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charm to this well-kept and extensive garden, the 
excellent condition of all departments of which is 
ту creditable to the skill and zeal of Mr 
tephens. e gardener's residence and the ac рова: 
modation pn: or the young menare of as 
character, am t honour pr m libeat к үзг уе] 
апа popular ауын of Endcl 
BRITISH GARDENERS — XXIII. 
RICHARD inei 
Tuis fine specimen of a British pardenety whose 
y om 
fourteen,” 
an er, I was appren 
Worksop Manor Gardens, w 
for seven years. Worksop Manor was then the pro- 
perty and occasional residence of the Earl of Surrey. 
The glass-houses were among the best in England, 
and gardening was well carried out at the Manor. 
Pines and Vines were here done to perfection ; the 
former I have seen 11$ 1Ь. (Providence), grown in 
pots, and, by-the-by, splendid houses of succession 
nd a fine canopy of Spee pired Я ег ^ 
under m 
Wils 
my seven years' stay at Worksop Manor I 
o Arundel Castle, under Mr. R. Wilson, 
I filled ev ery place in the garden 
except the master's—first flow abi. vies: foreman, then 
oen cus foreman, and a 
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tion he PA held, but I may say that I never saw 
George s master at growing Strawberries. 
Grapes iod Pines фа was so successful but 
as a general horticulturist his n name stood high, and 
deservedly so. 
** After spending about ten years at Arundel, whee : 
appiest days of my life, my 
master, Mr. John Wilson, recommen idod me to on 
Lindley, and never shall I forget my first interview 
with ** the Doct 
He scanned me closely, asked 
as 
‘I want you t it upon Yarborough Yarborough, 
Esq., at the Pall Mall Club, and you will come 
and let me know how n, I kept the àp- 
on very well, he giving me a few instructi ow to 
p 
rborough's p 
ануса "OQ; where we h бету, 
а conservatory, and several kt reli snd bene pits, 
and houses for Grapes, Peaches, and Fig 
** Here I soon discovered that though head gardener 
I had ош half the power I had when foreman. 
Н отете. i rubbed on till the Aug gust of the ene) n 
lace was — 
e: 3653 vu show—where I won eighteen first 
en second, and four thirds, and received 
23 1 125. Gd. rë i He» prizes (a = amount was 
ot ?)—an E oe oned as Mes te I 
ылы to do Na the m А nishing 
success encouraged me to rn к little longer, pen the 
following year d repeated my successes. Not liking 
Yorkshire so well as a more southern 
my old master (McEwen) at the Royal 
Chiswick. From this ti 
| the dear 
arboretum from four in the morning till nine at night. 
I was after a time put under Ben Hyde (what rex 
wick man has n ot kindly от of ** Old Ben 
i and I should like 
interested kindness 
ived at his hands in those days and since. 
en F, rom the Society’s wo I went to take charge 
amuel Rickards, Esq., Shali 
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the first to , patronise Sir Joseph Paxton 
for the million,' getting first cm o small lean-to's, sub- 
sequently two b dae an Vrai c Sprawy 
berry-house, and Pelar rgon m-house mem- 
Сан ту таѕ ес had i in in looking round his 
garden, [gne notabl his nh de when we cut o 
Nn Pa Cayenne of 6 lb., and his Кут it 
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d him for seven years, adding yearly to 
the deii table and to the pleasure of my employer ; 
itis but fair to add that he fully ле рл ту 
end bans 
Alas! Mr. Rickards died. I lost a kind, good 
master, and the place was soon sold, 
is now built over. 
a place ommon, 
where eight months mat a sufficiently long stay. After 
this I went to wick for a short time, then to 
Blackmore Priory, mcr. where two of the young 
members o rm of Wheatly & 
recommended t 
noble olor] P: kitchen g 
still, and море to yo Аз w 
in the pages of the Gardeners’ Chro 
entire charge of all fail s horticultural at 
e Marqüis ied Exeter (my jim 
ener, Ia 
as i well-kn 
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ee in the state of the 
regards exhibiting 1 jm ver done much 
except “with vegetables ; but at the ‘Tooled күз 
gone. master, taking great 
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of the Royal Horticultural ecd I have ud 
except one Meo in the 
entirely. My ost fortunate hit, fov was win- 
ning the * Carter Challenge Cup? a few Wes al ago.’ 
Mr, s Ibert’s native modesty has sae и 
from more than casually alluding to his su 
exhibitor of vegetables, = is due to +o Kina. » say that 
one more 
stantially wi ith his is productions, - kindle enthusiasm 
in the culture of vege eet anchor of ev 
good gardener ; м. y it pent vd 
the value of the _ ch y and, shall we 
say, SO 0! endered, We may add that Mr. 
Gilbert not na enjoys. the friendship o of a рын 
ity, 
also ulari the men emp 
чав т two z yeas ago th presented Ма wih а 
handsome timepiece ; on the occasion of 
very successful competition, ds тү cim favourite vine: 
| Bes, and which was also T rese aree оГ. 
token of their «ай їп {һе “yg a handsome 
arm-chair, Mr. Gilbert does терет до 
to better the position of his men, and th e good 
feeling which exists between them is alike creditable 
to all со; 
Since gs Gilbert has been at PI / the 
Fruit Committee of tbe Royal Horticultural Society 
have awa кж o less than twelve first-c 
E five of which were for 
hich we believe is quite un- 
recedented, Since became a head gardener, 
Mr. Gilbert has made tee peadion to take no ap- 
prentices ; but, as we have heard him d when 
he gets a "boy with a head on his shoulders he always 
brings him y Neither does he pe creation 
from young journeymen seeking em ent at 
Burghley, but for ae them a tution after 
serving un ee is a new an 
= : шау he live to = the stock ау accu- 
Reports of Societies. 
Cheadle gem acta eh August 6 
rational hobby, and his 
fienda take pleasure in co-operating with him, the out- 
come is tolerably certain to be worth attention, and 
likely T be beautiful and d Mr. Edward Stone, 
of Cheadle, Cheshire of 
Y t to the county, and he succeeds to ira- 
tion, | His et the nig Mr. Daniel Stone, dis- 
tin, as chemist, 1 e way, now many 
years ago, i» the so 
quaeque to the many. 
one of the spirit of the great souls who in the bygones 
founded theologies and wire of philosophy ; and 
er good may have accrued to the world 
re salutary 
than: that which ena t 
DM of high-class h ка бо and which has 
en birth to the beautiful realities of the flower and 
Fruit ое. 
The Cheadle exhibition of the 6th and 7th inst. 
h the se 
the 
colours of the objects exhibited uh i finished off 
more fully, and alas made concurrent 
construction of a flower : 
require ion every at as ma 
been made imposing, spoiled, ne 
pead ines marshalli f the lants. 
knows that 
indiscretion as to the w. 
and that the most beantifal objects ma 
= being ill-p and pws . paepe are these 
plants and Sina rsa and put 
and stages, is not to create a flower show. 
to 
new ne Ponia or Clematis ; and prom: 
of flower shows wish to erally, the thoughtful mad 
as earnestly to 
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room 
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a novel ап nt kind of partition. "E the 
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middle of tent No. 2, which was without 
pos there was a row of Vines in Бас trained 
in such a way to a thin trellis as to form a green 
dividing wall. The foliage of бе Vine is unexcelled 
for richness and verdure, seems str that 
it is not more commen} resorted to for purely ooi 
ental purposes. No. 1 tent was devoted to the 
great stove and ca kan, of which rale were 
many scores, and all good. Having plenty of space 
