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Appointment. 
Mr.  John  Lowe,  formerly  general  foreman  in  the  gardens  of 
the  Right  Hon.  Earl  De  Grey,  Coombe  Court,  Kingston-on- 
Thames,  as  head  gardener  to  Sir  William  Vincent,  Bart., 
D’Aberncn  Chase,. Leatherhead,  Surrey.  Mr.  G.  F.  Welham,  for 
the  last  eleven  years  at  Rcudlesliani  Gardens,  has  been  appointed 
gardtner  to  G.  H.  Garrett,- Esq.,  Aide  House.  Aldeburgh-on-Sea. 
Botanical  Garden  for  Bradford. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Parks  and  Cemeteries  Committee  of  the 
Bradford  Corporation  on  August  1,  Alderman  H.  S.  Wright  pre¬ 
siding,  further  consideration  'wafts' given  to  the  question  of  estab¬ 
lishing  a  botanical  garden  in  one  of  the  parks,  and  it  was  decided 
that  such  a  garden  should  be  made  in  Lister  Park  and  planted 
with  labelled  specimens.  The  work  will  be  proceeded  with  at  once. 
Sussex  Weather. 
The  total  rainfall  at  Abbots  Leigh,  Hayward’s  Heath,  for  the 
past  month  was  1.69in,  being  l.Q2in  below  the  average.  The 
heaviest  fall  was  0.28in  on  the  9th.  Rain  fell  on  twelve  days. 
The  maximum  temperature  was  85deg  on  the  7th,  the  minimum 
42deg  on  the  3rd,  12th,  and  18th.  Mean  maximum,  72.23deg, 
mean  minimum,  50.18deg,  mean  temperature  61.20deg,  which  is 
1.80deg  below  the  average  of  fourteen  years.  With  the  excep¬ 
tion  of  a  few  cold  days  and  nights  this  month  has,  on  the  whole, 
been  favourable.  Fruit  trees,  which  were  very  much  checked 
by  insects,  are  now  comparatively  clean,  and  making  good  growth. 
Apples  and  Pears,  not  half  a  crop.  Plums  a  blank  in  some  places. 
Unfortunately  Potatoes  are  badly  blighted,  second  earlies  especi¬ 
ally,  and  will  be  got  out  of  the  ground  as  soon  as  possible. — R.  I. 
Orchard  and  Bush  Fruit  Pests 
The  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England  have  issued  a 
sixpenny  pamphlet,  written  by  the  Society’s  Zoologist,  Mr.  Cecil 
Warburton,  M.A.,  F.Z.S.,  with  the  title,  “Orchard  and  Bush 
Fruit  Pests,  and  How  to  Combat  Them.”  After  giving  the  in¬ 
gredients  and  the  methods  of  preparation  of  a  few  of  the  most- 
useful  and  readily  mixed  insecticides,  the  pamphlet  describes  a 
number  of  commonly  occurring  insects  affecting  the  leaver, 
blossoms,  fruits,  or  wood  of  orchard  trees,  including,  for  example, 
the  winter  moth,  red  spider,  Apple  blossom  weevil,  codlin  moth, 
Pear  midge,  the  woolly  aphis,  and  goat  and  leopard  moths,  with 
the  best  methods  of  preventing  their  attacks,  of  checking  their 
depredations,  or  of  destroying  them  altogether,  where  possible. 
The  same  kind  of  information  is  given  with  regard  to  various 
insects  infesting  Currants,  Gooseberries,  and  Raspberries,  such 
as  the  magpie  moth,  the  Gooseberry  and  Currant  saw-fly,  the 
Currant  clear-wing  moth,  the  Black  Currant  gall-mite,  and  the 
Raspberry  beetle.  The  pamphlet  is  illustrated  with  twelve 
original  woodcuts,  and  is  published  for  the  society  by  Mr.  Murray. 
The  Scilly  Flower  Traffic. 
An  adjourned  meeting  of  flower  growers  of  the  Isles  of  Scilly 
was  held  in  <the  Town  Hall,  St.  Mary’s,  on  Thursday,  with  Mr. 
