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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



we trust the head gardeners in all the large eatabliahments will 

 afford their young men an opportunity of joining in this good 

 work by organising a mode such as has been adopted by Mr. 

 Wills, of Huntroyde Park, who has applied to it all the energy 

 which he displays in whatever be undertakes. This is how 

 Mr. Wills has done it : — 



" Hantroyde Gardens, Burnley, Lancashire. 

 " 16th Sept., iSGT. 

 " Dr. Robert Hooo, 



" Dear Sir, — I have very groat pleasure in sending you a triUo from 

 myself and the young gardeuorsaud labourers employed at Huntroyde. 

 Several of the yonng men have generously given a day's pay, others 

 have given what they could afford towards Mr. Thompson's testimonial. 



" 1 was exceedingly pleased at the kind wishes for Mr. Thompson'.s 

 future happiness wliich necompauied their gifts, and at the williugness 

 they displayed in contributing towards this excellent mark and manner 

 of recognising the valuable services rendered to horticulture by Mr. 

 Thompson. I earnestly hone the young gardeners employed on every 

 other establishment throngliout the three kingdoms will follow the 

 good example set by the foreman, young gardeners, and labourers 

 employed in the gardens at Huntroyde ; and that head gardeners will 

 do all they can on their own ])art, and by recommending those em- 

 ployed under them to follow their good example. Earnestly hoping 

 Mr. Thompson may long live to enjoy what is now being subscribed for 

 him, believe mo, yours very faithfully, — .John Wu.lb." 



List of Suuscribers. 



jE «. 



J.Wills 1 



S. Craven 



C.Patrick 2 



.1. Hitchion 3 



W. Doy 2 



D. KniRhl 2 



R. Jones 2 



W. Fish 2 



J. Holding 2 



H. Bertwhistle 1 



J. Cunningham 1 



J. Whitehead 1 



Total . 



We might give a long list of names of our leading gardeners 

 who could help on this laudable project, but it would be in- 

 vidious to do so. We leave it in their bauds, and commend it 

 to their own warm hearts, which are ever open to assist iu any 

 good work. We hope ore many days are passed to bear of 

 many who have followed Mr. Wills's example, and Dr. Hogg will 

 have great pleasure in receiving their contributions. Wo shall 

 conclude with the following extract from the prospectus issued 

 by the Committee : — 



" With a modesty peculiarly bis own, and with a degree of 

 plodding perseverance which cannot be too highly recommended 

 as an example to the rising generation of horticulturists, Mr. 

 Thompson has worked on at these, bis favourite pursuits, with 

 zeal and assiduity, setting before himself the object of render- 

 ing service to science rather than that of personal gain ; and 

 now, after a long and useful career, when his physical powers 

 begin to fail him, it has been thought that an expression of 

 public sympathy in acknowledgment of his life-long labours, 

 would serve to gladden and solace the remaining years of bis 

 life.' 



PORTRAITS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND 

 FRUITS, 



L.F.i.u iiAJALis (May- flowering Lajlia). — Nat. ord., Orchid- 

 aoete. Linn., Gynandria Monandria. Native of Mexico, where 

 it is popularly known as " The Flower of May." Flowers lilac ; 

 lip white, margined and spotted with lilac. — (flat. Miii/.. t. 5G67.) 



.ffiCHMEA oL0JiEn.vTA (Crowded-llowered .Echmea). — Xat. ord., 

 Bromeliaceic. Liiiii., Hexandria Monogyiiia. Native of Bahia, 

 in Brazil. Flowers scarlet and purple. -^(rfcii^., t. 5GGS.) 



BoxDELETH PuRniEi (Mr. Purdie's Bondeletia). — \at. ord., 

 Bubiacea). Liiin., Pentandria Monogynia. Native of Vene- 

 zuela, and New Grenada. •' A free flowerer, and very fragrant." 

 Flowers pale yellow. — (Ihid., t. oOWl,) 



TuAPSu DECii'iEKS (Madeiran Thapsial, — .V«(. ord., Umbel- 

 lifcra>. Z,!nH,, Pentandria Digynia. Native of Madeira. Flowers 

 white and fragrant.— (rtirf., (. 5670.) 



EriMEDicM ALi'iNUM ritr. RDBRUM (Bed-flowered Barren-wott). 

 —Nat. ord., Berberidaceaj. Linn., Tetrandria Monogynia. 

 " A very elegant, hardy, herbaceous plant, equally suited for the 

 shady border or rocknork, and for early greenhouse decoration." 

