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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 8, 1886. 
this season. The 'following 'are a few of the good 
standard sorts and seedlings raised by Mr. Simonite :— 
Green edge : Colonel Taylor and Booth’s Freedom are 
very fine examples, but are eclipsed by some grand 
seedlings which have just been named. One, Sir Henry 
"Watson, which has a fine yellow tube, white paste, 
black body, with green edge, which is quite smooth ; 
James Douglas, and Samuel Barlow. The above are 
all excellent, possessing all the qualities that could be 
desired. Amongst the grey-edged sorts there were but 
few open but conspicuons amongst them was Mr. 
Horner’s Agamannon. White-edged flowers were well 
represented: Conservative, John Simonite, Frank 
Simonite, and two grand seedlings, one called Heather- 
bell being of robust habit, and carrying a truss of 
eleven pips, which are very large and smooth. The 
other is named Arethusa and is of equal merit. 
Amongst the seifs there are some charming things : 
Charles J. Perry, Mrs. Douglas, Ellen Lancaster, Blue 
Bonnet, Sapphire, Heroine (this is one of Mr. Horner’s 
fine seedlings), Calliope, and Mercury, the latter being 
a crimson raised by Mr. Simonite, which is a fine, 
large, and smooth flower.— J. W. S. 
The Late Me. Andrew Turnbull.— I observe 
that your last issue contains an intimation of the 
demise of this much-esteemed old gardener, who has 
left behind him a name worthy of general recognition 
as one of the most painstaking and successful raisers of 
hybrid Ericas, ahd whose long and praiseworthy career 
is well worthy of imitation by all young gardeners who 
are anxious to succeed in their adopted profession ; and 
I may observe that no man can possibly expect to do 
so unless the precepts and example of the late Andrew 
Turnbull be duly observed and assiduously followed. 
As I write I have the portrait before me of this estimable 
old gardener, and also portraits of several of his lovely 
and superb varieties of Heaths, on the treatment of 
which he observed, in the Florist and Pomologist, 
1882:—“Regarding the raising of new varieties of 
Heaths, I have never made any mystery about it, or 
concealed my practice in the matter from anyone who 
asked me. I have no hesitation in saying that a good 
deal might still be done in that way were it taken up 
by young men ; but they should be made aware that 
patience and perseverance are absolutely necessary for 
those who make the attempt.” This is sound practical 
advice, given by one who closely observed all that is 
required of man in humbly aiding (and I hold this to 
be a great privilege) nature in her vast, interesting, 
and beautiful works. Such a one was Andrew Turnbull, 
whose mind was led to fully appreciate the beautiful 
objects of nature, the very fact of which very materially 
contributed to his long life of usefulness. 1 do not for 
one moment speak with feelings of regret for the loss 
sustained. It is a pleasurable memory to know that so 
useful a life was so long and profitably extended far 
beyond that of many of his friends and brother gar¬ 
deners. In alluding to Mr. Turnbull’s productions, 
Mr. Thomas Moore observes or asks in the work men¬ 
tioned :—“By what strange fatality is it that the 
genus of Cape Heaths (Erica) has become a family of 
neglected plants ? Once they crowded our exhibition 
tents, and abounded in our greenhouses and conser¬ 
vatories. Now, with the exception of a few free-growing 
market kinds, they are seen only as comparative 
rarities in either place. It cannot be from want of 
beauty that they are thus neglected, for few flowers are 
so chaste and lovely as are many of these.” One 
thing is positively certain. Heaths of Cape origin and 
hybrid character, to do them well, impose an unre¬ 
mitting tax upon skill and industry. As my old 
friend, the late William Cole, would observe, there is 
nothing of the Mushroom growth or character about 
them. To keep specimen Heaths of large size for a 
series of years in fine exhibition'form appears not to be 
the custom or practice in the present day, and those 
whose-love for this lovely tribe predominated in days 
gone by who may still be living, will cherish in their 
minds the memory of our veteran friend, the late 
Andrew Turnbull. — George Fry, Lewisham. 
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QUESTION'S AND ANSWERS. 
Pea.— B. L.: We know nothing of the new varieties in ques¬ 
tion, hut will make enquiries among our friends. 
What is a Cottager?—A. F. L.: For Flower Show purposes 
we should define a Cottager as a labourer or mechanic, living in 
a cottage, the rental value of which does not much exceed the 
average value of similar tenements in the district, and who does 
not employ any assistance in his garden, or gain his livelihood 
solely by growing Flowers, Fruits, 'or Vegetables for sale. 
Jobbing Gardeners and Gentlemen’s 'Gardeners should be de¬ 
barred from competing in “ Cottager’s” classes ; and in the case 
of Market Gardening districts, all employed in such gardens 
above the rank of a labourer should be similarly precluded from 
competing. In rural districts there is not much difficulty in 
deciding who is a cottager and who is not, but in towns and 
their vicinity the case is somewhat more difficult, and can only be 
decided by the local committee, who should endeavour to define 
the term on sufficiently broad lines, as to admit to the compe¬ 
tition the greatest number of persons living on about the same 
equality. 
Spiders. — C. K.: We scarcely like to suggest that what you 
believe to be Tarantula Spiders may be only Ants, but suspect 
that such is the case, and if that be so, you can soon rid your¬ 
self of their presence by sprinkling fresh Peruvian Guano in 
their runs ; or if it can be done without injury to your plants, by 
pouring scalding water into their runs and nests. Carbolic acid, 
well diluted with water, sprinkled about their quarters will also 
drive them away ; but if it is more convenient to trap them, lay 
some half-picked bones about, and while the Ants are feeding, 
dip the bone into boiling water. Send us a few of the Spiders. 
Names of Plants.— J. E. L., Levenshulme: 1, Oncidium 
orientale probably; 2, Oncidium Wentworthianum ; 3, Oncidium 
Marshallianum, a very bright variety ; 4 and 5, Oncidium con- 
color. W.C., Hawick: Narcissus albicans. 
Communications Received. —W. H. E.—E. B.—B. S. W.— 
R. F.—M. T.—G. F.—W. B. L.—W. J. M.- W. G. S.—L. H. G. 
—J. & F.—W. S.—E. I). 
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