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jAttiptal  flf  ^ffrtifMltoiie. 
THURSDAY,  JULY  16.  1896. 
CHISWICK. 
CALLING  at  Chiswick  the  other  day,  one  thing 
impressed  me,  as  it^  must  impress  all — 
namely,  the  comparative  powerlessneas  of  man  to 
cope  with  natural  obstacles,  such  as  extreme 
drought,  and,  per  contra,  the  power  of  good 
cultivation  when  the  elements  are  under  the 
gardener’s  control. 
These  were  the  conditions  in  a  nutshell. 
Outdoors  exhaustion— flowers  drooping,  vege¬ 
tables  languishing,  fruit  dropping,  leaves  falling  ; 
under  glass,  atmosphere  genial,  pleasant  to 
breathe,  and,  by  contrast  with  outside  aridity, 
cool  and  refreshing  ;  consequence  plants,  Vines, 
Figs,  Peaches,  Tomatoes,  fresh,  clean,  healthy, 
and  happy. 
The  Muscat  vinery,  paradoxical  as  it  may 
seem,  appeared  to  be  one  of  the  coolest  places 
in  the  gardens  on  this  bright  sultry  day.  This 
is  not  uncommon  under  a  rational  system  of 
ventilation,  or  never  quite  closing  the  houses  at 
night,  and  increasing  the  ventilation  early  in 
the  morning  in  advance  of  anything  approach¬ 
ing  the  maximum  temperature.  Allow  the 
structures  to  get  too  hot  in  the  morning  and 
they  are  oppressive  all  the  day.  This  is  neither 
good  for  the  Vines  nor  pleasant  to  their  attend¬ 
ants  or  visitors. 
It  is  satisfactory  to  note  that  the  good  cultural 
routine  of  Chiswick  in  the  past  bids  fair  to  be 
continued  in  the  future.  The  Vines  in  the 
house  named  are  in  the  best  of  condition, 
absolutely  clean  and  vigorous.  At  one  end 
Madresfield  Court  is  in  grand  health,  and  hand¬ 
some  bunches  are  colouring  well.  There  is  no 
extreme  dryness  in  the  structure,  but  on  the 
contrary  the  borders  are  thoroughly  moist,  and  the 
atmosphere  is  kept  much  in  the  same  genial  state 
as  in  spring  and  early  summer.  There  is  thus 
no  suspicion  of  failure  of  the  leafage,  but  the 
Vines  seem  to  be  well  master  of  their  work. 
Peaches  in  the  long  house  are  ripening  excel¬ 
lent  cropj  of  fine  fruit.  The  fruits  on  the  bush 
trees  especially  have  been  prone  to  fall  pre¬ 
maturely,  but  they  have,  to  employ  an  expressive 
gardeners’  term,  “  stuck  on  ”  this  season. 
Whether  this  is  attributable  to  the  pollen  having 
been  more  potent  than  usual  in  the  spring  for  the 
firmer  setting  of  the  fruit,  or  a  generous  dressing 
No.  2494.— VOL.  XOV.,  Old  Seuibj. 
