Soptembor 13, 1867. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



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will be liable to be prosecuted for cruelty to animals. Why be 

 should wish to destroy his best friends, which do not eat his 

 Cabbages, but clear tlie frarden of rat^, mice, and other enemies, 

 I cannot imagine. Surely the only damage ever done by cats 

 to gardens is, that they sometimes disturb the surface of newly- 

 dug ground, while they are at the same time manuring it. One 

 of your correspondents once before pleaded the cause of " poor, 

 fond, aftectionate pussy." AVe bear much of the plague of 

 birds, but seem to forget that it is our own fault, by killing 

 and endeavouring to exterminate not only cats, tjut hawks, 

 kites, and other predatory animal.i, which were created for the 

 express purpose of keeping in check any undue excess of birds 

 and mice.— G. S. 



CRYSTAL PALACE AUTUMX SHOW. 



This autumnal Show, continuinf; Tnestlay, AVcduosdav, and to-dav. 



is superior to that of last year, both in the iiumber and qnality of the 

 specimens exhibited. The nnmber may he appreciated 

 that there were about t>5t) exhibitors. 



The Flowers, rouspicnons chiefly in Dahlias, Aster*;, and Gladioluses, 

 were arranged down the middle of the centre iiuve, then came an 

 interval fronting the orchestra, and beyond them, also along the middle 

 of the nave, wcie (ho frnits. 



The Jud:jrs of Fruit were Messrs. Solomon, Rntfitt, Kdmnnds and 

 Kinghoni ; of Flowers. Messrs. Barnes, Turner, Kobiuson & Holmes. 



For collections of Fruits, both superior. — First, Mr. T. Baile}* ; se- 

 cond, Mr. C. Smith. 



The Pine A]>ples were not numerous, but very superior in size. The 

 first-prize (^ueen weighed (libs. -1 ozs. Kor a cojicrtioa. — First, Mr. 

 T. Uaiiey : second, Mr. Kaltrny ; third, Mr. Pa^**. For (Juft-ns. — 

 First, Mr. Rocliford ; second, Mr. I^ttray ; third. Mr. Davits. Othrr 

 A'arietifs. — Fii-st, Mr. Penney; second, Mr. T. Bailey; third, Mr. M. 

 Rochford. 



The Grapes were very 6no. The Barharossas. perhaps, as fmc as 

 any we have had to report ni)OU. Ornju'x 12 lbs. — Kqnal firsts, Mr. It. 

 Norris and Mr. F,. Sage; third, Mr. G. Osborne. For Black Grapes. 

 — First, Mr. R, Norris; second, Mr. E. Saj;e ; third. Mr. G. Osborne. 

 White Grapes. — First, Mr. R. Laing ; second, Mr. G. Geirs ; third. 

 Mr. J. noUin-jworth. Grapes. L:ir^est Bunch. — First. Mr. J. Douglas ; 

 second. Mr. T. D. Irving; third. Mr. G. Osborne. 



Of Ptnths there were si\ty-eiyht exhibitors. — Fii-st, Mr. W. Page ; 

 second. Mr. T. Paine ; third, Mr. J. W. Chard. 



Of Xfctarims there were also sixty-eight exhibitors, and of these 

 brother fruits we never saw finer. — First, Mr. T. Frost ; second, ilr. 

 .T. Fraser ; third. Mr. H. Geirs. 



The Jifclotis were of aveva^e merit. For Grecn-flesbed, of which 

 fifty-three were sbowu. — Firi^t, Mr. W. Beech ; scroud. Mr. T. Sim- 

 monds : third. Mr. W. Richb'-ll. Melons, Scarlet-lieshed, forty-four 

 exhibitors. — First, Mr. J. Alliston ; second, Mr. C. Pitts ; third, Mr. 

 J. Standish. 



Cftcrrit's. Tho Bigarreans and Morellos were very good. — First, 

 Mr. T. Bailey ; second, Mr. 0. Goldsmith ; third, Mr. R. Marcham ; 

 extra, Mr. G. Sago. 



Of Fltuits there were thirty-one exhibitors. — First. Mr. R. Webb : 

 second. Mr. G. Sage; third, Mr. W. Holder; fourth. Mr. T. Bailey. 



