THE 
OCTOBER 23, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
533 
ps T for <a е and beauty of their ie 
i eeded for a considerable п 
| off “pal ун v3 p € ages 
Ке ү Ordhids күү 
has contributed hice. van ales EP Orchid 5 ya this 
per A this at a time when Orchid collections 
д "ће collections of Messrs. Loddiges, prm 
Knight, and later on the Messrs. Veitch, of 
Exeter, E > constantly visited, and every new lat 
o Mr. Rucker’s unri- 
Mrs, es r for a 
large of Barkeria Spectabilis, and pros a bid of, 
we believe, 80 by him, but 
under п arrangement t ree nce should 
have m s it, she bein ng am , Principal opponent of 
ar Кы: о Е. as M ucker 
Pn hard- hoodie Bess pitüdipslly 
ge 
all of which 2 were grown to к In feet дебе, 
attempted in the р at st 
bout E 
am ced gro 
Heaths, i in which he was eminently : Dae ur 
Е 
by ons, who, after siii 
ne of the best for their collection, sold Mags mainder 
vens’, the sale se i g four days. 
E ee m 
By nurserym 
EN pet pla ай. s bee 
ed the prince of gardeners, fos = seldom visited 
purc 
. the nurser 
urseries without 
= than o 
e Royal Horticultural 
oft 
bad the gravest 
they had Dee = 
was sant, uk liberal i in cen 
uch plea 
| . Кас 
в. i others those ue ects ca gave him 
ways ready to div e x ‘Sst with 
“Tis ends f онна it ‘could be done with safety. 
_ correspondent writes of Mr. scan vem as fol- 
^ е. :—'' A noble branch of the ural 
tree has fallen Мг. Rucker, o 
his was not mere Ў ee in nse was 
in keeping up his collection, and his tact and 
temper always e ai class head 
gardeners, but he was his own chief gardener. Th 
-who „have been ‘Privileged to accompany him in 
lis garden, ging! Non to those 
9r valued plants, has y most valuable 
lessons ; D — leaves a a blank no living Orchidist 
fill. by In priva 
: assisted by his Sedah memory and quickness of 
thought, his unvarying kindness of disposition, an 
and unoste „Ж readiness to help with Kind 
| к. x we made him beloved alike by rich and 
—— We have to record the death of Mr. WILLIAM 
ViLLISON, e Rose Nursery, Whitby, Yorkshire, 
took place on the 16th inst. r. Willison has 
a great lover of, plants pe in 
communicated so 
P 
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er, too, for in I we 
mieten ph n as follo 
a good beg ona [of Moss Roses], and also a 
The 
T сы ч 
— em, I sao. une to observe on some 
h seemed very strange. 
first thing I: struck my attention was a shoot of the 
with some of the flower- buds as free from 
b 
mo: 
a rs, ‘gc, in "the crested variet 
to 
h I have jus dore 
MEO to confirm this opinion. I therefore resolved o 
singular, instead ing white as in the rest 
of the Сань and on all the other plants, rans now and 
then a stripe of pink, they are entirely r eh 
mentioned sport has given mean idea, whi ch to some 
may seem wild, still, I ремих гер менан it, wie h 
is, that many of the new kin Um n other sorts, 
y sported shoots of eld а?а ties.' 
Of late ем he had been a successful collector ж 
_new for: British Ferns, some | 
hered and y pw z him. 
piræas to which we corel some few mon ince. 
He had nearly reached the alloted ‘‘ threescore wens 
and ten,” his age being sixty-nine. 
The death is announced of Mr, W. S. d 
g Cin onem erp Southampton, who ex 
n the ган inst., at the 23. 
ba n ae Royal H decre Soc 
Chiswi pui 2 аы е resided s near 
was а kke eque ent e at its shows, as he 
€ еа ета of os Auricula, Polya Е 
other old florists’ flow - - TU) 
the 
ants sh all. time р 
occupied forward рен at a exhibition ns. Hortic 
ture has lost by death a erous friend, — his 
gardener a kind ша beral a oyer. 
MAS APPLEBY d 
EE sig 
— 
d 
died on the 20th sna. 
ас P аве Longsight, Manchester, at the 
advanced a f as at on e prominent 
in the world of осей. Ѕо years since 
more he was gardener - уре ку epi Ber of 
The Fence, Macclesfield, where Orchids were success- 
fully grown. Боса а Mr. Appleby was ode 
< me “hes — e Nurse "icm a: in the hands of Mr. 
n; r many nus a 
+ 
fte "uade. ot 
of the Ога Мова. 
а good m tical gardener, 
, and a successful p 
і а. "E 
Answers to Correspondents, 
GARDENING INSTRUCTION : A Young Beginner. Read 
Paxton's Cottagers’ Calenda ar. 
MOSSES : C. Baines. 1, Bryum albicans ; 2, Rhac 
itrium занонаи. P Hypnum plumosum ; " 
commutatum В. ; 5, 7 cupressiforme. 
