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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ April, 
Tomato is one which outstrips all other sorts hitherto 
grown here, both in quality and quantity of produce. 
Dickson Brown and Tait’s Eclipse Cauliflower is 
another of superior merit, having all the superior 
characteristics of Yeitch’s, but dwarfer and hardier 
than that popular variety. Stuart Mein and Allan’s 
No. 1 Cabbage, which in reality is a high selection of 
Enfield Market, is the earliest Cabbage, as in some 
seasons it has been cut in February, and is by far 
the best for general purposes ; I grow no other. Of 
the old Lemon Kidney Potato, the few I grew last 
year determine me to grow it extensively; compared 
with the old Ashleaf and Gloucestershire Kidney, it 
was much less diseased ; it is a heavy cropper, and 
superior in flavour. Hammersmith Hardy Lettuce 
cannot be too highly recommended for standing the 
winter, and coming in early in the season. William 
the First Pea is decidedly the best early Pea grown 
and is moreover a good cropper, and the right 
medium size for the cook. Leicester Red Celery 
maintains its superiority both for general excellence 
and its characteristic hardiness.” 
— Amongst some New Chinese Primroses 
grown by Messrs. Stuart and Co, of Nice, is one 
with bluisli-wbite flowers, freckled and occa¬ 
sionally striped with crimsou, and having a bright 
yellow eye occupying half the diameter of the flower 
—very striking and distinct. Two others have the 
usual yellowish-green eye, exterior to which is a 
broad ring, occupying half the diameter of the 
flower, of a bright bronzy hue, the margin being in 
one case bright crimson, and in the other rosy-crim¬ 
son. Neither of the three are very perfect as to 
outline and smoothness, but they are large and bold 
flowers, and the other desired qualities will, no doubt, 
in due time be forthcoming. 
— ®he deliciously odorous Neapolitan Vio¬ 
let is admirably grown by Mr. Denning in the 
gardens at Londesborougli Lodge, Norbiton, 
the plants being robust, healthy, and full of fine 
blooms. The frames in which they are grown are 
placed on the most elevated ground in the garden, 
and the place is also naturally high ; but Mr. Den¬ 
ning, without doubt, rightly ascribes the good 
results he obtains to the adoption of a simple prin¬ 
ciple in ventilation that is by no means so commonly 
practised as is desirable. Giving air to frames in 
most gardens means tilting the lights behind to allow 
the damp air to escape; here it means, in the violet 
frames at least, tilting the lights both in front and 
behind, and keeping them so a little at all times, 
except during severe frosts or high winds, so that a 
free current of air is always passing through the 
frames and playing about the plants. We commend 
this simple plan to all who are unsuccessful in frame 
violet culture. 
— %, fine new White Indian Azalea, 
Koi Leopold alba, is now being sent out by 
Messrs. Veitcli and Sons, of Chelsea. As its 
name implies, it is a white-flowered form of the 
w'ell-known Roi Leopold. The plant has a free, 
sturdy, well-furnished habit of growth, and being a 
profuse bloomer, is in every way adapted for decor- 
aticn. The individual blossoms are of average size 
and semi-double, occasionally slightly flaked, but in 
its ordinary and characteristic condition, of the 
purest white. 
— m • Bergman, gardener to Baron 
Bothschild at Ferricres, has raised a Spotted 
Anthurium Scherzerianum. In 1876, he fer¬ 
tilised some flowers of A. Scherzerianum with the 
pollen of A. Williamsii, and ultimately raised a 
batch of 25 seedlings, all of which, except four, 
proved to be only good forms of A. Scherzerianum ; 
while the four in question produced white spathes 
nicely spotted with red, the habit of the plants re¬ 
sembling that of a vigorous type of A. Scherzerianum. 
The plant was shown in Paris at a meeting of the 
Central Horticultural Society of France, and the 
exhibitor obtained an award equivalent to a First- 
class Certificate. 
3m Jftemottam. 
— fHR. William Dunnett, eldest son of 
Mr. W. H. Dunnett, of the . firm of Messrs. 
Carter, Dunnett, and Beale, died on February 
23rd, at Melbourne, whither he had gone under 
medical advice, at the early age of 32. He had 
been brought up to take an active interest in the 
seed-growing establishments at Dedham and St. 
Osyth, and about eight years ago came to London 
to take the post of manager of the •wholesale depart¬ 
ment at the Holborn house, under Mr. Beale. He 
was a thorough man of business, and, in spite of 
physical weakness, was most active in the dis¬ 
charge of responsible duties, which were performed 
in a way that won for him the respect and esteem 
of all. 
-m n. William Halliday, for many 
years assistant to Mr. Marnock, died at Shef¬ 
field, of acute bronchitis, aged 45. He com¬ 
menced his career in the Royal Botanic Society’s 
Garden, Regent’s Park, and subsequently entered 
the service of Messrs. Veitch and Sons, with whom 
he stayed for several years, and then became assist¬ 
ant to Mr. Marnock, with whom he remained until 
that gentleman retired a year or two ago, when Mr. 
Halliday commenced business as a landscape 
gardener at Sheffield, with the prospect of a success¬ 
ful career before him. 
-fflR. Thomas Parker, of St. Michael’s 
Hill and Stapleton Nurseries, Bristol, died on 
February 27th, at the age of 59. Not only in 
his own parish, where he was churchwarden, but 
throughout the city and neighbourhood, his genial 
temper and straightforward business habits com¬ 
bined to make him a most agreeable companion and 
to win for him the respect of all those who knew him 
intimately. 
— Professor Bell died at Selborne, on 
March 13tli, in his 88th year. Mr. Bell, who 
was formerly one of the foremost of London 
dentists, held the offices of Secretary to the Royal 
Society, Professor of Zoology at King’s College, 
London, and President of the Linnean Society, in 
which latter position his suave courteous manner 
and dignified bearing will long be remembered by 
the older Fellows of that Society. As a naturalist 
he was best known for his researches on the Crusta¬ 
ceans and on the Mammalia and Reptilia. Some 
years since he took up his residence at Selborne, 
in the house occupied by Gilbert White. No fitter 
tenant could possibly have been found; and al¬ 
though, perhaps, the value of Prof. Beli’s services to 
natural history cannot be overlooked, the greatest 
service he ever rendered to it was the publication 
of his edition of White’s Selborne. 
