February 25, 1899.
THE ESTATES GAZETTE
302
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ITS SCIENCE AND PRACTICE.
CONDUCTED BY
CHARLES E. CURTIS, F.S.I.,
Professor of Forest Economy, Field Engineering, and General Estate Management at the College of Agriculture, Downton, etc״ etc.
THE PLANTING SEASON.
One of the best planting seasons on record is drawing to a close. On examining large areas of newly planted trees I find the larch on the point of bursting into leaf, and presenting every appearance of robust health. The Scotch, where small, also look well; but the older plants, those with long inter-nodes, show signs of flagging after the bitter winds we have experienced. No doubt many of these wiil have to be replaced next season. My advice to planters is to refuse Scotch pine which have stood too long in the nursery.
The recent rains have set the young trees well, and if the early spring is not too dry we may reasonably look forward to success. It will be necessary, however, in April to tread-in and re-earth all those plants which have been shaken by the wind.
UNDERWOOD AND GROUND GAME.
I was called in a few days ago to give an opinion on the injury caused by rabbits in a wood in relation to its bearing on “ waste ” or injury at the end of the tenant’s term. The whole of last year’s growth from the stools which were cut over last season has been absolutely destroyed. If a man had been sent in with a hook with instructions to cut the whole away, he could not have made a better job. The loss lies (1) in the loss of one year’s entire growth, and (2) in the weakening of the stools. These repeated cuttings end in entire destruction. It is the result of the letting of shooting which is now so sadly common. When the owner shoots over his own estate he will have an eye to both sport and coppice; but the shooting lessee is indifferent to the latter. I could point to hundreds of acres of coppice which have been practically destroyed by repeated rabbit attack.
THE HORNBEAM AS A HEDGE PLANT.
Those planting hedges at high elevations will find this plant most valuable. It may be used pure or mixed with quicks. It is very strong and will resist cattle and horses in a few years after planting, provided it is well planted and cared for in its younger stages of growth. It will bear the hedging knife better than beech, and will be found tougher and more robust.
The hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) is a native of Great Britain, and attains to the size of timber. The wood is white and close-grained, and very tough, and therefore much used for mill-cogs. It will thrive in cold clays, but does better on rich loams. It makes a pleasant variety in foliage, but under no circumstance does it become a tree of magnitude.
The price of this plant for hedge purposes will be from 15s. to 20s. per thousand.
QUERIES AND REPLIES.
“ G.” writes:—“Will you kindly name the enclosed specimens (14) in the next issue of your Estates Gazette 1 ”
(I) Specimen too meagre for precise identification, but it may be from one of tne Acacias. -(2) Pina:■; excelsa of the Himalaya, one of the five-leaved group of pines.—(S) Pseadotsuga Don glam, or Douglas fir. —(4) Pinus sylvestris, Scotch pine.—(5) Pinus sylvestris, Scotch pine.—(6) Thujopsis dolabrata of Japan.—(7) A cupressus or cypress, cannot give the exact variety from so smaU a specimen. —(8) A cypress ?—(9) :A juniper,butfromso *mall atwig it is difficult to determine the species ; probably the Juniperus Virginiana or American juniper.—(10) Picea excelsa, common spruce.—(II) Probably the Picea SmitMana or Himalayan spruce.—(12) Cryptomeria japonica, the Japanese cedar.—(13) Picea or spruce.—(14) Probably a Hemlock spruce, if so it is the Tsuga Canadensis.
Note.—I have named the 14 specimens sent, but it is necessary to state that from a small twig only it is impossible in every case to identify the exact species or sub-variety. To a !rive at this there are special points necessary which can only be arrived at by noting the character of the tree itself. Further than this, the same kind of tree growing freely on a good soil and stunted on a poor soil will present a totally different appearance.
