Lat: 
JULY 31, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
eatrice 
r years 4 nless some 
effected between it and Ea ds Ri e 
great this year xut me—an ave many trees of this 
sort—is a draw on what, otherwise, from the first 
was evidently a marvellous а ere it is always 
i r 
M. Baltet's 
dicti 
uoted in 
are not 
cata 
a for this year, still they 
a manne uld argue either great knowledge of 
their merits or respective ualities For mple, 
Early Beatrice is defined to eg od, said o 
middle-sized, ripe in July ;" “ y Rivers, said t 
differ- 
It is very large, juicy, and prolific. 
and fie lie de Doué are also capital early orchard-house 
аса 
о Nectarines, Hunt's Tawny is still our — 
a 
ectarine 
earlier seedling under observation before sending ou 
if so tly nee 
owi 
e later Nectarines Hum re-emi- 
nent—la PI and of a fine aroma, something | like that 
worthy favourite, Pine-apple. 7. C. Булан 
BRITISH GARDENERS.—XXII. 
ROBERT FARQUHAR, 
THE subject of the eme we publish to-day, Mr. 
astle Gardens, was born 
1821. When he was but 
old an accident which happened to his 
ather, P "had just left the situation of farm overseer 
to Colonel Leith of Whitehaugh, and а occasioned 
i o the removal of the family fro 
Aberdeen to Monymusk, where 
up amongst his relatives, and attended the атан 
school till about the age of fourteen years. Не w 
glass of any garden in th 
devoted to Grapes, Peaches, and Melons; stove and 
greenhouse plants not having then taken great hold so 
After serving the usual time he went to 
Mr, Roy's nursery in Aberdeen, which was then an 
open receptacle for all young gardeners out of a situa- 
tion ; and here he remained for six months, when he 
ч 
‚ being against 
and eni to onde when I was engag: 
Caen e seat of the Earl of Mansfield, 
ev 
few places around 
extent of bedding-out. While here I also had the 
advantage of seeing several of the leading horticultural 
exhibitions, the Botanic, Royal, and other gardens of 
interest, and of taking no 
w. e fou 
A staff of twelve iira 
hese gardens, and some of my associate 
roved men of ae while a few have achisvel 
distinction i in the professio 
“In the autumn of 1 E again returned to Aber- 
deen, as gardener to Charles К Runcy, Eu 4, ponent 
who was then noted for his interest in 
change was r Aden, Old Deer, the seat 
of Colonel Tes where I only remained one year, 
en ich tim 
са I entered here ay 2 47—twenty-eight 
yea 
ago—as маьа to Colonel w Cosmo Gordon, 
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(Nen jM 
from whom ns. ee lady I have wur ys жү nx 
kindness and indulgence ; and I confident in 
z that it has fallen to ЗА v ie 
in making the various changes that have been ca: 
out, to have been allow 
c 
iia ps corded e. The gardens, 
e 8 acres in extent, nee і n 1847 almost in a state 
of. Nature: e fruit tr es and hedges were overgrown, 
e soil that it seemed more suitable 
for ЖаНа; bricks than gro vegetables, while on 
solitary ее the sum total e erec- 
tions. The first improvement ente » 
i then 
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dà 
ae 
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a 
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ary v 
brick pits eg fame to the extent d 150 feet гип, 
One of the last Боса 
su is not cuir maintain 
in every house, but it is so laid on that it can be used 
av с, І must 
, to which I have paid due 
which time 
ed as meritorious has "elc 
Potatos were one of the articles for trial in 
al Horticultural Society's garden, and nearly 
success in vegetable and 
Aberde ec) Horticultural „эү 
now the oldest competing m 
** This year, үр cm Т air кта on 
ре varieties о atos—too m ad 
of which I am 
are giving us Prin 
have quality next ; at all events I 
much from rd of late ms that entire 
system of cultur will to a great ym be 
revolutioni 
“І may fur ther mention with — = most 
of the young men I have had 
out well ; many o 
this quarter; а as 
been аулие to all concerned, I shall conclude by 
i I enr from the Banffshire Fournal of 
November 10 
* * Tt is our кн 2 to record a case of grateful 
remembrance which h ust come under our notice. 
Mr. R. Far Pi 
land of their adopti tters ha e 
from them recording their success an 1 t on 
y ha e a more tangible expression 
ctober, 1874." 
was presented with an elegant silver tea service, with a 
suitable inscription. 
Foreign Correspondence, 
NoTES FROM KASHMIR.—At a time 
w to get him ou 
ntry again, such endless subjects would he find for 
his де and brush. At times o 
ы = 
the one being brought out in yet m 
the dark hue of the stately Pines in in the foreground, 
and of these re is an endless variety—the 
ul Deodars with their lighter tints and feathery 
foliage, and the noble and majestic 
dark an Then you rene to sunny glades 
clad the t fresh 
Chestnuts in bud 
and scent 
delicious fragrance, and side by side with 
blossoms of = former po a scarlet bud 
Pomegranate set in the dark glossy lea 
masses of бейту їп а e bloom ; the exquisitely 
pnt Acacias in bloom also, with pale m: 
bloss others wi ircular | Pret yet more e vh 
bx were yellow неза pem ing erect like the Horse 
Chestnut instead of drooping like и. d 
ties of СУ matis with their large 
улан it enden over every tree vi 
bush within their fni and fruit trees of mang kal 