T.  A.  Dorrien-Smith  in  the  chair.  The  object  was  to  further 
consider  the  offer  of  the  G.W.R.  of  a  reduction  in  the  carriage 
of  flowers.  At  a  former  meeting  it  was  decided  to  ask  the 
manager  of  the  West  Cornwall  Steamship  Company  to  attend, 
and  Mr.  Banfield  (the  manager  of  the  company)  was  present. 
The  carriage  of  flowers  between  the  steamboat  and  the  station 
costs  10s.  per  ton,  and  a  letter  was  read  from  a  contractor  in 
Penzance  offering  to  do  the  work  for  3s.  6d.  per  ton,  but  Mr. 
Banfield  thought  the  G.W.R.  would  not  accept  any  other  carter 
than  their  authorised  agent.  There  is  a  strong  feeling  among 
the  majority  of  the  growers  in  favour  of  an  opposition  steamboat 
during  the  busiest  season,  February  and  March,  when  an  average 
of  One  hundred  tons  per  jveek  is  sent  from  the  islands,  at  an 
average  cost  of  about  £3  10s.  per  ton,  to  land  same  at  Penzance 
railway  station.  A  motion,  proposed  by  Mr.  F.  McFarlane,  and 
seconded  by  Mr.  A.  Gibson,  that  the  meeting  be  further  post¬ 
poned  until  the  manager  of  the  steamship  company  has  waited 
on  the  directors  of  the  G.W.R.  Mr.  F.  Tonkin  said  he  was  in 
receipt  of  a  letter  from  a  gentleman  offering  to  put  a  fast  steam¬ 
boat  on  for  the  busy  season  to  run  to  Penzance,  Plymouth,  or 
Avonmouth  at  his  own  risk  if  the  growers  would  promise  to  give 
him  support.  If  they  wished  he  would  come  to  Scilly  and  inter¬ 
view  them  on  the  matter.  The  offer  is  likely  to  be  accepted.  If 
the  flowers  were  sent  to  Plymouth  or  Avonmouth  it  would  save 
the  cartage  in  Penzance,  besides  lessening  the- railway  journey. 
Minden  Roses. 
The  usual  celebration  of  the  anniversary  of  Minden  is  taking 
place.  Minden  was  fought  on  August  1,  1759.  In  this  the  Lan¬ 
cashire  Fusiliers  (then  the  20th  Foot)  took  a  prominent  part.  A 
red  Rose  is  generally  worn  by  the  Lancashire  Fusi  iers  on  this 
anniversary.  The  reason  for  this  is  ascribed  to  a  tradition  that 
•the  Lancashires  were  posted  in  or  near  a  Rose  garden,  and  that 
prior  to  the  fight  they  decked  their  hats  with  Roses. 
Marble  Hill  Park. 
The  Richmond  Hill  View  Executive  Committee  has,  for  the 
sum  of  £72,000,  acquired  for  a  public  park  the  famous  Marble 
Hill  estate,  which  embraces  sixty-six  and  a  half  acres  and  a 
splendid  old  mansion.  The  park  has  a  frontage  of  2,010ft  to  a 
portion  of  the  Thames  where  boating  is  exceedingly  popular,  and 
the  council  have  obtained  powers  to  provide  landing  stages  on 
the  banks.  They  have  completed  arrangements  with  the  owners 
of  the  adjoining  properties — Haversham  Grange,  Meadowbank, 
Meadowside,  Cambridge  House  estate,  and  the  land  to  the  south 
of  Orleans  House — with  a  view  of  ensuring  that  these  shall  not 
be  built  upon.  Tkey  have  also  entered  into  negotiations  with 
the  Earl  of  Dysart  whereby  a  certain  exchange  of  land  has  been 
agreed  to  upon  the  Surrey  side  of  the  Thames  at  Petersham,  in 
order  to  still  further  safeguard  the  unique  outlook  from  Rich¬ 
mond  Hill. 
