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THE FLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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are produced in great abundance from a thick and 
slightly creeping caudex, so that, being evergreen, 
the plant is well furnished at all seasons; the pinnae 
are sessile and auriculate, deeply serrate and acumi¬ 
nate, and of a more leathery texture than those of 
most basl<et Ferns, and in consequence the duration 
of the fronds is greatly prolonged, while the dark- 
coloured rachis, by contrast with the full green 
pinnae, adds much to the beauty of the whole. 
•— Jn order to obtain Miniature Green¬ 
house Ehododendrons of the recent jasmini- 
florum and hybrid jasminifloram types, it is 
recommended to take the tops of the shoots when of 
the length of three or four inches, and when the bloom 
bud is commencing to form. These cuttings are struck 
in cutting-pots, and when the flowers are about to 
unfold the pot is placed in a small pan filled with moss 
and hung up close to the glass. In this situation the 
flowers expand, .and form delightful ornaments to 
the house. This plan has been devised in Messrs. 
Veitch’s establishment. 
— ®^HE new Bedding Lobelia Prima 
Donna, now being sent out by Messrs. Carter 
& Co., is a very pretty and interesting addition 
to its class; and from its dwarf tufted growth and 
the singular freedom with which it yields its blos¬ 
soms, is likely to prove a very useful bedding plant. 
As seen growing last summer in masses in the seed 
grounds at St. Osyth it was very pleasing. The 
colour is a maroon crimson. It stood the severe test 
of being exhibited after lifting from the open ground, 
and won a Ist-class Certificate from the Floral Com¬ 
mittee. 
— ®HE Pyramidal Oak ought to be better 
known, and more frequently planted than it is. 
It is a variety of British Oak with the habit of 
a Lombardy Poplar. A correspondent of Woods 
and Forests, an excellent paper devoted to forestry, 
states, that in Vienna, in one afternoon, he met 
with a dozen good specimens of this tree, some of 
them as slender and as graceful, and as erect-growing 
as the Lombardy Poplar, others somewhat more 
pyramidal towards the lower part. This variety in 
form makes the tree all the more valuable for lawn 
or garden ; and, as a tree with character for land¬ 
scape planting, there exists nothing more valuable. 
— ^ NEW and ingenious Strawberry Tile 
has recently been invented and exhibited by 
Mr. John Matthews, of Weston-super-Mare. 
It is intended for placing under strawberries, and so 
completely circumvents the snails and slugs that they 
can no longer feed on the luscious berries where 
these tiles are used. They are made of earthenware, 
in the form of quoits, but convex on the under-side, 
and cut in two, so that when in position they sur¬ 
round the collar of the plants. They are made in 
two sizes, viz., 15 inches and 18 inches in diameter. 
— SUNDER the title of Garden Work (172, 
Fleet Street), a new penny w'eekly garden 
newspaper has appeared. So far it has 
furnished a good pennyworth of gardening in¬ 
formation, and promises to worthily fill its appro¬ 
priate place in the ranks of garden literature. 
— 'jlTo Destroy Moss on Trees, it is 
sometimes recommended to sprinkle freshly- 
powdered lime on the moss in damp weather. 
A better w^ay is first to scrape off the moss with a 
light hoe, or the back of a knife, and then to wash 
the bark with lime-wash made from fresh lime, so 
thin as to give a slightly white appearance when dry 
—that is, with a consistency half-way between lime- 
water and white-wash. 
iHemoriam. 
- IHr. Edward Milner, the eminent 
landscape gardener, died on March 26, at 
Dulwich Wood, Norwood. He was born at 
Farley, in Derbyshire, educated at Bakewell Gram¬ 
mar School, and apprenticed to Sir Joseph Paxton, 
head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. After 
his apprenticeship he went to Paris to study for four 
years, chiefly at the Jardin des Plantes; and after 
travelling through Europe returned to England, 
where he visited and reported on many of the prin¬ 
cipal gardens for Dr. Lindley. In 1844 Sir Joseph 
Paxton entrusted to him the work of superintending 
the laying-out of the Prince’s Park, Liverpool, 
which work was most successful. Mr. Milner also 
carried out the extensive garden works connected 
with the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, under Sir 
Joseph Paxton ; and since their completion he has 
most successfully practised on his own account. 
His works, artistic samples of the natural style, were 
not confined to this country, but are well known in 
France, Belgium, the Ehine Provinces, Denmark, 
and Sveden. In 1831, when the Crystal Palace 
Company organised a School of Gardening, Mr. 
Milner accepted the position of Principal. 
— IHr- James Atkins died at Painswick, 
Gloucestershire, on April 2, aged 82 years., 
Mr. Atkins was originally a nurseryman, one 
of the old school, who, while not neglecting his 
business, grew his plants for the love of them. 
Since he retired from business, now many years 
ago, he has continued to cultivate Alpine plants with 
much ardour and success. Cyclamen Atkinsi, a 
hybrid between C. Coum and C. persicum, will 
perpetuate his name. 
— HflE. George Rudd died at Under-' 
clilfe, Bradford, Yorks, on April 14, aged 54 
years. As a florist be was well known and much 
respected. We greatly regret to learn that Mr. Rudd, 
who lost his wife only f^our months since, leaves a 
family of seven children, six under twelve years of 
age, the youngest only four months, utterly desti¬ 
tute. We hope in our next issue to be able to record 
progress in some steps now being taken tor the im¬ 
mediate relief of the poor orphans. Meantime our 
friend and fellow-labourer, Mr. E. S. Dodwell, Stan¬ 
ley Road, Oxford, will be glad to take charge, and 
see to the proper application of, any contributions 
our benevolentlv-minded friends may be disposed to 
send him. [E. S. D., 2H.; T. M., 21s., received.] 
_ ^IThe Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., died 
at Bowbill, Selkirkshire, on April 16. The 
Duke was intimately connected with horticul¬ 
ture, not only as the owner of two of the finest 
garden establishments in the country, but in virtue 
of his association with the Royal Horticultural 
Society, the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, 
and the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution. 
The latter Institution by his death has lost a muni¬ 
ficent supporter. — - 
