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are  undergoing  careful  selection  in  the  Reading  grounds  at  present ; 
and  a  showy  and  very  distinctive  strain  has  been  evolved.  All  of  those 
in  the  strain  I  refer  to  are  more  or  less  conspicuously  striped  (after 
the  manner  of  a  flaked  Carnation),  and  the  colours  have,  so  far,  been 
confined  to  chestnut-brown,  mahogany,  orange,  russet,  copper,  and 
combinations  of  these  rich  and  showy  shades,  quite  bizarre  in  their  way. 
A  number  of  highly  superior  Pansy  varieties  have  received  individual 
names,  but  the  Perfection  mixture,  which  inoludes  a  selection  of  all 
the  best  and  choicest  sorts,  will  possibly  be  most  appreciated  by  growers 
generally.  The  Bedding  Light  Blue,  Giant  Yellow,  Bedding  Black,  Lord 
Beaconsfield  (rich  velvety  black  with  lavender  upper  petals),  Peacock 
(purplish-violet  with  bright  pink  edges),  President  Carnot,  Harlequin 
(purple  on  a  copper  ground,  one  of  the  finest  of  the  striped  strain), 
were  all  of  special  merit  as  shown  in  the  trials.  Every  precaution  is 
exeroised  to  main¬ 
tain  a  showy, 
free  -  flowering, 
handsome,  and  sub¬ 
stantial  strain  of 
Pansies. 
The  Wallflowers 
were  all  but  past, 
yet  one  could  not 
but  be  surprised  at 
the  wide  selection 
of  colours  that  now 
are  afforded  in  this 
genus.  Pure  white 
has  yet  to  be 
perfected,  but  an 
approximation  to  it 
is  being  jealously 
watched.  Pale  sul¬ 
phur  yellow  to 
deep  and  glowing 
golden,  on  the  one 
hand,  and  purple 
to  brilliant  crim¬ 
son  and  scarlet  on 
the  other,  are 
colours  that  can 
now  be  obtained. 
Double  and  single 
varieties  in  distinct 
colours  are  procur¬ 
able.  The  “Queen” 
section  — Purple 
Queen,  Faerie 
Queene,  and  East¬ 
ern  Queen,  are 
each  charming  and 
very  useful  sorts, 
and  the  Wallflower 
fulfils  an  important 
part  in  spring 
bedding.  Cloth  of 
Gold  is  another 
pre  -  e  m  i  n  e  ntly 
brilliant  variety. 
Recent  years  have 
also  brought  for¬ 
ward  a  dwarf, 
busby,  floriferous 
strain  of  Aquilegias 
with  a  score  of 
differently  coloured 
flowers.  These  are 
hybrids  from  the 
old  species,  them¬ 
selves  unexcelled 
iD  point  of  beauty, 
but  the  hybrids 
from  them  are 
meritorious,  and  more  valuable  because  they  succeed  better  in  the  drier 
air  and  soil  of  the  southern  counties  than  the  older  types,  which  are 
really  indigenous  to  cool,  Highland  regions. — Wandering  Willie. 
Tulipa  BrDNHILDE  (See  note  on  page  502.) 
Iiecture  on  Gardening. — An  arrangement  has  been  made  in 
connection  with  the  Yorkshire  College  and  the  East  and  West  Riding 
Joint  -Agricultural  Council,  whereby  a  course  of  five  lectures  is  to  be 
given  by  Thomas  Riaington,  Esq.,  F.R.H.S.  Subject  :  “  Practical 
Gardening.”  The  first  of  these  took  place  on  Monday  evening, 
June  3rd,  in  the  kitchen  garden,  Netherfield  House,  by  permission  of 
Mr.  Hepworth.  The  subject  taken  was  on  insect  pests  and  fungoid 
growths,  and  the  best  method  of  destroying  them,  which  was  very 
instructive,  and  much  appieciated  by  those  present.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  all  who  can  will  avail  themselves  of  the  opportunity  of  gaining 
useful  and  practical  knowledge  on  gardening. 
