152 
THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ October, 
of London for the purer air of the vicinity 
of Oxford. The varieties sent out last year 
have taken such a very high position, that 
those now offered may be expected to sustain 
the repute of their predecessors. Owing to 
the circumstances of removal, they must be 
cleared at once. 
Carnations. 
Edward Adams: A fine s.b. of the “ Curzon ” 
type (a seedling from “Dreadnought ”), and worthy 
to rank beside that grand old variety. Good white, 
brilliant scarlet, and maroon ; smooth and full size. 
Harry Turner, s.b. : A seedling from “ Sir Joseph 
Paxton,” on which it is an appreciable improvement. 
James McIntosh, s.b. : A most beautiful variety, 
richly marked with brilliant scarlet and maroon on 
an exquisite white ; petal smooth and finely formed; 
size medium. 
Philip Thomas : A light s.b., of the finest possi¬ 
ble white ground, boldly marked with brilliant 
scarlet and light maroon; full size, smooth, and of 
fine substance; one of the best. 
PayneR Johnson, s.b. : An extra fine variety, not 
so brilliant in the scarlet as “Curzon,”but in all 
other respects fit to be placed with that grand old 
flower. 
Thomas Bower, s.b. : A full and full-sized 
flower, grandly marked with brilliant scarlet and 
maroon; good white. 
Dr. Cronin, c.b. : A “ Captain Stott” flower; a 
seedling from that richly-marked variety, but fuller 
and a much better grower. 
Harrison Weir, c.b. : One of the finest varieties 
of its class. A seedling from “ Rifleman,” but very 
distinct in colour, it rivals that fine variety in the 
excellence of its habit, form, quality, smoothness, 
definite markings, and substance, and will fre¬ 
quently be found in front of it on the exhibition- 
table. 
Mrs. Gorton, c.b. : A large-petalled, beautifully 
formed variety, of exquisite white and quality, 
smooth, and very definitely marked. 
H. K. Mayor, p.p.b. : A large variety, of extra 
fine quality, in the way of “ Wood’s Purityvery 
boldly, though, like “Purity,” lightly bizarred, with 
light pink and bright purple. 
SquIre Llewelyn, p.p.b. : The best, most richly 
marked pink and purple Mr. Dodvvell has yet grown. 
Squire Penson, p.p.b : A beautiful pink and pur¬ 
ple, of excellent habit, smooth, finely formed, well 
marked, and of great substance. 
Thomas Tomes, s.f. : A seedling from “ Sports¬ 
man,” with the richest scarlet and purest white Mr. 
Dodwell has yet seen; fine in form and habit, 
smooth, and of great substance. 
Mrs. Matthews, r.f. : A Seedling from “ John 
Keet,” which it follows and fairly rivals, save that 
the colour is of a deeper, slightly purplish, tint. 
PlC'OTEES. 
Elsie Grace, light red-edged : A Seedling from 
“Mary” (Simonite), light purple-edge ; it fully 
equals that splendid variety in the size and form 
of its petal, and has an even better habit. Mr. 
Dodwell regards this as the best of its class 
he has yet seen in his garden, the dry 
and smoke-begrimed atmosphere of which, how¬ 
ever, injuriously affects the delicacy of colour 
and purity of ground—the especial attribute of 
these lovely flowers. The opinion above given is, 
however, offered after comparison with the best 
varieties available. 
Winifred Esther, medium red-edged, some¬ 
times heavy: A Seedling from “ Wm, Summers,” 
but with more colour than its parent; a fine show 
variety. 
Miss Gorton, light rose-edged: Mr. Dodwell 
pronounces this to be the best of his light-edged 
roses.—M, 
A LARGE GOOSEBERRY TREE. 
S N old and still healthy plant of the 
Bed Warrington Gooseberry, trained 
upon a brick wall with a north aspect, 
and bearing heavy crops yearly, may be con¬ 
sidered worthy of notice in the pages of the 
Pojiologist, not only on account of its age and 
large dimensions, but also, and more particu¬ 
larly, for its usefulness in supplying the dessert 
with good gooseberries considerably later than 
they can be had by any means of retarding 
that can be adopted in bush cultivation, the 
position of the fruit being effectually shaded 
and cool, and protection being easily secured 
by a covering of net. 
The bush or tree in question had been 
planted at a distance of 8 ft. from the corner 
of a west wall, where it had grown to its height 
of 12 ft., and filled the space to the corner, 
thirty years ago. The age, therefore, of this 
uncommon specimen cannot be far short of fifty 
years. Some of its branches near its base are 
still lengthening towards the east, one of them 
having reached the distance of 24 ft. 1 in. from 
the stem, while the corner of the wall has 
been made its barrier on the opposite side. 
The mode of training which has been 
adopted is the fan shape, but at a distance it 
has more the appearance of a tree. So much, 
indeed, is this the case, that I have heard it 
jocularly remarked by visitors in passing, that 
it would puzzle the witty Irishman who made 
choice of the Gooseberry Tree on which to be 
hanged, and offered to wait until it grew to a 
sufficient size.—J. Webster, Gordon Castle 
Gardens. 
PEAT AS AN ANTISEPTIC. 
)T seems to me extraordinary that we do 
not make more general use of the antiseptic 
properties of Peat, for that it is in its 
nature highly antiseptic, is both an actual and 
scientific fact. I have found it most invalu¬ 
able for bulbs and other subjects particularly 
liable to rot; it acts on the entire compost 
somewhat like charcoal in arresting and pre¬ 
venting deca} r . A handful of good, fibry peat, 
mixed into the compost in potting each bulb, 
would, I am sure, save us gardeners a world of 
trouble arising from the natural tendency to 
rot, which is so inseparably a feature of the 
Hyacinth tribe.— Edward H. Allen, F.R.H.S., 
St. John's, Putney Hill , S. W. 
