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stems of fruit trees near the base. Last year his Apple trees at Wisley 
had their leaves eaten by caterpillars ; he, therefore, tried tying a strip 
of the green scrim of the Willesden Taper Co. round the bottom of the 
stems, and smeared this with cart grease. This was done in November 
and December. The strip exhibited by Mr. Wilson was covered with 
wingless females interspersed with several winged males, proving the 
effectiveness of the method adopted. 
YELLOW-BERRIED IVY. 
‘•.A City G-akdener,” page 46, mentions this as being very 
striking when laden with berries. I would like to ask if it is usual 
for this variety to fruit freely in this country, as I know of several 
fine plants grown from seed imported from Italy more than twenty 
years since which have never yet fruited, although they have 
flowered several times and are growing in the sunny south, where 
the common varieties fruit freely. Possibly there is more than 
one variety of yellow-berried Ivy. This one appears to be a sport 
from the Irish Ivy. I do not find the name given on page 46 
(H. baccata lutea) in any book of reference which I have ; but 
Bentham says in his “ British Flora ” that a yellow-berried variety 
of H. Helix has become naturalised in Britain ; and in the 
■“Cottage Gardener’s Dictionary” I find II. Helix chrvsocarpa 
mentioned. This is also included in the “ Dictionary of Garden¬ 
ing, ’ and the description, answers to the plants I have mentioned 
above, which do not bear fruit. 
I agree with your correspondent that March is a better time 
than August for clipping Ivy, and in some seasons the early part of 
April is the best time here. I remember once seeing some clipped 
bare at the end of the autumn, too late for any new growth to 
start that season ; a severe winter followed, and the bare stems 
were killed to the ground by the frost. I have been told it is the 
best plan if Ivy gets detached from walls, to put a nail through 
the shred on each side of the shoot instead of folding the shred in 
the ordinary way, and that it attaches itself to the wall again much 
quicker m this way. H. Raegneriana is much admired here for its 
bold foliage. —W. H. Divers, Ketton Hall, Stamford. 
THE BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX HORTICULTURAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
Sussex gardeners and amateurs will, like myself, be pleased to see 
by your pages that the Brighton Chrysanthemum Society has, at the 
end of another year, a substantial balance at their bankers. The un¬ 
varied success attending the energetic management of this Society is a 
•triking contrast to that of the older sister Society, the Brighton and 
Sussex Floricultural and Horticultural Association. It is a great pity 
to see this once flourishing Society in such low water. As an outsider I 
am perhaps not sufficiently informed of all the circumstances that led 
up to the present state of affairs. 1 understand that this Society was 
established in 1853, and until six or eight years ago its affairs were under 
the management of an influential Committee. It, however, became in¬ 
volved in financial difficulties, was abandoned by the original Com 
mittee, and has since been carried on on the sole responsibility of Mr. 
E. Carpenter, who has been Secretary for so many years. Surely this 
is not as it ought to be. When a Society of this kind becomes vested 
in one individual I consider the Society is really dead, and it becomes a 
private speculation. Are gardeners in this county and in the immediate 
neighbourhood of Brighton so lukewarm as to allow the heavy respon¬ 
sibility of a useful Society to rest on the shoulders of one man ? The 
success of the Chrysanthemum shows I have just referred to is sufficient 
proof that there are men of sound practical experience capable of con¬ 
ducting such a Society, yet they have left one man to struggle on with 
the sinking ship. There are few towns in the south of England where 
there are better facilities for holding a show, and where there are equal 
prospects under able management for their success. Has not the time 
arrived when an endeavour ought to be made by the appointment of a 
strong Committee, who might soon be able to pull the Society out of 
the slough of despond into which it has fallen ? Perhaps some of your 
readers who are more intimate with the whole affairs of the Society 
will be able to give some light on the cause of its failure, and suggest 
what can best be done to again place it on a sound basis. I feel sure 
that if taken up in a proper spirit it would meet with the hearty support 
of all who have been accustomed to attend these shows.—A County 
Man. 
REVIEW OF BOOK. 
The Practice of Forestry. By Christopher Y. Michie. William 
Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. 
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PLANTERS NAMED JOHN. 
The concluding chapter of Mr. Michie’s book, which was lately 
referred to, is so entirely novel, also historical, that we are tempted to 
cite it, for as the diligent compiler observes, “ It is very remarkable 
how many celebrated planters he has found bearing the Christian name 
of John.” Here is his list:— 
DTJKES. 
Of distinguished Dukes planters of the name John, may be mentioned 
His Grace John, Duke of Athole, the celebrated and renowned Larch- 
planter, who planted at Blair-Athole and Dunkeld between the years 
1774 and 1830 the unprecendented number of 24,756,000 trees (princi¬ 
pally Larch), on 15,473 imperial acres of ground. 
