THE GARDENING WORLD. 
685 
June 27 , 1896 . 
One morning in the garden bed, 
The Onion and the Carrot said 
Unto the Parsley group : 
“ Oh, when shall we three meet again, 
In thunder, lightning, hail or rain ? " 
“ Alas ! ” replied in tones of pain, 
The Parsley, “ in the soup! " 
— Drake's Magazine. 
The Long White and Pen-y-byd Vegetable Marrows • 
are excellent sorts for planting out of doors at the 
proper time. The Long White is one of the earliest, 
though one of the large growing kinds. The Pen-y- 
byd is a dwarfer grower, with short stems and sound 
fruits of excellent quality if cut before they get too 
old. Many growers allow the fruits to attain too 
large a size before cutting them, for the sake of size or 
bulk. This is all very well for market purposes ; but 
for private use, marrows of moderate size are best. 
The flavour of Pen-y-byd is excellent while still quite 
young. 
Fruit Prospects at Delgaty Castle.—Mr. John 
Brown, gardener, at Delgaty Castle, Turriff, N.B., 
writes concerning the fruit prospects as follows : — 
“ We are glad to say we have, this season, good 
prospects of all kinds of fruit, more especially Goose¬ 
berries, Black and Red Currants. They are a heavy 
crop and free from caterpillars—the great enemy to 
all Gooseberries. Strawberries and Raspberries 
have every appearance of being a good crop. Apples 
and Plums showed remarkably rich blossom, but the 
drought thinned them considerably. Nevertheless, 
some varieties of Apples and Plums have a heavy 
crop. Potatoes are looking very healthy and the 
season is in an advanced condition.” 
Orchids at the Sale Rooms.—Several Orchids in 
bloom fetched good prices a t the Central Sale 
Rooms of Messrs. Protheroe & Morris, Cheapside, 
on the 19th inst, Odontoglossum vexillarium 
album, a ver-y choice and beautiful variety was 
knocked down for 20 gs. With the exception of a 
pale yellow blotch on the lip, the flowers were pure 
white. Two plants of Cattleya aurea not in bloom, 
were sold for 2J gs. each. A very attractive variety 
of Cattleya Mendelii with soft pink sepals and 
petals, and a rich bright purple lip, having white side 
lobes, was knocked down for 6J gs. Grammangis 
Ellisii in bloom fetched 6J gs. Epidendrum Brassa- 
volae was secured for 2^ gs. The beautifully 
spotted Odontoglossum crispum punctatissimum 
went for £2 10s. A fine form of Cattleya Mossiae 
secured 3 gs. The white-lipped Odontoglossum 
vexillarium leucoglossum was bought for 2 gs. A 
charming variety of the summer-flowering Cattleya 
Warneri, with large flowers and a very dark purple 
lip, reached £2 15s,at the fall of the hammer. A small 
plant of Dendrobium crystallinum album brought 
2 gs. Good things cause keen competition for their 
possession. 
Tourist-Guide to the Continent.—Before us, as we 
write, is a copy of this guide, published under the 
• auspices of the Great Eastern Railway Company. 
It includes a large map of the British Isles, and 
most of the western portion of the Continent as well 
as Italy, showing the railway and steamboat routes, 
by which tourists are likely to travel. There are 
also several smaller maps and numerous illustrations 
of places or portions of them that would prove 
interesting to tourists generally. Amongst the fresh 
features of this year’s edition of the Guide are the 
maps just mentioned, as well as a chapter on cycling 
routes in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and 
Germany, and a chapter giving dull but useful 
information concerning the cost of Continental 
travel. Very numerous places likely to be 
visited by tourists are mentioned, illustrated, and 
described at greater or less length. Intending 
travellers should provide themselves with a copy of 
the Guide which only costs sixpence at 30, Fleet 
Street, London. By means of this they can 
determine the routes by which they intend to travel, 
read up the information concerning them, and mark 
the places and things they wish to see before starting, 
so that when they arrive on the scene, they can 
readily put their finger on all the more interesting 
features of the places they visit. By so doing much 
time will be saved when actually on the journey, and 
the most interesting items will be far less likely to be 
overlooked. There are still many interesting sights 
for young travellers to see, and greater facilities than 
ever for older or experienced ones to do the Conti¬ 
nent more thoroughly than ever before. 
