JftBuory 25, 1872. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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supported him in the manner they had done. Haviug attained 

 the position which he had done, and his place having been 

 honom-ed so far as to be selected for the show, he was veiy 

 anxious it should be kno™ that he did not embark m th s 

 undertaking^ for his own benefit He intended to give to the 

 ' charities of the town half of his share of the proceeds. He did 

 so for the reason that the town shoiild not only give a heaity 

 and united support to the Society, as no doubt they ^^uld and 

 send it back ^th a good round sum of money to be devoted to 

 the advancement of horticultui-e ; but at the same ti^PJ'^J^ 

 that they had not forgotten those noble chanties of which they 

 were iustly proud. He wished this to be distinctly understood, 

 because some persons thought the speculation was simply a 

 moneY-maldng one with him. 



lu answer to Mr. Cartland, Mr. Richards said the proposal as 

 to admissions which he had read was merely a sketch, aud at 

 -present in embryo only. * , .-, 



Mr. Wright, alluding to the regulations with regard to the 

 tickets, said he thought the Council of the Cattle Show had 

 adopted the wisest plan, after studying the regulations of every 

 society in England. They had had experience of the advantage 

 of promoting the sale of tickets beforehand. The subscribers of 

 i'l received six single tickets, aU of them being available for 

 the first day, when the charge for admission was 5s. ; but it was 

 •found that not more than half went on that day, the other halt 

 ^oing in on the Is. days. He thought the same principle should 

 be adopted at the forthcoming show, and that a very hberal 

 xeturn for subscriptions should be given. For a guinea sub- 

 scription three tickets should be issued for the first day ;fom- 

 forfhe second day; aud for the Thursday and Friday thirty 

 tickets for £1, and fifteen for 10s. Looking at the extent of the 

 pounds and their gi-eat popularity, and the advantage of being 

 v,-ithin easy reach, he thought they had better go on a hberal 



" Mr* WriCxHT next moved a resolution to the efiect that every 

 ■encouragement be given for the exhibition of horticultural im- 

 plements and appUances, garden ornaments, and articles gene- 

 Tallv which are appHcable for use in the several branches ot 

 rural economy. He said that at previous shows this depart- 

 ment had not always been successful, as it had been found that 

 when the meetings of the two great Societies wei-e held togetlier 

 manv of the implements used in horticulture were m bhe show- 

 vard of the Royal Agricultural Society. Now, however, that 

 the shows were held independently of each other, there would 

 no doubt be a good coUection, the more so as he beheved the 

 promoters of the department intended to act very hberaUy to- 

 wards the exhibitors, remembering the old saying that if tliere 

 wereno exhibitors there would be no exhibition." The regula- 

 tions had satisfied Mr. Lowe, who, he might say, ^^s an 

 ■authority on such exhibitions ; and, therefore he hoped that 

 other manufacturers would combine and make the show not 

 •only one of large extent but also one of great interest. ^ 



Mr J CuiTLAND seconded the resolution, which was carried. 



It was proposed by Mr. Quilter, and seconded by Mr. H. . W . 

 Badger that a memorial be presented to the Directors of the 

 Xondon and North-Western Railway, asking them to erect a 

 -temporary station at Witton Bridge for the accommodation of the 

 show. 



This motion was also can-ied. 



At the close of the meeting subscriptions to the amount ol 

 tbout ^130 were announced— (Midland CounUes Herald.) 



tion in sandy loam. They should be transplanted annuaUy 

 for two or three years, after which they should be planted out 

 iu selected spots where the soU has been properly prepared ion 

 their reception. « t • -u ^^^.^ 



Conifers of which large quantities of seeds ripen here every 

 season-such as Picea nobilis, P. cephalonica, &c.-are sown in 

 prepared beds in the open air, and grow freely m this way ; 

 they remain iu seed beds for twelve mouths, after which they 

 are planted in nursery lines as before stated. 



CONIFEES THAT HAVE RIPENED SEED. 

 Ajaucaria imbricata ^'^^^ calabrica 



Abiea excelsa taurica 



nendula Pallasiana 



P- Hon. F. Strangways 



CONIFEES WHICH HAVE SEEDED AT BICTON, 



AND THE MODE OF RAISING THEM EEOM SEED. 

