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species, and tliat only one Grape was admissible. I 
contended, that for exhibition purposes, “kind” and 
“variety” were synonymous terms, and that they were 
frequently used in schedules of prizes in the same way. 
A committee was hastily summoned, and, after consul¬ 
tation, I was informed that they had decided my 
interpretation was wrong, and that the objection must 
hold good. I was informed afterwards, that the 
objector was a gardener to some local magnate that it 
would not do to offend. Then my turn came. In the 
next collection were Peaches and Nectarines ; I took 
up the objection of the objector and insisted upon dis¬ 
qualifying this also, on the ground that Peaches and 
Nectarines, like black and white Grapes, are but 
varieties of the same fruit. I thoroughly enjoyed the 
biting the biter got, but I do not think I shall ever be 
invited to judge at that show again. 
Yet another case, one of the many that are constantly 
cropping up. Not long since I was acting as judge at 
a provincial show with a worthy brother gardener from 
the West of England ; we came to a class, “stove and 
greenhouse cut flowers, twelve bunches.” The best 
box was made up entirely of Orchids and Stove Plants 
—a superior lot. Then came a stand we decidedly 
fancied for second place ; it contained some Orchids, 
some Stove and Greenhouse Plants, and a bunch of 
forced Roses. Ought we to disqualify ? was the question 
at once raised. The next stand was decidedly inferior, 
but it contained nothing that could be strictly termed 
a hardy plant, though the blossoms of summer-bedding 
plants were present in it. Now the Rose was the 
weakest bunch ; it detracted rather than added to the 
value of the stand ; the remaining eleven bunches were 
so superior that we decided to give the exhibitor the 
benefit of the doubt ; we ruled that a plant grown and 
flowered in a greenhouse was to all intents and purposes 
for the time a greenhouse plant, and we awarded it the 
second prize. The editor of one of the gardening 
papers was appealed to, and he ruled against us. As a 
matter of course he would. The injured (?) exhibitor 
made his statement, we were not heard, and judgment 
was set accordingly. But editors are not infallible, 
they do not know everything, and consequently often 
come to grief. I am sure our action will be condemned ; 
but we are certain that the justice of the case was met 
in our decision ; it is also defensible on common sense 
grounds. And now, critics, come on !— 11. D. 
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THE SCIENCE OP ADVERTISING. 
Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society have 
recently received by post a remarkable circular from the 
continent regarding gratis fruit tree grafts, and the 
purchase of wines from a relative of the horticulturist, 
who is willing to give the grafts. Our contemporary, 
The Science of Advertising — British and Foreign, notices 
the circular in the following manner :— 
“We reprint the latest, and certainly the most novel, 
effort in advertising w'hich has recently reached us from 
Bordeaux. It runs thus : — ‘ Brother in Horticulture, — 
It may form some little excuse for intruding myself 
upon your attention when I state that T am senior 
member of the Horticulture Society of the Gironde, 
member (founder) of the French Congress Pomologique, 
titular member of the Central Horticultural Society of 
Paris since 1858, honorary corresponding member of the 
Royal Linnsean Society of Brussels, &c., &c. My 
purport in writing to you is to bring under your notice 
the important wine firm, founded by me as far back as 
the year 1842, and I beg to enclose you price list 
thereof. The actual head of the firm now is my son, 
whose scrupulous integrity I can warrant. I shall be 
very happy to furnish you with any information I can 
in respect to horticulture, also to forward you grafts of 
my rich fruit collections free.—I have the honour to 
remain, your obedient servant, -.’ Some 
people certainly have a very vague idea of the connec¬ 
tion between a reason and its application, and we 
should say M. -’s views—if such they can be 
called—upon the point must be misty in the extreme. 
Flowers, Apples, and even butterflies, to those who can 
understand them, are doubtless very interesting and 
pleasing objects, and their cultiyation, production, and 
capture most enjoyable pursuits. We had hitherto, 
however, been ignorant that horticulture constituted 
such a closely-bound brotherhood that it demanded that 
none of its votaries should go beyond its pale for the 
necessaries of life. Still, it is never too late to learn, 
and may be that before long we shall discover that, in 
the interest of art, it is imperative on all brothers of 
the angle to purchase their clothes of a piscatorial 
“ snip,” and that an affection for tabby cats is the only 
medium for securing the custom of elderly maiden 
ladies. M. -—’s confidence in his son, one 
M. -, would certainly be touching did it not 
somehow remind us of filial affection upside down. 
