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JOUENAIi OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ Match 21, 1872. 



according as their size requires. They will flower at the end 

 of July, and in about five weeks afterwards the pods will be 

 ready for pickling. The plants wiU bear luitil frost sets in, 

 which will nip them. 



The principal kinds are : — Cayenne, small red pods ; ChUi, 

 small red pods, but longer and larger than Cayenne, and very 

 prolific ; Long Red and Long Yellow differ only in the colour 

 of the pods, which have three or four times the substance of 

 Chilies ; Cherry-shaped Red and Yellow ; Squash or Tomato- 

 shaped, both red and yellow ; and Monstrosum, or The Monster, 

 and truly it is so compared with others. The new Capsicum, 

 Prince of Wales, , I have not seen. — G. Abbey. 



EOYAL HOETICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 

 Mabch 20Tn. 



This was the first Spring Show, well it was supported, and 

 well worthy it was of inspection by all interested in those beau- 

 tiful flowers which adorn our conservatories and windows at the 

 present season. These are even more welcome in smoky Loudon 

 than in the country, by the contrast which their bright coloui-s 

 offer in comparison with the gloom which usually reigns around. 

 The Hyacinths, as they generally are at the Society's Show, 

 ■were superb ; there were, iierhaps, fewer of those extraordinary 

 spikes which have been seen in some seasons, but the quaUty 

 ■was remarkably good throughout, ■while in some of the collec- 

 tions, as those of Messrs. Yeitch and Mr. WilUam Paul, there 

 were numbers equal to anything seen in past years. In the 

 amateurs' classes there was a considerable improvement. Mr. 

 Douglas and the Eev. H. H. Dombrain stood far to the front, 

 Bho^wing much hstter examples than were produced in times 

 gone by. 



In the nurserymen's Class 1, eighteen Hyacinths, Messrs. 

 Teitch, who were the only exhibitors, took the first prize ■with 

 splendid spikes of Von Schiller, Cavaignac, Vuurbaak, Solfa- 

 terre, Lady Pahnerston, rose striped ■with pink ; Macaulay, 

 Koh-i-Noor, Haydn, Charles Dickens, De Candolle, LordByi^on, 

 Bloksberg, Ida, La Grandesse, Grandeur a Merveille, together 

 with Blondin, Blanche Foi-midable, and De Candolle. 



In the next class, for twelve, Mr. Douglas, gardener to F. 

 Whitboum, Esq., took the first honours ■with very fine examples 

 of Von Schiller, Lord WelUngton, Garrick, Fabiola, Alba 

 maxima, Charles Dickens, L'Innocence, Van Speyk, remarkably 

 fine, and others almost equally good. Mr. Weir, gardener to 

 Mrs. Hodgson, Hampstead, came second, and Mr. Stephenson, 

 Tredegar Place, Bow, third. 



In Class 3, for six, Miss Wilding, Chesterfield Street, Euston 

 Eoad, was first with excellent spikes of Marie, Mont Blanc, and 

 others. The Rev. H. H. Dombrain, WestweU Vicarage, was a 

 good second, and Mr. George, gardener to Miss Nicholson, Put- 

 ney Heath, third. 



Class 4 was for amateur's who had not before taken a prize for 

 Hyacinths from the Society. In this Mr. Dombrain was again 

 first ■with excellent spikes of Gigantea, Baron Von Tuyll, Lord 

 Eaglan, Macaulay, splendid in colour and beautifully gro^wn, 

 Mont Blanc, and Raphael. Mr. George was second, and Mr. 

 Eowe, gardener to Mrs. Le^wis, Roehampton third. 



Of six new Hyacinths never before exhibited Messrs. Veitch 

 had the only group, and took the first prize. Excelsior, single, 

 reddish cream with a pale rose stripe in the centre of each seg- 

 ment, was very distinct in colour, had a fine spike, and promises 

 to be an acquisition. Tricolor, with large porcelain bells, is 

 Ukely to be good. The others were Mrs. Radchffe, with large 

 double bells, white, tinged ■n-ith pale blue, and pale blue on the 

 tube ; Lady Mayo, single red ; Chapeau d'Orange, reddish buff; 

 and Lila Major, single plum. 



