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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
December 12, 1896. 
Brookleigh Gem, and John Lambert. Sir J. Kitson, 
Bart., Gledhow Hall (gardener, Mr. Grix), was 
second ; and Mrs. Tetley, third. In the class for 
twelve Japanese, Mrs. Tetley was first, with Princess 
Mary, Duke of York, Marie Hoste, Mrs. C. H. 
Payne, V. Morel, W. Seward, International, M. 
Gruyer, W. H. Lincoln, Viscountess Hambleden, 
and Niveus. Mr. Bowering was a close second ; and 
A. T. Walker, Esq., third. For twelve Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, three incurved, three Japs., three reflexed, 
and three Anemones, Mrs. Bovering was first ; Mrs. 
Tetley, second ; and Mr. A. T. Walker, third. For 
table plants, Primulas and Ferns, Mrs. Bowering 
and Sir J. Kitson, Bart., were the principal prize¬ 
winners. 
In the vegetable classes was noticeable an excellent 
tray of eight varieties from Mrs. Bowering. One of 
the most pleasing features of the show was an 
exhibition of Pelargoniums from Messrs. H. Cannell 
& Sons, Swanley, Kent; and a table of plants and 
Chrysanthemum blooms from Messrs. Clibran & 
Son, Altrincham, Manchester. Mrs. Hodgkins 
showed an exhibit of skeleton leaves. Mr. R. 
Sydenham, Birmingham, had a display of choice 
rustic table decorations, made of hollow metal tubes 
and ornamented to imitate stems of trees, &c., neatly 
filled with small Ferns and berries. This is really 
an excellent introduction. The Ichthemic Guano 
Co., as usual, staged one of their well-known exhibits. 
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LAW NOTES. 
Water Company's Charges for Gardens. 
Before Mr. Montagu Sharpe, and other magistrates, 
at the Brentford Petty Sessions, on November 30th, 
Mr. Hugh Powell Davies, a solicitor, summoned the 
Grand Junction Waterworks Company, in the matter 
of a dispute between himself and the company in 
respect to the annual value, for water-rate purposes, of 
No. 1, Grange Road, Ealing, occupied by him. Mr. F. 
Low (instructed by Mr. Davies on behalf of the Ealing 
Water Consumers' Protection Association) appeared 
for the appellant, and Mr.Ram (instructed by Messrs. 
Bertram), for the respondent company. The latter 
claimed to levy a special charge of one guinea a year 
for a garden supply, and this was a test case to decide 
the legality of the company’s claim. 
Two questions—one of law, and one of fact—were 
placed before the justices for decision by Mr. Low. 
The most important was what should be included in 
property assessed for domestic supply. The second 
was what was the annual value of the property which 
the justices decided should be included in the assess¬ 
ment ? The real point at issue was whether the 
company had any legal wright to levy a special rate 
on gardens and another rate for domestic purposes 
on both house and garden. 
In 1885 a special garden charge was imposed by 
the company, and a Mr. Peal paid this charge and 
then claimed that his assessment for domestic 
purposes should be reduced by the annual value of 
the garden. This claim was allowed by the justices 
at the time, and the company agreed to drop the 
special sharge for gardens. The company revived it 
again, however in 1894 but did not reduce the assess¬ 
ment for domestic purposes in a like ratio. 
Mr. Davies had paid the guinea charged for his 
garden, but claimed that the assessment for domestic 
supply should be reduced by the value of the garden, 
which could not participate in that supply, which 
was paid for separately. The Company's Act Section 
49 expressly excludes gardens from domestic supply. 
The only case reported bearing on the point was 
that of the Bristol Waterworks Company v. Uren, in 
1883. Oa that occasion the presiding justice decided 
that the garden was properly included in the assess¬ 
ment for domestic purposes. The Bristol Water¬ 
works Company’s Act only excluded those gardens 
furnished with special taps, pipes and hose from the 
domestic supply. The present case was entirely 
different. 
Mr. Ram submitted, for the Grand Junction 
Waterworks Company, that the decision at Bristol 
should entitle the company to include the garden in 
the assessment for domestic supply. 
The settlement of the case was adjourned, but 
came on for hearing again when the parties concerned 
met to conclude the hearing at Westminster Guild¬ 
hall, on December 5th. 
In giving judgement, after hearing further 
evidence, Mr Montagu Sharpe said that they had 
come to the conclusion that no more land should be 
assessed with the house for a domestic supply of 
water, than could reasonably be considered a 
necessary appendage of the same. The reasonable 
amount of land would have to be decided in each 
separate case. A portion of the land attached to 
Mr. Davies' house was not a necessary appendage of 
it and could not be assessed for water purposes, 
though it could be rated otherwise. The assessment 
would therefore be reduced from £100 to /80, the 
difference being, in the opinion of the Court, the 
value of the land. 
