of 
the establishment. 
HEATHS AND THEIR ILK 
In the lower and newer part we find varieties and 
species grown in quantity, great numbers of beds of rhodo¬ 
dendrons, azaleas, and heath plants generally. Here also 
are the seedling beds of pines, spruces, firs and the like. 
A Peach tree being trained for growing on a Wall or Trellis. 
A feature of the Goldsworth Nurseries is the Beech Hedges ten feet high dividing the different cultures—Magnificent 
walls of living green. 
The visitor is constantly impressed in this section with the 
large quantity of stock grown as he is struck in the older 
section of the ground by the great variety of the stock pro¬ 
duced. 
Dwarf Apples grown in wholesale quantities in the 
Goldsworth Nurseries. 
CONIFERS IN VARIETY 
Among the striking features about the grounds are the 
fine specimen conifers, the magnificent old Cedars of 
Lebanon, magnolias, purple beech, and the great beech 
hedges already noted. The proprietor is also fortunate in 
having on his place a veritable cottage of the fifteenth 
century. This has been renovated and is in excellent 
state of preservation. It adds an interesting historical 
feature to the place. 
The 1 labor question so often discussed as one of the 
serious, problems of the nurseryman, does not seem to 
affect Mr. Slocock. Labor is abundant and at reasonable 
prices. Being near the village of Woking, one of the 
pleasantest parts of beautiful Surrey, cheerful homes are 
