July 14, 1863. ; 



JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 



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(bread fellows) axe very independent beings, and he may 

 pa,ck-up Ms things, and be oft' at a moment's notice. 



But this does not tell what chuijatties are. Fancy to 

 yourself a piece of brown-bread dough rolled to about a 

 quai-ter of an inch in thickness, and just warmed through so 

 that the outside is dry — not crisp — and when you know, 

 besides, that these things are about 8 inches in diameter, 

 and perfectly flabby, you can then picture to youi-self " chu- 

 patties." They are oiu' substitute for bread in the jungle, 

 and it is wonderful how soon one gets accustomed to them, 

 though even a poor person in England would scarcely look 

 at them, much less eat them. They are not unwholesome 

 as you may conclude, for the extreme coarseness of the 

 flour prevents them being so sodden as they would be if 

 made of the finest flour, such as at home is used for bread. 



The vegetables cultivated in the gardep here are the 

 same as in England, thotigh, perhaps, not so fine. Cauli- 

 flower and Broccoli do not grow weU, and, indeed, during 

 this hot season, with the theimometer in the shade at 114°, 

 the only kinds of vegetables we can obtain are Potatoes, 

 a native Bean resembling Dwarf Kidney Beans, Vegetable 

 Marrows, Cucumbers, and Melons. 



They ai-e aU grown vfith a little bund (bank) round each 

 bed, to retain the water about them with which they are 

 irrigated every day from a well, whence two bullocks are 

 incessantly raising water, which is conducted to the diS'erent 

 pai-ts of the garden by small channels on raised banks. 



It is a very bad tune of the year (May) to write about 

 gardening, but I will give a sketch and fuller details here- 

 after. — A Civil Engineer. 



KOY.VL HOETICTJLTmiAL SOCIETY. 



Floeal Committee, Jitly 1st. — The following new or 

 rare plants, the names and awards of which were omitted in 

 our last report, were exliibited in the Society's garden in the 

 third and last gi-eat Exhibition, for the inspection of the 

 Floral Sub-committee. 



Messrs. Veitch & Son sent several new plants. Among 

 them Bomaria multiflora, a showy climbing greenhouse 

 perenial — first-class certificate ; Pteris serrulata cristata, a 

 useful and ornamental Fern, suited for a glass Fern case — 

 first-class certificate ; Acrophorus ajiinis, from Borneo, a 

 useful Fern for baskets — second-class certificate ; Cattleya 

 Aclandi-Loddigesii, a hybrid Orchid raised by Messrs. 

 Veitch, a very interesting plant, with rose-coloured sepals 

 spotted with crimson — first-class certificate ; L)ictyogramma 

 japonica, a Japanese Fera with &-onds fi-om 2 to 3 feet long — 

 first-class certificate ; Ligustnim foHis vai'iegatis, a dwai'f 

 shrub with pale yellow variegated foliage — commended ; 

 Asplenium consimile, a Chilian Fern — commended. 



Mr. Frost, gai'denei' to Lady GreuviUe, Dropmore, sent a 

 hybrid Statice Prostii, an ornamental plant with richly 

 coloured flowers — second-class certificate. 



Mr. Bull, Chelsea, exhibited Ouvii-andra fenestraJis, a rare 

 aquatic plant with net-like fohage, and producing a forked 

 spike of small white flowers — commended ; Ai-aucaria Eulei, 

 seedlings of a new Caledonian Conifer — second-class certifi- 

 cate. 



Messrs. Backhouse & Son, York, exhibited many speci- 

 mens of theii' valuable collection of Ferns, among them 

 Trichomanes scandens, a beautiful West-Indian Pern, re- 

 markable for its drooping fronds — fii'st-class certificate ; 

 Hymenophyllum valvatum, another drooping Pern — first- 

 dass cei-tificate ; Trichomanes Kaulfussii — second-class cer- 

 tificate ; Lindsaea stricta, a pale green Pern resembling a 

 Maiden-hau- — commended ; Trichomanes alatum — com- 

 mended; Trichomanes floribmidum — commended; Adiantum 

 Ghiesbreghtii, a very handsome and ornamental Maiden- 

 hair. Messrs. Backhouse also received a special certificate 

 for their very valuable and rare collection of Ferns. 



Eev. J. G. C. Pussell, the Chantry, Prome, sent a very 

 superb specimen of Gynmogi'amma chrysophyUa, a seedling 

 form of the Golden Fern — commended ; also Llavea cordi- 

 folia, a fine Fern, but rarely exhibited — special certificate. 



