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JOUKNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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loose parenchymatous substance of the leaf. The surface of the 

 disk is studded with excessively minute stomata, of a different 

 form from th<? other stomata on either surface of the leaf ; the 

 guard-cells of these stomata further contain on their outer 

 edge a row of minute chlorophyle gi-anules, giving them a most 

 beautiful appearance. It was raised from seed received in 

 1871 from Mr. Bolus, and now forms a profusely flowering 

 mass of branches and leaves, 2 feet in diameter ; it flowered 

 from March to June of the present year." — {Ibid., I. 6044.) 



Rhododekdros m.vl.\y.«U5i. Nat. on/., Ericace.T. Linn., 

 Decandria Mouogynia. — Native of the Malayan Archipelago. 

 Flowers crimson. " Dr. William .Jack, of the late East India 

 Company's service, a verj- able botanist and author of the 

 • Malayan Miscellanies,' was the first to make known this fine 

 plant (in about 18'23), which he discovered on the summit of 

 Gunong Bunko, a remarkably insulated mountain, commonly 

 called by Europeans the Sugar-loaf, in the interior of Ben- 

 coolen, Sumatra. Dr. Jack observes of this mountain that, 

 though estimated at only 3000 feet in height, the character of 

 its vegetation is decidedly alpine, a fact which he attributes to 

 the form and consequent exposure of its sharp conical peak. 

 Rhododendron malayanum has since been gathered repeatedly 

 on Mount Ophir, Malacca, at an altitude of 4000 feet." — 

 (Ibid., t. G04.5.) 



BoRONn MEijASTiGM.i. Nat. ord., Eutaoeffi. Linn., Octan- 

 dria Monogj-nia. — Native of south-west Australia. Flowers 

 maroon-purple outside and pale yellow inside. " It was in- 

 troduced into Kew by seed originally received from Baron von 

 Mueller, and subsequently living plants were presented by 

 M. Thozet. The somewhat aromatic fragrance of the flowers 

 resembles nothing known to me : it is most delicious ; and 

 though not overpowering, soons fiUs a large room ; and should 

 it be capable of being obtained as a perfume, I may safely 

 predict its being in great request. In these respects, of deli- 

 cacy of odour accompanying a singular brown-purple colour, 

 it resembles the Tinnaa a;thiopica of Tropical Africa, and 

 like the Tinnaja, the Boronia is very easy of cultivation, if 

 treated like a Heath in an ordinary greenhouse." — (Ibid., 

 t. 6046.) 



OMPnALODES LcciLij:. A''«(. orrf., Boraginaeeai. Z.i»h., Pent- 

 andria Monogynia. — Native of Asia Minor. Flowers some 

 pink and others blue. " This beautiful plant has hitherto 

 been found only in two localities, which are very distant from 

 one another, in Asia Minor— namely, Mount Sypilus, near 

 Manesis (the ancient Magnesia, north-east of Smyrna), where 

 it was discovered by Aucher Eloi; and in the Eastern Taurus 

 Mountains of Bulgar dagh, in the province of Cilicia (now 

 Itschili), adjoining the Gulf of Scanderoon. In both places it 

 inhabits considerable altitudes, attaining 8000 feet. It is de- 

 cidedly the most beautiful species of the genus, and is well 

 adapted for rockwork cultivation, remaining in flower for a 

 considerable time in cool weather, and presenting all shades of 

 colour in the corolla, from a pale pink-purple to azure. The 

 specimen here figured was presented to the Royal Gardens by 

 James Atkins, Esq., of Painswick, and which flowered pro- 

 fusely for a second time after arrival." — (ILii., t. 6047.) 



Rose — Mademoiselle Cecile Berthod. — "This pretty new 

 Tea Rose is from the collection of Mr. W. Paul at Waltham 

 Cross. The variety has been shown at some of the spring 

 metropolitan exhibitions, and won a first-class certificate, 

 being, as we think, very deservedly rewarded. The Rose is of 

 good free habit, blooming abundantly, and the flowers are 

 large and full, of a fine pure sulphur-yellow colour, the backs 

 of the petals being almost white. Our collections of Tea Roses 

 have received .some very useful accessions during the last year 

 or two, and amongst the novelties thus obtained wo believe 

 the variety now figured wUl be found to hold a foremost place, 

 and will not disappoint those who cultivate it." — (Florist and 

 Nomologist, 3 s., vi., 14.5.) 



The Rose-scf.nted Geranium. — Some forty years since, or 

 more, the " old Rose Geranium " was much prized, not for its 

 flowers, ("r they are quite insignificant, but for the delicious 

 fragrance of its foliage, which, like the Sweet Verbena (Aloysia 

 citriodora) retains the scent when dried and kept in the pocket. 

 My employer some three weeks since informed me that many 

 years back he recollected, at Peper Harrow, the beautiful seat 

 of Viscount Middleton, the then, as far as he knew, only re- 

 maining plant of that Geranium. I immediately wrote to Mr. 

 Thompson, the gardener at Peper Harrow, and was happy to 

 find that the old plant is still in existence, and Mr. Thompson 



has been kind enough to send me some cuttings of it. It is 

 well worth preserving. — G.H.Cooke, The Gardens, Peniarth, 

 Merioneth. 



