March r;, 189'. J 
JOURXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDEXER 
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Pearmain, Boston Russet, Mabbott’s Pearmain, Rhode Island 
iOreening, Court pendft Plat, Stamford Pippin, Allen’s Everlasting. 
andards .—Irish Peach, Kerry Pippin, King of the Pippins, 
Oox's Orange Pippin, Fearn’s Pippin, American Mother, Golden 
Reinette, Court pendu Plat, Rhode Island Greening, Golden 
(Russet, Stamford Pippin, Allen’s Everlasting. Of the above Cox’s 
'Orange Pippin, American Mother, and Golden Reinette must have 
sgo'd -well drained soil and warm situation. Golden Russet also 
(prefers a light soil. 
S'E'LECTION OF KiTCHEX V.\1UETIE3. 
Dwarf Culture or Trees on Paradise Stocks. — Pyramids.— 
Early : Keswick Codlin, Lord SufReld, Cellini. Midseason : 
Alfriston, Golden Noble, Grenadier, Yorkshire Beauty. Late : 
■Dumelow’s Seedling (cankers badly in heavy soil with a wet sub- 
■eoil), Lane’s Prince Albert, Gooseberry Apple. 
Rush. —Early; Royal Codlin, Lord Grosvenor, Stirling Castle 
(a bad grower and scabby in many localities ; Niton House is a 
larger fruit and better grower, but is a later and a better keeper). 
iMidseason : Beauty of Kent (cankers on wet cold soils), Betty 
^ieeson, Hollandbury, Lord Derby, Hormead Pearmain, Round 
Winter Nonesuch, Tower of Glamis, AVarner’s King, Emperor 
Alexander forms a large bush, and Small’s Admirable a compact 
one. Late : Annie Elizabeth, Flanders Pippin, Lane’s Prince 
Albert, Minchull Crab, Norfolk Beefing (does not succeed on a 
•cold wet subsoil), Rymer. Cordons, horizontal, diagonal, or 
vertical : Lord Grosvenor, Lord Sufifield, Potts’ Seedling, Betty 
Oeeson, Golden Noble, Grenadier, Peasgood’s Nonesuch, Small’s 
Admirable, Welford Park Nonesuch, Lord Derby, Round Winter 
N/onesuch, Lane’s Prince Albert.—G. Aubey. 
(To be continued.) 
Events of the Week. —The March Spring Shows in the metro¬ 
polis will be brought to a conclusion on Saturday, the 29th inst., by 
'the Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, where an extensive 
display is expected. The Society meetings comprise the Koyal Society 
■or. Thursday, March 27th, at 4.30 P.ii., and the Quekett Club on 
fFriday, March 28th, at 8 p.m. 
- The Weather ix the South has been variable, with heavy 
•rain and rather high winds on several days. S ight frosts have 
•occurred in early morning, but the temperature has been generally 
•fairly high for the season. 
- The Weather ix Scotlaxd, March 17th to 24th.—Last 
night 2° of frost were registered ; oa the morning of the 20th 2’’. While 
•the weather has been dull generally, one or two days have been partly 
•or throughput very fine, yesterday (23rd) particularly so, the sunset 
Ijeing strikingly beautiful. The bloom of Crocuses has been extremely 
good, and is all but over. Other spring flowers are in grand bloom 
'The green tint is quite perceptible on the hedges in this part of 
;S. Perthshire.—B. D. 
- To an American journal Mr. George Nicholson, Curator of the 
[Royal Gardens, Kew, has recently contributed a series of letters, entitled 
‘•Holiday Notes ix Southern P’rance and Northern Italy,” 
iu which he has given interesting descriptions of the gardens visited 
and the plants noted. In a recent letter he describes the Villa Thuret 
Garden at Antibes, which is under the management of M. NauJio, for 
■experimental purposes in testing tropical and subtropical plants suitable 
for outdoor cultivation in P’rance. 
- Royal Botanic Society of London.—A t a meeting of this 
f'oeiety, held on Saturday, Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S., in the chair, the 
donations reported included an interesting collection of seeds from the 
far-famed gardens of Mr. Thomas Hanbury at Mortola, on the coast 
near Ventimiglia, Italy, with printed catalogues of the great variety of 
jdants and trees from all climes growing in the garden, more than four 
thousand named species. 
- The British Fruit Growers’ Association.—A meeting 
was held in the Town Hall, Ellesmere, Salop, on Saturday, March 22ad, 
at 7 P.M., by members of the above Association and the local society. 