Tulips were not numerously shown. Messrs. Yeitch were 

 first in the nursei-ymen's class ■with Bride of Haarlem, Rose 

 Luisante, Brutus, fine. Rose Miniature, Due de Holstein, and 

 Fabiola. Mr. Macintosh, Hammersmith, came second. In the 

 amateurs' class the prizes went to Messrs. Rowe, Stephenson, 

 and Weir. 



Only one collection of Crocuses was shown ; that came from 

 Ml'. Stephenson, and had a first prize. 



Of Mignonette Messrs. RoUisson, of Tooting, exhibited fine 

 hushes 2i feet high and 2 feet in diameter at the base, also three 

 well-grown plants of tree Mignonette, taldng first prizes for each. 



Of miscellaneons subjects Mr. W. Paul, of Waltham Cross, 

 Bent a splendid collection of upwards of a hundred pots, a fine 

 collection of CameUias in small pots, and one of cut blooms of 

 the same shrub. Messrs. Lane, of Great Berkhampstead, con- 

 tributed a group of Caraelhas, Rhododendi'ons, Roses, Deutzias, 

 and some other flowering shrubs ; Messrs. Standish & Co., of 

 Ascot, a group of Cinerarias, early-flowering Pelargoniums, Ge- 

 raniums, and Bouvardias ; Messrs. Cutbush, of Ascot, baskets 

 of Cinerarias and Aucuba aureo-maculata, ■with the leaves largely 

 marked ■with 3'ellow ; and Mr. Goddard, gardener to H. Little, 

 Esq., Twickenham, a fine collection of Cyclamens. 



Messrs. Veitch exhibited a magnificent collection of nearly 

 three hundred Hyacinths ■with spikes of the largest size, beau- 

 tifully flowered pot Roses, cut blooms of Roses, and grand 

 groups of Tulips and Narcissus. 



Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, Grimstou 

 Park, Tadcaster, sent a magnificent collection of Orchids, among 

 which were Dendrobium luteo-pui'pureimi, with two vei'y fine 

 spikes, Cypripedium hirsutissimum, fine examples of Lj-caste 

 Skirmeri, Angriccum sesquipedale, Dendrobium Devonianum, 

 and Cattleyas. From Messrs. RoUisson, Tooting, came an at- 

 tractive group of Orchids and other plants ; and from Mr. 

 Williams, HoUoway, a magnificent specimen of Medinilla mag- 

 nifica, together with Azaleas, CameUias, a fine GenethyUls 

 Hookeri, Phalffinopsis SchiUeriana with a branching spike of 

 large flowers, TriohopUia sua^vis, fine, and several other Orchids. 



Mr. W. E. Dixon, nurseryman, Beverley, contributed several 

 good specimens of Anthurium Scherzerianum, a large and very 

 tine pan of Trichomanes radicans, Vandas, and Anagctochils ; 

 and Mr. Ware, of Tottenham, one of his beautiful and interest- 

 ing groups of spring-flowering plants. Lastly, Mr. Turner, 

 Royal Nurseries, Slough, sent show and alpine AuriciUas, and a 

 fine basket of Lady Blanche, white forcing Pink. Several prizes 

 were awarded for" the above subjects, and are recorded in our 

 advertising columns. 



FnriT Committee. — G. F. WUson, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. 

 Mr. Ross, of Welford Park, Newbury, sent a dish of Chaimiontel 

 Pears finely coloured, but the flavour was deficient. Mr. Hudson, 

 gardener to J. C. Imthum, Esq., sent a large exhibition of Lady 

 Downe's Grape, which received a cultural commendation. Mr. 

