594 LHE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE, 
[NOVEMBER б, 1875, 
anything — ehe frost, otherwise it is ssec i to 
n" €— l5 cool as possible for some time to 
e, Culford, Bury St. Edn eru 
ould be 
goes well with them, they may be expected to be rip 
some time in April, Bottom-heat is not essential to 
success, though, if compelled to force against time, 
they should be plunged in a bed of Oak leaves till the 
buds show fruit, and this will hasten them immensely. 
in large gardens where there ar tab- 
this, but as they can be so E and —— — 
why should the culture of pot Vin cc 
be so g I the real тте is t 
so generally 
, or - frequently so = 
perature of er or floor 
with leaves and stable ble litter to a ar depth of 2 feet, and 
occasionally turn —P€ part over ; 2 moist, 
— 
way ficial to the ‘Vine yringe t he e 
bright days, and main tain a mean — of Е 9 
till the buds burst wde 
ins. e suc 
es have shed their 
eaves ; -— дор мсн — and complete 
rest, From all ripe Grapes the dead and 
елы foliage of the Vines, for rif eft ды, mee 
h the crop. If V that 
^ the 
free ventilation will soon ripen them. JJ. Wildsmith, 
Heckfiela. 
CUCUMBERS, ста autumn fruiters are now 
g plants which have baii 
yielding the supplies all through the summer are 
being rooted out, to make room for the mid-winter 
and ear pin fruiters to We are 
taking advantage of this ee dry v to perform 
ge 
the necessary wheeling incidental to = рч — I 
quite “sweet and clean, for the advantages o 
if 
op- 
ite at all times — fluct pera- 
e, and at all times take care that the water and 
ies applied to the radit 
perature as the house. Cease to employ the syringe 
from асоба, на keep t 5 
regu м TISK for ibe du nba the um 
the 
in hillocks of about a bushel ; afterwards earth-up as 
the ity for it arises. Zomas Simpson, Chelms- 
ford, Nov, 2, 
Law Notes. 
WILLIAMS v. LESLIE,— This case was commenced 
on Thursday in the Exchequer Division of té High 
Br 
Court of Justice, before Mr. amwell and a 
special jury. . Sergeant Parry and Мг, Kemp 
тл for the plaintiff Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and 
Mr. Lumley Smith appeared for defendant. 
- 
and the 
Sometimes the 
at the time the orders were given, 
€ nos changed accordingly. 
given to th aintiff, sometimes to 
is гч The goods were pl in the de- 
fendant's grounds, and defendant must have known 
they were e hen slie was applied to 
for payment he wrote letters stating he given no 
authority to his er rder anything whatever, 
claim was 
tion. Unless the defendant intended to dispute the 
fairness of the charges his (Mr. Kemp's) case was 
а the matter was Perperam that there was 
bargain made for the goods, that they were 
sold according to i catalogue, and that they 
fair — ordinary charges. ne plant was 
дерей 15 guineas, The plants, although of 
an expensive "ene were only charged according 
to the b бъде al Uie tini by М Hood on the 
Let a the duit ; and if they were fairly - 
ably charged, then _ нт would be e 
tied to the full amount clai 
B. S. bere the psi bn then called, 
and stated i in reply to Mr. Kem nurseryman 
— on business а “Uppe I HUS) and deal 
in plants of an expensive етімен. The defendant 
has Wy extensive gardens in Ireland. In S 
1872, І saw Hood at the рака pork at Glasgow ; 
my batelier oia Hood some I also sold 
him some g Mp On ‘September 23 I sold 
TE i met for ve 26 55. which a 
n : Do carry onan е send ve Базы? 
2m nai all over the: world. 7 omers, 
is the customary thing for — in, the 
ng fi 
кейн of Mr. Leslie - gardener to 
their master's behalf, and I never see p ере. 
If my travellers call ther get their orders from the 
gardeners. 
By the Judge : I do sometimes see the 
Mr. Hawkins : I have a di i 
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er^thin ings fo 
in the same Rd ‘that a Duke cook orders 
ЖЕМ КА \ бат of that kind. 
ins: It may be for particular a 
Suppose the 6-2 pen ч cook had authority to order I do 
w how many legs of mutton in the. co 
a diy; айі йге а et ordering half-a-dozen унер 
шнен, he orders half a flock a sheep, all the legs to 
be sent to his master, he would have no authority 
to do that. 
S 
The Judge: He would have no dr to do 
that, mut he had no esee чы to 
Mr. Hawkins: Assume eie x Pete i 
The са (in reply to “farther — T 
On received an 
for f arie 
specie was an "is 
There were ie only two orders I received m sa 
Mr. Ha — I hav 
years, I ve mes his 
brothe r, Col. Charles Leslie, with g fore him. 
