October 18, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
105 
Charles Turner, Slough, Hollandbury Pippin Apples ; 
Balchin & Son, Hassocks Gate, Sussex, Hoary Morning 
Apples ; John Peed & Sons, Streatham, Belle Pontoise 
Pears ; Will. Taylor, Hampton, Pine Golden Pippin 
Apples ; A. Wyatt, Halton, Middlesex, Fearn’s Pippin 
Apples; W. F. Gibbon, Seaford Grange, Pershore, 
Golden Noble Apples ; John Watkins, Withington, 
Hereford, Warner’s King and New Hawthornden 
Apples ; Thomas Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth, Lord 
Palmerston Peaches ; J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, 
Bismarck Apples; J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Crab 
Edulis and Doyenne du Comice Pears ; W. Paul & Son, 
Waltham Cross, Cellini Pippin Apples ; James Yeitch 
& Sons, Chelsea, Sandringham Apples ; Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, Chiswick, W., Braddick’s Nonpareil 
Apples; Geo. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, Washington 
Apples and Doyenne du Comice Pears. 
Selected from the Gold Medal Class. —James 
Nicholson, gardener to W. Malles, Esq., Sewardstone 
Lodge, Chingford, Essex, Durondeau Pears ; J. H. 
AN ANCIENT HOSTELRY. 
We have been favoured by an esteemed friend, the best 
part of whose time is spent “ on the road,” with a 
photograph of the glass-covered yard of one of our most 
ancient provincial hotels, which, as will be seen from 
the accompanying engraving, illustrates how useful 
and ornamental an old coach-yard may be made where 
the will to do so and good taste are combined. In the old 
coaching days, the hotel we are alluding to—the ‘ ‘Angel,” 
at Brigg, in Lincolnshire—was a very important 
establishment, but the coaches having long since been 
numbered with the things that were, the yard for a 
long time subsequently remained—as too many of such 
old yards still remain—a desolate reminder of former 
busy times ; yet, as our illustration shows, how easy it 
is, by the exercise of a little trouble and forethought, to 
make such eyesores a scene of beauty and place of com¬ 
fort. By covering the yard in with glass, planting 
climbers in available positions, furnishing the roof with 
hanging baskets of plants, and employing plants in 
Mrs. Skevington, to whose love of flowers and skill in 
growing and arranging them, the old courtyard of the 
“Angel” Hotel owes all its present-day charms. 
As we learn from information kindly furnished by 
Mrs. Skevington, there are written records of the 
ancient hotel over which she so genially presides, 
dating back to the time of Oliver Cromwell. The inns 
in those days were places of considerable importance, 
and as far back as 1665 or 1670, notices were issued 
calling upon the farmers of the district to pay their 
rents to the Court at the “Angel.” In those days also 
small change was scarce, and innkeepers as well as 
shopkeepers had to resort to the coining of copper 
pennies, which were about the size of a shilling piece. 
These they were bound to redeem when brought back 
to them. One of these coins, still in existence, bears 
the inscription of Richard Stellard on one side, with 
an angel in the middle ; and on the reverse, in the 
middle are the letters “R. S.,” with the words “ 0. E., 
Brigg, 1659.” 
Courtyard of the “Angel” Hotel, at Brigg. 
Goodacre, gardener to the Earl of Harrington, Elvaston 
Castle, Borrowash, Derby, Lord Lennox Apples ; George 
Reynolds, gardener to the Messrs, de Rothschild, 
Gunnersbury Park, Acton, W., Lord Derby Apples ; 
Samuel Barlow, J.P., Stakehill House, Castleton, 
Manchester, Peasgood’s Nonsuch Apples ; Charles 
Davies, The Mote Gardens, Maidstone, Gascoigne’s 
Seedling Apples, and Marie Louise Pears. 
From British Fruit Growers’ Association. —P. 
Crowley, Esq., Waddon Plouse, Croydon, Bismarck 
Apples ; Mr. H. W. Ward, Longford Castle, Salisbury, 
Uvedale’s St. Germain Pears : Thomas Rivers & Son, 
Sawbridgeworth, King of Tomkins County and Rose¬ 
mary Russet Apples, and Pitmaston Duchess Pears. 
Extra.—Mr. John White, Home Farm, Hampton, 
Prince’s Risborough, Dumelow’s Seedling Apples. 
Some of the foregoing were found to be too soft for 
passage to so great a distance, consequently, as pre¬ 
viously stated, about sixty dishes were ultimately sent 
to Her Majesty. 
To Destroy Caterpillars. —Mix two parts of 
chloride of lime with one part of lard. Mould this in 
the form of rolls, cover with cloth, and bind around 
the affected trees. The caterpillars will soon fall, and 
none will crawl up the trunk. Even butterflies will 
avoid trees treated in this manner.— Garten-und-Blum- 
cnzeitung. 
pots on the floor, we have at once a most pleasant 
lounging place or smoking room, which is a decided 
attraction to all frequenters of the old-fashioned hotel 
in question. 
The photograph was unfortunately taken too early in 
the season to show the wealth and variety of climbers 
grown to the best advantage, but we may say, on the 
word of our friend, that when seen at their best they are 
extremely beautiful. The trellis on the left hand is 
made of untrimmed Larch poles, against which tall 
Pelargoniums are trained, and behind are cool and 
pleasant retreats furnished with tables and chairs. The 
taller climbers consist of Hops, Virginian Creepers, 
Clematis, the Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia Sipho), 
and various kinds of Ivy, all of which climb to the top 
and hang down loosely in graceful festoons, reaching to 
the baskets, of which there are three rows, suspended 
from the roof. The baskets are of wire, lined round 
the sides with moss, filled with soil, and planted with 
Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums, Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia 
nummularia), and Cob®a scandens variegata. The 
latter runs up the suspending wire, and mingles with 
the creepers adorning the roof. In winter the baskets 
are filled with Periwinkle and Ivy. 
The happy use to which the climbers have been put, 
reflects the highest credit upon the taste of the hostess, 
THE GUERNSEY LILY. 
The real home of the Guernsey Lily (Nerine sarniensis) 
is South Africa, and a story is current that a vesse 
containing bulbs was wrecked many years ago in Vason 
Bay, Guernsey, and that the bulbs were brought from 
thence to La Haye du Puits, where they are still grown 
in great quantity. 
At the present time it is reckoned that there 
are three cart-loads of bulbs or more. They are grown 
in lines, and the larger quantity of them have not been 
lifted for the last twenty-two years, so that they are 
now rather crowded, as might be expected. Mr. 
Earland, gardener to Le M. Thomas le Marchant, Esq., 
yearly culls about 27,000 blooms, which are sent in all 
directions to the friends of his employer. The flower 
scapes are thrown up in advance of the leaves, and 
many of them had been cut by the first of this month, 
when we inspected them. Mr. Earland says that the 
Lily grows better there than anywhere else. Of course, 
it must be understood that they are all in the open 
ground, which says a good deal for the climate of 
Guernsey, since South African bulbs can be grown, 
flowered, and ripened in the open air. The natural 
soil consists of a fine sand, and the bulbs are assisted 
with large quantities of liquid manure while making 
their growth. 
