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glory  to  Ills  memory :  he  has  accomplished  the  work  he  was 
called  upon  to  do,  and  lias  been  borne  to  the  sphere  of  rest. 
Mr.  William  Cutbush. 
At  the  end  of  last  week,  we  regret  to  say,  the  above  gentle¬ 
man  died  at  Highgate.  He  was  seventy-.seven  years  of  age,  and 
success  had  attended  his  efforts  to  a  degree  experienced  by  few. 
^  The  Late  Mr.  James  Tegg. 
The  birthplace  of  the  late  Mr.  James  Tegg  was  Midgham, 
South  Berks,  but  a  short  distance  from  Woking ;  his  birthday, 
March  29,  1832.  He  seems  to  have  entered  the  nursery  of  Mr. 
Henry  Groom  at  Clapham  Rise,  Clapham,  when  quite  a  young 
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The  late  Mr.  N.  H.  Pownall. 
man,  and  from  there  he  went  as  foreman  at  a  private  place  at 
Driffield,  Yorkshire;  and,  later  on,  came  south,  and  was  engaged 
as  foreman  at  Messrs.  Maudsley  and  Sons  at  Noi-wood,  and, 
leaving  there,  became  foreman  to  his  father,  then  gardener  at 
Dover  House,  Roehampton,  Avhere  he  stayed  for  some  time,  and 
eventually  became  gardener  to  Baron  Hambro’,  at  Roehampton, 
and  while  here  became  known  as  a  cultivator  and  exhibitor  of 
fruit,  exhibiting  at  the  exhibitions  of  the  Royal  Botanic  Society, 
the  Crystal  Palace,  and  elsewhere  ;  here  he  remained  for  some 
ten  and  a  half  years,  when  he  left  to  become  head  gardener  to 
the  late  Duke  of  Newcastle  at  Clumber,  about  1864-65.  In  1866 
he  was  an  exhibitor  at  the  Great  International  Horticultural 
Exhibition,  held  at  South  Kensington.  Mr.  Tegg  remained  at 
Clumber  for  the  space  of  five  years. 
In  July,  1870,  he  was  appointed  head  gardener  and  forester 
at  Bearwood,  Wokingham,  which  had  some  time  previously  come 
into  the  possession  of  the  late  Mr.  John  Walter,  proprietor  of 
the  “  Times,”  and  while  here  he  earned  out  many  improvements 
of  a  most  valuable  character :  the  Wellingtonia  avenue  was 
planted  by  Mr.  Tegg,  a  new  kitchen  garden  was  made,  the 
sunken  and  rock  garden  near  the  mansion  was  constructed ;  while 
the  building  of  the  palatial  mansion  gave  Mr.  Tegg  opportunities 
for  extending  the  grounds  about  it,  which  he  did  with  admirable 
effect.  In  conjunction  with  the  late  Mr.  Walter,  the  woods  were 
thinned,  and  drives  constructed,  and  Bearwood  now  ranks  as  one 
of  the  finest  places  in  the  county  of  Berks.  An  almost  restless 
activity  was  one  of  Mr.  Tegg’s  characteristics. 
He  took  a  great  pride  and  the  warmest  intei-cst  in  his  work, 
ever  scheming  some  metuis  by  which  its  natural  beauties  would  be 
enhanced.  His  fruit  and  kitchen  gardens  were  models  of  good 
order  and  effective  management.  The  leaving  of  Bearwood  came 
to  him  as  a  great  trial ;  his  name  will  always  be  associated  with 
some  of  its  chief  improvements.  One  event  in  his  career  held  a 
cherished  place  in  his  memory,  he  had  the  honour  of  making,  at 
the  request  of  Baron  Hambro’,  the  first  bouqwit  presented  to 
H.M.  the  Queen,  when,  as  Princess  Alexandra,  she  first  reached 
English  shores.  It  was  presented  to  Her  Royal  Highness  by  the 
Danish  Ambassador.  Mr.  Tegg  leaves  a  widow  and  grown-up 
family. — ^R.  D. 
Societies. 
Royal  Horiicultural— Scientillc  Committee,  Mirch  ilth. 
Present:  A.  D.  Michael,  Esq.  (in  the  chair);  Rev.  W.  Wilks, 
C.  Hooper,  J.  W.  Odell,  E.  M.  Holmes,  Worsley,  G.  S.  Saunders, 
Drs.  Muller,  Rendle,  Cooke,  and  Masters. 
Sliine-f'unii'iis- — Dr.  Cooke  reported  on  the  leaves  of  an  un¬ 
known  plant,  submitted  to  the  last  meeting.  The  leaves  were 
covered  superficially  with  pink  splashes  of  a  chalky-looking 
nature,  upon  which,  here  and  there,  were  small  gyrose  nodules, 
not  larger  than  a  Rape  seed,  of  pitch-brown  colour.  All  this 
flaked  off  easily,  and  left  the  plant  green  and  uninjured.  The 
browm  portion  consisted  of  a  mass  of  subglobo.se  spores  of  a 
brownish-violet  colour,  evidently  belonging  to  some  slime-fungus 
or  Myxogaster.  Being  unable  to  identify  the  species,  he  sent  it 
to  Mr.  Geo.  Ivlassee,  who  has  published  a  monograph  of  this 
group,  and  this  is  his  reply :  “  The  substance  is  undoubtedly  the 
plasmodium  of  some  Myxomycete,  but  what  species  I  ^annot  say. 