VALUE OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 



Fkuits and flowers have too often been considered only as 

 the luxuries of life ; but the more we use them, the more we 

 are associated with them, the nearer shall we approach a re- 

 fined and healthy temperament both of body and of mind. It 

 is therefore our duty to develope these wonderful resources of 

 nature, and to increase and improve them to their utmost ex- 

 tent. No employment is more consonant with the refinement 

 and happiness of a rational being, none better calculated to 

 develope the purest sentiments of our moral nature. " They 

 are," said Mr. Webster, " a constant field where all sexes and 

 ages, and every degree of taste and refinement, may find 

 opportunity for gr-atification." — {E.rtraetfrom a Lecture by the 

 Hun. Marshall P. IVilder to the Masscichuscts Horticultural 

 Society.) 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 July ICth and 17th. 

 On one of the finest days we have enjoyed this summer, but 

 by no means hot, the Zonal Pelargonium Show opened, and it 

 ia to be continued this day. The flowering specimens are 

 dazzling in their colours, and those whose memories stretch 

 back to the old Tom Thumb would marvel indeed at the size 

 both of pips and truss that is here to be found, not in one variety 

 only, but in dozens. The Tricolors, on the other hand, which 

 but a short time ago were all the rage, are dull, and present a 

 great sameness. Notwithstanding the absence of exhibitors who 

 had entered, but did not come forward, Mr. Eyles evoked at the 

 last moment a very good arrangement in the conservatory cor- 

 ridors, where the Show is held, and by a more rigid adhererice 

 to time, in which respect the reins must be drawn tighter stiU, 

 we believe it will be possible to have yet better effects in the 

 future. Exhibitors entering a number of plauts and then not 

 coming forward at the last moment, render all preconceived 

 plans futile. 



Class 1 is for eighteen Zonal Pelargoniums in G-iuch pots, novelty 

 and shape of flowers taking the precedence of size and training. 

 Here Mr. George, gardener to Miss Nicholson, Putney Heath, 

 is first with A. F. Barron, a fine scarlet, with a white eye; 

 Edward Bennett, deeper in colour; Queen's Messenger, very 

 large truss ; La Grande Marque, fine truss ; Lord Loudesborough, 

 scarlet; Congress, fine orange scarlet; Circulator, free-flower- 

 ing rosy scarlet ; Lucretia, white, with pink eye ; Polly King, 

 salmon rose ; and others all of his own raising. Second come 

 Messrs. Bell & Thorpe with a collection not one of which is 

 named except on tallies in the pots, but nearly all of them are 

 beyond reach. The same remark applies to the third-prize lot 

 from Dr. Denny, of Stoke Newington. Mr. Caunell, of Wool- 

 wich, also exhibits in this class. 



In Class 2, for twelve Nosegays or hybrid Nosegays in 6-inch 

 pots, novelty and shape of flowers again taking the precedence 

 of size and training, Mr. George also takes tlie first position 

 with a group, in which Grand Coup, bright rosy scarlet, is very 

 fine. Mr. Cannell is second with a group in which Frank Miles, 

 magenta crimson ; Undine, deep scarlet ; Mrs. Ffytch, iuteuse 

 rose ; Mrs. Turner, magenta rose ; Mrs. F. Burnaby, pink, white 

 at the base of the upper petals ; and Matilda, are conspicuous. 

 Third comes Mr. Goddard, of Twickenham. Messrs. Bell and 

 Thorpe, Stratford-on-Avon, Mr. Turner, of Slough, Dr. Denny, 

 and Mr. Rowe, The Rookery, Roehampton, also exhibit in this 



p'or six specimen Zonal varieties Mr. Catliu, gardener to 

 Mrs. Lermitte, Finchley, is first with plants in splendid bloom, 

 some of which measure 5 feet in diameter. The kinds are 

 Monsieur Rendatler, Prince of Wales, Pioneer, Lord Derby 

 (magnificent), Virgo Marie, and Leonidas. 



In the nurserymen's class for six hybrid Nosegays, Messrs. 

 Bell & Thorpe are first with an unnamed lot. For twelve double 

 Zonals the same firm are also first with fine examples of Marie 

 Lemoine, rose ; Victor Lemoine and Charles Glym, scarlet ; 

 Mr. Gladstone, rose scarlet; and Signet, together with jVlba 

 plena, a very poor white, and others. Second come Messrs. 

 Wright, Lee, Kent. In the amateurs' class Mr. H. Watson, gar- 

 dener to T. H. Bryant, Esq., Airlic Lodge, Surbiton, is first. 



Golden Tricolors are exhibited in considerable force. The 

 best eighteen come from Mr. Pestridge, Greenway Nursery, Ux- 

 bridge, and consist of finely-grown excellently-coloured plants 

 of Prince of Wales, Mrs. Headley, Sophia Dumaresquo, Mr. 

 Rutter, Lady Cullum, Peter Grieve, Mrs. Turner, Florence, 

 Salamander, Sir Robert Napier, Acme, Mrs. Dunnett, E. R. 



