October 17, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
881 
Prolific Pear Tree.—I n a garden not far from Shrewsbury 
- 2,408 pears were gathered from one tree the other week. Sbeing 
that the fruit crop everywhere has been a failure, this must be 
considered a remarkable vield. 
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Golden Wedding.— Mr. Rogers, who has acted for over fifty 
years as head gardener at Thicket Priory, Wheldrake, York, an 1 
Mrs. Rogers, have just celebrated their golden weddino- 
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Presentation to Mr. J. Dinwoodie. —On the 3rd imsf. a large 
number of the inhabitants of Bwlch and district assembled in 
the reading room, Bwlch, for the purpose of making a presenta¬ 
tion to Mr. J. Dinwoodie, who has resigned his position as head 
gardener at Buckland to take up a similar appointment under 
Mr. J. Cory, The Duffryn, Cardiff. The chair was taken by Mr. 
Francis Evans, The Vine. 
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Cornish Blackberries. —About forty hampers, each contain¬ 
ing 241b. of Blackberries, -are being sent daily from Marazion 
station by one firm alone to the London, and Liverpool markets. 
Quite a new industry has arisen, the pickers beino- paid ltd 
per lb. for the fruit. 4 ' 
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Great London Successes. —In the large competition, open to 
the world, of the British Dairy Fanners’ Association, held in the 
Agricultural Hall, London, last week, the most important prizes 
for roots were won by the produce of Webbs’ seeds, viz. :—First, 
second and third prizes, Webbs’ Mammoth Long Red Mangold ; 
first prize, Webbs’ Smith-field Yellow Globe Mangold; first 
prize, Webbs’ Imperial Swede; and -second prize collection of 
Webbs’ Roots. There were 143 entries for these prizes, and, con¬ 
sidering the strength of the classes, the remarkable success of 
Messrs. Webbs’ seeds must be very gratifying to this firm. 
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Fruit for the Lord Mayor.— -In the olden times the Lord 
M-ayor of London had the privilege of taking toll of every load of 
fruit that came into the City. This led to disputes, and in time 
the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers negotiated a commuta¬ 
tion of the custom into a yearly present of choice fruits. The 
custom has been continued to the present day, but the Lord 
Mayor this year of scarcity, being himself -a grower of fruits, 
the gift of fruits wa-s moderated on the 8 th inist., when the Master 
of the Company and -som-e others waited on- the Lord Mayor with 
the fruits, and also an additional present of a beautiful 1 y-chase 1 
silver-gilt loving cup, with the following inscription:—“Pre¬ 
sented to the Right Hon. Sir Marcus Samuel, Bart., Lord Mayor 
of London, by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, 
October 8 th, 1903.” 
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New Park for Glasgow.— The larger half of the estate of 
Thomliebank, as well as the M-ansion House- at present used as 
his residence, is about to be presented to the corporation of 
Glasgow, to be used for a public park for the citizens for all time 
coming by Cameron Corbett, Esq., M.P., for the Tradeston 
division of Glasgow. The Mansion House is to be put at the ser¬ 
vice of the corporation, am-d to be used for public purposes at 
their discretion ; the only stipulation that the donor makes is 
that no license shall be granted on the estate. The estate lies 
about four m-iles from the centre of Glasgow, and about a mile 
and a-half from the present terminus of the tramways at Ro-und 
Toll, Po-llokshaws. At present it i-s the intention to have the 
park open to the citizens -two years hence, and by that time the 
cars will run close to it. Thornliebank was origin-ally part of the 
Eglinton estates, but for many generation® t-h-e Crum family 
were the owners of it. At one time the estate was small, but 
Mr. Crum acquired several separate pieces of land, which he 
added to his estate, thereby greatly developing and beautifying 
it. The estate extends to about 350 acres, and includes the land 
of Rouken, Davieland, and the Wood Farm. The portion which 
has been purchased by Mr. Cameron. Corbett covers- about 136 
acres, and has cost £24,000, independently of the house, which 
would run to £30,000 more. The remainder of the estate is 
more constituted for feuing than for public parks, and has been 
purchased by the Hutc-heson Trust for such purposes. The 
munificent donor, Mr. Archibald Cameron Corbett, is now in his 
forty-eighth year, and is worthily following in the steps of his 
father as a public benefactor. The estate of Thomliebank is well 
wooded, picturesque, and the beautiful Rouken Glen is known 
to the citizens of Glasgow as the most romantic and beautiful 
glen in the neighbourhood. This glen is about half a mile in 
length, and the Capelrig Burn stream of clear water arising in 
the Mearns Moor runs down through it. The citizens of 
, Glasgow may well be proud -of this recent addition to their ex¬ 
tensive and extending parks. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
The Editor invites enquiries for reply in this column. These 
enquiries may cover any branch of gardening. Questions should be 
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Readers are also invited to give their fellow gardeners the benefit 
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Replies cannot be sent by post, even if a stamped , addressed 
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Celery and Leaf Miner. (Q,uo.) 
