. Sent to Hood 
LHE 
NOVEMBER 13, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
623 
ing by the end of April, ane continue on without 
eee all through t nd autumn, 
things such as the Las 
= a continuous high temperature ; gf that n eg one 
a full knowledge of the cultivation 
of sone re ‘will ean advance a proposition so 
opposed to facts. 7. Вар 
The Celery Fly.—I can fully concur with what 
been stated by Mr. Tillery as — soot being 
Gr. to Lord ц, Melton Constable, Tast Dere- 
ham, Norfolk 
Law Notes. 
WILLIAMS 7. LESLI Friday, November 5.—Part 
heard. (See p. 595.)— аё the High Court of Укан; 
Exchequer Division, before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a 
special j 
‘At the sittiig of the Court the plaintiff, Mr, Wil- 
d said in answer awki 
eur into full bloo 
Fund ose exhibition plants would ren on the cultivation 
ey 7 а" ^ 
аспе е, go down in price, unless it is an old p 
Azalea, if it is cone into full bloom, woul be worth 
plants would be of the same value 
An Azalea re x" for twenty or thirty years. I am 
oe. Met not e to take the 
atte the them presents ume 
to make presents, but D 
views "ori ths kib- 
ject We pw make ^ qnis to any one we know. 
e sent H а present when 
traveller's order 
writing, who is here. I received the letter from Mr. 
Leslie, I have no copy here of the letter which I gene- 
rally send with my accoun ordinary form of 
letter which we send is this: ;—'' According to usua 
EN we enclose our account.’ 
aal cus- 
ere g o sent 
the goods, Mr. “Les had a long ме of glass 
which loo nearly new. Ih d tat" Mr. 
had етн from other 
Кетр :`№о 
е pes dong I Бс 
aad in to Mr. 
а І ine еб p grounds, an and 
which I had supplied. I e 
ed at ten 
twenty-one guineas for. 
Leslie's. When I sent ou 
came 
ба had 
Mr. offer was ever made. 
these plants to me, and it is T Y 
5 wers upon it before it was sent to Gl asgow and 
an em of it is shown in the ба, Chronicle 
rn, and in re We to 
roduced, 
h e about the plants. 
I have seen Mr. Leslie etia at ет lants. М lie 
has passed me when I have 
On each nim when it arriv 
label with M ms' name on: it. 
plants 5 were exhibi ted by slie has 
received prizes, but not altogether for plants. He has 
received prizes for some of the plants that came fi 
Mr. Williams. Mr. lie's gardener exhibited them in 
г, lie's name. Ido not know whether Mr. Lesl 
as aware of that. 
in May, 1873; at that time Mr. ndon. 
The prize was a silver cup given gf the Lord-Lieutenant 
of Ireland. I saw the silver cup i S possession, 
ssession when I Чей Belfast. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins: A cup was given 
by a эч of the name of Bull, who was a nursery- 
a dealt with Bull for pla I do no 
whe ether he bought pom lants of Bull to 
kno 
exhibit for Bull’s cup. He did exhibit, and w 
cup. know whether Bull charged 
for this. Hood won the cup. о no 
the cup went back to Bull for a 5 
І do not know whether Bull bought the cup back 
do not kno 
„шз other Iso bought from Bull. 
FA of Hood P should 1 
think or — ech fut months qum — Ыр 
ve greenho ouse 
баю дау а erie plants, bu 
August, аран 
plant exhibited ; "toj ey were 
might 
ht have been one or dem greenhouse plants. 
on г, Leslie when I was in the 
Edd unpacking them. I do now whether 
ed at me or not, but he walked by the potting- 
shed. He must hav n the ts after they we 
p in the h I have also seen him walking 
round the nds just as any other gentleman woul 
walk rou n grounds. I first went into the ser- 
vice ovember, 1872; I stopped th 
two years. I do not know that I can say that Hood 
ms, in Upper Holloway. 
ake thr ons cups. I left about a 
month Hood left. w about the 
ite за never ы them myself. 
