JOrENAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



[ May 18, 187S. 



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pretty idea of aUght arch springing from troughs in front of 

 each guest, but it was over<lone. , 



In the second class, where economy of cost -was to be con- 

 BirlTred Miss Blair was first, baring three dwarf glasses taU 

 '^d dwarf spec^en glasses being plfced -^o-^ ^^^^^^^-^^l 

 Hassard was second : her's was very simple, but to my mind a 



"imffafsomr foSS'time, when I shaUhave seen the deco- 

 ratiras'^t Manchester, have to say something more on the sub- 

 iect° but lam glad to find a more simple taste encouraged, and 

 hope Uaug^irs "better things in table decorations than the vul- 

 garities we have been treated to.— D., Deal. 



flower, we beUeve, for the first time m this cotintry. Extra 

 prizes were also awarded to Mr. Turner for a large collection of 

 Azaleas ; to Messrs. Standish & Co. for a remarkable specimen 

 of Encharis amazonica; to Mr. W. Paul for vaneg^ed Pelar- 

 goniums and cut Eoses, of which Tea Lomse de favoie and 

 Marfchel Kiel, Mai-ie Baumann, Dr. Andry, and John Hopper 

 were very conspicuous ; and to Mr. Ware for Pyrethrums. 



Is the purely horticultural division of the Show Eoses in pots 

 formed the great feature. Messrs. Paul & Son, of Cheshunt, and 

 Mr Turnerrof Slough, exhibited fine gi-oups of fifty in 8-mch 

 pots, the fo'i-mer taldn'g the first prize, the latter tl^e second 

 Among the finest specimens for size and prof;.ision oij^ioom 

 wSe the foUowing-viz., Madame EugemeVerdier La France, 

 Vicomte Vigier, Leopold H., Catherine Mermet, Paul ]S«on 

 Dupuy Jamain, Marqiise de Mortemart, Edward Mon-en Paul 

 Verdier Baroness Eothschild, Miss Ingi-am, Lomsa Wood, 

 Marie Bamnann, and Marquise de CasteUane. For twelve spe- 

 cimen plants Messrs. Paul & Son were first with magnificent 

 specimens profusely covered with large blooms ; the ™rieties 

 showing to the best advantage were Beauty of Waltham, Souve- 

 nir- d'un Ami, Victor Verdier, John Hopper, CamiUe BernarcUn, 

 Princess Maiy of Cambridge, CeUne Forestier, Paul "V erdier, 

 Charies Lawson, and Madame WiUermoz. Mr. Turner, who was 

 second, had splendid plants of Victor Verdier, Charies Lawson, 

 Paul Peii-as, Souvenir de Malmaison, Jimo, and Anna Alexiefl, 

 with others almost equaUy good. . ,14. 



Prizes were offered for nine Ehododendi-ons m pots or basJsets, 

 but none were exhibited. For twelve hardy peremuals m 

 12-inch pots Mr. Pai'ker, Exotic Nursery, Tooting, was first with 

 exceedingly well grown specimens fully 18 inches m diameter, 

 consisting of the white Iberis coii-ea;foUa, the golden AJyssum 

 orientale. Primula cortnsoides ama;na, Cheiranthus IJiUenu 

 very fine, TroUius napeUifoKus, Spiraa japomca, Lmum tiavum, 

 two Pyrethrums, the double-flowered Pajomas ofiicuiahs aud 

 tenuifoUa, and Iris spectabiUs. Mr. Ware, Tottenham, wa,s 

 second with, among others, two exceUent Funkias and Irol- 

 lios Fortunei with rich orange flowers. 



J. T. Peacock, Esq., Sudbury Hou-se, Hammersmith, offered 

 prizes for twentv-four distinct species of Agaves, undertaking 

 not to show his own rich collection for competition. W . B. 

 Kellock, Esq., Stamford HiU, was first with a very choice group, 

 in which were A. applanata, a handsome plant of Juncea fihfera, 

 one of the shred-leaved kinds ; Ousselhemiana ; a variety of 

 filifera, the plant 28 inches in diameter, one of the finest speci- 

 mens we ha^■e ever seen ; Celsiana, with glaucous f oHage ; uni- 

 vittata, very large ; tricuspidata, with great fleshy leaves ; ensi- 

 formis, and several fine specimens and rare kinds. M. Jean 

 Verschaffelt, 134, Faubourg de BrnxeUes, Ghent, was second, 

 also with exceUent plants, of which A. C+aleotti and A. robusta 

 had first-class certificates from the Floral Committee. 



