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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEK. 



[ September 1, 1863. 



Ferns will not bear the lieat of the sun on the higher part 

 of the hanlis, and that they would object to then' roots 

 being under water dm-ing the winter and rainy season, as 

 the water is then much higher. — L. E. 



[Instead of being troubled we should be delighted with 

 the piece of ornamental water. We would clothe it with 

 Willows and Alders. Of AVillows, common Weeping, 

 American and Kiimai-uock ditto, and Silver-striped. Alders, 

 Cut-leaved, Heart-leaved, and Hoary-leaved, which, with 

 some shrubs, as Dogwood, iSic, wmdd very soon clothe it. 

 The Giant Cow Pai-suip is a veiy effective plant for the 

 margin of pools, and once i^lanted takes care of itself. 

 For the water, if it be large, the following may be planted 

 in the deejiest parts : — Nupliai' lutea, Iris pseud-acorus, 

 Typha latifolia, Alisma plantago, Villarsi.a nymphoides, 

 Nympha-a alba, Alisma lanceolata, and Eumex hydrolapa- 

 thum. For the margin, or a few feet within the water : — 

 Caltha palustris, C. palustris flore-pleno, C. parnassifolia, 

 natans, and minor ; Butomus umbeUatus ; CaUa palustris ; 

 Alisma ranunculoides. natans, repens, trivialis, and pai- 

 viflora ; Cardamine pratensis, C. pratensis flore pleno, 

 C. amara latifolia, granidosa, prorepens, and dentata; Typha 

 angustifoHa, minima, and minor ; Thalia dealljata ; Swertia 

 pereunis; Ranunculus tripartitus, obtusiflorus, and aqua- 

 tiUs ; Nuphar piuuila and advena ; Nymphaa odorata, 

 pygmtea, nitida, and minor : Carex panicidata ; DegTapliis 

 arundinacea; Glyceria fluitans; Catabrosa aquatica, and 

 C. vii'idula ; Phragmites communis ; Hydroehloa aquatica 

 (an annual) ; Alopecm-us geniculatus. Hottonia jialustris 

 and Richai'dia tethiopica require j^rotection in winter 

 unless planted a foot or more below the surface. There are 

 several more, but these strike us at the moment. The 

 Pampas Grass grows well in wet places, and would no doubt 

 luxm-iate on the margin of water. We do not know the 

 name of any person that sells aquatics, which is much to 

 be regretted, as there are thousands of ponds and lakes 

 quite baiTen, cliiefly because people do not know of anything 

 to plant in them, and if they do, nobody can tell them where 

 they are sold. Any enterprising nm-seiyman might open 

 up a good ti-ade with aquatics. We wiU publish a few notes 

 on their cultivation.] 



HOYAL H0ETICITLTIT3?AL SOCIETY'S 

 COMMITTEES.— August 25, 18(33. 



Flokal Committee. — Rev. J. Dix in the ehah-. SeetUing 

 Dahlias formed the principal feature of this Meeting, ,and 

 many very good flowers were exhibited ; but the standard 

 of perfection is now raised so high, and so many excellent 

 varieties are in cidtivation, that it requires something very 

 superior to enable a seedling of the jiresent day to merit 

 a high awai'd. 



Mr. Keynes, of Salisbm-y, entered sixteen seedlings of the 

 present year, all of them of considerable merit, or Mi-. Keynes' 

 name would not have been attached to them : — Fanny Pm-- 

 chase, a beautifully-formed, medium-sized, bright yellow, 

 very first-rate in quality — first-class certificate ; Surety, a 

 dark-shaded buff, the backs of the petals tinged with rosy- 

 r-ed or cinnamon, perhaps a little too co,arse a flower — second- 

 class certificate ; Anna Keynes, a very fine and delicate 

 flower, white ground, petals tipped with pale lilac — second- 

 class certificate ; Earl of Pembroke, a magrdficent and showy 

 flower, deep claret, in form resembling and equalling Lord 

 Derby — first-class certificate ; Regularity, white ground, 

 spotted and striijed with maroon or pm-ple — second-class 

 certificate. 



Mr. Legge, Edmonton, exhibited Crimson Perfection, a 

 fine promising flower — commended ; Formidable, a Fancy 

 vai-iety, white ground tipped with rosy crimson — second- 

 class certificate ; The Bride, a very pretty flower, good form, 

 creamy white ground, shaded with pm-ple — second-class 

 certificate ; Nonsuch, tawny or deep orange buff, good form 

 — commended. 



Mr. Wheeler, Warminster, exhibited Symmetry, fine dark 

 crimson maroou — commended ; Cornet, a dark claret with 

 a lively bright glow on the surface of the petals, a vei-y 

 promising and useful medium flower — second-class oer- 

 tificate. 



In Hollyhocks, the Rev. E. Hawke exhibited a fine spike 



of his seedling Willingham Defiance, bright pink, full cir- 

 cular flowers, a very nice flower — second-class certificate. 