Brownlow R. 0. Tower, Esq , occupied the chair and Mr. J. Wright 
delivered a lecture on Profitable Fruit Culture, which greatly interested 
a large audience. Several other members took part in the discussion 
which followed, and the meeting is pronounced to have been highly 
successful.—L. Castle, lion. Sec. 
- The late Mr. .Iohn Webster.—W ill you permit an old 
reader of this Journal to say a few words about the above named well- 
known horticulturist ? As probably some of your readers know he died 
early in the present month at the age of seventy-six, and had been in 
charge of the gardens at Gordon Castle for nearly forty years. He was 
born at Blanerne, in Berwickshire, December 8th, 1814, and commenced 
his gardening career at Manderston, and subsequently spent some time 
at Dalquharran Castle Gardens, at Whittinghame and Claremont. His 
first place as head gardener was at E irtham, in Sussex, and thence pro¬ 
ceeded to Gordon Castle in 1850, where he has remained ever since, and 
gained considerable reputation as a skilful practical gardener.—B. 
- In addition to the above we have also to chronicle the recent 
deaths of Dii. Ralph Ainsworth of Manchester, in his 79th year, and 
Mr. Thomas Harrison, Senr., of Leicester, head of the firm of Harri¬ 
son & Sons, seedsmen, of that town. 
- Under the title of the “Journal des Orchidees” 
M. Lucien Linden of Brussels has commenced a serial work on Orchids, 
which is to be published on the 1st and 15th of each month. The 
number before us comprises twenty pages of matter dealing with the 
history and culture of Orchids, by M. Rodigas ; an article on white- 
flowered varieties of L®lia anceps, and several chapters on practical 
subjects. It is published at 100, Rue Belliard, Brussels. 
-Certificates for Gardeners.—W’ hen the proposed Hall of 
Horticulture is a reality and in working order 1 hope to see the ex¬ 
aminations as formerly carried on by the R.ILS. again revived, so that 
young gardeners may be able to obtain certificates of their abilities. 
Why should not this be again taken in hand ? It has a direct bearing 
on horticulture. Those who gain their certificates should afterward.'', 
through the influence or the Society, be registered, and when in want of 
a situation be recommended by the Society, and due prominence 
given to the fact that the R.H.S. will recommend gardeners to those in 
want of them. As one who passed the examinations, and took first-class 
certificates in 1869, I venture to make the above suggestion.—H. 
_ The “ Carter ” Family of Chrysanthemums. — In 
reference to the use and non-acknowledgment of one of our illustra¬ 
tions in a trade list, as mentioned on page 241 last week, Messrs. James 
Carter & Co. point to the fact that in the first edition of their list 
Mrs. Carter was included, and the illustration acknowledged ; but the 
plants selling so rapidly compelled them to omit this variety from the 
second edition, and the removal of the type reference to our engraving, 
as applied to the other varieties, was purely accidental. The illustra¬ 
tion equally well disp’ays the character of these varieties, as the only 
diSerence between the trio is in their colours—one being described as 
straw, the other reddish brown and gold, the third pure white. The 
explanation is perfectly satisfactory, and we have no doubt these 
varieties, with their distinct thread-like florets, will find favour with 
many cultivators and floral decorators. 
_ Regrafting Orchard Trees. —I can fully endorse the re¬ 
marks of “ W. L,” page 236, on regrafting orchard trees, but where 
there are whole orchards of healthy trees I do not think gardeners want 
advice as to the merits of regrafting with superior varieties, as to that 
course they are fully alive. No doubt 90 per cent, of the fruit planta¬ 
tions which have been recently planted are where no other fruit trees 
previously existed. The system of grafting which “ \V. I.” recommends 
is not by any means new. It is the general system adopted for many 
years by the farmers and cottagers of Worcestershire. I have been led 
to make these remarks in c.ise readers of the Journal may think that 
the system recommended has only just been found out. It may be 
new to “ VV. I.,” but to Worcestershire farmers and cottagers it is a 
very old practice, but nevertheless it is the best and quickest method. 
—.Y Worcestershire Man. 
_ YVe have often referred to the value of Cool Plant Houses, 
especially in the early spring months, as there are so many beautiful 
plants that in our uncertain climate are very liable to be damaged out of 
doors, though a little protection renders them quite s.afe. The cool 
house in the herbaceous department at Kew has been very gay for some 
weeks, and the following list of plants in flower will give an idea of 
what a varied display can be [-roduced. Drabas Mawi, lasiocarpa, and 
