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JOUllNAL OF UORTICULTUfiE AND COTTAGE GAKDENKB. 



[ July 35, 1867. 



Kensington in connection with tbe Floral Committee's Meeting 

 on the 17th of September, and that to supply the necessary 

 funds ft subscription be commenced amongst nurserymen and 

 raisers of new Pelargoniums. If twenty persons could be found 

 to subscribe £2 each, twelve prizes could be given ; this would 

 make the exhibition attractive, and would induce every one 

 having few or many of these Pelargoniums to exhibit their 

 productions. General satisfaction would thus he given; the 

 very best of the varieties sent out this season, and those that 

 are in course of preparation for next year, would be seen ; and 

 much confusion would be avoided. 



I would suggest that there be four classes, and that three 

 prizes be given in each — viz. : — 



Class I. — For the best twelve Gold and Silver Zonate or Tri- 

 color Pelargoniums, including those sent out in 1867, and those 

 to be sent out in 1808, one plant of each variety. The first 

 prize to be given for the best and most distinct collection. 

 First prize, HI ; second, £5 ; third, £3. 



Class II. — For the best six varieties, three plants of each. 

 Conditions the same as in Class I. First prize, £.5 ; second, £3 , 

 third, £2. 



Class III. — For the best three varieties, six plants of each. 

 First prize, £4 ; second, £3 ; third, £2. 



Class IV. — For the best and most distinct Tricolor, either 

 Gold or Silver- variegated. First prize, £3 ; second, £2 ; third, 

 £1. 



I thint the above would give all a chance of competing, 

 those only possessing one or three good kinds, and those having 

 twelve. Three prizes may also be offered for the best varieties 

 of Gold Zonal Pelargoniums. I would also suggest that three 

 amateur jurors of known ability be appointed, and that the 

 Council of the Koyal Horticultural Society be invited to offer 

 extra or special prizes for plants possessing superior merit that 

 are not provided for in the above classes. I shall have pleasure 

 in contributing £2 for this purpose, and hope we may see a 

 spirited competition. — J. Wills. 



DUTY-FREE TOBACCO. 



I A3I surprised at the objections raised by Mr. Tafe (page 27), 

 to my suggestions as to Cayenne pepper. It he had said that 

 the mixture would be annoying to the gardener, unless he took 

 great care not to breathe the atmosphere, I could have under- 

 stood it ; but how the mixture can fail to protect the revenue, 

 I am unable to conjecture. If Mr. Tafe puts half a grain into 

 a pipe of tobacco, he will never try the experiment again. As 

 to damaging plants, red pepper, by itself, has often been re- 

 commended as a fumigator. — G. S. 



WHO IS AX AJiIATEUU? 



Will you inform me if any gentleman growing plants and 

 selling them to make a profit may show at a horticultural show 

 as an amateur ? — A FivE-YE.iES SuiiscRiDEU. 



[Selling a portion of the produce of a garden does not render 

 the seller a nurseryman. Many noblemen and gentlemen who 

 exhibit annually sell the surplus fruits of their gardens and 

 forcing-houses, yet are not excluded by so doing from contend- 

 ing for prizes in the amateur classes.] 



as those of the other departments of the country. On Monday 

 evening His Grace tho President of the Koyal Horticultural 

 Society gave a conversazione in the conservatory at South 

 Kensington, which for the extent of the arrangements and the 

 brilliancy of the company equalled in its way anything that 

 has been given in honour of His Imperial Majesty. Th« gar- 

 dens were tastefully illuminated with Chinese lanterns sus- 

 pended on the trees, and coloured lamps defining the outlines 

 of the flower-beds ; while the terraces were lined with guards- 

 men, holding Bengal lights. At the new India Ofllce, too, 

 horticultural skill was brought into requisition by the utilisa- 

 tion of the great resources of Messrs. Veitch <Sr Sous, of the 

 Chelsea Nursery, with the assistance of Mr. Smith, the excellent 

 Curator of Kew Garden, and Mr. Eyles, of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society. The arrangements at the Guildhall were 

 entrusted to Mr. B. S. Williams, of Holloway. 



The following horticultural shows are announced for 



the ensuing month : — 



August 17th Eatley. 



