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JOUBNAIi OF HOBTIOtJLTlTOB iUD COTTAGE GARDENEB. 



E Julr 4, 1807. 



miuot, which was good in almost all the eolleetionB in which it was 

 fihowQ ; Prinoo CaraiUe de Rolian, Alba Kosea, and RuBhton RadclyfTe. 

 Mr. Mitchell, of Piltdown Nnrseries, near Uckfield, who was third, 

 had fine trusBoe of Triomphe do Rennos, Marechal Kiel, Lamarqne, 

 Elise Sanvage, Lonise de Savoie, Souvenir de la Malroaison, Madame 

 Fnrtado, Senateur Vaieae, Xavier Olibo, and Victor Verdier, the last 

 very beantiful. Meaars. Francis, of Hertford, were fourth. 



Class 2 was for 48 varieties, three trusses of each, and proved most 

 effective. In the fine stoudB of Mesflrs. Paul & Son, who were first, 

 we particularly noticed ComtesEe de Chabrillunt, Lord Clyde, John 

 Hopper, Madame Rivera, Beauty of Waltham, La Brillante. Madame 

 C. Crapelet, splendid, Madame Bravy, and Souvenir d'un Ami. Mr. 

 Mitchell, who was second, had beantiful trnssos of Souvenir d'EHse, 

 Leopold Haasburg, Olivier Delhomme, Madame C. Crapelet, Victor 

 Verdier, Triomphe de llannes, Elise Sauvape, Maurice Beruardin, 

 and Gloire de Dijon. Mr. Fraeer took the third prize with fine ex- 

 amples of John Hopper, Maurice Bemardin, Senateur A'aisse, Sou- 

 venir de la Malmaison, Paul Ricaut, Comtesso de Chabrillant, Mrs. 

 Rivers, Leopold Hausburg, and others. Thefonrthprizo was awarded 

 to Messrs. Francis, of Hertford. 



In Class 3, 24 varieties, three truflses of each, Mr. Cant, of Col- 

 chester, was first, Messrs. Paul & Son second, Mr. Cranston third, 

 Mr. Keynes of Salisbury fourth. Mr. Cant had very fine trusses of 

 Madame Bravy, Marie Banmann, Madame Victor Verdier. John 

 Hopper, Comte'sse de Chabrillunt, Prince Camille do Kohan, Le Rhone, 

 Exposition de Brie, and La Brillante, the last glowing bright crimson. 

 In the other stands most of the varieties already enumerated wore 

 shown in fine condition. Gt-ntral Jacqueminot, Charles Lefcbvro, 

 Mrs. Rivers, Olivier Delhomme, Mdllo. Bonnaire, and A'ictor Verdier 

 were especially fine. 



In Class i, 24 varieties, single trnsses, Mr. Cant, Mr. Keynes, and 

 Mr. Mann, of Brentwood, took prizes in the order of their names. 



In the Amateurs' classes the exhibitors were numerous and the 

 quality on the whole very good, the best stands approaching more 

 closely than usual to those of the nurserymen. Mr. Hedge, of Reed 

 Hall, Colchester ; aud Mr. Ingle, gardener to C. G. Round, Esq.. 

 Birch Hall, Colchester, took the first and second prizes in the classes 

 for 48, .^0, and 24 varieties. Among the varieties which they exhibited 

 were fine examples of Coupe d' Hebe, Senateur Vaisse, Marie Bau- 

 mann, Mrs. Rivers, L'Enfant Tronve, Marechal Niel. Madame Boll, 

 Cloth of Gold, Jules Margottin, and many otbern. Mr. Chard, gardener 

 to Sir F. H. Bathurst. Bart., was third in the clase for 48 varieties; 

 aud Mr. Moffatt, gardener to Lord Rosslyn, Easton Lodge, Dnnmow, 

 fonrth, the latter being also third iu the classes for 3G and 24. Mr. 

 Postaus, of Brentwood, and Mr. Skinner, Weslurham, had the fourth 

 prizes in these two classes. Very good stands from Rev. E. Pochin, 

 Mr. Postans. Mr. Hedge, aud Mr. Chard took the four prizes offered 

 for 12 varieties. 



