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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTDilB AND COTTAGE GAKDENEK. 



[ July 11, 1867. 



But Mr. Jeremiah's eloquent speeches did not put an end to 

 the disputation. It was carried on even more vrarmly than 

 Jjetore ; if it was given up for a time, it was only to be taken 

 up again with renewed vigour ; and then Mrs. Stephen said 

 her brother Matthew would sit for hours under their Vines, 

 and beg Mr. Stephen not to have his bunches so much spoiled 

 as in the year before ; and then the gardener would laugh and 

 say, " Lor bless you, sir, I shall take out pecks yet ; I am not 

 like Mr. Meredith, of Garston (" I should think not," said Mr. 

 Matthew in an under tone), I do not care for big, heavy bunches ; 

 a pound is enough for any one bunch to weigh, unless you wish 

 to show, and so sacrifice a Vine to the doubtful honour. When 

 I lived at the Priory we used to cut out bushels." "More's 

 the shame, wasting good fruit," replied Mr. Matthew, " let me 

 have a bunch round and firm as a boulder, and weighing as 

 much as I can get it, rather than soft, and loose, and long, like 

 yours, Stephen. You thin the best away." " It is bad for the 

 Vine," replies Mr. Stephen. " That is all nonsense, just an old 

 theory. Gardeners are like sheep, fond of going one way ; then 

 it is easier to work in an old groove than to carve out a new 

 one; and you do not suppose, Stephen, that all is found out 

 that might bo even about fruit-thinning." 



Then Mr. Matthew would go home to his Eose Villa and thin 

 his bunches a little more than he had intended, and Mr. Stephen 

 would say, " There, Andrew, I would leave them a little firmer 

 than last year, I think we did too much at them ;" and Mr. 

 Jeremiah would smile and say, " his Plums and Peaches gave 

 him very little trouble ;" and Mr. Watson would sigh and say 

 " his Vines gave him less, for he had no fruit to thin." 



And so after the storm there came peace, at least for a 

 time. — Maud. 



EOYAL HOKTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



[The following report, which did not arrive in time for publication 

 iast week, supplies faller details respecting the subjects exhibited than 

 that which appeared last week.] 



Floeal Committee, Juli/ %uL — This Meetiiig, held on the day of 

 the National Rose Show, was well sujjplied with novelties, many of 

 thtni of first-rate merit. Mr. Hodges, gardener to E. "Wright, Esq., 

 received a special certificate lor a small collection of superb cut 

 Orchids. The spikes of Phalsnopsis and Acrides were most exquisite. 

 Mr. Eraser, Lea Bridge Road, exhibited one of the best Gloxinias yet 

 seen ; it was called Rose d'Anionr, and had a white ground with bright 

 rosy carmine shading. A first-class certificate was awarded it. Mr. 

 J. Mundell, gardener to J. C. Cnnliifc, Esq., Croydon, was awarded a 

 special certificate for a well-grown specimen of Liliuui auratnm, witli 

 a dozen fiowers. hut sadly disfigured by travelling. Messrs. Lee, 

 Hammersmith, sent a large-leaded plant of upright gi'owth, under the 

 name of Pledera catalpa-folia, but which is said not to be hardy. 



Me3.srs. E. G. Henderson were awarded a special ceiiificate for a 

 Ijioap of new plants, which were tastefully arranged on the grass near 

 the conservatoiy. Among them there was a dwarf Lobelia, called 

 pumila elegaus, which, from its compact habit and fi'ee tioweiing, re- 

 ceived a first-class certificate. Messrs. Henderson also sent a pretty 

 group of Tricolored Zonal Pelargoniums. Lady Sheffield was selected 

 on account of its neat foliage and colouring for a first-class cei-tificatc. 

 A special certificate was voted for thi* whole beautiful gi'oup, in which 

 were Mrs. Preston, Model Outline. Mrs. A. Henderson, and Reticu- 

 iatum pulchellum, of which the leaves have a green ground spotted all 

 over with yellow. 