Lord  Wantage,  V.C.,  K.C.B. 
Sir  Robert  James  Loyd-Lindsay,  Y.C.,  K.C.B.,  first  Baron  Wantage, 
died,  from  diabetes,  on  Monday,  June  10th,  at  his  seat,  Lockinge  Park, 
Wantage,  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He  was  a  brave  and  cultured  Scottish 
gentleman  of  the  best  type,  and  a  worthy  representative  of  the  Lindsay 
stock.  He  fought  through  the  Crimea  War,  and  at  Inkerman  won  the 
Victoria  Cross.  Since  retiring  from  bis  military  career  Lord  Wantage 
has  devoted  considerable  attention  to  agriculture,  farming  so  many  as 
10,000  acres  in  Berkshire.  Horticulture  also  attracted  him,  and  many 
Splendid  collections  of  fruit  have  been  exhibited  in  London  and  else¬ 
where  from  his  gardens.  Lord^Wantage  leaves  no  heir,  and  the 
peerage  becomes 
extinct.  On  page 
501  we  furnish  an 
illustration  of  part 
of  his  lordship’s 
late  home,  Look- 
inge  Park,  showing 
the  beautiful  ter¬ 
race  flower  garden, 
the  church  and 
conservatory. 
Mr.  Thos.  S.  Ware. 
We  regret  to 
record  the  death 
of  Mr.  Thomas  S. 
Ware,  late  of  Tot¬ 
tenham,  at  Barnard 
Castle,  on  the  30th 
May,  in  bis  77th 
year.  Mr.  Ware 
was  founder  of  the 
firm  of  Messrs. 
T.  S.  Ware,  Ltd., 
now  of  Hale  Farm 
N  urseries,Feltham, 
London. 
Mr.Wm.  Fancourt. 
Mr.William  Fan- 
court  died  at  the 
Cook  County  Hos¬ 
pital,  Chicago, 
May  20th,  and 
was  buried  in  Mt. 
Greenwood  Ceme¬ 
tery  on  the  24th. 
His  father  was  a 
noted  propagator 
at  Henderson’s 
nursery,  London, 
in  old  times  when 
propagating  was  a 
fine  art,  and  when 
the  door  of  the 
propagating  house 
was  kept  locked  for 
fear  of  “  cowans  ” 
and  eavesdroppers. 
The  son  was  no 
less  noted  in  the 
same  line  (at  least, 
so  say  those  that 
knew  him  well), 
when  he  could  be 
kept  at  his  post 
long  enough.  He 
was  also  noted  as 
a  Chrysanthemum 
grower  a  few  years  ago,  havingjbeen  a  season  each  at  Lincoln  Park, 
Basset  and  Washburn’s,  Vaughan’s  greenhouses,  in  the  latter  capacity. 
It  is  hard  to  say  for  whom  he  had  not  worked  in  his  sojourn  of  twenty- 
five  years  around  Chicago.  He  was  born  in  London,  England,  about 
1830,  and  went  to  America  in  1866,  working  first  for  Mr.  Robert  Buist, 
sen.,  afterwards  for  Mr.  John  Dick’in  Philadelphia. 
A  Grove  of  Myrtle  Trees. — The  custom  was  observed  in  the 
marriage  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  and  all  other  of  Queen  Victoria’s 
children  and  grandchildren.  There  is  already,  as  the  result  of  this 
charming  custom,  the  making  of  a  grove  of  Myrtle  trees.  Other 
customs  attached  to  marriages  of  the  Royal  Family  relate  to  the 
bouquet  and  the  wedding  cake.  Ever  since  the  marriage  of  Queen 
Victoria  a  firm  of  Windsor  florists  have  had  the  houour  of  presenting 
the  one,  a  Chester  confectioner  the  other,  neither  accepting  payment. 
