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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ August 16, 188?. 
makes them pliant and amenable to treatment. By the time the 
judges see them they will have fully recovered their quality, 
while the added smoothness is all in their favour. 
No attempt has yet been made to divide the great family of 
Fancies into classes, but some regulation of the kind will soon 
have to be adopted. At present it is bewildering to have no 
arrangement other than alphabetical order, and the sooner 
seifs, narrow-edged, broad-margined, laced or picotee-edged, and 
bizaires are grouped, the better for all concerned. 
In compiling the following list I have been guided only by 
beauty and distinctiveness, and only hope that when the shows 
again come round I may be able to stage good representative 
blooms of the varieties named. 
Capt. Houstoun, mulberry blotches, upper petals crimson 
shaded with violet, golden margins, fine eye; large and very 
showy. Charlie Stansell, large dark blotches, edged pure white, 
upper petals rosy purple, laced white; large and extra fine. 
James Gardiner, deep rosy crimson; extra fine form. Mrs. 
Jamison, beautiful deep golden yellow self, with large solid 
black blotches. Evelyn Bruce, dense mulberry blotches, good 
eye, centre of upper petals yellow, with broad crimson margins; 
of finest form. Bob Montgomery, large solid black blotches 
edged wfith yellow, upper petals rosy purple, edged white. Mrs. 
W. M. Welsh, large violet blotch, edged carmine, upper petals 
yellow; smooth and very distinct. Mrs. M. H. Miller, large 
mulberry blotches, margins and upper petals carmine, narrow 
gold edge round all the petals; smooth and beautiful. Mrs. 
It. K. Mitchell, maroon blotches, edged white; a remarkably 
smooth and beautiful flower. Earl Beaconsfield, yellow self, 
dense dark blotches, and very smooth. Robert Conglaton, 
dark indigo blotches, edged white, upper petals deep purplish 
crimson; large and extra fine. Happy Thought, neat eye, claret 
self, violet purple blotches; large and fine. David Malcolm, 
lemon, rich solid maroon blotches, distinct pink edge round all 
the petals; very large and smooth. Perfection, mulberry 
blotches edged yellow, upper petals violet purple flaked with 
yellow; very smooth. Mrs. General Grant, deep golden yellow; 
very smooth, and fine form. Agnes Mitchell, large dark blotches, 
edged pure white, upper petals white banded with clear purple. 
R. S. Milne, chocolate blotches, edged clear yellow, upper petals 
yellow, banded with narrow crimson and edged yellow. Jubilee, 
violet blotches, upper petals mulberry; large and fine. G. O. 
Trevelyan, claret self, violet blotches, Picotee edge of white all 
round. Conquest, crimson self, very dark blotches, broadish 
Picotee edge of white; very distinct. 
Nellie Black, very dark purple blotches, margined yellow. 
Lady Falmouth, lemon, yellow, and bronze. Catherine Agnes, 
purple blotches, edged white; a gem. Mrs. Taylor, belted with 
yellow. Dreadnought, large crimson self, with immense dark 
purple blotches. Mrs. Barrie, golden yellow self, black blotch; 
one of the very best, Mrs. Hugh Hunter, beautiful cream self, 
with very large solid blue blotches; of perfect form. Mrs. 
Forrester, deep bronzy crimson, edged with yellow and red. 
Mrs. Geo. Wood, claret, dense black blotches, all the petals 
surrounded with neat yellow wire edge; large and very fine. 
Mrs. J. Thomson, fine eye, upper petals flaked violet, Picotee 
edges; very pretty and distinct. James Grieve, one of the best 
claret seifs, with beautiful purple blotches. J. H. Stratton, 
orange buff, shaded with red. May Tale, yellow, shaded with 
red; a large bold flower. Telephone, maroon blotches, fine eye, 
velvety crimson margin. Walter Houldsworth, upper petals and 
margins yellow, flamed crimson ; very attractive. Mrs. Russell, 
dense dark blotches, edged with white and veined with pink. 
Wm. Robinson, black velvet blotches, edged crimson, lemon 
margin round all the petals. William Cranston, rosy lilac, 
mauve blotches, edged white. Countess of Holme, yellow and 
bronze. Geo. Wyness, maroon blotches, edged with a ring of 
bright crimson with an outer ring of gold round all the petals. 
John Emslie, chocolate blotches, edged yellow, upper petals 
banded with violet purple. Tom McComb, rich dark crimson, 
with dense violet blotches. T. C. Fulton, dark blotches, edged 
with bright crimson. 
It would be easy to add many beautiful varieties to the above 
forty, but no greater mistake can be made than to grow too 
many kinds. I have had upwards of 400 at one time, but I 
have found more pleasure and success from growing largely of 
about half the number. “ Find out good sorts that will thrive 
and stick to them till they are distinctly improved upon,” was 
the advice given to me by an old florist, and I am bound to say, 
after running after the new ones as they came out, that the 
advice was sound. Pansies are like Roses, they like certain soils 
and situations, and to grow them elsewhere is labour thrown 
away. Some good varieties I have never been able to grow 
well, while others do better with me than where they were 
raised.— M. H. Miller, Leelc. 
THE LINCOLN NURSERIES. 