 Flowers straw-coloured, bordered with crimson. — (Ihid., 1. 5671,) 



HippEASTRfM rARDiNiM. — "This magnificent species of 

 Amaryllis is one of the most striking novelties of the past 

 season, perfectly distinct from all the species of Amaryllis pre- 

 ■viously known, and remarkable alike for its form, which is 

 spreading, with scarcely any tube, so that the whole inner 

 surface is displayed to view ; and for its colouring, which re- 

 minds one of the spotted varieties of Calceolaria or of Tydtea, 



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BO closely are its perianth segments covered over with smal 

 dots, more or less irregularly confluent, of crimson red on a 

 creamy yellow ground. So distinct a plant, combining as it 

 does great beauty with its distinctness, cannot but be a valu- 

 able acquisition for our gardens. 



" The plant is a native of Pern, and was introduced from 

 thence by the Messrs. Veitch tc Sons, of Chelsea, through their 

 fortunate collector, Mr. Pearce. It was exhibited in bloom at 

 one of the meetings held during March of the present year, 

 and was much and deservedly admired. Its merits were marked 

 on this occasion by the award of first-class certificate, which 

 was in every way deserved. Every grower of hothouse bulbs 

 must secure it for bis collection. 



" Our memoranda, taken from the blooming plant, describe 

 the leaves as broadly linear, somewhat blunt, and about Ij inch 

 broad. The flower-stem is robust, terete, and glaucous, sup- 

 porting two flowers, which issue from a spathe of pallid oblong- 

 lanceolate bracts, and are supported on pedicels of about 

 IJ inch long. The flowers are widely expanded — 6 to 8 inches 

 broad ; the tube very short, and fringed within ; the sepaline 

 segments ovate oblong, apiculate, the petaline similar, but 

 blunter, all greenish at the base of the tube, yellowish white 

 upwards, and there spotted thickly with crimson dots ; the 

 stamens declinate, with red filaments and green anthers. 



" Being a native of Peru, this species will not require exces- 

 sive heat ; a cool stove treatment will be best for it. In other 

 respects its culture will be similar to that of other stove Amaryl- 

 lids, some of which were recently noticed in our pages." — 

 {Florist and Pomnlogiat, vi., 213.) 



ZONAL PELARGONIUM AMY HOGG. 



Thk innumerable new bedding-out Pelargoniums that are 

 being sent out, I fear will puzzle many of your amateur readers 

 in selecting, and, as a consequence, either they will keep to 

 the old sorts, or be too often disappointed in the new varieties 

 which they order. To aid those who may be in this diflicnlty, 

 allow me to recommend, with unqualified approbation, a com- 

 paratively new Nosegay variety. Amy Hogg. The leaf has a 

 rather dark zone ; the flower is in colour of a bright purplish 

 rose, very distinct, well formed, and thrown well up above the 

 foliage. The flowers are as numerous and as large as in any 

 Pelargonium I know, equal to those of the good old Cybister, 

 and immeasurably superior in shape. If your amateur readers 

 obtain some stock plants to increase from in spring, or order 

 some at the usual time of bedding-out, I am sure they will be 

 gratified, and possibly thank — As Honorary Secretakt. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCUES OARDEN. 



Cabhnge^, let a good breadth be pricked out at once in rather 

 poor ground. Celeni, earth-up. Caulifioivers, plant in frames 

 and on borders that are sheltered. Carrots, take up and store 

 them in sand in a dry and dark place. Endive, house a good 

 breadth of half-blanched stout plants in every spare frame, 

 and stout half-blanched Cos and Cabbage Lcttuccf. Onions, 

 examine those in store. Par.<nip.'<, take up, but in some soils 

 they keep very fresh in the ground, for no ordinary degree of 

 frost will injure them. Hrrlm, let a stock be potted for forcing 

 iu winter, especially Sweet Marjoram, Mint, Sorrel, and Tarra- 

 gon. Sca-kaU, early-ripened for forcing in dung-beds or the 

 Mushroom-house, may be trenched-up with every root entire, 

 and heeled in the compost-ground in order to be drawn out 

 successively as wanted. Tomatn.s, gather as soon as they 

 begin to colour, and complete their ripening process in-doors, 

 in a good dry heat. 



FRCIT GARDEN. 



Wlien Peach and Nectarine trees begin to drop their leaves, 

 it is advisable to touch them over lightly with a fine-twigged 

 broom, commencing below and moving it towards the extremi- 

 ties of the branches. The leaves which are thus easily dis- 

 placed, have become inert as regards the elaboration of sap, 

 and their removal tends to improve the condition of the young 

 shoots by exposing their bark to the sun and air, and, con- 

 sequently, rendering them better adapted to withstand the 

 effects of frost. Preparation should now be made for filling 

 up all vacancies on walls, by entirely clearing out the soil 

 whore it has become exhausted by the roots of the trees which it 

 formerly supported, and replacing it with fresh soil or compost. 

 In planting some make a hole only large enough to contain the 



