Angnst 10, 1871. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTDEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEE. 



lOS 



to be trained festoon-faehion, the most gracefnl form for train- 

 ing climbers either out of doors or in the conservatory, more 

 particularly those with pendulous flowers. — C. 



[The fruit is eatable, and we have been irformed by Mr. 

 Van Volxem that he has enjojed it when travelling under the 

 influence of a tropical sun. — Eds.] 



NATIONAL GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 



This was held at 

 <!lie8ter, on August 



Thomas Bradley . 

 Edward Poulson . 

 George Addis . . . 

 Francis Soars . . , 

 Joseph Wynn . . . 

 Thomas Lanceley. 

 "George Beckett . . . 

 Henry Garside . . . 

 ■William Heath. .. 

 Faithfnl Jameson . 

 •George Ridley , , . 

 William Sanders . 



■John Wynn 



Thomas Yoxall . . . 



John Taylor 



Jos. Brotherton. . . 

 Bradley Bradley . 

 William Jones . . , 

 Thomas Shaw • • . 

 James Trelfall . . . 



Man- 



the Sir John Falstaff Inn, Market Place, 

 5th. 



dwts. gra 



Premier prize Rover 



Stewards' prize Mount Pleasant 



29 11 



28 7 



do. . ." Stockwell 26 6 



do Antagonist 27 16 



do Maccaroni 27 16 



do Drill 27 2 



do Diadem 26 



do Overseer 26 13 



do Clajton 25 20 



do Catherine 27 2 



do Surprise 25 17 



do Queen of the West 23 8 



do Beauty 24 16 



do Hit,h Sheriff 25 12 



do; Rough Green 23 4 



do White Seedling 25 



do London 24 4 



do Leveller 25 6 



do Matchless 22 8 



do Lady Leicester 24 16 



Joseph Brotherton Rover 27 18 



J-oseph Wjnn Clayton 27 13 



Joseph Wynn Maccaroni 25 22 



George Ridley Ploughboy 25 17 



Francis Soars Eskender Bay 24 17 



Edward Ponlson Talfourd 24 2 



Thomas Borrows Beauty 23 21 



George Beckett Dau'a Mistake 23 19 



Edward Poulson England 23 12 



Thomas Yoxall London 23 10 



YELLOW. 



•George Addis Catherine 27 



..27 

 .. 26 



George Addis Levell 



Thomas Lanceley Mount Pleasant 



Thomas Shaw Drill 25 



John Barlow Seedling 24 



Francis Soars Lord Scarborough 23 



'Thomas Lanceley Leader 23 



Edward Poulson High Sheriff 22 



William Heath Oyster Girl 21 



Joseph Wynn Oldham 21 



GREEN. 



George Addis Stockwell . . , 



Faithful Jameson Visit 



George Addis Telegraph. . . 



George Beckett Shiner 



Thomas Lanceley General 



Francis Soars British Oak . 



James Trelfall Plunder 



John Taylor Thumper - . . 



William Heath Surprise 



26 



25 

 24 



22 



22 



- , — - 21 



Thomas Shaw Matchless 21 



WHITE. 



Edward Ponlaon Seedling 25 



George Addis Victory 24 



John Taylor Antagonist 24 



Joseph Brotherton Seedling 24 



William Sanders Hero of Nile 23 



William Heath King of Trumps 23 



Thomas Shaw Overseer 23 



John Taylor Faithful 22 



George Addis Freedom 21 



— Thomas Dobell, Seedsman, Northwkh, Cliairman. 



COVENT GARDEN MONOPOLISTS. 

 Tou will no doubt consider with us that the only fair, just, 

 and reasonable criterion of market prices is the price at which 

 market gardeners supply their customers ; and judging by this 

 Standard, referring to our sales on account of gentlemen's gar- 

 deners, in comparison with those on account of professional 

 growers, and with our daily purchases from the market gar- 

 deners attending this market, we can find no reason for the 



discontent recently expressed in your columns, leaving the 

 enormous and increasing fureign pnpply out of the question 

 altogether. — W. H. Gdllifokd, F K H S., Coveni Garden. 



