THE UTILISATION OF RAILWAY EMBANKMENTS. 



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tiiat that man deserves well of his country who makes two 

 blades of grass grow where but one grew before. On the same 

 principle, the directors who can make it their business to 

 produce a handsome return of flowers and fruits where 

 " only hay," and that almost worthless, grew before, may 

 certainly expect to be credited with the laudation of their 

 shareholders as well as of their clients, the travelling public. 



FRUIT PAMPHLET. 



In 1891 the Society issued a pamphlet (reproduced in the 

 Journal, Vol. XIII., Part 3, p. 411) setting forth the best varieties 

 of Apples, Pears, Plums, Damsons, Cherries, Raspberries, Cur- 

 rants, Gooseberries, and Strawberries worth the gardener's 

 attention in England. The pamphlet was recommended chiefly 

 to cottagers and small farmers, and met with such an enthusiastic 

 reception that over 53,000 copies were distributed in a few 

 months. A revised edition has now been prepared specially for 

 cottagers and small farmers in Scotland. 



FRUITS FOR COTTAGERS AND SMALL FARMERS IN 

 SCOTLAND. 



Attention having lately been directed to the advantages which 

 may be gained by a more general and more careful cultivation 

 of fruit, the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society have 

 requested their Fruit Committee (which consists of forty of the 

 leading experts in fruit culture in this country) to prepare a list, 

 for the information of cottagers and small farmers, of those 

 varieties which they would recommend as being most suitable 

 for the purpose. 



In preparing the list the Committee were particularly 

 requested — 



(i) To consider the matter entirely from a cottager's or 

 small farmer's point of view ; 



(ii) To make it applicable, as far as possible, to the 

 whole of Great Britain ; 



