July 1, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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the ground game of Strawberries. Now comes wall 
fruit. On the 23rd of June, from an open unpro¬ 
tected high wall facing west, Mr. Peter Veitch, in 
his own garden adjoining his nurseries at Exeter, 
picked several very fine fruit of the Royal Apricot. 
They were of a good size, highly coloured for the 
sort, and perfectly ripe and juicy. We need to go a 
long way back for a parallel record —picking Apri¬ 
cots from an open wall before midsummer day." 
Fruit Trees true to Name.—The importance to 
buyer and seller of nurserymen keeping their stocks 
true to name is well illustrated by the following case, 
quoted from an American exchange:—"Some two 
years ago the Park Nursery Company, of Pasadena, 
Southern California, sold to J. C. Sherer some 250 
hackneyed guarantee that plants 1 are true to name ’ 
must be lived up to. The decision generally meets 
with favour alike among nurserymen, dealers, and 
planters.” 
A Gardeners’ Party at Shipley Hall. — The first 
excursion of the season of the members of the 
Nottingham Horticultural and Botanic Society, was 
made on the 15th ult., the venue being Shipley Hall, 
near Derby. " One of the company " writes: “A 
perfect June day, a happy company of two hundred 
gardeners and garden lovers, headed by the genial 
president of the society, the Sheriff of Nottingham, 
Mr. Joseph Bright, a hearty welcome from Mr. 
Elphinstone, and courteous attentions from him and 
all his staff; unlimited freedom of observation over 
The Weather in Cornwall.— Rain has come at last, 
and although not continuous, in sufficient quanti¬ 
ties to already alter the appearance of vegetation. 
One thing is certain, although the rain has not pene¬ 
trated to any great depth, it has arrived only just in 
time to savejthe root and Brocoli crops from becom¬ 
ing entirely useless, and much of the fruit from fall¬ 
ing or perishing. This is felt, perhaps, more 
in the Scilly Islands than elsewhere in England. 
To give an idea of the condition of things on 
these Islands it is only necessary to say that 
the rainfall registered since February, at the 
meteorological station, is for March, 73-100 of an 
inch; April, 23-iao ; May, 61-100, and for June, to 
the time of writing, 1 100 of an inch. 
The Fernery at Shipley Hall. 
Despatch of Plowei’S and a Railway Company's 
Responsibilities. —It is rather an expensive, but 
nevertheless a necessary, lesson for the railway 
companies to learn that they cannot be too careful 
in the early despatch and delivery of such perishable 
goods as flowers and fruits. A case was brought 
before the County Court Judge at Bideford, on 
Saturday, in which the South-Western Railway Co. 
were sued by Mr. George Little for the recovery of 
£2 is. 6d., the value of a quantity of Daffodils, 
Primroses, and other flowers sent to Covent Garden 
on the afternoon preceding Good Friday and not 
delivered until Saturday, when they were rejected as 
useless. Mr. A. Mallard, of Covent Garden, stated 
that the flowers should have arrived on the Friday 
morning when there was a good market. After 
twenty-four hours Daffodils were of no marketable 
value. Judgment was given for plaintiff with costs. 
Peach trees, said to be of the yellow-fleshed varieties. 
After the same had been planted in orchard form 
and come into bearing they turned out to be of the 
white, free stone varieties, the fruit of which is not 
in general demand, and consequently has no com¬ 
mercial value, Mr. Sherer sued the nursery company 
for damage, including the loss of two years’ time, 
cost of cultivation, interest of capital invested, and 
first cost of trees, and got judgment for $350. In 
rendering a decision the judge ruled 1 that the sale 
of nursery stock, billed as of any particular variety 
is a practical guarantee that the stock is to be as 
represented; and, further, that the measure of 
damages now, two years after the setting of the 
orchard, is the difference in value of the trees now 
on the land and that of trees of the varieties the 
nursery company represented the stock sold to the 
plaintiff to be.’ In other words the somewhat 
the whole place ; a good commissariat; lovely views 
of the beautiful undulating well-wooded Derbyshire 
scenery and ornamental water, and safe conduct 
there and back by the Great Northern Railway — 
when all these points are taken into consideration, it 
will be no matter of surprise that the Shipley Hall 
excursion was a real success. The thanks of the 
excursionists are due to Mr. J. M. Stewart, the 
secretary of the society, and the committee who 
organised the outing. And, as the Sheriff in a neat 
little speech at the end of the refreshment episode 
said, they were due also most sincerely to Mr. E. M. 
Mundy and his gardener for the generous way they 
had thrown open the place and treated them that 
day. As to the gardens, they are in perfect keeping, 
and notable for many, many, good things.” The 
beautiful fernery and the Orchid houses especially 
proved a great source of attraction and admiration. 
