November 16, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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is an absence of this bright colour. The flesh is white 
and melting, with a great abundance of sweet rich 
juice. The flavour is excellent and somewhat perfumed 
if eaten when at its best. When well grown it attains 
sometimes a pound in weight, and there being no grit, 
there is no waste. The tree thrives well and bears 
abundantly when grown on the Quince. 
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Avalanche. Mr. Fyfe. 
William Earley. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Japanese Reflexed. 
L’Adorable. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
M. Astorg. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Criterion. Mr. E. Wills. 
Val d’Andorre. Mr. G. Burnett. 
Elaine. Mr. J. Doughty. 
Maiden’s Blush. Mr. E. Berry. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 
A Sportive Mp.s. Rundle at Orche Hill. 
The conservatory at Orche Hill, Bucks, is now remark¬ 
ably gay with Chrysanthemums, and when looking over 
the collection last week, I noticed a bloom of the 
beautiful incurved Mrs. G. Rundle, one half of which 
was white and the other rich yellow. I do not 
remember to have seen or heard of such an instance 
before; but, of course, yellow and white flowers have 
been seen on plants of this variety. Have any of your 
readers seen a similar sport ?— Rifleman. 
Varieties Certificated at the Chiswick Cen¬ 
tenary Celebration. 
The following is a list of the new and established 
varieties which received Awards of Merit at Chiswick 
last week. For convenience of reference we have 
arranged them in sections according to the National 
Chrysanthemum Society’s classification. 
The new varieties awarded Certificates of Merit 
were :— 
Incurved. 
Violet Tomlin. Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons ; Mr. G. 
Stevens ; Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Miss M. A. Haggas. Mr. E. Molyneux ; Messrs. H. 
Cannell & Sons. 
Japanese. 
Etoile de Lyon. Messrs. II. Cannell & Sons ; Mr. E. 
Molyneux. 
M. E. A. Cariere. Messrs. II. Cannell & Sons. 
M. Bernard. Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons; Mr. E. 
Molyneux. 
Thomas Stephenson. Mr. R. Owen ; Messrs. W. 
Clibran & Sons. 
Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. Mr. T. S. Ware. 
Mrs. Falconer Jameson. Mr. E. Molyneux ; Mr. R. F. 
Jameson. 
Stanstead White. Mr. R. F. Jameson. 
Annie Clibran. Messrs. W. Clibran & Sons. 
L’Automne. Messrs. W. Clibran & Sons. 
Bombardier. Messrs. H. Cannell k Sons. 
Large Anemone. 
Mrs. Judge Benedict. Mr. R. Owen. 
Japanese Anemone. 
James Weston. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Pompons. 
Lune Fleuri. Messrs. H, Cannt-11 & Sons ; Mr. R. 
Owen. 
Alice Stevens. Mr. G. Stevens. 
Singles. 
Aurora. Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons. 
Souvenir de Londres. Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons ; 
Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Rose Owen. Mr. R. Owen. 
Lily Owen. Mr. R. Owen. 
Admiral Symonds. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Effie. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
The Established Varieties avhich the Judges 
Selected for Certificates of Merit were :— 
Incurved. 
Golden Empress. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Golden Queen of England. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
John Salter. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Alfred Salter. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Lord Alcester. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Princess of Wales. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Mrs. W. Shipman. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Queen of England. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Empress of India. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Mr. Brunlees. Mr. E. Berry. 
Lord Wolseley. Mr. Wildsmith. 
Hero of Stoke Newington, Mr. Wildsmith. 
Barbara. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Japanese. 
Edwin Molyneux. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Madame Clemenee Audiguier. Mr. E. Molyneux, 
Sunflower. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Jean Delaux. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Mdlle. Lacroix. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Mdme. John Laing. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Mons. Freeman. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Japonais. Mr. E. Wills. 
Thunberg. Mr. E. Wills. 
Bertha Flight. Mr. E. Wills. 
Roi des Japonais. Mr. G. Burnett. 
Ralph Brocklebank. Mr. W. Wildsmith, 
Belle Paule. Mr. Jameson. 
Boule d’Or. Mr. Jameson. 
