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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avevsr 24, 1895, 
So far “Е. V. B." Bat according to Johnson's 
History of English Gardening, it was John Rose, gar- 
dener to Charles IL, at St. James's Palace, who 
presented his Majesty with the first Pine. There 
rtrait of od in oils at Kensington Palace, 
representing him giving the first Pine-apple culti- 
vated in Eagland to Charles IL, whilst that monarch 
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ect 
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but apparently he was not courtier enough to fall 
into Mi ver it, 
A copy s homo 
olours ты d picture in 
was in the 
library of 8 even 30 
as the time when the 1 Li wW 
in y inaccessible shed at South 
hogares but, unfortunately, it has disappeared, 
е believe it has not been seen since the trans- 
fer of the books from South Kensington to Victoria 
treet, It ee: be that this Pine was not grown here, 
but in Hol 
In any c е have Tradescant and Rose, St. 
Jamea's Palace. dedi D 
n this country. 
It is not likely that both the gardeners and all the 
localities mentioned were concerned in the matter. 
What, then, is the true version 
It is probable that there is some confusion 
between the Pine imported from Barbados and 
elsewhere, and that which was really ripened under 
an Eaglish "m It is also on record that another 
Charles, that harles V., was offered a Pine-apple, 
but refused d and declined to taste it. 
authenticated Pines presented for Royal 
се are th 9 w. 4 i 
sented in June, 1820, to esty Gaorge LV. b: 
Edwards, la, G anshire, 
ty. 
Oar author’s түздө has rendered us discursive, It 
is permissible to be so in due season. Lat those 
interested in gardens who waut a pleasant book to 
stow away in their portmanteau for perusal daring 
vacation hours not qoe this Garden of Pleasure, 
ernst PARK, HAM- 
MITH 
AuokGsT the Petr ny клат parks under the 
et ot the: London County 
in 
Council, this (about 
pcm iia ant prose 
р esting horticaltural asso- 
айыў, for opposite to one of the main entrances to 
the Park once lived Louis deii! Eiq., at that time a 
fam Auri 3 his nama is still per- 
in T "i his arre s-throw 
one who in m 
y lis culte of ! a Ca 
improvementa have recently been carried out. An 
— to the lake has been made by carrying the 
und some large trees, forming an island 
which has greatly improved ite appearance, and will 
give increased facilities for skating. 
road has been laid out in beds and t 
bare places between the newly-planted shrubs being 
filled up with a good selection of Canterbury Bells, 
Carnatione, and various bedding plants, edged with 
i ght and pleasing display. 
y with an edging of 
Viola picturata, a йө bloomer, The effect — 
duced by these mixed borders is far preferable to the 
formal lines so often seen reat advantage 
possessed by the mixed system is, that as the plants 
go out of flower the * csn be үс e Msn 
much trouble а е reserve-ground, есея- 
sitating the taking up nixus lines of plants 
Pelargoniums are not used in any of the pu в, but 
in the mixed borders Fachsias were largely used for 
beds, and dotted on the grass; how effective and 
graceful they are used in the latter way! A very 
I 2 (of which we give a sketch, fig. 44) 
ective feature, being done in a free-hand 
design, ds a trailing stem with leaves, The 
stem or scr 55 composed of Alternanthera 
тавон. the e leaves were done with A 
magnifica, small deten with A. aurea, the groundwork 
being Sedan glaucum 
Several beds were: edged with a very i 
looming dwarf white Alyssum, which 
seen before, The rockery here is getting манін 
and is а source of interest when its various occ арап 
ате їп flower, It should be mentioned that the need 
is well managed by Mr. W. B. Gingell, who has 
effected several much- ак Roel det ei 
since he took charge some five years 
Other т used i in the design are » Kleini repens 
0 f-veing, Alternanthera aurea T the 
smaller one veria secunda glauca for the 
edging; ИШ Herniaria glabra, green Sempervivam 
and Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum are 
also used in places which the limited size of our illus- 
tration does not permit us to indicate specially. J. В. 
EAEE ORELE EAA E 
= 
HOME GORRESPONDENGE, 
same, Ple e me know if you have ever seen or 
heard of any e. Г. Dow, Newbyth, Prestonkirk, 
N.B. [It is ко; in shape of berry, hairyness, 
and flavour R gton, and is likely to 
become as great a favourite as a d iety 
that one. ‘go skin is fairly tough, asin the red 
= the berry should be as good a keeper. 
PRESERVING FRUIT.—In to the v rioua 
queries of Mr. D. TE "нр in the —— ў Chronicle 
patente 17, p. гаров She. subjeet of prese 
bie I J beg ко submit ch » following replies:—1. Та The 
of 
ing them should exceed P 
must of necessity accordi 
ibo fruit. vary ing Sa the j Saleen e 
3 maximu 
ment of fruit jelly should not exceed 
In a discussion which f followed the delivery of Miss 
repeated 
. With regard to 
eep fruit white Homes 
id for 
GS AND bi Ls —The animal whie 
Robert Warner mention i 
inst. under the name 
а Testacella, which is the 
slugs which have an external shell (which is situated 
at the end of the tail), and which feeds on liye 
worms, "The large black slug, Arion ater, ig 
ported to eat wor observations during 
of it. . T. 
r 
worm hey sil оч could make a mea 
Bis hopsteignto 
е DESCENDING BY A LINE OF SLIME .— The 
several communications in your last two numbers 
are very interesting but only confirm what h 
Lr known to ents of British mollusca. 
De B. Cr. eiii c ‘will kindly send me the next 
men he umay find alive, I shall be pesi to identi 
it for him. I suspect it may o be 
as 1 
им, 
1 
83 known as L. carinatus), which ів chocolate- 
coloured, has an orange keel down the middle of the 
Ser and i is 2 inches ae. Both these species are 
common at kr oaks. W, Thomson, Bishopsteignton, 
South Devo 
FAILURE OF PLANTS OF SUMMER- — 
E I s three Asters 
yo 
remedy ? 
si i — 
moment perhaps the finest show 
i It is мей annoying to Н your plants go 
coming into bloom, and I hear 
nta Base served him the same ө 
all forma of fan MO diseas 
DING ARRANGEMENTS IN 8T. 
PARI OR entering the pa 
he western side of the Horse Guarda Parade- 
on the left will be aeen some groups of plants on 
be grass, consiasing of Dracsnas, mixed Fachsias, 
and Heliotropes, which now look very well. Going 
further west, we come to a mixed border of Fuchsias, 
Heliotropes, Cannas, Marguerites, Nicotiana айй, 
Pentstemons, &c., farnishi 
f Abutilon Boule de Neig 
s is a аде circular bed, plan 
sub-tropical plants, which are doing vel 
urther 
r 
strates what can be done in NEHME 
may be called the heart of London 
E DOUBLE ROCKET.—Of this old i far 
of hy gardens there are three — as 
оез 
r and more t 
беттнде which when 
