JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER.  August  22, 1901. 
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Appointment. — Mr.  Gerald  Carroll,  late  head  gardener  at  Dornden, 
Dublin,  has  been  appointed  in  the  same  capacity  by  Andrew  Jameson, 
Esq.,  of  Sutton,  same  county,  and  takes  up  his  new  charge  on 
November  1st. 
Horticultural  Register.  —  Messrs.  Protheroe  &  Morris’s 
“  Register  of  nurseries,  market  gardens,  farms,  florists’  seed  businesses, 
and  partnerships  to  be  let  or  sold,”  dated  August,  1901,  has  been  issued. 
Their  address  is  67  and  68,  Cbeapside,  London,  E.C. 
Boston  Dahlia  Show. — We  notice  that  the  dates  for  this  popular 
event  are  fixed  for  Thursday,  September  12th.  Medals  and  certificates 
are  offered,  besides  some  £30  in  prizes.  Application  should  be  made 
to  Mr.  Prank  Waite,  Boston,  Linos.,  who  is  the  hon.  sec. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. — The  next  fruit  and  flower  show 
of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  August  27tb, 
in  the  Drill  Hall,  Buckingham  Gate,  Westminster,  1  to  5  p.m.  A  lecture 
on  “  Garden  Manures”  will  be  given  by  Mr.  P.  J.  Baker,  A.R.C.S.,  at 
three  o’clock.  At  a  general  meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society, 
held  on  Tuesday,  August  13th,  eighteen  new  Fellows  were  elected, 
making  706  since  the  beginning  of  the  present  year. 
The  Cumbrian  and  Cheshire  Mushroom  Crop.  —  The 
Mushroom  crop  in  Cumberland  is  heavier  than  it  has  been  for  years, 
and  the  old-lying  grass  lands  and  green  meadows  are  being  scoured  by 
large  bands  of  people  out  of  work  and  others,  who  find  fairly  lucrative 
employment  in  the  gathering  of  the  edible  fungus.  The  Mushrooms 
are  bought  in  the  towns  by  dealers,  and  despatched  to  the  larger 
provincial  markets.  So  plentiful  is  the  fungus  that  cartload  over 
cartload  has  been  brought  into  the  towns,  and  at  Wigton  the  price 
has  fallen  from  2s.  at  the  beginning  of  the  week  to  Is.  In  some 
districts  of  Cheshire  the  crop  is  also  an  unusually  large  one,  many  of 
the  samples  being  of  an  extraordinary  size. 
Variorum. — The  death  of  Mr.  William  Galbraith  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  and  of  Mr.  John  Kinnear,  Philadelphia.  Both  were  men  of  note 
in  the  States,  wherein  they  laboured,  and  both  were  natives  of  Scotland. 
Judging  from  the  frequent  obituary  notices  of  men  of  British  origin 
who  have  spent  their  lives  as  horticulturists  in  America,  we  oonclude 
that  Americans  are  greatly  indebted  to  the  “  Old  Country  ”  for  a  large 
section  of  its  progress  in  gardening.  *  *  The  Tree  Planting 
Association  of  New  York  reports  that  since  January  1st  it  has  planted 
931  trees  in  the  streets  of  the  borough  of  Manhattan,  and  1949  in  other 
boroughs  of  the  greater  city,  making  a  total  of  2880  trees.  *  #  It  is 
now  gravely  proposed  by  the  Park  Commissioners  of  New  York  to  make 
the  confined  wild  animals  more  home-like  by  surrounding  them  with 
paintings  of  the  jungle  growths  of  their  native  haunts!  How  is  that 
for  humanity  run  mad  ?  *  *  The  loss  to  New  York  State  annually 
from  insects  is  estimated  at  26,000,000  dols.,  while  to  the  entire  nation 
the  losses  reach  300,000,000  dols.  The  saddest  fact,  however,  is  that, 
almost  all  this  could  be  saved  if  proper  methods  of  control  were 
universally  exercised. 
