JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER , 
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James  Veitch  of  Chelsea,  who  has  left  ms  mark  not  only  on  the  estab¬ 
lishment  which  bears  his  name,  but  on  horticulture  generally.  He  was 
a  stalwart  friend  of  the  Horticultural  Society,  and  in  many  of  its 
trying  experiences  gave  it  the  benefit  of  his  sound  aivice  and 
generosity. 
Dr  Lindley. 
I  never  saw  much  of  one  whose  name  is  frequently  mentioned,  as  it 
well  deserves  to  be,  although  he  was  more  of  a  botanist  than  a  horti¬ 
culturist — I  mean  Dr.  Lindley.  Indeed,  there  were  some  forms  of 
horticulture  that  he  could  hardly  avoid  treating  with  contempt.  He 
was  a  masterful  man,  and,  like  most  men  of  that  stamp,  very  much 
liked  to  have  his  own  way.  He  did  not  care  about  the  florists,  he  used 
to  scoff  at  what  he  considered  their  obtrusive  operation  with  flowers,  but 
though  he  used  to  come  down  sledge  hammer-like,  one  could  see  that 
his  heart  was  in  what  be  undertook  ;  and  when  the  offensive  and  personal 
character  of  Glenny’s  “Gardeners’  Gazette”  roused  the  ire  of  horti¬ 
culturists,  his  bold  and  scientific  treatment,  as  the  first  Editor  of  the 
“  Gardener’s  Chronicle,”  made  its  mark  upon  the  gardening  literature, 
and  raised  its  tone.  His  name  is  connected  with  the  admirable  library 
which  he  had  gathered  together,  and  which  is  now  housed  in  the 
Council  room  of  the  Society  which  he  loved  so  well. 
Dr.  Hogg. 
But  there  is  another  doctor  who  has  been  endeared  to  many  about 
whose  recent  departure  from  amongst  us  so  much  has  been  said,  and  o1  ! 
whom,  after  six-and-thirty  years’ intercourse  with  him,  I  could  say  much  i 
more  ;  but  I  must  leave  all  personal  considerations  on  one  side  and  speak 
of  him  in  this  connection  as  a  public  man,  for  such  had  Dr.  Hogg  been  ' 
for  a  great  many  years,  and  his  influence  on  the  progress  of  horticulture 
has  been  of  a  very  marked  character.  He  was  keenly  alive  to  its  interests 
in  all  departments,  though  of  course  it  was  in  Pomology  that  he  was  such 
a  tower  of  strength,  and  his  magnum  opus,  “  The  Fruit  Manual,”  is  his  1 
best  monument.  With  what  scrupulous  care  and  impartiality  he  threw 
together  his  information  on  this  difficult  subject  has  been  recognised 
both  at  home  and  abroad.  He  was  ever  ready  to  lay  his  stores  of  know¬ 
ledge  before  any  who  sought  his  opinions,  and  they  were  always  treated 
with  such  courtesy  and  geniality  that  if  they  were  enthusiasts  before  he 
made  them  doubly  so,  and  many  an  one  has  dated  a  fresh  departure  in 
their  horticultural  life  from  intercourse  with  him. 
Egbert  Fortune. 
I  several  times  met  that  most  earnest  and  indefatigable  collector, 
Robert  Fortune.  He  was  a  pleasant  and  agreeable  man,  and  clear  and 
lucid  writer  ;  it  would  be  impossible  to  say  what  department  had  no* 
been  enriched  by  his  labours.  He  had  a  grand  field,  at  that  time  almost 
unknown  to  Europeans,  and  he  collected  a  great  number  of  excellent 
things — Conifers,  shrubs,  Lilies  and  herbaceous  plants — which  were 
either  brought  or  sent  home  by  him  ;  but  there  are  few  who,  when  thev 
see  bis  name  attached  to  a  plant,  can  tell  you  who  Robert  Fortune  was. 
His  laborious  travels  told  upon  his  health,  and  he  passed  away  at  a 
comparatively  early  age. 
John  Standisii  and  Anthony  Waterer. 
From  those  apparently  unpromising  districts  of  Surrey  where  it 
would  be  difficult  to  grow  anything  in  the  shape  of  cereals,  two  names 
come  before  me  now  of  men  who  in  one  department  helped  forward  that 
branch  of  horticulture  in  which  they  were  interested — namely,  John 
Standish  and  Anthony  Waterer.  The  former  had  grand  ideas,  which  be 
was  never  able  to  realise,  but  first  at 
Bagshot  and  afterwards  at  Ascot  his 
energy  enabled  him  to  achieve  much. 