In Ap/ift't, dessert, there were thirty-three exhibitors. The frnit 

 was below the average. First. Mr. G. (Jrover; Sfcoud, Mr. R. Wi*bb ; 

 third, Mr. V. Wallis ; fourth, Mr. .T. Bath. Kitchen Apples were 

 very snj-erior. Of the thirty-one exhibitors the prizes were taken by 

 — First. Mr. J. Mortimer ; second, Mr. W. Newman ; third, Mr. H. 

 Geirs; fourth, Mr. H. Anstiss. 



I'i-nrs (three dishes), were below the average in quality, though 

 there were twentv-eight exhibitoi-s. First, Mr. D. Cooper ; second, Mr. 

 G.F.Wilson; third, Mr. R. Webb; fourth. Mr. C. Towill. Pears, 

 for the heaviest — First. ISIr. O. Goldsmith ; senond, Mr. J. Morris ; 

 third, Mr. J. Rabbit. Pears, for the best tlavourud, there were no less 

 than fifty-one competitors — First, 3Ir. T. Bailey; second, Mr. H. 

 Thomeycroft ; third, Mr. G. Grover. 



^'iiic:i in />ots were very few, hut excellently fruited — First, Messrs. 

 H. Lane i^* Sons. 



IVocIu's ill fxtts — Fii-st, Mr. H. Waller ; second, Mr. J. Fraser. 



Thcio were only three competitois in these two classes. 



In the j}figrellitnrn}ifi class the following were selected for prizes out 

 of thirty-one comi>etitors — Mr. J. Fraser and Messrs. H. Lane it Sons 

 for frnit trees in pots : Mr. W. Saras for Cucumbers; Mr. G. Sage 

 for Bananas ; Mr. E. Bennett for a dish of frnit: and Mr. R. Webb 

 for Nuts. These Nuts. Filbert and Cob. deserve ei^pecial notice, for 

 they excelled both in size and quiility. Mr. Webb is the wt li-known 

 proprietor of Calcot Gardens, noar Reading. At the Show he had a 

 pamphlet on their cuUuru distributed gratuitously, and we must tind 

 room for one extract from its pages: — " Coh Filberts were the foun- 

 dation of the produce ; and here I can truly say that the land on 

 which they were planted has proved a very profitable specolation, and 

 to prove the fact 1 will now state what has grown on parts of this 

 plantation, whifh will be quite sufficient for our present inrjuiry. 

 Early in September we commenced gathering, and from half an acre 

 of ground we had 1300 lbs. of Coh Filberts, and also upon another 

 tliree-quarters of an acre 1700 lbs., besides Apples, Pears, and Potatoes 



above and beneath. Now, it mast bo remembered that the past season 

 has been by no means an abundant one for Nuts ; but as it is, we will 

 now see the value of the produce first upon the half acre when we 

 began— viz., i; s. iK 



IMOO lbs. Cob Filberts, sold at £7 per 100 lbs. . . 01 



■10 bushels Apples 20 



Potatoes 7 10 



i'UH 10 

 "Now this will be, according to this calculation, £237 per acre. 

 Again, the 1700 lbs. on three quarters of an acre Cob Filberts nrtualty 

 .fo}>l at £7 per 100 lbs., and some at i7 10^., will he, if we calculate 

 them at £• g. d. 



£7 per 100 lbs 119 



.^0 bnsheis -Apples ) „, -. ,. 



20 ., Pears f '^^ ** ^ 



Potatoes 5 



£159 U 

 Add one quarter more for the remaining quarter 



of an acre 39 15 



Return per acre £19S 15 



" I think, therefore, after nine years' experience, I am fully justified 

 in anticipating what I have stated, that from £200 to £300 per acre 

 may bo *•«.%//// nccomplished in growing C^b Filbert.s and other Nuts 

 of best quality." 



Gr.EAT were the lamentations in tho horticnlturol world when it wag 

 understood that the Crystal Palace Company {which mnst necessarily 

 \ be governed by the vulgar considerations of " does it pay ?) had de- 

 termined to abandon thtir antum'n show. It was felt, and justly felt 

 too, that there would be thus no opportunity of seeing the beaotifnl 

 autumn flowers which are go highly prized and valued by a large class 

 of growers ; and when it was announced that they had reconsidered 

 their determination much satisfaction was expressed. The schedules 

 were again sent out ; and although the Show has been htld at a some- 

 what later period than usual, I never saw a better exhibition at this 

 time of the year ; and wliile no inferior flowers were exhibited, the 

 excellence in some classes, especially Dahlias, was very marked. 

