The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-11 00:00:00

THB GARDENS OF IWERNB AUNSTE&

But the brief spice of tw0,..,. bag elapsed since the
gardens of I worms Kloster o D irsetshire were but ea • wild
waste, uninteresting t 3 all sic opt those who understand
something of the laborious Work entailed in makings new
gsrlen. I have hod same ezp•-rience in weeding out,
renovating old gardens, a3d inalung new ones, and saw
lwerns at its roughest when • pedestrian bat mug* need
to be careful who we not accusitomed to tread upm rough
piths. But whet • transformation haa been accomplished
since then I Kitchen gardens made and pis:ltal. forcing
and pleat houses erected end st tcked with plants and
fruit trees. and new grounds and wslks mule al smooth as
carpets and pleasant to the tread. Witering the gardens
by the gerdeoern new h Ai and offl en • first glance
reveals whit Lord WAvertm's wealth ant liberality have
accomplished with good manaremeut In so short • time.
The drat enclosed garden is out in two by • 'petition' walk,
and divided into quarters 1.. r different purple,s of veget-
able Lad fruit griwing. The walks are edged with tiles.
end are firm and well made. _

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stocked with
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b ooletus
pod good all& The range of sieve conei,te of • commodious
ropegating house, which is used in winters, • cue imber•
house, and is, In fact, so fitted up that it will grow
anything; there is • comp irtment adjoining for toning mff
cuttings and plant, after they hive taken root, and which
cut be kept at any teinsperatur--`iiith or low, as required.
Upon the belt wall • plant oft es nanthus ooccineua from
the Cape luxurietes with other plants •Itich cover the
beck wall. Upon the oppoiite side the doorway which
divide' the raoge, • pesch-bouse and vinery is stocked
with vigorous young vine". Peach trees, and inalaan.
t.r.iagatiedst tuhnedebercitheveeyildl.4.Aof dna:. brlack f a
in tmhebuyrignh veryi.neanide
bearing fair bunches of froit, gni the peach trees are clean
and healthy. The large lichen garden la divided only by
• wall f iom the garde+ above described. and it is in fine
order and con.aining good crops of fruits and reparable",
and many premising young fruit trees not yet in be,ring.
The principal f. r ine-bowies are in :his garden upon the
south wall snd span-rode I plant-bones running east and
west, containing fine examples of lio eering stove planta
The cool-houses are gay with fuchria*, pe'argontuine,
balsam, Tigeidia Patronise, etc. The Cucumber-h am%
running north and south, we,. in process of being Pre.
pared for winter work, compact, wellapp Anted little
bourne, cosy lir winter forcing. Between the ranges of
hous,s loot ced large quantities of winter flowe-ing plant.,
• collection of chryeantheinu-ne, ell the fineat kinds—
Zupatoriums, Silurian% and • hoit of others that thrive
in • Dorset cdmate planted out -f-doors. Azaleas and
Camellia" in pots, bealthy eni swarming with flower-bud.,
occupied • ismer with cytzue, iTipfi ...nog Hood pion -
drone, end • variety of mei ul &costive plants of the usual
description.
The forting houses are five in number, loon, range, and
are roomy housee, elliciently ventlated and heated, and
having goad path., and • subitswial appearance of apish
and utility about them that one would expect at so fine
a place indeed, rubhishy looking houses wculd be
ridiculous at such • noble place, where everything has been
done upon a grand scale. Modest house la filled with fine
young muscat vines, and the second division with peaches,
bowing • grand crop,f air in sign and good quality. llus trees
are in luxuriant condition, and promise well for the future
The third division is filied will young vinee bearing •
handsome crop, some of the free-fruiting kinds bearing
fine bunches, large in berry, and colouring well. The
fourth division i. • mixed vinery of black hamburghs,
Km Place's black muscat, Alicante, de_ and the fifth •
mixed late house of trebbiano and oth-r bite kind., bear-
ing 12 bunches upon • single rod iron. 3 to 5 lb. in weight
A conaigment if stanhopes I noticed suspended under •
stage in this house, thriving remarkably well after their
long journey.
Entering the 'Asmara grounds front the Shaftesbury and
Blandford Road we find some wavy sloping banks, adorned
with the choicest flowering trees and shrubs A weeping
aah, dots of yuccas, and walnut trees of various sties,,
