THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 
i„ the countv; last year there 
■ - rith 652 pupils; and the number 
• ';^ng and would further increase 
' ■■ ^Sent were not retarded m many 
prejudice. The time i^uld 
.ben a thorough trainmg in pra^ical 
would form Vrt of 
rural trenchers, and meanwhile 
ground for satisfaction in t^ 
of teaching ability already placed 
when pruning is necessary it is quite pos¬ 
sible in any hut narrow thoroughfares, to 
do tke needful, even in the case of plane 
trees, without reducing them to the con¬ 
dition of clothes props, and entirely de¬ 
stroying their natural beauty. Straight, 
clean stems are requisite up to a height suf. 
ficient to clear all traflfic, and a system of 
internal thinning-out is adopted, so that 
ample light and air pass through the trees. 
Downe’s Seedling, have to be largely de¬ 
pendent on the grape growers at the Cape 
for fruit of this excellent grape. This 
fine late grape was raised in the gardens 
of Beningborough Hall, York, aibout 1835, 
and was distributed some eight years later. 
It was slow in making its way intb general 
cultivation, and at no time has it attained 
to a high degree of popularity in this coun¬ 
try, notwithstanding the fact that there 
Flowers MDME 
M when opening, deep pink shaded 
• Ternet-Ducher. Gold Medal, N.B.S., May 1. ] 
EDOUARD HERIOT. 
with orange when fully expaMed, 
Messrs. G. 
eckwith 
y expanaea. A Fernetiana rose, raised by 
d Son, Ware Road Nurseries, Hoddesdon. 
I* Wstershiri schools. 
'«• the invariably 
staff- 
pruning of tr^ T’’®®®*—^Referring 
in a towns which was 
°f April 
^ Publfc ’ of the Metrol 
Association, 
®ssociation has found that 
Also, where such trees are too closely 
planted, the alternate ones should be en- 
tirely removed instead of mutilating the 
whole row.” , ^ _ 
L a. d y Downe’s Seedling 
Grape. —It is a point of some importance, 
and certainly not without interest, that 
those who have to obtain their supplies of 
grapes through the several trade channels, 
and armreciate the high quality of Lady 
are no special difficulties connected with 
its cultivation, and that the fruit is richly 
flavoure<l. Wliile this excellent grape has 
failed to obtain a position proportionate 
to its merits in British gardens, it has 
become highly popular with growers at the 
Cape, and large quantities are now being 
sent ’to the British markets, where the 
fruit meets with a ready sale, owing to its 
good appearance and rich flavour. 
