June 6, 1872. ] 



JOUENAL OP HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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nine very good baskets. Mr. G. Sage, Ashridge Park Gardens, ] 

 Great Berkhampstead, is first with a weU-finished basket, the 

 berries large, black, and with a beautiful bloom. Second, Mr. M. 

 Henderson, gardener to Sir G. H. Beaumont, Cole Orton HaU, 

 Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Mr. Craven is third ; and an extra prize goes 

 to Mr. T. Baunerman. Class 56.— In Black Hambm-gh or Frank- 

 enthal, single dish, Mr. Douglas is first with three very hne 

 bunches, the berries large, jet black, and well fimshed. Messrs. 

 Wright, Turner Eoad, Lee, Kent, are second with handsome 

 compact bunches ; Mr. G. Sage, third ; an extra prize being 

 awarded to Mr. M. Henderson. Class 57.— Black Grapes, any 

 other variety, Mr. Bannerman. is first with Black Prince ; Mr. 

 Lynn bein" in the second place with the same variety. Class 58. 

 —Single dish of Muscat of Alexandria ; Mr. G. Osborne, manager, 

 Kaye's Nursei-y, Finchley, N., is placed first with three bunches 

 weighing SJ lbs. Mr. D. Pizzey, gardener to Sir E. Perry, 

 Fulmer, Slough, is second ; Mr. W. Kemp, gardener to the 

 Duke of Northumberland, Albury Park, Guildford, third. Both 

 dishes are imripe. In the Frontignan class Mr. W. Kemp 

 is first with weU-ripened "White Frontignan; Mr. Pizzey 

 second with the same variety ; and Mr. Bannerman third with 

 very pretty bunches of the Grizzly variety. Any variety of 

 White Grapes except those indicated above.— AU the prizes went 

 to Buckland Sweetwater. Mr. Douglas is first mth magmfa- 

 cent examples, large iu bunch and berry. Mr. Craven is 

 second, and Mr. Kowe, The Rookeiy, Eoehampton, third with 

 weU-ripened fruit. Golden Champion was sent by Mr. M. Hen- 

 d.erson, huge in berry, but unripe. 



Peaches are magnificent. Mr. J. Brown, gardener to iiarl 

 Howe, GopsaU, Atherstone, worthily holds the first position ; 

 Ms Grosse Mignonne are truly grand. Mr. "W. Gardiner, 

 gardener. Lower Eatington Park, Stratford-on-Avon, is second 

 with very fine Royal George ; third, Mr. G. T. Miles, gardener 

 to Lord CaiTington, "Wycombe Abbey, with the same variety. 



Nectamkes are also very fine, and, with one or two exceptions, 

 highly coloui-ed. Mr. G. T. Miles is first with Elruge ; Mr. W. 

 Gardiner second with the same variety. "Very large examples of 

 Violette Hative, but without the name of owner, are third, an 

 extra prize being awarded to Mr. G. Sage. 



Figs are very good, and are principally of the Brown Turkey 

 variety. Mr. G. T. Miles is first, Mr. G. Sage second, and Mr. 

 C. Ross, gardener to C. Eyre, Bsq.,Welford Park, Newbury, third. 

 Cheekies.— But two dishes of Chei-ries are shown in the two 

 classes. Mr. Miles is first with Elton, and he has a similar 

 award in the class for Black with Black Circassian, the fruit m 

 both cases being vei-y fine. 



Steawtserkies.- In the class for British Queen, Dr. Hogg, or 

 any other light-coloured variety, Mr. Douglas is first with 

 British Queen, veiy fine; Mr. "W. Lynn second with Sir C. 

 Napier. In the class for any dark-coloured variety such as 

 Premier, President, &c., Mr. Douglas is again first with Presi- 

 dent. Mr. Lynn is second with the same variety. 



Melons.— But few are shown, and in general the flavour is 

 not very good. In Green-fleshed Mr. G. Lamb, gardener to G. T. 

 Davey, Esq., Colston Basset, Bingham, Notts, is first with 

 Colston Basset Seedling, the flavour very rich. Mr. Bannerman 

 is second with a pale-fleshed hybrid; Mr. Lynn thrrd with 

 Victory of Bath. In Scarlet-fleshed Mr. Douglas is first with 

 Scarlet Gem ; Mr. Lynn second with the same sort ; and Mr. 

