THE 
OCTOBER 9, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
453 
стер 
as begun to turn into a brown decay ; and Citron des 
сезе which really does not seem (о beworth аа 
rom, But the little Aston-towns will soon b 
жа then the Marie Louise— 
_ gll the late pice gre kinds. Our Quince tree is 
but young, ар ia shed its downy fruit before it 
came to m. 
Of "сови ТА all the Ge of the world, we have 
ad some fine bright autum —days when the 
of Wheat, and pleasant to watch the harvesting, 
and follow Vi how. s eye the loaded waggons as they 
g the ees tre 
ре у 
edge, which we see from the draw 
ext year. Жы е an object of real beauty. 
It occurred to that we make too little 
Virginian Creepers an 
along the hedge, and shall add other climbing plants 
by degrees, and thus have variety at once of tint and 
е. 
In the shrubbery border only one shrub is in 
flower; it is the curious Bladder Senna, e ce 
yellow lossom and its bl tide depre eed as 
u press que burst with a little sharp 
ctober 1.— We had last pun. night the most 
а us known here for many hen I 
| m in the morning, I found the ground str ret zi 
le branches. dene Elms эге e, an 
Dion fiio in the orchard, and a branch had tics 
sh, ind a splendid Beech t tree on the 
lawn had ceci off some I2 feet from the ground, 
» 
As for the garden, I have but little to say ; every- 
xp £ А Р 
thing is я withering, and unkempt. Some 
late-lingering Rose, still sweet and perfect, may be 
gathered, Fu and Japanese Anemones and 
a few more will stay with us till the frost may come, 
but the wind and the rain have done their work with 
nearly all our flowers. As in the last sad days of 
the garden where grew “Тһе Sensitive Plant,” 
ow with us;—nearly all our cherished summer 
** of scent and hue 
The sweetest that ever were fed on dew 
The Tuberoses, which are brought into the house, 
. and which may last us for — fortnight, are the 
dede now left, and, when 
~ look to Roman Hyacin cinths and Раш as, and so ro 
e Crocuses, and Hints and 
aum 
| There is ne scent which, if Lord Bacon 
ought to b ede Tisi ae mis He cla 
_ next to the white double iolet and the Musk 
Eo est 
“ Wholesome 
As dying leaves of Strawberries." 
But my Жыз + аал leaves give 
| of swee Was it a mere {опа апа foolish Ard 
wing 
er curious кеа жол has lately come before me, 
er I had noticed the мон of Peas 
ast ey 
this year they 
certainly gro with an inclination towards the 
el instead of of sloping t topas the point of the pod, 
‘growing backwa told. Still it did not 
derful, till I was 
o not е "oe iei 
has obligingly sent us the following : sketch of h i id 
ticultural career. 
BRITISH GARDENERS.—XXVII. 
JOHN CAIE, 
SOME forty — ago, or thereabouts, the name and 
person of Mr. John Caie were familiar x Ain е 
turists of the metropolis, vias that t when г 
"wh Y tese Lodge, Campden Hill Kad pon: 
e of the foremost, if not эу the first, to 
diy id. to successful results the * T 
hi 
the wont to decry. Whatever may be adva 
comparatively few subjects, 
there can be no question that it has had an immense 
influence in brightening up and i improving the flower 
gardens throughout the country, the toning-down and 
syst 
ed flower-gardening, the gardeners and e 
ployers of gardeners of the present зи mes 9 thank 
Mr. Caie, whose portrait we now i uce, 
SE мет роо, April 15, ми in ene a m 
mbartonshire 
from this e to aaa йен med 
having ta e ent of the pem and farm 
there, The property belonged to James — | 
ESGes of those merchants who, having made a | 
arge fortune, are anxious to have a i pent 
garden and farm, The garden was enclosed 
rick walls covered with fruit trees, such as 
Peaches, Plums, and Pears. Melons an 
re S y grown. My father lived here forty- 
six years, and died very much respected e family. 
It was e that I received my first lessons in garden- 
ing. I was educat 
d also in Gl 
Mme ^: attending a course of private lectures on 
, and the 
botany in the neighbourhood of Glas 
rogress I made was suc . n, 
- Curator of the Be 
e mention of me to Mr, Stewart M e 
highly esteemed lished Curator of the 
lasgow Botanic Gardens, who kindl е an open 
ng for me at the Martinmas term, 18 — 
e gardens attained great celebrity for their 
tensive — of ie wa -— for the далее о 
exertions y есд and Mr. Murray | 
че uphold their к Rei, Such | the case it was | 
Ser premo = си ment pe get into the раг. | 
to E 
Sae time, learning their names wi | 
nother, and attending the lecturesdelivered is eens Is 
by Sic Vi, J Hooker in the garden-hall ; and I also | 
| indeed; still, the grea 
his botanical 
2 
excursions to the ха 
т. Murray was pondo of his men, and pe м 
um worthy of 
3 
e. Mr, Duncan Montgomrie, the 
= the 
after 1 ron te i ен Melon: 
and I carried through the forcing to Mr. 
Montgomrie's satisfaction. 
I started for London, 
care, with a degree of liberty se my own 
judgment ^. Mrs cultivation: aea seldom ec to 
ш lot o That su ies 
bur by the = ш “М. McNab, P the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edin growth of 
Heaths, that ‘our method was Me knowing." 
he West London Gardeners' Associatio 
mprovement was commenced, under the direction of 
the late Mr. Robert Fish, whose character and ab 
attracted young men from all parts of the = I 
connected myself with them, greatly to 
advantage; and the — нч — in n genera 
o, 1856 56, ж Inver 
of the o place, and the 
of the sylvan — whic | les beyond, is bu 
ety of trees, shrubs, and 
flowers, i eg ty connection m with à ге nuns. have an 
— in a themse lves as a hom 
mates that at some Mim time he may 
modes of culture 
th тне сеа — and 
er peculiarities, and we feel sure 
derive some useful hints should “чш find ism - do 
Ў ^ connection with the тиме ^ — Castle 
it may be mentioned а on of her 
recent visi ot Argyl Her | Majesty the 
Queen planted some in memorials of the 
auspicious event. 
THE PEACH CROP, 
SELDOM has the Londoner seen Peach 
in this count 
prolific on the Continent, but it is also so abundant in 
т the United States that they are now sending us cargos 
| of Peaches kept cool in refrigerators, as well as the 
| usual stock of dried and preserved Peaches. 
This 
week Messrs, yi Onde Dn. & Hunt submitted to public — 
sale 140 cases of Am 
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