“M. 0. R.” sends specimens for identification. They are: —
(1) Cornus Sanguined, Dogwood.—(2) Quercus Cerris, Turkey oak.—(3) Salix Caprea, Staminiferous flowers.— (4) Populus balsamifera, Balsam poplar.—(5) Alnus glutin-osa, Alder.—(6) Salix Caprea, Pistilliferous flowers.—(7) Elm, one of the many varieties difficult to name from so small a twi8)—.״) Wych elm.—(9) Ditto.—(10) Quercus pedunculata, Common oak. The growths upon this twig are galls, known as the Artichoke-eall. It consists of a number of leafy *cales overlapping each other, and closely resembles the aitichoke, hence its name.
Auctioneers and Estate Agents desiring to secure Partners, Purchase a Business, r engage Professional Assistance, should consult the “Wanted״ Advertisements in the centre of the Paper.
LONDON AND BERKSHIRE.
Wm. R. NICHOLAS & Co. Auctioneers & Estate Agents, Blagrave Street, Reading, & 60, Pail Mall, S.W
NOTICE OF SALE.
THE HAWTHORNS, HARE HATCH, near TWYFORD, BERKS.
TV/rESSES. WM! B, NICHOLAS and CO.
JJLL beg to announce that at their Sale at the London Auction Mart on Tuesday last they disposed of the above valuable Freehold Residence and Grounds of some four acres for a very satisfactory price.
Auction Offices, Blagrave-street, Reading, and 60, Pall Mall, London, S.W.
Preliminary Notice.
THE UPPER LINK ESTATE, HURSTBOURNE, HANTS, situate in a favourite district between Basingstoke and Andover, and comprising a very choice farm of some 345 acres.
TV/TESSRS. WM. R. NICHOLAS and CO.
LVA (in conjunction with Messrs. FREDERICK ELLEN and SON, of Andover) will Sell the above by Auction (unless previously sold privately), in One or more Lots, at the Mart, Tokenhouse-yard, London, E.C.
Particulars may shortly be obtained of the Auctioneers, Blagrave-street, Reading, and 60, Pall Mall, London, S.W.
CHADLINGTON, OXFORDSHIRE, situate three miles
from Chari bury and four miles from Chipping
Norton Stations.
TV/TESSRS. WM. R. NICHOLAS and CO.
-ItA have received instructions to Sell by Auction (unless previously disposed of privately), early in the Spring, the delightful FREEHOLD PROPERTY, known as The Cottage Chadlington. It contains eight bed and dressing rooms, bath room, three reception rooms, large hall, and good domestic offices, etc.; capital stabling; the grounds are exceedingly picturesque, and include tennis lawn, well-stocked kitchen garden, with range of glasshouses, etc. Seven Cottages, small farmery, and paddocks, in all about 6i acres.
Further particulars will appear in due course, and may meanwhile be obtained of the Auctioneers, Blagrave-street, Reading, and 60, Pall Mall, S.W.
DEVONSHIRE.
MESSRS. HUSSEY & SON
(Established over a Century), Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Agricultural, Tenant-Right, Timber and other Valuers,
EXETER, DEVON.
Stock, Timber, and all Classes of Sales and Valuations undertaken on Moderate Terms. Telephone : No. 21, Exeter.
[DEVONSHIRE.—Cullompton	(near).—For
J-/ Sale, valuable and compact Freehold Estate, containing 47 acres (mostly pasture and watered meadow), with suitable farmhouse and outbuildings. Rent £99.—Price £2,200.
rpOPSHAM (near Exeter), a Freehold Resi--1• dence, known as Cranford, with glass verandah, large vinery, greenhouse, front and back gardens, situate on the Strand, Topsham, within 15 minutes by rail of the City of Exeter, close to the River Exe, and in one of the best parts of this favoured neighbourhood, with fine views of the Haldon Hills and Powderham. The house contains: On the ground floor, entrance hall, dining room, double drawing room, kitchen, scullery, larder, wash-house, and coal house; on the first floor, three bed rooms, bath room (with hot and cold water supply !and shower bath), w.c., store room; on the second floor, two bed rooms. Together with the valuable pleasure or garden ground situate opposite, having a frontage to the Strand of 40ft. 6in., and a depth of 190ft., or thereabouts, extending to the foreshore; with stable and co<ach-house and potting shed; boat slip 31ft. long, 8ft. 9in. wide, and summer house, overlooking the River Exe, and commanding fine views of the Estuary. Rent £45 a year on repairing lease. Freehold price, £900.
