' 3G THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



NOTES OF THE MONTH. 



Horticultubal Society. — It is definitely announced that the new gar- 

 den at Kensington Gore will be publicly opened in May next. The ground- 

 work being now nearly completed, planting is being pursued with vigour 

 under the direction of Mr. Eylcs. A considerable number of large orna- 

 mental trees and evergreen shrubs will be removed from Chiswick, and every 

 means within the compass of horticultural science will be used to insure 

 their success in their new quarters. As they were prepared long since by 

 cutting trenches round them and filling the trenches with leaf-mould, to in- 

 duce a fibrous root-growth, there is now no doubt that the new garden will 

 possess many substantial elements from the first, and by tbe rapidity with 

 which it will assume the aspect of an establisbed place, show that horticul- 

 ture has made some advances since the days of Brown and Langley, who 

 would stare not a little if they were now suddenly confronted with one of 

 the transplanting machines bearing its branchy burden from Chiswick to 

 Kensington Gore. Amongst the subjects lately submitted to the Floral and 

 Fruit Committees were the following : — Fruit of Dolichos sinensis, the bean 

 cultivated by the Chinese under the name Tow- cock, the pods measured 

 about two feet in length, they grow in pairs; Gymnogramma Wetenhal- 

 liana, anew and beautiful seedling fern ; specimens of double Zinnia?, raised 

 from seed received from the East Indies, shown by Messrs. Carter, and 

 awarded first-class certificate ; dahlia Beauty of Hilperton, a fine, bold, 

 purple flower, from Mr. Edwards, of Hilperton; dahlia Juno, rosy lilac, 

 from Mr. Rawlins, commended ; dahlia Princess of Prussia, 3*ellow, from 

 Mr. Turner, commended; dahlia George Parker, white, tipped lilac, from 

 the same, commended ; tropaeolum Garibaldi, rich orange crimson, from 

 Messrs. Garraway, of Bristol, commended ; gladiolus Herr Rosenberg and 

 gladiolus Mrs. Blount, from Mr. Standish, commended ; gladiolus Rev. J. 

 Dix, crimson-scarlet, a charming flower, from Mr. Standish, special certificate. 



Colchester Horticultubal. — The last exhibition of fruits and flowers 

 in connection with this society took place on the 12th of September, in the 

 grounds belonging to Mrs. George Bound, East Hill, and in the occupation 

 of Mr. W. Waylen. The date originally fixed for the show was August 

 29th, but the backwardness of the season was such that it was found abso- 

 lutely necessary to postpone it, there being at that time scarcely a dahlia 

 bloom which could be cut for exhibition. This alteration doubtless inter- 

 fered with the arrangements of many, but the result of it was the most bril- 

 liant display of dahlias this society has ever witnessed, culled from the 

 grounds of some of the best growers in England, including Mr. Turner, of 

 Slough, and Mr. Barnes, of Stowmarket. As a whole the exhibition was a 

 very superior one, both with respect to fruits, flowers, and vegetables. In 

 the class of stove or greenhouse plants, Mr. Catchpool, of Highfields, Lexden 

 Boad, carried off the first prize for the following : — Rondeletia speciosa, 

 Dipladenia crassinoda,' Liliurn rubrum, Allamanda aubretia, Heterocentrum 

 roseum, and an orchid; the second was awarded to Mr. Hotson, gardener to 

 Mrs. Round. In the collections of plants with variegated foliage, the com- 

 petitors were — Mr. Hedge, of Ipswich ; Mr. Stoddart, gardener to J. Gurdon 

 Rebow, Esq., Wyvenhoe Park ; and Mr. T. Catchpool, 12 dissimilar plants 

 in each collection. First prize, Mr. Hedge; 2nd, Mr. Stoddart. In new 

 plants, Mr. Hedge, of Ipswich, was first with Caladium argyrites ; Mr. 

 Catchpool second with Lapageria rosea ; Mr. Stoddart third with Caladium 

 Newmanii. In this class Mr. B. R. Cant exhibited a new fuchsia called Big 

 Ben, a good flower, and must became a favourite. Single specimen plants — 

 1st, Mr. Rebow's gardener, for Selaginella hcvigata ; 2nd, Mr. Hedge, for 

 Lilium lancifolium speciosum ; 3rd, Mr. Hotson, for Yinca rosea. There 

 was an unusually fine collection of fuchsias, the principal exhibitors being 