It  is  quite  superficial,  and  would  do  no  harm  to  the  plant  it 
occurred  upon.” 
Fcepalanthus  sp. — Mr.  E.  M.  Holmes  showed  a  species  of 
Psepalanthus,  nat  ord.  Eriocaulaceae,  nearly  allied  to  P.  elegans 
and  P.  niveus,  which  is  used  in  the  district  where  it  grows,  on 
the  banks  of  the  Amazon,  for  decorative  purposes.  The  wliite 
persistent  dry  bracts  of  the  involucre  give  it  the  appearance  of  a 
Helichrysum.  Its  long,  slender,  pliable  stalks  render  it  useful 
for  a  variety  of  decorative  purposes. 
Jujube- — Mr.  Holmes  also  exhibited  specimens  of  a  large 
variety  of  Zizyphus  jujuba  cultivated  in  China,  and  preseiwed  as 
a  sweetmeat.  The  preserved  fruits  are  about  the  size  of  Dates, 
but  broader  and  flatter,  and  have  a  striated  surface.  According 
to  Sir  Thos.  Hanbury,  from  whom  they  are  received,  the  Chinese 
call  them  Meih-Tsau.  or  honey  Jujube,  and  prepare  them  by 
making  longitudinal  incisions  in  the  fruit  with  a  knife  and  then 
plunge  the  fi'uit  into  honey,  subsequently  drying  it.  It  is  pre¬ 
pared  in  Hungehow,  the  district  that  yields  the  best  green  Tea. 
The  preserved  fruit  forms  an  excellent  article  for  dessert,  and 
it  is  surprising  that  it  has  not  hitherto  been  imported  for  that 
purpose  into  Great  Britain.  Bretschneider,  in  the  “  Botanicum 
Sinicum,”  ii.,  p.  119,  No.  278,  under  Ta  T.sao  (great  Jujube), 
quotes  the  following  from  the  Chinese  Avriter,  Kno  P’o :  “  There 
is  now  in  Ho-tung,  in  I-shi-hien  (South-western  Shausi),  a  kind 
of  Tsao  of  the  size  of  a  hen’s  egg,”  and  explains  that  this  is  pro¬ 
bably  the  large  Jujube  now  produced  chiefly  in  Shanting,  which 
the  Chinese  preserve  Avith  honey  or  sugar,  and  which  is  sold  at 
Peking  under  the  name  of  mi-Tsao  (honey-Jujube). 
Seed  vessels  of  Arauja  sericifera  (Physianthus  albens). — Some 
follicles  of  this  plant  Avt're  sent  by  Mr.  Pentland,  the  Gardens, 
AshAvick  Hall,  Marshfield,  Glos.  The  plant  is  an  Asclepiad, 
figured  in  the  Journal  of  Ilorticulture,  February  23,  1899,  p.  149. 
The  plant  from  Avhich  these  specimens  were  taken  bore  scores  of 
fruits,  the  result  of  fertilisation  through  the  medium  of  insects. 
Hazel  Buds  affected  icith  Mites. — Mr.  R.  W.  Dean  sent  speci¬ 
mens  of  buds  distorted  in  the  same  manner  as  the  buds  of  the 
Black  Currant.  The  occurrence  of  these  buds  in  the  Hazel  and 
Filbert  Avas  knoAvn  long  before  the  appearance  of  the  Currant 
bud-mite. 
CEnantha  crocata  Poisonous  to  Cattle- — Mr.  Holmes  shoAved 
tubers  of  this  plant  throAvn  up  on  the  sides  of  a  ditch,  Avhere  they 
had  been  eaten  by  cattle  Avith  fatal  results,  the  symptoms  being 
similar  to  those  of  poisoning  by  strychnine. 
Seedliny  Ailanthus  beariny  Flowers. — Dr.  Masters  shoAved 
specimens  he  had  received  from  Mr.  Dinter,  German  S.W.  Africa, 
which  were  interesting  as  bearing  floAvers  whilst  the  cotyledons 
Avere  still  attached,  and  the  Avhole  plant  Avas  not  more  than  2in 
or  3in  in  height.  Dr.  Masters  recalled  a  similar  production  of 
flowers  on  a  small  shoot  proceeding  from  a  sucker  of  the  same 
tree,  and  also  the  formation  of  perfect  flowers  on  some  seedling 
plants  of  Philadelphus  when  only  2in  to  3in  in  height. 
Pinus  pindica  (?). — Dr.  Masters  showed  cones,  received  under 
