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JOUENAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



I December 5, 1867> 



and wten seen in proper Beason will prove its good qnalities. Mr. F. 

 H. Kingbom sent specimeus of a Thoja, the name of which seemed 

 to be undecided ; it was requested that they might be sent again for 

 comparison with others ; likewise Juniperas japonica (?) ; this it was 

 also thought necessary to see again. Mr. G. Smith, Homsey Road, 

 fcronght a basket of nice yonug plants of his white Variegated Pelar- 

 gonium Princess Alexandra. A tirst-class certificate was awarded this 

 plant at Chiswick, where it was planted out; the young plants msin- 

 tain the good character then given to the variety. Mr. R. Parker ex- 

 hibited a cut specimen of a Scutellaria, from Costa Rica, a very beau- 

 tiful scarlet flower with a yellow lip. This is an old plant, but not 

 often seen. As a winter plant it is most useful, and should be more 

 grown. Mr. Parker stated that it was grown in a house vnth his Pelar- 

 goniums, thus proving it to be a greenhouse plant. This specimen 

 was very much admired. Mr. Muir, gardener to Sir P. Egerton. Bart., 

 Oulton Park, sent two cut flowers of a seedling Amaryllis, called 

 Viceroy, a very fine variety of A. aulica. 



Mr. George, Stamford Hill, sent a collection of cut Chrysanthe- 

 miizns, containing some fine specimens ; a special certificate was 

 awarded. Mr. Forsyth, Stoke Newington, also received a special cer- 

 tificate for a fiue collection of the same. 



Mr. Salter again sent his Beta chilensis, remarkable for its deep- 

 coloured leaves, Galactites tomentosa, and Centaurea magnifica, the 

 }ast with too loose and coarse a habit to make it a decorative plant. 

 Mr. Salter also sent several specimens of his seedling Japanese Chry- 

 santhemnms, which seem as much to astonish as please those who saw 

 them. They were, however, so appreciated by the Floral Committee. 

 that four of them — namely. Red Dragon, Anrantium, Comet, and 

 "Wizard, were awarded first-class certificates. The flowers are most 

 curious, and the plants when under good cultivation will prove most 

 useful for decorative purposes in the conservatory. The singular 

 iorm and outline of the flowers will make an excellent contrast with 

 those flowers with broader florets which are now so much used. They 

 are later -flowering than the garden varieties, which will make them 

 very desirable. Every shade of colour that the Chrysanthemum as- 

 smnes seems to be represented in these Japanese seetUings, which were 

 raised from Chrysanthemum roseum punctatum. 



General Meeting. — Sir Philip I>e Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., 

 M.P., in the chair. After the usual announcement of awards the 

 Chairman remarked, that as this was the last Meeting for the present 

 year, he thought he might congratulate the members on the success of 

 the Tuesday meetings, which, indeed, he looked upon as the life-blood 

 of the Society. He, therefore, begged to propose a vote of thanks to 

 the Fruit and Floral Committees. This, as well as a vote of thanks 

 to the Chairman, having been canied unanimously, the proceedings 

 terminated. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S MEETING. 



The second meeting of this Society for the present season was held 

 on the 18th ult. at Burlington House, Professor Westwood, V. P., in 

 the chair. 



Mr. F. Bond exhibited a series of specimens of Sterrha sacraria, a 

 Moth belonging to the family Geometridie, which had been reared 

 from the egg state by Mr. Rogers, of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. 

 Two females had been taken in the month of August, and had depo- 

 sited the eggs from which the specimens had been reared. The cater- 

 pillars fed upon Polygonum aviculare, and the periods of the various 

 stages of development agreed with those of the series of the same 

 species previously reared by Mr. MacLachlan ; but the Moths now 

 exhibited were quite unlike the parent insects^, which were pale yel- 

 lowish buff, whereas the offspring were of a dark colour without any 

 of the rich tints of the ordinary specimens. Mr. Bond could only 

 attribute this result to the gi-eat want of sunshine during the past 

 antunm. 



Mr. Higgins exhibited a splendid collection of specimens of Butter- 

 flies from Borneo and Labuan, several of which had hithei-to been 

 unique in the collections formed by Mr. "Wallace. Amongst them 

 were the magnificent Papilio Brookianus and the remarkable Nym- 

 phalis Caledonia of Hewitson, now proved by the occurrence of perfect 

 individuals to belong to the genus Prothoe, as determined by Mr. 

 Butler of the British Museum. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited a specimen of the rare Ebulea catalanualis, 

 captured at Cheshunt in September last by Mr. Boyd. Its peculiar 

 mode of flight, like a fly hovering over a flower-bud, had caused atten- 

 tion to be devoted to it. Mr. Trimen exhibited a small species of 

 Locust belonging to the genus Pceciloceras. of the pupre of which he 

 }iad found hundreds of pairs together at Natal in the early part of 

 the present year. Also a new species of Mantis, nearly resembling 

 one of the Phasmid.T, with minute and scai'cely raptorial fore legs ; 

 likewise an apparently new species of Papilio from Paraguay rescm- 

 iiling P. Machaon, bat with the spots of the central band tinted with 

 red brown on the outer side. Mr. MacLachlan mentioned the occur- 

 rence of Boreus hyemalis in moss at AViekham and near Croydon. 



