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-  Death  of  Mrs.  Measures.  —  We  repjiet  to  announce  the 
death,  after  a  long  illnesi,  of  Mrs.  Measures,  the  beloved  wife  of  R.  I. 
Measures,  Esq  ,  on  the  2nd  of  September,  at  Cambridge  Lodge,  Flodden 
Road,  S.E. 
-  Mr.  Chas.  Berry,  horticultural  lecturer  to  the  East  Suffolk 
County  Council  Technical  Instruction  Committee,  has  been  appointed 
Instructor  in  Horticulture  by  the  Devonshire  County  Council,  and  will 
enter  upon  his  duties  at  the  end  of  the  month. 
-  Coloured  Fruit. — In  Paris  the  practice  of  doctoring  fruit 
by  colouring  is  quite  common.  The  latest  development  of  this  business 
is  in  connection  with  Pears,  which  are  dyel  red  over  a  third  of  their 
area  and  blue  below,  thus  presenting  the  national  colours  when  peeled. 
-  Railway  Companies  and  Produce. — Mr.  Ritchie,  replying 
to  a  question  in  the  House  of  Commons  as  to  whether  the  railway  com¬ 
panies  had  increased  the  rates  on  agricultural  produce  by  5  per  cent, 
since  January  Ist,  1893,  said  there  had  been  no  general  increase.  It  was 
quite  true  that  railway  companies  had  increased  their  rates  in  specific 
cases,  but  where  complaints  were  made  in  that  respect  there  was  proce¬ 
dure  laid  down  in  the  Act. 
-  Bougainvillea  glabra  in  a  cool  conservatory  is  one  of  the 
best  of  climbers  to  plant  to  give  a  profusion  of  blossom  when  receiving 
proper  attention.  Two  years  since  a  half-specimen  plant  was  turned 
out  of  the  pot  into  the  border  of  the  large  conservatory  at  Rooksbury 
Park.  The  first  season  it  made  steady  progress,  but  during  the  current 
year  it  has  made  shoots  10  feet  long,  and  now  reaches  15  feet  high. 
From  top  to  bottom  it  is  covered  with  its  richly  coloured  bracts,  which 
seem  to  be  more  intense  under  cool  treatment  than  when  grown  under 
warmer  conditions. — B .  W. 
-  Cordon  Pear  Trees. — Five  years  since  Mr.  N.  Molyneus 
planted  against  a  south  wall  in  the  kitchen  garden  at  Rooksbury  Park 
two  dozen  Pear  trees  of  the  cordon  type.  They  have  now  filled  the 
allotted  space,  12  feet  high,  and  this  year  are  carrying,  in  what  cannot 
be  termed  a  full  Pear  year,  a  full  crop  of  large  handsome  fruit.  Some 
of  the  most  noticeable  varieties  are  Winter  Nelis,  Mdme.  Treve,  Dr, 
Hogg,  Beurr6  Hardy,  Doyennn4  du  Comice,  Pitmaston  Duchess,  Beurr^ 
Ranee,  Thompson’s,  Souvenir  du  Congr^s,  Princess,  Beurr6  d’Amanlis, 
Louise  Bonne  de  Jersey,  Marie  Louise,  Passe  Colmar,  and  Ne  Plus 
Meuris.  This  is  a  distinct  point  in  favour  of  cordon  trained  trees  as 
showing  their  value  in  the  matter  of  obtaining  great  variety  from  a 
limited  wall  space. — B.  W. 
-  Small  Cabbages. — So  good  at  every  point  are  these  that  too 
much  recommendation  cannot  be  given  to  their  wider  culture.  The 
other  day  Improved  Nonpareil  was  shown  to  be  the  best  small  early 
variety  at  Chiswick.  Since  then  I  have  seen  in  the  most  perfect  condi¬ 
tion  conceivable  on  the  boys’  gardens  at  Bookham,  when  they  were 
hearting-in,  planted  almost  as  thick  as  Coleworts.  Mr.  Goff,  who  over¬ 
looks  these  gardens,  told  me  the  strain  was  Sutton  &  Sons.  All  I  can 
say  is  that  I  think  it  is  folly  to  grow  bigger  heads.  The  stock,  too,  does 
not  turn  in  all  at  once.  That  is  a  feature  in  Ellam’s  variety,  and 
for  private  use  an  undesirable  one.  In  hot  dry  seasons  small  Cabbages 
still  are  soft  and  tender,  whilst  large  ones  soon  become  hard  and  strong. 
