N0 VKMBER 26, I898- 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



771 



j trees> chiefly apples. He has kindly given me the list of his 

 six thousan^ ^ came frQm Sawbridgeworth. It is appended :— 

 trees. 



Blenheim Orange 

 Golden Spire 

 Schoolmaster 

 Bramley's Seedling 

 Lord Derby 

 Dumelow's Seedling 

 Devonshire Quarrenden 

 King of the Pippins 

 King of Tompkin's County 

 Yellow Ingestre 



Claygate Pearmain 

 Stirling Castle 

 Tower of Glammis 

 Lord Grosvenor 

 Worcester Pearmain 

 Nelson Codlin 

 D'Arcy Spice (12 only) 

 Bismarck 



Scarlet-Golden Pippin 



low's and King of the Pippins are planted most largely. Nelson's 

 PISt* though evidently a first-rate apple, is described by Mr. Barron 



a very greasy." Only twelve Spice apples could be secured. 

 25 I the introductions to the first and second editions, and also to the 

 • eties of Fruits," the statement is made that care has been taken to 

 Voose only varieties characterised by quality, fertility, good growth, and 

 vT H'ness May I suggest some additional and desirable features ? 

 Tsize in all culinary apples, according to the rule of 1883. (2) Firm- 

 I - q so' as to travel well. (3) Colour, when it is combined with other 



Tea Rose, Sunrise. 



Our illustration of this pretty tea-scented rose was made from flowers 

 exhibited in a tasteful vase arrangement at the Drill Hall meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society on October 25. Sunrise is evidently one 

 of the freest bloomers, the growths staged having large trusses of buds and 

 blossoms. The buds open well, and each bud is suited for personal 

 wear or for indoor decoration. As a rose for winter forcing Sunrise is 

 sure to become most popular, for it is free in growth, and, we are 

 informed, has no blind or flowerless shoots. It is certainly one of the 

 most distinct garden roses we have, and by no means its least charm is 

 the exquisite colouring of its bronzy-purple foliage and the delightful 

 fragrance of the blooms. The floral colouring is unique, a deep apricot 

 in the centre and carmine upon the outside of the petal. In the bud 

 stage, or when half expanded, it is difficult to imagine a more striking or 

 distinctly coloured rose, and the effect is much heightened by its grand 

 foliage. We predict a hearty welcome for this variety among all who love 

 garden roses. Though its main usefulness may lie in its grand winter- 

 blooming qualities, it is, nevertheless, quite hardy, a good bedder, and 

 one of the best autumnal bloomers. Many rose authorities have seen 



NEW TEA-SCENTED ROSE, SUNRISE. 



qualities. A bright colour, a red cheek, are always attractive. I was 

 gently at a fruit show held at New Westminster, on the Pacific coast of 

 wiiada. The brilliant colour of the apples, as well as their size, was 

 quitea feature of the show. No doubt the Canadian sun is warmer, but 

 ™ch may be done amongst ourselves if the point is kept carefully in 

 JJ W - U) No apple should be recommended by the R.H.S. to the public 



Britaf U a P r °b ation °f at least ten y^rs in different parts of 



W*tes Colne Rectory, Essex. 



E. Bartrum, D.D., F.R.H.S. 



Bill, 



Ptttly 



oners 



* £t g00d prize * 



for 



cut blooms, plants, fruit, and vegetables, 



are eighteen special prizes offered, including four 



ltm ^ m _ ^ several gold, silver-gilt, and silver medals. Mr. 



dl T*nth 



there 

 ge cups and 



-civia provides the prizes in a most interesting class for a display of 

 p |j ^. mum blooms, foliage plants, berried plants, &c, the chrysanthemum to 

 locietY ha* energetic secretary, Mr. W. P. Laird, informs us that the 



F| &y arH the band of the RovaI Scots Gre y s for the Thursday and 



the Y ° f the R °y aI Grenadier Guards for Saturday, the 26th inst. 



enterprise of ^ Dgest m . usic al engagement available, and it is to be hoped that the 

 * Dundee w , comm ^ tee will give the results anticipated. Last year's carnival 

 than . turn ing-point in the society's career, it being on a scale much 



*^ Wdr!* previous occasions, bringing it up to the standard of the best shows 



Sunrise growing, and all speak of it in the highest praise. An award of 

 merit was accorded the variety on the date referred to, when it was 

 exhibited by Mr. G. W. Piper, the Nurseries, Uckfield, Sussex, who will 

 distribute it in May next. 



Cement in Greenhouses — When recently at Baling Park, Alton, Mr. 



Smythe, the gardener, drew my attention to a couple of lcn-to houses, in which 

 cement had been used to form the lower plates on the front walls instead of wood. 

 In one case the cement plate was of the same width as the wall, four and a-half 

 inches. In the other it overlapped, as wooden plates usually do, about one and 

 a-half inches. But in each case the upright bars supporting the front of the 

 house and holding the glass was not let into a wooden plate at all, but rested on 

 the brickwork, on which was first placed a thin coat of cement to make the 

 surface even. Then the plate was formed by filling up to a height of two inches 

 at the sides and three inches in the centre all the space between the bars with 

 cement the upper edges of course being sharply sloped. When closed the glass 

 iust touched, or hardly so, the outer slopes, so that any moisture gathering on the 

 inside runs down on to the outer side of the cement plate and is carried 

 Such a plate is utterly imj rvious to moisture, and would endure much 

 loneer than even the upright bars. Wooden pla.es, proverbially, quickly rot, and 

 often need replacing. Should any interstices appear in the cement close to the 

 bars or elsewhere, they are very easily stopped with cement. The house that 

 has the broader cement-plates ii of mere pretentious nature, and so admirably is 



away 



on 



ipection 



fashioned 



upper side. That is bad practice? the up, 

 sloping partly out with the fall ofthe raften 

 no moisture is retained on the wood— A. D. 



hioned 