Messrs. A'eitch sent a most beautiful collection of new and rare 

 plants. Among them were ilm following : — Phajus species, which re- 

 ceived a first-class certificate ; Begonia Veitchii. a most exquisite 

 crimson flower, decidedly the flower of the Exhibition — first-class cer- 

 tificate ; Gloxinia Madame de Smet, first-class certificate ; Gloxinia 

 Vlaanderen, first-class certificate ; Gloxinia Topaz ; Gloxinia Rose et 

 Cochinelle ; Croton moximum, with fine broad conspicuously variegated 

 foliage — first-class certificate; Croton iuterruptum, first-class cex'ti- 

 ficate ; and Croton irregulare, first-class certificate. These plants 

 were truly beautiful. Abutilon Tliompsonii, with variegated marbled 

 foliage, also shown by Messrs. Veitch, received a second-class certifi- 

 cate, and Dracffina Moorei one of the first-class. Other plauts from 

 the same firm were Adiautum conciuuum lutnm, Aralia organa, Taxus 

 fastigiata aureo-variegata, which had been exhibited often before, and 

 Selaginella Poiilteri, a seedling, with very fine wiry foliage, and quite 

 distinct. It was awarded a first-class ceriiticatc. Mr. Andersou, Meadow 

 Bank, near Glasgow, seut a collection of cut Orchids, to which a 

 special certificate was awarded, and Mr. J. Mann, nurserymen, Brent- 

 wood, had a lil<e award for an interesting collection of seedling Zon;il 

 Pelargoniums, many of them yearlings of some promise. Among 

 them were Tricolor" Staudard Bearer. Tricolor Mrs. Kingscote, Tri- 

 color Lady Stanley, Satellite, The Bride. Prince of Wales, very good ; 

 Lizzie, Beauty, Sulphurea elegaus, very distinct and promising ; and 

 Startler, a very good scarlet fiower, but not equal to Lord Derby, nor 

 better than Clipper, Dr. Lindley, and others. 



G. F. "Wilson, Esq., received a fiist-class certificate for a magnificent 



specimen of Lilinm longiflomm, grown in a large box ; the flowers 



were unusually fine. Mr. William Paul, W^altham Cross, sent spikes 

 of two very good seedling Phloxes, qnite distinct in the centre marking. 

 Their names were Beautiful, with a purple centre, and Conqueror, pale 

 crimson ; both received first-class certificates. Mr. Walker, Enfield, 

 sent a seedling British Fern. From Mr. C. Tunier came a basket of 

 the new seedling Rose, Miss Ingram, of a pale silvery pink tinge, fine 

 form and substance, a decidedly good and useful Rose. A first-class 

 certificate was awarded it. Mr. Richards, gardener to Lord Londes- 

 borough, exhibited a very fine specimen of Vanda teres, which de- 

 sen-ediy received a special certificate. From Mr. Keeler, gardener to 

 B. Hartley, Esq., Biackheath, came seedling Lobelia White Perfec- 

 tion. Mr. R. Edwards it Son, Nottingham, sent a collection of new 

 forms of British Ferns, some of them very distinct and good, and 

 which consisted of Scolopendrium vulgare Edwardsii — first-class cer- 

 tificate ; ScolopeniUium depauperatum ; Athyrium Filix-fu?mina Footii 

 — first-class certificate ; Athyrium Filix-fcemina tasselatum, Polysti- 

 chum angulare grandidensPadleyii, Polystichum diversilobum Padleyii 

 — first-class certificate ; Lastrea Filix-mas Moorei; Athyrium Filix- 

 fcemina Edwardsii — first-class certificate. The last had very neat and 

 pretty fronds much crumpled, something like those of the Parsley 

 Feiii. Mr. G. Macintosh, Hammersmith, exhibited seedling Nosegay 

 Pelargonium Crimson Iving and Nosegay Princess Man,' ; Mr. W. 

 Sims, gardener to E. Dawson, Esq., seedling Zonal Pelargonium 

 Salmon King ; Messrs. Ivery, Dorking, a collection of cat spikes of 

 very handsomely spotted Digitalis in various shades of colour ; and 

 Mr. T. Laxton, Stamford, three seedling Roses : Beauty of Stamford, 

 of a bright rose colour ; Annie Laxton, vei-y similar to the former ; and 

 Empress of India, a dark maroon. These seedlings required both 

 form and substance. 



