August  11,  1898. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER . 
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berries  large  and  oval;  skin  thin,  and  when  highly  ripened  pale 
amber ;  flesh  tender  and  melting,  very  juicy,  rich,  sugary,  and  vinous. 
An  excellent  Grape,  but  requires  careful  cultivation,  as  it  soon  decays 
after  ripening  at  the  point  of  union  with  the  stalk.” 
Origin  of  the  Golden  Hamburgh. 
On  this  point  the  Doctor  has  left  the  following  item  of  infor¬ 
mation  : — “  In  August,  1855,  Busby,  the  gardener  at  Stockwood  Park, 
exhibited  a  Grape  at  the  meeting  of  the  Pomological  Society,  which 
was  reported  to  have  been  raised  from  the  Black  Hamburgh  crossed 
by  Dutch  Sweetwater,  and  it  was  pronounced  by  the  Society  to  be  the 
best  of  all  the  white  Grapes  except  the  Muscats.  Busby  sold  the  Vine 
for  a  large  sum  to  Mr.  Veitch  of  Chelsea,  who  sent  it  out  in  1857. 
Suspicion  was  aroused  that  the  Vine  had  not  been  raised  by  Busby  as 
he  represented,  but  was  brought  from  the  South  of  Europe  by  his 
master,  Mr.  Crawley ;  and  it  eventually  turned  out  that  this  reputed 
seedling  was  none  other  than  Luglienga  Bianca,  which  was  growing  in 
the  Horticultural  Society’s  garden.”  It  seems  that  “  Busby,”  though 
he  made  a  serious  mistake,  grew  the  Grape  much  better  than  it  was 
grown  at  Chiswick,  and 'perhaps  much  the  same  as  grown  by  Mr. 
Semper,  though  his  bunches  are  not  “loose,”  while  the  crop  is 
excellent,  and  the  Vines  the  reverse  of  sickly  in  appearance.  Mr. 
Barron  observes  that  this  Grape  succeeded  extremely  well  at  Chiswick 
for  a  good  many  years,  but  subsequently  degenerated,  adding  “  it  does 
pretty  well  gra  ted  on  Black  Hamburgh.”  It  would  not  be  inappro¬ 
priate  for  Mr.  Semper  to  record  his  experience  with  the  Grape  that  he 
grows  so  well,  sending  at  the  same  time  a  sample  of  wood,  foliage,  and 
fruit,  for  close  examination.  They  shall  be  submitted  to  Mr.  Barron, 
if  he  can  be  discovered,  as  he  has  presumably  a  better  acquaintance 
with  Lulienga  Bianca  than  has  any  other  cultivator  in  this  country. 
Whatever  Mr.  Semper’s  Grape  may  be,  both  it  and  he  were  worthy  of 
a  “call,”  and  this  paid  another  move  was  made  southwards,  but  once 
more  the  journey  broken,  and  this  time  at  historic  Lincoln. 
Doddington  Hall. 
During  the  past  two  or  three  years  a  young  gardener  distinguished 
himself  in  the  vegetable  classes  at  sundry  shows.  After  winning  the 
gold  medal  at  Cardiff  and  the  “Sutton”  Jubilee  cup  at  Shrewsbury, 
he  left  the  scene  of  his  labours  in  South  Wales,  and  soon  afterwards 
found  himself  in  charge  of  the  gardens  at  Doddington.  Inquiries 
having  been  made  by  a  gentleman  relating  to  Mr.  Charles  Foster,  a 
desire  was  felt  to  see  how  far  he  was  settled  in  his  new  home.  A 
drive  of  seven  miles,  with  time  between  the  trains,  afforded  the 
opportunity.  No  attempt  will  be  made  to  describe  the  gardens  ;  that 
was  not  the  object,  and  it  must  suffice  to  say  that  Doddington  is  the 
grand  old  home  of  a  well  known  county  family,  of  which  the  present 
head  is  G.  E.  Jarvis,  Esq. ;  that  the  surroundings  are  attractive  by 
their  quaint  old-world  character;  that  Mr.  Charles  Foster  is  perfect  I  y 
happy  in  his  pleasant  home,  and  that  his  connections  with  the  family 
and  everyb  )dy  else  have  been  of  the  most  agreeable  character  up  to 
«late.  He  finds  that  the  gardens  are  cherished,  and  means  to  try  his 
utmost  to  make  the  best  of  the  resources  in  the  production  of  flowers, 
fruit,  aud  vegetables,  and  does  U"t  quite  expect  to  fail.  They  were 
found  entirely  creditable  to  him,  but  the  main  point  is  that  he  would 
like  for  his  friends  to  know  that  he  is  comfortable,  and  it  is  certain 
they  will  be  very  pleased  to  hear  it. 
A  Beautiful  Rose  Garden. 