 The plan we adopt here with rare Conifers is to have clean 

 7^ot3-or pans well drained, and filled with sandy loam or other 

 smtable soU, to cover the seeds carefully and not too deeply, 

 nud to finish with fine soil, which we firm equally. We then 

 plunge the pots or pans near the glass in finely-sifted cmder 

 ashes under cold frames or pits. The surface of the soil is 

 kept in proper condition as respects moisture, neither too wet 

 nor too dry; we also keep the pit or frame close until the seed- 

 iincrs appear, after which we gradually harden them off, and in 

 due time remove the hghts altogether. By the 1st of July, if 

 the seed has been sown in March, the seedlings may be trans- 

 planted into boxes, after which we shade them for a few days, 

 and then inure them to light, attending to careful and regular 

 v.-atering during the summer and autumn months. 



The pots or boxes should be protected from frost during 

 winter ; this can be done in a cold frame or in a sheltered 

 <!orner in the open air, where they should be well covered with 

 dry fern, so that no frost may penetrate to the roots. Leaf 

 mould free of sticks is also a good material. Supposing the 

 winter to have been passed safely, and that March has come 

 round, transfer the stock to nursery lines, where the plants will 

 isoon give a good account of themselves if placed in a good posi- 



orientalis 



alba 



nana 



cferulea 



Khutrow or Morinda 



Douglasii tasifolia 



Douglasii 



Menziesii 



canadensis 



Stoithiana or Morinda 



sibu-ica 



laxa 



sp. from New Holland 



nigi'a pumila 



escelsa foliis Tariegatis 



glauca alba 



tenuifolia 



gracilis 



carpatica 



monstrosa 



acutissima 



gigantea 



polita 



Alcoquiana 



micro sperma 

 Ccdrus Libani 



afrieana 



atlantioa 

 Cryptomeria japonica 

 nana 



Lobbii 



variegata 

 ChamiEcyparis thurifera 

 Cupressus sempervirens 



strieta 



dloecia 



variegata 

 lusitardca 

 torulosa 

 Goveniana 

 pendula 

 thui'ifera 

 torulosa viridis 

 Toumefortii 

 espansa 

 macrocai'pa 

 Lambertiana 

 ^hmdulosa 

 Macuabiana 

 Lawsoniana 

 Picea pectinata 

 torfcuosa 

 Piebta 

 Pinsapo 

 eeplialonica 



Fraseri 

 grandis 

 amabilis 

 nobilis 

 Webbiaua 

 Pindrow 

 Naptba 

 Nordmanniana 

 balsamea prostiata 

 hybrida 

 brae tea ta 

 firma 



Regime- Amalise 

 Apollinis 

 panacbaica 

 magnifica 

 Pinas sylvestris 

 horizontalis 

 uncinata 

 genevensis 

 moutana 

 rubra 

 Pumilio 

 Fiscterii 

 Mugho 

 Laricio 

 caramanica 

 subwidis 



pyrenaica 

 Pinaster , 

 Corsica 



Lemouiana 

 mai-ittma 

 Pinea 

 halepensis 

 Brutia 

 Banksiana 

 inops 

 pungens 

 resuiosa 

 Mitis 

 tffida 

 rigida 

 Fraserii 

 insignia 

 califoruica 

 Teocote 

 patula 

 Gerardiana 

 Pseudo-Strobus 

 oocarpa 

 Cembra 

 eibirica 

 lielvetica 

 Strobus 

 Lambertiana 

 nionticola 

 escelFa 

 Ayacabuite 

 Mspaniea 

 sp. from Armenia 

 variabilis 

 colcbica 

 var. of Laiicio 

 Brunoniana 

 hagnensis 

 Laricio altissima 

 Strobus laxa 

 Lord Clinton's Pinaster 

 maritima dietritis 

 "Wilkinsonii 

 Lindleyana 

 densiflora 

 Xiaiis: eni-opffia pendula 

 araericana 

 microcarpft 

 dahiuica 

 Kampferi 

 Thujopsis StandisMi 

 Thuja occidontalis 

 pUcata 

 incurvata 



orieutalis 



strieta 



tatarica 



pendula 



■Wai-reana_ 



pyramidalis 



japonica 



falcata 



Fitzroya patagonica 

 Betinospora pisifera 



obtusa 

 Tasodium sempervirens 

 Juuiperus vulgaris 



suecica 



liibemica 



Oxycednis 



drupacea 



vli'gimana 



bermudiana 



Sabina 



tamariscifolia 



variegata 



prostrata 



pboenicea 



Lycia 



thurifera 



squamata 



recurva 



chiuensia 



uvifera 



tam-ica 



repanda 