"L^OR SALE, near Teignmouth, South Devon, J- a very desirable Freehold Residential Property, occupying an elevated, healthy position, commanding on all sides extensive views, with detached stables, coach-house, poultry houses, piggeries and tool houses, two vegetable gardens, lawn, grass paddock and other lands, together comprising upwards of 14 acres. The house contains three reception rooms, five bed rooms, bath room, w.c., kitchen, and the usual domestic offices.—Price £5,250, or offer.—For further particulars apply to Messrs. Hussey and Son, as above.
BIRMINGHAM.
GRIMLEY & SON, F.S.I.,
Auctioneers- Surveyors and Estate Agents•
An important FREEHOLD PROPERTY, known as
Kingston Metal Works, Adderley-street, BIRMINGHAM.—To De Soid by Auction, by
lyi" ESSRS. GRIMLEY and SON, at the
i-YA Grand Hotel, Colmore-row, Birmingham, on Thursday, March 9, 1899, at Seven o ciock to the minute, subject to conditions of sale incorporating the common form conditions of the Birmingham Law Society, the extensive MANUFACTURING PREMISES, covering an area !of nearly half an acre, forming a portion of the Kingston Metal Works, in Adderley-street, Birmingham, consisting of Roiling Mill, Offices, Warehouse, Workshops, and other premises, having an extensive frontage to the street; together with the Fixed and Loose Plant and Machinery, Office Fixtures, etc., which will be Sold in One Lot.
The works were planned and designed for the purpose of a rolling mill and metal works, and are admirably arranged for economical working, but could readily be adapted to any other business requiring floor space, and the property has a great value as a building site.
Also a valuable Plot of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, adjacent to the above, containing about 597 square yards, and having a frontage to Adderley-street of about 21 yards.
Plans, particulars and schedules of the fixed plant and machinery are in course of preparation, and may be obtained, when ready, of G. (Jrquhart Fisher, Esq.., solicitor, Bristol House, 19 and 20, Holborn Viaduct, London, E.O ; Messrs. Sanders and Parish, solicitors, 67, Colmore-row, Birmingham; or the Auctioneers, 39 and 40, Temple-street, Birmingham.
By direction of the City Council.—Digbeth Widening —Valuable FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, having a frontage ׳of 210ft. to Digbeth, and containing an area of 2,157 square yards or thereabouts; with the benefit of !a party road 16ft. wide in the rear from Allison-street, to be made at the expense of the vendors and maintained by the Oorporation as a public way. Suitable for the erection of retail shops, warehouses, or manufacturing premises.—To be Sold by Auction (by direction of the City Council), by
TV/TESSRS. GRIMLEY and SON, on Thurs-
LYA day, March 9, 1899, at the Grand Hotel, Colmore-row, Birmingham, at Seven o’clock to the minute, in the following or such other Lots as may be determined upon at the time of SaJe.
Lot 1.—A valuable Piece of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, adjoining No. 135, Digbeth (with the erections now standing thereon,- subject to their being removed or set back within three months of the date of Sale to the building line shown upon the Sale Plan), having a frontage of 16 yards, and containing in the whole 596 square yards or thereabouts.
Lot 2.—A Piece of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, adjoining Lot 1, having a frontage to Digbeth of 16 yards, and containing in the whole 602 square yards or thereabouts.
Lot 3.—A Piece of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, adjoining Lot 2, having a similar frontage, and containing in the whole 507 square yards ׳or thereabouts.
Lot 4.—A Piece of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, adjoining Lot 3, having a frontage to Digbeth of 22 yards, and containing in the whole 4'52 square yards or thereabouts.
If desired, the above will be Offered in the first instance in One Lot.
The Auctioneers call especial attention to this sale, which affords an unusual opportunity of acquiring Freehold Land in the centre of the city fronting a main thoroughfare.
Plans and particulars are in course of preparation, and may be obtained when ready of E. Orfordi Smith, Esq., Town Clerk, Council House; or of the Auctioneers, 39 and 40, Temple-street, Birmingham.
