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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ May 23, 1872. 



AtiA what m-iucea are their merchants ! By the Jancmess oi a 

 wm hearted and hospitable horticulturist-Mr. Simpson, of 

 mSley d, I had the pleasure of goiiig over, m veiT good 

 comnanv he magnificent demesne of Mr. Sam Mendel, the 

 mStwonderful plfce I have ever visited, vnth its 85,000 super- 

 ?cial Tefof glass, so ably managed by Mr. Fetch But if I were 

 to dilate on the kindness and hospitality I met with I should 



" Thel^twtn isTeld in a large tent 350 feet long and VSfeet 

 wide, with an exhibition building at right angles. Viewed 

 Sm the mound at the end, one is much reminded of tbe Inter- 

 national Exhibition. It is admirably arranged a?<\ ^"-^ ^''J?^ ^ 

 gi-and collection of plants. As it is somewhat similai to that 

 which is in course of erection at Birmingham for the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's Show there, I may say that its plan is 

 this ■ There is an elevation at one end from whence, as I have 

 said ■ you have a grand view of the whole ; this mound is arrayed 

 w"th Ehododendfons from Lane's, then a row o Ivjes and edged 

 with a row of pot Boses. Down the centre of the tent are circu- 

 lar mounds neatly turved, and along eac4i side are turf banks 

 which are undulated according to the circles mthe centie. Ihe 

 first of these circles contained large Azaleas ; the second the 

 large Roses in pots; the third, Azaleas; the fourth Pelargo- 

 niums ; the fifth, eoUections of plants arranged for effect , and 

 the last Ferns, the tent encUng with a nice collection of good 

 Bhododeudrons from Mr. Yates planted in the ground. Tower- 

 ing above these were here and there tree Ferns ; while all along 

 thi sides were carefully and tastefully arranged the various 

 eoUections of Ferns, Calceolarias, Succulents, Alpine Pjants, &c 

 all giving a very cheering aspect to the tent. In the Exhibition 

 house are arranged the Orchids and the magnificent plants of 

 Messrs. Baines, Cole, and others. Conspicuous amongst Mr. 

 Baines's were Franciscea conf ertiflora, Ixora amboynensis, 1. coc- 

 cinea. Azalea IveiTana one sheet of snow, Erica Cavendishii, 

 Dipladenia amabilis-iu fact, sixteen such plants were never 

 before exhibited, and, as Mr. Baines said, if he hved for twenty 

 years he did not think he should ever exhibit abetter lot. Mrs. 

 Cole & Sons were a good second, their best plants being Pimelea 

 spectabiHs, Ixora Colei, Erica Cavendishii, and Aphelesis hu- 

 milis rosea. 



Orchids were magnificent; for many years London has 

 been unable to furnish such a bank as was shomi here. Mr. 

 CaUender had fine plants of LffiUa purpurata, Vanda suavis, 

 Odontoglossum Phatenopsis, Phatenopsis amabihs, Aerides 

 Larpentas, Brassia vei-rucosa, Odontoglossum Pescatorei, U. Alex- 

 andl-a;, and Aiirides Dayanum. This was a magmflcent lot ot 

 plants. Without enumerating the various classes, suflice it to 

 say that glorious masses of Dendi-obium nobile, Oncidium spha- 

 celatum, Vanda insignis, Cyi-topodium punctatum, Dendrobium 

 densiflorum, Vanda suavis, Phalrenopsis gi-andiflora, were ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. Yates ; whilst in other collections I noticed 

 Cypripedium Stonei, C.barbatum, C . giganteum^Aeiides Lobbii 

 •superbum, and Odontoglossum citrosmum. Mr. WiUiams, ol Kol- 

 loway, had magnificent plants of Cattleya Mossife, C. Skinnen, 

 Dendrobium densiflorum, Cypripedium villosum C. barbatum 

 nigrum, Vanda suavis, TrichopiHa crispa, Aerides odoratum 

 purpurascens, A. Fieldingii, and Vanda tricolor. It is impos- 

 sible to exaggerate the beauty and finish of thi-s collection. 



Lar"e Azaleas were exhibited. Amongst amateurs Mr. Cal- 

 lender, Dr. Ainsworth, and Mr. Baines were the chief exhibi- 

 tors ; among nurserymen Mrs. Cole & Son, and Messrs. Lane and 

 Son. These plants were very fine,but not equal to those exhibited 

 in Mr. Baines's group of greenhouse plants, which were reaUy 

 marvels. . 



Messrs. Paul & Son contributed some grand Roses in pots, 

 such as we have seen at Kensington and the Crystal Palace. 

 Their plants were Charles Lawson, very fine; CamilleBemardin; 

 Madame de St. Joseph, extra good ; Vicomte Vigier ; Madame 

 Thcrose Level, beautiful ; Beauty of Waltham, excellent ; Victor 

 Verdier, a Uttle pa.isee : Souvenir d'un Ami, Celine Forestier, 

 .John Hopper, Anna Alexieff, Madame Victor Verdier. The 

 perfect finish and colour of this collection were extraordinai-y. 



The best plants of variegated Geraniums I have ever seen 

 exhibited were shown by Mr. "W. Young, of Heaton Mersey. 