He decreed that the company pay costs, and con¬ 
sented to state a case for a higher court at the request 
of Mr. Ram. 
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©bituar\>. 
M. Auguste Adolphe Lucien Trecul.— The death 
is announced on October 17th of this eminent French 
botanist, at the age of seventy-eight. M. Trecul’s 
work has extended over the last half century, and 
his communications to various French scientific 
journals number 154 in the Royal Society’s 
Catalogue. The greater number will be found 
in the Annalis des Science Naturelles from 
1843 onwards, and in the Comptes Rendus of 
the French Academie des Science. They are 
chiefly concerned with the anatomy and morpho¬ 
logy of seed plants. Among the many subjects at 
which M. Trecul worked we may mention the 
following—the origin of roots and buds, secondary 
growth in thicknes in the stem of Dicotyledons, 
laticiferous vessels and sacs, leaves, the nucleus, 
chromatoplasts, the origin ani structure of starch 
grains, yeast and fermention. He also published 
numerous valuable papers oa the structure of 
different members of the Nymphaenceae, and a useful 
monograph on the Artocarpeae. Treculea, a genus 
of the latter order, was named in his honour by 
Decaisne. M. Trecul was a member of the Insti¬ 
tute .—Natural Science, December. 
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Quescions add adsujgrs 
*,* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged bv their so doing. 
Chrysanthemums for Exhibition Groups .—George 
Williams '. The undermentioned varieties will answer 
your purpose admirably. Dwarf or medium in 
height are H. L. Sunderbruck, rich yellow, Dachess 
of York, canary-yellow, Edwin Molyneux, crimson, 
Emily Silsbury, pure white, G. C Schwabe, carmine- 
rose, Mons. Chenon deLeche, rosy-salmon, Madame 
Ad. Chatin, pure white, Mrs C. Harman Payne, rose, 
Mephisto, bronzy-yellow, Calvat’s Australian Gold, 
pale golden-yellow, Charles Davis, rosy-bronze, 
Viviand Morel, rose, Amiral Avellan, rich yellow, 
John Shrimpton, bright-crimsoo, Louise, blush-pink, 
Boule d'Or (Calvat), golden Baff, Col. W. B. Smiih, 
light terra-cotta, Lady Byron, white, Mons. Pan- 
ckoucke, rich-yellow, Pride of Madford, rosy- 
amaranth, Viscountess Hambleden delicate-pink, E. 
S. Trafford, rosy-buff, Eda Prass. blush-pink, ani 
Madame Gustave Henry, white. Tali ones that might 
be included for the back of the group are Edith Tabor, 
rich-yellow, and Madame Carnot, pure-white. Both 
are grand flo vers. Striking late and growing them 
in small pots is a good plan. 
Peach and Apricot trees— A. G. Ireland: The 
present is a good time to buy and plant those trees, 
while the weather continues open. In fact, we 
should have advised to plant during the last two 
weeks of October, and the first two of November. 
On the north aspect of the wall, we should advise 
you to plant Morello Cherries or Plums. Peaches 
and Apricots are quite hardy. Plant them the same 
depth as they had been in the soil before, firm the 
soil well about the roots, and then put a good 
dressing of rank manure over the surface ; no other 
protection will be necessary. Tie up the branches 
loosely, but do not nail them to the wall till the soil 
settles. The roots should be spread out evenly and 
regularly, about 9 in. below the surface. Some good 
fruit gro wers advertise in our columns from week to 
week, and would no doubt supply you with the best 
if you tell them exactly what you want. 
Planting out Chrysanthemums.— A.T.A.H.: 
Planting in the open ground has a tendency to make 
Chrysanthemums flower laier than they would other¬ 
wise do. The autumn rains keep them growing later 
than they would do in pots ; and the buds are mxie 
backward in setting and swelling up. You would find 
little or no trouble in keeping up a display during the 
autumn months, if you cared to do so by com¬ 
mencing with the small, early, decorative varieties, 
and following on with Soured’Or, Mons. Wm. 
Holmes, and others of that class. The varieties you 
mention would probably come ia a little later, and 
the naturally late varieties would follow last of all. 
Some people do grow a large nu mber belonging to the 
different sections in the open ground, then lift and 
pot them up for indoor decoration. In order to en¬ 
courage early flowering you could lift some about the 
end of August, and others during September. Lift 
them with good or fairly good balls of soil and put 
them into as small pots as you can without interfer¬ 
ing too much with the roots. Keep them carefully 
watered and shade all the early lifted plants from 
sunshine for a few days, till they get re-established. 
Weight of Tomatos— X. Y. Z.: It would be 
difficult to give a correct average for the whole 
country or even for England, because methods of 
culture and treatment vary so. The plants may and 
do range from 2 ft. to 12 ft. in height. Under bad 
treatment even the tall plants bear very indifferent 
crops owing to bad setting. Your 158 plants gave 
1,050 lbs. of fruit, making an average of slightly over 
6J lbs. to the plant. We should consider this a very 
fair average, but not so much as Tomato plants under 
good cultural treatment are capable of producing. 
