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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
February 8, 1894. 
Mr. C. Penford, Leigh Park Gardena, Havant, Hants 
’•'Viviand Morel 
*(JoI. W. B. Smith 
^Florence Davis 
^W. Tricker 
G. C. Sohwabe 
Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
Mrs. C. H. Payne 
J. Shrimpton 
*Mra. E. W. Clarke 
Alberic Lunden 
W. H. Lincoln 
Primrose League 
*Cha3 Davis 
*E. Molyneux 
*Sunflower 
*Stanstead White 
*Avalanche 
Excelsior 
*Mr8. F. Jameson 
*Etoile de Lyon 
Lord Brooke 
Miss Anna Hartshorn 
Mdlle. Th^rese Rey 
President Borel 
Mr. Charles Ritchings, Reigate Hill, Surrey. 
*Edwin Molyneux 
*Mdlle. Th^rese Rey 
*Colonel W. B. Smith 
^Avalanche 
*Mrs. C. H. Wheeler 
*W. H. Lincoln 
*Viviand Morel 
^Charles Shrimpton 
Robert Owen 
*President Borel 
Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
W. Seward 
*Mi88 A. Hartshorn 
*Elmer d’Smith 
Puritan 
Florence Davis 
John Shrimpton 
Charles Davis 
*Le Prince du Bois 
G. C. Schwabe 
Etoile de Lyon 
Sunflower 
W. G. Newitt 
Excelsior 
Mr. Edwin Rowbottom, The Gardens. The Priory, Hornsey, Middlesex. 
*Mdlle. Therese Rey 
*Edwin Molyneux 
*Viviand Morel 
’•‘Sunflower 
’•‘Col. W. B. Smith 
’•‘Excelsior 
’•‘Stanstead White 
Violetta 
Charles Davis 
Robert Owen 
President Borel 
’•'G. C. Schwabe 
’•‘Avalanche 
*Golden Gate 
’•‘Duke of York 
Mdlle. Charles Molin 
’•‘Mr. E. Whittle 
Alberic Lunden 
Eda Prass 
Richard Dean 
Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
Golden Wedding 
Louise 
Etoile de Lyon 
'“Mr. W. Rushton, The Gardens, Cochno, Duntocher, Dumbartonshire, N.B, 
’•‘Charles Davis ’•'Mods. Bern.ard 
’•‘Mdlle. Therese Rey ’•‘Boule d’Or 
’•‘Viviand Morel ’•‘Col. W. B. Smith 
’•‘Edwin Molyneux Excelsior 
’•‘Viscountess Hambledon Miss Dorothea Shea 
Mrs. C. Harman Payne Prince.=s May 
’•‘William Seward ’•‘G. C. Schwabe 
Stanstead White J. Shrimpton 
J. Stanborough Dibbens 
Mdme. Edouard Rey 
Gloire du Rocher 
’•‘Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
’•‘Mrs. E. W. Clarke 
Mrs. Falconer Jameson 
W. H. Lincoln 
William Tricker 
Mr. C. J. Salter, Woodhatch Lodge Garden?, Reigate, Surrey. 
’•‘Miss Anna Hartshorn 
’•‘Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
’•‘Colonel B. Smith 
’•‘W. Seward 
’•‘Sunflower 
’•‘Viviand Morel 
Charles Davis 
’•‘Beauty of Castlewood 
Lord Brooke 
’•‘Edwin Molyneux 
’•‘Excelsior 
’•‘W. H. Lincoln 
C. Shrimpton 
’•‘Mdlle. Therese Rey 
Golden Wedding 
’•‘President Borel 
Robert Owen 
Florence Davis 
Coronet 
G. C. Schwabe 
Avalanche 
Elmer d’Smith 
Waban 
Mrs. Harman Payne 
Mr. C. E. Shea, Foots Cray, Kent. 
’•‘E. Molyneux 
’•‘Viviand Morel 
’•‘Sunflower 
^Mdlle. Therese Rey 
’•‘C. Davis 
’•‘Col. W. B. Smith 
’•'G. 0. Sohwabe 
Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
’•‘W. H. Lincoln (imp.) 
Mrs. Falconer Jameson 
W. Tricker 
Florence Davis 
’•‘Miss Dorothea Shea 
’•'Excelsior 
Etoile de Lyon 
Lord Brooke 
Avalanche 
Golden Wedding 
President Borel 
’•‘Robert 0 wen 
Puritan 
J. Shrimpton 
W. Seward 
’•‘Stanstead White 
If the variety were a little more proved I should be inclined to substitute 
President Borel for Excelsior in the first twelve. 