New Roses will form the subject of a paper which will shortly 

 appear. Among them Marie Baumann, before referred to, was parti- 

 cularly noticeable; also Mdlle. Annie Wood, beautiful scarlet ; Thorin, 

 bright pink ; and Souvenir de William Wood, a very dark flower. Hippo- 

 lyto Flandrin and Horace Vemet were also good. Mr. Turner, of 

 Slough, had a first prize for the beautiful seedliug variety Miss Ingram, 

 described last week. Mr. Cant, of Colchester, and Messrs. Paul & Sou 

 had equal first prizes for collections of new Roses, aud Mr. Keynes a 

 third prize for the same ; and for new Roses iu pots, Messrs. Paul 

 and Sou, who were the only exhibitors, had a first prize. 



Of Yellow Roses Mr. Hedge sent a beautiful stand, containing 

 L'Enfant Trouvc, Enfant de Lyon, Janne of Smith, and Marccbal 

 Niel. Those from Mr. Bristow, gardeuer to G. Orme, Esq., Broad- 

 water, Worthing, to whom the Fccoud prize was awarded, were also 

 very good. Tea-scented and Noif^ette Roses as shown by Messrs. Paul 

 and Son, Mr. Hedge, Mr. Ingle, aud Mr. Bristow, were also fine. 

 Messrs. Paul and Mr. Hedge had first prizes, Mr. Ingle and Mr. 

 Bristow the second and third. 



For Decorated Vases of Roses the prizes were awarded to Mr. 

 Ingle, Mr. Marlow, and Mr. Soder, and in each case the stands were 

 .similar to Marsh's ; in each Ferns were introduced at the base aud iu 

 the top diah, aud in each Japanese Honeysuckle was twined up the 

 stem. 



Mr. Turner, of Slough, exhibited, not for competition, a large num- 

 ber of boxes filled with gorgeous cut trusses of blooms — how.many we 

 could not venture to say, for by this time the visitors were densely 

 packed round the tables, and only an occasional glimpse could be 

 caught of the flowers, progression became almost impossible, and all 

 hopes nf taking notes had to be given up. Collections were ILkewiso 

 shown by Messrs. Paul & Son and Sir. Hedge. 



A few miscellaneous subjects were shown. Among them was a fine 

 specimen of Pcristeria elata, or the Dove Phuit, exhibited by Mr. 

 Scowen, Park Lane, Croydon. It had six ilowtirin;; stimis, each nearly 

 5 feet high, and several of its yellowish white Howers, tho centre of 

 which bears a singularly close resemblance to the form of a dove. To 

 this an extra prize was given, and others were awarded to Messrs. 

 Carter and Messrs. Smith, of Duhvich, for Tricolored Pelargoniums; 

 to Messrs. Paul & Sou fur Roses iu pots ; and to Mr. Perry- for Ver- 

 benas. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laiug had first-class c(>rtificates 

 for Rose Stella. Hon. G. Hardy, and Countess of Rosslyn Pelar- 

 goniums, and for Imperial Blue Pansy ; and Mr. Maun, Brentwood, 

 had a similar award for his fine Bcarlet Pelorgouium Lord Derby. 



IMPLEMENTS, Ac, at the LATE MANCHESTER. 

 HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. ' 



Thbse were exhibited on the lawn right and left of tho walk leading, 

 from the entrance-gates to the Exhibition-house, and were numerouar 

 and in many instances good. Many of them received firBt-clasacertifi- 

 cates. The first which I ehall mention is the simple bnt most osefnli 

 swing water-barrow, manufactured by Mr. W. S. Boulton, Norwich-. 

 I have no hesitation in pronouncing this one of the naosi useful things ■ 

 ever introduced into a garden. I have had two of them in constant 

 n?e for the last two months. The carriage is very light aud simple,., 

 and by having two or more tubs with each carriage a very large amount 

 of work may be done in a short time. I have had some taps fixed in 

 different parts of the gardens for filling the tubs, one tub is left to be 

 filled at the tap whilst another is being carried on the barrow to what- 

 ever part of the garden the water may be required. On its arrival . 

