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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDINER. 
{ October 31, 1878. 
for about five or six months to. a humid atmosphere, so as to 
produce vigorous pseudobulbs and leaves. I am certain that 
if the above treatment is followed out plants of Schomburgkia 
undulata clothed with fine foliage and surmounted with mag- 
nificent flowers will be the result, proving a valuable addition 
to our Orchid houses. 
I shall feel happy if by these remarks I have contributed to 
the better cultivation of those plants.—EpD. ANDRE (in Ldlus- 
tration Horticole). 
WOODWARDIA RADICANS. 
I HAVE a Woodwardia radicans in my hardy fernery which 
is greatly admired. It has been planted out four years, and 
is protected during the winter months by a large bellglass, the 
fronds being wound closely round the crown. This year it 
has thrown up four fronds of the following dimensions—4 feet 
linch by 2 feet 4 inches, 4 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 11 inches, 
3 feet 9 inches by 1 foot 11 inches, and 4 feet 10 inches by 
2 feet 3 inches, also two others not yet fully developed. The 
tops of last year’s fronds, four in number, were pegged down 
some time since and have formed nice young plants.—C. T. H., 
Osmangton, Weymouth. 
[The growth recorded is yery good.—EDs. | 
GRAPES AT THE RED ROSE VINERIES. 
THE Grapes at this place—so graphically described by Mr. 
Wright some time since, are just now well worthy of seeing. 
When the extraordinary weight of the crop is taken into con- 
sideration, the great wonder is that the fruit ripened at all, 
but on the contrary, both fruit and wood are attaining perfect 
maturity. 
At the time of our visit (October 14th) the sight of so many 
splendid Grapes in one house was simply magnificent, among 
the most noticeable being Gros Colman, which is colouring 
splendidly, and with a fine, deep, rich bloom that betokens an 
excellent finish. Lady Downe’s also looks fairly well, but this 
variety would appear to have got out of favour there, seeing 
that Mr. Witherspoon has not planted a single cane of it in 
his new house. The best and finest looking Grape there is 
certainly Black Alicante ; its noble appearance combined with 
excellent colour and great size of berry makes it the best of 
all market Grapes. Another.good property that ought not to 
be.lost sight of is its good keeping quality. 
Among Grapes that have not done well there, and indeed 
they are the only ones, are Dr. Hogg and Mrs. Pince. - The 
former has certainly kept its reputation for not shanking, but 
has displayed a constitutional weakness that has prevented it 
from maturing its fruit, and the berries have shrivelled-up to 
one-half their original size. As to Mrs. Pince I should think 
that there has been an insufficiency of heat, as it, too, has not 
effected the desired maturation. 
The great average excellence of the fruit is equalled by the 
superb, condition in which we found the wood of the Vines, 
which is assuming that fine brown tint, hard firm appearance, 
and, what is of most importance, full plump eyes, so indicative 
of perfect maturation, and so full of promise for another year. 
This is to our thinking a matter of more import than the pro- 
duce of a heavy crop, for let the next season be ever so fayour- 
able if the wood has not been perfectly ripened the previous 
year all our labour is lost, and the condition in which we 
found Mr. Witherspoon’s Vines certify that he is fully alive to 
this important fact. 
Just a word about the house referred to above. The young 
Vines in this house, planted this spring, have already reached 
the top of a 14-feet rafter, while a very great number of 
spring-struck eyes are noticeable for their vigorous growth. 
On inquiry Mr. Witherspoon informed us that these young 
canes were grown in pure turf, and watered with pure water, 
not a stimulant of any kind being used, and the healthy con- 
dition of both canes and roots which we examined bears out 
Mr. Witherspoon’s assertion that nothing more is needed.— 
PETER FERGUSON, Gandencr, Weardale. 
BROWN & TAIT’S ECLIPSE CAULIFLOWER. 