The  Will  of  the  Bate  Miss  Ormerod  LL.L. —  The  will  of  the 
late  Miss  Ormerod  has  recently  been  proved.  It  is  dated  July  17th 
1900.  The  total  estate  has  been  valued  at  £52,041  19s.  gross,  and 
£51,582  13s.  nett.  Miss  Ormerod  bequeaths  to  the  governing  body  of 
the  University  of  Edinburgh  £5000  for  the  University;  to  her  secretary 
and  housekeeper,  Anne  Hartwell,  £5000  ;  to  three  servants,  £200  each  ; 
to  Dr.  Eustace  Henry  Lipscomb  and  Mr.  Edmund  Kell  Blyth,  executors 
of  her  will,  £500  eaoh ;  to  Mr.  Thomas  Pritchard  Newman,  of  54, 
Hatton  Garden,  lithographer,  the  other  executor,  £100,  and  to  him  also, 
in  recognition  of  his  valuable  service,  £2000,  and  the  copyright  of  all 
her  works,  and  the  copies  of  her  works  in  the  possession  of  his  firm  of 
West,  Newman,  &  Co.,  and  of  the  publishers,  Simpkin,  Marshall,  &  Co., 
and  all  of  her  collections.  But  in  the  event  of  the  death  of  Mr,  Newman 
in  her  lifetime,  the  testatrix  bequeathed  her  copyright  and  collections 
and  £2000  to  the  Edinburgh  University  for  the  encouragement  of  the 
study  of  the  ravages  of  injurious  insects.  She  bequeathed  to  Professor 
Wallace  £1000  and  her  book  of  documents,  reciting  the  circumstances 
of  her  obtaining  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  Various  legacies  are 
left  to  private  friends  and  relatives. 
Royal  Appointments. — We  learn  that  royal  warrants  have  been 
granted  to  Messrs.  Webb  &  Sons  of  Wordsley,  Stourbridge,  appointing 
them  seedsmen  to  his  Majesty  the  King  ;  to  Messrs.  Little  &  Ballantyne, 
Carlisle;  and  to  Messrs.  James  Veitch  &  Sons,  Royal  Exotio  Nursery,. 
King’s  Road,  Chelsea. 
Presentation  to  Mr.  MacKellar, —  Mr.  MacKellar,  the  head 
gardener  at  Sandringham,  on  leaving  to  take  up  the  duties  of  head 
gardener  to  the  King  at  Frogmore,  was  presented  by  the  garden  staff 
and  other  friends  at  Sandringham  with  a  solid  silver  tea  service,  which 
was  formally  handed  over  to  him  by  Sir  Dighton  Probyn. 
Trade  Notes  :  Hartley  6c  Sugden's  Boilers. — The  new 
catalogue  of  the  above  Halifax  firm  has  just  been  issued,  and  is  the 
result  of  long  experience  and  careful  study  of  the  business  of  making 
heating  apparatus  boilers.  Special  attention  is  drawn  to  the  boilers 
on  pages  8,  10,  16,  and  22.  These  are  the  newest  designs,  and  are 
specially  adapted  to  heating  the  larger  class  of  buildings.  They  are 
exceedingly  economical  in  fuel,  a  large  surface  being  presented  to  the- 
flames  in  the  firebox,  and  they  are  so  constructed  as  to  occupy  little 
room.  In  the  other  pages  are  found  various  designs  of  boilers  adapted 
to  special  purposes.  Their  oontinned  use  over  a  long  period  proves 
their  adaptability  to  the  purposes  intended.  They  are  not  only  for  the 
heating  of  buildings  of  all  sizes,  but  also  for  the  heating  of  greenhouses 
and  other  horticultural  buildings,  and  for  providing  steam  for  cooking, 
agricultural  and  motor  purposes.  These  boilers  are  constructed  of 
wrought  iron,  and  therefore  are  not  as  liable  to  fracture  and  failure  as 
cast  iron  ones. 