Mr. H. Shoesmith, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey. 
’•‘Mdlle. Therese Rey 
’•‘E. Molyneux 
’•‘Viviand Morel 
’•‘Col. W. B. Smith 
’•‘Sunflower 
’•‘G. C. Schwabe 
’•‘Robt. Owen 
Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
’•‘W’m. Tricker 
Lord Brooke 
’•‘Stanstead White 
’•‘Wm. Seward 
Golden Wedding 
Cha.s. Davis 
Mi'S Anna Hartshorn 
’•‘President Borel 
’•‘Eda Prass 
Mrs. C. Harman Payne 
Florence Davis 
Excelsior 
John Shrimpton 
W. H. Lincoln 
Col. Cliase 
Mods. Bernard 
Mr. W. Tunnington, Calderstones, Allerton, Liverpool, 
’•‘E. Molyneux 
’•‘Viviand Morel 
’•‘Etoile de Lyon 
’•‘Robert Owen 
’•‘Mrs. C. Harman Payne 
’•'Mdlle. Thdrese Rey 
’•‘Chas. Davis 
’•‘G, C. Schwabe 
’•‘Stanstead White 
’•‘Wm. Seward 
Col. B. Smith 
’•‘Golden Wedding 
Lord Brooke 
Wm. Tricker 
’•‘W. H. Lincoln Improved 
Mdlle. M. Hoste 
President Borel 
Florence Davis 
Eda Prass 
W. E. Clarke 
Avalanche 
Mrs. F. Jameson 
W. W. Coles 
Beauty of Exmouth 
Mr. G. Trinder, Dogmersfield Gardens, Wincbfield, Hants. 
’•‘Robert Owen 
’•‘Lord Brooke 
’•‘Col. W. B. Smith 
’•'Viviand Morel 
Charles Davis 
’•‘Sunflower 
’•‘Edwin Molyneux 
’•‘Stanstead White 
’•‘Mrs. Wheeler 
’•‘Mdlle. Marie Hoste 
’•‘Etoile de Lyon 
’•‘W. H. Lincoln 
’•‘Avalanche 
Duke of York 
Edi Prass 
Silver King 
G. C. Schwabe 
W. Tricker 
Gloire du Rocher 
V.-President Audiguier 
Beauty of Castlewood 
Golden Wedding 
Miss A. Hartshorn 
Beauty of Exmouth 
Mr. Geo. Woodgate, Warren House Garden?, Kingston Hill, Surrey. 
’•‘Etoile de Lyon 
’•‘Viviand Morel 
’•‘Mdlle. M. Hoste 
’•‘International 
’•‘Mdlle. Th^iese Rey 
’•‘G. C. Schwabe 
’•‘Mrs. H. Payne 
’•'Col. W. B. Smiih 
’•‘E. Molyneux 
’•‘Cha?. Blick 
Silver King 
’•‘Robert Owen 
Chas. Davis 
■•‘Sunflower 
W. Seward 
Avalanche 
Waban 
Excelsior 
V. -President Auliguier 
Mrs. F. Jameson 
Lord Brooke 
Golden Wedding 
Beauty of Castlewood 
W. Tricker 
WHITE SWEET PEAS. 
In your issue of February Ist (page 90) “ D.” asks if any grower in 
this country knows anything of the merits of Emily Henderson Sweet 
Pea as compared with Queen of England and the Old White, I will, in 
reply, give my own experience in growing them. Last February I 
sowed four fairly long row's of Sweet Peas—two sorts in parallel lines. 
Emily Henderson and Queen of England side by side, and Mrs. Sankey 
and the Old White side by side. They all did well up to a certain point, 
though as the summer wore on the long-continued drought punished 
them. Emily Henderson throws a fine bold truss with three to five 
blooms on it, and excepting that it is more robust in habit, and, if 
anything, a little more floriferous, is identical with Queen of England. 
I came to the conclusion that the American variety (Emily Henderson) 
was neither more nor less than a carefully selected stock of Queen of 
England, both having the same creamy white or milk-white flowers, and, 
in general appearance, not materially differing from one another. 
