. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. e doubtless aware,Welbeck possesses one of the largest gardens inthe United Kingdom. The garden staff includessixty men, and there are 20 acres of kitchen-garden. We congratulate Mr. Gibson upon hisappointment to such an important position. Hewill take with him to Welbeck on March 7 thebest wishes of a large number of friends, by whomhe is held in very high esteem. &c. The TTlex died, but the Nettle made greatprogress, soon showed flower, and gave proof thatit would be a successful colonist; but my v
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. e doubtless aware,Welbeck possesses one of the largest gardens inthe United Kingdom. The garden staff includessixty men, and there are 20 acres of kitchen-garden. We congratulate Mr. Gibson upon hisappointment to such an important position. Hewill take with him to Welbeck on March 7 thebest wishes of a large number of friends, by whomhe is held in very high esteem. &c. The TTlex died, but the Nettle made greatprogress, soon showed flower, and gave proof thatit would be a successful colonist; but my view ofthe matter was pot favourable to this, so I sweptoff the lot. Vervain (Verbena officinalis) is an-other introduced bad weed, but is mostly seen inwhat the siigar- planter calls a fallow, a5-feet growth of Vervain, kc, which seedsabundantly and is ploughed in for the next Buchanan, Mackay, Queensland. AT MESSES. CHARLESWOKTHS. Prom a photograph taken recently in the Phalsenopsis-house in the Orchid nurseries of Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Beaton, Bradford,. llG. 54.— IX MESSES. CHABLE&WORTH AND KURSEKY, IlEATON, BRADFORD. COLONIAL CORRESPONDENCE. LANTANAS A PEST IN QUEENSLAND. In Mr. Nehrlings description of his Floridagarden, much was made of the Lantanas. I donot know if there is frost enough in a Floridawinter to kill Lantana, but if there is not,then woe to Florida if ever the plant escapes touncultivated ground ! My house stands in a lOacre paddock, 5 acresof which do not belong to me, but I had the useof the land for my cattle and horses. Threeyears growth of the Lantana on this 5 acres hasso covered it that a dog could not get through,and it is 15 feet high. The plant is filling up allthe scrubs and forests, which in a few years willbe impenetrable. Most birds feed on the fiuit ofthe Lantana, and their droppings spread the pestwherever they go. • All our worst weeds have been introduced tothe colony. Mimosa pudica, and thr
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