Of Perpetual Carnations, the only exhibitor was Mr. Turner, 

 of Slough, who had a first prize for an exceUent gi'oup, in which 

 Marchioness of Westminster, deep rose ; Empress of Germany, 

 very large, pure white; and Princess Christian, blush, had first- 



The misceUaneous subjects as usual were numerous, and 

 many of them highly deserving of notice. Extra prizes were 

 awarded to Messrs. Veitch for a beautiful group of Eoses and 

 Ehododendrons, the latter fi'om 12 to 15 inches high from the 

 pot, and with heads fuUy as much in diameter, dense masses 

 of bloom; to Mr. WilBams for a mixed group; to Mr. Ware , 

 for a collection of herbaceous plants and cut flowers of the j 

 same ; to Mr. Pestridge, Greenway Nursery, Lxbridge, for 

 baskets of Tricolor Pelargoniums ; to Messrs. Dobson, of Isle- 

 worth, for weU-grown herbaceou.s Calceolarias ; to Mr. Turner 

 for a basket of forcing Pink Cocciuea, a showy fragant va- 

 riety; to Mr. Davis, Whetstone, fur well-flowered Show Pelar- 

 goniums ; to M. J. Verschaflelt, Ghent, for twelve Yuccas and 

 Buonaparteas, including handsome plants of T. cornuta and 

 canahculata, B. tenuifolia glauca, and B. pitcaimiajfolia with 

 graceful drooping foUage. B. hystrix vera, more singular than 

 prettv, received a first-class certificate. M. J. Verschaflelt also 

 had an extra prize for twelve new Agaves, of which A. Leopoldu, 

 whitish-gi-een with reflexed cinnamon spines, had a first-class 

 certificate, and for two extremely handsome standard Sweet 

 Bays. Mr. B. Johnson, gardener to T. Clarke, Esq., Swakeleys, 

 TJxbridge, sent fine cut specimens of BougainvUlea spectabUis ; 

 Mr. Chard, gardener to Sir F. Bathurst, Bart., Clarendon Park, 

 SaHsbnry, cut flowers of Cloth of Gold Eose ; and Mr. Croucher, 

 gardener to J. Peacock, Esq., Hammersmith, a large and ex- 

 tremely valuable coUeotion of Agaves, MammiUarias, Echrnop- 

 sis, and Opuntias, some of the latter very gi-otesque in foi-m. 

 Echinopsis WiUdnsii, E. Eohlandii, and E. DuvaUii were m 



Fruit Cojimittee.-G. F. WUson, Esq., F.E.S.,m the chau 

 Mr. Welch, Doriold Gardens, Nantwich, sent a specimen ot 

 tmn Cucumbers. Mr. Maher, gardener to A. AUiusen, Lsq., 

 Stoke Court, Slough, sent a brace of his Probfic Cucumber a 

 good sort, and very Uke, if not the same, as Blue Gown. Ml. 

 Gardiner, The Gardens, Lower Eatington Park, sent Bprays of 

 Apricot and Pear, showing the abundance of the crop of fiu t 

 in that part of Wanvickshii-e, with the foUowmg communi- 

 cation ; — 



" I fonvard to yon a emaU bos containing examples of truit-Iaaen Apricot 

 and Pea7shoots from trees in the gardens here, and which you wiU obhge hy 

 faj^ng tefore the ^it Committee to-morrow, with the -«°^P^StrS 

 It may interest you to learn that I have a fair general crop °« f P"™'^' ^f 

 I have thinned them for tarts. One tree, however, is "^"^ a crop, o^o' 1 

 opine, to the effects of a very heavy crop last year, «f ^ ^^ shade of ^^^^^- 

 ^•hich was apphed for the space of two or three weeks to retard **>« "f "°f 

 frn t Of Peiis I never saw a better crop here. Plums, a fan: general ciop, 

 tathof which weie seemed chieHy by artificial protection APP'f • "'"^'*;'- 

 OTom^se a very good crop here. Strawberries also abundantly bloomed, on 

 fvS^nce of thT protective ntiUty of "FrigiDomo" c^vas during mdement 

 weather, whilst the trees were in bloom.— WM. GAEDrNER. 



