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the groups ; but Mr. Sanderson considered them quite distinct, and pro¬ 
nounced the sport Bendigo to be a thoroughly good variety. The Judges 
also awarded it a certificate. Owing to the above doubt as to its proper 
parentage there was no mention whatever made of its origin in the 
advertisements.—J. Ridout, Reigate. 
The Fruit Manual. —As will be seen by advertisement in another 
column the fifth edition of this work is now ready for distribution, 
- German J ustice. —We are informed that Messrs. H. Cannell 
arid Son, Swanley, showed a collection of Dahlias (similar to their 
exhibit at South Kensington on the 9th ult.) at Frankfurt, and that the 
Germans refused to allow the cards being placed upon them, because 
they attracted more attention than all the other exhibits. However, after a 
while they gave the exhibitors a certificate of highest honour and medal. 
-Apples—American Mother and Gravenstein.—M r. Young 
writes “ I can fully endorse the statement of ‘ J. A. W., Alderminster,' 
that the American Mother Apple is one of the mo-t delicious dessert Apples 
known. It may not succeed in all districts in the open, but a few 
cordons trained against a wall could be grown in most gardens. Graven¬ 
stein is another delicious Apple, but it is much larger than the ‘ Mother ’ 
and angular in shape, but no early dessert Apple can surpass it for 
Savour.” 
- Gardening Appointments. —The following gardening appoint¬ 
ments have been made through Messrs. John Laing & Co., Forest Hill, 
London :—Mr. Philip Wells as head gardener to Geo. Lee, Esq., J. P., 
Bapchild Court, Sittingbourne, Kent, and Mr. Campbell (lately at Hart- 
field Grange, Kent), as head gardener to G. de Quehewittle, Esq., Noir- 
mount Manor, Jersey. We are also informed that Mr. Nicholas Slattery 
(late head gardener to Sir Riehard J. Musgrave) has been appointed steward 
and gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Emly-Tervoe, Clarina, Limerick, 
in place of Mr. Timothy O’Rourke, resigned. 
- Warner’s King Apple, —Mr. John Carter, Keighley, writes 
to us—“ I forward a few Warner’s King Apple, sent me by Mr. Taylor 
of Dersingham in Norfolk. They are from trees I sent Mr. Taylor five 
years ago, and the same strain that we have propagated upwards of sixty 
years. For this locality and for kitchen use from January to May there 
is no Apple at all equal to Warner’s King.” [The Apples are very fine 
indeed, the six fruits weighing 90 ozs., an average of 15 ozs. each. The 
heaviest fruit weighed 18 ozs.] 
- Lincoln Chrysanthemum Society.—W e are informed that 
the Exhibition of the above Society will be held on Tuesday and Wednes¬ 
day, November 18th and 19th. Dr. G. M. Lowe, Castle Hill, is the 
Honorary Secretary. 
- The “ Dictionary of Gardening” (170 Strand).—Part 12 of 
this work contains descriptions and figures of plants from Celosia to 
Cherry, the majority of the illustrations being faithful representations of 
the plants, and the nomenclature is now very accurate. An improvement 
has also been adopted—namely, giving references to works containing 
figures of the plants described. 
- Pedigree Roses.—M r. H. Bennett is now sending out the 
following new Roses, all of which have gained honours at the principal 
London shows:—Mary Bennett.—“A Hybrid Perpetual without the 
slightest stain of Tea, of a dwarf, bushy, vigorous habit; foliage very 
large, rich, and handsome ; flowers large and of beautiful form, opening 
well; petals very thick, round, and smooth on the edges ; colour the same 
all through—of a most brilliant rosy cerise; thoroughly perpetual. A 
seedling from Baroness Rothschild.” Certificated at Crystal Palace 
Show, Royal Botanical Society, and at Manchester. Mrs. George 
Dickson.—“Hybrid Perpetual; a very strong grower; an early, con¬ 
tinuous, and late bloomer ; has always been mildew-proof both here and 
at Stapleford ; flowers large, not too full, opening very freely ; bright 
satiny pink, a new colour.” Certificated by Royal Horticultural Society, 
Grace Darling. —“ Tea; a yery vigorous grower, flowering very freely 
from every shoot; blooms very large, very full, opening well indoors and 
out; colour quite new, base of petals creamy white, deeply tinted and 
shaded with pinkish peach ; thoroughly distinct ; very early when 
forced,” Certificated by Royal Horticultural Society. These were 
shown last year, and attracted the favourable notice of many rosarians, 
the good opinions then formed having been confirmed by the examples 
shown this season. 
