October 13, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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specimens in the show. The Queen, Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, Worcester Peartnain, Cellini, Warner's 

 King, Grenadier, Cox's Orange, and Worcester Pear- 

 main may be named. 



Messrs! J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex ; H. 

 Berwick, Sidmouth ; and C. G. Sclater, Heavitree 

 Bridge, Devon, also showed well ; but the Devon 

 fruits were not so clear and plump as the others. 



The best twenty-four dishes of Apples (dessert 

 and kitchen) were from Mr. J. McKenzie, gr. to 

 T. S. XV. Cornwallis, Esq., Linton Park, Maidstone, 

 in a good competition, with Peasgood's Nonsuch, 

 Ecklinville, Emperor Alexander/Stirling Castle, and 

 Fearn's Pippin, &e. ; followed by Mr. A. Waterman, 

 gr. to H. A. Brassey, Esq., Preston Hall, Aylesford, 

 with verv fine fruits. 



Mr. C. J. Goldsmith, gr. to Mr. C. A. Hoare, 

 Kelsey Manor, Beckenham, led for twelve dishes of 

 Apples, Cellini, Ribston, Emperor Alexander, Peas- 

 good's Nonsuch, and Warner's King being excellent 

 samples. 



Pears were not so numerous as Apples, but there 

 was nevertheless a goodly number of dishes. In 

 the large open collection Mr. J. Butler, gr. to A. J. 

 Thomas, Esq., Sittingbourne, led in a very close 

 competition, with over ninety dishes of fairly large 

 fruits, well grown ; Windsor, Marie Louise, Passe 

 Colmar d'Ete, Beurre' van Geert, Beurre Bache- 

 Iier, Vicar of Wiukfield, Van Mons' Leon 

 Leclerc, General Todtleben, Prevost, Napoleon, 

 Winter Nelis, Baronne de Mello, Beurr6 Luiget, 

 Brockworth Park, Catillac, Pitmaston Duchesse, 

 and Louise Bonne being some of the finest. Messrs. 

 J. Cheal & Sons followed with a small collection of 

 uniform quality, in which there were good specimens 

 of Belle de Buxelles, Benrre Hardy, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Beurre Clairgeau, Jargonelle, Prince 

 Albert, and Jersey Gratioli ; 3rd, Messrs. G. Bun- 

 yard & Co., with ninety dishes of fair size, but not 

 so clean. The best fruits were : — Beurre' Hardy, 

 Doyenne Boussoch, Souvenir de Congres, Emiie 

 d'Heyet, and Daimo, a Japanese variety, pale yellow- 

 green, spotted with brown. 



For twelve dishes of Pears (amateurs), Mr. C. J. 

 Goldsmith, gr. to Mrs. C. A. Hoare, Beckenham, led. 

 with well-coloured fruits of Louise Bonne. Doyenne 

 Boussoch, Williams' Bon Chretien, and Pitmaston 

 Duchesse ; Mr. W. II. Chisholm, gr. to Sir F. Geary, 

 Bart., Tunbridge, followed closely. 



The prizes offered by the Veitch Memorial Trust, 

 for a collection of dessert fruit brought out a good 

 show, in which Mr. J. H. Goodacre, Elvaston Castle 

 Gardens, Derby, led well, taking the £5 prize and 

 Bronze Medal. He staged a handsome collection. 

 Gros Colmar, Gros Maroc, and Muscat Grapes, 

 Braby Gage Plum. Princess of Wales Peach, 

 Astrachan Apples, Powell's Late Apricot, Souvenir 

 du Congres and Pitmaston Duchess Pears, Read's 

 Scarlet Melon, and Pines Smooth Cayenne and 

 Queen figured well. 2nd, Mr. W. Pratt, gr. to the 

 Marquis of Bath, Longleat, Warminster, with better 

 Muscats, but weaker in black Grapes. Marie Louise, 

 Louise Bonne, and Pitmaston Duchess Pears. Magnum 

 Bonum Plums, and Pitmaston Orange Nectarine, 

 were good dishes. Mr. A. Evans, Lythe Hill Gardens, 

 Haslemere, was 3rd, with good Smooth Cayenne 

 and Queen Pines, and Black Ischia Fig. Mr. J. B. 

 Reid, gr. to E. Pettit, Esq., Broadwater, Oat- 

 lands Park, Weybridge, was 4th, with good hardy 

 fruits. 



Vegetables. 



Of the prizes offered bv Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 

 Reading. Mr. T. A. Beckett, Cole Hatch Farm, 

 Penn, Mr. Amersham took 1st, with fine Perfection 

 Tomato, Autumn Giant Cauliflower, Chancellor 

 Potato, &c. ; Mr. J. Waite, Glenhurst Gardens, 

 Esher, being a close 2nd, with good Leeks and 

 Tomatos. 



