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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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ppreciated that the usual opportunity to inspect thegardens is looked for with great interest in the sur-rounding locality. Visitors will find the bedding thisyear to be greatly varied in character, and as perfectand beautiful as ever—indeed, not only the bedding,but the entire place seems to grow in beauty. Ttierecent rains have left the extensive undulating lawnsin dense verdure clad, and the whole place is as neatas the proverbial new pin. The Grapes are superb,and well maintain Heckfields old reputation. The Marquis of Butes Vineyard at Castle Coch, near Cardiff, which has acquiredsomething more than a local reputation, is just nowlooking remarkably well, and there is the promise ofa very faur crop of fruits, the age of the Vines con-sidered. The plants now average 3 to 4 feet in height,each has put forth from three to five strong shoots,and the most vigorous plants have from six to sevengood bunches. The growth of the Vine is something THE GAFDEhEnS CURO:^IClE.-^K^Wii-li, xiT,,
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Fig. 33.—flowering plant of agave salmiana in the garden of prince troubetzkoy. 178 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. (AVGUST II, 1877. rtmarkable; the leaves are large in size, and ashealthy aad clean as any one coald well desire ti seethem; there is not a trace of mildew or insect peslsof any kind. The few Vines that carried fruit lastyear ripened their bunches thoroughly, and Mr, A.PETTIGREW, the gardener at CirdifF Castle, whotakes a great interest in the experiment, is very san-guine as to the crop of fruit likely to be harvestedthis season. The Marquis of Bute is so muchencouraged in the matter that a considerable portionof land has been planted during the past winter, andic is computed that the vineyard now comprises some6000 Vmes. Mons. Chavenet, the proprietor of alarge vintage at Cote dOr, in the South of France,called at Bute Castle a few days ago, and expressedhimself in sanguine terms as to the ultimate success ofthe experiment. He is sending a further supply ofVines for plantin

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