1879.] SCOTTISH HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 5,5 



for Pears, Apples, Plums, and the ordinary outdoor fruits 1 I under- 

 stand he proposes to grow them in pots, but it might be well to con- 

 sider whether that or planting them in the soil would be the better 

 course. Another gentleman suggests that the best form of an orchard- 

 house might be discussed. He himself inclines to the idea of having 

 a semi-span house running east and west, but the back wall, as it were, 

 to be entirely of glass. Some doubts are expressed about the advisa- 

 bility of having wide houses 20 feet and upwards, for fear that those 

 trees placed in the middle of the house may be too far from the glass, 

 and the fruit not get properly ripened. Is there anything in this 1 



Probably in consequence of the late unfavourable season, the interest 

 in fruit-culture under glass seems at the present time to be spreading ; 

 and as I am sure some of your numerous and able correspondents can 

 throw much light on the subject, I hope you will give this a corner in 

 your next issue. A. D. Makenzie. 



2 Grove Terrace, 

 Edinburgh, November 8, 1879. 



[A very interesting and important subject, and we shall be glad to have the 

 experience of our correspondents. — Ed.] 



SCOTTISH HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



The monthly meeting was held in the hall, 5 St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, 

 on Tuesday evening, the 4th ult. — Mr Dunn presiding. Twelve new members 

 were admitted, and the names of six others were given iu for admission at 

 next meeting. Mr L. S. Dow read a paper on the "Cultivation of Roses in 

 Pots," dealing chiefly with Hybrid perpetual sorts, and describing the treat- 

 ment he had adopted to obtain specimens measuring 4 feet in diameter, and 

 bearing from 60 to 100 blooms. The chief features of this consisted of careful 

 potting in good loam, enriched with well-rotted cow-manure, efficient drain- 

 age, and liberal supplies of liquid manure while the plants were in active 

 growth. The plants were placed in a sunny exposure out of doors in summer, 

 and when introduced into the forcing-house for early blooming, heat should 

 be very gradually applied. Great vigilance should at all times be exercised in 

 looking after insects, particularly aphis, to the attacks of which the Rose was 

 particularly liable ; and mildew, another of its deadliest enemies, but which he 

 had found readily to yield to sulphur, if applied immediately after its appear- 

 ance. He concluded by recommending all who had the opportunity, to get a 

 Rose-house, and hoped soon to see more attention paid to the culture of Roses 

 in pots. Mr Hugh Fraser next read a paper on "Cape Heaths." After 

 dwelling at some length upon the decorative qualities of these plants, and 

 pointing out that, by a judicious selection of species and varieties, it was 

 possible to have a show of bloom all the year round, he recommended those 

 who were anxious to grow Heaths well either to devote a house to themselves, 