Mr. Standish, Bagshot, sent several new plants, among 

 them Quereus species with curiously-developed folia,ge— 

 commended ; Asplenium elegantulum, an elegant dwarf 

 Pern, which appears hardy and suitable for the Fern case — 



first-class certificate ; Seiaginella involvtns, very beautiful, 

 forming a distinct compact plant, and producing its bright 

 oTcen branches round a centre — second-class certificate ; 

 Woodsia polystiehoides Veitchii, a dwarf Japanese Fern, 

 very distinct from all otlier "VVoodsias — second-class certifi- 

 cate ; Punkia species, a pretty herbaceous perennial, bearing 

 drooping French-white flowers — second-class certificate ; 

 Quereus species, a fine Ijroad-leaved Oak — second-class 

 certificate. 



Mr. Watson, gardener to C. Leach, Esq., Clajiham, sent 

 Disa grandiflora superba, a decided improvement upon the 

 Disa grandiflora exhibited in 1861, the colour being much 

 brighter and deeper : hence its additional title sujierba — 

 second-class certificate. 



Messrs. E. G. Henderson, Wellington Eoad, had a very 

 distinctly-variegated Primula sinensis, with deep green 

 foliage, strongly marked with yellowish stiipes — commended. 



Messrs. A. Henderson, Pine .4.pple Place, had Gardenia 

 florida variegata, leaves boldly margined with pale yeUov; ; 

 a Japanese plant — commended. 



Flokal Committee, Jitly 7th. — A Meeting of this Com- 

 mittee was held in the -right-hand upper terrace of the con- 

 servatory this day. 



Mr. Keyues, Salisbury, sent tv/o boxes containing thirty 

 varieties of new Eoses. A more magnificent collection was 

 never exhibited ; they were shown in thi-ees, and for size and 

 bilUiancy of colour could not be surpassed. The Society's 

 special certificate was awai'ded to the collection. The names 

 of some of the most striking may interest the admii-ers of 

 this queen of flowers. Among them we noticed — Olivier 

 Delhomme, Madame Boutin, Vulcan, Charles Lefebvre (a first- 

 rate flower), Beauty of Waltham, Eobert Fortune, Genevieve 

 Bom-dillon, Frani,>ois Lacharme (fii-st-rate flower), John 

 Hopper, Madame Clemence Joigneaux (a very siiperiorEose), 

 Souvenir de Lady Eardley, Madame Julie Paran, Acheveque 

 de Paris, Turenne, Souvenir' de Comte Cavour, Marechal 

 VaiUant, and Monte Chiisto. 



Mr. Peny, Bu-mingham, sent a very excellent stand of 

 twenty-four Verbenas, among which were some good seed- 

 lings which received the special certificate. A seedling. 

 Mauve Queen, a delicate lavender-coloured flower, was com- 

 mended. Should this variety bear the sun' s scorching rays 

 it will be a most useful bedding plant. Among other good 

 seedlings were — Purity, deep bright rose, clear eye ; Eubens, 

 good form, deep crimson, white eye ; Motley, deep rose; 

 Monarch ; and Startler. 



In the collection of twenty-four vai-ietiee, we noticed — 

 Black Prince, Lord Elgin, Eeine des Pleure, L'Avenir de 

 Ballent, Foxhunter, Colossus, and Lord Leigh, the three 

 brightest and largest-trussing scarlets. On this occasion 

 Foxhunter was decidedly the best scarlet exhibited, and a 

 variety which should be extensively cultivated. 



While noticing the Verbenas, we must here mention that 

 the Committee this day withdrew the first-class certificate 

 granted 1862, to a Verbena named Eugby Hero, it proving 

 to be on careful examination identical with L'Avenii' de 

 BaUent. 



Messrs. Veitch sent Selaginella involvens, and SelagineUa 

 involvens variegata, both of which received first-class certifi- 

 cates. P'rom the same nursery came three pots of Liliuni 

 auratum, one plant with the flower-stems bearing three 

 flowers each. 



Mr. Melville exhibited a seedling ISTemopMla auriculseflora, 

 one of the dark chocolate varieties with a distinct whit* 

 border — commended. 



A seedling Verbena, Princess of Wales, a s-sriped variety, 

 was requested to be seen again, one imperfect truss only 

 being sent. This was a promising flower. 



Fkuit Cosimittee, July 8th. — A meeting of the Com- 

 mittee was held at the garden at Chiswick, Mi'. Edmonds in 

 the chair. IVIr. Ai'chibald Fowler, gardener to Lord Dal- 

 rymple. Castle Kennedy, N.B., sent fiiiit ol a large white 

 Fig, which appeared to be Large White Genoa. Mr. Cook- 

 son, Lenton Purs, Nottingham, sent a seedhng Strawberry 

 of the Sir Harry class, which was of gocid fia.vour andlarge 

 size ; but not sufficiently superior to those in cultivation to 

 requii'e any special notice. 



The Committee then proceeded to examine the Vines in 

 pots in the forcing-pits, and noted the following :— -Chasselas , 

 de Florence, a form of Eoyal Muscadine, ■wlueh sometimeg 



