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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTDEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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contributed fiuo groiijs, and Faory kinds cftme from Messrs. Fraser, 

 Donald, and Todmau. Among Scarlet Zonal I'clargouiuma, Mr. 

 Ward exhibited a beautiful prouiJ in which, besides the splendid speci- 

 men of Rose Rend'*.tlor, noticed last week, were fine examples of The 

 Clipper, scarlet ; IV[. Ucndatler, salmon ; Louis Koon<;ler, orange scarlet ; 

 Sobieski, Bcarlet; and Madame lioucharlet, salmon, shading; off to 

 whtto. Other k'ohI'^. beautifully flowered, were contributed by JIv. 

 Cfttlin, [.rardouLT to Mrs. Lermitte, Kinchley ; Mr. Windsor, Walthaui- 

 fltow ; Mr. Winter; and Mr. Weston. 



Of Orchids, aduiirablo Bpecimeus were fnmishcd by Mr. Brock- 

 bnrst, gardener to A. Turner, Esq., Leicester, who took tlio first prize 

 for fifteen plants; and Mr. Penny, f-ardener to 11. H. (iibbs, Esq., 

 Regent's Park, who wiis second. Mr. Wilson, *;ardencr to W. Marshall, 

 Esq., was third. Smaller groups were exhibited by Mr. Wigpins, Ii-le- 

 worth ; Mr. Hill, gardener to R. Haubury, Esq. ; Mr. Pago, Mr. 

 Yonng, Mr. Williams, and Messrs. Leo. 



Among other subjects. Fuchsias in beautiful bloom came from Mr. 

 Brockwell, gardener to Mrs. Henry, Edmonton ; I..ilium auratum from 

 Mr. Turner and Mr. Bull ; and Amarjllids and Sarracenias from Mr. 

 Williams. Fine boxfuls of cut Roses were shown by Mr. Mitchell, of 

 Piltdown Nurseries ; likewise by Mr. Fraser. Mr. Turner also re- 

 produced the ehanuing new variety called Miss Ingram. 



Of new plants Messrs. Veitoh had a jiretty collection, tastefnlly 

 arranged, and received first-class certificates for the following, nearly 

 all of which have lately been noticed :—A''rides affine superbum, 

 Phftjns species ; Begi>nia Yeitchii ; Gloxinia Prince Teck ; (lloxinia 

 Vlaanderen ; Croton maximum, iuterruptum. and irregulare ; Alocasia 

 Bpecies, Adiantum conciunura latum ; Taxus fastigiata anreo-vaiiegata, 

 Nierembergia rivularis ; Cattleya Dowiana ; Selaginellu Ponlteri. and 

 Caladium Chelsoni ; also a second-class certificate for Abutilou 

 TbompBOui. Mr. Bull received first-class certificates for Leopoldina 

 pulcbra and .\ucuba japonica flavesceus, with young leaves of a golden 

 hue; and Mr. Williams two of the second-class for a Masdevnllia and 

 Oncidium. Of seedling florists' flowers Mr. Turner exhibited Mr. 

 Fleming's boantiful Xosegay Pelargoniums Lady Constance Grosvenor, 

 and Duchess of Sntlnrland. Mrs. Laing, another Nosegay variety of 

 good habit, and with crimson scarlet flowers, exhibited by Messrs. 

 Downie. Laird, it Laing. had a similar award ; as also Titania, a 

 beautiful Tricolored Variegated Zonal, shown by Messrs. Carter, and 

 Snowdrop, with green leaves broadly edged with white. The same 

 firm was also awardtid a first-class certificate for Tropseolum Crystal 

 Palace Perfection, a dwarf bedding variety. Mr. Wills, gardener to 

 Capt. Le Gcndre P. Starkie, Hontroyde Park, had a first-class certifi- 

 cate for his fine, bold-looking bronze and gold Zonal Pelargoninm 

 Beant>'of Calderdale. and Mr. Hally, Blackheath, a like award for 

 Nimrod, a variety with double rosj* crimson flowers. First-class cer- 

 tificates were likewise awarded to Mr. W. Paul for Phlox Beautiful ; 

 to Mr. Smith, Horusey Road, for Fuchsia White Unique, with large 

 flowers, having a pure white corolla and pale rose-coloured sepals ; and 

 to Mr. C. J. Pei-ry, Castle Bromwich, f<ir Verbenas Miss Turner, rosy 

 lilac on a white ground ; Splendid, violet rose, lemon centre ; Mi's. 

 Mole, deep lilac ; and J. Birbeck, cerise scarlet, with a lemon eye. 



