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JOURNAL OP HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ June 20, 1872. 



a parterre in the front of the house, which would be glorious 

 if laid-out as an old herbaceous garden, is made to do duty in 

 bedding-out. But despite this, the place is one well worthy 

 a Tisit ; and if after this they will walk on to The Cedars, they 

 may see, if they are lovers of the Eose, such pegged-down 

 Eoses as, I believe, can be seen nowhere else. Mr. Perry has 

 been most successful in thus growing them, and when in bloom 

 they are a grand sight. — D., Deal. 



DENDEOBIUM LOWII. 

 A SPECIMEN of this lovely Dendrohe is now flowering here 

 (Femiehurst). It has produced from the top of a sturdy 

 growth 14 inches high a cluster of nine of its rich flowers, 

 which present a very peculiar appearance. As yet I beUeve it 

 is one of the rarest of the genus, so that probably but few 

 of our amateur' cultivators have had the opportunity of seeing 

 it — at least, when in flower. 



Demlrobiuin Lowii. 



The plant is somewhat distinct in its growth ; the stem, 

 together with the leaves, is covered with minute black hairs, 

 giving the whole a very dark gi'een appearance. The flowers 

 are produced near the top of the growth ; they are of a bright 

 yellow ; and the lip, which is also hairy, is richly marked 

 with reddish veins ; the hairs are also red at the base, tapering 

 off to yellow. This is certainly one of the most beautiful of 

 Orchids, and when obtainable should have a place in all good 

 collections. To procure it, however, seems to be the greatest 

 difficulty. I only remember seeing it in flower once before, 

 some three years since, in the rich collection then kept up by 

 W. W. BuUer, Esq., of Strete Ealegh, near Exeter, and then 

 only with three or foiu-, or at most five blooms. — C. J. White. 



AQUILEGIA GLANDULOSA. 



_ It IS a beautiful plant, but I would caution yom- readers who 

 live in the south of England against hoping to do anything 

 with it in the open border ; they will find it will not succeed. 



I have had plants from aU quarters, and have raised seedlings, 

 but they dwindle away under every treatment. I speak of Kent. 

 Will Messrs. Cai'ter be kind enough to say where the flowers 

 spoken of came from, or rather where were they grown ? I can 

 strongly recommend Aquilegia csrulea and A. spectabilis. — A. E. 



KOYAL HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY'S 

 EXHIBITION AT BIRMINGHAM. 



We pubhsh the gi'ouud plan to-day of that part of the Lower 

 Grounds of Aston Park in which is to be held the Exhibition, 

 which commences next Tuesday. It will be a useful guide 

 for visitors. No better place could have been selected as the 

 locality for the Exhibition. It is a portion of the grounds 

 attached to the Holte Hotel, respecting which a few years 

 since we pubUshed the following, and which we need not now 

 alter or add to : — 



The proprietor of these grounds is a spuited and genial man, 

 wonderful in resource, and prompt and decided in action, by 

 name JIi'. H. G. Quilter. Some few years ago (having, as the 

 manager of the Aston Park Estate under the corporation of 

 Birmingham, obtained some insight into the recreative require- 

 ments of a great industrial community) , he became the propiie- 

 tor of about 36 acres of the Lower Grounds of the Aston Park 

 Estate, with the idea of making it a place of popular resort 

 and recreation. His design was to pro^•ide, for the masses of 

 population who inhabit Birmingham, sources of recreation 

 that, while they should be broadly appUcable to the varying 

 tastes of an enormous community, should also exclude every 

 coarse feature which would be likely to wound the sensibilities 

 of the most fastidious social reformer. This, by dint of un- 

 tiring energy, he has estabhshed in one of the immediate 

 suburbs of Birmingham, scarcely more than two miles distant 

 from the busy centre of this vast iron metropolis ; and by 

 means of lakes for boating and fishing (one being exclusively 

 retained as an ornamental water for various species of water- 

 fowl, etc.,) ; by providing archery, cricket, and croquet grounds, 

 and extensive bowling greens; by high-class concerts, by pri- 

 vate theatricals and dancing under the strictest regulations; 

 by the daily attendance of a first-class band of music ; and 

 lastly, and not least of the category of attractions, by the 

 introduction on an extensive scale of the best modern features 

 of spring, summer, and subtropical gardening, combined with, 

 shady walks, grass plats, specimen ornamental trees, clumps 

 of Rhododendrons, &c. 



The following memoranda will probably be found useful to 

 many of our readers : — 



1, Exhibitors and others desiring private lodgings near to the 

 show ground should write at once to Mrs. Quilter, Lower 

 Grounds, Aston, Birmingham, saying what accommodation they 

 require, and enclose stamped directed envelope for reply. Mrs. 

 Quilter keeps a register of houses in the neighbourhood where 

 lodgings can be had. 



2, The following are the names and addresses of temperance 

 and other hotels where good and inexpensive accommodation 

 may be had : — Corbett's (Temperance), Paradise Street; Wilkins' 

 (Temperance), Moor Street ; Waverley (Temperance) Hotel, New 

 Meeting Street; Knapp's, High Street; Bullivant's, Carr's 

 Lane ; and Suffield's, Union Passage. There are innumerable 

 respectable inns in Birmingham. 



3, The principal hotels are : — The Great Western, at the ter- 

 minus of the Great Western Railway ; the Queen's Hotel, at the 

 terminus of the London and North- Western and Midland Rail- 

 ways ; the Hen and Chickens Hotel, New Street; the Stoke 

 Hotel, Old Square ; and the Swan Hotel, New Street. These 

 are all first-class houses. 



4, Exhibitors who require horses to convey their* vans to the 

 show grounds should at once communicate to one of the under- 

 named according to the line they wiU use, stating on which day 

 and by what train they will travel, and whether they will want 

 one horse or more. H by the London and North-Western Rail- 

 way, to Mr. Nicholls, London and North-Western Railway, 

 Curzon Street, Birmingham ; if by the Midland Railway, to 

 Mr. Peai-son, New Street station, Bu'mingham ; if by Great 

 Western, to Mr. G. W. Andrewes, Snow Hill station, Birming- 

 ham. If vans as well as horses should be requii'ed it must be 

 stated, and some idea of size given. Exhibitors who neglect to 

 write beforehand will not find horses awaiting them. Exhibi- 

 tors who take only a few boxes with them wiR find it best and 

 cheapest to hire cabs ftwo-wheelers), or cars (four-wheelers), to 

 convey them to the Lower Grounds. A plentiful supply of these 

 vehicles will be found at all the stations. The fare for the former 

 is 2s., for the latter 3s. 



5, Exhibitors and others will have, free of charge, access to a 

 room in the hotel adjoining the Lower Grounds (which will be 