Reflexcd. 
Phidias. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
King of Crimsons. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Mrs. Mayes. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Cloth of Gold. Mr. W. Wildsmith. 
Chevalier Domage. Mr. W. Wildsmith. 
Large Anemone. 
Miss Annie Lowe. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Gluck. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
La Marguerite. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Grande Alveole. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Ladv Margaret. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
J. Thorpe, Junr. Mr. Parker. 
Fleur de Marie. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Empress. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Nelson. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Japanese Anemone. 
Fabian de Medians. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Souvenir de Mdme. Blandineries. Messrs. Paul & Son. 
Jeanne Marty. Messrs. Paul & Son. 
Pompons. 
Madlle. Elise Dordan. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Toussaint Maurisot. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Madlle. Marthe. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Prince of Orange. Mr. C. Gibson. 
Cendrillon. Mr. C. Gibson. 
Marabout. Mr. C. Gibson. 
Nellie Rainford. Mr. C. Gibson. 
Black Douglas. Mr. C. Gibson. 
Eieonore. Mr. C. Gibson. 
Rosinante. Mr. C. Gibson. 
Pompon Anemone. 
Briolis. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Regulus. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Antonins. Mr. E. Molyneux. 
Astrea. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Madame Sentir. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
Calliope. Mr. C. J. Salter. 
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OTES FROM 
Scottish Horticultural Association.—At 
a meeting of the members of this association, held on 
the 5th inst., Mr. Alexander Milne, vice-president, in 
the chair, Mr. James Witton, Glamis Castle Gardens, 
read a paper on “The Construction of Fruit Borders.” 
He said the usual way was to use turfy loam, broken 
bones, lime, &c., but such borders were generally too 
rich. He recommended soil from a hill pasture where 
cattle were grazing, and said it should not be chopped, 
but used whole. The use of ordinary manure in such 
a soil would be superfluous. The top spit only should 
be used, and the turfy side placed downwards in layers 
with a mixture of broken bones, and also with charcoal 
to keep the soil open should it be adhesive. His 
advice, of course, had reference to artificial borders for 
indoor fruit. In the discussion which followed, Mr. 
Grieve said he expected to see the day when Apples 
would be as plentiful as Potatos. Mr. Witton, in 
replying, said the great secret of successful culture was 
to have narrow, hard borders and use artificial manure. 
The exhibits on the table included a new seedling 
Potato, from Mr. A. Macintosh, Erchless Gardens, In¬ 
verness ; a stand of cut Chrysanthemums, from Mr. 
Grossart, Oswald Road; a Chrysanthemum bloom, 
being a sport from William Robinson, from Messrs. 
Methven & Sons ; six large Chrysanthemum blooms, 
from Mr. A. M’Millan, Trinity Cottage ; a collection 
of fruits grown in the open air, from Sir Archibald 
Dunbar, Duffas House, Morayshire, for which he was 
awarded a Cultural Certificate ; and a Christmas Rose 
(Maximus variety) in fine bloom, from Mr. Brown, 
Craigend Park. 
Stirling' Horticultural Association.— The 
members of this association recently held their annual 
social meeting, and the occasion was taken advantage 
of to invite Mr. Peter M’Tavish, Airthrey Gardens, who 
is leaving his situation owing to the change in pro¬ 
prietorship, to a farewell supper. Mr. William Ritchie, 
Polmaise Gardens, occupied the chair, and was sup¬ 
ported by the guest of the evening, and by Messrs. 
Temple, Carron House ; Ferguson, Woodville ; Ken¬ 
nedy, Doune ; Risk, Airthrey; King, Blair Drummond; 
Airdie, Woodlands; Carmichael, Touch ; Macconochie, 
Sauchie ; Watson, Park Terrace ; Dingwall, Stirling ; 
Scotland. 
and M’Andrew, Clifford Park. The croupier was Mr. P. 
Drummond, of Messrs. W.Drummond & Son, seedsmen. 
The chairman, in proposing the health of the guest, 
said they were all more or less acquainted with Mr. 
