. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. feet in height ; a good quarter of Platanus orien-talis, and a grand lot of young Limes, clean standards,from S to 9 feet in height. Weeping Willows alsoclaim some notice by reason of the fine quality ofspecimens of S. americana and the well-known Kil-marnock variety. Excellent stocks of Yews, PinusCembra, Tamarix gallica, Ghent Azaleas, standardPortugal Laurels, common Laurels, and the Cauca-sian, Colchic, and round-leaved varieties ; togetherwith Irish Ivies, of which the stock of plantsconsists of
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. feet in height ; a good quarter of Platanus orien-talis, and a grand lot of young Limes, clean standards,from S to 9 feet in height. Weeping Willows alsoclaim some notice by reason of the fine quality ofspecimens of S. americana and the well-known Kil-marnock variety. Excellent stocks of Yews, PinusCembra, Tamarix gallica, Ghent Azaleas, standardPortugal Laurels, common Laurels, and the Cauca-sian, Colchic, and round-leaved varieties ; togetherwith Irish Ivies, of which the stock of plantsconsists of about Sooo, from 8 feet to 9 feet forbids our mentioning all the subjects grownhere, and we thmk we have said enough to convinceany one that a visit to the nursery would not be timeill-spent. The Highgate Nursery, which has been madefamous by the lead which it took some years ago inthe cultivation of the Hyacinth and other spring-flowering bulbous plants, has been in the possessionof the Messrs. William Cutbush & Son since 1S20,and it was a nursery then. Amongst hardy sub-. FlG. 123. —COLLETIA (dISCARIA) SERRATIFOLIA. (SEE P. 618.) Another subject grown in quantity in small pots fortable decoration is the handsome Grevillea robusta,and for early forcing Daphne indica rubra. While the hard-wooded plants are in their summerquarters in pits and frames, the houies are employedin the culture of pot Vines, of which a goodly numberare annually grown to meet a ready sale. In the outdoor department we noted a nice col-lection of Ivies, which is being rapidly worked up;and various breaks of neatly-trained fruit trees,especially Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines andPears, but these subjects are only grown inlimited numbers here—this department being betterdone along with Roses and various hardy shrubsat the branch nursery at Finchley, where someseven acres are devoted to them. Violets dowell here on the cool soil, and the staple sortsare The Giant, Neapolitan, and Russian,
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