The best collection of fruit was that sho\vn by Mr. Miller, gardener 

 to the Earl of Craven, Combo Abbey, and which included Black Ham- 

 burgh Grapes, three bunches of wbich conld not weigh less thau be- 

 tween 11 lbs. and L) lbs. ; Golden Hamburgh unusually good ; ex- 

 cellent Peaches and Nectarines,' May Duke Chen-ies, British Queen 

 Strawberries, two Nile Melons, and two (^oeen Pine ,\pples. not very 

 large, but beautifully rijieued. Mr. Rawbone, gardener to C. M. 

 Campbell, Esq., was second with three beautifully ripened bunches of 

 Black Hamburgh Grapes, weighing together lOA lbs. ; Buckland Sweet- 

 water Grapes, fine Violette Hative Peaches, Melons, and Strawberries. 

 Mr. Johnson, gardener to the Marquis of Ailesbur^', was third. 



Of Pine Apples, the best Queen was a beautifully ripened fmit 

 ■weighing tj lbs. 3 ozs., from Mr. Ward, gardener to F. Miller, Esq., 

 and good examples of the same variety were contributed by Mr. Smee, 

 nirdener to W. H. Stone, Esq., Dulwich ; Mr. Wallis, gardener to J. 

 Dixon, Esq. ; and Jlr. Bailey, Shardeloes. Messrs. Penfold, Gadd, 

 and Hannan had the best frnits of Providence. 



Grapes were plentiful, and the Black sorts good ; but the WTiite 

 varieties were generally unripe. Mr. Sage, gardener to Earl Howe, 

 Gopsall. was first for three dishes, the varieties being Black Hambnrgh, 

 Barbarossa, and Bnckland Sweetwater. Messrs. Bannerman, Kittle- 

 well, Tansley, Wallis, and Lane, also showed excellent fruit in this 

 olasfl. The best single dishes of Black Hambnrgh came from Mr. 

 Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow, Asbridge, and Mr. Rawbone ; 

 fine fmit of the same variety was, however, contributed by Mr. Lane, 

 gardener to J. Miles, Esq. ; Mr. Popple, Mr. M. Henderson, Mr. Ross, 

 and Mr. Turner. Mr. Miller had large heavy bunches of Black Ham- 

 bnrgh, bat they were rather deficient in colour. The best basket of 

 12 lbs. was contributed by Mr. Hill, gardener to R. Sneyd, Esq. Of 

 other varieties, the best bunches of Black Prince were exhibited by 

 Mr. Pottle, gardener to B. D. Colvin, Esq. ; Mr. Allport had beau- 

 tiful bunches of Wests St. Peter's; and Mr. Standish a basketful of 

 the Royal Ascot, together with branches bearing fruit in ditferent 

 stages to show the free-bearing properties of this variety, of which 

 Bome account will be found at ]>age Itvl of the last volume, ^fuscats 

 were not perfectly ripe ; the best came from Messrs. Bailey, Johnson, 

 Sage, Tansley, and O^boru. Fiue-lookiug bunches of different kinds 

 of rrontignans were shown by Mr. "Whiting, The Deepdene, near 



Dorking. Some well-fruited Vines in pots were exhibited by Mr* 

 Guyett, Heme Hill. 



Peaches cr.nsisted for the most part of Grosse Mignonnc, BarringtOD, 

 and Royal George, and Nectarines of Elrage, of Violette Hative, and 

 Hunt's Tawny. 



Plums were confined to a very fine dish of Orleans from Messn. 

 Lane, of (in^at Berkhampstead ; some fine Brown Turkey Figs werft 

 shown by Mr. Osman, gardener to R. Holland, Esq., and Mr. Sage, 

 gardener to Earl Brownlow ; and of Chen-ics there were good dishee 

 of Black Tartarian and Pllton. Mr. Turner exhibited a branch of 

 Frogmoro Eitrly Bigarrean, loaded with fruit. Of this excellent 

 variety, which is ripe three weeks before the Bigairean, a figure an^ 

 description will be found in our cintli volume. 



Strawberries were not remarkable for their perfection. The best 

 came from Messrs. Widdowson, Record, and Hale. Dr. Hogg, a finro 

 new variety, was shown by Mr. Turner. 



Finely ripened pods of Vanilla were exhibited by Mr. Bennett, gar- 

 dener to G. S. Foljambc, Esq., Osberton, and Mr. Fraser had a collec- 

 tion of fruit trees in pots in fine bearing. 



BIRMINGHAM ROSl^ SHOAV. 



