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Shoreditch terminus., As, however, it is giving facilities to. Mr, Paul 
to carry out his plans, perhaps I had better, moderate my language 
about it. ‘But Waltham Cross,” some one’ may say, “I. thought 
Cheshunt was the seat of the’ Rose nursery ‘of Messrs. Paul.” AA, 
nous avons change tout cela, or, rather, both are correct. The facts are 
simply these: since the death of Mr. Paul, sen., thirteen years ago, 
the. nursery at Cheshunt has been carried on by the. two. brothers. 
Circumstances having arisen that made:it seem more desirable. that 
they should separate, it;has been arranged, in a brotherly way, without 
that ready:resource:of quarrelsome people, law’ proceedings, the’ elder 
brothér remaining at°Cheshunt, and Mr. ‘William -Paul occupying, in 
addition to one of the old Cheshunt grounds so long celebrated, thé new 
grounds which he has’ purchased in the vicinity of the Waltham station. 
Lf, Mx, Rivers be the Nestor of Rose-growing, we must. put down 
Mr. William Paul as its Achilles. He has ventured boldly..into. print, 
has favoured the public with various publications on the subject, and 
has tended as much by his pen (which, by the bye, Achilles did not 
wield), as by his active exertions, to bring the Rose prominently before 
the public ; and; from what»l saw, think that we'may’be prepared to 
look forward in two or three years to one of the most complete nurseries ° 
of the kind ‘in’ the neighbourhood of London. The object which Mr. Paul 
contemplated, ‘and in which he’ has: succeeded; was to obtain a piece of 
ground of easy, access.to the railway, and of suitable soil for both Roses 
and. fruit-trees, as well.as the general.requirement of a nursery. The 
plot. which he has.laid;out for this| purpose comprises about, thirty acres 
in.a ring fence, stretching from the railway to the village of Waltham 
Cross,; Anyone who, knows the Slough Nursery will be able to form an 
accurate, notion.of the lay. of the grounds, as they are very nearly 
—simular,,.Nor are they simply good; they arena situation of great 
beauty, surrounded by, meadows,clad.in verdure, and dotted with farm- 
houses .and foliage ;,in. the, distance, the, hills of Eppimg Forest, now 
brillant: with. their, grand; autumnal, tints,,and. at about: half-a-mile 
off the old Abbey: of. Waltham, said. to be the, burial-place of sour: last 
Saxon, king-—Harold;;. the whole forming one of those sweet pictures of 
English, scenery in,;which:the county of Herts abounds, and which we 
in:yain.lookjfor in,any; other country. . But mere beauty would not be 
sufficient, were there no other advantages—were not the’ soil good, or 
the. means. of, access, easy ; but Mr. P. has been fortunate in obtaining 
these material adyantages as well: .The-soil/is a good loam, of about 
three: feet,,in;, depth, resting. upon: gravel.; on the lower part of the 
grounds it is. ofa friable texture, which is admirably adapted for fruit- 
trees, while..the. upper part, is,of a-rich, unctuous, buttery loam—the 
very soil Roscs,rejoice in... And as to access, there.is,a private entrance 
from; the; railway platform. at the Waltham.Station; and to those who 
may, choose, to, drive) from); London, through the ‘green lanes” which 
Charles, Lamb. has so eloquently, in, his chatty way, descanted on. The 
other end of the nursery abuts onthe street of the village of Waltham 
Cross, well known as containing one of the few remaining crosses which 
were, once so numerous, and erected. by that great king, Kdward L., to 
mark the. various, resting-places of the:corpse of his devoted Queen, on 