 there it is easily placed on the ground by raising the handles of the 

 water-carriage. Tho third tub is taken back by tho carriage ; by th©:- 

 time it reaches the tap the other is full. Three or four men will by _ 

 this simple contrivance water a very large space of ground in a short 

 time. I should strongly recommend for large gardens two carriage* 

 and six tubs. Each tub holds thirty-six gallons. ^Vhere the wall». 

 are in good order the carriage is easily drawn by one man. The pric» 

 of tho carriage with one tub is 45;;., carriage paid to any railway 

 station in England. This very deservedly received a first-class certifi- , 

 cate. Messrs. Dickson & Brown, of Manchester, received a first-class 

 certificate for a large collection of mowing machines of di0erent 

 makers. Amongst these Shanks's was considered by the Judges the, 

 best. 



Mr. Bennett, of Liverpool, exhibited one of Beard's patent metalKe 

 non-conducting glass-houses. The machineiy for ventilating is fitted 

 to a very great nicety, and the adjustment so complete that a child 

 may give air to a whole range of houses. It is done by means of a , 

 screw attached to an iron rod, which is fixed to the rafters just nnder 

 the ridge of the roof, to which a row of short lights is fixed by means 

 of short cranks at one end of the house. There is a set screw, and 

 when it is found necessary to open the lights at the top of the hcuse^ 

 by turning this screw the lights are pushed out; they are shut by 

 turning the screw the reverse way. The side liglits at the base are 

 opened in a similar way. It is certainly a very simple and effective 

 mode of giving air. The house altogether I thought rather too ex- 

 pensive. One of the uses for which I thought it might answer well 

 for is forcing Strawberries. If a structure of this aoii had the best 

 appliances for heating it, I think with the constant circulation of air 

 and the large amount of light the plants would have, that Straw- 

 berries might be grown to great perfection. This, also, received (U 

 first-class certificate. 



Messrs. Huut & Pickering, of Leicester, received first-class certifi- , 

 cates for their newly-designed cast-iron vases aud bulconets. These - 

 are certainly vcjt neat and durable. 



J. Jones's pateut terminal boiler was considered by the Judges the 

 best of all exhibited on this occasion. It also received a first-clase 

 certificate. I likewise noticed a machine for edging walks, and for 

 cutting and rolling verges. It appeared to perform its work well. It 

 received a first-class certificate. There were also many other articles . 

 which received certificates, such as spring chairs, garden seats, rollers, 

 wire stands, ivire arches, rustic summer-houses, portable apparatuR . 

 for heating halls, &c. These were considered very useful. — J. Win^. 



THE GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT 

 INSTITUTION. 



The twenty-fourth Anniversary Meeting was held at the Lonifoa 

 Tavern on Thursday last, June 27th, Sir Robert Peel, Bart., in tho 

 chair. Among those present were G. F. Wilson, Esq., Major Trevor 

 Clarke, J. Bateman, Eaq., T. B. Gibba, Esq., Messrs. Moore, Wrench. 

 Veitch, Henderson, Lee, Turner, Eraser, Williams, Cntbush, and 

 others to the uumber of about one hundred in all. 



After tho usual loyal toasts. 



Sir Robeut Peel, Bart., in proposing the toast of the evening, ' 

 " Sncoess and continued prosperity to the Institution." said that in a 

 company composed, as on that occasion, of hearty well-wishers to the 

 Institution, it would, mthout doubt, in the opinion of some appear t» 

 be sopeiiluous to expatiate on the advantages of this and similar in- 

 stitutions, bnt he trusted the company would admit how ncressaiy 

 these were for the exercise of present benevolence by sulisrriptious and 

 for posthumous charity in the shape of bequests. No one in tho room, 

 he was certain, would deny him the privilege of pressing tlie claims of 

 the Institution. At the present day industrial co-operative societies 

 were being formed throughout the laud, and were largely patronised - 

 by tho trades to which they belonged, bnt none was more worthy of 

 support than the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution, and support 

 it Bhonld receive from those whose duties, whose occupation in life, 

 and whose sphere of action were connected with horticulture. He 

 rojoictul to hear from the Secretary that there was a largo number of 

 head and foremon jrardcners who contiibnted to the Society, and wera 

 laying by a store for a rainy day — for a time when old age came upon 

 them under circumstanoes which might involve tho best-coDducted and. 