M’Tavish, and several of them had had the pleasure of 
knowing him for many years. He had been known in 
the neighbourhood as a gardener for about thirty years, 
and he had always deserved and enjoyed the esteem of 
his fellow-craftsman. He need not mention how highly 
he stood in their regard as a cultivator of high-class 
fruits and as a grower of vegetables. They all knew 
how successful he was as a competitor at exhibitions, 
and how well everything was done and managed at 
Airthrey Gardens. Mr. M’Tavish had also contributed 
many excellent papers on gardening subjects at their 
meetings, and he had the best wishes of all for his 
welfare in the future. In acknowledging the compli¬ 
ment, Mr. M’Tavish said he had been sixteen years 
at Airthrey, and had got very much attached to the 
place. He was very sorry to leave it, and sever his 
connection with the many friends he had made in the 
district. 
A New Departure in Education. — 
Writing to The Scotsman recently Mr. William 
Thomson, of Clovenfords, relates how, having occasion 
a few days previously to call at the nursery of Messrs. 
Thyne, on the west side of Glasgow, he was surprised 
to learn that Palms and other fine-foliaged plants were 
extensively used in Glasgow now for decoration, not 
only in private dwellings, but in places of business, 
and in the Board schools. “This latter statement,” says 
Mr. Thomson, “excited my interest very much, and 
Mr. M'Callum, the junior member of the firm, offered 
to take me to some of the schools that I might see 
them. I accepted his offer, and he called a conveyance, 
taking me in the first instance to the office of the 
Glasgow Citizen, where I found Palms, Ferns, and 
other fine-foliaged plants, standing wherever they could 
be conveniently placed. At the Board schools I found 
similar plants placed in all the windows, with 
their names plainly written and attached to each plant. 
1 learned from one of the teachers that the mass of the 
children took great interest in the plants, and were 
never known to injure them. The plants were changed 
weekly, and Messrs. Thyne, under their contract, 
watered and attended to their needs, so that they were 
kept in good condition. 
What struck me at once was, that no better subjects 
than the fine and varied forms of Palms and Ferns 
could be procured for drawing lessons for the youth of 
both sexes in a city like Glasgow, where these very 
forms are worked into textile fabrics, engraved on glass, 
cast in iron, and used in scores of devices for house de¬ 
coration. Besides this, there is another aspect in which 
intimacy and association with fine plants might act 
beneficially on the minds of the young, especially of 
Scotland, for I appeal to all who have gardens in the 
close neighbourhood of manufacturing towns, to say if 
they do not find it extremely difficult to save the pro¬ 
duce of their gardens from destruction by the youths of 
the towns. My own experience is that Scotch boys, 
even young men, are more troublesome in this respect 
than those of any nation in Europe ; no doubt maturer 
years correct this, but the pity is that such a dis¬ 
position exists at any age. 
From these Board schools I was taken to what is 
justly called “The People’s Palace,” of which the 
proprietor is a Mr. Thoms, an amiable and philanthropic 
Englishman. Here plants and fine Palms abound, 
and Mr. Thoms told me that Messrs. Thyne supplied 
them, and gave them what attention they need on very 
reasonable terms, changing the plants from time to 
time, and he said, “ It is quite wonderful what an 
interest the men take in what they call ‘their plants.’” 
No one can walk the streets of Glasgow without ob¬ 
serving the extent to which plants are to be seen in the 
places of business as compared with any other town I 
have visited. Such a place as Singer’s sewing machine 
warerooms is quite a conservatory. What this may 
signify to the minds of my readers it is not for me to 
say—to my own it implies a taste for the beautiful, to 
say the least of it. 
Some thirty years ago, at one of our horticultural 
dinners in Edinburgh, the late Dr. Nisbet, then 
minister of St. Giles’, said, in response to the proposal 
of his health, as chaplain of the then Edinburgh Horti¬ 
cultural Society, that he felt it his duty to patronise 
horticulture, and added, “ I make it my duty to visit 
every house in my parish once a year, and in some I 
get a very rude, even a threatening reception, but 
never in a house where I see a flower in a window, if it 
be but a bit of Southernwood in a broken teapot. 
Wherever I see a plant I enter with a cheery step.” 