emp : I first — Mr. Williams 
at the | Belfast show . I came and remained 
with Mr. Williams ‘until I gota 
Ы I could guess very nearly the value of 
m not surprised at twenty guineas being 
decur —. Henry ене е мин sworn, v said, м 
as in Septem 1872, 
and as - traveller 
was my custom when 
e head синен іп ue 
wer to Mr. 
traveller i in the plaints s employ, 
s for the 
I sold Hood the first seventeen 
fist two of the plants there, but the others had not 
arrived. 
ned by Mr. Hawkins : The price of this 
sort of eme tes not risen for the last ten years. The 
ve since then, 
As to those areo marked queer feet 
I should for them now ; they 
ha de ed. the to with the acount 
ve : ve 
vp sett with whom we ordi I 
cannot say whether the Sebati are regularly sent fn or 
not. 
Alfred Outram sworn. In answer to Mr. Kem, Де 
itness said: .I am a traveller in t service o Е, 
Williams, and go about the United Kingdom to get 
orders for I have a specimen t list. I took 
orders for plants marked on the list prices 
upon when I took the orders, and they were in 
ordance with the price list furnished by Mr. Williams 
о I are the been which 1 — 
ery one who wanted plants of the same description. 
„ею BE. Leslie’s place in the autumn of 1873, and I 
saw several of the plants that I sent there. Most of 
cem were conspicuous plants, which not 
tched, and anybody going into the house could not 
bd notice them, 
e witness was not cross-examined, and this closed 
the case on gon part of the plaintiff. 
Mr. Hawkins then ed to address the jury on 
эт ч = s defendant. nsidered the quendam 
very handsomely in par зак into Court th 
was muc to 
find the ntiff had not called Hood, the gardener, 
through whom he had rec the and who 
could have e explained the — of May 25. Before the 
year 1871 yrs элке harles fcr ы owner of this 
property ; ed in the тош of e, 187r. During 
his life he genes grea 
as it was — 
efendant disco ее ag of det 
Hood, and put him on an allowance of pot a year, 
which sum was to pay for p y 
everything neces: to keep the 
order. In Decem 1873, there was due plain- 
tiff £119, and he ved a bank post bill for £72 6s. 64., 
i tat 
A 
y 
ed his allowance for 1873. He con tended that 
had 
it was the duty of the plaintiff, upon receipt +” ма „ина, 
һа 1 e 
"€ е6 : PA tiff), ins inr 
of wil he allowed Hood to incur a further debt of 
4234 95. 6d., knowing he had an allowance, but n 
сей ‘the trouble d inquire the am I 
left the ind pe qr Leslie, 
leaving he here were 
s grounds—that plain 
ected with онсе E нк. — stating 
gardener’ ex enditu ~and that he ч 
hat limit; ti and with suc =з» knowledge he ought 
t's gardener, and 
not to ter supp! could not 
now recover the pre he ciim ч 
г. John Leslie, M.P., then sworn and said, in 
answer to Mr. Meadows White : I am the defendant in - 
this action, and reside at Glaslough ; 1 am Member ot 
аерма foe Monag su my brother to 
the es ers d Tem vas gardener, 
self. foe MU RES, (7i pay some bills for — 
his garden. of iion fe averaged, I 
should say, from £500 to £600 a year. When I came 
sion my great was to do what my 
brother had done before — far as possible, 
is views. Like ordinary I like sweet-smelli 
t sort 
unt was sent in in January, 1875; the first intimation 
I had was without reference to items, it was merely 
to as per date." I before 
to my expres orders, and T tl 
my brother's servant I should be 
him as he 
more lenient to bim t if he had been one of my own 
sel n. I gave hím strict orders not to order any 
plants from anybody without my consent and si 
and that if it occurred again I should discharge him. 1 
old him I should give my irections to 
mistake, as is, Hesaidt d. 
that they were in КӨ aep rani ot 
out of my place ; I re. MA TM 5 to do 
them." 
m the plaintiff. einsenden rr ee AO 
" Th ; 
bills ta А dut doré cin in those bills, : 