Bedding at Windsor Castle— A good deal of carpet 
bedding has been done this season on the slopes 
surrounding the Round Tower at Windsor Castle. 
It is expected that the plants will be at their best by 
the time the Queen returns from the Highlands. 
Killing Wireworms—A remedy that has been 
successfully adopted in America, in cases where 
wire-worms are plentiful, might well be given a trial 
here. The great necessity for killing the beetles 
before they have had a chance of depositing their 
eggs has been grasped, and poisoned bait is dis¬ 
tributed over the fields where the beetles are present. 
Cut Clover having been proved to be a very fetching 
bait bunches of it are dipped in some arsenical pre¬ 
paration before being spread out to invite the depre¬ 
dators. The results are stated to be highly satis¬ 
factory from a cultivator’s point of view. 
The Sassafras Laurel.—A low tree of this rarely 
cultivated species has flowered freely this year in 
Whiteknight’s Park, Reading. It differs from a 
true Laurel in several respects, one obvious distinc¬ 
tion being that it is deciduous. It used to be included 
under Laurus, but its accepted name is now 
Sassafras officinale. The flowers are small and 
yellow, but the foliage is fragrant when bruised. In 
medicine various preparations of it are used for 
rheumatic and skin affections. Sassafras tea, a kind 
of beer, a condiment, a perfume and a yellow dye.are 
made from various portions of the tree. 
Ranunculus tripartitus.—Messrs. H. & J. Groves, 
at a meeting of the Linnean Society on May 7th, 
exhibited specimens of Ranunculus tripartitus, D.C., 
recently discovered by Mr. R. A. Phillips in a small 
lake near Baltimore, Co. Cork. Mr. J. Groves 
remarked that they were probably the most satisfac¬ 
tory examples of the true R. tripartitus which had 
been collected in the British Isles. A form of the 
variety, or sub-species, R. intermedius, had been 
found in Hampshire, which had a few much-divided 
submersed leaves, but the segments of these were 
slightly flattened, not truly capillary. A plant 
collected by Mr. Tellam in E. Cornwall was much 
nearer the type, and the Cork plant was almost 
identical with the Continental tripartitus. Neither 
R. tripartitus nor R. intermedius appear to have been 
previously recorded from Ireland, and the discovery 
was an interesting one, adding another of the 
characteristic Western European types to the Irish 
Flora. 
Isle of Wight Rose Society.—The annual show of 
this society was held in the Pier Pavilion, Ryde, on 
the 18th inst., under very favourable auspices as to 
weather. Her Majesty the Queen patronised the 
show by presenting a Gold Medal, and sending a 
beautiful exhibit of three dozen Rose blooms. Mr. 
B. Cant, Colchester, took the first prizes in the three 
leading classes of the open division. He showed 
magnificent blooms of Mrs.John Laing, Her Majesty, 
and Marechal Niel, taking the Silver Medal for the 
best Rose in the Show, with the first-named variety. 
In all three classes he was followed by Mr. F. Cant, 
Colchester, who secured the first prize in the fourth 
class with twelve fine blooms of Mrs. John Laing. 
Mr. B. Cant was second with twelve blooms of 
Madame la Marquise Litta. Mr. F. Cant was again 
first for twelve bunches of garden Roses. In the 
classes open to all amateurs, P. C. E. Burnand, 
Esq , Reigate, took the Gold Medal for eighteen 
distinct Roses. C. J. Grahame, Esq., Leatherhead, 
was second in this class. F. W. Flight, Esq., 
Twvford, had the best twelve Tea Roses. J. Lee, 
Esq , East Cowes, had the best twenty-four distinct 
Roses, taking the Isle of Wight Challenge Cup. 
Mr. George Kent, Haylands, secured the Queen's 
Gold Medal for twelve varieties, including fine 
blooms of Ulrich Brunner and Marie J. Perrier. 
The Silver Medal for the best Rose from the Island, 
was won by Sir Barrington Simeon, Swainston, as 
well as the first awards for twelve distinct Tea 
Roses, six trusses of any one Tea or Noisette. The 
Silver Gilt Medal was secured by the Rev. Dr. J. B. 
Morgan. Other leading prize winners were Dr. 
Seaton, Bitterne ; Mr. G. Williams; Miss G. 
Carter, Upton; Mr. I. O. Brooke, Ryde; Lady 
Mary Hamond, Graeme ; Mrs. Croft Murray ; Rev. 
