. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. useswere well furnished ^ith climbers and otherplants; the former embraced Acacia Baileyana,Clianthus puniceus. Begonia grandiflora, Swain-sonia galegifolia, Plerouias, Tacsonias, Roses, &c. Two lofty cool ferneries had their back wallscovered with Perns and Mosses, the body of thehouse being treated with real rockwork, formingarclies and other designs and planted with avariety of Ferns, foliage Begonias, lic, inter-spersed with specimen Palms and Tree span-roofed stove contained a good colle
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. useswere well furnished ^ith climbers and otherplants; the former embraced Acacia Baileyana,Clianthus puniceus. Begonia grandiflora, Swain-sonia galegifolia, Plerouias, Tacsonias, Roses, &c. Two lofty cool ferneries had their back wallscovered with Perns and Mosses, the body of thehouse being treated with real rockwork, formingarclies and other designs and planted with avariety of Ferns, foliage Begonias, lic, inter-spersed with specimen Palms and Tree span-roofed stove contained a good collectionof Codiccums, Caladiums, winter-flowering Be-gonias, Pandanus Veitciiii, &c. Of fruit-houses there are a considerable vinery was chiefly filled with Muscat ofAlexandria Crrapes, the canes bearing a goodcrop and the fruit well finished considering theexternal atmospheric conditions. Another vinery,SO feet in lenath, contained the varieties Muscat, Koyal Muscadine, Koyal Vino-yard, Madresfleld Court and Gros Maroc. Alofty house had a very good crop of Black. -PHOBMIUai TENAX IN THE GARDENSAT KYLEilOIiE CASTLE. recognise it, but it is certainly distinct from PRiccartoni, although of the same type. Both inthe grounds and alongside the neighbouringhighway there are miles of this Fuchsia, forminga source of much pleasure. Mr. Wm. Comfort, the head gardener at Kyle-more Castle, is naturally an enthusiastic horticul-turist, as he is descended from a race of gardeners;and his four brothers, like himself, all followedtheir forefathers calling. C. SOME NOTES ON FOECINGVEGETABLES. {Concluded frnni p. 36.)Pkbnch Beans are more costly to force thanAsparagus, and from December until the endof January the returns that can be obtainedfrom them are not worth the space they wouldoccupy. This at least is so in this part ofthe country, but near the coast better resultsmay be possible. ? The plants require muchsun - in addition to artificial warmth,.and sun-heat is v
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