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JOTJENAL OF HOETICtJLTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEK. [ December 15, 1S«3. 



have been lost through mistaken treatment in their cul- 

 tivation. 



Mr. BuU, Chelsea, sent plants of a beautiful Saxifi-aga, 

 japonioa tricolor, one of the many interesting plants intro- 

 duced by Mr. Standish from Japan, specimens of which we 

 saw two years ago at Bagshot. This Saxifrage has most 

 remarkable vaiiegated foliage, the dark green being re- 

 lieved l)y bright rose and creamy white variegations. This 

 will prove a valuable plant for suspended baskets. The 

 runners carefully trained would make a very pretty specimen. 

 As a decorative plant adapted for this special pm-pose, a 

 first-class certificate was awarded to it. 



From Mr. Bull also came Burlingtonia decora (picta. 

 Hooker), from Brazil, a well-known Orchid ; Dracfena ter- 

 minalis latifolia pendula, resembling a species ah-eady well 

 known ; Eranthemum rubrovenium, a variegated-foliaged 

 plant not dissimilar from another variety ; Kennedya Pred- 

 woodii, not equal to K. Mairyattae or prosti-ata. Three 

 plants were placed on the table by Mr. Eyles, from the 

 Society's gai'den at Ohiswick, presented by n, gentleman 

 whose name we did not hear — a Sonchus fiUfolia with very 

 thread-like foliage, an AraUa, and Hottonia. They ap- 

 peared to be plants unknown, and were too young for any 

 opinion to be formed on their merits. 



Feuit Committee. — Mr. Nash in the chair. At this 

 meeting there was one of the largest exhibitions of fruit 

 that have been seen during the season. The prizes offered 

 were — Class A, For the best three dishes of dessert Apples, 

 distinct kinds. There were no less than seventeen entries, 

 and all sufficiently meritorious. As is usual in such cases, 

 it was not the largest and the best-looking that proved the 

 best in flavour, and consequently many collections that 

 looked as if they ought to have taken a prize were numbered 

 among the unsuccessful competitors. The first prize was 

 awarded to Mr. Euffett, gardener to Viscount Palmerston, 

 Brockett Hall, for very deliciously-flavoured fi'uit of Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, Eibston Pippin, and Cockle Pippin, and all 

 of which were beautiful specimens as well. 'The second 

 prize was taken by Mi-. Simpson, gardener to Lady Moly- 

 neux. Stoke Farm, Slough. He exhibited three collections, 

 all of which were vei-y fine specimens of the sorts. That 

 which obtained the pri^e consisted of Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 Cornish GiUiflower, and Ribston Pippin. The others were 

 Rosemary Eusset, Cornish Ai-omatic, Claygate Pearmain, 

 Golden Hai-vey, Keddleston Pippin, and Scarlet Eusset. 



Mr. Cox, gardener to W. Wells, Esq., of Eedleaf, exhibited 

 no less than five collections, all of which were different, and 

 consequently contained fifteen varieties of dessert Apples. 

 Among these Sam Young was particidarly noticeable as 

 being the finest-fiavoured Apple in the whole collection. 

 Cox's Orange Pippin was also very richly flavoured. For 

 this collection the Committee awarded Mr. Cox a certificate 

 of commendation. Mr. Curd, gardener to M. J. Thoytts, 

 Esq., of Sulhampstead, also exhibited a large number of 

 varieties of dessert and kitchen Apples amounting to twenty- 

 five sorts. Many of these were also excellent specimens. 

 In Mr. Whiting's collection the Elford Pippin deserves 

 especial notice. It is a small flat Apple, and seems to be a 

 great favourite with that gentleman, for he has shown it on 

 several occasions lately, .and it has been invariably of very 

 fine flavour. Tliis is doubtless one of the best of our 

 dessert Apjjles. Mr. Beasley, gardener to T. Wood, Esq., 

 Acton, had fine specimens, both in appearance and flavour, 

 of Blenheim Pippin, and also of Wyken Pippin, but his 

 King of the Pippins were inferior. Mr. Earley, of Digswell. 

 who was second at last meeting, had very nice specimens of 

 the true Golden Winter Pearmain. Mr. Dungey, of the 

 Gardens, Oakham Park, Eipley, Surrey, had fine specimens 

 of the Eibston. Mr. Spivey, of HaUingbury Place, sent 

 unusually fine specimens, both in flavour and appearance, of 

 Margil; and Mr. Curd, of Sulhampstead, contributed beau- 

 tiful examples of the trae Cockle Pippin. 



