July as, lam. 



JOUKNAL OF HOETICULTUKE AJfD COTTAGK GAiiDENEE. 



69' 



I have watched these pages weekly for either adherents 

 or dissentients ; -yet have been much disappointed in my 

 wishes as to either. It should be well understood that 

 where a question is asked to be answered by the general 

 gardening community, it is not for the staff-writers of 

 this Journal to give a response at first. Either way may be 

 of use ; but I did expect (the least indeed that could have 

 been expected), that very many strenuous advocates for so 

 great a desideratum woidd have been found amongst those 

 who do not as a mle resort to so rational an occupation as 

 that of giving publicity to their opinions or practices 

 generally. 



This Society is a proposal which shoidd bring the most 

 prosperous of the class to its aid ; for these are the indi- 

 viduals who should do all in their power to forward the 

 advancement of our- class and calling. 



I would earnestly ask my fellow gardeners, if they are 

 fa%'ourable to the estabHshmeEt of such a Society, to act at 

 once — not for each to wait with, it may be, the thought of 

 seeing what others may do in the matter. 



Let me also hope that the Editors have not come to the 

 conclusion that there is no success ; and also let me hope 

 that a sufficient number will at once send in their adhesion 

 to theiTiles generally, thereby justifying a commencement 

 in so great a requirement. I am not only ready, but 

 anxious, at the earliest moment to subscribe my mite 

 towards the expenses ever attendant upon the preliminaries 

 of such an undertaking. — W. Eakley, Digswell. 



THE FEOST OF JULY 19th. 



[In addition to ouj' notice of this frost, inserted at page 57, 

 we have the following communication.] 



Will you oblige me by stating whether the frost of 

 yesterday morning (19th) was general or oidy partial ? as 

 the tops of my Fluke Potatoes (at Waltham Cross) were aU 

 frosted, and are now thoroughly blackened. Also wiU you 

 saj' if the BougainviUsea wUl do in a gi-eenhouse, as I can 

 do nothing with it in my stove-house ; and what treatment 

 do you recommend ? — An Original Suesceibek. 



[We had a slight white fi-ost on the morning of the 19th 

 at Luton, but it left little or no traces behind it. The 

 Bougainvillaea wiU do best in a stove in summer with heat 

 below the roots, abundance of water given to it, and the 

 shoots kept near the glass. In autumn less water should 

 be given to the roots, but heat kept on and a di'y atmo- 

 sphere. In winter keep drier still ; and increase heat and 

 moistui'e gradually in spring. We think a greenhouse will 

 be too cold for it, but time will try. It requires heath soil 

 and loam to gi'ow in, and abundant drainage. We fear 

 your phmt must be sickly. — E. Fish.] 



Death of Mr. Fraseb. — It is with feelings of sincere 

 regret that we announce the demise of Mr. Fraser, the 

 celebrated landscape-gardener, which took place at his re- 

 sidence, 25, Westland Eow, Dublin, on the night of the 12th 

 inst., after but a few days' illness. Mr. Eraser has been 

 amongst the most successful of Irish landscape-gardeners 

 and land-improvers, and there are but few residences of our 

 nobility and gentry in Ireland where traces of his sound 

 judgment, eminent skUl, and classic purity of taste may 

 not be found ; and his abilities were so greatly appreciated, 

 that his practice had considerably extended through Eng- 

 land and Scotland for several years past. The extensive im- 

 provements carried on at Cuiraghmore dui'ing the late Mar- 

 quis of Waterford's Ufetime; at Castle Martyr, the seat of 

 the Earl of Shannon ; at Adare, that of the Earl of Dum-aven, 

 and hundi-eds of other fine old seats ; and the new creations 

 of G-owran, Lord Clitden's ; Castle Oliver, the Misses Gas- 

 coynes' ; and Saunders Court, the Earl of An-an's, remain 

 lasting monuments of his great abilities. His literary 

 attainments were of a high order, and his handbook for 

 Ireland and traveller's map, which have gone tlu-ough several 

 editions, are in the highest estimation with touiists, com- 

 mercial men, and travellers of every grade, as the surest 

 and best guide to all who wish to see Ireland thoroughly 

 and profitably. As a personal friend many wUl mourn his 

 loss. — (Irish Farmers' Gazette.) 



EOYAL HOETIClTLTtTRAL SOCIETY. 

 July 21st, 1863. 



