The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . elevation of 400 feet, with keen tree was literally a snowdrift in August andSeptember of this year whilst in flower, andnow is richly decorated with the black fruits, of demolition and rehabilitation had to go was inevitable that there should be some losses,but, thanks to careful lifting, proper planting,and good after-cultivation, these were very few,and in the richer, more loamy soil of Taplowthe very large stock of herbaceous and bul-bous plants for which Messrs. Barr are n
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . elevation of 400 feet, with keen tree was literally a snowdrift in August andSeptember of this year whilst in flower, andnow is richly decorated with the black fruits, of demolition and rehabilitation had to go was inevitable that there should be some losses,but, thanks to careful lifting, proper planting,and good after-cultivation, these were very few,and in the richer, more loamy soil of Taplowthe very large stock of herbaceous and bul-bous plants for which Messrs. Barr are noted isnow vigorous and flourishing. At this season theborder flowers which instantly arrest the at-tention are Michaelmas Daisies, Chrysanthe-mums and Sunflowers, and of these the first-named is decidedly the most popular with thegeneral garden lover. So far as the exigenciesof trade permit Mr. J. W. Barr. who presidesover the Taplow branch, endeavours to retainonly the best and most distinct of the severaltypes, but he does not look upon best and newest as being synonymous, for such old. Fig. 106.—myrtus luma in Messrs. pennicks nursery, delgany. which are sweet and edible, and often employedfor culinary purposes as a preserve. The Cinna-mon bark, which peels off annually like that ofthe Oriental Plane, is a very handsome feature,and the ultra glossy leafage and the fragrantflowers make it a very delightful subject, merit-ing more frequent employment than is vouch-safed to it at present. Pennicl-Jones. NURSERY NOTE. LATE AUTUMN FLOWERS AT TAPLOW. Two years ago, when Messrs. Barr and Sonstransferred their nursery stock from Surbitonto Taplow, they had to do this work in one of thedriest seasons of recent years. Some pessimistsvolunteered dismal forebodings, but expira-tion of leases wait for no firm, and the work varieties as Tradescantii, horizontalis andericoides are grown in even larger quantitythan Milky Way, the newest of the tiny-flowered Starworts, which bears such a
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