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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 13, 1890, 
those gatherings of horticulturists he was once ever so pleased to be 
present at. We hoped against hope that he might one day be enab’ed 
to appear amongst us ; but now all is over, we shall never again see his 
genial and striking face or listen to his kind and pleasant words, and I, 
amongst many others, shall miss a true and genuine friend, fie has left 
behind him few to equal him and none to excel him in all those qualities 
which helped to make a good man and a sincere Christian. — D , Beal. 
The Fruiterers’ Company.—A t the last court of this Company 
Mr. John Eagleton was unanimously elected Clerk in place of his 
father, who resigned after worthily occupying the position for thirty 
years. Mr. John Eagleton worked with great zeal in connection with 
the Guildhall fruit show, and contributed not a little by his good judg¬ 
ment and activity to the success that was achieved. 
-Chiswick Gardeners’Association.—W e are pleased to learn 
that as a result of the recent concert held under the auspices of this 
useful body, four life members will be added in due course to the 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. The profits, after paying all expenses, amount¬ 
ing to about £20. 
- At the next annual meeting, on the 15th of January next, of 
the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution, there is no doubt 
that Mr. E. R. Cutler will be re-elected Secretary of the Institution for 
the fiftieth lime. This has been considered a fitting opportunity for 
presenting him with some acknowledgement of his long and efficient 
services, and of the esteem in which he is held by all who have the 
welfare of the Institution at heart. Mr. Harry J. Yeitch of the Royal 
Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, has undertaken the office of Secretary, and 
Mr. N. N. Sherwood, of Messrs. Hurst & Son of Houndsditch, that of 
Treasurer, and either of these gentlemen will be happy to receive sub¬ 
scriptions. 
- Mr. F. W. Burbidge, Trinity College Botanic Gardens, 
Dublin, sends us specimens of the hybrid Calceo’aria Burbidgei, from 
C. Ravoni crossed with C. fuchsiaefolia, also the curious parasitic 
Cuscuta reflexa. This, Mr. Burbidge says, is “nowgrowing and flower¬ 
ing against a wall out of doors, on Jasminum revolutum as a host-plant ; 
5° of frost is fatal to it. The Calceolaria is planted out in a greenhouse 
up a pillar, and is 10 feet high, and has been in bloom since August, and 
will flower till June next.” [The Calceolaria is an extremely attractive 
and floriferous plant, with pale yellow flo vers, but unfortunately the 
specimens were much damaged in transit. At Dublin last August it was 
one of the most showy plants flowering under glass.] 
- Messrs. J. R. Pearson & Sons, Chilwell.—I n consequence 
of the great extension of their bulb and seed business in Nottingham, 
these well-known nurserymen and seedsmen are compelled to relinquish 
the premises in Exchange Row which they have occupied for more than 
half a century, and their town address henceforth will be Chapel Bars, 
Nottingham. 
- As an evidence of the comparative Mildness of the Sea 
Coast, even so far north as here. Dahlias were not destroyed by frost 
until the night of October 26th, while a short distance inland they were 
quite blackened about a fortnight previously. The weather is again 
mild, and Gladioli are still in flower.—S. Arnott, Kirkcudbrightshire. 
- Gardening Appointment. — Mr. John Smith has been 
appointed head gardener to Bernard Beer, Esq., Elmwood, Bicklev, 
Kent. 
- The Dittons Horticultural and Industrial Society. 
—The annual meeting took place recently, W. Whiteley, Esq., in the 
chair, when Mr. W. Palmer, gardener to W. F. Hume Dick, Esq., 
Thames Ditton House, was re-elected Secretary, and Mr. A. W. Cousins 
Treasurer. Interest attached to the meeting from the fact that the 
members made a presentation to Mr. Palmer of a handsome marble 
timepiece, which bore the following inscription: — “Presented to Mr 
W. Talmer, in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the Dittons 
Horticultural and Industrial Society.” 
- Anthracite Coal.—I notice you have drawn attention to the 
Hendreforgan Co.’s anthracite coal, and I should esteem it a favour if 
you would kindly do a similar kindness for my coal in your next week’s 
issue.—J. T. Pascoe, Swansea. [Certainly ; we try to be equally fair 
to all advertisers, and the testimony of good gardeners, including Mr. 