The Chainnan gave an account of the Chinese manufacture of the 

 silk gut used by anglers, of which he had received details from Dr. 

 Hooker, together with specimens of the cocoon and chrysalis, proving 

 the insect to belong to an nndescribed species of Satumia, the cater- 

 pillar of which feeds on Liquidamber. About twenty-four hours 

 before the time for commencing spinning the cocoon the insect is 



placed in vinegar, and the silk reservoir of the caterpillar is drawn ont, 

 and stretched sometimes to the length of 20 feet. 



Mr. Stainton mentioned a new habitat of the larva of a species «f 

 Tinea in South Africa — namely in the horns of a koodoo from Natal ; 

 and Mr. Trimen stated that he had seen the skull of a Hartbeest, th« 

 bone of which was eaten into by what he took for the larva of a Tinea. 

 Mr. MacLachlan gave an account of some observations of Signer 

 Halbiani on the destruction of the larvae of the Clothes Moth by pow- 

 dering muscadine over woollen infested by that insect. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



Negocutions are proceeding for holdiDg next year the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society's Country exhibition at Leicester. The 

 proceedings will be the same as at Bury St. Edmunds, and we 

 hope that the prize lists and results will prove as succeBsful ae 

 they were there. We learn that the guarantee fund has been 

 already secured. 



The King of Prussia has conferred the Order of the 



Crown of Prussia on M. Bakillet, who has, for the most part, 

 arranged the public gardens recently formed in Paris. 



Messes. Veitch & Soks have received official informa- 

 tion that they have gained the " grand prix," or large gold 

 medal, at the Paris International Horticultural Exhibition — a 

 good evidence that British horticulture can bear comparison 

 with foreign, even when the competition is so far oft from onr 

 shores. We also understand that Messrs. Shanks & Sons, ef 

 Arbroath, have taken the only medal awarded for lawn-mowers ; 

 whilst to Messrs. Caetek & Co., of High Holborn.has been given 

 a silver medal for the lawn Grass seeds which they exhibited. 



The increase of the demand for Asparagus in France, 



may be estimated from the fact, that the money received for it 

 at Argenteuil in 1820, was 5000 francs ; in 1840, 20,000 frauoB, 

 and in 18G7, 400,000 francs. 



Anotheb distinguished gardener has gone from among ns 



Mr. M'Neill, head gardener at the Secretary's Gardens, Phoenix 

 Park, Dublin, died on the 26th of November. The Irish Far- 

 mers' Ga::ctte says — " In him gardening has lost one of its 

 most single-minded, enthusiastically devoted, and suecessfn] 

 followers ; the community a man of sterling worth ; and the 

 Chief Secretary and public service an attached and faithful 

 servant. By reason of his great ability as a plant gi'ower, as well 

 as of his skill in the other branches of his profession, his name 

 was a household word among horticulturists ; and repeatedly 

 have our columns, and those of the horticultural press of 

 England and Scotland, borne testimony to his extraordinary 

 merits as a cultivator. To know him was to be his friend ; 

 and we have no doubt the intelligence of his early demise will 

 be read with sorrow by many, and elicit heartfelt sympathy for 

 his devoted wife and helpless Uttle ones." 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



It is admitted by most practical men that nothing is more 

 conducive to success, whether in agriculture or horticulture, 

 than a judicious rutatiun of crops; for different plants require 

 different proportions of food, and, consequently, what is re- 

 jected by one will be appropriated by another. As for the cir- 

 cumstance that a given crop may be produced on the same 

 plot of ground for several years in succession, it is not, as 

 would at first sight appear, antagonistic to the above doctrine, 

 inasmuch as the plants with which such a result generally takes 

 place are somewhat indifferent as to the texture of the soil, 

 provided their favourite manure is afforded them. At this 

 period, those who are desirous of laying the foundation for a 

 good garden in the ensuing year should closely review the 

 routine of cropping for the past summer, and even that of the 

 preceding year. Various are the schemes or rotations prac- 

 tised by different gardeners, many of them being based on no 

 better foundation than the convenience of the hour. When, 

 however, the kitchen garden is sufficiently extensive, and 

 where much produce is required, the rotation of crops should 

 be carefully studied. The great difficulty is to procure fresh 

 ground for the Cabbage tribe, so numerous are the kinds as 

 well as successions iu cultivation. Broken-up plantations of 

 Strawberries, Kaspberries, and bush fruit trees, with Celery 

 ground, should at all times, as a rule, be set apart for some of 

 the Braesica family. The ground from which Celery has been 

 taken, especially in the Scotch or bed fashion, is also realy- 