For twelve dishes of vegetables, Mr. W. Pope, gr. 

 to the Earl of Carnarvon, Highclere Castle, New- 

 burv, was placed 1st in a large and close competi- 

 tion, having excellent Sprouts, Reading Exhibition 

 Leeks, Carrots, Tomatos, and Celery; 2nd, Mr. R. 

 Lye, gr. to W. H. Kingsmill, Esq., Sydmonton Court, 

 Newbury, with Carrots, Globe Artichoke, Celery, 

 Onions, and Cucumbers, as his best dishes. 



For the twelve dishes in competition for the 

 Turner Memorial prize, Mr. C. J. Waite led in a very 

 good competition, having a very fine lot, the strong 

 features being Cardoons and Celery, Turnips, 

 Tomato Reading Perfection, Autumn Giant Cauli- 

 flower, and Prizetaker Leeks: a very fine collection. 

 Mr. J. Lambert, gardener to Colonel Winsfield, 

 Onslow, Shrewsbury, was a very close 2nd, having 

 enormous Cauliflowers (fine;, Tomatos and Carrots, 



Globe Artichokes, Celery and Parsnips. All the 

 articles shown by him were of large size and clean. 

 3rd, Mr. XV. Pope, with a close clean lot. 



Mr. A. Waterman, gr. to H. A. Brassey, Esq., 

 Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent, was first for a collec- 

 tion of vegetables arranged for effect, having fine 

 produce, the roots being very good. 



Miscellaneous. 



A collection of Apples from trees on the Paradise 

 stock came from Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest 

 Hill, S.E., numbering in all forty-two dishes ; aud 

 from the same firm there was sent a collection of cut 

 flowers of tuberous Begonias. 



Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, con- 

 tributed a group of tuberous Begonias in pots, making 

 a good display of colour. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, had a collection 

 of about twenty dishes of Potatos, and also speci- 

 mens of the new vegetable, Stachys tuberifera, 

 showing its free production of tubers. 



Ornamental Gourds, Pumpkins, &c, were well 

 shown by Mr. C. Osman, gr. at the South Metro- 

 politan District Schools, Sutton, who took the chief 

 prize for them. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Blue Roses : American Correspondent. Inquiries have 

 been made as to this, and we are promised speci- 

 mens next season '. Meantime, as there are at 

 least twenty genera to which the name Rose is 

 popularly applied, it is charitable to suppose that 

 the blue Rose is one of the twenty, and not a true 

 Rose at all. That is the only explanation we can 

 give. A true blue and a true Rose would be worth 

 its weight in gold. 



Books : G. M. Native Flowers of New Zealand 

 (Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Fleet 

 Street, E.C.) ; Garden and Forest (Tribune Build- 

 ing, New York). — G. C. P. Dictionary of Gar- 

 dening (L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C.) ; Pro- 

 pagation and Improvement of Cultivated Plants, 

 bv' F. XV. Burbidge (Blackwood & Sons); Die 

 Kunst der Pflan;en-Vermehrung, by M. Neumann 

 (Bernhard F. Voigt, Weimar.) 



Cheery Laurel Leaves : J. C. B. The appearances 

 on the leaves sent are not due to any fungus, but 

 to the action of the sun shining on the leaves 

 when wet. By the way, is the Cherry Laurel 

 (Prunus Lauro-cerasus) called Bay Laurel in your 

 part of the world ? The Bay Laurel, or Bay, is 

 properly Laurus nobilis. 



Fungofise : H. T. We cannot discover the adver- 

 tisement you allude to, and know nothing of the 

 fertiliser of that name. 



Insects : J. R. H. Tou would trap many by the use 

 of short pieces of beanstalk stuck behind the 

 branches of the fruit trees on the wall, and by 

 bunches of dry hay placed on the ground at the 

 foot of it, and kept rather close by being weighted 

 with a board of 2 feet long. Every morning go 

 to each beanstalk and blow out the insects therein, 

 and remove the hay suddenly, and smash the 

 insects found underneath it. 



Names of Fruit : R. H. 71 Oulin's Golden Gage. 

 It is very late. When sending Plums to name, 

 always send shoots and leaves when possible. — 

 W. Hopwood. The dark fruit was smashed beyond 

 recognition ; the red fruit was Pond's Seedling. — 

 A. Barker. Pear quite decayed. — Carter, Page 

 tj- Co. Pear Bishop's Thumb. 



Names of Plants : Rosa. 1, Brunia pinifolia ; 2, 

 Proteanana; 3, Cliffortia ruscifolia. — T. W. R. 1, 

 Hypericum elatum; 2, Prunus semperflorens. — 

 A Reader. Eragrostis curvula. — A. L. 7 and 9, 

 Campanula ; probably two garden hybrids, as we 

 are unable to identify them ; 8, Medicago echinus. 

