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or extension of their roots. Vine borders are often blamed for unsatisfactory 

 results, when the real fault consists rather in the stems and leaves being crowded 

 too closely together. Under such conditions they lose much of the influence of 

 both light and air, on which the production of abundant crops depends. 



Cossaj Park, Norwich. J. Wighton. 



MONTHLY CHRONICLE. 



ELDOM have we a more important fact to chronicle than this, that a 

 Horticultural Congress is to be held at Manchester in connection with the 

 f Royal Horticultural Society's show in July next. The advantages likely 

 ^ to accrue to gardeners and gardening from such a meeting are obvious, 

 and we can only urge that it must bo carried out on broad and liberal principles, in order 

 that it may bo successful, and that it may become the forerunner of an annual gathering of 

 scientific and practical horticulturists. Mr. Thomas Moore, with whom the idea originated, 

 will act as Secretary. 



She great Flower Shows of the Metropolis are announced to take place 



as follows : — Those of the Royal Botanic Society on May 19 and 20, and June 30 

 and July 1, each of two days' duration. That of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 on June 2 and 3, and the great Rose Show on June 29. To those must be added the Spring 

 Shows of the Royal Botanic Society on March 16 and 17, and April 27 and 28, and the following 

 Spring and Country' Shows of the Royal Horticultural Society — namely, March 13 for Hya- 

 cinths, &c. ; April 17 for Azaleas, &c. ; May 8 for Pot Roses, &c. ; May 22 for New Plants and 

 Variegated Pelargoniums; and July 19 to 21, the Provincial Show at Manchester. The National 

 Show of the Manchester Horticultural Society will be held during the Whitsun week. 



<H[n International Horticultural and Floricultural Exhibition is to be 



held in Hamburg at the commencement of September, 18G9. The subjects of 

 exhibition are to be arranged in three classes : Cultivated vegetables, fruits, 

 and flowers ; Garden buildings and appliances ; and Produce not included under the preceding 

 divisions. A site has been secured on high ground, commanding a picturesque view of the 

 Elbe and its shipping. Communications are to be addressed to Dr. Donnenberg and Dr. 

 Gotze, Advocates, Hohe Bleichen 16, Hamburg. 



®he Metropolitan Board of "Works has determined on planting the 



Thames Embankment, and the work has already commenced under the super- 

 intendence of Mr. McKenzie, of Alexandra Park. 



Jtn noticing the Floral Meeting of September 1st, it should have been 



mentioned that a seedling Dahlia, named John Dix, a large crimson-maroon flower, 



of great depth, was awarded a first-class certificate ; as also at the Crystal Palace 



on August 25th. This variety was shown by Mr. Hobbs, of Bristol, but is now in tho 

 hands of Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury. 



■ Pomegranates have this season ripened in the open air at Dropmore. 



The fruits were borne by a fine old plant of the double scarlet variety, which 

 flowers most profusely every season. A plant of the angle variety, near this, 

 bears no fruit; and it has before been observed that the double variety is the freest to bear. 

 The fruits themselves are more ornamental and curious than useful. Pomegranates have also 

 ripened in the garden of J. B. Daubury, Esq., of Ryde, on a standard tree, in the open garden. 



©he influence of the Stock on the Graft extends both to the size and 



flavour of the produce. This has been recently illustrated by specimens of the 