They,  too,  have  so  much  of  outer  leafage.  I  strongly  advise  the  wide 
growth  of  Improved  Nonpareil. —  A.  D. 
-  Obituary. — We  regret  to  announce  the  decease  of  Mr.  Lievin 
Spae-van  der  Meulen,  Treasurer  of  the  Syndicate  Chamber  of  Belgian 
Horticulturists,  which  took  place  at  Ghent  on  the  23rd  of  August  last. 
The  funeral  was  held  three  days  later,  and  was  attended  by  a  large 
number  of  members  of  the  Society.  With  much  regret  we  have  to 
announce  the  death  of  M.  Gustav  Sennhulz,  Superintendent  of  the 
Town  Gardens,  Vienna,  who  succumbed  after  a  short  illness  on 
August  24th.  The  deceased  was  born  in  1850  at  Frankfort-on-the- 
Maine.  He  began  his  gardening  career  at  Wilhelmshohe,  near  Cassel 
and  afterwards  attended  the  course  at  the  Royal  Horticultural  School 
at  Potsdam,  and  became  landscape  architect  with  Siesmayer  at  Bocken- 
heim,  Frankfort-on-the-Maine.  His  successes  made  him  also  known  in 
Austria,  and  as  they  were  in  the  year  1884  in  Vienna  in  want  of  a  good 
landscape  gardener,  he  was  selected  for  this  position.  His  loss  will  be 
deeply  felt,  more  especially  as  the  town  is  just  now  to  be  greatly 
enlarged,  and  consequently  many  new  gardens  will  be  laid  out. 
Sennhulz  also  fought  in  the  Franco-German  war,  1870-71,  and  was 
wounded.  He  possessed  the  medal  in  remembrance  of  that  war,  and 
His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Austria  conferred  on  him  the  Golden 
Cross  ofiMerit  for  his  success  in  landscape  gardening. 
-  The  Rhododendron  is  found  in  the  Alps,  growing  at  the  highest 
altitude  at  which  trees  will  vegetate  there. 
-  Shrewsbury  Show. — We  are  informed  that,  in  addition  to 
the  silver-gilt  medal  awardel  to  Messrs.  W.  Clibran  &  Son  for  their 
collection  of  Cacti  at  the  above  show,  a  silver  medal  was  granted  to  the 
firm  for  a  collection  of  flowers  of  hardy  herbaceous  plants— a  well 
merited  award. 
-  Ripened  Wood. — “W.  R.  Raillem’s ’’endeavour  (page  174)  to 
account  for  the  splendid  crop  of  Apples  this  season  is  certainly  not  a 
correct  one  in  my  case,  for  I  had  a  magnificent  crop  of  Apples  last  year, 
and  have  the  same  again  this.  I  think  “Another  D.’s”  is  the  true 
solution  of  the  problem  (page  174). — Reader. 
- Torquay  District  Gardeners’  Association  propose  to 
step  into  the  breach  caused  by  the  death  of  the  Torquay  Horticultural 
Society,  and  contemplate  holding  a  C’nrysanthemum  show  on  Wednesday, 
October  30th.  A  paper  will  be  read  at  the  show  “On  the  Culture  of 
the  Chrysanthemum.”  Mr.  F.  C.  Smale  is  the  Hon.  Secretary  of  the 
Association. 
- Abstract  op  Climatological  Observations  at  Drif¬ 
field,  August  1895.— Lat.  54°0'30"  N.  ;  Lon.  0°27'15"  W.;  Alt.  76  feet. 
Barometric  pressure  at  9  A.M.  (at  32^  aud  sea  level).  Highest  30' 20  on 
16th  ;  lowest  29-35  on  5th.  Mean  temperature  at  9  A.M  ,  corrected  61  ■70°. 
Wet  bulb,  57  52’.  Mean  maximum,  63-25’.  Mean  minimum,  50  96’. 