I think I first supplied the. "defendant with yos in 
1870. Hood was gardener when the acco t 
o 
who he is gardener to now. P have seen him here 
to-da’ 
ismissed by 
witness here to-day. Hood s was 
Mr. Leslie about last November or mber: I 
know it was near Christmas, but I am not quite certain 
as to the date. I have received a letter from him (Hood) 
since he left, but my etter are мса fore he 
left. —Ó in a ce, but I did 
eco him. I Бый. nothing M. t all to © with 
а I tock a derer into service after he left. 
e to t him * place. Colo: 
died ab «Боз J ine,’ 1871 , and Mr, J 
account in Colonel Leslie's time — 
First in order of date e is d 9 55. rmi ЕТА 1871. 
I have not got the ісе book "for the year 1870, 
because t asl whether, 
I 
eee the death oe CUIRE eae , I ever ever supplied a 
plant of any sort or kind which amounted to £1 in 
s lifetime I supplied, on 
cost, ? 
| the order of ood, common bedding plants and out 
door ing to the second account, 
November, 1871, it amounts to 49 5s. 64. ; there is 
not one thi beyond the value of 15;. 
was the firs ction with Mr. John Leslie. The 
t 2 19s. 6d. had i the 
47 10s. and Sa! ari mederi prc oar 
on January 3o, 1873. At that time 
to M 
he Judge : Had you headed the account to him ? 
It was beaded to Leslie, but Hood was the gardener, 
I do not recollect what the accounts were, 4 
By Mr. Hawkins: were accounts for goods 
het ie on September 19, 1872, for E 24 16s. 6d,, 
e 
entiemen, 
e send the bill to thes асле y: soa ie him 
о нум us the money. When I ived the 
6 155. 6d. in 1873 I did not make any. inquiry why 
the two accounts for September and December were 
ew Mr. Leslie 
week, n сес be o 
7 n May 25, 1874, b 
which 1 received from Hood in pA jetter — May 25, 
1874. I had sent in another a ood, not to 
Mr. Leslie, hen I "eve ‘that d о bill in 
May, 1874, for £72 d Mn was ZII9 owing 
for goods 
supplie f ecember, 1872, 
never рде апу оный quM. to Mr. Leslie 
for autumn, 
251 ceived а не from Hood Ies а, 
оп {һе уусун, that until last 
On May 
bank post bill Sor 472 6s. 
The letter went on to Бо 
you this is that I have rather exceeded my ^ 
for 1 873. I will -— you the balance, Z 119 od 
a mo r two, when I can draw on my next call 
another account, of £70, which 
теча to the oe account ; a I told Outram when 
I ordered the things of him a July, it was ie go to 
that, "— some I ordered im er, 
hen you ver the dA putin чег лн od 
Christmas, 1873. g this od suit you, if not 
I ct try and get the чыла а{ e for you, but it 
me to some trouble. I MT take the Azalea 
re 
Hoping tos 
in August, as there will be a grand show, ams порна 
to hear from you shortly—Yours truly, W. Hood.” 
The witness nfi I di 
ashier sent the receipt. 
** Т have exceeded my allowance for Б. 2» 1 thought 
he meant ч Mirae to suit himself, or his employer— 
one of the I 1 
pm eere ves have Ms for 
Mr. Hawkins: Be serious : do ам н to say it 
would be the least coonmdal ce to Mr. n Leslie 
that he Should have one account for Z1 19 standing 
Quite 
а 
е уоп serious s ?— Yes, 
thie P^ үшү of gentlemen whose gardeners send 
the accounts in the same way. They cannot always 
“I have exceeded my allowance for 
ht mean that he had exceeded that sum of 
money which his employer allowed him to spend on 
ants. 
е рик: That is what I m 
Mr, Hawki If a man knows hat 1 limit my gar- 
had rod other accounts, not to Mr. Leslie, but | 
пої е ma his em- 
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b. 
I am serious about itio 
dener, then Ме! bis express notice <. alimitedauthority. — 
e Judge: He says, **Ihave been buying more 
plants than my employer all lows me to do, but I can 
get the rd if you want it 
Mr. Hawkins : Do you serious mean, upon your 
oath, that you weno it would be a convenience 
o Mr. John Leslie to have one pem for goods 
окай in 1872 А over after May, 18742— Yes, 
Id want it to stand 
never made any inquiries what was. Altog 
I | it нше t to £234. The items Seite up that sum 
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