Identifier: gardenerschronic337lond (find matches)
Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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Caption: Fig. 23. - King's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire, the residence of T.F. Harrison, Esq. (i.e.: Thomas Fenwick Harrison)
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sion has been restored by Mr.Harrison, who has made wonderful changeseverywhere and in everything. New gardenshave been made, new bothies and new cottageshave been built, and a splendid parish-roomadded and furnished, the reading-room isprovided with all kinds of indoor games, fromdominos to billiards. In the summer the youngmen have the use of a fine cricket ground pro- Orchids include such useful species as Den-drobiums, Cattleyas, Oncidiums, and Cypri-pediums, besides others. Several houses aredevoted to the forcing of Strawberries, FrenchBeans, Tomatos, and Cucumbers. The vineries are planted with the varietiesMuscat of Alexandria, Black Hamburgh, Madres-field Court, Appley Towers, Lady Downes, andothers. In the Peach-houses are well-trainedtrees of the best varieties of this fruit and ofNectarines. Some good ranges of pits have beenerected. A noticeable feature at these gardens is therecently-built fruit-room, which is the best that Ihave seen. It has two floors, an upper one for
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Fig. 23.—kings walden bury, Hertfordshire, the residence op t. f. Harrison, esq. igrowu there will remain a difficulty in obtainingit true, as he himself had seen several forms sold.as E. gigantea. Two years ago a nurseryman wrote me a veryiind letter from Naples, asking me how to flower•this Rose, as he had failed ; but being iU at thetime, I was unable to answer him, the letter beinglost; but as he was evidently a regular reader ofthe Gardeners Chronicle, I trust he may see nowwhy he received no reply. Although I think thisRose would grow and flower well in and around-Naples, I am given to understand Rosa sinioa andtits form Itevigata is by many grown as E. giganteaiu parts of Southern Europe; yet the two are-quite distinct. W. C. Leach, Albm-y Gardens,■Guildford. (At Kew this Rose has, we believe,-not flowered, though it grows vigorously. TheKConditions in this country ajjpear not to be favour-«,ble, though at Cannes, in Lord Broughams^garden, it has produced its splendid bl

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