 Miles third with Royal Ascot. 



In the miscellaneous class Mr. Eoss shows two well-kept dishes 

 of Cornish Aromatic Apple, Mr. MUes a box of splendid To- 

 matoes, and a very good brace of Blue Gown Cucumber is 

 sent by Mr. J. Browne. 



Mr. A. Colhourne, gardener to J. Blyth, Esq., "Woolhampton, 

 sent some remarkably well-grown frmt of Loquat, the flavour of 

 which was exceUent. It received a cultural commendation Mr. 

 Eckford, gardener to Lord Radnor, Coleshill, sent fruit of a 

 seedling Grape called "White Hambui-gh, which was very de- 

 ficient in flavour. 



FLOKAi Committee.- J"u«e ith.-Mi: J- Eraser m the chair. 

 A first-class certificate was awarded to Mr. Weatherill, Finchley, 

 for forcing Pelargonium Captain Eaikes, orange scarlet with a 

 browSshcrimsoi blotch veined with crimson, pale rose edge 

 and throat. Two baskets of flowers of the same were also sho^ 

 It is certainly a very free-flowermg variety, likely to be useful 

 for market and decorative purposes. Mr. Eckford gardener to 

 the Earl of Radnor, Coleshill, also exhibited a hlac-flowered 

 Pelargonium ; and of Zonal kinds there were seedhngs from H. 

 Little Esq., Mr. B. Porter, Isleworth, and others. Mr. U. 

 Pfersdorfi, 110, Avenue St. Ouen, Paris, had a first-chiss certifi- 

 cate for Euphorbia Habana monstrosa ; Messrs. Downie La^rd 

 and Laing one for Botryodendron magmficum with beautitul 

 shining green leaves 11 inches long by5 wide. 



Messrs E. G. Henderson & Son, Welhngton Nursery, sent 

 some garden varieties of Begonia, and aniong them B. magniflca, 

 a fine scarlet; likewise new Tricolor Pelargoniums, and herba- 

 ceous Calceolarias. From Dr. Denny, Stoke Newington, came 

 E fchard C<eur de Lion, scarlet Zona with yeiy large Ao^^rs of 

 a fine scariet; also Nelson, fine in colour with a violet fl^sb, but 

 not qidte up to the mark in form. For the former a Arst-class 

 certificate was awarded. Mr. Lee, flonst, Arundel, also had a 

 first-class certificate for Tree Carnation Model, cream white. 



Mr Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, Grimston 

 Park had a cultural commendation for a splendid coUection of 

 Orchids and a fii-st-class certificate f or Utnoulana montana, a 

 remarkably free-flowering epiphyte with white semi-transparent 



"Tersrs"'5Slni'"co",^ofSoorgate. Street, had a first-class 

 cei-tificate for Petunia King of Crimsons very double, nch 

 crtoson purple ; and Mr. Ware, Tottenham, had asimihai- award 

 for Pansy Pluto, almost black, also for Aqnilegia aurea. Mr. 

 Holmes, Lichfield, sent a goo"! B/onze Pelargonium ; the Eev. 

 A. Rawson a Zonal called Maia, from which most of the bloom 

 had been shaken off ; Mr. J. C. Cocks, gariener, Clapham Park 

 a free-blooming di-ooping GloximacaUed Mauve Queen and 

 Mr W Cunningham, Burton-on-Trent, Pelargonium Bridal 

 Bouquet, a pleasing light variety, though not a florists flower. 

 M?. Moore, gardener to C. Leach, Esq., Capham Common 

 exhibited good examples of Odontoglossum hastilabium and 

 Irovost R^seU, Falkirk, had a cultural commendation for cut 

 blooms of Orchids, among which were vei-y A^ ''^"Ify??' 

 Saccolabiums, Anguloas, and Cypnpediums. From Messrs. 