 Kemp, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, Albury Park, 

 Guildford, sent a bunch of Lady Do'wne's Grape, presei'ved in 

 water in his registered Grape rail and stand. The Grapes were 

 very fresh, but watery and deficient in flavour. The rack was 

 commended, and the Committee made a recommendation that 

 the vessels in which the Grapes are put should be of glass in- 

 stead of zinc. Mr. Record, gardener to the Marquis of SaUsbury, 

 Hatfield, sent fniit of a seedling Cucumber caUed " Winter 

 Supply." It is a cross between Telegiaph and Stanley's Prolific, 

 and is very prolific. Messrs. RoUisson & Son, of Tooting, sent 

 specimens of roots of Dioscorea sativa, the West Indian Yam. 

 Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, Grimston Park, 

 sent specimens of a good variety of Scotch Kale and Coleworts. 



Prizes were offered for the best three dishes of early Grapes, 

 but there was no competition. Prizes were Ukewise offered for 

 the best three dishes of Dessert Apples, also for the best three 

 dishes of Kitchen Apples. For Dessert Apples Mr. Ross, gar- 

 dener to C. EjTe, Esq., WeUord Park, Newbury, was first ■with 

 a soi't caUed White Nonpareil, Claygate Pearmain, and Cornish 

 Aromatic, aU in fine condition. The second prize went to Mr. 

 Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston, Hedsor, for Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 Cockle Pippin, and Scarlet NonpareU, also very good ; the third 

 to Mr. Parsons, gardener to R. Attenborough, Esq., Acton Green. 

 For Kitchen Apples Mr. Ross was again first with Lewis's In- 

 comparable, Striped Beefing, and Northei-n Greening, very high 

 coloured. Mr. Miles, gardener to Lord Canington, Wycombe 

 Abbey, was second with Dumelow's Seedling, Kentish FiU- 

 basket, and Alfriston, also fine ; and Mr. Parsons third. Mr. 

 Smith, gardener to the Earl of Gainsborough, Exton Park, 

 exhibited Dumelow's Seedling and Blenheim Pippin very good. 

 The only exhibitor of thi'ee heads of BroccoU was Mr. Ross, who 

 had a first prize for Snow's Winter White, very good indeed. 



Florae Committee. — W. MarshaU, Esq., in the chair. Messrs. 

 Veitch sent MasdevaUia HaiTyana, which has been before ex- 

 hibited under the name of M. amabiUs, and since re-named- 

 The beautiful magenta flowers, we anticipate, 'wiU yet be pro- 

 duced larger and more fi'eely, but even if only two in number, 

 as on the plant exhibited, the plant 'wiU be worthy of its name 

 and its namesake — Mr. Harry Yeitch. From the same firm 

 came a fine Odontoglossum named Andersonianum, having 

 cream-coloured and bro'wn flowers. This received a first-class 

 certificate. Mr. Bi-uce Findlay, of the Botanic Gardens, Man- 

 chester, sent a fine variety of Odontoglossum Pescatorei. Mr. 

 B. S. WiUiams, HoUoway, had a first-class certificate for Agave 

 gemminata WiUiamsii ■with narrow fiUferous leaves. From Mr. 

 WUson, gardener to W. MarshaU, Esq., came Odontoglossum 

 membranaceum and O. Cei-vantesii roseum, which, although the 

 plants were very smaU, were finely bloomed. 



Mr. J. Douglas, Loxford HaU Gai'dens, exhibited two ne'W 

 Hyacinths, of which Tescho was the more promising, halving 

 violet plum bells, white throat, and a close spike. From some 

 of the segments exhibiting breaks of rose we infer it is cross- 

 bred. The other was Sylvia, bluish lilac, good, but in colour 

 much Uke some existing varieties. Mr. Wiggins, gardener to 

 W. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, had a cultural commendation for a. 

 collection of Cyclamens, including the white variety fimbiiatuna, 

 certificated at Regent's Park last week. 



Mr. WiUiam Paul sent a group of new Hyacinths, of which 

 the most noticeable were L'Ornement de Rosa, Reine de Naples, 

 which were both noticed last week, and J. H. Veen, a good pale 

 blue. Mr. Dixon, Beverley Nursery, had a cultural commenda- 



