JOUENAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Jlr. Charles Higgs, gardener to Miss Crawsliay, Caversham 

 Park. 



JUGLANS EUPESTRIS (The Small-fkuited Black 

 Walnut). 

 Neak Austin, and northward from here throughout a large 

 portion of Western Texas, this tree grows along the gravelly 

 borders of streams. It is of low, spreading habit, rarely more 

 than 2 feet in diameter, with a height of from 40 to 50 feet. 

 Uark of the trunk and larger limbs dark grey and slightly 

 furrowed, the smaller branches smooth and rather slender. 

 The wood is very similar in appearance to that of the common 

 Black Walnut, but is harder and finer grained ; whenever large 

 enough being excellent for furniture, and susceptible of a high 

 polish, being more beautiful than the common Black Walnut. 

 Leaves from nine to thirteen-paired, generally opposite, but 

 sometimes alternate towards the terminal one ; the midrib 

 and leaf-stems somewhat pubescent ; rachis not channelled 

 above. Its fruit is globular and has a long style ; the entire 

 fruit, with the husk, being only about liinch in diameter. 

 The shell is very thick and hard, kernel small and edible, but 

 of very little value in a country abounding in Pecans, which 

 are superior to it in every respect. 



This species of Walnut was first discovered, a few years ago, 

 by Dr. Euglemann, of St. Louis. It is thought by some to be 

 a mere variety of the common Black Walnut (Juglans nigra), 

 to which it has a striking resemblance. It is hardly worthy of 

 cultivation, because its fruit is of little value. In general ap- 

 pearance it is similar to both the Pecan and Black Walnut, 

 both of which are more profitable for cultivation, because they 

 grow larger and have more valuable nuts, and also they are 

 fully equal to it for ornamental purposes, hence the .Juglans 

 rupestris will bo rarely grown except in arboretums. The 

 largest trees we have found of it were only 2 feet in diameter, 

 and such specimens are very rare. — {American Gardener'): 

 Month! I/.] 



MR. W. PAUL'S EXHIBITION OF ROSES AT 

 THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 



Two years ago Mr. WiUiam Paul, of Waltham Cross — and 

 the name of Paul in our time, and long after, will ever be 

 associated with the Rose — made the bold experiment of hold- 

 ing an exhibition of Roses from his own nurseries. Like a 

 skilful general he had well considered his resources, well trained 

 his forces, and marshalled them in jiroird array on a position 

 of his own choosing; he invited no contest, sought no victory ; 

 he merely wished to hold his own. Bravely he did it then 

 with some thi-ee thousand warriors, and bravely he has done 

 it again with an equal force. 



Friday last was the opening day of this grand display held 

 in what is called the Garden Corridor of the Crystal Palace, 

 a favourite resort of those who wish to %'iew the terraces and 

 fountains, and the beautiful landscape of hill and wood in the 

 background. There mth exquisite taste are arranged the grand 

 specimen Roses wliich form the leading feature of the exhi- 

 bition, together with the ornamental-foliaged plants which serve 

 to tone down colour and to give variety to the arrangement. 



On entering the exhibition, to the left are Roses, to the 

 right masses of bedding Pelargoniums, of which more here- 

 after. Turning at right angles we come to the main portion 

 of the show, which, as already stated, mainly consists of 

 Roses, and such Roses as are only equalled by the best speci- 

 mens at the best exhibitions. Ainong them, especially at the 

 back of the .800 feet of low staging on which they are placed, 

 are set standards of the remarkably effective white-variegated 

 Acer Negundo, Ivies such as the large-leaved Hedera RiEgneri- 

 ana, the smaU-leaved doueraUense minor, and taurica, another 

 beautiful kind ; while nearer the front are small plants of 

 some of the best of the white and yellow variegated Ivies in- 

 terspersed among the smaller pot Roses ; likewise the beautiful 

 golden-leaved Oak, Quercus Concordia, baskets of Echeverias, 

 Golden Feather Pyi-ethrum, variegated Euonymus, and a 

 variety of other subjects. Among the larger specimens are 

 numerous splendid plants both for size and perfection of bloom, 

 and noticeable among them Alba rosea. La France, Madame 

 de St. Joseph, Beauty of Waltham, President, Anna Alexieff, 

 Baroness Rothschild, Madame Clemence Joigneanx, Marie 

 Baumann, Antoine Ducher, Marechal Kiel, Mdlle. Annie Wood, 

 and many more ; but we tire at the repetition of names of old 

 favomites (though Rose-growers never seem to do so), and 

 wUl merely say that all old favourites are worthOy represented. 