 Some beantifnl stand<^ of Roses were exhibited ; and the Gladioli 

 (although it was somewhat late for them), were nevertheless objects of 

 great interest to a large number of visitors. There was nothing very 

 new in the varieties of Roses that were exhibited, but the individual 

 blooms were wonderfully fine considering the season of tho year. 

 There were some bloums which would have been creditable to a stand 

 at any season. In the Nurserymen's class of ."6 the first prize was 

 awarded to Messrs. Paul & Son for u fine box of blooms containing 

 good examples of Marc-chal Niel, Charles Lefeb\Te, Senatonr Vaisse, 

 Madame Victor Venlier, Sonvenir dun Ami. La Brillante, Exposition 

 de Brie, Alfred Colomb, < .loire de Dijon, Victor Verdier, .lean Lam- 

 bert. Souvenir d'Elise, At.'ts Dufour, Sophie Coqncrel, CamiUc de 

 Rohan, Vicomte Vigier, Abel tirand. .Josephine Beauhamais, and 

 Gloire do Vitri'. ilr. Keynes was second, and Mr. H. Coppin third. 



Messrs. Paul & Son were again first in 21 single blooms, their 

 varieties being Joseph Fiala, Eliz. Vigneron, Maurice Bcrnardin, 

 Souvenir d'un Ami. Madame 0. Yerdicr, Charles Lefebvre. Madame 

 Caillot, Vicomte Vigier, Achille Gonod, Pierre Netting. La?lia, P. of 

 Cambridge, Leopold I., John Hopper, ComiUe Bemardiu, Madame 

 Villermoz. 



There was a splendid contribution in the class for 18 by Amat^nrs. 

 the fii-st prize being gained by Mr. T. Draycott. gardener to T. T, 

 Paget, Esq.. with Lord Clyde, Triomjdie de Rennes, Duchesse do Caylns, 

 M. Bonnaire, Lord Herbert. Lord Miicauluy, Seuateur Va»sse. Gloire 

 de Dijon, John Hopper, Col. de Rongemont, Beauty of Waitnam, 

 M. Bonbon. S. de Malinci^. Charles Lefi-bvre. Antoinc Ducher. Aaroro 

 Boreale. La Ville de St. Denis. The second by Dr. Cooper of Slough, 

 and the third by Mr. J. W. Chard. 



The Rev. Mr. Radclvffe, of Okeford Fitzpaine, exhibited (not for 

 competition), a very beautiful box of blooms, comprising MaW-chal 

 Niel, Charles Iicfebvre. Senatenr Vaisse. Sa-nr des Anises, Celine 

 Forestier, Souvenir de la Mahnaison, Devonianum, Triomphe do 

 Rennes. Madame Knorr. Duke of Wellington. John Hopper. It 

 showed clearly by the healthy foliage and size of the blooms that his 

 growth on the Jianetti fully answered all the purposes of autumnal 

 blooming, and bears out all that he has said in it** favour. 



FiiicrUoLSj Holh hocks than tl o e exhibited by ih; Rev. Edvard 

 Hawke it is impossible to conceive. Il*^" outdid himself, and has carried 

 the growth of this stately flower to atlegree of perfection at one time 

 considered impossible. HisvarietieswercKer.J.Dix. Glory, Desdcmona, 

 Dcaiii, Senior Wrangler. Charmer, George Keith, Favourite, Mrs. 

 Downie. and several seedlings. ' 



ilr. C. J. Pern's Verbenas fully maintained the reputation he has 

 already acquired in this flower, an immense distance being noticeable 

 between his stands and those of any of his competitors. Particularly 

 noticeable amongst his flowers were Miss Turner. Hercule?, Thomas 

 Harris, lilowworm, Cleo]>atm. Meteor, Mrs. Ward. Samuel Moreton, 

 I'irefly. Prince of Wales. Startler, Leah, Madame H. Stenger, Harry 

 Law, Mrs. Mole, Rose Imperial. 



As I have already said, the Gladioli vere not so good as nso&l ; bat 



