JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



I July 3, 187S. 



Charles Lefebvre, Triomphe de Eennes, Anna de Diesbach 

 Madame Lacharme, Comtesee d'Oxford, Henri Ledechaux, 

 Louise de Savoie, Napoleon III., Horace Vernet, Adam, Duke 

 of Edinburgh, splendid; Souvenir de Charles Montault, Eichard 

 Wallace, Souvenir d'Elise, and Edward Morren. Mr. Turner, 

 of Slough, took the fourth prize. 



The next class, that for forty-eight varieties, three trusses, is 

 always very effective, and so it was on this occasion. Messrs. 

 Paul & Son were again inrst ; Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, second ; 

 and the remaining prizes went to Mr. Cranston, Mr. Turner, 

 and Messrs. Mitchell. Among the varieties best represented 

 were Victor Verdier, Duke of Edinburgh, Louisa Wood, Alba 

 rosea. Marquise de Castellane, Marechal Kiel, John Hopper, 

 Edward llorren, Devoniensis, Comtesse d'Oxford, MdUe. 

 Eugenie Verdier, Xavier Olibo, Louis Van Houtte, La France, 

 Catherine Mermet, Prince Camille de Rohan, Andre Dunand, 

 Marquise de Gibot, Marie Baumann, Lyonnais, Baroness Roths- 

 child, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Dupuy-Jamain, and Triomphe de 

 Eennes. 



For twenty-four trebles the honours went to Mr. Cranston, 

 Messrs. Paul it Son, Mr. Keynes, and Mr. Turner ; and for the 

 same number of single blooms to Mr. Walters, Mount Radford, 

 Exeter; Mr. Cooling, Bath ; Mr. Lee, Lyonshall, Herefordshire; 

 and Mr. Parker, Victoria Nursery, Rugby. 



The amateurs' classes were unusually good as regards qi;ality, 

 though the number of competitors was not so great as generally 

 the case at this Show. E. N. G. Baker, Esq., of Heavitree, 

 Devon, who has been successful at the shows of previous years, 

 again took the lead, sweeping oflf the first prizes for forty-eight, 

 thirty-six, and twenty-fom*, also an equal first for twelve 

 trusses of any single variety, with stands in which were superb 

 examples of Xavier Olibo, Comtesse d'Oxford, Exposition de 

 Brie, Marquise de Mortemart, Duke of Edinburgh, Marechal 

 Kiel, Louis Van Houtte, Annie Laxton, Marguerite de St. Am and, 

 Louisa Wood, CamiUe Bernardin, Baroness Rothschild, Marie 

 Baumann, MdUe. Louise TJxkuU, John Hopper, Francjois Louvat, 

 Alfred Colomb, and Duke of Edinburgh. Mr. W. Farren. Cres- 

 cent, Cambridge ; the Rev. J. B. Camm ; Mr. Davies, Wilton, 

 Salisbury; and Mr. Ingle, gardener to Mrs. Round, Colchester, 

 took the remaining prizes for forty-eights with excellent 

 trusses. 



For thirty-six trusses the Eevs. G. Arkwright and J. B. Camm 

 came in second and third, with Mr. J. Davies fourth. The prin- 

 cipal prizes for twenty-four and for twelve ti-usses went to 

 Messrs. Prince, Ingle, Bennett, J. L. Curtis, Eev. A. Cheales, 

 andW. Soder. 



In the open class for twelve trusses of any new Eose of 1872, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son were first with Annie Laxton, bright rose ; 

 Messrs. Curtis & Co., Devon Eosery, Torquay, second with 

 Bessie Johnson, large, blush, a very pretty and fragrant Rose, 

 which was certificated last year. Messrs. Curtis also staged a 

 fine twenty-four of the same variety, but, unfortunately, they 

 were wrongly entered. 



In collections of twenty-four new Eoses of 1871 and 1872, the 

 prizetakers were Messrs. Paul Ss Son, Cranston, and Turner. 

 The most conspicuous for quality were Madame Lacharme, 

 white ; Lyonnais, Mrs. Veitch, W. Wilson Saunders, President 

 Thiers, Etienne Levet, Auguste Eigotard, S. Reynolds Hole, 

 Bessie Johnson, Eichard Wallace, Madame George Schwartz, 

 and Andn' Dunand. 



For twelve blooms of any single variety of Rose, equal first 

 prizes were awarded to Mr. E. N. G. Baker and the Rev. G. 

 Arkwright ; to the former for Baroness Rothschild, to the latter 

 for Souvenir d'un Ami, both very fine. Mr. Walters had a 

 second prize, and equal thirds went to the Rev. J. B. Camm and 

 Messrs. Paul for Marie Baumann and Baroness Eothschild. 



The best collection of yellow Eoses was that shown by E. 