Mr Tegg, gardener to John Walter, Esq Bearwood Bent 

 three bunlhes^ of Black Hambm-gh Grapes the same as those- 

 ^hich received a special commendation at lfs\'^^<>«t'Sf ' h^ 

 three bunches of Buckland Sweetwater, and a basket of Peaches.- 

 aU vei-y handsome, and a cultural commendation was awaided 

 to the exhibition. Mr. John Monro, Potter's Bar, sent six frmt 

 of Littl^Heath Melon, a large red-fleshed variety, one of which 

 wei-'hed 9 lbs. It was awarded a first-class certificate. 



HVni7 Webb, Esq., Bedstone Manor, K'^'^Hill'^^f/'PflTed a 

 of Pears iust set, attacked by an insect. Mr. Webb offeied a 

 reward fifa prevention of the pest in the foUowing commumca- 

 tion : — 



"I a-ain call the attention of the Fruit Committee to '"P «^'5'''!j%'S'^^ 

 of a small fly which deposits its eggs in the >> "ssoms of om- Peius and m. 

 many instances, as shown by the <'^^V^<' f^^'J'^^'J^^'^J^^^^^^i^l 

 affected. I shall be happy to offer a rewm-d of £5 to anyone who wui pomt 

 out how the evU effects of this insect can be prevenUd^^^ ^^^ 



"Hesbt -Webb." 



Tt was renorted that the Peas for experiment in the Chiswick. 

 gi-drn are now coming into flower, sA that those interested m 



^'irSf^rT'ori^d^^y^s'^srr^arter ^Co. for the W ^^ 

 of First Crop Pea, also for the best dish of any variety of eaily 

 Pea. Mr cLrd, 'gardener to Sir F. Bathurst Bart., Clarendon. 

 Park Salisbury, and Mr. Brown, gardener to E. Mackenzie,, 

 isq .FawleyYourt, Henley, were respectively first and second 

 for First Crop, and Mr. Brown first for Little Gem. 



FL0E.U. CojnnTTEE.-W. MarshaU,Esq.,inthech£ur. Ifessrs. 

 F G Henderson&Son, WeUingtonNui-series, St.John6V,ood, 

 fent a i^onp of plants including several Orchids, Anthurium 

 llheizerianLi ..th large spathes, ^nd seedling MimiUuses 

 the latter received a cultural commendation. Mi. W ikon, gai 

 den r to W MarshaU, Esq., Clay HiU, Enfield, B-t a -,^ty °^ 

 Cattleya Mossia., with vei-y large flowers, '^^^^'S^^S | "^ehe^ 

 across Mi- Chambers, gardener to J. Laui-ance, Esq., Bedding- 

 to"!-nt a coUection o'f^ut flowers °f Hoyas Justicia carnea 

 Clerodendron Thomsoniie, and sundry others ; ^^J' ^^^°^°^^ll 

 Indian Ehododendron Dalhousieanum. For *e last-named a 

 cultural commendation w^s given. ^ Uke award was made ta 

 Mr Green gardener to W. WUson Saunciers Esq., HiUhelct, 

 Eei-ate f or a coUection of BromeUads, in which were Nidularia 

 ?pe?ttbibsw-i?h a crimson centre, and PbolidophyUum acaule, 

 ■with sinmlar gi-ey or gi-eenish-yellow barred leaves. 



Mr D?nSn?, gardlner to Lord Londesborough, Gnmston 

 Park,' Tadcaster exhibited probably the finest floT-ering speci- 

 men of Vanda teres ever seen. It stood ^^^^^^yj .*,^?t ^ig^^^^^f 

 bad unwards of fifty flowers of large size. For this a cultural 

 cotSatn was Larded, and another was ^-n or a^o^ip 

 of Orchids, consisthig of severalfine Cattleyas, a splendid plant 

 of Oncidium altissimum, and Dendrobium Df™^^;^^; „f„^ 

 unnamed splendid magenta-crimson Masdevalha, and Odonto- 

 ^o^stS: cSonarium, rldcUsh brown .rith a if o-.-f^"^'^/"™ 

 Up, shown in the same coUection, had each a first-class cei- 



" Mr* Masters, gardener to the Earl of Macclesfield, Tetsworth^ 

 sent Bougain^ea speciosa variegala with weU-marked yeUowr 

 i variegated leaves, and bracts as in the green-leaved form , Cr. £ . 