His Grace John, Duke of Bedford, who planted the far-famed and 
justly celebrated plantation called the “Evergreens,” in commemora¬ 
tion of his daughter’s marriage at Woburn Abbey, 1745. 
His Grace John, Duke of Montagu, planted very extensively at 
Boughton, near Northampton. He was called “ John the Planter.” It 
was principally Elm and Lime trees he planted. Some of the avenues 
are said to be forty miles in length. He is also reputed to have pro¬ 
jected the plan of planting an avenue of trees all the way from Bough- 
ton to London, a distance of about sixty miles, but was prevented doing 
so for reasons unexplained. He died 1790. 
EARLS. 
Of famed Earl planters of the name of John, none deservedly stands 
higher than that of John, seventh Earl of Seafield, born 1815, and died 
February, 1881. His lordship planted principally on the Strathspey 
estates, between the years 1853 and 1881, the enormous number of 
60,000,000 plants, principally Scots Fir, on 45,000 imperial acres of 
moorland. 
Earl Cawdor, John Frederick Campbell, a very extensive and suc¬ 
cessful planter. 
BARONETS. 
Of Baronets there are a considerable number of Johns, all less or 
more distinguished as planters or writers on trees, shrubs, or gardening. 
Sir John Nasmyth of Posso, born 1803, who beautified and adorned 
Dawick, his residence in Peebles-shire, as few gentlemen have ever 
done. The fruits of his labours may there be seen to-day in the great 
profusion of rare and costly trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants of all 
kinds. There are also to be seen a few of the original Larches first 
planted in the country, together with some splendid Acacias, Horse 
Chestnuts, and forest trees of large size and great profusion. 
Sir John Sinclair, Bart., of IJlbster, in Caithness, a distinguished 
patriot and voluminous writer on agricultural subjects, founder of the 
Board of Agriculture. He was more an experimental and practical 
agriculturist and planter than a writer, although he wrote very exten¬ 
sively. He wrote an account of the effects of barking fruit trees to 
improve the fruit, &c. 
OTHER PLANTERS. 
The Rev. John Brown, Haddington, who died June, 1787, wrote in 
his “ Dictionary of the Bible ” all that could well be said of trees men¬ 
tioned in sacred writings. 
The Rev. John Trusler, LL.D., a singular literary character, was bom 
in London in 1725. He was brought up to physic, but contrived to get 
into holy orders, and officiated as curate. In 1771 he began to publish 
sermons. He next established a bookselling business upon an extensive 
scale, acquired a fortune, and purchased an estate at Enfield Green, 
where he died in 1820. He also wrote “ The Art of Gardening,” and 
“ The Lady’s Gardener’s Companion.” 
John Reid wrote the “ Scot’s Gardener” for the climate of Scotland, 
and gave many directions for planting trees, in 1721. 
John Lindley, the greatest botanist and writer on trees and shrubs 
in any age. He was editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle for a quarter 
of a century. 
John Cockburn, Esq., of Ormiston, Haddingtonshire, succeeded his 
father in the estate in 1714. He was eminent alike in agriculture as in 
arboriculture. He was the first who constructed hedges and ditches 
for field fences, and planted hedgerow trees. He was laird, farmer, 
and member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire from 1707 to 1741. 
John Gould Yeitch of London went to Japan in 1860, from whence 
he sent home many rare trees and shrubs, and was the first European 
to go to the top of the sacred mountain called Fusi Yama, 4000 feet 
high, in the island of Nippon. He was bom April, 1839, and died 
August, 1870. 
John Mathieson, Esq., Ardross Castle, Ross-sliire, planted and beau¬ 
tified his Ardross and other estates in a way and manner, and to such 
an extent as few landed proprietors have ever done. 
John Evelyn, F.R.S., author of the 11 Sylva,” published 1662. He 
was born at Wotton 1620, and died 1706 in the eighty-sixth year of his 
age. He wrote extensively on tree-culture, and many other subjects as 
well. His “ Sylva ” is very interesting reading, and though much of his 
teaching is speculative and fanciful rather than practical, yet no small 
amount of instruction may be acquired by reading it. He planted the 
great Chestnut trees in Windsor Park, which are now 240 years old. 
John Robinson, Esq., Sion, near London, planted in Great Windsor 
Park, during fourteen years from 1790 to 1804, 11,225,000 acorns. He 
was ranger of the park at that time, and his daughter was the present 
Marquis of Abergavenny’s grandmother. 
John Claudius Loudon, born 1782, and died 1842, wrote many books 
on tree culture, and contributed very greatly in encouraging landed 
proprietors about London to plant forest trees. Amongst other books 
he wrote the “ Cyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs,” “ Hortus Botanica,” 
&c., &c. 
John Snevd, Esq., of Belmont, Staffordshire, distinguished himself 
as a tree planter, and did much to introduce and popularise the Larch, 
in his own district about 1788. 