We have seen Tomatos planted out in a cool house, 
. and allowed to run up with a single stem about 10 ft. 
high, producing more nearly three times the weight 
of yours. As a rule, however, you may reckon 6 lbs. 
to 9 lbs. a good crop to take from a plant. Three or 
four fruits would weigh a pound ; but in private 
establishments, the fruits of the Perfection type 
often run to half or three-quarters of a pound eaeh. 
Dwarf plants about 3ft. high in the open air often 
produce 4 lbs. to 6 lbs. of fruit though some of it 
does not ripen. 
Eczema and Bulbs.— R. S. S.: It is just possible 
that the potting of Hyacinth bulbs may bring on 
eczema. All people are not affected alike, however, 
and it would be entirely wrong to say that *• anyone 
working amongst common garden Hyacinths is sub¬ 
ject to eczema." We are never affected by it 
although we have handled and worked amongst 
bulbs of a very varied description, including 
Hyacinths. But as we said, all are not affected 
alike. For instance, some people get their hands 
and arms badly affected by the handling of Primula 
obconica When obliged to handle bulbs you might 
wear gloves to protect the hands, and thereby deter¬ 
mine whether the bulbs are to blame in your case or 
not. 
Utricularia Eckloni.— G. Russell : There are three 
British species of Utricularia, namely, U. vulgaris, 
U. intermedia and U. minor, as you are doubtless 
aware. U. Eckloni is, therefore, represented in this 
country, by plants, however, of a very different 
habit, seeing that the British species live submerged 
in water, not amongst the vegetation growing merely 
on moist soil like U. Eckloni. Tne seedling Disas 
you mention are exceedingly interesting, and we hope 
you will be able to rear and flower them. 
Yarieties of Chrysanthemums.— W. Evans : Of 
the two you mention, we should say that Thos. 
Wilkins is the better one. The blooms are large 
with drooping but compactly arranged deep chrome- 
yellow florets. Mon. Charles Molin is of a different 
colour, being of a rich chestnut-red. The crown or 
early bads, however, give flowers that are pale 
yellow in the centre. We do not recollect having 
seen Mrs. Walter Cutting, and therefore conclude 
that it does not find favour with many growers. 
The flowers are pale rose, lined with white. 
Secretaire-General Delaire is of a dull rose colour 
with a straw-yellow reverse, more or less flushed 
with rose, and, therefore, not what you desire. 
Neither surface of the incurved florets is very 
bright. 
Le Chrysantheme— G. Foster : At the time we' 
reviewed the book, Le Chnsantheme, a la Grand: Fleur, 
by Anatole Cordonnier, there was no English edition 
of it, and no promise that there would be one. We 
fear the author did not receive sufficient encourage¬ 
ment to have a translation of it effected. 
Names of Plants.— A. J., IF.: 1, Cymbidium 
Mastersii; 2, Cypripedium Sedeni; 3, Odontoglossum 
R ssii maj is ; 4, Oacidium varicosum. — A. S.: 1, 
Chimonanthus fragrans grandiflorus ; 2, Jasminum 
nudiflorum ; 3, Lonicera fragrantissima ; 4, Sequoia 
sempervirens. — J. Wood : 1, Selaginella uncinata 
(not S. caesia): 2, AspleDium bulbiferum minus ; 3, 
Nephrodium decompositum glabellum ; 4, Strobil- 
anthes isophyllus; 5, Peristrophe speciosa: 6, 
Coleonema album .—J. G. Stone : a, Adiantum 
concinnum; b, Adiantum Ghiesbreghtii; c, 
Adiantum cuneatum Lsgrandi.— E. IF. M. : x, 
Cotyledon retusa; 2, Cotyledon pulverulenta ; 3, 
Aloe mitraeformis ; 4, Gasteria verrucosa.— F. H. : 
Haemanthus coccineus. Yes. It will thrive in a 
greenhouse kept at less than 45 0 in winter. 
Communications Received. — A. Grigor. — R. 
Veitch & Son.—A. F. B.—J. Weathers.—L. D.—A. 
C. R.—W. Herd —S. M.—A. J. W.—F. N.—George 
Taylor.—X. — T., Bristol.—R. B.—Scotia.—Reader. 
—J. S. J.—Am teur.—A. B.—Joe. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co, Philadelphia, Pa., 
U.S.A.—Preliminary Wholesale Price List of 
Vegetable Seeds, &c. 
Otto Putz, Seed Merchant and Grower, Erfurt, 
Germany. — Annual Trade Seed List. 
Dicksons, The Nurseries, Chester.—Forest Trees, 
Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, &c. 