You are not the only one who has suffered by the destruction 
of the foliage of Celery by the grubs of the leaf miner. The 
only thing you can do now is to remove the worst of the leaves 
and burn them at once, so as to prevent the grubs from pupating 
in the coil. Leaves that are not so much damaged might have 
those portions squeezed between the finger and thumb where 
grubs are seen to be situated. Some of the grubs will be sure 
to escape and enter the soil, where they will remain till spring, 
pass through their different stages of development, and reach 
the perfect stage early next summer, to repeat the evil. You 
can still attack them further by trenching the ground after all 
the Celery has been lifted. Put the top spit into the bottom 
of the trench, together with the small crumbs ; over this place 
a good dressing of gas lime. This will have- the effect of de¬ 
stroying the grubs, and even should any escape, they would 
have difficulty in reaching the surface if the trenching has been 
carefully done, so as to put the pupae in the soil well down. 
Grapes Not Colouring. (R. J.) 
The season has been a highly unsuitable one for the culti¬ 
vation of Grapes and various other crops without the exercise 
of a great deal of care. There has been too little sunshine dui'ing 
the past season, and the temperature was too low. It is more 
than probable, however, that you have been over-cropping the 
Vines. If too many bunches or too many large ones were left 
on the rods, making a very heavy crop, it is too great a tax 
upon the Vines to bring; to maturity and colour the berries 
properly. There is another point we should suggest, namely, 
to examine the border, and see if it is in any way sodden or 
over-wet, owing to the drainage being in bad condition. If 
this is so, remedies must be taken to rectify the matter. You 
should also consult the calendar for “ Fruit under glass ” for 
last week. 
Heliotrope for the Lawn. (A. M. B.) 
We presume that you took cuttings of the Heliotropes suffi¬ 
ciently early in September to ensure their being well rooted. 
It would have been even better if you had taken cuttings earlier 
for this particular purpose, in order to get good, strong nlants 
before the advent of winter. In any case, as soon as these 
cuttings are rooted, you should pot them off singly, and place 
them in a growing temperature of 50 to 52 degrees, so as to 
keep them growing slowly and sturdily all the winter. Do not 
stop them, but allow them to run on with a single stem, so as 
to ^et plants of a good height before planting-out time arrives 
in the beginning of June. Several of these plants may be used 
in order to cover the framework or stakes that you may fix up 
for the purpose of giving the whole the appearance of a large 
bush of Heliotrope. Your object should be to get as strong 
plants as possible, so as to take all the advantage of our short 
summer when planting-time arrives. 
Dressing Wounds on Trees. (Omega.) 
The usual dressing for wounds on trees where big branches 
have been cut off is ordinary tar. No doubt that is a good 
material for keeping out the wet, but it seems to us that two 
or three coats of paint made up from the ordinary white lead 
mixed with some other colour to tone down the white to a 
colour resembling that of the bark of the tree as nearly as pos¬ 
sible would answer the purpose quite as well. In this latter 
case it would be well to allow a few days to elapse so that the 
wound might dry up, selecting a perfectly dry day for the 
operation of painting. You may use tar, however, if you care 
to, as it is well adapted for keeping out rain. 
Stopping Holes in Old Trees. (Omega.) 
Almost any material used for building purposes may be em¬ 
ployed, if the holes are very large. In the latter case you could 
use bricks or stones, whichever are most convenient. At the 
