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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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enstaff at Wrest Park, the Bedfordshire seat of theRight Hon. Earl Cowper, K.G. Taking intoaccount the long term of service of many of thegardeners there depicted, it is very questionableif such a record can be excelled in any othernoblemans or gentlemans garden in thecountry. The combined services of the em-ployes form a record of 391 years, several of themen having been employed in the gardens forthe long period of fifty-six, fifty-three, fifty-two laid out in allotments for the garden men andother workmen on the estate. Thus by suc-cessful cropping they can keep themselves wellsupplied all the year round with a bountifulsupply of fresh vegetables, which are indis-pensable in the cottage of the peasant. Another great feature is his lordships coalclub and the countesss clothing club. Th&garden employes, &c., pay into these clubs weekly,and at the end of the year there is a substantialibonus added to their weekly subscriptions. Bythis means they are able to get in their yearly
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Fig. 3.—the garden staff at wrest fark, ampthill. the bunch. Mr. Simpson staged this variety,beautifully coloured, at the National Societysshow in July. With care, the Sweet Pea can bepropagated from cuttings. This method is onlyuseful to anyone who has been fortunate to raisea new variety, and has failed to obtain muchseed. A good percentage of cuttings made fromstrong side-shoots will root, if inserted in sandysoil, and placed under a hand-light in a coolhouse. T. H. Bolton, Baron Kill. PLANT PORTRAITS. Arachnanthe Cathcarti.- Wiener lUmtricrte QarlcnZeitung, December. PearBeueee aviERilx.—BuUclindArboriculture, etcDecember thirty-two years, and so down to two years. Aftersuch a length of faithful service, they are stillactive, intelligent, and energetic, and seldomabsent from their daily employment. The married men are comfortably housed inseveral of the lodges in the park, and others inthe beautiful and picturesque village of Silsoe,long renowned for its beauty and sanitaryarr

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