Not great in the same sense as such establishments as Messrs. Veitch 
of Chelsea, Smith of Worcester, the Dicksons of Chester, Fisher & Sibray 
of Handsworth, Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, the Pauls, Cranston, Backhouse, 
and some others are, yet the Lincoln Nurseries are of a respectable size 
—approaching altogether 80 acres, and, what is more, appear to hs 
growing healthily. The home nursery in the ancient city appears to 
have been entirely remodelled and greatly enlarged during the past few 
years, while the proprietor has erected a handsome and commodious 
residence and formed a pleasant approach. Thus all around bespeaks 
prosperity. New seed warehouses, large, well arranged, and substantial, 
have also been erected to meet the demands of this important branch of 
the business, and Potato stores formed, for the trade connections of the 
firm of Pennell & Son extend far beyond the bounds of horticulture, 
agriculture receiving a large share of attention, as might be expected in 
a district so noted for its high farming and for the excellent custom of 
tenure which practically renders such disturbing influences as agricultural 
holdings bills works of supererogation. A nurseryman and seedsman 
who can live and flourish amid a constituency so critical and discrimi- . 
nating must have something in him, and there is ; indeed there are few 
representatives of commercial horticulture who combine greater business 
capacity with a more thorough and practical knowledge of the various 
branches of their calling than does Mr. Charles Pennell of Lincoln. 
No attempt wdll be made to enumerate the contents of this nursery, 
as the result would simply end in a catalogue of almost any other 
provincial nursery, doing as provincial nurseries must do, a mixed 
business. They must possess a little of everything to meet local demands, 
and there certainly seems something of most things in the houses and 
frames in the nursery under notice. The roof of one large structure is 
covered with Roses, and in season there must be a splendid display of 
blooms. The roofs of other houses are utilised by Vines in pots, pro¬ 
ducing excellent canes both from eyes inserted this season and cutbacks 
from last year. The houses in which those Vines are grown are pattern 
erections either for nurseries or private gardens, being strong, light, 
durable, and economical. They are sunken span-roofs with very low 
sides, the glass being affixed to horizontal bars and covers all the wood-, 
work, thus dispensing with external painting. Where the sides of the 
squares join each other narrow strips of glass, an inch wide or so, overlap- 
the edges of both squares, thus excluding all the rain that falls, while- 
admitting all the light; and it is not easy to conceive what more can b& 
expected in any glazed roof. 
Outside the houses, of which there are a considerable number. 
Chrysanthemums are prominent. The Chrysanthemum fever has only 
lately spread to Lincoln, a society having been formed to encpurage the 
cultivation of this flower, and the first show will be held in the ensuing 
autumn. Evidently there is a great and good assortment of varieties in- 
this nursery, but the plants were not taken in hand soon enough either 
for forming grand specimens of noble blooms of the character of those- 
seen at the leading shows ; but with generous culture, no more topping, 
and careful disbudding they will make a good display arranged in 
groups ; and it is hoped the first Lincoln Chrysanthemum Show will 
make a good beginning, and, like the Lincoln Nursery, go on improving. 
A good assortment of hardy plants are grown, one of the most effective 
being the free and vigorous border Carnation Lord Beaconsfield. 
Fruit trees, forest and ornamental trees, shrubs, Conifers, and Roses 
are grown at a distance of some two miles from the city, about 65 acres 
of good land being devoted to them and to seed-growing, and the position- 
being exposed the trees assume a sturdy habit of growth. In the in¬ 
crease of fruit trees the wise plan is adopted of giving prominence ter 
those varieties that long experience has proved thrive best in the locality 
and the counties surrounding, and sorts that flourish in Lincolnshire, 
Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Leicestershire will succeed almost any¬ 
where. Roses are very extensively grown, all the best varieties being 
included, and their blooms figure prominently at local exhibitions. 
But though everything is flourishing now, Mr. Pennell has had diffi¬ 
culties to combat. He has been the victim of noxious gases from brick 
kilns, which swept across his nursery like a plague, leaving destruction 
in their track. Yet, if a victim, he proved a conqueror, and gained an 
injunction against the transgressors, one of the first in a case of this 
kind, and thus conferred a benefit on the trade. Because of his expe¬ 
rience in these matters he was summoned as a witness for Mr. Foster, who 
won a case of the same nature last year for injuries done in his nursery 
at Stroud ; and a formidable witness Mr. Pennell must always be in 
similar cases, in which, however, he has no desire to figure, being better 
employed in the conduct of his business at home ; but with precedent on 
precedent against them, kiln-owners will be more careful in future in 
injuring other men’s property and taking their chance of escaping the 
consequences in actions that may be brought against them. 
Horticulturists passing through the old city, the Lindum of the 
Romans, who have a few hours to spare will find a genial host in Mr. 
Pennell, who is a worthy member of the craft and one of the most com¬ 
petent and respectable of English nurserymen. If during the same visit 
they would like to see one of the most interesting of fruit gardens in the 
country they will find it at Bracebridge (Rev. C. C. Ellison’s) ; and if 
they want to see one of the best town gardens in England they may call 
at East Cliffe House, the residence of N, Clayton, Esq., whose gardener. 