J. Spittal ; Lady Daly, Ryde : Rev. C. W. Heald, of 
Chale; Lady Mary Gordon ; Mrs. J. Lee White ; 
Miss Evelegh ; Miss Betts ; Mr. Isaac Attrill, 
Shorewell ; Mr. H. Wavell, Shorewell; and Mr. G_^ 
Leek, Binstead. 
Hardy Fruits will stand 15 0 more frost, when 
wrapped up in heavy brown paper than without such 
protection. 
Flowers for signal-boxes.—On the 2nd inst., Lady 
Bective, widow of the late member for the southern 
division of Westmoreland, despatched a large box of 
carefully selected flowering plants to every signal- 
box at the various stations between Garstang and 
Shap, on the London & North-Western Railway 
system. The some lady sent seeds of annuals to the 
same places last spring. This she has been in the 
habit of doing for many years past. 
Crop Prospects in Aberdeenshire and Neighbouring 
Counties.—The rain which fell in the first week of 
Juue altered the whole aspect of the country in a very 
short time. Visitors are flocking northwards in great 
numbers tempted by the fine weather. From 
various sources come reports of a cheerful character 
relating to the crops, which will be rich and plenti¬ 
ful at Dufftown. Gardens are looking well at Banff, 
though the blossom of the fruit trees was greatly 
thinned by cold, cutting winds a little earlier. Field 
Potatos in upland districts such as Tullynessle, are 
only coming through the soil, but at Huntly and 
Midmar, good crops have been dug from the gardens 
for some time past. At Kintore, small fruits of all 
kinds will be a heavy crop. From the Buchan 
district generally, including Fyvie' Delgaty, Ellon, 
Strichen and King Edward, the reports are all of a 
cheerful character, except as far as relates to the 
injury done to the fine show of Apple blossom before 
the advent of rain. 
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LETTUCE. 
By reason of the mild winter and early warm spring 
Lettuce came into use earlier than usual. Several 
varieties come in more quickly for use than Bath 
Brown Cos, but we have found none more hardy and 
reliable. When properly blanched it has a rich 
nutty flavour. Some 2,000 plants which stood well 
on an easterly border during the last season are now 
doing good service, but they are closely succeeded by 
others on Celery ridges. Alexandra and All The 
Year Round are good summer varieties. Pinches of 
seed sown about 10 in. apart in drills, and every 
three weeks till August, and the thinnings planted in 
shady positions give good succession all through the 
summer. Spinach is sown every ten days thinly, 
and no ground is specially prepared for that simple 
crop. Drills are drawn between the Brassica crops 
and the seeds are sown thinly. The crops of 
Spinach which come in quickly, are cleared off, and 
the ground hoed, which leaves the standing crops 
uninjured, and thus no space is wasted for Spinach. 
Our best Spinach this year has been grown between 
Potatos.— M. Temple, Ca<rron, N.B. 
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PEOPLE WE HAVE MET. 
The subject of our notice, Mr. George Stanton, has 
for the last twenty-five years had charge of the 
extensive gardens of Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 
one of the most charming and beautifully situated 
estates on “ Our River,” and the residence of Mrs. 
Noble. 
Not much is seen of Mr. Stanton in public ; his 
quiet and retiring disposition, coupled with his many 
duties, keeps him at home. Yet he has made many 
friends, and it may be safely said, no enemies. 
It is thought that a short notice of his career, 
differing in some respects from that of many 
gardeners, may be interesting, especially to young 
gardeners. Examination and" instruction in the 
various departments of horticulture are now becoming 
more general and popular, and it is hoped our young 
men, like him, may be induced to avail themselves of 
every opportunity within their reach, so as to lay a 
good foundation before the time comes, when the 
increased responsibilities which always accompany 
the position of a head gardener, will absorb most of 
their leisure. By doing this, their future will be 
easier, more enlightened, and enjoyable, and will 
conduce to the mutual advantage and pleasure of 
employer and gardener. 
Mr. Stanton was not born of gardening parents, 
not haviDg a single relative connected with the pro¬ 
fession. His brothers were all brought up to the 
building trade, and he was probably destined for the 
same calling, but an unmistakeable love of flowers 
early showed itself. 
Born at Bramley, near Guildford, in Surrey, his 
