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JOUEIs'AL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



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in some instances thi'ee rows of flower-garden plants. Some 

 liave tlie back row yellow Caleeolaiia, with Scai-let Gera- 

 niums in front ; others have the back row Petunias ; as they 

 ^■ow they are held back against the Ehododendrons by small 

 stakes, so that by August the plants are growing away 

 amongst and upon the Ehododendrons, and present at a 

 little distance slightly the appearance of a bank of flowers, 

 backed up with Dahlias, &.c. This forms the last style here 

 of aiTanging the plants and colours in the flower gardens, 

 besides mised borders, which to some minds are a great 

 and a pleasing relief from the more formal styles. — Geokge 

 Dawson. 



SOME OF THE GAEDE^^S WORTH SEEING. 



BromhamHalL. 

 "Woburn Abbey.. 

 Puteiidge Bury . 

 Ampthiil Park.. 



EEDFOKDSHIKE. 

 Proprietor. Gnrdeyier. 



Lord Dyuevor Mr. Thompson. 



Duke of Bedford Mr. Mackey .... 



Col. Sowerby Mr. R. Fish 



Lord AVensleydale Unknown 



FUtwick Manor . Mrs. Brooks Mr. Nutt 



Tingrith House . Miss Trevor Unknown 



GLAMORGANSHIRE. 

 Penrice Castle ... C. R.M.Talbot, Esq., M.P... Mr. J. Crook .... 

 Margam Park ... C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P... Mr. G. Crook ... 



Singleton Mrs. Vivian Mr. Westcott.. 



t5toutHall R. '>Vood, Esq Mr. Owen 



Penllergare J. D. Llewellyn, Esq Mr. Nuns 



LEICESTERSHIRE. 



Frith House Miss Mackey Mr. Bolton 



NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 



Cottesbrook Hall H. Lnn^ham, Esq Mr. Todd 



Lamport Hall.... Sir Char leslsham, Bart Mr.Todd 



Station. 

 Llaiidilo 



Luton 



Arapthill 

 Ampthiil 

 Woburn 



, Swansea 



. Port Talbot 



Swansea 



Swansea 



. Swansea 



EOYAL HOETICI^LTFEAL SOCIETY'S 

 COMMITTEES.— Oct. 6, 1863. 



Floral Committee. — A meeting of the above Committee 

 was held this day. A very few entries were made either of 

 plants or flowers, and nothing of any great interest was 

 exhibited. 



Messrs. Low sent some new Orchids — Cattleya iiTorata 

 elegans ; Sophronitis grandiflora, a fine vai-iety of this 

 species ; and Dendrobiimi ebumeum, a promising flower, 

 but not in condition, although sufficiently developed to show 

 its qualities. Tliis, being a new variety, was awarded a 

 first-class certificate, and when seen again will doubtless 

 realise aU that is expected of it. 



BIr. Bull sent four small plants of varieties 'of scarlet 

 Pelargoniums, the plants were merely cuttings, Is^ovelty, 

 a bright cerise weU-formed flower being the best ; Petimia 

 Edith, no improvement on better kinds ; and Pandanus 

 candelabrum. 



Messrs. Smith, Dulwich, sent again fom- specimens of 

 their hardy herbaceous Anemone Honorine Jobert, a very 

 good and useful autumn plant, producing an abiindance of 

 white flowers. This plant was commended at a previous 

 meeting, and now received a second-class certificate. 



A few setLlling Dahlias were sent by Messrs. Bragg, 

 Slough, and Mr. Bm-gess, but out of condition. A iew 

 Pansies were also sent : these were out of season and very 

 imperfect. 



Fruit Cohhittee. — J. B. Haig, Esq., in the chaii-. At 

 this Meeting there were several prizes offered. In Class A, 

 for the best collection of Grapes, there were two entries, the 

 first from JIi-. Meredith, of Vine Cottage, Garstcfn, near 

 Liverpool, was a very fine collection, consisting of twenty- 

 one varieties, and gTown as Mi'. Meredith always gi'ows 

 them. In such a collection we can have only space to notice 

 a few particularly, and of these we could not but admire 

 the bunch of Muscat Hambiu'gh, which was large and well 

 set, and the flavour most delicious. Every season seems to 

 add fi-esh honour to this most delicious of Grapes. Alicante 

 was lai'ge and well set, the bloom on the berries thick and 

 solid-looking. Trentham Black was also fine both in ap- 

 pearance and in flavoiu-. Mr. Meredith showed in this col- 

 lection a seedling caEedGarston Seedling. It is an immense 

 bunch, as might have been expected from the cross between 

 Syi'ian and Muscat of Alexandria. The berries are lai-ge, 

 "white, and with a fine rich flavoiU', which in the bunch ex- 

 hibited was not fuUy developed, fi-om being as yet rather 

 umipe ; but when this Grape is fully ripened we have no 



doubt biit that it will prove to be the best-flavoured late 

 White Grape yet in cultivation. It surpasses both Treb- 

 biano and Calabrian Eaisin in this respect. Mr. Meredith 

 was requested to send it again later in the season. For this 

 collection of Grapes Mr. Meredith received the first prize. 