- Stewed Lettuce. —Mr. Luckhurst writes in reply to a cor¬ 
respondent—“ The Lettuces are carefully washed and reduced in size 
sufficiently for each Lettuce, or portion of a Lettuce, to be just large 
enough when cooked to be taken upon a tablespoon. To effect this some 
of the outer leaves are stripped from a small Lettuce, or a large one is 
quartered and the quarters reduced considerably. They are then tied in 
small bundles and cooked in water in the same way as a Cabbage. 
When done strain and press gently to extract the water, and then let 
them simmer gently for ten minutes in clear gravy in a stewpan. They 
are then untied, arranged tastefully in layers in a vegetable dish, and 
served with some of the gravy around them. The Lettuce should come 
to table a bright green colour, and with the clear gravy around them form 
an attractive and novel dish, alike pleasing to the eye and delicious to 
the palate.” 
- Messrs. Cassell’s Publications. —The monthly packet of 
these contains part 50 of “ Paxton’s Flower Garden,” which gives a fine 
plate of Nymphma devoniensis, an extremely handsome hybrid between 
N. rubra and N. Lotus, or, as some have supposed, N. dentata. A figure 
is also given of Solenidium racemosum, a little-known Orchid, separated 
from Oncidium by a few characters. The flowers are yellow barred with 
reddish brown, and the plant is a native of New Granada, at an altitude 
of 8500 feet. Woodcuts are also given of Thyrsacanthus rutilans, Mas- 
devallia Wageneriana, Lonicera fragrantissima. Acacia marginata, Gastro- 
lobium velutinum, and Pentaptera sicula. Part 6 of “ Cassell’s Popular 
Gardening ” has a continuation of chapters on Rose Culture, Florists 
Flowers, Flower Garden and Kitchen Garden, together with articles on 
the Suburban Garden, the Vine, and the Cucumber, each subject being 
fully considered. Part 91 of “ Familiar Wild Flowers ” contains plates 
and description of the Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), and the Field 
Scorpion Grass (Myosotis arvensis). Part 68 of “Familiar Garden 
Flowers” giving figures of Primula verticillata and Helianthemum 
vulgare. 
ROSE BELLE LYONNAISE. 
Your pleasant and instructive notes on the past Rose season tempt 
me to say a few words on behalf of a faithful old friend who, I am sorry to 
find, is not named in your several correspondents’ lists. A true and trusted 
friend has Belle Lyonnaise been to me from early spring to now in, I 
may say, the autumn. Never has “ cut and come again ” been more 
fully exemplified. My only regret is that I never counted the blooms it 
has given me from first to last—no, not last, for now there are almost 
countless buds, and I daily pick from ten to twelve blooms, and such 
blooms as would not disgrace a show box anywhere. It is against a 9-foot 
north wall in a sheltered garden. It grows apace in spite of the good 
strength expended on blossom. Beside it on the wall is Madame Lambard, 
also doing well and blooming well, but she cannot vie with good old 
Belle Lyonnaise. 
As with “A. F. M. ” so with me (“A. L. M.”) has A. K. Williams 
proved false. The same story may be told of Marie Baumann. La France 
has done well in its second blow. Doubtless the exceptionally dry season 
may plead excuses for many Rose failures, but many H P.’s and Teas 
have done well this year in this comparatively moist and good Rose soil. 
I must not forget another good Tea—Reve d’Or—a grand and free bloomer 
here.—A. L. M. 
HOT WEATHER AND FRUIT TREES. 
Settling his difference to his own satisfaction with “ A Thinker,” and 
admitting having attributed to him opinions which he does not fully 
entertain, “ An Old Gardener ” states tie is “ not prepared to admit the 
same in regard to Mr. Abbey.” Is this the answer to my statement at 
page 261—viz., that the scarcity of fruit of the past few years has been 
more the result of immature wood in autumn than of frost in spring ? 
And, although “An Old Gardener’s” attention was directed to the first 
paragraph of the article at page 191, where it is stated “ the frosts of April 
made quick destructive work of the blossom and embryo fruit of hardy 
trees,” and to the concluding one—viz., “if the elements are favourable 
we shall have abundant crops another season,” they are passed over in 
silence. As no reply has been vouchsafed I am reluctantly obliged to 
repeat my statement at page 261—viz., “ Your correspondent begins and 
ends by ignoring facts, and I must add attributes to me “ deductions’’ at 
page 234, which he tells us at page 289 he did “ not credit ” me with. 
Then he takes up what he terms the keynote of my article—viz., “ The 
trees may form fruit buds, give promise of abundant crops by profusion of 