Floral Committee. — Mi'. Salter, Hammersmith, exhibited 

 two Pompon Dahlias, Deutsche Bellis and Goute d'Or, iheir 

 chief recommendation being a dwarf habit. These speci- 

 mens were grown in pots, and it was decided that their 

 merits would be better tested when gi'o\™ in the open 

 ground ; also. Pelargonium Agliie, with pink flowers having 

 a white centre, very similai- to Eose Queen. 



Mr. BuD, Chelsea, sent three Caladiums, Pallisii, regahs, 

 and Cannaertii — the plants were very small, and it was 

 requested they might be seen again ; also, Boussonetia 

 papyrifera foliis variegatis. 



Mr. Watson, St. Albans, again sent Calceolaria Bijou, 

 with chocolate crimson flowers. This plant received a second- 

 class certificate at the second great Exhibition, June 17th; 

 but from its imiiroved character and promising usefulness 

 as a bedding vaaiety, it was on this occasion awarded a first- 

 class certificate. 



Mr. J. Holland, Spring Grove, exhibited two seedling 

 Petunias, one semi-double named Circle, the other HoUandii, 

 a small, striped, convolvulus-shaped flower. 



Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich, exhibited Helipterum Sand- 

 fordii, an annual &'om Western Australia of the Everlasting 

 section, with small bright yellow flowers in dense bunches. 

 As a bedding plant it was considered desu'able, and was 

 awarded a fii'st-class certificate. Seeds of this annual were 

 sent to England ten yeaa-s ago by Mi-. Drummond, but tiU 

 the present time the plant has been little known in our 

 gardens. 



Ml-. John BofiF, Balls Pond, sent Verbena Firefly, with 

 variegated foliage — a coarse worthless variety ; Mr. Wain- 

 wi-ight, Kettering, a seedling Pink, Prince of Wales, of the 

 Anne Boleyn class, but very thin and small ; Mr. J. Perkins, 

 Northampton, cut flowei-s of a seedling Verbena, Chai-mer, 

 deep mulben-y with a pecidiarly marked centre. 



Ml-. Tm-uer, Slough, had four- seedling Picotses, all of 

 them of excellent quality. They were Lucy (Taylor), a pm-e 

 white gi-ound, light rose-edged flower — first-class certificate ; 

 Col. Clerk (Norman), light purple-edged, good form ; Miss 

 SeweU (Ku-tland), fine, Ught rose-edged flower; and Miss 

 Williams (Norman), a light rose-edged flower. 



Messrs. Do^TIlie, Laii-d, & Laing, sent a beautiful seedling 

 Hollyhock, Alexander Shearer, of first-rate form, fuU and 

 circular flower, dark crimson red, for which a fii-st-class cer- 

 tificate was awarded; also a collection of twenty-four Hol- 

 lyhocks, which for their excellent qualities received a special 

 certificate. Among them we particularly noticed the fol- 

 lowing — In Memoriam, Mr. Chater, George Keith, Perfection, 

 Illuminator, Miss Nightingale, Sambo, Empress Eugenie, 

 Lady Dacres, Lord Loughborough, Primrose Gem, Excelsior, 

 and Piu-ple Prince. 



Mr. Parsons sent six seedling Achimenes, of which one 

 named Moorii was a pleasing variety, with soft rosy salmon 

 flowers and a fringed or ciliated margin ; it received a second- 

 class certificate. The remainder were good varieties, but 

 not distinct from others in cultivation. 



Mr. WiUiam Paul exhibited cut specimens of a seedling 

 Hybrid Perpetual Eose Princess of Wales, bright carmine 

 rose, which was much admu-ed, and when seen again under 

 more favourable cii-cumstances will doubtless receive a 

 high award. After the Meeting a box was sent by Messrs. 

 Barr and Sugden, containing cut specimens of an old and 

 well-known plant — Gloxinia tubiflora, remarkable for its 

 long white-tubed flowers. These specimens had been just 

 received from Nice, and were damaged by theii- long 

 journey. 



Frtit Committee.— Ml-. Whiting in the chau-. Prizes 

 were oiFered at this meeting for the best dishes of Peaches 

 and Nectarines respectively, and for the best collection of 

 the newer varieties of Strawberries ; but there were no 

 exliibitions in these classes. 



Mr. Whiting exhibited fruit of Jefferson Plum in compe- 

 tition for the best dish of Plums, and received the first prize. 

 Mr. Ten-y, gardener to L. Ames, Esq., The Hyde, St. Alban's, 

 received the first jH-ize for the best collection of Cui-rants. 

 There were Eaby Castle, Bed Dutch, Eed Champagne, Old 

 Black, Black Naples, and White Dutch, all of which were 

 very fine examples of the varieties. 