 The second prize was taken by Messrs. Lane & Son, of Berk- 

 hampstead, who also exlubited fine bunches of twenty-three 

 so-called distmct varieties ; but as Frankenthal, Black Ham- 

 burgh, Esjjerione, and Pope Hambm-gh were all the same, 

 and BliU HUl and Champion Hamburgh were also synony- 

 mous, that reduced the number to nineteen. These had 

 all been grown in an orchard-house, and though fine in 

 appearance were infinitely inferior in flavour- to those of Mr. 

 Meredith. 



In Class B, for the best dish of Cox's Orange Pippin, the 

 successful competitor was Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough. 

 Mr. Elvers, of Sawbiidgeworth, also sent specimens of this 

 variety not for competition but comparison, and though 

 they were larger and of a finer colour than Mr. Turner's, 

 they could not approach them in flavour. 



In Class C, there were no entries with the exception of 

 Mr. Spivey, whose specimens were not the Golden Eeinette. 



In Class D, Mi-. Spivey, gardener to J. A. Houblon, Esq., 

 of HaUingbury Place, Essex, took first prize with Pine Apple 

 Eusset, fine specimens of that variety. 



A seedling Gi-ape was sent by Mr. Eoss, gardener to 

 C. Eyre, Esq., Welford Park, near Newbury, but it was not 

 sufficiently distinct from Black Hamburgh to be considered 

 a different variety. 



Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, & Co., of Exeter, exhibited a 

 bunch of Mi's. Pince's Muscat, a Black Grape producing a 

 large, long, well-shouldered bunch with oval berries, the 

 fiavour of w-hioh is very rich and excellent, and with a distinct 

 Frontignan flavom-. This was considered a Grape of first-rate 

 excellence and received a first-class certificate. 



Mr. B. S. WiUiams, of Paradise Nui-sery, HoUoway, sent 

 a splendid bunch of the Eoyal Vineyard Grape, which re- 

 ceived a first-class certificate at the November meeting in 

 1S62. The bunch exhibited on this occasion was much finer 

 than that shown last year, and was about 15 inches long, 

 tapering like that of the Black Prince. The berries were 

 lai'ge, quite round, and of a pearly look ; the skin is so thin, 

 and the fiesh so hard and crackley, that it is eaten Uke a 

 Bigarreau Chen-y, skin and all. This is said to be a late- 

 hanging Grape, and if so it wUl be a valuable one. 



A specimen of the fi.-uit of Hurst House Pine Apple was 

 sent by Mr. Page, gai'dener to Wm. Leaf, Esq., of Streatham, 

 which weighed 7 lbs., and which was considered a very good 

 specimen. 



Mr. Alves, gardener to A. Hamilton, Esq., of Southborough, 

 Kent, sent a Persian Scarlet-fleshed Melon of large size, 

 ribbed and of a very dark bottle-green colom-. The flesh 

 was, unlike Scarlet-fleshed Melons, very tender and melting, 

 remarkably juicy, and rich; this is by far the riohest-fla- 

 voui-ed and best of aU the Scaiiet-fleshed Melons we ever 

 tasted. It was very justly awarded a first-class certificate. 



Mr. Standish, of Ascot, sent fi-uit of a nev/ Fig which came 

 fi-om the south of Europe, of most delicious flavour. The 

 fi-uit is said to grow as large as the Brunswick, and the tree 

 is a great bearer. This received a first-class certificate. 



Mr. Terry, gardener to Lionel Ames, Esq., the Hyde, St. 

 Albans, sent four- dishes of Currants which were in beautiful 

 condition, and which reflected great credit on Mr. Terry's 

 management. They were as bright and fi-esh as we are 

 used to see them in J-uly. These received an extra prize. 



George WUson, Esq., of Gishurst Cottage, TVeybridge 

 Heath, sent magnificent specimens of the Melon Apple, 

 Koi-thern Spy Apple, and Chaumontel Pears. These were 

 gTOwn in an orchard-ho-ase, and both in size and appearance 

 looted like tritons among minnows. They were remarkably 

 fine and were awarded an extra prize. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, of Cheshunt, sent a Seedling Apple 

 called Cheshunt Pippin, which is said to be a long-keeping 

 and excellent culinai-y Apple. It has much the appearance 

 of Cellini, but not the flavoui-. Mr. Paul was asked to send 

 it again, and in the meantime the Secretai-y was requested 

 to have its culinary properties tested. 



Mr. E. Holliday, gardener to J. Alleson, Esq., Friar's 

 Place, Acton, sent very fine specimens of Cluster Golden 

 Pippin and Blenheim Pippin. 