Presentation  to  T.  H.  Cook. — Recently,  at  Aberlady,  a  large 
meeting  was  held  to  do  honour  to  Mr.  T.  H.  Cook,  Gosford,  prtvious  to 
his  leaving  for  Sandringham.  Mr.  Connor,  Craigielaw,  presided,  and, 
after  giving  a  brief  sketch  of  his  successful  career  as  a  gardener,, 
handed  over  to  Mr.  Cook  in  name  of  many  subscribers  a  handsome 
mounted  oak  tea  tray,  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — “  Presented 
to  Mr.  Thomas  Cook  by  his  fellow  servants  on  his  leaving  Gosford  for 
Sandringham,  August,  1901.”  This  gift  was  accompanied  by  a  hot- 
water  jug,  cake  basket,  and  ten  volumes  of  “  Chambers’  Encyclopaedia  ” 
from  the  same  donors.  Mr.  Sclater,  Edinburgh,  after  making  a  few 
felicitous  remarks,  handed  over  a  beautifully  chased  solid  silver  salver 
and  purse  of  sovereigns  in  name  of  Aberlady  and  other  subscribers, 
bearing  the  following  inscription  : — “  Presented  to  Mr.  T.  H.  Cook  by 
his  Aberlady  and  other  friends,  on  the  ocoasion  of  his  appointment  to 
be  chief  gardener  at  Sandringham  to  his  Majesty  the  King,  August, 
1901.”  On  Monday,  Lord  Wemyss  personally  presented  Mr.  Cook  with 
a  very  handsome  inlaid  timepieoe,  with  the  inscription,  “  Presented  by 
the  Earl  of  Wemyss  to  Mr.  Thomas  Cook  on  his  leaving  Gosford  for 
Sandringham,  August,  1901.” 
Legal  Notes  :  The  Erection  of  Wire  Fencing-. — “  The  North 
British  Agriculturist  ”  gives  a  record  of  the  following  case  : — “  General 
Lockhart  of  CambuBnethan  House,  Wishaw,  is  the  owner  of  the  farm  of 
Upper  Carnbarns,  which  is  let  on  lease  to  Mr.  Nichol  Hamilton.  In 
the  lease  the  tenant  is  given  special  permission  to  grow  fruit,  and  at  the 
present  time  he  has  something  like  50  acres  under  Strawberries  and 
Rasps.  The  farm  is  surrounded  and  intersected  by  plantations,  and 
soon  after  beginning  to  grow  Strawberries  the  tenant  found  that  the 
rabbits  from  the  plantations  destroyed  a  considerable  part  of  his  crop. 
Before  entering  on  the  farm,  one  or  more  fields  had  been  partially 
fenoed  with  wire  netting,  and  this  netting  the  tenant  bought  from  his 
predecessor.  Soon  after  entry  he  erected  other  portions,  and  at  the 
present  time  has  most  of  his  fields  so  protected.  The  landlord,  in 
raising  the  present  action,  asks  that  the  tenant  be  prevented  from 
erecting  more  wire  netting,  and  that  he  remove  all  that  has  already  been 
erected,  on  the  ground  that  the  erection  of  the  wire  netting  confines 
the  game  to  the  plantations,  and  prevents  them  from  getting  the  run 
of  the  farm.  There  is  a  clause  in  the  lease  whioh  binds  the  tenant  to 
preserve  the  game.  The  action  was  begun  in  the  spring  of  1900,  but 
from  several  causes  a  decision  has  only  now  been  given.  It  is  as 
follows : — The  Sheriff  finds  that  the  defender  is  tenant  of  Upper 
Carnbarns  Farm,  belonging  to  pursuer ;  that  in  terms  of  his  lease  he  is 
bound  to  protect  and  preserve  the  game  on  these  lands ;  that  he  has 
since  he  became  tenant  ereoted  wire  netting  round  the  fields  numbered 
107,  108,  109,  310,  427,  and  446  on  the  ordnapce  survey  map  produoed 
in  process ;  that  in  so  doing  he  was  acting  in  breach  of  his  lease  above- 
mentioned  ;  therefore,  ordains  the  defender  to  remove  the  wire  netting 
erected  by  him  round  these  fields,  in  terms  of  the  first  conclusion  of 
the  prayer  of  the  petition,  within  fourteen  days  from  this  date,  reserving 
to  pronounce  further ;  and  decerns,  and  grants  leave  to  appeal.” 
