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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
Blackberries. 
The best of these is indigenous to the Surrey hills, and 
ripens its fruit well in shady positions. 
I refer to 1 Laciniatus.’ This variety ripens early, bears 
abundantly, and is very delicious. I prefer it to any of the 
American varieties, for which it is sometimes mistaken, but it 
springs spontaneously from the loam brought from Walton 
Heath, and it is locally known as the ‘ Norwood Blackberry.’ 
It delights in partial shade, and many waste spots might be 
rendered profitable by planting them with this variety of 
Blackberry. 
[In replying to a vote of thanks, Mr. Roupell mentioned the 
confusion existing in the naming of Apples and Pears, and as 
an example he referred to ‘ Yellow Ingestrie * Apple, which he 
said was often called 1 Summer Golden Pippin.’ The fruit of 
the two was remarkably similar in appearance, but the flesh of 
‘ Summer Golden Pippin ’ was by far the better quality, and their 
growth was quite distinct, the 1 Golden Pippin ’ being very 
bushy and stocky wood, whereas 4 Yellow Ingestrie ’ made long 
thin growths.] 
“ HANDBOOK OF INSECTS 
“ Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits, with Means of Preven¬ 
tion and Remedy.” By Eleanor A. Ormerod. Simpkin, 
Marshall, & Co., London. 
Miss Ormerod’s last book fully maintains the high standard 
of excellence which marks all her previous work. It is a hand¬ 
book in more than name, for it ought never to be far from the 
hand of any grower of fruit. 
Where every insect that infests our fruit crops is so exhaus¬ 
tively dealt with, it is perhaps invidious to mention any in 
particular. The articles on the Black Currant Mite, the Plum 
Aphis, the Winter Moth, and the Eel-worm will appeal to most 
fruit-growers, and the mention of them serves to show the wide 
scope of the book. We could have wished for a table of con¬ 
tents at the beginning, but with this one trifling exception the 
book could hardly be improved. It is a book to be universally 
recommended and studied. 