 — F. W. B. Hoheria populnea, New Zealand. — 

 H. J. C. The plants seem, as you say, to be 

 natives of Palestine. We will endeavour to give 

 yon the names next week. — A, B. D. Heeria rosea. 

 — G. H. P. 1, Polystichum angulare ; 2, Aspidium 

 coriaceum (capense) ; 3, Goniophlebium subauri- 

 culatum ; 4, Polypodium Billardieri ; 5, indeter- 

 minable from sterile frond — send fertile frond ; 

 6, Onychium japonicum ; 7, Nipholobus lingua. — 

 Camjce. Smilax aspera. 



Roses : W. C. S. We cannot undertake to name 

 varieties of the Rose. Send to a large grower of 

 the plants. 



The Murray Pink : Coatbridge. This is Frenela 

 verrucosa, a tree allied to our Cypresses. 



Tomatos in Manitoba : Correspondent. In answer 

 to your inquiry, we cite the following from Prof. 

 Maccoun's Catalogue of Canadian Plants : — " Fre- 

 quently spontaneous in gardens. Throughout 

 Ontario Tomato seeds that have lain on the 

 ground all winter vegetate in the spring, and are 

 often transplanted. Spontaneous in one or two 

 places near Halifax, N.S. (Lindsay). In this con- 

 nection I may mention that Potato seeds always 

 grow in the North-west after lying exposed on the 

 surface of the ground all winter. While at Battle- 

 ford, in the summer of 1879, I saw myriads of 

 plants in an old Potato patch, and in October 

 of the same year found the ground covered with 

 Potato-balls (fruit), the seeds of which would 

 certainly grow the next spring. I conclude from 

 the above that both the Tomato and Potato are 

 perfectly at home in Canada, and that in our 

 North-west new varieties of Potatos will yet be 

 produced that will supersede the diseased or weak- 

 ened ones of the East." 



Communications received.— w. H. Hall.— C. C. & Co.— 

 J. \V.— F. M.. Glasnevin (very many thanks).— R. G.— 

 E. Forgeot et Cie. Paris.— F. W. B.— G. H.— A. D.— W. T.. 

 St. Louis.— J. E. E.— S. A.— H. C— G. M.— P. E. N.— W. S. 

 — H. Bolus.— Peter Henderson.— U. D., Berlin.— Chambre 

 Svdicale, Ghent. -VT. Martin.-J. D.— Pteris.— W. M. G.— 

 J'. A.— A. D.— W. C. W.— W. B.— S. A.— H. D. (no paper 

 came to hand).— H. W. Hayward.— U. D.— T. C— G. W.— 

 W. K.— R. W. A. 



©bttuars 



Alexander Lindsay.— At Ditton Park Gar- 

 dens, Slough, on Saturday night last, died Mr. Alex- 

 ander Lindsay, for some thirty-five years Head 

 Gardener at Ditton, and the faithful servant of the 

 Dukes of Buccieuch, and till recently of the dowager 

 Duchess of Buccieuch. The deceased's illness ex- 

 tended over a period of two months, but was happily 

 unaccompanied by any considerable suffering. We 

 hope to give some particulars of Mr. Lindsay's life 

 next week. 



The Weather. 



MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 

 ING THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 20. (AVERAGE OF 

 FORTY-FOUR YEARS.) 



Oct. 14 ... 



... 51°.3 



Oct. 18 



.. 50°.0 



., IS ... 



... 51°.0 



„ 19 



.. 49°.8 



„ 16 ... 



... 50°.7 



„ 20 



.. 49°.5 



„ 17 ... 



... 50°.5 



Mean for the week . 



.. 50*.4 



THE PAST WEEK. 



The following summary record of the weather for 

 the week ending Oct. 8, is furnished from the 

 Meteorological Office : — 



"The weather continued unsettled during the 

 earlier days of the period, with falls of rain over our 

 southern districts, and sleet or snow at our more 

 northern stations. Towards the end of the week, 

 however, the conditions improved, but fog or haze 

 occasionally prevailed in some localities. 



" The temperature has again been below the mean. 

 Over southern, central, and eastern England the 

 deficit has been as much as 11° or 12°, while in 

 other parts of England it has been 9°, and over 

 Ireland and Scotland 6° or 7°. The highest of the 

 maxima, which were recorded on very irregular 

 dates, ranged from 55° in 'England, N.E.,' to 61° in 

 ' Scotland, E.' On the first day of the period the 

 maxima over south-eastern England were very low ; 

 at Cambridge the thermometer did not rise above 

 43°, and in London 45°. The absolute minima, 

 which were registered either on the 3rd or 8th in 

 most parts of England and on various dates over 

 Ireland and Scotland, were very low for the time of 

 year. Over the inland parts of England the ther- 

 mometer fell to between 25° aud 27°, and over Ireland 

 and Scotland to between 26° and 29°. At Ingate- 

 stone on the 5th a thermometer on the grass fell to 



