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scopes are not made to see long distances. You must 
mean a telescope. We doubt whether you could get 
a telescope to see thirty miles at the price you state. 
We certainly have not seen nor heard of it; but if you 
send to either of the above firms for a gardeners’ 
leDS, you could ask their opinion upon the matter. 
Plums and Cherries on an east aspect wall.— 
Omega : Providing the blossom escapes the spring 
frosts there is no reason why either Cherries or 
Plums should not succeed well planted against an 
east aspect wall. If planted against a wall facing 
the west, they would be much more likely to escape 
frost. They are early bloomers, and the danger is 
that the sun striking the frozen blossoms early in the 
morning they would be destroyed : whereas if placed 
against a wall facing the west, the blossoms have 
time to thaw gradually before the sun strikes upon 
tbem. 
Privet for Game Coverts.— Omega : The common 
Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) should suit your purpose 
best as the plant is much dwarfer and hardier than 
the broad leaved Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium). 
The latter would be the more rapid grower, but it 
would ultimately get much the taller and would 
probably cost more. 
Heating a Greenhouse.— D. M.: We should say 
that a properly constructed apparatus heated with 
gas or paraffin would be cheaper than an apparatus 
heated by means of coal or other fuel, for a small 
house like that you mention. If you were in the 
midst of a coal country where small coals could be 
obtained at a very low price it would alter matters 
greatly. The furnace of the London boiler you 
mention is probably too small to allow of a proper 
body of fire to keep up the heat during the night. 
It might be worth while building a fireplace with 
bricks and iron bars so as to heat the pipes at 
present in use. If a shed or other outhouse is at 
command in which to build a furnace and hide the 
same, that is what we should prefer. Nevertheless, 
if you would like details about coils of piping heated 
with paraffin for greenhouses you might apply to 
Messrs. Toope & Son, High Street, Stepney, London, 
E., for their catalogue of sizes and prices of paraffin 
heating apparatus. Other makers are Messrs. 
Fenlon & Son, Tudor Street, Whitefriars, London, 
E. C.; and Messrs. Poore & Co., 139, Cheapside, 
London, E. C. 
Names of Fruits.— D. E .: 1, Ribston Pippin; 2, 
Rymer; 3, Cellini; 4, Warner’s King; 5, Royal 
Somerset; C, Bedfordshire Foundling ; 7, Dumelow’s 
Seedling; 8, not recognised; 9, Pear Louise Bonne 
of Jersey; 10, Pear Beurre Capiaumont.— James 
Robertson ; 1, Vicar of Winkfield; 2, Emperor 
Alexander ; 3, Marie Louise ; 4, Mere de Menage ; 
5, Beurre Diel; 6, Bergamot Esperen. 
Names of Plants.— John Halifax : 1, Tanacetum 
vulgare crispum ; 2, Lamium maculatum ; 3, Verbas- 
cum olympicum : 4, Artemisia vulgaris ; 5, Oenothera 
biennis.— James Mayne : The Fern sent appears to be 
Dicksonia apiifolia, and certainly resembles that to a 
greater extent than Davallia Moorei. Dicksonia 
apiifolia has a creeping rhizome and is entirely dis¬ 
tinct in habit from D. antarctica. It is not safe to 
name Ferns without fructification.— W. H : 1, 
Choisya ternata; 2, Anemone japonica elegans ; 3, 
Erica vagans; 4, Daboecia polifolia; 5, Colchicum 
autumnale flore pleno ; 6, Liquidambar styraciflua ; 
7, Taxodium distichum.— A.G. : 1, Davallia fijien- 
sis; 2, Platyloma rotundifolia ; 3, Asplenium bulbi- 
ferum minus ; 4, Osmundaregalispalustris.— J.Herd : 
1, Aster Novi-Belgii laevigatus; 2, Aster diffusus 
horizontalis; 3, Sternbergia lutea.— C.L.: 1, Fit- 
tonia Verschaffelti; 2, Ruellia Portellae; 3, Ophi- 
opogon Jaburan variegatus ; 4, Liriope graminifolia ; 
5, Blechnum occidentale. 
Collection of Gaillardias.— J. B .: We do not 
know of any full and complete collection of Gail¬ 
lardias, but it might be worth your while to apply to 
several firms, including Messrs. J. Carter & Co , 
High Holborn, London ; Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, London ; Messrs. Kelway & 
Son, Langport, Somerset; Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, 
Forest Hill, London, S.E.; Messrs. Barr & Sons, 
Long Ditton, Surrey ; and Messrs. H.Cannell & Sons, 
Swanley, who have collections of named varieties. 
Spotted Leaves. — Waterloo : The leaves you sent 
were those of the Sycamore (Acer Pseudoplatanus). 
They were affected with a fungus named Rhytisma 
acerinum. We have seen whole avenues of the 
Sycamore as badly spotted as those leaves you sent, 
but the fungus does not attack Oak, Beech, Elm, 
and other trees of that class. 
Cherry to succeed the May Duke.— Omega : 
The Archduke is the finest of the Duke Cherries, 
and ripens its fruit about eight or ten days after May 
Duke. The fruits of Late Duke come in sometime 
after those of Archduke, and with protection from 
birds will hang on the trees till late in September. 
Communications received. — A. Hope. — J. 
Mayne. — W. B. G.—Willard N. Clute.— P D„ B .— 
John Cameron.—J. B.—A. P.—F. C. Heinemann.— 
G. Tucker.—J. Veitch & Sons.—A. L —Q. Means — 
Geo. T.—L. I.—Nunhead.—A. Munson.—P. C.— 
Kioto.—'Mum. 
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George Bunyard & Co., Royal Nurseries, 
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