„ , Newport, Salop. 



„ 20tll Wotton-under-Edgo. 



„ 21st Keevil District (Trowbridge). 



„ „ T;imworth. 



„ 2;ind Royal Hort. Soc. Ireland. 



„ 2Si-d Ma'lmesbury. 



„ 27th Fermoy (Ireland). 



„ „ Wolverhampton. 



„ 28th Sherborne. 



„ 29th Basingstoke. 



BriU. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



The success that has attended the Eoyal Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Show at Bury St. Edmunds is encouraging in many 

 ways. It is so to those who desire to see the advance of horti- 

 cultural pursuits, to know that the elevating taste which these 

 pursuits engender is so widely diffused among all ranks of 

 society, and must carry beneficial results with it. And it is 

 particularly encouraging to the Eoyal Horticultural Society to 

 have drawn into its treasury so goodly a sum as upwards of 

 £1400, thereby leaving a respectable margin in favour of the 

 Society after meeting every expenditure. As an experiment 

 country shows have been proved to be successful on such a 

 scale and with such a spirit of liberality as the Society has 

 manifested on this occasion ; and wo feel confident that in the 

 future even greater success is in store, when the exhibitions 

 are held in more populous and more wealthy districts than the 

 eastern counties make any pretension to. All honour to Bury 

 St. Edmunds ! 



The visit of the Sultan has been instrumental in bring- 

 ing out the latent energies of the horticultural world, as vroll 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN GAItDEN. 



Broccoli, continue planting out Cape and other sorts, also 

 some late CauUjlowcrs. Canots, keep the succession-beds of 

 Horn Carrots thinned in due time. Endive, a considerable 

 breadth should be planted without delay. High manuring is 

 absolutely necessary to produce this valuable salad in perfec- 

 tion. In planting succeeding crops keep raising the beds 

 higher as the season advances. Cabbages, make a sowing of 

 Early York, Vanack, or some other approved sort. Garlic, 

 take up, also Shallots, when their leaves have faded ; lay the 

 bulbs on clejin gravel, protecting them from rain, and storing 

 them when their coats are thoroughly dried. Herbs, gather for 

 drying before the flowers open ; they should be spread out 

 thinly, and dried quickly. Sjiinach, prepare ground for the 

 first sowing of Flanders Spinach, the seeds of which are not 

 prickly, neither are those of the Lettuce-leaved Spinach, an 

 excellent variety for winter, with thick dark green leaves. Also 

 let a good breadth of ground bo duly prepared for winter 

 Spinach forthwith by thorough-trenching and burying a good 

 coat of half-rotten manure in the bottom. It generally succeeds 

 best in highly-raised beds. 



FRUIT GARDEN. 



The foreright shoots of Pear trees against walls or espaliers 

 should be so reduced as to occasion no injurious degree of 

 shade to the fruit now swelling, nor to the foliage of buds 

 forming for future bearing. If previous directions have been 

 attended to the trees should exhibit only a sprinkling of shoots, 

 and those already partially shortened may now be cut back to 

 within 3 inches of their bases. All shoots that have pushed a 

 second time, or that may afterwards do so, must be cheeked. 

 The shoots of Peach and other stone fruit trees should be kept 

 neatly trained, and free exposure of the foliage to light should 

 be kept especially in view. It is improper to train two shoots 

 in a space which the foliage of one would sufficiently cover, 

 whilst the other might be trained along an adjoining old naked 

 branch, the covering of which is no disadvantage, but rather 

 the contrary. See that nails have not been driven in too near 

 the fruit. Strawberry runners should be procured for new 

 plantations without delay. Those who cannot spare the ground 

 for the new plantation may prick the plants out about 6 inches 

 apart in prepared beds, and remove them with balls in October 

 or early in February. As main crops, we would recommend 

 tho Black Prince and Keens' Seedling for tho earliest, the 

 British Queen for the second, and the Elton for the last, the 

 latter is invaluable?. Trench down Strawberry plantations 

 intended to be done away with as soon as the crop is gathered. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



No flower is more popular or more useful than the Rose, 

 whether as standards by the sides of promenades, in beds or 



