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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 16, 1882, 
alongside is filled with Zonal Pelargoniums in various shades from 
white and pink to deep crimson, and the effect at this season is 
rich and glowing ; but for chaste effectiveness I greatly prefer the 
mass of pure white and soft yellow. We all admire the meadows 
in early summer besprinkled with Buttercups and Daisies, but do 
not always follow Nature in these matters. The truth is, we like 
to get together so many kinds of particular flowers that we often 
secure mere prettiness in effect when we might either have some¬ 
thing strong in simple colouring, as in the case of our Chrysan¬ 
themums, striking in simplicity. It really cannot be too often 
insisted on that rigorous selection not only gives the gardener the 
best returns for his labour, but lightens his work to a very con¬ 
siderable extent. Amateurs especially have a strong desire to 
get everything into their gardens they can lay hands on, nor can 
it be denied that many gardeners have the same desire to multiply 
their floral dependants. It may be safely set down as a truism 
that he who grows the fewest kinds of flowers, and these few 
again well selected as to variety, will be always better prepared 
to meet sudden or continued demands than he who in trying to 
grow everything, has only a little of anything, and that little is 
quickly used.” 
-- Amongst novelties in vegetables now being dis¬ 
tributed by Mr. Laxton we find, amongst others in the list, two 
new l'eas—Evolution, described as “thelargest and finest-podded 
Pea yet issued,” and William Hurst, a prolific blue wrinkled 
variety ripening with Sangster’s No. 1 ; also a new Runner Bean 
—The Czar, which is stated as producing pods 14 inches long by 
inch wide ; a new Longpod Bean, John Harrison, the result 
of a cross between the Mazagan and Aquadulce, the finest type of 
the Seville Bean ; the Early Purple Argenteuil Asparagus, and 
The Schoolmaster Apple, a variety of great promise that has been 
certificated by the Royal Horticultural Society. 
- Gardening Appointment.— Mr. John Miller, recently 
of Clumber, has been appointed head gardener to R. G. Har¬ 
greaves, Esq., Cuffnells, Lyndhurst, Hants. 
- A Grantham correspondent sends us flowers of Chrys¬ 
anthemum segetum, and observes : — “ This beautiful little 
yellow flower grows in a field about three miles from Grantham. 
I consider it very pretty. I have had some in water for three 
weeks, and they now look as fresh as when I first gathered them.” 
The Corn Marigold, as this species of Chrysanthemum is popularly 
named, is one of the most attractive of our native plants, and in 
some gardens it is cultivated for the sake of its rich golden 
flowers. A double form is also included in some gardens. 
- M. Linden, the Director of the Compagnie Conti- 
NENTAle d’Horticulture, informs us that they intend opening 
in their grounds, on the occasion of the great Horticultural Exhi¬ 
bition to be held in Ghent next April, a special exhibition of their 
products. When the new conservatory and greenhouses, which 
are in course of construction, are finished, the nursery will con¬ 
tain upwards of 100,000 square feet of glass, not counting the 
frame surface, heated by over 8 kilometres (five miles) of piping. 
A new and principal entrance by the Boulevard de la Coupure 
will put the establishment in almost immediate communication 
with the casino, where the International Show will be held. 
- The melancholy tidings of the sudden death of Mr. F. 
Faulkner, gardener toF. R.Leyland, Esq., Woolton Hall, Liver¬ 
pool, which occurred on the evening of the 7th instant, caused 
quite a sensation amongst Chrysanthemum growers in the metro¬ 
politan district. Mr. Faulkner was one of the three winners of 
the twenty-five-guinea challenge cup, offered by the Vice-Presi¬ 
dents of the Kingston Chrysanthemum Society, the contest for the 
final possession of which has been fixed for this day (Thursday), 
the other competitors being Mr. Tunnington of Liverpool and Mr. 
Harding of Putney. Mr. Faulkner was a good gardener and 
successful exhibitor of plants, flowers, and fruit at some of the 
leading shows in the kingdom, and a career of great promise has 
thus terminated in a painfully unexpected manner. He was, we 
believe, a native of Tooting or the neighbourhood, where he was 
well known and highly respected. He had every appearance of 
being a very strong and healthy man about forty years of age, 
and on that account his death has caused the greater surprise 
amongst his numerous friends. We regret exceedingly to learn 
that he has left a family of seven children, all under fourteen 
years of age. Great sympathy is expressed with the widow in 
her bereavement, and we doubt not this will be shown in a sub¬ 
stantial manner by the friends and acquaintances of the deceased, 
for there must be many who would be glad to aid, if aid is needed, 
in such a melancholy case as this. We believe Mr. Leyland will 
place his blooms, grown by Mr. Faulkner, in competition at 
Kingston. 
- The following paragraph on railway gardening, 
which we have seen before, has been sent to us for our opinion 
thereon :—“ H our railway companies would employ a forester 
and a gardener or two, they might utilise their thousands 
of acres of waste land for crops, grass, fruit trees, and so on, 
with profit. In many parts of Belgium the land has been 
planted with fruit trees and other things several years, and in 
Wurtemburg, for about twelve years past, a forester has had 
charge of the lands. He pays particular attention to planting 
the slopes of excavations and embankments to prevent washing 
and slipping, grows quick fences, and, where practicable, fruit 
and timber trees. The gardens at the stations are largely devoted 
to fruit, and so made useful and ornamental at once. A profit 
of about 14*. an acre has, it is said, been made for the past five 
years on the ground so utilised. Why should it not be done in 
England ? ” We add : because more than half the land on the 
embankments is worthless—barren rocks or inert subsoil—all 
the best material having been removed in excavation ; besides, a 
much greater inducement than “ 14*. an acre ” must be offered 
before such work will be attempted on any large scale in this 
country. There is plenty to do in reclaiming waste land and 
increasing the productiveness of thousands of acres already re¬ 
claimed without at present engaging in enterprises of the nature 
suggested. 
- The American Cultivator states that Erastus Corning of 
New York owns a $130,000 collection of Orchids, and Jay Gould 
has a collection worth $60,000, in English money about £26,000 
and £12,000 respectively. 
- “ Vick’s Illustrated Magazine ” recently described a 
New American Strawberry named James Vick in the following 
terms :—“ The points of merit claimed for the James Vick are 
briefly these : 1, Fine quality, unusual vigour, and hermaphrodite 
or perfect blossoms. 2, Colour, form, and firmness of berry, which 
approach the ideal. No white tips, no coxcombs. 3, Ability to 
stand on the vines a week after ripening without becoming soft 
or rotting, or losing quality or much lustre. Instead of soften¬ 
ing it shrinks a trifle, and becomes firmer than when first ripe. 
4, Uniformly large size, and productiveness unequalled by any 
other variety. One hundred and eighty berries were counted on 
one average plant, and from one row about 100 feet long nearly 
two bushels of berries were gathered. How well this variety will 
sustain the claims made for it is yet to be proved, and possibly 
it might have been better to have given it another season’s trial 
before making it known, but we respect the judgment of those 
having it in charge, and trust it may prove to be the acquisition 
that it now promises.” Unfortunately American Strawberries 
have not been found to succeed in England. 
-As affording a striking contrast between the insect pests 