GARDENERS' RIGHT TO PLANTS. 



About six years ago I bought Tricolor Geraniums Sunset, 

 Italia Unita, and others, 1 aoked my employer's consent to 

 my raising seedling Geraniums, saying I should do so chiefly 

 in my own time. I also added that I tbould be able to exchange 

 and procure the new varieties as they came out. My employer's 

 answer was, " I do not see why you should not, and I daresay 

 you will get a trifle by doing so." Two years ago last May my 

 employer allowed me to take them to the exhibition at Ken- 

 sington. All was open and fair, I thought ; I disposed of the 

 duplicate plant to a nurseryman, and received new varieties in 

 exchange; I also received a trifle for myself. I bought my 

 own pots, and spent the summer evenings in growing the 

 plants. I kept duplicate plants of my seedlings for my em- 

 ployer, and had a fine collection of Tiicolor and other Gera- 

 niums. For doing this I was told I was to leave my situation, 

 and have done so. I have written to my employer (an old lady 

 seventy-seven years of age) for a character, but she declines to 

 give it. Can I compel her to do so? I have served her eight 

 years, and never had anything against me. I also brought to 

 her excellent references from my previous employers. I never 

 had a blot on my character. — An Old Sdbsceibeb. 



[According to your statement your case is a very hard one. 

 It only proves what we said a short time ago, that no man ia 

 safe to enter upon such a course of bartering, exchanging, and 

 selling without a written agreement to that efiect from his 

 employer. A person said the other day, " Why, that would be 

 like calling a lady's or a gentleman's word in question." " Well, 

 do they not forget as well as other people? and furely my 

 character and respectability are as much to me as a mere word 

 can be to any employer." We think that the whole system 

 of a gardener paying for pots to grow favourites, and then ex- 

 changing or selling them, borders, or rather more than borders, 

 on the dangerous, and temptations are apt to come in the way 

 which ought rather to be kept out of the way. Appearances, 

 too, are to be consulted ; and though it might be true that after 

 buying pots, and counting your evening hours, and exchanging, 

 there was little benefit to yourself, there would be no want of 

 gossiping as to the " fine thing you were making out of the 

 plants." Without a special written agreement, then, we say 

 decidedly to a gardener. Be content to be a servant, and culti- 

 vate what your employer purchases. We have known cases 

 where gardeners raised some good seedlings, and for quietly 

 disposing of them got themselves into trouble. We would 

 advise yon to write again to the lady in the most courteous way, 

 state shortly the facts of the case, and solicit as a favour that 

 she would not decline to give a character to you after eight 

 years' service. Unfortunately, however well conducted jon 

 may have been, and however faithful your conduct to your 

 employer, yon have no right to demand or compel an employer 

 to give a character. Of this we intend to say something by- 

 and-by. On the whole the gentry use their power well ; but it 

 is a hard case for a good servant to be entirely at the mercy of 

 a mere whim or caprice of an employer, and especially of one 

 who rarely gives a character to anyone. We have known some 

 hard cases among gardeners, such as where a good deserving 

 man might have starved if some of the head gardeners in the 

 neighbourhood had not stood his friends, stated the real facts 

 of the case to some of the leading nurserymen, and thus 

 enabled him to get a much better place without applying for a 

 character to his last employer. All such things, however, 

 should be avoided, and you had better propitiate jour employer 

 even if you should be a little humble over it. Could you not 

 bring to your help the good testimonials from former em- 

 ployers ?— E. F.] 



GLAZING WITHOUT TOP PUTTY. 

 I NOTICE by your answers to correspondents, that you are 

 frequently asked for a cheap mode of glazing without the top 

 putty, which so soon cracks and looks bad. If the glass is 

 bedded in putty in the ordinary way and well sprigged, the top 

 putty may be omitted. I think vou may recommend this 

 mode. Mr. W. Paul, of Waltbam Cross, has several houses so 

 glazed, and there is no more drip — his foreman thinks less — 

 than in those glazed in the ordinary way, and the appearance 