 Ml-. Bu-d Porter, Volunteer, dark rubr, very fine and fiiU 

 flowers ; a spike of this plant would have probaljly gained 

 for it a higher award — second-class certificate. Messrs. 

 Downie, Laird, & Laing, Queen, creamy white, fine iuU 

 flower — second-class certificate. Mr. Chater, Acme, a pale 

 delicate bright rose of excellent form and distinct — first- 

 class certificate. Mr. Chater sent also a coUeotion of twenty- 

 foiu- fine flowers. 



Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, exhibited LOium Neilgheriense, 

 a beautifully- foiined cream-coloiu-ed flower, resembling 

 Bro-wnii and longifiurum — second-class certificate ; also two 

 plants of Lilium lancifolium album. These Lilies were pur- 

 chased at Mr. Stevens' sale in February last in a collection 

 of Japanese bulbs. 



Messrs. E. G. Henderson exhibited eighteen plants of a 

 new bedding Pelargonium Mrs. Benyon, of dwarf habit, fine 

 scarlet trusses, foliage very similar and quite equal to Mrs. 

 Pollock — first-class certificate ; Pelargonium Rosette, white 

 variegated foliage, with pale rose flowers. Also a collection 

 of twelve seedling vai-iegated-foliaged Pelargoniums of 

 great interest. Nos. 82, 53, 44, 5, appeared to be promising 

 kinds. 



Mr. Bull, Chelsea, exliibited Vallota pui-piu-ea eximia, ex- 

 cpusite in the foi-ni of its comi:)act head of eu-cular flowers, 

 rather lighter in colour than V. purpm-ea; and although 

 not a new vai-iety, a scarce one — fii-st-class certificate. 



Mr. G. Smith, Hornsey Eoad, brought cut blooms of his 

 sujierb Scarlet Pelargonium Lord of the Isles, which was 

 awarded a tu-st-class Certificate at Chiswick on the 11th ult. 

 It was much admired by those who had not seen it before. 



Mr. Aniey sent a seedling Ageratum of no pai-ticular 

 merit, little differing fi-om the one in genei-iil cidtivation. 



Mr. Melville, Dalmeny Park, sent cut flowers of Calen- 

 dula officinalis, but they were too much injui-ed to be 

 examined. 



Mr. Backhouse, York, sent Cyi-tanthus (Ciastronema) 

 sanguineus, a vei-y pretty amaryllidaceous plant of vai-ioiis 

 shades of rose and yiuk, said to be as hai-dy as Gladiolus 

 gandavensis. Shoidd tlus prove to be the case it wUl be a 

 very useful and ornamental plant — first-class certificate. 



Mr. Batem,an exhibited a very fine plant of Epidendrum 

 vitelliiium with four spikes of flowers. Although not equal 

 to Epidendi-um vitelliuum major, it was a specimen of good 

 cidtivation, and a sjiecial certificate was awarded. Mr. 

 Bateman sent with this Orchid a very interesting paper, 

 which was read before the Committee, on the cultivation of 

 this interesting family; and although it contained no in- 

 formation which had not been previously given on the 

 subject, it will certainly afford a fi-esh impetus and give 

 encouragement to the admii-ers of Orchids. Mr. Bateman 

 particularly dii-ects the attention of all cultivators of Or- 

 chids to considering the different climates fi-om which they 

 receive them. He has found as well as others (J. Day, Esq., 

 and Messrs. Veitch), that many kinds which have been in- 

 judiciously treated by being grown in a house of an un- 

 natural temperature to them, have perished or imperfectly 

 developed themselves : hence the necessity of attending to 

 the climate of the country of which they are natives. It 

 will be found that an ordinary gi-eenhouse is aU the pro- 

 tection that many of these lovely flowers reqim-e. Indeed, 

 Lycaste Skinneri has kindly accommodated itself to the 

 temperatui-e of a lady's drawing-room, where it has not only 

 reproduced its flowers, but formed fresh bulbs. 



Plants of Scarlet Pelargoniums Waltliam Pet and Mrs. 

 Cowper were brought for comparison, but this object was 

 defeated, the plants of each kind not being of the same age 

 and not grown under the same circumstances ; the majority 

 of the Committee, however, were inclined to prefer Waltham 

 Pet. These dwai-f Scarlet Pelai-goniums wiU be found most 

 useful for decorative purposes, especially for baskets and 

 vases. 



Fkuit Committee. — Mr. H. J. Veitch in the chjiu-. A 

 seedling Black Gri-ape was received fi-om Mr. John Matheson, 

 gai-dener, Coddington, near Winslow, which bore consider- 

 able resemblance to the Black Hamburgh ; but still distinct, 

 both in textm-e of the flesh and in flavour. Having been 

 grown in a jaot the fi-uit was evidently not sufficiently deve- 

 loped, and the Comnuttee recommended that Mi-. Matheson 



