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interesting to mo, and doub'less to many more, if Mr. J. Mclnd'e will 
state more explicitly his treatment to both root and branch. 
Mr. Mclndoe warns all against overcrowding the foliage ; bat as I 
understand him his must be very crowded, as he takes seven laterals from 
each side of the rods and a'lows each lateral to extend 9 feet; if trained 
horizontally each Vine’s laterals would run over two neighbours on each 
side, therefore each of his Vines makes about three times as much growth 
as Vines treated in the ordinary way. Does Mr. Mclndoe train all bis late 
Vines in the same way, and each variety carry from 70 to 90 lbs. of fruit 
as is stated per rod ? Is each fruit-bearing lateral allowed to extend 9 feet 
be'ore being stopped ?— Market Gardener. 
NATIONAL AURICULA AND NATIONAL CARNATION 
AND PICOTEE SOCIETIES (SOUTHERN SECTION). 
Wright v. Dodwell. 
Mr. E. S. Dodwell having distributed a printed circular in which 
I was charged with committing a “fraud” in voting at the meeting 
held at South Kensington on December 9th, 1884, and farther stating 
that I “ never paid a subscription of any kind ” to the Societies, he com¬ 
pelled me to take steps for the removal of that serious imputation; and 
as I was most reluctant to press unduly on an old florist, of whose work 
in raising and growing Carnations it has often been my duty and 
pleasure to write approvingly, he was requested by my solicitor to 
acknowledge the error into which he had been led, and I have received 
the following letter duly stamped as a legal document:— 
“ Stanley Road, 
“ Oxford, 
“To “ 27th January, 1885. 
“ Mr. J. Wright, 
“ Of the Journal of Horticulture, 
“ 171, Fleet Street, E.C. 
“ I sincerely regret that through ignorance of the facts I characterised 
your having voted at the meetings of the National Auricula and National 
Carnation and Picotee Societies on December 9th, 1884, as a fraud in the 
printed circular which I wrote and issued to the members of these two 
Societies, and I now beg to apologise to you for the error I have thus com¬ 
mitted, and I hereby withdraw any imputation upon your action on that 
occasion. I also agree to bear the expense of inserting this apology in 
three leading gardening papers, and to pay your solicitor’s charges relating 
to this matter.—E. S. Dodwell.” 
I may remark that with the object of not imposing on Mr. Dodwell 
any expense that could be avoided, an advertisement in this Journal was 
not requested, nor was he desired to publish his letter of apology in 
circulars similar to those in which the libel was circulated, as with its 
insertion in four gardening papers I shall be quite satisfied. It may, 
perhaps, be well to add that in my little personal intercourse with Mr. 
Dodwell nothing has ever occurred to which I could take the slightest 
exception, and I have never had occasion to regard him with other than 
friendly feelings; and I am not conscious of ever having said or done 
anything to cause him pain until he forced me to do so in this case, which 
ha3 certainly not been pleasant to me.—J. Wright. 
new seedling varieties entered for the International certificates will be 
carried out as in former years at Chiswick by the generous permission 
of the Royal Horticultural Society. Persons intending to enter seedlings 
for trial are requested to send not less than six tubers of each sort, with 
names and pedigrees, to the care of Mr. A. F. Barron, Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Gardens, Chiswick, before the 31st of March next. 
-• Mr. Folkard’s new work, “Plant Lore, Legends, and 
Lyrics,” ha«, we hear, found favour with the Queen, who has graciously 
accepted a copy from the author. The book was reviewed in these 
columns last month. It is published by Sampson Low & Co. 
-- The date of the Reigate Rose Show has been altered from 
Saturday, 4th July, to Thursday, 2nd July, it being found that several of 
the usual exhibitors wish to attend the Show at the Crystal Palace on the 
former date. 
-The next Taunton Chrysanthemum, Fruit, and Primula 
Show is fixed to be held on Thursday the 19th November, 1885. The 
Hon. Secs, are Messrs. R. H. Poynter, The Nurseries, Taunton, and Jas. 
Wills, Middle Street, Taunton. 