I HAVE been cutting heads of this variety for nearly a 
month from the same sowing, and I consider it the best 
Cauliflower for autumn use I ever grew. Itis dwarf, compact, 
and the heads until too large for the table are well protected 
by the leaves; the quality is also good. I sowed in March on 
a slight heat with a little protection, pricked out the plants as 
soon as large enough, and planted them out before they became 
stunted. They received one watering, but the ground was in 
good condition, it having been bastard-trenched in March after 
a crop of Coleworts, trenching-in stems, leaves, and all rubbish 
to hand. J intend growing this Cauliflower more extensively 
next season, as, having a large establishment to supply, it is 
essential that the best should be grown and in great quantities, 
—J. GADD, Thorndon Hall. 
{The Cauliflower received was extremely fine, large, white. 
close, and of superior quality.—EDs. ] 
TURKEY COURT, MAIDSTONE, 
THE RESIDENCE OF JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, ESQ. 
Many readers of the Journal have perhaps found out, like 
myself, that there is no paper preferable for writing on to the 
original Turkey mill (I say “original,” because it has had 
many imitators, but they have fallen far short of the copy) ; 
but probably few know that the mills where itis manufactured 
are the property of one of our veteran Rose-growers, who has 
this year taken a new lease of power, and has astonished 
the natives by the beauty of his Teas. As long as I have 
known anything of Rose shows I have known “honest John 
Hollingworth.” Many Rose-growers have met him, and will 
not perhaps be sorry to know something of the quaint old 
place which so exactly corresponds to its owner, or rather I 
should say its owners, for he and his brother alike take an 
interest in the place; and as I recently paid him a visit I 
will endeavour to give some idea of the place. 
Turkey Court, the residence attached to the mills, is situated 
in a valley about a mile from Maidstone on the small river 
Len, which takes its rise at Lenham between Charing and 
Maidstone, and flows into the Medway a little further on. 
The Stour also takes its rise in the same parish, the one running 
east and the other west. I have been told the streams issue 
from the same field, but of this I cannot speak with certainty ; 
the Stour at any rate has other sources, one of them being a 
remarkably strong spring in the parish of Westwell. Why 
these mills ever received the name they bear there is nothing 
to show. They have been in existence for many years, but in 
the writings connected with them there is no mention why the 
name was given to them. The place borders on the park of 
the Harl of Romney, the wall of the park being the boundary 
of the place on one side, and it is on this wall that the Teas 
are chiefly grown. ButI anticipate. Let no one imagine that 
they are to see here a trimly kept rosery. The whole place is 
delightfully negligé. I do not mean neglected, far from it; 
but it is mixed up, Roses, and Conifers, and herbaceous plants, 
without any attempt at order. Some years ago a landslip 
oceurred close by the mills, which threatened to destroy them 
altogether and created great doubt as to how they were to be 
dealt with. Engineers were brought down from London, and 
various plans devised. As in such cases doctors differ as well 
as in others it was finally determined to cart it away and fill 
up a pond, and this constitutes the larger portion of the present 
garden. Here are planted in different places Conifers which 
‘have encroached by degrees on the paths, which are all grass. 
Here isa fine specimen of Thujopsis dolabrata, here another 
of Cryptomeria japonica, and here some well-grown Cedars of 
Lebanon. Then again we come on a mound over which the 
variegated Vinca is rambling at leisure, and another equally well 
covered with the Japanese variegated Honeysuckle. Amongst 
these we find beds of Roses, and notably in a lower part of 
the ground near the house, but the soil does not suit them. 
Like my own it is too light and rich, will grow most things to 
perfection but not Roses, except in a part of the garden where 
they would be quite out of sight. Many of the plants, too, are 
past their best, and I doubt not there will be a grand renewal 
this autumn, but Mr. Hollingworth has hit on a Californian 
mine of wealth for his Roses. 
J have mentioned the wall of Lord Romney’s park. From 
it there is a bank sloping down to the garden composed of rich 
unctuous loam; this, which was pasture, Mr. Hollingworth has 
turned up. On this bank the Roses are and will be more 
extensively planted ; and I very much suspect that, good an 
exhibitor as he has been, he will yet, if his life be spared, surpass 
himself. His is anotherinstance of the undying love of flowers 
when once it is encouraged. He was a keen sportsman, but 
he is now obliged to leave the partridges and pheasants to 
other hands; and although he has frequently said that he 
would give up exhibiting he has not found it in his heart to 