 Webb, Esq., of Calcot, who had, among others, fine blooms of 

 Marechal Niel, as well as the double Persian. The other prize- 

 takers were Mr. F. May, Braintree, and Mr. Quennell, Brent- 

 wood. 



Vases and epergnes of Eoses arranged for eflPect were success- 

 fully shown by Miss A. Hyder, Messrs. Soder, Rose, and others ; 

 Fern cases by Messrs. Dick RadclyHe & Co., and Mr. Jones, 

 Epsom ; and there was a host of table decorations, in which Mr. 

 Buster, Mr. T. Wilkinson, and Miss Hudson took the lead. 

 Messrs. Paul exhibited a fine gi-oup of Eoses in pots ; Messrs. 

 Downie, miscellaneous groups ; Mr. Turner, Pinks ; Mr. Parker, 

 blooms of PiEonies ; and the Rev. H. H. Dombrain, Ranun- 

 culuses. 



GBEEXHOUSE GLAZING. 



I MET with a method of glazing the other day which was 

 new to me, as it may be to many of your subscribers, and as 

 I was assured it was perfectly successful, I send you a short 

 account of it. I could see for myself that it looked well, and 

 was a great saving in putty. 



The rafter and rabbet are made as usual, bnt the glass is cut 

 slightly narrower, leaving nearly one-eighth of an inch play on 



each side. The putty is put on the rafter as usual, and the glass 

 pressed down, and on the putty rising on each side, a knife is 

 passed along the face of the glass, removing the whole of the 

 putty which bulges up. The rafter then receives three coats 



a, a, Glass. h, Kafter. 



of paint, allowing the paint to come slightly on to the glass. Tie 

 effect of this method is that there is no putty to crack away 

 from the rafter, as usually happens ; there is only a quarter of 

 the putty used, and when kept painted no water gets in and 

 rots the wood. In the old method you found the putty crack- 

 ing and coming away in long strips, and when once it had begun 

 to crack there was no use painting, as the putty came away 

 paint and all. The panes of glass are kept in their place by 

 a small half-inch tack at the upper corner. — J. P., of York. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



Tee following are The Results of the Royal Hoeticul- 

 TUEAL Society's Show at Bath, as far as can be ascertained 

 at present. The number of visitors and the receipts at the 

 gates were on 



■"' "■ Eeceipte at the Gates. 



Visitors. 



d. 



June 24tli 2S30 69 17 6 



„ 26th 10,238 609 IB 11 



„ 26th 2U,000 867 10 2 



27th 10,914 40.S 8 4 



„ 28th 10,329 298 2 6 



Total 64,011 £2154 1 5 



In addition there was a considerable sum derived from the- 

 sale of tickets before the opening day, which will greatly swell 

 the amount, besides a sum of £10 19s. 6cl. derived from Batb 

 chans. 



In the Yorksliire Gazette we see it is stated that the 



Potato Disease is reported to have appeared in various placea 

 in North Yorkshire. The early American varieties seem mostly 

 affected. 



Impoets of Potatoes and CJuano. — The importation of 

 Potatoes still increases. In the last month the value was 

 £232,390, and in five months £1,540,420, and in the same 

 period last year £145,709. In the last five months the increase 

 of guano imported was considerable compared with the same 

 period in the preceding year. In 1872 the amount was- 

 £315,052, and this year £742,500. 



GAEDENING IN THE WEST.*— No. 4. 



WABUINSTEE. 

 Feom Trowbridge to Warminster is a short run by rail ; and- 

 at Warminster the great attraction is the nursery of Mr. George 

 Wheeler, one of the best in the west of England, as it is also 

 one of the most interesting. AU nurseries are interesting more 

 or less to someone, however small and however special the 

 cultivation may be ; but the nursery of Mr. Wheeler is one 

 which must be interesting to everybody, as it has preserved all 

 the characteristics of the olden time while it has kept well in 

 front with the present. Here we meet with every novelty worth 

 cultivating, and here, too, we find such a collection of herbaceous 

 plants ana ornamental trees and shrubs as would amaze and 

 puzzle the modern gardener — even modern nurserymen would 

 be lost here. It is quite refreshing to spend even one day in 

 this nursery, and especially if you are fortunate enough to 

 have Mr. Wheeler himself as your companion. Though eighty- 

 two years of age he possesses all the energy and activity of 

 mind he ever had, and there is not a plant or tree in his vast 

 collection of which he cannot readUy tell the name. May his 

 bow long abide in strength ! This nursery consists of several 



* Our view of Rood Ashton in last week's number was from a photograph 

 taken by Mr. YVilkinson, of Trowbridge. Oiu- -riew of the entrance to the 

 Victoria Pai-k, Bath, was from a photograph by Messrs. Dutton, the eminent 

 photographers of Henrietta Villas, Lath. 