Highest,  76  0°  on  22ad.  Lowest,  33-2°  on  25th,  Mean  of  maxima  and 
miaima,  59  60’.  Mean  radiation  temperature  on  grass,  46  70°;  lowest, 
29-0’ on  the  25th.  Rainfall,  2  64  inches.  Number  of  rainy  days,  sixteen; 
Greatest  amount  on  oue  day,  0  59  on  the  10th.  Mean  amount  of  cloud 
at  9  A.M.,  estimated,  6  2. — W.  E.  Lovel,  Observer,  York  Road, 
Driffield. 
-  Late  Peas. — Judging  by  what  I  recently  saw  in  the  large 
kitchen  garden  at  Hackwood  Park,  two  of  the  finest  late  Peas,  not  only 
for  flavour  and  colour,  bat  also  for  endurance  and  cropping  qualities, 
are  Veitch’s  Autocrat  and  Sutton’s  Late  Queen,  The  former  has  intense 
green  pods,  not  large,  therefore  it  is  not  an  exhibition  Pea,  but  having 
peas  of  the  finest  quality.  It  stands  attacks  of  mildew  wonderfully 
well.  Mr,  Bowerman  regards  this  as  one  of  the  best  all-round  garden 
Peas  in  cultivation.  Sutton’s  Late  Queen,  recently  put  into  commerce, 
has  larger  but  very  green  pods,  somewhat  broad,  and  abrupt  ended ;  a 
fine  enduring  variety  and  heavy  cropper.  This,  too,  gives  peas  of  the 
finest  quality,  and  rich  deep  colour.  It  is  specially  fine  for  late  sowing, 
as  it  stands  and  pods  freely  up  to  the  middle  of  October.  Both  of  these 
Peas  may  be  said  to  present  some  of  the  best  properties  of  Ne  Plus 
Ultra  and  Omega,  with  greatly  enhanced  cropping  capacities. — D. 
- Allotment  Holders’  Philanthropy. — A  somewhat  novel 
purpose  seems  to  be  in  the  minds  of  the  allotment  holders  under  the 
Richmond  Corporation.  Some  of  their  number  have  from  time  to  time 
been  treated  for  influenza  at  the  Richmond  Hospital,  and  when  it  was 
recently  suggested  to  them  that  they  should  make  the  hospital  a  present 
of  garden  produce,  the  proposal  took  on  warmly.  Still,  in  these  days  it 
is  difficult  to  do  anything  in  a  very  commonplace  way,  hence  it  has 
been  resolved  that  the  produce  shall  be  all  collected  in  a  large  hall, 
placed  at  the  promoter’s  disposal  in  the  Kew  Road,  on  the  evening  of 
Saturday,  the  2lst,  and  displayed  effectively  ;  then,  on  the  afternoon  of 
the  following  day,  the  whole  will  be  thrown  open  for  inspection,  and  at 
3.15  P.M.  a  sort  of  meeting  or  informal  service  will  be  held,  over  which 
the  Mayor  will  preside.  One  or  two  short  addresses  will  be  given,  and 
some  music  rendered.  The  following  day  the  produce  will  be  carried  to 
the  adjoining  hospital. 
-  Frozen  Vines  — A  correspondent  of  “  The  Rural  New  Yorker,” 
whose  Grape  Vines  were  frozen  back  this  spring,  writes  that  he  broke 
off  all  the  new  shoots  and  shortened  in  the  wood.  The  result  was  that 
the  Vines  treated  in  this  way  put  out  new  shoots  from  adventitious 
bads  which  grew  vigorously  with  clean  bright  leaves,  showing  canes  of 
rich  shining  colour,  while  canes  left  for  comparison  remained  decrepit 
and  crooked.  Of  course,  a  comparatively  small  amount  of  fruit  set,  and 
this  was  oa  shoots  from  the  accessory  buds  at  the  nodes  rather  than 
from  the  adventitious  ones.  If  the  breaking  out  of  the  partly  dormant 
accessory  shoots  had  been  deferred  until  after  the  frost,  at  least  half  a 
crop  of  fruit  might  have  been  obtained  from  the  shoots  of  t’nese  duplicate 
buds,  which  seem  to  be  provided  for  such  a  crisis  as  this  in  the  life  of 
the  Vines.  But  why  should  the  breaking  off  the  frozen  shoots  be  such 
an  advantage?  Is  it  possible  that  the  sap  which  is  disorganised  by 
freezing  causes  injury  to  the  Vine — a  sort  of  bloo  1  poisoning — when 
taken  up  into  the  circulation  ? 