Mosses not qmd garden plants, we do not, as a rule, 
undertake to n 
NAMES Es FRU e Grape, R: onl 
ee 
alied the Cherry-fru ruited mith, 
e Louise d’Uccle; asa B, Beurré de Сараш 
к, Gloria Mundi ; 
72,M 
B, Wellington; Nottingham Pippin; р, Матай; 
E, Cellini. n one e's 
t 
А H. È, Coronilla Emerus.—.4 
Subscriber ur Fist will please use initials 
another time, t save confusion. r, Pyrus Aria; 2, 
Mespilus grandiflora ; 3, Crateegus “melanocarpa; 4 
The Fern is Polypodium 
Colocasia antiquorum.— W. 
aig. Ceanothu 
tin ngs of the you ng wood in s 
and in a little heat. —ogy/one. Instead of Lilybum 
marianum as printe р. 500, read Silybum marianum. 
—Cor., Crawl he Scarborough Lily, Vallota 
— iP tolacca 
far as we 
G, T.U. weed is M iophyllum spicatum 
which i is difficult. to pee det tt : 
ТОГА : ТУ, e Viola, Е deep concolorous раро 
ар ars darke А richer than those usually grown, 
and is highly promising. Y. uld send it to 
hiswick for tri The Primula, though with Tee 
yellow than usual hs the eye, is in other res 
poor and weedy ; by growing it d one seeding it, уба 
may, however, ABE improvemen 
TT c 
the 
uested by 
re n. 
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s this paper, an Wellington Street, Covent Garden, 
e same 
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Publisher, and not to the Editors 
a Ary RECEIVED.—J. B Deleuil (au haut 
de la Rue Paradis, Marseilles), tae of Amaryl- 
„В Echeve &c.— Edmund P. 
Dixon e Nurseries, Sculcoates, Hull), Catalogue 
Roses, Fruit and Orna tal T Stove and 
ts; ect Г 
Roots, &c.—André Leroy (Angers, Maine-et. 
France), Descriptive Catalogue E dv and Orna- 
m А ear &e.—A, C. Jongkindt 
vero (Tott near 
Zwo e Holland). Wholesale Т "Trade List o of Fruit Trees 
and Re oses.—Hém et Fils (Rue Guigne- 
leges I ic Orleans Catal e pale OF Fruit Trees, 
үт em) C & Bohs (Kingsholm Nursery, 
iba ater) Autumn sve rehe of Fruit Trees, R. 
rnament orest Flower рүү”, &c.— 
John Саре оа иы Stevenson) Т н New 
Gladiolus, &c.— W. rling, 
and 58, Dawson Street, Dublin), "Catklogdé of Forest, 
bris i? and Fruit 'Trees, Roses, Shrubs, Coni- 
ers, &с 
— RECEIVED: — —H. & Son.—A F. 
—C. W. N.—F.—C. D. S. (hanks) ^ M. G.—W. Bishop 
=Р: LS. la R.— 
j SW —— W. (next 3 me 
DIED, October 19, at the Nursery, Chepstow, very 
ders n JOHN PILLINGER, aged 69 years. 
atlarkets, 
COVENT аа October 21. 
There is no change to , markets 
being heavy, and very little business doing. Porc 
fruits consist p Frenc ped utch Grapes and 
Peaches, Spanish Melons, an ter, Wholesale а, antities of 
АЙЫНА Grapes. James ее Apple 
Market. 
Fruit. 
per X s. d. $. = sigs ж 
Apples, -sieve 1 o- 2 
Cobbs and I Fifbcs. jb. o 6- o 9 | P oe £c ee a C o 
Damsons, per bu: shel 2 o- 4 о Pears, eges 10-40 
Figs, per doz. o 9- 3 o | Pine-apples, p. lb. .. 40- 7 о 
Grapes, Ib, .. o 9- 5 o| Plums, per bushel .. 20-60 
Lemons, per тоо .. 8 0-12 o| — per punnet o6-16 
Melons, eac ..20-50! Walnuts, p. bush. . .. 8 0-12 о 
VEGETABLES. 
EG 5 t | : 
Artichok per de 4 o- orse 
KeA „айн Leeks, per bunch .. 02-04 
Beet, doz. : то- 2 o | Onions, young 
| ed E s Ib. o 4- .. | Pars 
Cabbages, ..10-20 per 
Caro dd s^ авс. | ur Spanish, бов. 
Cauliflowers, p. 4 0- .. ‚ per bundle. 
Celery, per bundle .. 1 6-20 per : 
Cucumbers, each .. o 3- о 9 | Shallots, per Ib. 
Endive, рег doz. .. 1 o- 2 О | Tomatos, рег doz, .. І 
— Batavian, p. doz. 2 o- 3 о TO DL dui 
Herbs, per bunch .. о 2- о 4| Veg. TOV 
N to 8s.; К 
Сот FLOWERS, 
s. d. над ЕЕ. 
Cam 4 0-1 xe Рену, 12 Spr. I о- 2 о 
—€ 12 blooms pg See — Zonal, do. o4-10 
Cornflower, р, doz. bun. зо o- -éo o | Primula, dbl., p. bun. x o- 1 6 
Cyclam 2 blooms o 6 | Roses, indoor, p. doz. 2 o- 6 o 
Epiphyllum, p ита 1061. — outdoor, 12 bun. 9 o-12 0 
Eucharis, per rae. ае Spiræa, 12 sprays .. 10-30 
Gardenia, per doz Sed tt Ab S otis,r2 40-90 
Heliotropes, 1 о 6- т о! Ти f тач .20-40 
Mignonette, 12 bun. dee 6o | Violets, 12 :9-39 
