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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ OCTOBEE, 
coloured, solid, juicy, sugary, and very fi-agraufc. On 
the recommendation of the committee (MM. F. 
Gaillard, Rougy, Berthier, Mouin, and Clansier), it 
was awarded a silver medal. 
— SThe Nympha;a alba rosea (more cor¬ 
rectly, it seems, N. alba rubra), figured in our 
last volume, lias been named N. Caspavy by 
M. Carriere, who has also published a figure of the 
plant in the Rente Horticole (1879, p. 230). The plant 
has had a variety of names ; thus Professor Caspary, 
of Konigsburg, called it N. alba spluorocarpa rubra, 
and M. Duohartre, N. splw’rocarpa rubra. Whatever 
name it bears, it is, as M. Carriere observes, a very 
fine plant. According to the account given, it is a 
variety of N. sphcerocarpa, a plant nearly related to 
N. alba, but distinguished by its more rounded fruits, 
the present variety difiering in the carmine-rose 
colour of its interior petals. It is described as being 
vigorous and hardy, with large, slightly undulated 
leaves, almost entire at the edge, and attached by 
red petioles; the peduncle large, ferruginous, the 
buds red, the flowers tender rose, often somewhat 
veined with violet. It commences to Mower in June, 
and continues flowering almost until the frosts. It 
was discovered in a lake near to Tweden, village 
Kammar, near Ncrika, in Sweden, in 1856. Accord¬ 
ing to M. Froebcl, it is a very fioriferous plant, 
commencing to bloom eight or ten days before N. 
alba, is completely hardy, and reeptires the same 
culture as N. alba. He adds that it reproduces 
itself by seeds, but M. Carriere wisely observes that 
those who wish for a perfectly true stock should in¬ 
crease it by division, reserving the seeds for the 
production of varieties, of which some might chance 
to be deeper in colour than the parent. It will be 
a great acquisition for the embellishment of our 
ornamental waters. 
— ^T tbe recent exhibition of the Olay 
Cross Horticultural Society, a dish of a very 
choice Tomato was shown under the name of the 
Chatswohth Tomato, by Mr. Thomas Speed, of 
Chatsworth Gardens. It is of enormous size, and 
very handsome. Mr. Speed states that it is a seed¬ 
ling from Criterion ; that while it is a strong grower, 
it is yet very early and remarkably free, and it is 
strongly recommended by him as a variety to grew 
in order to secure an early supply of fruit. In form 
the fruits resemble those of Hathaway’s Excelsior, 
and they are of a deep bright red colour. 
— Sr. A. W. Saxe propounded the follow¬ 
ing Eemedy for Mildeav at a recent meet¬ 
ing of the Academy of Sciences in San 
Francisco. From experiments made by him during 
the past few years, he concluded that a solution of 
copper, sprinkled over grape-vines just before the 
starting of the buds, is far better than sulphur to 
prevent mildew, being cheaper and more easily 
applied. On the contrary, during no season had he 
seen any sign of mildew when he used this solu¬ 
tion, but one year he neglected to apply it, and 
the result was that the vines were badly affected. 
— H CAPITAL way of Utilising Green 
Grapes has recently been described as being 
practised by Mr. Wildsmith, gardener to Lord 
Eversley. The berries are placed with a little 
water in an oven where a suitable temperature is 
maintained, and afterwards strained. The juice is 
boiled down with sugar, and forms a fine red trans¬ 
parent jelly of excellent flavour, as we (Journal of 
Horticulture) can testify, having tasted some at the 
la.st meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
— ^ French contemporary states that if a 
little Chloride of Lime be spread on the soil, 
rats, mice, and insects will at once desert it. 
Plants may be easily protected by it from insect 
plagues, by simply brushing over their stems wdth a 
solution of it. It has often been noticed that a patch 
of land which has been treated in this way remains 
religiously respected by grubs, while the unprotected 
beds round about are literal^ devastated. Fruit- 
trees may be guarded from the attacks of grubs by 
attaching to their trunks pieces of tow smeared 
w'ith a mixture of chloride of lime and hog’s lard, 
and ants and grubs already in possession will rapidly 
vacate their position. 
— ^N interesting New Saeracenia has 
been raised in Messrs. Veitch and Sons’ Nursery, 
and -was recently exhibited at South Kensing¬ 
ton, under the uame of S. formosa. It is the result 
of a cross between S. psittacina and S. variolaris, 
and exhibits in a remarkable way the intermediate 
character of both parents. It is considerably taller 
in growth than S. psittacina, with its parrot’s-head- 
like pitcher and lid of a pale green tint, beautifully 
reticulated with crimson veins. It is, moreover, 
robust in habit, and in this respect is similar to S. 
variolaris. 
©I)ttuav2. 
— 2Milliam Wilson Saunders, Esep, 
F.E.S., died at his residence, near Worthing, 
on September 13th, in the 70th year of his 
age. By his death horticulture has sustained a 
severe loss, and his friends a profound sorrow^. We 
cannot point to any one in our times who possessed 
a greater love for plants, or a more thorough know¬ 
ledge of them and their requirements. His collec¬ 
tions at Wandsworth, afterwards at Reigate, and 
latterly at Worthing, were remarkable, not only for 
extent, but for the knowledge and discriminating 
zeal with which they were got together and main¬ 
tained. The dispersion of the Reigate collection a 
few years ago ■was one of the greatest calamities 
that has recently befallen horticulture; but such 
was his love for plants, that no sooner was he esta¬ 
blished at Worthing, than he began again to form a 
collection. For many years Mr. Saunders was a 
tower of strength to the Royal Horticultural Society. 
He was one of the very feiv supporters of the 
Society who had a thorough and extensive know¬ 
ledge of gardening and its requirements, and he did 
his utmost for many years to promote them. Of 
the Linuasan Society Mr. Saunders was a hardly less 
prominent member. His memory -null be reverently 
cherished by all who knew him. 
— D. D. Davies, for upwards of 40 
years gardener to tire late and present Lord 
Bridport, at Cricket 'Chard, died recently from 
lock-jaw, supervening upon an injury sustained by 
falling from a ladder, while engaged in the decora¬ 
tion of a ball-room, previous to a wedding festivity. 
He was celebrated as a Pine-grower, and sent up to 
the Royal Horticultural Society, some years ago, a 
plant w'ith three beautiful fruit growing upon it, the 
weight of the three being 271b. He ■was much 
respected by the family he served so faithfully and 
so long. 