 They were Mrs. Dix, Sophia Dumaresque, Flambeau, Itaha 

 Tuita, Lady Culhim, and Princess Clothilde. The plants were 

 not only large, but well-shaped and highly coloured, and showed 

 no sticks uor supports of any kind. I have pever seen better 

 plants of zonals than those exhibited by Mr. "Webb, gardraier. 

 Birch Vale, Stockport ; they were Amy Hogg, Hector, White 

 Perfection, Le Grand, a remarkably fine plant, Clipper, and 

 Lucius. The same exhibitor had six plants of Fuchsias, which 

 were very good. 



As an instance of what may be done by °.°« ^J'^^^j^XVeriS 

 it, I think the best example was the '^"lle^*'"" ,"* f Slnche^to! 

 shown by Mr. Crewe, gi-own m the very heart of Mancuestei. 

 TheTwere beautiful plants, fi-esh and gi-een as possible, of such 

 sorte as Athvrium F. f. plumosum, LastreaFiUx-mascristatum, 

 PolysfehiSran^are, I. The Exhibition was weak in Show 

 nrirf Fancv Pelargoniums, only one collection of each beiu„ 

 eS^ibite^l Some beautiful collections of herbaceous plants were 

 e^ bited by MTware, Messrs. BoUisson & Son of Tooting, and 

 Mr Yates What a comfort it is to see these plants commg 

 lJ olavour all over the countiT, to lieai- of t^eir being prefei^e^^^ 

 to bedding-out plants, and to see Mr. Hooper s stands of Pansies 

 surrounded by admirers and buyers. 



It would exceed the Umits of the sP^^^^^o^f^*".^^ *° ^ 

 merate the varied beauties and excellencies of the Show. mr. 

 Say ma; well be proud of his bantling --^^ Manchest^ be 

 TO-oud of Mr Fimllay. He entered upon it in 1867, in almost 

 ^^positfon to the wishes of the Board; but the fi'-tj-^--" 

 ceipts gave a clear profit of £500, which has g"'^^ °°;i^"''f ?S 

 eve\- since; about ^'3000 of. debt has .''f'^ ^T^Ptrteous manner 

 Society placed on a firm basis. His quiet and ^-^^eo^^B -nanner 

 and his zeal and activity, have contributed t° tl^y^^'^- g^";' 

 one can only regi-et that he does not enjoy a better meaBUjeol 

 health to enable him to have the greater Ple^'l"™ ^"'"^i^.^^^'^ 

 I may only add that .aU the arrangements of «?f,.f,f^^Jf 3 

 seemed to me to be carried out with care, «.\™S'^'*X.f there 

 kind consideration to the wishes of the exhibitors, tliat there 

 was no hitch, and the warmheartedness and gemahty of these 

 northerners put us in the south of England to shame.-D., Veal. 



SELF-ACTING FOUNTAIN. 

 It gave me great pleasure to see the subject of fountains 

 noticed at page 467 if your last volume for among garden 

 ornaments they ought to hoia 

 an eminent place, especially 

 where a good head and supply 

 of water can be obtained. But 

 fountains of a humbler cha- 

 racter, and self-acting, may bo 

 placed in a situation where a 

 few gallons of water can be 

 had: such is the fountain I 

 am about to describe, mada 

 by a tradesman of this place 

 for his own garden. It wiU 

 throw a jet of water 10 feet 

 high for a short time, but may 

 be regulated to throw one a 

 height of 3 or 4 feet for two 

 hours. It is self-acting; the 

 water descends from the basm 

 to the lower cistern in the 

 base, to be pumped up agam 

 through the aperture a in oe£ 

 minute into the upper cistern 

 for the supply and working of 

 the fountain. This is con- 

 structed of lead and zinc, is of 

 a hexagonal shape, and painted 

 stone colour. There are small 

 places in the angles for the 

 insertion of pots of Ferns or 

 di-ooping plants, to hang over 

 the edges of the basin. An- 

 other fountain of a different 

 design is now being made, and 

 it will hive a bi^iu for gold fish and other adjuncts. One 

 great a vantage of this sllf-acting fountain is that it may be 

 femoved by one man into any part of the grounds where it 

 may be desired.— James Pkingle, II raohy. 



Mab^chai, Niel RosE.-Seeing in your last number a notica 

 of Tltogchal Kiel Rose, I am induced to mention a simJar 

 p ant! Xh I saw this spring growing in tl^e nur-^ of 1^^^ 

 A F Godward of this place (Southend, Essex). It is planted 

 ^'sUle a smaU lean-to greenhouse about 8 feet 1^|^ -t^^^//^,' 

 B feet at front, 7 feet wide, and 7 yards long, ihe Kose is 

 tinned ins\de the glass roof, and when I saw it n Aprd, -eariy 

 covered the whole area. It is of but one year s gi-owth. On 

 thlieth of April last Mr. Godward cut his first blooms and 

 at that tiLe\ried to count the number on the tree. TW 

 were to be seen upwards of 250, buds nearly open, and fuU- 

 blo^ Roses. No doubt many were liidden amongst the leaves 