The sixth annual Rose Show, held in tlie noble Town Hall on the 

 4th and 5th inst., was a very satisfacto»7 Exhibition — indeed, far 

 better than could have been expected, even in London, in so nnfavonr- 

 able a season as this has been. Although as a whole it did not prove 

 so effective as the Rose Shows at Kensington and the Crystal Palace, 

 this result was mainly attributable to the place of exhibition, from 

 its squareness, admitting of no long Hues of tabling, and the stands 

 had therefore to be distributed, not on one or two long rows of tabling, 

 but along several in the body of the Hall and in the galleries. The 

 consequence was that the genei-al effect — at least when the public were 

 admitted — was not so good as at the Shows just named, for the display 

 had to be viewed, not fn mns.<ir, but in detail. The hot snn and then 

 the heavy rains immediately preceding the opening day, also serioasly 

 impaired the freshness of the blooms — so important a feature in tb© 

 Rose. Notwithstanding all drawbacks, howevi-r. the Show was good — 

 very good, and most creditable, not only to the nurserymen exhibitors 

 from a distance, but to the local growers, who, notwithstanding the 

 smoky atmosphere of Bi'-mingham, had many blooms fnlly equal to 

 any staged at the Metroj-oUtan Shows. 



In the Nurserymen's class Mr. Cranston, of King's Acre, Hereford, 

 was first for single trasses of 7'2 varieties, among which the following 

 were fine : Senateur Vaisse. Madame C. Crapelet, Prince Camille de - 

 Rohan, Mrs. Rivers, Marechal Niel, Cbarles Lefebvre, Francois La - 

 eharme, John Hopper, but not so fresh as desirable ; King's Acre, 

 Laurent Desconrt, Sonvenir d'un Ami, Jules Margottin, Ducbesse de 

 Caylus, SolfatciTe, L'Esmeralda, Devoniensis, Madame Hector Jac- 

 quin, Marrcbal Snchet (Guillot fils). Due de Rohan, Niphetos, Victor 

 Verdier. Queen Victoria, Madame Victor Verdier, Maurice Bemardin 

 very fine, Madame Vidot, and Olivier Delhomme, besides others, 

 which, thongh a little touched by the snn, were also good. Mr. Keynes, 

 who was second, had excellent examples of Victor Verdier, Mdlle. 

 Amtlie Halphen, Xa^■ier Olibo. Prince de Porcia, ver>' fine in colour ; 

 Charhis Lawsou, Pien-e Netting. Souvenir de la Malraaison, Mar. 

 gnerite do St. Amand, Maurice Bernardin, Ab'^l Grand, Comtt:se- 

 Palikao. and Madame Furtado. Jlessrs. Panl S: Son were third, and 

 had veiy good tru'^ses of Madame Victor Verdier, Comtesse de Cha- 

 brillant, Mrs. C. Wood, Alfred Colomb, Joseph Fiala, Princess Mary 

 of Cambridge, Prince Camille de Rohan, Fisher Holmes, very fine ; 

 Duke of Edinburgh, Maurice Bemardin, Mdlle. Emain, Niphetos, 

 &:c. Mr. Cant, who was fourth, had also good flowers. 



The stands of 48 varieties, three trusses of each, were very effective. 

 Mr. Keynes was first with Comtesse Palikao, Beauty of Waltham, 

 Victor Verdier, Mdlle. Bonjiairc, Princess Mary of Cambridge, 

 Maurice Bernardin, Souvenir de la Malmaison. Pierre Netting. Jn!c« 

 Margottin, Alba Mutabilis, Abel Grand. iSfadame Vidot, Afadame 

 Charles Wood, Marguerite de St. Amand, and good examples of Bomi) 

 others. Messrs. Panl & Son, who were second, had Beauty of Wal- 

 tluim, very fine; Mdlle. Bonuaire, likewi.se very beautiful; Alfred 

 Colomb, Charles Lefebvre, Pierre Notting, Josephine Reanhamaie, 

 beautiful, delicate rose colour ; Dnchesse dc Caylus, Olivier Dcl- 

 homme, Exposition de Brie, Gloirc de Dijon, Fram^ois Lonvat, and 

 Lord Herbert, fine, but rather past its best. 



For three trusses of 2*1 varieties, Sir. Cranston was first with 

 America, large and verj- fine; L'Esmeralda, bright in colour; Mrs. 

 Rivers, Senatenr Vaisse, Prince Camille de Rohan, Gloiro de Dijon, 

 magnificent; Vainquenr de Goliath, splendid in colour? Beauty of 

 Waltbam. John Hopper, V. Verdier. and Baron Adolphe de Roths- 

 child. Mr. Cant came second with fine examples of Mario Baumann, 

 Le Rhone, Pierre Netting, Prince Camille de Rohan, very fine ; Jules 

 ifargottin, Comtesse de Chabrillant, John Hopper, Rubens, Madame 

 Charles Wood, Victor Verdier. Maurice Bemardin. Exposition de Brie, 

 Alfred Colomb, and Margxierite de St. Amand. Mr. Keynes who waa 

 third, had Madame C. Wood, very fine ; Prince Henri des Pays Bas, 

 Joseph Fiala, and excellent examples of several other varieties already 

 named. 



For single tmsses of 24 varieties, the competition was open only to 

 Nnrser^-men in the conntiea of W^arwick, Worcester, and Stafford* 



