January IJ, 1887. ] 



JOUENAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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is DOW the most important section of Rosea as distinguished 

 from Bourbons, Noisettes, and other Hybrids. It has been 

 more than once correctly remarked that this term is an abused 

 one ; then why perpetrate it :' The word perpetual not only 

 does not express what the Rose is, but also it is not the 

 equivalent for tlie word the French use — viz., remontant. Now. 

 the word yi'inmitant does express, as nearly as it is possible 

 to find any word, the idea intended to be conveyed ; but as 

 we have no equivalent English expression for it, it is worse 

 than ridiculous to make a floundering attempt at translating 

 a word which admits of no translation. The usual proce- 

 dure in such cases is to adopt it ; there can be, therefore, no 

 more impro|iriety in designating this particular section of 

 Roses litmontant Hybrids than in calling a fiddle a violin. 

 The French themselves make no attempt to translate such 

 words as "jockey," " shunt," "wagon " (with one .'/J, " milord," 

 A'C, although these words contain letters and sounds the very 

 opposite of their adopted orthography and pronunciation. In 

 the same way we accept such phrases as sano-froid, aidc-de- 

 €amp, beau-niondt\ &c., in their original signitication, without 

 essaying to render them into English. 



Upon the ground of common usage, then, I venture to sug- 

 gest that the terra Remontant Hybrids should be substituted 

 for the incorrect " Hybrid I'erpetuals." — Adolphus H. Kent, 

 {To be continued.) 



ICE CELLARS. 



I NEVER knew until I read Mr. C. Short's communication 

 that it required any great care te keep ice in an ice-well, where 

 such a well is high and dry, provided you put in the ice when 

 it is in pretty good order. 



I have to keep ice in what were the cellars of the old man- 

 sion. There is a lake running close up to the passage door, 

 and the water rises within a few inches of the fioor. The 

 ground about the cellars is also very wet and boggy. The 

 walls are what I call dry walls, being built without cement or 

 mortar ; and the roof, a span, is of slates. The height from 

 the level of the ground to the top of the roof is G feet, and, in 

 fact, there is more roof than cellar. Any one accustomed to 

 ice-keeping will at once perceive that it is very difficult to keep 

 ice in such a place. Do what I would, or rather the men, for 

 I allowed them their way, the ice always dwindled down to a 

 few barrowfuls by .^.ugust, and we never begin to use the ice 

 before that time. 



I ought to liave stated that we have three doors to the cellar, 

 and that the passage is 20 yards long. Any one can imagine 

 the draught of au- that rushes towards the ice when a man un- 

 covers those three doors and runs up and down the passage 

 twice or thrice with a basket of ice to till his barrow outside. 



I asked the men it they never covered the slates or roof. 

 "No," said one, "for the water would lodge in the roof and 

 make it damper than it is." "Do you not till the cellar up to 

 the top of the roof with ice ?" The answer was, " No ; only 

 level with the top of the cellar, otherwise we cannot get the 

 straw in. 



As the ice always diminished so much by August, I thought 

 it was time I had my own way; so last year I had the small 

 cellar fiUed up to the top of the roof on the 5th of March with 

 the worst lot of ice I ever remember carting. I then had the 

 roof covered outside with Is inches of soil. I opened the well 

 early on a frosty morning in April, when the ice had sunk a 

 little, and gave it a good soaking of water, which froze as it 

 was poured in, and then covered up well with straw. The re- 

 sult was I had a better supply out of one cellar than I ever had 

 out of two before. — T. Elcome. 



Crystal Palace. — There appears to be every probability 

 that the portion of the Crystal Palace which was destroyed by 

 the calamitous fire on the .Sflth ult., will speedily be restored 

 to its original perfection. The shareholders and season-ticket- 

 holders will, it is understood, contribute largely to this object ; 

 and a movement has been originated by Mr. Francis Fuller, 

 one of the founders of the Crystal Palace, to promote a public 

 subscription in aid of their exertions. He believes that 1,500 

 persons can be readily found to subscribe or collect £100 each, 

 which would suffice to restore a building which may be said to 

 be of national importance, and which has so greatly tended to 

 the refinement and social progress of the people. Many offers of 

 snias of this amount have already been received ; an influential 



Committee is being organised, and it cannot be doubted that 

 all classes of society will cheerfully contribute, according to 

 their means, to accomplish the desired object. M. Elondin 

 has addressed Mr. Fuller, expressing his deep regret at the loss 

 which the public have sustained, and his desire to give, as his 

 contribution, two gratuitous performances on the high rope in 

 the Crystal Palace, in aid of the Restoration Fund, which will, 

 in all probability, produce a considerable sum. 