Class B was for the best dish of Huyshe's Bergamot 

 Pear, and for this new introduction there were three entries, 

 Mr. Huyshe himself having one; Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 

 Co. the other. The specimens of Messrs. Lucombe were, 

 however, the best in every respect, and consequently came 

 in first, while the originator of the variety was himself 

 obliged to take a second place. This remarkably fine Pear 

 is now, with the consent of Mr. Huyshe himself, to be called 



henceforth the Prince of Wales. The former name was com- 

 pletely a misnomer, as the fruit possesses neither the shape 

 nor any other feature of a Bergamot. It is, in fact, a long 

 pyramidal Pear. 



Class C was for the best dish of Huyshe's Victoria, also 

 a splendid Pear raised by Mr. Huyshe. In this class there 

 were four competitors. Dr. Scott, of Exeter, being first with 

 splendid specimens covered over with fine warm cinnamon- 

 coloured russet, and delicious in flavour ; Mr. Huyshe was 

 again second, also with fine specimens, but not so richly 

 fiavoured as those of Dr. Scott. Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 

 Co., had also excellent specimens, and unfortunately those 

 of Mr. Gray, of Exeter, were rotten at the core. 



In Class C, For the best dish of Josephine de Malines 

 Pear, Mr. Spivey, of HaUingbury Place, near Bishop Stort- 

 ford, " .3 first with fine fruit, the flavour of which was equal 

 to anything ever met with in that excellent variety. Mr. 

 Cox, of Eedleaf, was second, also with well-flavoured fruit, 

 but not so rich in flavour. George F. Wilson, Esq., of Gishurst 

 Cottage, Weybridge Heath, sent very large and handsome 

 specimens from a tree grown in a pot in an orchard-house, 

 but the flavour did not come up to either of the former. 

 The other exhibitors were Dr. Scott, of Exeter ; Mr. Samuel 

 Ealphs, Walton-on-Thames ; and Mr. Adlam, of Walton-on- 

 Thames, but neither of these was at all possessed of any 

 flavour. 



A seedling Grape was received fr-om Mr. Meredith of Gar- 

 ston, called iJ"hild of Hale. It produces an enormous bunch, 

 with a stout woody stalk and a profusion of large round 

 amber-coloured berries on very short and stout berry-stalks. 

 The skin is thin, and the flesh firm and crackling, of the 

 consistency of the Muscat of Alexandria, but without the 

 flavour. li; is very juicy and sweet, with a considerable 

 amount of richness, but unfortunately the skin had a little 

 astringency in it, which has prevented the Committee form- 

 ing a favourable opinion upon its merits. It is evidently a 

 vai-iety that wUl hang in good condition to a late period, and 

 when that astringency is absent it wiU be an invaluable 

 variety, both for size of bunch and berry, for flavour-, and for 

 long keeping. 



Messrs. Lane, of Berkhampstead, sent bunches of Bar- 

 barossa, Black Prince, Charlesworth Tokay, and Golden 

 Hamburgh from an orchard-house. They were all beauti- 

 fully coloured and well grown, but the flavour was not 

 developed except in the last, which was in beautiful condi- 

 tion. 



Mr. Forsyth, gardener to Baron Lionel de EothschUd, 

 Gunnersbury Park, exhibited two splendid Pine Apples, 

 one the Smooth-leaved Cayenne, and the other Carlotta 

 Eothschild. 



Mr. Haywood, nurseryman, Worcester, sent stalks of a 

 white Celery, which could not be distinguished fi-om well- 

 grown specimens of the Incomparable. Mr. Melville, of 

 Dalmeney Park, sent a hybrid Turnip between the Swede 

 and the Yellow Stone, which, however, was not regarded as 

 anything superior to what is ah-eady in cultivation ; also a 

 sprouting form of the Ulm Savoy, which is not equal to the 

 Brussels Sprouts ; and a seedling Bi-ussels Sprouts, which is 

 much too large ever to become a thing of any importance, 

 seeing the desideratum in that vegetable is to procure it as 

 small as possible. 



SOME GARDENS WOETH SEEING. 



WARWICKSHIRE. 



!fame Proprietor. Gardener. Station. 



Combe Abbey Earl of Craven Mr. Miller Brandon. 



StoneleiRh.^bbej- Lord Leigh Mr. EUwonhy... KenUworth. 



NewnhamPadox Lord Denbigh Mr. West Rugby. 



The beautiful ruins of Kenilworth Castle are close to the 

 KenUworth station, and well deserve a visit from the tourist. 

 — P. M., Pulham. 



MisTLETOi.— In your Journal of 24th November, page 419, 

 you ask for any information of Mistletoe growing on other 

 trees than the Apple, Thorn, Poplar, and Lime. There is in 

 the churchyard here a fine large bunch of it growing on the 

 Acacia, and a quantity on a Thorn on the lawn adjoining. 



