DXCBMBER 9, 1009. 



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answer well, and after the plants get 

 well established and are growing 

 strongly, a mulching of an inch or so of 

 manure will be beneficial. 



The only rest required for these plants 

 is in the form of less water for a short 

 time after the crop has been cut, the 

 quantity of water to be increased again 

 as tne plants push up another growth. 

 Ventilate according to the weather, giv- 

 ing fresh air as frequently and as freely 

 as the temperature will permit. 



Shading is required during the sum- 

 mer for both these crops, and a good 

 preparation for the purpose is a mixture 

 of whiting, white lead and kerosene, to 

 be applied with a brush. This prepara- 

 tion stands a good deal of rain, but 

 comes off readily with frost. 



W. H. Taplin. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



A notable Scottish gardener has passed 

 away in the person of David Thomson, 

 y. M. H, Among the Eeview's wide 

 circle of readers there must be many 

 who knew him, and probably some who 

 received part of their early training un- 

 der his tuition during the period that he 

 acted as head gardener, from 1868 to 

 1897, to the Duke of Buccleuch at Drum- 

 lautig. Mr. Thomson had been living in 

 retirement since 1897 and died at the 

 age; of 86. Mia only ^n, D. W. Thomson, 

 19 ^ popular member of tlie i;rade in 

 Edinburgh, where he carries on an ex- 

 tensive seed and nursery business. When 

 gardener at Archerfield, East Lothian, 

 prior to going to Drumlaurig, the late 

 David Thomson introduced the now wide- 

 ly known East Lothian stock. For sev- 

 eral years he was editor of a Scottish 



publication entitled The Gardener, and 

 he was the author of several works on 

 gardening. On the occasion of his retire- 

 ment from Drumlaurig, seventy-six of 

 his old foremen presented him with an 

 illuminated address, enclosed in a silver 

 casket. At various times he was the 

 recipient of the Niell prize, the Veitchian 

 medal and the Victoria medal of honor, 

 and he was generally recognized as a rep- 



resentative gardener of the Victorian era. 



On the death of the late William Bull, 

 the business of William Bull & Sons, 

 London, England, was continued by his 

 two sons, William and Edward. Owing 

 to the ill health of the first named, the 

 partnership has been dissolved by mutual 

 consent and the business will now be 

 continued under the same title by Ed- 

 ward Bull. 



M. C. AUwood, carnation specialist 

 with Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 has introduced a new carnation support 

 of original and distinctive design. 



William King, for the last five years 

 the energetic and popular manager and 

 secretary of the old established firm of 

 James Backhouse & Sons, Ltd., York, 

 who have constructed some of the largest 

 rock gardens in Europe, has accepted an 

 appointment as managing secretary to 

 a syndicate which has purchased the 

 Duff House, estate of the Duke of Fife, 

 Scotland. 



The gooseberry disease, Sphserotheca 

 mors-uvse, has now made its appearance 

 on the gooseberry plantations in the 

 Stettin district of Germany. The dis- 

 ease was first known in Germany in 1905, 

 and was believed to have come from 

 Russia. Bee. 



HARD WATER Fcfe FERNS. 



I should like to ask if a hard water 

 containing calcium, iron and other min- 

 erals would have a tendency to injure the 

 fronds or the growth of ferns. 



A. J. H. 



Speaking in general terms, soft water, 

 such as rain water, is preferable for fern 

 growing, but the extent of the injury 

 from hard water would depend largely 

 upon the proportion of mineral matter 

 contained therein. A strongly alkaline 

 water is liable to injure both roots and 

 fronds. W. H. T. 



Yellow Springs, O. — Mrs. H. C. 

 Brown is seriously ill and Mr. Brown has 

 taken her to Cincinnati, O., for treatment. 



Enterprise, W. Va. — Charles Eockwell, 

 formerly of New Martinsville, W. Va., 

 is now in business here. He has pur- 

 chased twenty-two acres of land and has 

 five large greenhouses in operation. 



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