We know that in many cases—and naturally, perhaps— 
children have an implicit reliance in the infallibility of 
their progenitors ; while owing, perhaps, to the scep¬ 
ticism which comes with advancing years this belief is 
not always reciprocated. M. - is, however, 
apparently exceptionally blest in this respect. At all 
events, the son is a man of originality, since he quotes 
on his list such branded champagnes as Moet, Perrier 
Jouet, and Cliquot f.o.b. Bordeaux. To any persons 
with superfluous cash who like to pay the expenses for 
their sparkling wines to take a trip to the Gironde, 
instead of coming direct to England, is a chance which 
does not often occur. We can only trust that the Brut 
Imperial or “ Pale Dry Creaming ” will be duly thankful 
for the little outing accorded them. ” 
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NOTES ON LILIES. 
A week ago, after a month’s absence in Scotland, I 
looked over our Lilies. My friend, Mr. McIntosh, 
many years ago established the fact that whatever the 
season may be, L. auratum, and a good many other 
species, will bloom well year after year if planted 
among healthy Rhododendrons, the reason, I believe, 
being that the Rhododendron leaves shelter the young 
shoots from April and May frosts, and from what is still 
more dangerous, bright sunshine after them. When 
gardeners speak to me about difficulties with Lilies, I 
recommend them to keep to this safe ground, that is 
when not many dozen plants are required ; but as our 
experiments have for years past been in the direction of 
growing Lilies more in masses, and as this has been an 
unusually trying season, I think that you may like to 
have some of the results we have arrived at. 
Having acquired a strip of wood at our cottage 
garden near here, we, three years ago, dug out the soil 
for some large beds about 5 ft. deep, made a sheltering 
bank of the natural soil, filled up the holes with good 
Lily soil, and planted a number of L. auratum bulbs. 
These were successful ; therefore the following year we 
made more similar beds, and planted them with L. 
auratum, L. speciosum, L. tigrinum, L. elegans, L. 
Krameri, L. Batemarmke, and L. longiflorum. These 
prospering, we, last year, made another large bed, 
and planted it with L. auratum. In all these beds the 
Lilies looked as healthy, with the exception of L. longi¬ 
florum, as if they had had the advantage of Rhodo¬ 
dendron shelter. There is no protection overhead, but 
the surrounding wood was thick enough to protect the 
plants from the bright sunshine in May which followed 
the night frosts. 
At Oakwood, Wisley, two beds in which L. auratum 
had come up constantly stronger, in one since 1881, the 
other since 1882, have a good many Lilies damaged ; 
some L. cordifolium, which had fine strong shoots at 
the beginning of May were killed to the ground, while 
L. giganteum, just opposite them, had the leaves, 
which were then developed, frosted, and looked bad. 
They have, however, thrown up their flower-spikes, 
and hardly show where they were damaged. I think 
it may be taken as a fact, from our experience of now 
a good many years, that L. cordifolium, unless planted 
where evergreens will protect it from sun after spring 
frosts, requires the protection of Fir boughs or similar 
shading. I had an instance of the efficacy of light 
protection in the case of two lots of Yallota purpurea 
planted near the water’s edge; over them we placed 
common wicker coops, with bracken interlaced ; most 
of the bulbs are all right. A wren made her nest in 
the Fern of one of the coops, and brought out her 
young. Even some of the North American Lilies, 
Pardalinum, &c., have some shoots frosted, though in 
some beds these Lilies are untouched. 
In the narrow field of L. auratum, where the pro¬ 
tecting cut-furze fences are not high, so giving but 
little protection from weather, most of the Lilies seem 
to have done better than where they had more, though 
insufficient shelter. For some years past, the weather 
has not been severe enough to try Lilies fairly, but I 
think last winter may be taken as above an average 
one, as a test. If you care to have them, I hope to 
send a few further notes when more of the Lilies have 
flowered. Wo planted L. tenuifolium in all sorts of 
soils and situations, it has bloomed in all, though 
with different strength ; it will require another year on 
the ground, before the best treatment can be ascertained. 
