The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . between. The shade thrown by the Peas has theeffect of causing the plants tu become somewhat leggy,and when the Peas are cleared the Broccoliplants are earthed up in all respects the same as following this system the plants receive nocheck, their stems are protected, and the result isgenerally fine large heads, while the trenches thusthrown out are utilised for the Celery crops. Thegardens of Ilcngrave have decidedly the credit ofbeing the first in Kngland to ripen the fruit of thecele
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . between. The shade thrown by the Peas has theeffect of causing the plants tu become somewhat leggy,and when the Peas are cleared the Broccoliplants are earthed up in all respects the same as following this system the plants receive nocheck, their stems are protected, and the result isgenerally fine large heads, while the trenches thusthrown out are utilised for the Celery crops. Thegardens of Ilcngrave have decidedly the credit ofbeing the first in Kngland to ripen the fruit of thecelebrated Green (iage Plum. It is supposed to havebeen brought from the Continent and planted in thegardens here by a member of the (lage family, fromwhom it appears to have derived its name. From therear of the gardens extending due north lo the ex-tremity of the park is a narrow walk, between twolines of very aged Lime trees, which have a veryremarkable appearance. The walk is known as theBath House Walk, and in former times led to a houseused as such, but it has long disappeared, and the. Fig. 132.—ACER ARGUTUM : LEAF AND SEEP-VESSELS, and Roses, &c., and all the walks are marginedwith a neat edging tile, which is much to be pre-ferred in the vegetable garden lo Box, or, indeed, toany other live edging. The original soil oi the garden is of excellentquality, and generally produces good crops of allkinds of culinary vegetables, but it lies rather low,and the crops consequently suffer during verysevere winters. Mr. Tuck, with the view of pro-tecting his Broccoli crop, adopts a plan which gene-rally proves successful, although it failed to be solast winter, which is not to be wondered at when itsexceptionally severe character is is well known thai the practice of laying downBroccoli plants early in the winter (or, say, end ofOctober), and well covering their stems with soil, notunfrequently saves the crop. It has, however, onedrawback, inasmuch as the check necessa
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