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the matter ? No one wishes to be unfair, and a few lines from either 
Mr. H. Turner or Mr. Milner would suffice.— Another Exhibitor. 
[We had pleasure in giving publicity to whatever might be calcu¬ 
lated to contribute to the success of the Earl’s Court Exhibition, and 
have now, therefore, the less hesitation, in common fairness to exhibitors, 
to allow them to draw public attention to the position they are in. The 
letter of our correspondent, it will be conceded, is a temperate one, and 
we agree with him that an explanation is due, and we trust may be 
forthcoming under the very unusual circumstances now existing.] 
A CALL AT CHILWELL. 
In the last issue of the Journal at page 470 brief reference was made 
to Messrs. J. R. Pearson & Sons’ Chrysanthemums, which are, however. 
attention is being directed to the fruit, it must not be thought that the 
remainder is being neglected, for such is by no means the case. Each 
department is under the personal supervision of one or other •member of 
the firm, cleanliness and good order prevailing throughout. 
General Plants. 
As the Chrysanthemums were mentioned last week attention will 
now be turned to general plants, which are grown in finely built 
structures erected by the well-remembered father of the present firm 
Mr. J. R. Pearson. Good as are the houses they are in no way superior to 
their contents, the plants throughout being in perfect health and free 
from any signs of insect pests. For Zonal Pelargoniums the firm has 
been renowned for many years, and is likely to be maintained if those 
now in bloom may be taken as a criterion. The plants have been 
flowering for months, and appear likely to continue doing so, for they 
are furnished with an abundance of buds. The plants are mostly of 
Fig 71.—CROTON RUSSELLI. 
only one of the many excellent features of this old established firm. It 
is my intention in these notes to refer to the plant houses and the 
extensive fruit tree nursery, each of which departments is in admirable 
order and replete with good things. A visit to Chilwell must always be 
full of interest, for at all times there is much to see. During the spring 
months the Narcissi, in which Mr. Duncan Pearson is taking such an 
interest, present a magnificent sight, as also do the fruit trees when they 
are bearing their delicately tinted flowers. Later the greenhouses will 
afford sufficient pleasure to repay a journey. Again, when fruit is 
hanging on the trees one could not do better than pay a call, and at 
planting time, when fruit trees are being sent away to all parts of the 
country, a spectacle of life and activity is presented such as will not 
perhaps be seen at any other season of the year. It was at this time 
when my visit was paid. So successful have Messrs. Pearson been with 
fruit trees that they are devoting every yard of available land to this 
department of their business; but though such a vast amount of 
dwarf habit, and the blooms of much substance, with pips of perfect 
form and heavy trusses, which stand boldly out from the foliage. 
On the back wall of the Pelargonium house, which is a lean-to struc¬ 
ture, is growing Asparagus plumosus. That the position is admirably 
suited to this plant is evident by the luxuriant growths it is making, 
and which afford numberless fronds for decorative purposes at all times, 
but more especially during the early months of the year, when Maiden¬ 
hair Fern is somewhat on the wane. Notwithstanding the freedom with 
which the Asparagus grows, Messrs. Pearson find it difficult to meet the 
demands, their cut-flower trade having developed to an extraordinary 
extent during the past few years. Eucharises, too, are largely grown, 
and are now affording an abundance of their chastely beautiful blossoms, 
which perhaps have no equal, and certainly no superior in many phases 
of decorative work. As a berried plant for the embellishment of rooms 
Adisia crenulata is splendid. The berries are brightly coloured, and the 
foliage of a deep glossy green. With reasonable care and attention 
