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are also some model trees of Bramley’s Seedling, planted by Mr. Jenka 
when the variety was first sent out, I believe. He was bold enough to 
plant a good many, and they have amply vindicated his judgment. It 
is admitted to be one of the best Apples grown in the neighbourhood. 
D. T. Fish and Warner’s King, often classed as synonymous, are distinct 
enough at Brambletye, and particularly so in the foliage. The former 
has small, light-coloured leaves, the latter much larger and darker ones. 
The difference between them in this respect is not so minute as to 
require a long study with a microscope to discover, but is clear and 
palpable enough at a glance. Early Rivers Plum was breaking down 
its branches with fruit, bearing, not wisely, but too well. Some people 
are fond of saying that this wonderful Plum has made a handsome slice 
in a goodly fortune for Mr. Rivers ; that I know nothing about, and it 
is a private matter into which it is not seemly to inquire. But of this 
I feel satisfied, whether it has filled his pockets or not, it has those of 
more than one market grower, though they are not too fond of 
admitting anything about the pocket-filling, only the emptying. 
One more hint picked up at Brambletye, and that is concerning the 
great usefulness in a season like the present of New Zealand Spinach. 
Sown in heat in April and planted out on mounds in a frame, minus 
lights at the time of my visit, it had been picked from all the summer, 
and would assuredly give dishes until the frost came, a period of some¬ 
thing like six months let us say. It grows luxuriously and continuously, 
and though I am not going to say it would be as acceptable in the 
dining room as tender and delicate Peas, it is not despised in a season 
when Peas and Beans are excessively scarce. 
Prom what I saw at Brambletye it is a place well done and worth 
visiting. I congratulate Mr. Glen on his good work, and wander 
through a rock-lined path, and across the fields to Plaw Hatch, the 
residence of Mrs. Arbuthnot, and the gardens of which are in charge of 
Mr. Draper. That wise and witty gardener has much to talk about and 
much to show you. What a conversationalist he is to be sure 1 And 
what a garden he has under his charge! Surely there never was such a 
mixture. 1 am overwhelmed by it. Descriptive powers of an ordinary 
type are of no avail in dealing with Plaw Hatch. Mr. Draper is too 
much for me.—W. P. W. 
BLACK HAMBUEGH GRAPES OUTDOORS. 
I SEND you a box containing one bunch of Black Hamburgh Grapes 
grown and ripened entirely out of doors without any artificial aid on the 
south wall of my house. The season is, of course, exceptional, but I 
have ripened them thoroughly the three past seasons, though always 
later in the year. 
The wall, as is the case in many houses in these south-western 
counties, is slated to keep out the driving winds, and this no doubt helps 
in the result, and there is a kitchen chimney inside ; but there must be 
hundreds of houses equally favourably situated (for this is very much 
exposed to winds and gets no shelter) which might well produce similar 
results. I have about fifty bunches larger and smaller this year, the 
Vine having been planted four years ago. There was a fine bloom 
on the Grapes when packed, but I fear they will suffer in transit.— 
J. R. Ddmmelow, Membury Parsonage, Chard. 
[The bunch of Grapes was of medium size, the berries being fine and 
well coloured.] 
SUMMER LETTUCES. 
The difficulty of maintaining a supply of Lettuces this summer has 
been a common cause of complaint. Those having a poor soil to deal 
with have no doubt experienced a Lettuce famine to a certain extent. 
Daniel’s Continuity, a variety spoken favourably of by your corre¬ 
spondent “ W. K. W.” recently, has been very useful here on account 
of its long standing before running to seed. Its colour, too, causes it 
to be looked upon by those unacquainted with it as somewhat of a 
novelty, making an agreeable change with the lighter green of Cos 
and Cabbage varieties. Hammersmith, one of the most reliable for 
winter work, “ bolted ” every plant under the tropical sun we have lately 
experienced, though sown and planted alongside Veitch’s Perfect Gem and 
other popular sorts. Sutton’s Intermediate is a good Lettuce. As its name 
implies, it is intermediate in appearance and character between the 
Cabbage and Cos varieties. It has the dark leaves of the Bath Cos, with 
the dwarf growth and compact head of the Cabbage. Those who object 
to the soft leaf of the latter section would find in this an intermediate 
crispness between the two, and for this reason I am inclined to the belief 
that it will become popular. It has been the favourite of all the sorts 
grown in these gardens this summer. The Celery ridge usually furnish the 
finest Lettuce of the season, but it has not done so in our case this 
year; the best we have had was from firm undug ground on which 
Strawberries were planted late last autumn in one instance, and 
another in which a crop of Broccoli was grown last year, and the 
ground left undug for planting the same crop again this summer. 
The Lettuce seeds were sown in the intermediary spaces in the spring, 
and the Broccoli plants put out in their places when they were ready before 
the Lettuces were cleared off. We were cutting some very fine heads 
from this firm ground when in many gardens they refused to grow at 
all, consequent on the severe drought. Veitch’s Perfect Gem has done 
splendidly, and is a valuable and distinct summer variety, and from 
what I saw of it last spring in a neighbour’s garden I should say it is a 
good winter sort too.—W. Steugnell, Rood Ashton Gardens, 
LILIUM HENRYI. 
Although this beautiful Lilium has been grown at the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, for the past three or four years, it has not yet found its 
way into many private establishments. Being now in commerce, how¬ 
ever, it will no doubt be quickly distributed, for the distinctiveness of 
the flower will render the species popular. It is a charming Lily, and is 
said to have been discovered in 1888 near Ichang in the Hupeh Province 
of Western China by Dr. A. Henry, a missionary in that locality. 
Mr. Ford, Hong Kong Botanical Gardens, sent bulbs of it to Kew, and 
these flowered in August, 1889. Bulbs have been planted out at Kew, 
and they are now flowering profusely, the spikes varying from 
4 to 6 feet or more in height, and carrying upwards of a dozen flowers 
each. 
As will be seen by the illustration (fig 28), which has been prepared 
from a bloom kindly supplied by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nursery, 
Tottenham, the flower resembles that of L. lancifolium in shape, but 
differs considerably in colour, being of a rich orange yellow shade 
marked with crimson. It is a vigorous growing species, and is now 
flowering freely in Mr. Ware’s nursery, where, we believe, it has proved 
quite hardy. By referring to the report of the Exhibition held under the 
auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society at the Agricultural Hall 
this week, it will be seen that a first-class certificate has been awarded 
for this grand Lilium. _ 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
GREAT SHOW AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL. 
August 29th, 30th, 31st, and Sept. 1st. 
The frequent references to the great Exhibition of the Royal 
Horticultural Society at Islington have proved the interest which the 
event has excited in the floral world. It has been approved and con¬ 
demned, voted too long, and fixed for the wrong place, and in other ways 
criticised, but withal it has taken hold of people’s attention. We do 
not know particulars of the arrangement which the two Societies have 
made in connection with the Show, but at least it must be admitted 
that the R.H.S. has done its share of the work well, for a great and 
varied Exhibition has been arranged which merits the support of the 
public. There was a magnificent display of fruit, perhaps the best which 
has been got together in London of recent years, and that in itself should 
prove a great attraction. The leading growers, both amateur and pro¬ 
fessional, have acquitted themselves nobly, and when such leading 
cultivators as Messrs. Bunyard, Cheal, Paul, Rivers, Veitch, Woodward, 