From Mr. G. Smith, Horusey Road, came seedling Nosegay Pelar- 

 gonium Grand Duke, with a very large truss of bright crimson scarlet 

 fiowers. This was considered a very promising variety, but was not 

 exhibited iu good condition ; it certainly surpasses Le Grande, a seed- 

 ling by the same grower. Mr. Wills, Huntroyde Park, seut a collec- 

 tion of that peculiar section, the Bronze or Yellow-leaved Zonal Pelar- 

 goniums, containing some good plauts, but they were not entered to 

 come before the Committee. A special certificate was awarded them. 

 Mr. Bull exhibited a collection of. Lilium auratum iu flower, from 

 small bulbs, for which a special certificate was awarded. Mr. Jabez 

 Chater, Gonville Nursery, Cambridge, exhibited some very curious 

 Zonal Pelargoniums, and among them an Ivy-leaved yellow Tricolor; 

 also Diamond, a Versicolor ; Goldfinch, Shakespear, In Memoriam, 

 with a peculiarly dark-zoned leaf having a deep green ground colour ; 

 Ignis fatuuR, a Tricolor ; Silver Versicolor Mr. J. J. Chater, Golden 

 Bicolor pallida, very distinct and promising ; and Nil Desperandam, 

 with a well-defined zone, extremely narrow, and nearly on the edge of 

 the leaf. The plants appeared to he nearly all yearlings of some 

 promise. Mr. Chater also sent seedling Dianthus hybridus, Chater's 

 New White, veiy pretty, but not difi'ering from Marie Pare j alao 

 Gaillardia aristata splendeus. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOAV.— July 3bd. 



AlthotTtH last week a brief no^ce was given of some of the sub- 

 jects exhibited, this Show was much too important to bo dismissed 

 without some remarks in continuation. 



Among collections of Stove and Greenhouse plants iu flower, the 

 most remakable was one from Messrs. Cole, Withington, Manchester, 

 in which were tine examples of Ixora coccinea, Dracophyllum gracile, 

 Allamandas, and Xalosauthes, together with Dipladenia amabilis, 

 covered with Inrge bright rosy-crimson flowers. Collections likewise 

 came from Messrs. Lee, Rhodes, Williams, and Baxendine ; also, from 

 Mr. Peed, gardener to Mrs. Tredwell ; Mr. Kemp, gardener to Earl 

 Percy ; Mr. Donald, gardener to J. G. Barclay, Esq. ; Mr. J. Wheeler, 

 gardener to J. Philpott, Esq. ; Mr. Wilkie ; Mr. Wheeler, gardener to 

 Sir F. Goldsmid, Bart. ; and Mr. Ward, gardener to F. Wilkins, Esq. 



Plants with ornamental foliage were numerously shown, and among 

 them were tine specimens of Alocasia Lowii, the Croton angnsti- 

 folium noticed last week, Anthurium acaule. Palms, Yuccas, and 

 Cordylines. They were contributed by Messrs. Williams, Lee, Burley, 

 and Glendinuing among nurserymen : and among amateurs by Mr. 

 Fairbairn, Syon ; Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Yates, Esq., Highgate ; 

 Mr. Peed ; Mr. Young, gardener to W. Stone, Esq., M.P. 



Of Ferns, fine collections of exotic kinds were contributed by Mr. 

 Hill, gardener to R. Hanbury, Esq. ; Mr. Taylor ; Mr. Carr, gardener 

 to P. L. Hinds, Esq. ; Mr. Y'oung ; and Mr. Williams. British sorta 

 came from Messrs. Ivery, of Dorking ; Messrs. Edwards, Nuthall ; and 

 Mr. Carr. A tinst-class certificate was awarded to Messrs. Edwards for 

 Polystichum angulare divisilobum Padleyii ; and second-class certifi- 

 cates for Scolopendrium vulgare ciistatum nanum, and S. vulgare muri- 

 catum tenue. Mr. Williams had first-class certificates for four varie- 

 ties of Athyrium Filix-fcemina Frizelli», called respectively cristatum, 

 ramosum, glomeratum, and glomeratum ramosnm. Messrs. Ivery re- 

 ceived a first-class certificate for Lastrea Filix-max cristata Iveryana; 

 and one of the second class for Asplenium germanicum auomalum. 



Heaths were shown in iine bloom by Messrs. Rhodes, Peed, and 

 Ward. Messrs. Cole, Lee, Williams, Wheeler, and Kemp also fumiahed 

 good gi'oups. 



Of Pelargoniums, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Nye, Mr. Ward, and Mr, Wiggins 