 B G Henderson came a pretty fringed Pelargomum called Em- 



^ Mr DeS'l^idTfiiSlass certificate for Nanodes Medusa,, 

 recently figurld in the "Botanical Magazine," and similar cer- 

 tificatelwlre awarded to W. B. Kellock Esq., for Yucca Trecu- 

 leana, Puya coarctica, and Dasylirion glaucum; also to Messrs. 

 Dixoi & Co. for a variety of Pteris serrulata ciistata. li. ±s. 

 Foster Esq., of Clewer Manor, had also first-class certificates 

 for Pelargonium Prince of Wales, crimson rose, dark blotch, 

 vemed^vith scarlet towards the edge and shading "5*° =:<««' 

 Druid, veined rose, painted top, edged with rose ; Duchess, 

 dark top, edged with scariet, white thi-oat, crimson lower petals. 

 Countess, soft rose, white throat, dark top, edged with rose , 

 Highland Lassie, Scottish Chieftain, Ruth, Eobm Hood, and 

 Senator. Blue Bell had a second-class certihcate. 



Fruit Committee.— June 5th.— G. F. Blenkins, Esq., in the 

 chair. Mr. Gough, gardener to J. Putley, Esq., LowerEaton, sent 

 two heads of Broccoli. Mi-. Bailey, of Ainersham, sent specimens 

 of Bailey's Superb Cabbage, a good close-hearting early variety. 

 Rev. A. Rawson, of Bromley Common, sent stalks of Monarch 

 Rhubarb, a large green variety. Mr. Piccirillo, of Wigmore 

 Street, sent specimens of Marzajola Onion or New "White Silver 

 Tripoli, grown in Naples. Messrs. Criscuolo, Kay, & Co., Graee- 

 church Street, sent roots of the true Early "White Nocera Onion, 

 imported from Naples. It is a small silver-skinned variety. 

 The samcfirm sent specimens of a fine large variety of Lemon, 

 called Sorrento Lemons. Mr. W. Robins, gardener to Sn- E. C. 

 Kerrison, Bart., Oakley Park, Scole, sent a cluster of four Tele- 

 gi-aph Cucumber, the total length of which was 6 feet 10 inches. 

 Mr. J. Gardner, gardener to Col. Astley, Elsham Hall, Brigg, 

 sent a brace of Marquis of Lome Cucumber, 30 and 29 luches 

 long respectively ; one of them a very handsome fruit. Mr. C. 

 Eoss, gardener to C. Eyre, Esq., Weltord Park, sent fruit of a 

 seedling Melon called Weltord Park, scarlet flesh. It is a smaU 

 yeUow-netted fruit with pale pink flesh, and being not ripe an 

 opinion could not be formed on its merits. Alfred Smee, Esq., 

 F.E.S., sent a dish of the old "White Joanneting Apple, perfectly 

 ripe from a vinery, to which a cultural commendation was 

 awarded. Mr. Frost, gardener, Dropmore, sent a plant of 

 " Edible Passiflora," the flavour of which wa very disagreeable. 



DINNEE-TABLE DECORATIONS. 

 I FEEL the thorough justness of the remarks made by Mr. 

 Lucking, my friend Mr. Peach, and " F. E. H. S." I have said, 

 and stm m^ntain, that such a method is only suitable for a 

 club or public company, and were I set down at a private table 

 to such an arrangement I should at once say it was " snob- 

 bish " I say this, because the object of a dinner party is not 

 to admire decorations or to turn everything topsy-turvy tor 

 them, but to meet friends and eat your dinner ; and where 

 tables had been cut and cloths also, I should have concluded 

 that not the comfort of the guests but the glorification of the 

 host was had in view. This is, I believe, the great ^feiice 

 between the dinner table of the true gentleman and that ot 

 the man who wants to be considered as such. In the one, the 

 comfort and pleasure of the guests are the considerations ; in 

 the other, what will they think of my decorations, my wine, my 

 chefs dishes, &c. ? and everything is made to centre round 

 this one point. But what were the exhibitors to do ? It was 

 the first tune Mss Hassard (who, let me say, has invanably 

 taken prizes wherever she has shown), tried it; and if she 

 had any inkling of who the Judges were to be, she exei-cised a 

 wise discretion in departing from her usual role. But at the 



