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give the crests the peculiar fringed appearance which has suggested tho name. It will form a 
very pretty Fern for small cases and for general decorative use. 
- fU r. Fenwick, of Well Head Gardens, Halifax, has raised a beautiful 
seedling Dipladenia, to be called Dipladenia insignis. It is a seedling from D. 
amabilis, and is quite distinct from the other fine varieties produced within the 
last few years, having more substance in the flowers, the colour, a rich deep rosy carmine, 
deeper towards the tliroat, and as dark on the outer as on the inner surface, being very fine ; 
the tube has a sharply defined white base. It is a decided acquisition. 
- SSJhat is known in the Surrey gardens as Waterer s Laburnum is so 
much superior to the ordinary Laburnum that it seems inexplicable why it has 
not been everywhere planted. It is not so large in the foliage nor in the indi¬ 
vidual flowers as tho Scotch Laburnum (Cytisus alpinus ), although it may possibly be a cross 
between it and the common sort. Imagine racemes a foot long or more of the brightest of yellow 
flowers, hanging in countless profusion, and some idea may be formed of the splendid effect 
of this tree, the distinctive merits of which lie in the profusion of its flowers, the great length 
of its racemes, and the bright colour of its individual flowers. It is a hardy deciduous orna¬ 
mental tree that should not be lost sight of by planters. 
- &he Annales du Genie Civil gives the following directions for Render¬ 
ing Wood Uninflammable :—The wood, unplaned, is to be placed for 24 hours in 
a liquid composed of one part of concentrated silicate of potassa and three of 
pure water. After being removed and dried for several days, it is again to be soaked in this 
liquid, and after being again dried, painted over with a mixture of one part of cement and 
four parts of the above liquid. When the first coat of this paint is dry, the painting is to be 
repeated twice. This paint mixture should only be made up in small quantities, as it rapidly 
becomes dry and hard. Wood thus treated becomes uninflammable, and does not decay under¬ 
ground. 
- ftlR. George Mills, formerly gardener at Gunnersbury Park, Acton, 
died at his residence at Ealing on September 30, at the ripe age of 84 years. He 
was a native of Hampshire, and the son of a farmer, and leaving home early in life, 
he came to London, and obtained employment at Roehampton under Mr. Carter, a gardener of 
considerable renown in his day as a Cucumber-grower. After various changes, he was 
appointed gardener at Gunnersbury Park about 1833, and on leaving there in 1853, went to 
reside in the Uxbridge Road, Ealing, where he continued till his death, growing cut Roses for 
market. Mr. Mills wrote treatises on An Improved Mode of Cultivating the Cucumber and 
Melon, and on The Cultivation of the Pine-apple, both of which were dedicated to the late 
Baroness de Rothschild. The former passed through three editions. He was buried in the 
Kensington Cemetery at Hanwell. 
- $$R. Robert T. Pinoe, of the Exeter Nurseries, died of hereditary gout 
on October 9, at the age of 67. Mr. Pince was the son of Captain Pince, R.N., and 
married the niece of the late Mr. Lucombe. Though brought up for the law, he 
became a partner with Mr. Lucombe in the Exeter Nursery, and was a remarkably successful 
grower and exhibitor of plants, his Camellias, Rhododendrons, and Orchids being specially 
celebrated. In later years Mr. Pince successfully turned his attention to landscape gardening. 
- ^R. Frederick Waterer, the senior partner in the well-known firm 
of John Waterer and Sons, of Bagsliot, died from apoplexy, on October 4, at the 
age of 49. Mf. Waterer retired to rest in his usual health on the evening of the 
3rd inst., and was found the next morning dead in his bed. He leaves behind 
him a widow and a large family of young children. 
- ffi. Jean Van Geert, of Ghent, died October 14, after a short illness, 
in his 78th year. He was known as a successful and highly-esteemed nursery¬ 
man of long standing. 
