. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. ll they yield excel-lent crops. _ It is probable that as the old plants die out self-sown seedhngs have occupied their places, their vigour beinginsured by copious mulchings of well-rotted manure. Be thisas it may, the produce from these old beds is preferred to thatfrom newer ones on account of its superior flavour. The newkitchen garden occupies the sunny slope of a hill above themansion, and is a little over 2 acres in extent. It is bisectedeach way by convenient walks, and the plant and fruit-housesoccupy the so
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. ll they yield excel-lent crops. _ It is probable that as the old plants die out self-sown seedhngs have occupied their places, their vigour beinginsured by copious mulchings of well-rotted manure. Be thisas it may, the produce from these old beds is preferred to thatfrom newer ones on account of its superior flavour. The newkitchen garden occupies the sunny slope of a hill above themansion, and is a little over 2 acres in extent. It is bisectedeach way by convenient walks, and the plant and fruit-housesoccupy the south side of the back wall, the whole being sur-rounded by fruit tree and vegetable borders. The walls arewell furnished with heakhy young trees, such as choice Pears,Plums, Cherries, and Peaches, and the intersecting walks arealso margined with select varieties of bush or pyramidal Applesand Pears. The soil here is a light-yellowish loam on redsandstone rock, and the situation being elevated, the effectsof spring frosts are but slightly felt, Feb. 6, 1876.] THE GARDEN. 12§. 130 THE GARDEN. [i£B. 5, 1876. Plant and Fruit Houses.—These, which Lave scarcelybeen erected two years, are light, commodious, and well-finished structures. An early Peach-house and two Vineriesare well stocked with healthy Peach trees and Vines, the latterespecially having made vigorous, short-jointed, and well-ripened growth. In the stoves we noted, among other plants,specimens of Alooasia maororhiza variegata, 12 ft. through,Maranta (Calathea) zebrina, 7 ft., and some good Dracrenas,GymnogrammaR,Pandanus,and Livistonas. The roof is partlycovered with Allamandas, and in one of the houses Bougain-villea glabra grows and flowers remarkably well, and even nowit bears several trusses of its glowing mauve-colourcd plant is so distinct in habit and colour fi-om anything elsethat it well deserves a place in every warm plant-house. Smalldecorative plants, such as Ferns, Cyclamens, scarlet-berried
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