when  a  few  flowers,  at  any  rate,  cannot  be  found.  The  foliage  is 
pleasing,  and  acts  ^  an  admirable  foil  to  the  graceful  inflorescence. 
With  these  few  lines  we  must  dismiss  the  plants  and  flowers  to  give 
attention  to  the  other  departments  of  the  garden — namely,  the  useful 
in  contradistinction  to  those  we  have  just  passed,  and  which  may  fairly 
be  termed  the  ornamental. 
Of  the  vegetables  grown  here  it  would  be  difficult  to  speak  too  highly, 
for  all  kinds  alike  ar:*  excellently  grown.  Considering  the  close,  clayey 
natureiof  the  soil,  one  would  not  have  thought  tap-rooted  vegetables 
In  the  fruit  department  the  same  care  is  exercised  ■  >  insure  success 
as  in  the  preceding  one,  and  the  trees  are,  as  a  rule,  in  a  highly 
creditable  condition.  The  number  of  trees  is  very  large,  and  they  are 
trained  in  various  forms,  but  almost  all  are  doing  vv,dl.  The  Apples. 
Pears,  and  Plums  in  the  open,  the  Peaches,  Nectarines,  and  others  on 
the  walls,  with  the  bush  fruits,  rarely  fa;  i  to  afford  good  crops  of  fruit, 
all  the  small  fruits  being  remarkably  heavy  crops  this  year.  The  fruit 
room  is  a  splendid  thatched  structure,  in  which  the  fruit  keeps  excel¬ 
lently.  It  is  of  considerable  size,  being  35  feet  in  length,  14  feet  in 
breadth,  and  having  a  central  tier  of  stages  4  feet  wide,  and  also  four 
rm  mm:i 
Fig.  7.-A  PEEP  AT  FOXBURY. 
Would  have  cothe  so  hlean  ahd  even  ih  sbape  as  tliey  do,  a  state  of  affairs 
that  Mr.  Lyne  attributes  to  the  liberal  use  of  gas  lime.  The  effect  of 
dressings  of  this  on  the  ground  is  remarkable,  for  where,  prior  to  its 
application,  it  was  practically  impossible  to  break  the  clods  in  pieces, 
the  soil  after  dressing  crumbled  down  readily.  This  gardener  is  firmly 
of  opinion  that  without  gas  lime  he  would  never  have  been  successful 
in  taking  such  satisfactory  crops  of  all  kinds  from  the  land.  The 
various  quarters  of  vegetables,  comprising,  as  has  previously  been 
said,  all  kinds,  are  in  fine  condition,  clean  and  free  from  weeds,  every 
foot  of  ground  being  utilised  to  the  greatest  possible  extent,  so  that 
there  is  absolutely  no  waste  space.  Tomatoes  are  largely  grown  both 
in  and  out  of  doors,  while  Cucumbers  and  the  various  salads  of  which 
a  constant  supply  has  to  be  maintained,  are  accorded  all  necessary 
attention. 
stages  oh  each  side  2i  feet  wide,  so  that  accommodation  can  be  readily 
found  for  great  quantities  of  fruit.  Under  glass  the  Vines  are  carrying 
splendid  crops  of  fruit,  all  the  bunches  being  of  good  average  size,  or 
larger,  while  the  fine  berries  are  well  coloured  on  the  early  Vines  and 
coated  with  a  beautiful  bloom  The  later  Vines  are  equally  as  promising. 
Peaches  and  Nectarines  are  seen  in  abundance,  while  Melons  are  rarely 
seen  better  grown.  ______ 
Now  these  notes  must  be  brought  to  a  close,  inadequate  though  they 
are  to  convey  a  complete  impression  of  the  estate  on  the  :■  -rder’s  mind. 
Foxbury  was  left  with  feelings  of  regret  that  more  tlmo  .  -aid  not  be 
spent  with  genial  Mr.  Lyne  at  home,  for  a  more  plea“ant  and  instructive 
visit  into  Kent  could  not  well  have  been  passed  even  had  lionclon  been 
left  sixty  miles  behind. — H,  J.  Wkic-ht. 
