July 18, 1867. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAJRDENEK. 



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1862 ; " the Fennian '* ByBtem of heating, drill hoes, mead, honey in 

 glasses, and wax. 



Mr. P'onn has besiilea French Crab Apples of ls65 and 18GG in 

 excellent preservation. 



nrPLEMF.NTrt. 



In garden seats in iron Messrs. J. B. Brown, 1 1>^, Upper Tbamos 

 Street, London, wcn^ awarded a first-class certiticate for a seat with 

 an iron hack in imitation of Nastnrtinm leaves, pretty in design, and 

 for its appearance very cheap. 



In the next class, for seats in wood, Messrs. J. B. Bro^m (t Co. 

 also take a first-class certificate for a good, neat, cheap seat on a 

 wronght-iron frame. Mr. Morloy, of Ipswich, takes flimilar awards 

 for wooden and convertible chairs. 



For what is called the Bury St. Edmund's Rattan basket a first- 

 class certificate was awarded to Mi*s. Garnham, who is a daughter of 

 our old bee authority, Mr. Payne. They aro ntjat, light, and well 

 adapted for suspending in rooms, for holding plants in pots and 

 bou(iuets. 



In cast-iron vases Messrs. J. B. Brown take first-class certificates 

 for the Tazza Vase and the plain-fluted vase, botli of good design, 

 very cheap, and suitable for gardens. A similar award was made to 

 Heesrs. Sanders, Frewer S: Co., for the Leicoster flower vase, a hand- 

 some cast-iron vase for garden and conservatory decoration. 



From Messrs. J. B. Brown there also comes a good exhibition of 

 galvanised wire netting for poultry and game purposes, which is 

 awarded a first-class certificate. 



Among mowing machines Messrs. J. B. Brown &; Co., 148, Upper 

 Thames Stn-i-t, take a first-class certificate for their new patent B B 

 30-inch mowing machine, on account of its cheapness and facility 

 of delivery. Messrs. Brown also exhibit an assortment of mowing 

 machines'of various sizes. Messrs. Green, of Leeds, likewise show a 

 nnmbcr of their eflicieut mowing machines of various sizes, for which 

 they also take a certificate, likewise one for garden rollers. 



In garden engines Mr. K. Read, Regent's Cii'cus, Piccadilly, Lon- 

 don, takes a lirst-class certificate for his well-known continuous-action 

 engine, fitted into a twenty-eight-gallon vessel ; and he has a similar 

 award for a hydraulic suction pump, which works well and easily, and 

 keeps up a continuous stream. 



Among models of greenhouses, Messrs. Hamson & Bettridge, of 

 Chelmsford, were awarded a first-class certificate for a ventilating 

 apparatus for conservatories and hotbnnses. which p.ushes the sashes 

 outwards and firmly fixes them at any rerjnired angle, tlins affording any 

 desired amount of air. This is effected liy means of a handle, cog 

 wheels, and a rod to which is attached a cogged segment and arm fixed 

 to the front sashes. iThe apparatus can be adapted to both side and 

 top lights, and can be fixed either inside or outside the house. Messrs. 

 Cumming it I'ulmonds also show a model greenhouse, in which, instead 

 of (he ordinary- putty-glazing, the glass is made to slide in a groove in 

 the rebates, and is fixed in its place by a small zinc sprig at the 

 fcottom of each pane. Ventilation is effected by rods lifting the whole 

 of the lights outwards. The same exhibitors also show a number of 



flans of houses of various forms erected by them. Messrs. Sanders. 

 'rewer, it Co., Victoria Works. Bur^* St.^ Kdmunds. exhibit several 

 of Beard's patent houses, one being a handsome curvilinear conseva- 

 tory with the tmss-rods so fixed as to be useful for training climbers, 

 another a forcing-pit. two others cheap lean-to's, and a fifth Ingram's 

 Strawberry-house. In these ventilation is effected by a patent screw 

 working a traversing rod with arms attached which open the lights. 

 In the conservatory the lights are opened by a similar rod worked by 

 bevelled wheels and a spindle. There is in addition a span-roofed 

 conservatory- with a ventilating ridge. The whole of these houses are 

 plazed on Beard's patent system, as described in the pages of this 

 Journal. First-class cei-tificates were awarded for the mode of glazing 

 without putty, for the mode of ventilation, and for a flower-stage cou- 

 sifiting of cast-iron legs on which rest ordinary roofing- slates, forming 

 a cheap and useful as well as inexpensive plant-stage. 