Chelsea  Physic  Garden. 
About  a  fortnight  ago>  Earl  Cadogan  formally  opened  the 
Chelsea  Physic  Garden,  laboratory,  lecture-room,  and  curator’s 
residence  on  the  Chelsea  Embankment.  The  grounds  known  as 
the  Physic  Garden  had  been  a  subject  cf  curiosity  for  many 
years  during  the  nineteenth  century,  until  at  last  the  Treasury 
instituted  an  inquiry,  which  led  to  a  scheme  for  their  manage¬ 
ment  being  established  by  the  Charity  Commissioners  in  1899. 
The  site  has  been  used  as  what  would  now  be;  called  a  botanical 
garden  since  the  time  that  the  Apothecaries’  Society  secured  a 
lease  of  it  from  Mr.  Charles  Cheyne  in  1673.  A  wall  was  built 
round  it  in  the  following  year,  and  the  Apothecaries*  records 
show  that  the  garden  was  “  in  being”  three  years  later.  In  1682 
(continues  “  The  Morning  Post  ”)  the  Professor  of  Botany  at 
Leyden  visited  it  and  proposed  exchanges  of  seeds  and  plants. 
The  year  after,  four  Cedars  were  planted,  one  of  which  survives, 
but  is  inamoribund  state.  At  the  commencement  of  the  eighteenth 
century  the  Apothecaries’  Society  appears  to  have  had  some 
difficulty  in  finding  sufficient  funds  for  the  upkeep  of  the 
garden,  and  in  1712  the  freehold  changed  hands,  Dr.  Hans 
Sloane  having  purchased  the  manor  of  Chelsea  from  Lord 
Cheyne.  One  of  Dr.  Sloane’s  daughters  married  a  Cadogan,  from 
whom  the  present  freeholder  is  descended.  Dr.  Sloane  was 
made  a  baronet  in  1716,  and  in  1722  Sir  Hans  Sloan  conveyed 
the  garden  subject  to  a  rent-charge  of  £5  to  the  Apothecaries’ 
Society  “  to  the  end  that  the  garden  might  be  continued  as  a 
physic  garden,  and  for  enabling  the  society  to  maintain  it  for 
the  manifestation  of  the  power,  wisdom,  and  glory  of  God  in  the 
works  of  creation,  and  that  the  apprentices  of  the  society  and 
others  might  better  distinguish  good  and  useful  plants  from 
those  that  bear  resemblance  to  them  and  yet  are  hurtful.”  Con¬ 
ditions  -were  attached  to  the"  grant,  one  of  which  secured  the 
right  of  the  heirs  of  Sir  Haps  Sloane  to  enter  into  possession  of 
the  property  and  hold,  it  for  the  benefit  of  the-  Royal  Society  if 
the  Apothecaries  should  at  any  time  seek  to  utilise  it  for  build¬ 
ing  purposes.  During  the  eighteenth  century  the  garden  was  in 
practical  use,  and  with  the  exception  of  that  at  Oxford  it  is  the 
only  botanic  garden  mentioned  by  Linneeus  in  the  diary  of  his 
visit  to  this  country  in  1733.  It  was  in  that  year  that  the  society 
erected  a  statue  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane  which  stands  in  the  centre 
of  the  garden.  In  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century  the 
society  found  some  difficulty  in  keeping  up  the  garden,  but  in 
1862  it  was  being  largely  used  by  medical  students.  Towards 
the  end  of  the  century  the  Apothecaries’  Society  sought  to  be 
relieved  of  their  trust,  being  unable  or  indisposed  to  maintain 
the  garden  out  cf  their  corporate  funds,  and  the  trustees  of  the 
London  Parochial  Charities  are  now  trustees  of  th  garden, 
which  will  be  administered  by  a  representative  committee  of 
management.  One  great  disadvantage  attaches  to  the  garden  in 
that  it  is  somewhat  difficult  of  access,  neither  train,  tram,  nor 
omnibus  service  being  available. 
