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that not by any means clever master, and his equally foolish men. 
I think the dish of Leathercoats might have been appropriately 
represented on a dish of the period. The lower picture “Nonpareils, 
an it please you.” These are among the very best illustrations in 
this part, for they seem as if they would roll off the paper into 
your lap. Plate 22, three Pears—Beurre Superfin, Triomphe de 
Jodoigne, and BeunA Duhaume. In Plate 23 we return to cook¬ 
ing Apples—Golden Noble, Dr. Harvey, and that best of sorts for 
an espalier particularly, Warner’s King. The 24th and last 
plate gives us three capital Pears—General Todtleben, Soldat 
Laboureur, which by the way is one of the few late Pears which 
always does well as a pyramid ; and lastly Beurre Bachelier. 
One lingers over this work from its truthfulness 
and beauty. One writer says of “ portrait painting ” 
“ that it should be truth lovingly told ; ” so of the 
fruits here pictured. They are not gaudy fancies, and 
not bare reproductions ; but they are Pears and Apples 
pictured truly yet favourably—just what they should 
be. Dr. Hogg’s descriptions are, as always, very ac¬ 
curate, and the number of synonyms a great help to 
the learner.— Wiltshire Bector. 
Jasmine, a spray of which is represented on fig. 104. As a 
stove plant this will prove an introduction of sterling worth. It 
is not necessary to train the growths to a trellis, but by judi¬ 
ciously stopping them during growth, and a little tying, free bushy 
specimens may be obtained, or stands with semi-loose informal 
heads covered with flowers. Some of the large terminal clusters 
have comprised as many as fifty flowers and buds with axillary 
flowering growths of considerable size. The flowers are pure 
white, of the form represented, and the largest are 1^ inch in 
diameter. For affording choice cut flowers this Jasmine will be 
of great value, as, unlike most others of the genus, they do not so 
soon fall when severed from the plant, but, on the contrary, they 
JASMINUM GRACILLIMUM. 
At the last meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society the plant that attracted the most general 
attention was the distinct, fragrant, and floriferous 
Fig. 104.—JASMINUM GRACILLIJIUil. 
can only be displaced by shaking them with considerable force. 
It is a graceful and attractive plant, and will in due time find its 
way into all gardens where choice stove plants are grown, and 
pure, chaste, and highly perfumed flowers are cherished. As was 
remarked on page 554, the honour of having introduced this 
acquisition to our plant stoves is due to Mr. F. W. Burbidge, 
who found it during his travels in Borneo. 
GARDEN REFUSE AND ITS USES. 
Your correspondent Mr. Iggulden, at page 503, has commented 
upon a most important subject, and yet one in many establish¬ 
ments greatly neglected, and it is much to be hoped his able 
remarks may remedy the evil in places where little excuse can 
be made. His arrangements for disposing of the refuse of the 
pleasure grounds are admirable and much to be recommended 
where practicable, but I have found much inconvenience and 
annoyance from the kitchen garden rubbish being employed, 
as it is with considerable difficulty that the vitality of the seeds 
are destroyed. I have very fresh recollection when living in the 
west of having used some garden refuse that had been heaped 
and thoroughly decomposed upon beds in the flower garden, in 
which a somewhat intricate geometrical plan was afterwards 
carried out. The result was that we were constantly employed 
in keeping down weeds which came up in dense numbers. 
Another instance occurred this season when taking the gardens 