Messrs. Harrison tt Betteridge, Chelmsford, exhibit Milbank's Self- 

 feeding Boiler, which in form resembles a saddle boiler set on one end. 

 and having a domed top on the upper end. The advantages claimed for 

 it are, that the whole strength of the fire is in contact with the water- 

 surface. The heat circulates beneath the boiler and around its outside 

 ander a dome of brick^vork. It is fed by a shoot in front to which can 

 he attached a feeder as a prolongation, which it is stated will enable 

 the fire to be kept in for twelve hours. In the same class Messrs. 

 Camming tt Edmonds, Lillie Bridge. Richmond lioad, Fnlham, also 

 lake a first-class certificate for their cast-ii-on tubular-arched saddle- 

 boiler, resembling the letter U inverted, with tubes connecting the toj) 

 and bottom waterways, between which the fire passes, and around 

 which it is confined by a brick casing following the curve of the arch. 

 The apparatus has been found to prove very eliicieut with a small con- 

 STunption of fuel. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 

 Dr. Hexatjer, of Newcastle, New York, furnishes iis with an 

 account of some experiments of his with Potatoes. AVe should 

 preface the specifications of these results by stating that Pr. 

 Hexamer is an accurate and scieutitic experimenter and 

 obeerTer, and a good farmer. 



1. Out of seventy hills of Potatoes, peeled so that no eyes 

 were visible, thirty-five grew. Some produced very large 

 Potatoes. The planted I'otatoea remained, mostly, hard and 

 iirm till digging time. 



2. Out of eighty hills, pieces cut without' eyes, thirteen hills 

 grew. All these sprouted on the cut surface, none through the 

 skin, (One large Potato, cut in two lengthwise, sprouted on 

 the cut side near, but below the skin, and there was no eprout 

 proceeding from a visible eye.) 



3. Out of one hundred whole Potatoes, ninety-eight grew 

 from the small end, and two at the side. With more than half 

 the number of Potatoes planted whole, only one eye grew, the 

 rest remaining dormant. 



4. A Potato does not always expend all germinating power 

 in one year. 



5. Wet rot and dry rot are one and the same disease. Pota- 

 toes affected with the rot, will rot dry when they are kept dry, 

 and the same will rot wet when they are kept in a moist 

 place. — {American Agriculturist.) 



C.\KRIAGED REEL FOR WATERING HOSE. 



I SEND a sketch of an ingenious machine for winding-up hose 

 for watering gardens. It is of very light construction, being 

 made of iron, and at a cost of about £1 5.^. ; all other reels 

 that I have seen are much more expensive and do not answer 

 the purpose so well. 



There is a small catch attached to the carriage to prevent the 

 reel unwinding and to keep the hose firm on the reel. The in- 

 vention is by a man residing in this town. If you should think 

 proper to notice it, he would consider himself repaid by any 

 orders he might receive for one or a number. — E. J, 



[We have received the sketch from a subscriber. If any one 

 requires further information, they will obtain it probably by 

 writing to *'E. J.," 2, Clive Place, Welshpool.] 



FIRST \\T5STERX ROSE SHO'W. 



WuEN the National Rose Show, the first show of Roses exclusively, 

 was originated in IHoS. it was intended to be locomotive, in strict ac- 

 cordance with its name ; but so soon as its founders saw how large a 

 majority of the subscribers and exhibitors were located in the sunny 

 south, they decided to fix its home, for a time at all events, in that 

 more genial clime. It was established in London, and has never 

 strayed beyond suburban range. The first show was held in St. James's 

 Hall ; the second in Hanover Square ; the third in the Cn-stal Palace ; 

 and seven shows in sequence at the gardens of the Royal IlorticaltaniJ 

 Society, in combination with the special exhibition of Rosea held by 

 the Society itself. 



There were, however, many earnest supporters of the first Grand 

 National Rose Show, who, though they lived in chillier counties, where 

 the "air bites shrewdly," and "it is verv' cold," had »s warm a love 

 for the royal Rose, as could gladden a zealous heart. They assented 

 at once to the decision of the majority. Tbcy loved the Rose too well 

 for envyiugs and strife. They came louj; jonmeys from their Rose-clad 

 homes, and returned jubilant, and yet not quit* content. Roses of 

 equal beauty came forth in their own gardens, soon after the soathem 

 show, why should these blush unseen ? Why should there not be ex- 

 hibitions at which the midland, eastern, western, and northern Roses 

 should meet in their prime and glory ? Hence arose the Birmingham 

 Rose Show, the Stamford Rose Show, the Leicester Rose Show, the 

 Kuf;by Rose Show, the Liverpool Rose Show, and, on Tuesday, the 

 nth of July last, the first Western Rose Show, at Hereford. These 

 olTshoots from the parent tree have developed or declined \vith varied 

 fashion, but nunc have " come op " with more vigour and promise 