crairegusee, handsome in form, and many fine-leaved
plant., are here in abundance. A plot or group of beds
planted With lON, makes • very pleasant change, and the
walks—such walks too I—by Pulliam of Broxbourne—
male of gravel and Portland cement, with • colouring of
brickdust to give them tone. Neither frost, snow hail, or
rain, makes the slightest impression upon these walk' as
they are always dry, comfortable, and pleasant to walk
upon, and requiring no labour to keep them when once
they are made. Other walks, Mr. Davidson told me, were
like mud after the severe frut of last winter, while not •
stone derail/0d upon those made by Wiesen. Pultum, so
well is their WOTk done, and so goodie the material used,
But the grand conservatory is the greatest horticultural
sucoas of the whole place; planted and furnished in leas
than 18 month, with (weepers of tbe mist chute endorse-
mental description, each as from their appearance might
have been established for seven years. Cobol, ecandent
variegate ouspended from the roof in wreath-like streams,
Ruglike& leoperatrie Eugenie, S•ainsoulas, Begonias,
Veitch's DOW Hooeysuckle, Neriums, Abutilon, Lemoinel,
and others, pleated out, with leaves 16 inches from lobe to
lobe. The pillars are also draped with creepers, and the
stock of pot plants is both rich and valuable. The archi-
tectural festures of the structure are bold, and the fitting'
of the most elaborate type—the tiled paths alone being
quite an ornament, and • splendid pion of workmanship.
Outside the conservatory there are some pretty groutte
of fiower.bule on the terrace, simple in design, but very
neat and chute in effect. Looking eastward from here,
at the base of the steps two neat fiowerhede are dropped
In to ornament the angle.; and at the east and west sides,
the half-moon groups ef fiower-bedg, which make such •
happy balance in the garden, are very bright with bedding
plant, on the slow, which they occupy to such good
advantage, and to the general effect of the whole grounds.
The founteiu lion the south front, beveled which, in use
game direction, are fine trees of greet age and splendid
proportion., and • bake glistening oat from amongst their
Naves in the park. Upon the west side, adjacent to each
other, are placed the siobtrop.cal and rock gardens, where
there are great quantities at eel-icy of ornamental
shrubs, Including the newest and cholceet kinds—Watareis
golden Holly, golden Yew,, gethteepalea; thing that
is new or rare smeinget them le hare represented either in
large small plants,
progress that ;dente have made upon the Unlace
wall is marvellous, no doubt owing to the favourable
situation and climate and the rich preparation that was
made for Ulm before planting. By the side of the
boundary walk meet the park are some beds which are
planted for gunner or winter effect, and which are most
telling and handsome. As an example, • bed of golden
yews, edged with • land of cotmeortar microphylla, and
• bed of juniportu sabina, edged with • bend of variegated
ituonyneux The walk., as before remarked, are alone an
ornament to Lord Wolverton's pleautre-grounda The
variety that meets you at every turn, the great beauty of
the surrounding eountry, the most picturesque in Dorset
attire, with it, 11313M1 camps and entrenchments, its chalk
blllsaad peaks of deep verdure, its lovely woods and
genial climate, all tend to make a fine garden, situated
among so many natural charms, • home of repose and
beauty,—Vieitar in Gardeners Chrism*.

BLAMDIO2.I).
Lgoetraa.--On Friday evening Major Evered Poole,
F.R.G.S., late of the 60th Royal Rifles, delivered •
very interesting lecture on Afghanistan, in the course
of which he dealt specially with the history and
geography of the country; and touching on the late
war, gave graphic desoriptions of the advance of the
three columns through the mountain passes, the attack
on All Musjid, the engagement of Futterabad, the
Rattle of Maiwand, and the retreat, the noted march
of General Roberts, the battle ending in the defeat of
Ayoub Khan, ac. Major Poole also gave some
Interesting information relative to missionary and
temperance work among the troops. The lecture was
greatly aided by dissolving views of Pelwar Khotal, the
Cherish Valley, Herat, Cabal, Candahas, and other
places, and various Niftle scenes, shown by 011131184 of
the oxyhydrogen lime light. Majoraeneral Sir
°hart.. H'Oyly presided, and the audience present
was • very appreciative one.