Mrs. Sankey is a totally different variety. It is not creamy white, 
but marble white or paper white, and can be distinguished in a moment 
from Emily Henderson by its having dark, reddish pedicels, while 
Emily Henderson and Queen of England have white pedicels, both of 
them. The seeds of Mrs. Sankey are black, while those of the other 
two named and the Old White have pale dun, or what are usually called 
white seeds. Mrs. Sankey is by far the purest white flower, but when 
grown alongside of the others has a cold, alabaster-like hue, that to my 
eyes is not nearly so pleasing as the warmer creamy white of the 
others. The Old White is still good if carefully selected, but the other 
three are improvements upon it, and for marketing they would sell 
much more readily because of their larger individual blooms and the 
greater number of blooms on the truss. 
If “ D.” wants a good marketing Sweet Pea let me recommend to him 
Princess Beatrice, a charming pink, and in my opinion the best of all 
of the colour. It has been out for years now, but it holds its place in 
public favour.— Scotia. 
MARLAY, RATHFARNHAM, CO. DUBLIN. 
Nearly seventy years ago, a slight description of Mar]ay,the seat of 
R. Tedcastle, Esq., was given in Loudon’s ‘'Gardeners’ Magazine.” 
These brief notes I am able to quote ; they cannot fail to give 
additional interest, and will serve as a fitting introduction of an old 
place to readers of our day. 
Prolixity was certainly not a fault of gardeners’ pens in 1826 ; one 
now wishes for a little more of these jottings—pen pictures of the long 
ago. Their value for comparison it is needless to descant on ; and we 
gardeners of modern time=, I think, like to place ourselves in juxta¬ 
position with the workers of bygone generations. By the courtesy of 
Mr. Irwin, the head gardener, I am able to quote these notes from 
vol. i., page 191, of the above-mentioned journal. The writer says :— 
“ Marley, the seat of — Latouche, Esq., is delightfully situated at 
the foot of the range of hills, which on this side form the back¬ 
ground to the environs of the city. The gardens and pleasure grounds 
were till of late years in great repute. We understand that the late 
Mr. Leggett, a landscape gardener of original talent, laid out the 
grounds. He has evinced considerable taste in the management of the 
mountain rivulet which is conducted through the demesne. By many 
the cascades are considered too numerous, causing in some places a greater 
degree of placidity than is considered consistent with the character of 
the stream. The demesne, generally speaking, has been much renovated 
within this few years by Mr. Dunne.” 
Fortunately this piece of the silent past has not been since im¬ 
proved out of existence ; Nature has now done her part distributing 
her lichens and creepers with no niggardly hand, adding those charms, 
peculiarly work of her own. The stream, fresh from its birthplace in 
the eternal hills, still leaps over Leggett’s cascades, singing its low 
refrain, “ Men may come and men may go, but I go on for ever.” 
This is the southern end of this demesne of 400 Irish acres, at which 
point our ramblings and noletakings commence. My guide takes a 
bee-line for a gigantic Ash, while I feel in my pocket for that tape 
which is at home, but the want is forestalled, and this fellow (not the 
“guide”) is 16 feet 8 inches round the waist at 3 feet from the 
ground, with a head 90 feet across. From this we go on and look up at a 
legion of noble Beech, Elms, Chestnuts, Firs, and some grand old Cedars 
of Lebanon ; one tapes 14 feet 3 inches, a stately trunk with but little 
apparent difference in its girth far up. These fine Cedars appear to me 
to attain that dignity amongst trees that an old cathedral does in a town. A 
few years since, where I then was, one had to be felled (not the cathedral) ; 
I say had, for only necessity would excuse the sacrilege. Somehow these 
Cedars have always been associated in my mind with those historical ones 
Solomon employed in building his temple, hence the idea obtained with 
me that as timber it should be of exceptional value; but the timber 
merchant disabused my mind of that idea, and it had t j go in with the 
common herd of Beech. Alas ! for such an end, I have never been quite 
happy about it since. 
Pardon the digression, I am now back in Marley on the clean, hard 
walks, contrasting favourably with the country roads outside on a 
winter’s day. The polished foliage of the Laurels atones for the timber 
trees, now in their undress ; some old Portugals undesecrated by shears 
are very fine. A pretty lake kept scrupulously free from weeds on 
which glide swans “ with snowy sail outspread,” gives that variety 
I which only water can. 1 had previously had a glimpse of this on a 