-At Messrs. Protheroe & Morris’s sale rooms, Cheapside, on 
Friday last, a very fine variety of Lcelia anci-ps, wi h pure white 
sepals and petals, was sold to an eminent fiim of nurserymen for 
ninety guineas. Imported and unflowered pieces of white Lmlia anceps 
realised thirty-one guineas, seventeen guineas, and thirteen guineas 
respectively, and an established plant of Laclia elegans in flower sold for 
twenty-five guineas. 
- “Chrysanthemums and their Culture” was the title of 
an excellent lecture delivered at the Institution Hall, Yeovil, on Friday 
evening, by Mr. J. Bradner cf Arley Hill Nursery, Bristol. There was a 
good attendance of gardeners, nurserymen, and amateur Chrysanthemum 
growers, Mr. Bradner being well known as a most successful exhibitor, 
and the winner of over a hundred prizes. The lecture, which was 
admirably delivered and warmly applauded, dealt with the Chrysanthe¬ 
mum in every stage of growth from the cutting to the exhibition stage. 
As Mr. Bradner has now given up competition, he freely gave his audience 
the full benefit of his long experience. At the request of those presen') 
he consented to publish his lecture in pamphlet form, and has already 
arranged to do so, as will be seen by an advertisement in another 
column. 
- Cattle Poisoned by Eating Yew Branches.—A t Donington 
Park, Leicestershire, the seat of Lord Donington, last week about fifty 
beasts were turned into a large pasture, sheltered north and east by 
woods, and were well kept on hay and oilcake. One night they broke 
into a wood, the undergrowth of which is principally Yew. Of this they 
seem to have eaten freely. In the morning, when the stockman came, 
he found them lying about, many unable to move, and six were dead. 
The remainder were conveyed home, and under the care of a veterinary 
surgeon are recovering. The loss is a heavy one. 
- A little work, entitled, “ Ye Narcissus, or Daffodyl 
Flowre, and hys Roots,” has been recently issued by Messrs. 
P. Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden, and contains much in¬ 
teresting matter in reference to these popular flowers. A condensed 
history of the Narcissus is given, together with Mr. F. W. Burbidge’s 
lecture read at the Daffodil Congress last year, and a descriptive list of 
all the varieties of Narcissus known in England, which i3 accompanied 
by numerous small illustrations, that have evidently been depicted by 
Mr. Burbidge’s skilled hand. Two portraits of Parkinson are given, one 
wheD he was about sixty-two years of age, and the other when he was 
eighty. The work consists of forty-eight page®, the same size as Baker 
and Burbidge’s “ Monograph of the Narcissus,” to which it forms a 
useful supplement. 
-The fifth annual general meeting of the Essex Field Club 
will take place at the Public Hall, Laughton, Essex, on Saturday evening, 
January 31st, 1885, at half-past six o’clock. The report of the Council 
for the year 1884 and the Treasurer’s statement of accounts will be read 
and submitted to the meeting. The election of new members of the 
Council and officers for 1885 will also take place. By order of the Council 
the meeting will be a special one for the consideration of various altera¬ 
tions in, and additions to, the rules. An ordinary meeting will also be 
held solely for the proposal and election of new members. The President 
will deliver his annual address, which will mainly treat of “ The Life 
and Work of John Ray, and their Relation to the Progress of Science.” 
In order that the business of the ordinary meetings may terminate at an 
earlier hour, as a general rule, the chair will he taken in future at half¬ 
past six o’clock. It is hoped that this change will be convenient for 
members living at a distance. 
- “ H. N.” writes as follows respecting Primula Princess of 
Wales: —“ This is one of the best varieties ever sent out. I received a 
packet of last season’s seed from Messrs. Cannell & Sons last)July, which 
produced seventy plants, intending to pot them or for spring blooming ; 
but they grew so vigorously and flowered so very freely even in 4-inch 
pots that I could not resist the temptation to let them continue. It is a 
vigorous grower, having very fine healthy foliage, producing plenty of 
strong bold trusses of bloom thrown well above the foliage, of a lovely 
bluish white colour.” 
- Mr. Mansfield Milton, writing in the American Gardeners' 
Monthly respecting the Propagation of double Bouvardias, observes :— 
“ There is a general belief among many florists that to propagate Alfred 
Neuner and General Garfield Bouvardias, top cuttings have to be used 
in order to preserve their double qualities. That when propagated by 
