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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTORB AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



I April 27, 1376. 



woodwork with (jishui'Bt compound, soap, &c., and then could 

 not effectually eradicate the pest, simply brcause I could not 

 get well at the back of the close trellis. The house was painted 

 during the winter, and now the insects have made their ap- 

 pearance, except on a part to which we gave a thorough scald- 

 ing with boiling water, with a little turpentine, sulphur, and 

 tobacco water. I may add that the part we scalded had no 

 border at the foot of the wall. Now, if these walls had been 

 covered with galvanised wire instead of the heavy-looking 

 wooden trellis it would have been better to paint, for no one 

 knows the time it takes to clean and paint the wooden trellis 

 but those who have the misfortune to have it, and then it is 

 not done effectually without it comes off in sections and you 

 can get at both sides. I pen these few lines to put persons 

 on their guard, as the time is comiug on for putting up new 

 and renovating old houses ; if they will use the wire it will 

 be the cheapest, and I am sure if it is put up in sections the 

 value of the plan will be proved some day. — H. S. J. 



LINCOLN CODLIN APPLE. 



A CORRESPONDENT wishss to know what the Lincoln Codlin 

 Apple is, 1 d asks for a description of it, because he cannot 

 find it in he " Fruit Manual." If the author had described 

 all the fruits in the Manual which have come under his ob- 

 servation, and of which he possesses figures and descriptions, 

 that work would have assumed proportions which would 

 HUaUfy it for another title than a " Manual." 



The Lincoln Codlin, sometimes called Lincoln Pippin, is a 

 good-sized Apple 3 inches high and the same in width, of a 

 conical shape, not unlike Nelson Codlin, with prominent ribs 

 on the sides extending to the crown, where they form ridges 

 round the eye. Skin of an uniform deep lemon colour, strewed 

 with large russetty specks. Eye closed, with erect connivent 

 segments, and set in a deep angular basin. Stalk short and 

 slender, inserted in a deep narrow cavity. Flesh white, tender, 

 very juicy, with a mild acidity, and pleasant flavour. Stamens 

 marginal. Calyx-tube very deep and wide, funnel-shaped. 

 Cells open. 



An excellent culinary Apple, which keeps in use till March. 



RICHARD HEADLY. 



After years of painful suffering, a wreck of his former self, 

 there has passed away from us at the age of eighty-one 

 Richard Headly, almost the last of that band of florists who in 

 a past generation made the south of England a fair and 

 legitimate rival in florists' flowers of the north. And if nearly 

 the la^t, certainly he was not the least; for while others gained 

 their laurels by cultivation, he was not only successful in this 

 respect, but also as a raiser of new varieties came well to the 

 front in everything that he undertook. One cannot look down 

 a catalogue of florists' flowers without encountering hia name, 

 and to the very laut, therefore — his last serious illness — success 

 attended his skill and intelligence, for amongst the newer 

 varieties of Auriculas, Carnations, and Picotees, there are to be 

 seen some of his raieing. 



It is now many years, when " George Lightbody " Auricula 

 had just come out, that I made a pilgrimage to Stapleford, a 

 thorough florists' home. He was then in the full swing of hia 

 cultures, and was sweeping everything before him at the local 

 exhibitions at Cambridge in all departments of gardening. 

 Although only known to him as a member of the craft of 

 horticulture, I was welcomed with that kindly hospitality he 

 was ever ready to show, and could not but admire the energy 

 with which ho entfrad into his favourite hubby. He was 

 principally known as a cultivator and raiser of Tulips, Carna- 

 tions and Picotees, and Auriculas ; of the Tulips ho had a 

 large cjllection, and all who visited him will remember his tale 

 of the manner in which his Tulip beds were every year injured, 

 as he believed maliciously, although many of his friends 

 doubted this. As I am not a Tulip-grower I cannot recall the 

 names of hia scedliuga. Sarah Ileadly I remember as a beauti- 

 ful rose, and there were several othera which he valued highly, 

 but of their mcrita I have no means of judging. In Carnations 

 and Picotees he was also a successful raiser, and his Prince 

 Albert, Rose of Castile, Chancellor, King James, Albion's 

 Pride, &c , have been long known ; whilst amongst his later 

 flowers Invincible (s.B.), Gem (sb). Marshal Ney (s.u ), 

 Phcebus (r f.) seem as if they would be lasting memorials of 

 his skill. In Auriculas he was specially successful. The finest 

 grey edge in growth (and I say this with the full recollection of i 



Alex. Meiklejohn in mind) was raised by him, and Headly'a 

 George Lightbody perpetuates not only his success, but the 

 long and uninterrupted friendship that existed between him 

 and the excellent man after whom he named it ; while in such 

 flowers as Alderman Wisbey (a fine green edge) and Alderman 

 Charles E. Brown (grey edge), only sent out within the last 

 few years, we have proof that age had no way slackened his 

 zeal or injured his success. He thought highly, too, of a Potato 

 he raised some years ago, but I doubt if it is much remembered 

 now. He had also, at the time when his friend Lightbody was 

 so successful, raised several Ranunculuses. 