CORPORATION-STREET.
MOTOR CLUB BUILDINGS (close to the centre of the City).
TO BE LET, these spacious Premises, ־the accommodation of which is well adapted to meeet the requirements of a first-class Club, Temperance Hotel, or Public Institution.
The building is so arranged that it may be let off for residential purposes, and consists of a lofty entrance hall, with reception and cloak room on ground floor; steward’s rooms, dining rooms, billiard rooms, reading rooms, committee room, kitchen and scullery, bath room, lavatories, w.c., etc., on the upper floors, approached by a handsome staircase.
Apply, Messrs. Grimley and Son, estate agents and auctioneers, 39 and 40, Temple-street.
On Thursday. March 16, 1899.
Sale of a pleasantly situated FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, known as Tessal House, Northfield, with excellent stabling, glasshouses, man’s cottage, and paddock, containing a total area of 3a. 2r. 21p., or thereabouts.—To be Sold by Auction, by
TV/TESSRS. GRIMLEY and SON, on Thurs-LYA day, March 16, 1899, at the Grand Hotel, Col-more-row, Birmingham, at Seven o’clock to the minute: —
The well appointed modern Detached RESIDENCE, known -as Tessal House, Northfield, situate within twelve minutes’ walk of the railway station, and about six miles from Birmingham.
The house, which is well built, and fitted with all modern conveniences, contains entrance hall with fireplace; dining room, 21ft. 6in. by 14ft., with bay window; drawing room overlooking lawn, 18ft. by 13ft., including bay; kitchen, fitted china pantry, scullery, dairy and cellar; six bed rooms (one now used as a billiard room), bath room, and w.c. There is a covered paved yard, carriage house with loft over, two-stall stable, harness room, and other out-offices.
The glasshouses include vinery, conservatory, and greenhouse.
The garden is well planted with choice fruit trees. There are an excellent orchard, paddock of grazing land, cow house for five cows, poultry house, a timber-built house, and a potting shed.
The residence is set back from the road, with lawn and well-grown shrubs, and approached by a carriage drive.
The house may be seen on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, by card to view, to be obtained of the Auctioneers.
Plans and further particulars are in course of preparation, and may be obtained when ready from Mr. Alfred Pointon, solicitor, Temple-row; or from the Auctioneers, 39 and 40, Temple-street, Birmingham.
SHEFFIELD, YORKSHIRE and DERBYSHIRE.
NICHOLSON, GREAVES, BARBER, and HASTINGS,
Estate & General Auction Mart,
2, HIGH STREET,
Re Miss Emma Dyson, deceased.
Local Stock and Shares.
TV/TES'SRS. NICHOLSON, GREAVES,
1YA BARBER and HASTINGS are instructed by the Executors of the late Miss Emma Dyson to Offer for Sale by Auction, at the Sheffield Estate Auction Mart, High-street, Sheffield, on Tuesday, February 28, 1899, at 4.30 precisely, the following SHARES and STOCK: —
£200 Preferred Five per Cent. Stock in Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Limited.
160 Five per Cent. Preference Shares (£1 each) in the same company
Ten Shares in Truswell’s Brewery Company, Ltd. Eight Ordinary Shares in Charles Cammell and Company, Limited.
20 Ordinary Shares in Henry Bessemer and Company, Limited.
30 Preference Shares (Six per Cent.) in Joseph Tomlinson and Sons, Limited.
Rodgers, Thomas and Sandford, solicitors to the Executors.
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST ELECTION.
UNION WHEEL SHARES.
To be Sold bx Auction, by Messrs. NICHOLSON, GREA'VJbi», BARBER and HASTINGS, at their Estate Sale Rooms, High-street, Sheffield, on Tuesday, February 28, 1899, at Four o’clock prompt, subject to conditions of sale, to be then produced: — THIRTY-SIX SHARES of £5 each, in the Union Grinding Wheel, Sheffield, in Lots to suit purchasers.
Each of the shares confers a vote for the Sheffield Town Trust, an election to which is now in progress.
