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JOUBXAIi OF HOETICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 



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fiftieth anuiTersary as gardener to Eoyalty, a number of Ids 

 friends presented him with a handsome silver tea and coffee 

 seiTice:, a gold watch and chain, and a purse of sovereigns. 

 A report of the presentation was given in oiu' columns at 

 the time (August 1st, 186.5), and on that occasion Dr. Hogg, 

 who was the Chairman of the Committee, said, " For fifty years 

 you have served the Eoyal Family of this country, with fidelity 

 to them and honour to yourself — for fifty years you have occu- 

 pied a prominent position in an arduous situation — one re- 

 quiring the exercise of the gi-eatest discretion, coupled with 

 decision and courtesy. In that situation you have, doubtless, 

 liad to exercise much seU-deuial, and, while in the performance 

 of your duty and youi' high trust, to give offence when you 

 would rather have conveyed pleasure. For fifty years you 

 have adorned the profession of horticulture, and assisted in 

 no small degree in promoting and fostering its pursuit ; and 

 for far upwards of fifty years you have lived a life that has en- 

 deared you to many friends, and made you respected by all who 

 know you ; and it is for these reasons that we are now here to 

 present to you these testimonials from your friends, whose 

 names are inscribed on the accompanj'ing roll. 



" In the good providence of God you and Mrs. Ingi'am have 

 been spared to Uve far beyond the allotted span, and it is our 

 earnest wish, and that of all your friends, that you both may 

 yet be long blessed with the enjoyment of each other's society, 

 and to receive the hearty congratulations of all those who have 

 the privilege of your acquaintance." 



EOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



The first spring Show of this Society was held on the 13th 

 inst. in the new glSss-covered ooi-ridor leading from the conser- 

 Tatory to the road — a structure 200 feet long by 15 wide, and 

 well suited for the purpose. There was, besides, a tent along 

 the side of the conservatory, so that the whole exhibition formed 

 in fact a cross. The day was one of the finest we have had even 

 during this unusually mild spring, and the Show well -worthy 

 of a numerous attendance of visitors, among whom were Her 

 Eoyal Highness the Piincess Beatrice. 



Hyacinths were the main feature, and of these Messrs. Veitch 

 exhibited in the nurser\Tnen's class a magnificent twelve, which 

 took the first prize without opposition. The spikes were quite 

 equal to any we have ever seen, and in some of the varieties, 

 Ida for instance, probably superior. The kinds were King of 

 the Blues, De CandoUe, General Havelock, Czar Peter, La 

 Gi'andesse, Grandeui- a Merveille, Koh-i-Noor, Solfaterre, Vuur- 

 baak, Macaulay, Haydn, and Ida. In the amateurs' class Mr. 

 Douglas, gardener to F. Whitboum, Esq., Losford Hall, Hford, 

 was easily first with excellent spikes of Prince of Wales, Charles 

 Dickens, King of Blues, Baron Von TuyU, Czar Peter, Von 

 Schiller, Fabiola, Haydn, Koh-i-Noor, Ida, Grandeur a Mervelle, 

 and L'Innocence. Several of these were very much finer than 

 we usually see in amateurs' classes. Mr. Stephenson, Tredegar 

 Place, Bow, was second with very good spikes ; Mr. Weir, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Hodgson, Hampstead, third; and an extra prize 

 went to Mr. Eowe, gardener to Mrs. Lewis, Eoehampton. Both 

 Messrs. Veitch and Mr. William Paul exhibited splendid coUec- 

 tious of one hundred pots, the spikes in which were extremely 

 massive. 



Of Tulips, again the only exhibitors in the nurserymen's class 

 were Messrs. Veitch, who had the first prize for fine pots of White 

 Pottebakker, Keizers Ki-oon, Vermilion Brillant, and Fabiola. 

 In the amateurs' class Mr. Weir, Mr. Eowe, and Mr. Stephenson 

 tanied oil the prizes in the order named. Messrs. Veitch ex- 

 hibited in the miscellaneous class a numerous collection of 

 TuUps and excellently bloomed Narcissus. 



For miscellaneous plants in flower, Mr. Ward, gardener to 



F. G. Wilkins, Esq., Leyton, took the first prize with an extra- 

 ordinarily fine collection, in which there was a specimen of 

 Genethj-llis Hookeri forming a bush nearly 4 feet in diameter, 

 admirably bloomed. Together with this were fine specimens of 

 Phajus grandifoUus with eight spikes, Odontoglossum cristatiim, 

 ■O. Bluntii with five fine racemes, O. bictonensis, the rich yellow- 

 flowered Azalea sinensis, the plant large and absolutely covered 

 with bloom, Anthurium Scherzerianum, and other plants. Mr. 



G. Wheeler, gardener to Su- F. H. Goldsmid, Bart., Eegent's 

 Park, was second with Acacia Drummondi, large and in excel- 

 lent bloom, together with other plants. From the same exhibi- 

 tor and Messrs. Lane came groups of Azalea amoena, Ehodo- 

 dendrons, Deutzias, and other forced shrubs. Mr. Wheeler Uke- 

 Tvise sent a Lomaria gibba and other Ferns, a group of Palms, 

 and one of fine-fohaged plants, as well as small plants of Indian 

 Azaleas. 