He has been for some years practically withdrawn from any 

 public interest in horticulture, but there are many who cherish 

 kindly memories of Stapleford and its enthusiastic owner, and 

 who will readUy say that a great master in the craft has passed 

 away from us, leaving (at any rate in the south) few to follow 

 his steps. — D., Deal. 



MR. 



BULL'S NURSERY, KING'S ROAD, 

 CHELSEA. 



Mr. Bull's Nursery is described as an establishment for 

 "new, beautiful, and rare plants" — a designation which is 

 faithfully descriptive. Other nurseries have been visited and 

 described, but as Mr. Bull has in his possession many plants 

 which are not to be seen in other places, his nursery merits 

 description too. But many specimens which are not new 

 also arrest attention by their size, condition, and value, and 

 amongst the most conspicuous of these are the 



Tree Ferns, Palms, and Cvcads. — These plants are arranged 

 in the large structure known as the Winter Garden, where suf- 

 ficient space and height is afforded to show the specimens to 

 the greatest advantage. The roof of this house is covered with 

 Vines, which afford congenial shade for the plants beneath. 

 On traversing the central path the visitor may well fancy 

 himself as suddenly transported to an Indian jungle or an 

 AustraUan forest. On either hand are plants of stately growth 

 and spreading foliage. The groundwork is composed of the 

 dwarfer Palms, out of which rise bold trunks of Dicksonias, 

 Alsophilas, and Cyatheas ; also examples rugged, rigid, and 

 grotesque of Encephalartos, Cycases, and Maorozamias. The 

 Dicksonias are splendid specimens, many of them having 

 truuks varying from G to 12 feet in height crowned with 

 fronds of the finest character. Of the Cyatheas dealbata and 

 Smithii numerous specimens vary from 4 to 8 feet in height 

 of stems, while of the more rare C. Dregei and C. Burkei 

 are to be seen examples of almost equally large dimensions, 

 also a specimen upwards of 7 feet high of Alsophila Leioh- 

 ardtiana. The Cycads are equally fine. A recent importation 

 of Cycas media embraces plants — or trees — which are striking 

 alike by their size and uumbera, their stems ranging in height 

 from 3 to 14 feet. C. revoluta may be seen having a trunk 

 5i feet high and 1.5 inches in diameter, with dozens of others 

 of smaller yet large growth. 



Noticeable also are the Encephalartos villosus, E. v. ampU- 

 atus, and Vroomii. These plants have stems varying from 

 3 to C feet in height, and particularly remarkable is a speci- 

 men of the last-named now bearing two large flowers or fruits. 

 These resemble gigantic Fir cones — or perhaps a better idea is 

 conveyed by comparing them to tapering fruits of Qaeen Pine 

 Apples minus the crowns. This specimen is worthy of inspec- 

 tion by all lovers of the curious and rare in plant-growth. 

 Eucephalartos (Ihellinckii, which was certificated by the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, is distinct and elegant, and may 

 be seen in excellent condition ; and Macrozamias corallipes, 

 plumosa, and spiralis add a distinct feature to what may be 

 justly termed this fine house of fine plants. 



To enumerate the Palms would be to compile a catalogue, 

 for all the hardy kinds are well represented, sorts more tender, 

 new, and rare being accommodated in other structures. On 

 the east side of the house there is a large collection of Filmy 

 Ferns, and the walls are lined with Orchids. 



Adjoining this winter garden is a house quite filled with 

 Phormiums tenax variegatum and Colensoi variegatum, the 

 plants being of almost all sizes and in excellent colour. As 

 lawn and conservatory decorative plants these are amongst 

 the most effective of fine-foliaged plants that can be employed. 

 Passing through the winter garden we find a series of span- 

 roofed houses packed together as closely as space will permit, 

 and each packed with plants to repletion. The first of these 

 houses entered is principally occupied with 



Crotons.— Of this genus of ornamental stove plants new 