For the last year the dividend paid to the proprietor of shares has been at the rate of £4 1-6 per cent.
The shares are transferable in a similar way to shares of companies incorporated under the Companies Acts, and therefore at a very small cost.
For further particulars application should be made to the Auctioneers; or to James E. Wing, solicitor, 70, Queen-street, Sheffield.
To Brewers and Publicans.
WEST END HOTEL, ECKINGTON.
Y Y —Excellent Old-established Fully-licensed Public-house, in the mam thoroughfare.
To be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. NIOHOLSON, GREAVES, BARBER and HASTINGS, at the Sheffield Estate Auction Mart, No. 2, High-street, on Tuesday, March 7, 1899, at 4.30 p.m. precisely, subject to the General Conditions of Sale of the Sheffield Law Society and Special Conditions: —
All that Old-established, FULLY-LICENSED, Free PUBLIC-HOUSE, fronting to the main road at Eckington, and known as the West End Hotel, for many years in the occupation of Mrs. Moore, whose lease expires on June 25 next.
The house is well arranged, and contains bar parlour, tap room, smoke room, living room, and kitchen, with five rooms upstairs, and two good cellars. The outbuildings include large club room, stable, carriage and coal house, etc.
There is a capital trade attached to the house, and the vendor believes it is an increasing one. There is •a coal pit near to the house.
The site contains 242 square yards, or thereabouts, and is Copyhold of the Manor of Eckington, having been allotted as such under the Eckington Enclosures Act.
For further particulars apply to the Auctioneers, 2, High-street; or to Wightman and Parker, solicitors, 25, Change Alley, Sheffield, and at Dronfield.
DRAYTON-PLACE, WADBOROUGH-ROAD, ECCLES ALL-ROAD.
TMPROVING LEASEHOLD PROPERTY.
J- To be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. NICHOLSON, GREAVES, BARBER and HASTINGS, at the Sheffield Estate Auction Mart, No. 2, High-street, on Tuesday, March 7, 1899, at Four o’clock for Half-past Four precisely, subject to conditions of the Sheffield Law Society and Special Conditions: —
All those FIVE well-built DWELLING HOUSES, with gardens, bay windows, and palisades at front, gardens, w.c.’s and ashpits at the back, being Nos. 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16, Dray ten-place. Wadborough-road, Ecclesall-road, in the occupation of Messrs. Stephenson, Hallam, Sanderson, and others, at an annual rent of £87 15s., the tenants paying their own rates.
The site is held on lease for 800 years at an annual ground rent of £10.
The property is in an improving district, near the new tram route, and within easy distance of the Botanical Gardens and Endeliffe Woods.
Any further particulars may be obtained from the Auctioneers, 2, High-street; or from Pye-Smith and Barker, solicitors, 17, York-street, Sheffield.
BROOMSPRING-LANE and HAVELOCK-STREET, SHEFFIELD.
״y'ALUABLE LEASEHOLD RESIDENCES.
To be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. NIOHOLSON, GREAVES, BARBER and HASTINGS, at the Sheffield Estate Auction Mart, No. 2, High-street, on Tuesday, March 7, 1899, at Four for 4.30 p.m. precisely, subject to Conditions of the Sheffield Law Society and Special Conditions: —
The TWO excellent BLOCKS of well-built DWELLING HOUSES, with gardens and palisades at front, and private back entrance, yard, and outbuildings to each, being Nos. 115 and 117, Broomspring-lane, and Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, Havelock-street, in the occupation of Messrs. Reynolds, Williams, Slater, and others, at an annual rent of £145, including £28, the estimated rent of the house occupied by the owner.
The tenants pay their own rates.
Tlie property is in a first-class position for letting; there has been no change of tenancy or rent for some years, and the rental could be readily advanced.
The site contains 1.076 square yards, or thereabouts, and is held on lease for 800 years from September, 1859, at an annual ground rent of £20 Is. 6d,
Any further particulars may be obtained from the Auctioneers. 2. High-street; or from Messrs. Watson, Esam and Barber, solicitors, Bank-street, Sheffield.