There are, too, several new comers worthy of notice, but no 

 Roses, whether old or new, more so than Princess Beatrice 

 and Princess Christian — the former large and full, pink, with 

 a bright centre, a splendid cupped flower ; the latter a Rose 

 of the lai-gost size, of a bright glossy rose colour, and which 

 has before been several times shown by Mr. Panl in magnifi- 

 cent condition. Duke of Edinburgh is another star of the 

 first magnitude ; its rich crimson-scarlet colour, let alone the 

 great size of its blooms, would alone claim for it a prominent 

 place. Comtesse d'Oxford, Paul Ncron, and Marquise de Cas- 

 tellane also deserve special mention. There are likewise stands 

 of beautiful cut blooms, both of new and old Roses, placed at 

 intervals along the front of the staging. 



The Pelargoniums have before been passingly alluded to ; 

 they form a very select lot, including as they do Dr. Denny's 

 fine seedUngs which Mr. W. Paul has acquired. Among these, 

 lanthe, crimson, with a beautiful tinge of violet ; Wellington, 

 crimson scarlet, are remarkably fine. The white variegated 

 white-flowered Icinds are well represented in Waltham Bride, 

 Avalanche, and Vu'gin Queen ; the bronzes in Danae and Wal- 

 tham Bronze, and the Golden Tricolors in Lady Dorothy NeviU. 



After what we have said we need scarcely add that wo 

 heartily commend Mr. Paul's exhibition to the pubUe, most 

 thoroughly appreciate the excellent taste of his arrangement, 

 and admire the spirit with which he has carried to a success- 

 ful issue a task which, even for his energy and resources, must 

 have been a severe one. It is a striking proof of what our 

 great nurserymen can do when they put fort i their strength. 

 The horticulturists of this countiy have just reason to be proud 

 of such exhibitions, of the productions of our commercial and 

 private gardens, and the rapid growth among us of a taste for 

 horticulture. We understand Mr. W. Paid's exhibition will be 

 continued throughout this week, perhaps longer. 



DEATH OF MR. HOYLE. 



G. W. HoTLE, Esq., of Reading, the very successful raiser 

 of Pelargoniums, died suddenly on Sunday morning at an ad- 

 vanced age. More than thirty years since Mr. Hoyle was a 

 successful raiser. Few are living who remember his Pelargonium 

 Crusader, the rage of that time, yet many know and appreciate 

 his recent productions, which are always foremost on the exhi- 

 bition stage from theii' free-blooming habit. Mr. Hoyle was a 

 good cultivator, with exceedingly good taste. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 Late Fhost. — Wc had a severe frost hero on the morning of 

 the 18th iust. It has cut down many acres of early Potatoes. 

 I am also afraid the Strawberry blossom wiU be injured; this will 

 amount to a serious loss in Holt (a village which the river Dee 

 divides from this), as many hundreds of acres ai'e grown there, 

 and from thence the Liverpool and Manchester markets di'aw 

 their chief supplies. The fruit crop is, I am sorry to say, far 

 below the average. Pears and Apples are much better in some 

 districts than others, but about here the young fruit has nearly 

 all fallen off ; the ground under the trees is completely covered 

 with them.— T. J. H., Furiidon, Cheshire. 



Eaelv Vegetables. — Nearly forty tons of new Potatoes 



have now left the Scilly Islands, principally for London, and 

 the same vegetable is being sent away from Penzance at the rate 

 of five to six tons per day, but vegetables in Cornwall have not 

 been so scarce and dear for many years. Cold winds and heavy 

 showers of sleet and hail continue, and scores of acres of 

 Potatoes in the Penzance district, which, with an ordinary 

 season, would have been in the market a fortnight or three 

 weeks ago, are nothing like ready to take up. A large breadth 

 of Potato ground in West Cornwall will be very unprofitable 

 this year; several acres have been ploughed up, so hopeless 

 had the crops become through cold, and rain, and frost. Early 

 Cabbages are also a serious failure in most localities, and. even 

 a few leaves cannot be had under 2(7. Loudon has received 

 most of the Cabbages worth having, and remarkably high 

 prices have been readily given by agents for Covent Garden. 

 Old Potatoes, very indifferent, are selling in Cornwall at Is. 3d. 

 and Is. 4(7. per gallon. — (Times.) 



Although Mr. Lawes has ceased to be a manufacturer 



of artificial manures, it is not his intention to abandon thoso 

 investigations which have rendered him famous. He has 

 announced that it is his intention to devote the remainder of 

 his hfe, even more closely, to scientific agriculture ; and, further- 

 more, that he purposes to place in trust his laboratory and 