THE nOYAL HOnxiCULTURAL SOCIETYS 



E.\HICrnON AT BURY ST. EDMUNDS. 



The Royal Horticultural Society's Exhibition at Bury St. 

 Edmunds in July promises to be a great success. Chiefly 

 through the exertions of Mr. D. Fish the guarantee fund 

 amounts to more than £1160, and the special prizes to nearly 

 £260. The schedule of prizes will now soon be issued. They 

 vary from £7 to £1 for stove and greenhouse plants in small 

 numbers — from six to tw'elve specimens, so that the classes of 

 competitors may be very inclusive. Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, 

 Gloxinias, Achimenes, Liliums, Petunias, Ferns, cut Roses, 

 Pentstemons, Delphiniums, Fruits, ttc, are all to be exhibited 

 in small numbers for the same good reason. 

 The special prizes are as folloiv : — 



£ 5. d. 

 Royal Horticultural Society of London, for Palms and Fine- 



foliaged Plants 25 



The Ladies of Bury, for Orchids, a i"20 gold cup and oue 



ofi'S 25 



The Town of Bury, for Ferns, threocups,fl5,£10,andi-7.. S3 



Ditto, for Lycopodiuuis 5 5 



Ditto, for the best window plant grown by a cottager, a 



silver watch 3 3 



The Borough Members, for best and second-best Hand- 



bominets for Ladies, U guineas and 4 guineas 10 10 



The Kev. Frederick Clieere, President of the Bury Horti- 

 cultural Association, for an Essay on the Diseases of 



Plants 10 10 



Eye Horticultural Society, for the best '21 Roses Grown by 

 au Amateur, a Member of any Horticultural Society 



in the County of Suffolk 10 10 



Woodbridge Horticultural Society, for the best 12 Picotees 



Grown by an Amatetu: 5 5 



Stowmarket Town, for the three heaviest bunches of Grapes, 



agoldmedal 10 10 



Ipswich Town, not decided 25 



Thetford Town, not decided 10 



Sufl'olk County, not decided 26 a 



Suffolk Gardeners, for the best 12 Roses Grown by a Suffolk 



Gardener 7 7 



Ditto, for the best 12 Seedling Variegated Pelargoniums . . 5 5 

 The Proprietors of the Gardenerit* Chronicle a silver cup, 

 value £20, for the best Collection of Fruit and Vege- 

 tables — namely, of Fruit, any Five of the Following 

 Eight Kinds, one dish of each — Grapes, Melons (two 

 Fruits), Strawberries, Gooseberries, Currants, Cherries, 

 Raspben-ies or Apples (of the Crop of 18ij6) ; and of 

 Vegetables any Eiglit of the Following Fourteen Kinds, 

 one basket or bundle of each — Peas, French Beans, 

 or Scarlet Runners, Broad Beans, Cauliflowers, Cucum- 

 bers (brace). Summer Cabbages, Early Carrots, Turnips 

 Artichokes, Onions, Spinach, Rhubarb, Potatoes, or 

 Mixed Salading. Open for competition amongst all 



Comers 30 



The Proprietors of The Jocrn.4l of Horticulture, for the 

 two best Desserts, consisting of not less than Seven 

 Kinds of Fruits of 1887, arranged as for the Table, com- 

 bining Quality of Fruit with Taste of .Arrangement. 

 Opeu to Gentlemen's Gardeners and Amateurs only. 



Two First Prizes of the Value of 10 guineas each 21 



A'-S. — Only one of these Prizes can be taken by the 

 same person, 

 Mr. Samuel Barrett. Hardwicke, for the best Collection of 



Yegettibles Grown by a Cottager, a three-guinea watch 3 3 

 For the best Kept and Cropped Allotment, 1^ guinea ; 



Second ditto, 1 guinea 2 12 6 



£258 6 



There are also numerous prizes for cottagers' plants, fruits, 

 cut flowers, and vegetables. 



PL.\NTING PEAR TREES. 



I HAVE to thank " T. R." for his criticism of my paper on 

 Pear culture, and beg to assure him and your readers there is 

 an error of mine, or the. printer's, at page 460, of No. 299. 

 "Holes 9 feet square should be dug, •to.," should read " Holes 

 equal to 9 square feet should be dug, &c." The difference, 

 then, between the holes which I recommend and those advised 

 by " T. R." is not very material. " No hole in any cultivated 

 garden," writes " T. R.," " need be more than from 3 to 4 feet 

 in diameter, and 20 inches deep," and these dimensions, I may 