Passing  the  Manse  at  Bracebridge  a  call  was  made  on  the  chance 
of  finding  the  author  of  the  interesting  garden — Rev.  C.  C.  Ellison — 
at  home.  Fortunately  he  was,  and  never  was  a  fifteen-minutes  visit 
more  thoroughly  enjoyed.  He  is  called  the  author  of  the  garden 
because  he  made  it.  Many  years  ago,  a  new  railway  passing  through 
part  of  his  property,  he  was  wide  enough  awake  to  arrange  for  as 
much  of  the  fine  top  spit  of  turfy  loam  he  liked  to  be  placed  where 
he  wanted  it.  Thousands  of  leads  were  probably  carted  in  and  lormed 
into  banks,  slopes,  and  dells.  Evergreens  were  judiciously  chosen  and 
planted  for  serving  the  double  purpose  of  ornament  and  shelter.  The 
main  body  of  the  ground  was  planted  with  fruit  trees — hundreds  ol 
them.  They  now  form  avenues,  and  charming  must  the  effect  be  in 
blossoming  time,  though  this  year,  at  least,  the  branches  do  not  bend 
down  with  loads  of  frufi.  On  the  south  side  of  the  garden  enclosures 
were  made  for  Roses — fornrng,  in  fact,  a  series  of  Rose  gardens  linked 
together  by  pleasant  paths.  Most  or  all  the  best  Roses,  chiefly  H.P.’s, 
are  grown  as  dwarfs,  in  many  instances  half  a  dozen  plants  of  a  variety 
planted  together.  Both  as  regards  vigour  of  growth,  cleanliness, 
abundance,  and  quality  of  blooms  it  would  be  difficult  to  imagine  a 
finer  example  of  Rose  cultivation.  Hundreds,  if  not  thousands,  of 
people  had  been  delighted  by  them  on  the  occasion  of  garden  parties 
the  previous  week,  and  it  was  a  floral  treat  of  no  ordinary  character. 
The  most  attractive  enclosure  slopes  into  a  small  valley,  and  as  viewed 
through  an  embrasure  of  foliage,  across  a  small  sheet  of  water  with 
the  dense  evergreen  boundary,  the  Dean  of  Rochester  was  constrained 
to  pronounce  it  the  most  beautiful  Rose  garden  in  England,  and 
certainly  nothing  quite  so  charming  in  its  way  has  be.  r>  seen  by— - 
A  Jaiwd  Journalist. 
NOTES  ON  ALPINE  FLOWERS. 
With  the  end  of  July  we  feel  that  the  most  attractive  season  for 
alpine  flowers  has  passed  away.  Autumn  flowers  are,  as  a  rule,  too  tall 
for  the  rock  garden,  exoept  on  a  large  scale,  and  the  most  beautiful  of 
our  alpine  plants  are  long  over.  Those  left  suffer,  also,  in  comparison 
with  the  showier  occupants  of  the  border  and  the  beds  on  the  level. 
If,  however,  we  look  through  the  rock  garden  at  the  close  of  July  we  still 
see  many  plants  in  bloom.  With  a  view  to  presenting,  as  it  were,  a  more 
suggestive  article  for  those  wishing  to  plant  flowers  to  bloom  at  this'time 
than  is  given  by  my  usual  notes,  I  write  the  following  now. 
Campanulas. 
Portenschlags  Campanula  (C.  Portenschlagiana)  is  over  in  the 
meantime,  but  later  we  shall  have  a  few  flowers,  although  few  in  com¬ 
parison  with  the  profusion  earlier  in  the  year.  The  various  forms  of 
C.  carpatica  are,  however,  blooming  freely.  Among  these  may  be  noted 
C.  c.  tnrbinata  and  several  of  the  pelviform  varieties  of  various  shades. 
C.  haylodgensis  is  very  pretty  also,  with  its  pale  blue  flowers  and 
yellowish  foliage.  So  is  C.  G.  F.  Wilson,  another  hybrid  with  deeper 
coloured  flowers  ;  C.  Waldsteiniana  is  attractive  with  its  small  flowers  on 
graceful  stems.  C.  carnica  is  also  full  of  flower,  and  C.  pusilla,  in  its 
blue  and  white  forms,  is,  as  usual,  covered  with  its  little  bells.  C.  Hosti 
is  flowering  freely,  and  other  dwarf  species  are  pleasing  as  well. 
Yellow  Flowers. 
The  yellow  Flax — Linum  flavum— is  very  pleasing,  and  is  fairly  hardy 
even  where  L.  arboreum  (fig.  19)  fails.  Other  yellow  flowers  are  not  so 
plentiful  as  in  the  earlier  season,  the  brightest  perhaps  being  Some  of  the 
Helianthemums  which  have  not  yet  finished  their  bloom.  The  yellow 
Stonecrops  are  nearly  over,  and  Meconopsis  cambrica  only  needs  a  begin¬ 
ning  to  become  a  troublesome  though  pleasing  weed.  Coronilla  iberica 
is  also  beautiful,  and  the  larger-growing  C.  varia  effective  as  usual. 
OXALISES — CRUCIANELLA. 
Oxalises,.  which  have  flowered  for  somo  time,  are  not  yet  out  of  bloom. 
For  sunless  days  they  are  of  little  value,  but  now  they  are  bright  and 
cheerful.  O.  Bowieuna  and  O.  Horibunda  are  among  the  best  of  the 
hardy  varieties.  The  quaint  Crucianella  stylosa  lasts  in  flower  a  long 
time,  but  should  not  be  planted  beside  the  more  diminutive  alpines,  and 
it  may  be  as  well  to  say  that  it  ought  not  to  be  planted  in  a  place 
