. Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . and hadto grow as in the ordinary open-air orchard; but success wasnot attendant, and most of the fruit trees have been still cover a portion of the roof. The Paar trees plantedin another portion of the garden were laden with fine orchard houses still exist at Blaokrock, tine, noble, span-roofed bouses, two of them, about CO feet long, joined to eitherside of a broad span-roofed plant-house ; but they are directednow to another use besides fruit-growing—that of ornamentalplant-houses, for which purpose
. Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . and hadto grow as in the ordinary open-air orchard; but success wasnot attendant, and most of the fruit trees have been still cover a portion of the roof. The Paar trees plantedin another portion of the garden were laden with fine orchard houses still exist at Blaokrock, tine, noble, span-roofed bouses, two of them, about CO feet long, joined to eitherside of a broad span-roofed plant-house ; but they are directednow to another use besides fruit-growing—that of ornamentalplant-houses, for which purpose they are mush better orchard houses they were far too dark and heavy, fruit treesrequiring as much light and air as can be given. The middlehouse of this group had a beautiful ground-covering of Selagi-nella, with a winding path from one end to the other, lead-ing to the great fernery. In it were many fine plants, loftytree Ferns, a very fine Theophrasta 10 feet high, a DragonsBlood, and some groups of fine-foliaged Begonias, a large FanPalm, & The Fernery at Eockville. Passing out through some low, narrow, dark rustic passages,I entered the great fernery, the fame of which has spread farand near. There is no question about the grandeur andmagnificence of this house. It is a great square place, CO feetby 48, covered with a double-glazed glass roof about ID feethigh 10 the bottom of the ridges, there being five spans orridges in all, supported on columns enclosed in pillars ofrustic stonework and rustic Gothic arches mantled and drapedwith Ferns, Mosses, and the coloured-leaved Begonias, thesides being draped in the same way, so that it looks like agreat rustic civern. In intermediate lines with these sup-porting pillars are placed tall specimen tree Ferns of majesticcharacter, grouped round their base with smaller varietiesin rustic style. The appearance of the whole is very grandbut very sombre, rather too much so for showing oil the gracefulforms of many of th
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