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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
such as the White Nice and Raisin cle Calahre, both being robust growers, pro¬ 
ducing large bundles, but often of inferior quality. Mr. Johnston, of Glamis, in a note 
published in the Gardeners* Chronicle, relates the case of a proprietor who had been prejudiced 
against these Grapes by his friends, and gave his gardener orders to root them out, and fill 
their places with something more worthy. Instead of uprooting all at once, the gardener 
adopted the better plan of grafting, w T hile be allowed the old Vines to carry their usual crop. 
On a special occasion, when his employer had several distinguished guests, he sent in a hand¬ 
some cluster of the Raisin cle Calabre, which was pronounced so excellent that the gardener 
had to bo called to tell all about it, the proprietor supposing it was a new Grape. When 
the mystery was unveiled, the gardener got orders to retain every one of the old Vines. Owing 
to the very robust habit of these Vines, and the large bunches they bear, thoy must have the 
full benefit of a long summer by being forced early, and subjected to a tropical atmosphere 
in order to enable them to thoroughly mature their crops and wood. Circumstances being 
favourable, they will take on a finish equal to a Bucklancl Sweetwater, and are infinitely 
better in quality, as w*ell as being excellent keepers. The Earl of Strathmore, who is quite 
a connoisseur in Grapes, pronounced the White Nice, grown at Glamis this season, where 
bunches weighing 141b. and 171b. respectively, coloured like gold, have been produced, to be 
excellent. 
- ^Hr. Thomas Burnett, gardener to Sir Sydney H. Waterlow, Fairside 
House, Highgate, died on January 15, aged 46 years. Mr. Burnett at an early 
age became head gardener at Ashby Court, Tiverton ; he subsequently filled other 
prominent places, amongst them Lord Boston’s, near Slough; Baynard’s Park, Surrey; 
Downshire House, Roehampton ; Peterborough House, Fulham, where in a short time he grow 
up as fine a collection of Orchids as has been seen round London for many years ; and finally, 
was engaged at Fairside House. 
- ^Hr. Thomas Weaver, gardener to the Rev. The Warden, Winchester 
College, died suddenly on January 21, in his 72nd year. Mr. Weaver was 
thoroughly practical and most persevering in the attainment of general knowledge, 
as well as that which might be termed professional. Nearly half a century ago he was with 
the late Mr. Baxter at the Oxford Botanic Garden, and it is probable that while there ho 
acquired a taste for British Botany, which to the end of his days w r as a source of great pleasure 
to him. His services wore highly valued by the late and present Wardens, both of whom ho 
had the honour of serving during the forty years and upwards in which he had charge of the 
College gardens. 
- fHu. W. R. Bragg, of Slongli, died on February 4, in bis 70tb year. 
Though apprenticed to the gardening profession, he soon gave it up, and eventually 
became a licensed victualler at Slough ; but his early love for flowers remained, 
and he continued to be a successful cultivator of Pinks, Carnations and Picotoes, Pansies, 
Dahlias, Hollyhocks, and Sweet Williams. In 1840 he won at Birmingham a £20 cup offered 
for Dahlias. He had of late years combined the business of florist with that of innkeeper, and 
was an occasional exhibitor at the London meeting!?. As one of the old school of floral 
enthusiasts, Mr. Bragg will bo remembered by many as a genial fellow-worker. 
- -$j& R. Benjamin Fielders died at Enfield, after a short illness, on 
February 7, aged 82. Some thirty or forty years ago, when gardener to Mrs. W. 
Linwood, of Enfield, in whose service he remained for 25 years, he was a man of 
mark at the London shows, being a successful exhibitor of orchids, grapes, pines, &c. He 
subsequently entered the service of the late Mrs. Child, and the late Alderman Challis. Ho 
was a talented and to tlio last a devoted horticulturist. 
-Hady Cullum, of Hardwicke House, Bury St. Edmund’s, died, rather 
suddenly, of paralysis, on February 17. She was a highly accomplished horti¬ 
culturist, devoting on most days an hour or two to her garden. It is remarkable 
that her last act, in her garden, was to select a site for planting some Cypress-trees ! 