I will close this note by saying, that a few days back 
I saw a stem of L. Krameri, in one of Mr. McIntosh’s 
Rhododendron beds, with nine flower buds ; it may be 
remembered that when this Lily was introduced, it was 
considered one flowered. I ventured to predict that, 
if it strengthened it would have more flowers, but no 
one ever dreamed of nine .—George F. Wilson, Heather- 
hank, Weybriclge Heath, June 2Qth. 
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OLD WALLS. 
Perhaps there may be some who cannot appreciate 
the picturesqueness of an old wall in a garden of the 
old-fashioned type ; but to my mind all the trimness of 
a modern garden is insignificant compared with the 
delightful freedom of a genuine country garden dating 
from the early years of the present century. I have 
one of this character in memory now, where all was in 
accord, from the homely Wallflowers of the borders to 
the rugged Apple trees in the kitchen garden ; broad, 
spacious walks margined by vigorous Box-edging, not 
the thin lines we see spun out in suburban gardens ; 
dense shrubberies of scarlet and white Thorns, Dog¬ 
woods, Spindletrees, Lilacs, an antiquated Mulberry, 
a straggling old Medlar, a Walnut or two, and many 
others that imparted to the garden its unique but 
agreeable aspect. 
It was a garden in which to wander and let one’s 
thoughts run free, and many a time, in sauntering 
round it, have I paused to look at the old wall which 
formed the boundary of the kitchen garden. This 
dated back some years before the present century, and 
was built at a time when the fashion was to have 
everything of a substantial character. It would alarm 
builders now to have to construct walls 3 ft. thick, and 
they would be quite inconsistent in modern establish¬ 
ments. However, the wall I am referring to was fully 
as much in diameter, and upon the top and a portion 
of the sides it bore a varied and, for the situation, 
a luxuriant vegetation. Sedums were there in numbers, 
from the common Stonecrop, S. acre, to the large- 
leaved S. spurium, and the strong S. album, all tho¬ 
roughly at home with the Houseleek, Sempervivum 
tectorum, also in abundance. 
There was a strong colony of Wallflowers, which 
thrived amazingly and flowered most profusely early in 
the season, and it was interesting to observe the 
miniature plants, some not more than 3 ins. or 4 ins. 
high, yet as perfect in their way on a smaller scale as 
the border Wallflowers, and flowering from every 
shoot. Sturdy little specimens, 6 ins. high, were the 
most abundant, and these were very pretty, producing 
their yellow flowers over a long period, which, though 
small, were exceedingly fragrant, and it seemed as if 
there was a concentration of all their characteristic 
qualities in the plants growing in this exposed, dry 
situation. The Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Linaria cym- 
balaria, formed an elegant fringe of pretty leaves and 
diminutive Snapdragon-like flowers. Then there were 
clusters of the Wild Marjoram peering out between the 
bricks, with here and there plants of Tragopogon, 
Solanums, a stunted Thorn or two, and a host of little 
weedlings that were scarcely recognisable. Despite its 
many attractions, this old wall was one of the most 
interesting features in our garden, and furnished in 
itself a study for a naturalist. — W. 
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CLEMATIS, BEAUTY OP 
WORCESTER. 
AMONG the new plants that have been shown this 
season, there are few, if any, likely to become more 
popular than the subject of this note and of the 
illustration on p. 697. Clematis, Beauty of Wor¬ 
cester, was exhibited (and Certificated) at the late 
Manchester Show, where we noted its fine properties. 
It is remarkably free-flowering, producing blooms at 
almost every joint which measure as much as 4£ in. in 
circumference. Its flowers, single and double, borne 
on the same plant as shown in our illustration, are of a 
lovely bluish violet shade, intensified by the pure white 
stamens. It will be invaluable for bedding purposes, 
and Messrs. R. Smith & Co., Worcester, are to be con¬ 
gratulated on the possession of so good a novelty. 
