472 Obituary. 



alpine strawberry. It is probable that its flavour would be increased in propor- 

 tion to its size, and yet retain its fruitfulness. If it could acquire the size and 

 flavour of the old Caroline {the Pine), it would then be, of all acquisitions, the 

 very Greatest that our gardens could receive. Nor do I despair of reaching this. 

 Only consider what has been done with the gooseberry. — What is the most 

 efficacious mode of destroying the red spider ? " R. S." 



" July 17. 1826." 



Buda Kale. — R. L. would be obliged if any gentleman would have the kind- 

 ness to state, for the information of It. L. and several of his friends, readers of 

 the Gardener's Magazine, what is the best method of blanching the buda kale : 

 R. L. having tried many methods, but in every case by the time the kale was 

 blanched it was rotten. 



Merveille de la Nature Pear. — A valued correspondent (B. W.) would be 

 much obliged to any reader of the Gardener's Magazine, who could inform him 

 where he could get a cutting or plant of this pear. — July 20. 



Pla?its in Pots and in Town Gardens, #c. — " Sir, — Permit one, who has no title 

 to enter on a correspondence with the Gardener's Magazine, beyond what the plea- 

 sure its perusal affords him may give, to beg the favour of information on the fol- 

 lowing points : 



" First, Some very full and very simple directions for the use of those lovers of 

 plants in pots who may not ha\e the advantage of a greenhouse. 



" Secondly, A list of such trees, shrubs, and flowers, as are most fitted for a 

 London garden, and least affected by its blacks. 



" Thirdly, Some hints and suggestions on preventing the ravages of the com- 

 mon green caterpillar in mignionette. 



" And, lastly, Instructions to all unacquainted with practical botany and gar- 

 dening, how to cut flowers, &c. ; much mischief being frequently done by their 

 being improperly gathered. " I am, Sir, your well-wisher, 



" September 8." " R. A. M." 



Till some correspondent replies to R. A. M. he may look into Le Jardinier des 

 Fenetres, des Appartemens, et des petits Jardins. Paris, Audot, 18mo. 1823 — 

 Cond. 



Art. IX. Obituary. 



Died at Middleton, near Arbroath, on Monday, the 3d of July, Walter Gandy, 



gardener to Gardin, Esq., at the advanced age of 97. He has served in the 



same family for the last 70 years, 20 of which he has been unable to work, except 

 for his own amusement ; notwithstanding which, his hospitable master allowed 

 him the same wages, with a house, cow. meal, and every other perquisite that he 

 enjoyed when in active employment. — Dundee Advertiser. 



Correction. 



For agronomical, in page 235, read agi-icultural ; and for agronome and agro- 

 nomies, which occur in two or three places in this volume, read farmer and far- 

 mers. We wish to banish the word bailiff from the language of agriculture, and 

 first thought of substituting the French appellation agronome ; but, upon second 

 thoughts, we think the word farmer will do better. A gentleman's farmer may 

 always be distinguished from a rent-paying or commercial farmer, as a gentle- 

 man's gardener is distinguished from a commercial gardener. 



