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is  bj^  the  gateway,  with  handsome  wrought-iron  gates,  shown  on 
page  232. 
Lastly  there  are  tlie  fruit  trees,  in  considerable  variety. 
Apples  do  very  we!!,  and  I  will  name  tlie  following  as  seen  in 
good  condition  and  which  were  well  .spoken  of:  Early  Julyan, 
Keswick  Codlin,  Warner’s  King.  Maltster,  Lane’s  Prince  Albert, 
Tower  of  Glammis,  Bramley’s  Seedling,  Northern  Greening, 
Mere  de  Menage,  Alfriston,  Striped  Beefing,  Duchess  of  Olden¬ 
burg,  Lord  Grosvenor,  Ecklinville  Seedling,  Rymer,  Gascoigne’s 
Scarlet,  Nelson  Godlin,  Betty  Gee, son.  Golden  Noble,  and 
Waltham  Abbey  Seedling.  Tried  des.sert  kinds  are:  Margaret, 
Irish  Peach,  Devojishire  Quarrenden,  Mr.  Gladstone,  'Worcester 
Pearmain,  King  of  the  Pippins,  Bib.ston  Pippin,  Cox’s  Orange 
Pippin,  Blenheim  Orange.  Duke  of  Devonshire.  Beauty  of  Kent, 
and  a  few  more,  generally  small-fruited  .sorts.  Continuing,  it 
Duchess,  Duchesse  d’Angouleme,  Beurre  d’Amanlis,  Beurre 
Superfin,  Marie  Louise,  Hacon’s  Incomparable,  Thompson  s,  Emile- 
d’Heyst,  Passe  Colmar,  Beurre  Bachelier,  Van  Mens  Leon 
le  Clerc  (almost  invariably  cooked).  Winter  Nelis,  Bergamotte 
Esperen,  Doyenne  du  Comice,  Ne  Plus  Meuris,  Easter  Beurre, 
Beurre  Diel,  Glou  Morceau  (which  fine  Pear  is  also  nearly  always 
cooked),  Caleba.sse,  and  Veralaine  (or  Gendebien)  are  the  sorts 
chiefly  cultivated  for  stewing.  The  only  Cherry  that  succeeds, 
is  tlie  Morello.  Of  “small  fruits”  the  only  Raspberry  given 
room  to  is  Superlative.  Strawberries  have  been  tried  in  dozens 
of  kinds,  but  it  is  found  that  Vicomte.sse  Hericart  de  Thury 
(.syn.  Garibaldi),  Keen’s  Seedling,  Royal  Sovereign  (as  an 
annual).  President,  and  Elton  Pine  are  the  mo.st  .satisfactoiy. 
The  soil  is,  however,  not  suited  to  the  fruit.  A  large  quantity 
of  Wineberries  are  grown  to  succeed  Raspberries,  and  the- 
t'ho'o  bif 
Gateway  to  walled=garden,  overhung  with  Vines. 
Lfdy  Blnninn  • 
may  he  serviceable  to  other  chroniclers  to  have  the  varietal 
names  of  Apricots,  thus:  Angoumois,  La  Delicieuse,  Shipley, 
Breda,  D’ Alsace,  Orange,  Hemskirk,  and  Powell’s  Late.  The 
best  Plums  include  Rivers’  Early,  The  Czar,  White  Eullace, 
Kirke’s  Black.  Emperor.  Victoria,  Pond’s  Seedling.  Purple  Drop, 
Reine  Claude  de  Bavay,  Washington,  Jefferson’s,  Magnum 
Bonum  (white  and  red).  Monarch,  and  Coe’s  Golden  Drop. 
Peaches  do  not  do  well  owing  to  the  cold  east  winds  that  blow, 
one  may  say,  straig'it  from  the  Eral  Mountains  across  the  flat 
plains  of  middle  Russia,  the  heathy  wastes  of  northern  Germany, 
over  the  North  Sea  to  strike  upon  the  Ea.st  of  Scotland  with 
keen  and  cruel  effect.  Small  Peach  trees,  easy  to  replace,  are 
grown  of  Early  Beatrice,  liarlv  Alexander,  Royal  George,  and 
Nectarines  Lord  Napier,  Pineapple,  and  Humboldt.  •  P.ars  are 
represented  by  Clapp’s  Favourite,  Williams’  Eon  Chreden  (best 
of  standards).  Souvenir  du  Congres  (mostly  cooked),  Marguerite 
Marillat,  Dr.  Jules  Guyet  (which  is  always  cooked),  Dr.  Hogg, 
Fondante  d’Automne,  Louise  Bonne  of  Jersey,  Pitmaston 
Parsley-leaved  Bramble  also  ;  while  a  stock  of  Loganberries  is- 
being  propagated  to  yield  fruits  as  an  additional  concomitant  for 
the  table. 
And  now,  after  these  cumbrous,  but  useful,  lists  have  been 
enumerated,  may  a  short  biography  of  Mr.  Brotherston  be 
appended?  Then  let  him  tell  his  story"  in  his  own  delightful  vein. 
Mr,  R.  P.  Brotherston. 
“My  career?  It  has  been  quite  an  uneventful  one.  A  not 
over-robu.st  childhood,  and  a  longer  than  usual  term  at  the 
Parish  School  under  a  clever  dominie  of  the  old  type,  immor¬ 
talised  by  Ian  Maclaren,  was  followed  b,v  initiation  into  the 
mysteries  of  gardening  under  the  late  William  Thom,  Lady 
Eleanor  Balfour’s  gardener,  at  Newton  Don;  lady  arid  gardener 
alike,  enthusia.sts.  In  those  days  yonng  gardeners  spent  much 
of  their  odd  time  in  plant  training.  Grape  thinning,  grafting, 
budding,  Ac.,  which  was  varied  in  my  case  by  botanising  the 
