436 THE GARDENER. [Sept. 1870. 



Gunnersby Park, Acton, W. — As will be seen in our notice of this place, Mr 

 William Forsyth, who has filled the post of gardener to Baron Lionel de Rothschild, 

 at Gunnersby, for the past twenty years, is about retiring from the active duties of 

 his profession : he will be succeeded by Mr John Richards, for fourteen years 

 gardener to Lord Londesborough, Grimston Park, Tadcaster, and recently 

 gardener to E. J. Coleman, Esq., Stoke Park, Slough. The new gardener at 

 Stoke Park will be Mr Reuben Budd, formerly with the Earl of Darnley, Cobham 

 Hall, Gravesend. 



Metropolitan Society for the Encouragement of Florists' Flowers. — 

 "We have to remind our readers that the first exhibition of the Society takes place 

 at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on Tuesday the 6th, and Wednesday the 7th 

 of September next. Liberal prizes are offered for Dahlias, Hollyhocks, Gladioli, 

 Asters, Verbenas, and Roses, and first-class certificates of merit will be given to 

 Seedling Flowers worthy of such a high distinction. The Rev. H. H. Dombrain, 

 Westwell Vicarage, Ashford, Kent, will give all requisite information. 



New Fruits The Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society have 



just awarded Mr J. R. Pearson, Chilwell Nurseries, Nottingham, first-class cer- 

 tificates for the following new Grapes : Chilwell White, a very promising seed- 

 ling, which in size and form more resembles the Black Hamburg than any 

 Grape in cultivation ; and the other, named Ferdinand de Lesseps, also a w r hite 

 Grape, which created some interest when exhibited last year, as being a remark- 

 ably successful cross between the American Strawberry Grape and the Royal 

 Muscadine. It is exceedingly rich in flavour, and though, not particularly a 

 showy Grape, it well merits the award given to it, on account of its interesting 

 pedigree, and as the means through which further novelties may be obtained. 

 The opinions here expressed are extracted from the 'Gardeners' Chronicle.' 



Vine-Border (A Constant Reader). — It will be advantageous to cover the 

 Vine-border, so as to keep the roots dry. This can be done with tiffany or 

 wooden shutters ; the last named is the best thing, as they can be made cheaply, 

 and will last several seasons. Actually, the cost would not be much larger 

 than for frigi-domo. The latter rots quickly, while the shutters are durable. 

 The covering should be put on the Vine-border at the beginning of October. 



Charlotte Rothschild Pines.— At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society on the 17th of August, Mr J. Ward, gardener to Mr T. N. Miller, Esq., 

 Bishop's-Stortford, exhibited four magnificent fruits of the above fine Pine, of the 

 aggregate weight of 38 lb. They were remarkably even in size and shape, two of 

 them as finely formed as if they had been cast in a mould. To these a special cer- 

 tificate was awarded. By the side of these was a collection of somewhat ordinary 

 blooms of Dahlias, and these received the same award. A special certificate neither 

 carries weight nor money value with it, and it is given to many things of question- 

 able quality. The least the Society could have awarded these fine Pines was its 

 gold medal. We certainly sympathise with Mr Ward in having such splendid 

 examples of high-class cultivation borne down to the level of excellence of some 

 medium-sized Dahlia blooms ! 



The Caterpillar Goat-Moth (Charles Hull) The only remedy for this is in 



killing the moth, which may be observed sitting near its cocoon protruding from 

 the hole formed by the caterpillar, and destroying the caterpillars themselves 

 by thrusting a wire up the holes, or filling the holes with tobacco smoke, or, 

 as they do in America sometimes, with chloroform. 