If  he  had  had  the  wealth  of  Monte 
Christo  or  the  Treasure  Island  he  would 
have  found  means  for  employing  it  in 
his  favourite  pursuit.  I  remember 
once  how  full  he  was  of  a  plan  of 
a  Strawberry  express  from  Ascot  to 
London,  and  how  he  was  to  outdo  the 
railway  and  every  other  method  of 
conveyance  by  its  means.  He  was 
strong  on  the  matter  of  hybridising, 
and  was  the  means  of  introducing  many 
good  things;  but  more  especially  does 
horticulture  owe  him  much  through  his 
employment  of  Mr.  Robert  For’une  in 
Japan  and  China,  and  for  the  many 
fine  things  introduced  by  him. 
Mr.  Anthony  Waterer,  who  has  but 
lately  passed  away  from  amongst  us, 
did  more,  I  think,  to  encourage  the 
growth  of  Rhododendrons  and  what  are 
ordinarily  called  American  plants  than 
anyone  that  I  can  recollect.  He  was 
not  satisfied  with  making  his  display  »t 
Knap  Hill,  and  drawing  thither  all 
lovers  of  these  beautiful  shrubs,  but 
every  spring  large  bushes  of  them 
were  taken  up,  and  a  display  made  at  the  Butmic  Gardens  or  some 
one  of  the  London  squares.  I  have  seen  them  in  grand  order  at 
the  great  Whitsuntide  shows  at  Manchester,  and  many  both  in  Lanca¬ 
shire  and  Cheshire  have  been  thereby  encouraged  to  grow  them.  Mr. 
Waterer  was  what  is  ordinarily  called  a  rough  diamond,  but  under  that 
somewhat  rugged  manner  those  who  knew  him  could  trace  a  kindly 
heart  and  an  anxious  desire  to  help  forward  all  those  who  were 
interested  in  the  department  he  especially  affected.  Tne  soil  of  Surrey 
is  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  culture  of  his  favourite  plants,  but  the 
climate  is  not  equally  so.  They  are  subject  to  spring  frosts,  and  to  see 
them  in  perfection  one  has  to  go  to  South  Wales,  and  see  in  the  gardens 
of  Lord  Swansea  and  Sir  John  Llewelyn,  or  to  the  South-West  of 
Scotland  at  Lord  Stairs,  at  Inch  Castle,  not  only  what  the  hybrids  raised 
at  Bagshot  could  do,  but  also  to  see  the  Sikkim  Rhododendrons  almost 
as  forest  trees. 
The  Rev.  M.  J.  Berkeley. 
The  Rev.  M.  J.  Berkeley  has  so  recently  passed  away  that  a  good 
many  must  well  recollect  the  genial  and  happy  features  that  marked  the 
first  fungologist  of  our  times,  and  who  rendered  valuable  services  to 
horticulture  amongst  those  various  diseases  which  as  “Old  Smellfungus” 
(as  he  was  pleasantly  called  among  those  who  knew  him,  a  name  which 
he  never  resented)  he  was  continually  searching  out  and  telling  people 
how  to  combat. 
Shirley  Hibberd. 
There  are  few  men  who  have  been  more  missed,  not  only  in  the  metro¬ 
polis  but  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  or  one  who  laboured  harder  in 
promoting  horticulture,  than  the  late  kind,  genial,  and  witty  Shirley 
Hibberd.  Mo3t  of  us  can  recall  many  a  pleasant  hour  spent  with  him, 
when  one  was  always  sure  to  learn  something.  He  was  an  enthusiast 
with  a  keen  eye  to  all  that  was  beautiful  in  Nature,  and  both  by  his 
writings,  which  were  numerous,  and  by  his  practical  experience  stimulated 
many  who  might  otherwise  have  been  inclined  to  lag  in  whatever  branch 
they  bad  taken  up.  Whatever  was  the  subject  in  which  he  was  interested 
he  carried  it  out  thoroughly.  Some  I  know  would  say  too  far,  but  it  is 
surely  better  to  err  on  that  side  than  on  that  of  indifference. 
Thomas  Rivers. 
All  who  have  engaged  in  either  the  culture  of  Roses  or  that  of  fruit 
will,  I  think,  be  ready  to  acknowledge  the  debt  of  gratitude  they  owe  to 
Fig  12fi. — Osborne  House  {page  5GI). 
