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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 11, 1897. 
Mr. David W. Thomson. 
Park, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, for nearly twenty years, 
■with credit to himself, and much satisfaction to his 
employer, W. Forbes, Esq. 
Mr. M. Temple. 
Mr, M. Temple (see portrait), gardener at Carron 
House, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, is well known to 
readers cf The Gardening World as a contributor 
to our pages of notes relating to Scottish gardens and 
various other matters of horticultural interest. 
He is a native of Fifeshire ; and after serving an 
apprenticeship to gardening and forestry, was sent 
as a journeyman (at sixteen years of age) to a well- 
known garden near Dublin. The following year he 
went to London, where he was employed in the 
Orchid houses and plant stoves, in the nurseries of 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. He spent a 
season in the glass department of an extensive 
market garden establishment, after which he was 
employed at Wrotham Park, near Barnet, under the 
late Mr. W. Thomson (late of Clovenfords), who sent 
him to Rood Ashton, Wilts, as general foreman, 
Mr. John Leslie. 
Mr, Mungo Temple. 
though then under twenty years of age. He stayed 
for three-and-a-half years, and after leaving was 
extensively engaged in London, and elsewhere, in 
landscape work for four years. 
After that time he was engaged to go as landscape 
gardener to Balbirnie, Fifeshire, the beautiful seat of 
John Balfour, Esq. Here he remained for ten years; 
and during that time competed extensively with 
collections of fruits and vegetables in the leading 
classes at the shows of the Royal Caledonian Society, 
where he won 170 prizes at the spring, summer and 
autumn shows. 
He was then asked by the then Duke of Marl¬ 
borough to undertake the management of the gardens 
at Blenheim, Woodstock. 
After some years of active service there, he was 
engaged to layout the park, ornamental grounds, and 
gardens at Impney Hall. While here he was under 
the supervision of the late Mr. Marnock, who gave 
him a special certificate. After he had completed 
his engagement of seven years active service at 
Impney Hall, Droitwich, he was engaged to form the 
pleasure grounds, plantations, and extensive glass 
erections for the late Sir T. D. Brodie, Bart., Carron 
House, where he has been for the last fifteen years. 
He has had twenty years experience as an exhibitor 
in England and Scotland, but has not entered the 
field since he came to Carron House. As a judge at 
flower shows he is in great request, and owing 
to pressure for time, has to refuse many invitations. 
and one bunches of Grapes. At the Glasgow 
September show of last year he carried off the lead¬ 
ing prizes in four classes for black and white Grapes, 
the latter including Muscats. This feat he practi¬ 
cally repeated at the Glasgow Chrysanthemum 
Show. Mr. Leslie’s forte would seem to be as a Grape 
cultivator. 
Mr. Thomas Boyd! 
In Mr. Boyd (see portrait) we have an exhibitor of 
long standing, who has not yet given up the contest 
to his younger rivals. He has been an exhibitor of 
fruits for over thirty years at the shows of the Royal 
Caledonian Horticultural Society. In the Grape 
classes, and with collections of fruits, he has been a 
most successful prize-taker. Valuable cups and other 
high-class awards have been amongst Mr. Boyd's 
victories. TheVeitch Memorial prize was taken by 
him at the International Exhibitions held at Dundee 
and Carlisle. 
The Grapes with which he has been most success¬ 
ful are Muscat Hamburgh, Lady Downe's Seedling, 
Alicante, and Black Hamburgh. These Grapes in 
Mr. Boyd's exhibits have always been noted for their 
excellent colour and the fine form of the bunch. He 
has only competed once during his long career with¬ 
out receiving at least one first prize. 
He has managed the fine gardens at Callendar 
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of Science 
The undermentioned subjects were brought before 
the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural 
Society on the ioth ult. 
Vine Leaves Defective.—Mr. Ch. Pearson, of 
Chilwell, Notts, sent some Vine leaves, which 
appeared to have decayed prematurely. No fungus 
was present, and their defective appearance was 
attributable to too high cultivation, guano being 
freely used with great heat, and too much water, 
such being quite consistent with their appearance. 
Chrysanthemum Leaves Attacked by 
Grubs.—These were received from Mr. Jenkins and 
were forwarded to Mr. McLachlan, who reports 
" that the grubs are very young larvae of the ' Silver 
Y Moth ’ (Plusia Gamma). It will attack almost 
anything. They should be destroyed by hand-pick¬ 
ing.” The caterpillars are doing considerable damage 
to the Chrysanthemums. 
Green-flowered Cross-leaved Heath.—Dr. 
Masters showed specimens from Kew of this unusual 
condition. It resembles the " wheat-eared ” Carna- 
with the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society for 
the last 20 years, being now senior member of the coun¬ 
cil. His attention to the arrangements for the shows 
is unremitting, and such is his faculty of making 
himself respected amoDgst his neighbours, and all 
with whom he comes in contact, that he is popular 
wherever known. During his long career he has been 
a very active and very successful exhibitor, though 
latterly he has given less attention to it. His nur¬ 
sery is situated at Windlestrawlee, Granton Road, 
and is most extensively devoted to the cultivation of 
forest trees. 
Mr. John Leslie. 
In Mr. Leslie, gardener to A. Coates, Esq., Pitcullen 
House, Perth, we have a most successful competitor 
at several of the most important shows in Scotland. 
Time prevents us from entering into a detailed his¬ 
tory of Mr. Leslie’s career, so for the present we 
must be content to record some of his last year’s 
successes as an exhibitor. 
At the September show of the Royal Caledonian 
Horticultural Society last year he took the leading 
honours for six and four bunches of Grapes ; and 
had the special prize for a bunch of Black Alican'e, 
weighing 13 lbs. 6 ozs. Later on, at the Chrysan¬ 
themum Show, held under the auspices of the 
Scottish Horticultural Association, he secured four 
leading prizes for Grapes. He again scored well at 
the September show of the Dundee Horticultural 
Society last year, taking the first position for four 
Mr Thomas Boyd. 