Chinese Primulas, well grown, and fine in colom-, were shown 

 fcy Ml-. Goddard, gardener to H. Little, Esij., 'T-wickeuham, 

 Messrs. Dobson & Sons, Isle-n-orth, and Mj. James, gardener to 

 W. F. Watson, Esq., Isleworth. Prizes were awarded to the 



exhibitors in the order in which thev" are named, as also to 

 Messrs. James, Dobson it Sons, and G. "UTieeler for Cinerarias, 

 those from Mr. James being very good. Excellent pots of Lily 

 of the Valley were sho-wn by Messrs. Eollisson, and of Deutzia 

 gracilis by Messrs. Lane, of Great Berkhampstead. The i^lauts 

 were 2i feet in diameter*, and in profuse bloom. Messrs. Lane 

 like-wise sent dwarf Ehododeudi-ons in pots very well flowered, 

 Eoses, and a collection of Camelhas. 



Mr. Ward, gardener to F. G. Wilkins, Esq., sent half a dozen 

 well-gro-wn Heaths. From Mr. William Paul, Waltham Cross, 

 came a choice collection of Camellias beautifully bloomed in 

 small pots, cut flowers of Camellias and Eoses, and Waltham 

 White Chinese Primula. Messrs. Eollisson, of Tooting, contri- 

 buted a collection of Orchids, Palms, and other plants ; Mr. 

 Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, a group of Den- 

 drobium nobile ; and Mr. Needle, gardener to the Comte de 

 Paris, Twickenham, a collection of Ophrys and Orchis. Cycla- 

 men persicum was exhibited in fine collections by Mr. Goddard, 

 Mr. WiUiams, Mr. James, and Mr. Wiggins, the last-named 

 taking a floral certificate for C . persicum timbriatum -^"ith white 

 flowers neatly fringed at the edges. Mr. Ware, Hale Farm 

 Nurseries, Tottenham, sent one of his very beautiful groups of 

 spring-flowering plants, together with a collection of Succiilents. 

 From Messrs. Carter & Co., High Holboi-n, came a basket of 

 scarlet Geranium Velocipede, which promises to be a desirable 

 kind. 



Among the new plants fromi Messrs. Veitch, Eollisson, and 

 WiUiams the following received certificates — -viz., Veitchia 

 canterburyana, Kentia australis, and Keutia Forsteriana from 

 Messrs. Veitch and Mr. Williams ; also Agave Seemanni, Toxico- 

 phljea Thunbergi, Tillandsia Lindeni, and Davallia Tyermanii 

 fi-om the latter exliibitor. Mr. Ley had also a certificate for the 

 last-mentioned plant under the name of Humata Tyermaoii. 

 Martinezia erosa and Calamus verticillaris from Messrs. Eol- 

 hssou were also certificated. To Mi-. William Paul, floral cer- 

 tificates were given for Hyacinth Lord Mayo, violet plum with 

 a white throat, very distinct and pretty; and Ornement de 

 Eose [des Eoses ?], -n-ith large pale blush bells faintly streaked 

 -with rose do-wu the centi-e of each petal. Eeine de Naples, 

 bright rose striped with carmine, was hvely in colour-, and, no 

 doubt, will form good spikes. A certificate was Uke-wise 

 a-n-arded to Mr. Eeed, Twickenham Ait, for Polyanthus Princess 

 of Wales. 



THE HELIOTEOPE FOR WINTEE rLO'S\^RING. 

 Wheee cut flowers are m great demand during the -winter, 

 I know of no plant that would be more serviceable than the 

 above, especially where the means are limited for growing other 

 things. But to have it in quantity it requires to be planted 

 out, the blooms also coming much finer. We have here (Bis- 

 brook Hall, Uppingham) , an old plant growing against the back 

 wall of a cool vinery (the wall, of course, being very little used 

 for anything else) that gives a good supply of flowers aU 

 through the winter, which amply repays for the little trouble 

 bestowed upon it —which is simply keeping the shoots pinched 

 back during the summer, and tying-in others to fill up vacant 

 spaces. — Henby Mason. — (2'he Gardener.) 



Prolific Hyacinth. — Seeing in last week's Journal an account 

 of a prohfic Hyacinth with four heads, allow me to mention 

 that I have now in bloom in a glass a Princesse Clotilda 

 Hyacinth, imported direct from Holland, wi h six fine heads, 

 all growing from the crown. Each would be a fail- head by 

 itself, and one is particularly fine. The bulb is very small.^ 

 L. A., Newmarket House, Co. Cork. 



FINE-FOLIAGED PLANTS FOE TABLE 

 DECOEATION. 



Some people do not care much for fohage plants on the 

 dinner table, thinking they look dull for the want of flowers, 

 but to my mind nothing looks better than well-grown plants 

 of the above kinds. I always grow my plants in pots of a size 

 to drop into my fancy ones for the table, then I cover the sur- 

 face (after they are in the fancy pots or pans) always with 

 either silver sand or gro-wing Selaginella denticulata. 



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a plant we constantly use on the table here. It is hght and 

 elegant-looking, and -wiU stand keeping in a room for a long 

 time. We grow ours in a mixtm-e of loam, peat, manure, and 

 leaf mould, with a Uttle silver sand, and always keep them 

 close to the glass and in the full hght of the sun, as that is 

 the great secret of getting them up to a good coloiu-. They 

 are propagated by cuttings taken off the crown ; let them lie 

 and dry for a day or two, and then put them into a good heat, 