A. F. Barron, Chiswick, show that the coal in question has given them 
great satisfaction.] 
- Strawberries in October. —In regard to my note on the 
above, I regret to say that what I expected duly came to pass. On 
the night of October 27th we had the severe frost, and next morning 
in inspecting my Strawberry quarters I found all the fruit frosted, 
and now there is quite a bushel of green fruit—I ought rather to say 
black now—all spoilt, and which but for that frost being so severe 
would for the most part have been ripe, or nearly so, the first week in 
November. Three fruits escaped, so I shall, after all, indulge in 
“ Strawberries in November.’’—H. S. Easty. 
- October Strawberries.— Your correspondent Mr. H. S. 
Easty, page 379, calls attention to the above, and which no doubt have 
been as plentiful as the proverbial Blackberries ; but still these things 
are well worth recording for those who come after, and as an evidence 
of the beautiful autumn weather we have recently passed through, my 
experience is a confirmation of that related by Mr. Easty. The variety 
that was truly floriferous was Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury. Of Gari¬ 
baldi we have one piece facing south-east containing ninety plants-, 
2 feet apart. Seventy of those plants showed a good second crop of fruit, 
so much so that on October 13th I netted them for the second time, and 
from them I picked three nice little dishes of fruit, but the frosts of 
October 27th and 2Sth, 8° on the la'ter date, spoilt the remainder of a 
good fair crop of all sizes. La Grosse Sucree showed a few flowers, but 
Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury was the only variety that produced autumn 
flowers and fruits in abundance. But I do not apprehend abad summer 
crop in consequence of the present autumnal one when the time comes 
round. All being well, I will take notice and record the same — 
R. Maher, Yattenden Court. 
- The Weather Last Month. —October was remarkable for 
the bright dry weather up to the 15th, with only one exception, the 7th. 
We had fourteen bright sunny days during the month, eight of which 
were clear. The first snow of the season fell on the 26th. Wind was 
in awesterly direction twenty-nine days. Total rainfall was 1'24 inch,which 
fell on ten days ; the greatest daily fall was 0'20 inch on the 16th. Fog on 
two days amounted to 0‘01 each day. Highest shade temperature was 69° 
on 4tli and 14th ; lowest, 22° on the 28th ; lowest on grass, 17° on the 
28th. Barometer was very variable, especially at the end of the month ; 
highest was 30 53 at noon on the 22nd ; lowest, 29'38 at 9 am. on 26tb. 
The garden spring ran 15 gallons per minute on the 31st. Mean tem¬ 
perature of the month was 49 87°. — W. H. Divers, Ketton Hall Gardc?i3, 
Stamford. 
- The weather during October has been all one could 
desire—beautiful days with an abundance of sunshine. Rain fell, 
as one might say, as it was required for all purposes. The nights 
for the most part being very genial and mild many of our summer¬ 
flowering plants remaining in bloom up to the end of the month, 
when a very sharp night or two ended summer. On the 31st one 
might have expected winter had begun, as a sharp snowstorm came 
unexpectedly upon us. The weather since has again become mild. 
The October of 1890 resembles in many respects the October of 1886, 
for during the autumn of 1886 I had not had sufficient frost by No¬ 
vember 17th to kill either Dahlias or French Beans. Amount of rain¬ 
fall for the past month as follows :—Number of days upon which rain 
fell are ten, against nineteen of 1889 ; maximum in any twenty-four 
hours being 0 67 on the 7th ; minimum in any twenty-four hours being 
0 04 on the 24th ; total for the month being F87, against 3'66 of 1889. 
—E. Wallis, The Gardens , Hamels Park, Bunting ford. 
- Bullfinches.— It may be as well to remind readers that these 
birds may be easily caught during the months of November and Decem¬ 
ber, instead of allowing them to clear off every bud in some cases which 
have come under my notice, in January and February. They could be 
disposed of through the advertising columns of Poultry , and would 
pay better than shooting, besides damaging trees. Thirty-four have so 
far placed themselves under my care this autumn in my orchard and 
