February 7, 1867. ] 



JOUKNAL OF HORIICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



103 



SELECTION OF ONF. HUNDRED. 



The preceding fifty 

 •GypBopbila elegnns, white nnd 



pink, '2 tvei. 

 •Eutoca WrangelinnR, bhic, 1 foot. 

 Sweet Sultau, purple, 2 feet, 

 yellow, 2 feet. 

 *Linariabipartita splenJeus.purple, 



1 foot. 

 *Godetia Lindleyaua fl. pi., rosy 



purple, 1^ foot. 

 CoUinBia multicolor, orimii-ou, 



lilac, nnd white, 1 foot. 

 Larkspur, Rocket, vnrious, 1 foot. 



Hyacinth-fluwei'ed vars., 1 foot. 

 CoUomia coccinea. sc;irlet and, 

 yellow, 1 foot. 

 ♦Calandrinia urn bell at a, crimson 

 purple, -i foot. 

 Campanula Lorei, blue, 1 foot. 

 Catchfly. Lobel'?, red, 1 foot. 



Lobel's, white, 1 foot. 

 Encharidiura gi-andirtorura, red, 

 1^ foot. 

 ♦EscbschoKzia erooea, orange. 1 ft, 



tenuifolia. primrose, 1 foot. 

 •Hibiscus calisurt-us, rose, li foot. 

 •Nemophila maculnta, white and 



purple, 5 foot. 

 Nigella hispanica atropurpurea, 



pnrple, 1^ foot. 

 Leptosipbou nndrfsaceus, lilac. 



andr<i>-af C-is ulbus. 

 *Limnantbes Douplasi, white nnd 

 yelKiw, 1 foot. 

 Sphenogrne speciotja, yellow, 1 ft. 

 •aUene pendula alba, white, 1 foot. 



j Liivatera trimestris, red, 3 feet. 



'Gilia tricolor rosea spleadens, 

 I rose, 1 fi>ot 



nivalis, white, J foot. 

 •Sunflower, dwarf, yellow, 3 feet. 



Sweet Pea, varH , 5 to 6 feet. 

 ♦Malope triflda, purple, 3 feet. 

 Love-lies-bleeding, red, 2 feet. 

 I Lupiu, yellow, 1* foot. 



Lupinus hybridus Dunnetti, rose, 



brown, and yellow. 



^Convolvulus minor atropurpureus, 



■ violet pnrple, 1 foot. 

 •Anagallis graudiflora cerulca, 



' blue. 



■ Centranthug macrosipbon carneud, 



flo^h, IJ foot. 

 1 macroaiphou albus, white, 1 h ft. 



I Bnrtonia auren, orange, I^ foot. 

 CftUiopsis cardiminifolia, yellow, 

 2 feet 

 ' bicolor nigra speciosa, marbled 



crimson, '2 feet. 

 Centaurea amerieana, blue, 2 feet. 

 *Fenzlia dianthitiora, rosy lilac, 

 I foot. 

 La.stbenia califoriiica, yellow, 1 ft. 

 Tropreoluni Tom Thumb, vellow, 

 ; 1 fnot. 



I Tom Thumb, crimson,! foot. 



King of Tom Thumbs, crimson 

 scarlet. 

 •Saponaria calabrica albi, white, 

 1 foot. 

 ' *Poppy, Carnation, various, 2 feet. 

 1 PiEouv-flowered, vara., 2 feet. 



HARDY ANNUAL EYEIILASTINGS. 



Helichrysum macranthom, white, Helichrysum bracteatum, yellow, 



2 feet. 



macranthum unnum, red, 1 ft. 

 macranthum rubruin, red. 2 ft. 

 compositum maximum, var., 



2 feet. 

 moDstrosum, various, Ih foot. 



HARDY ANNn.U.S WITH ORNAMENTAL POLIAGE. 



Atriplex hortens-is rubra, red 

 foliage, (2 feet if pinched) 

 3 to 4 feet. 



Chcnopodium ati-iphcis, purple 

 foliage, 3 feet. 



CLIIIUERS. 



Convolvulus major (Ipomiea purpu- 

 rea), albus, white. G to 11 ft. 



major atropurpureus, dark 

 purple, 10 feet. 



major atroviolaceus, dark violet, 

 10 feet. 



major Burridgi, rosy crimson, 

 10 feet. 



qninatus.white, lilac spots, 10 ft. 



aureus superbus, yellow. 



Except in warm soils and eituations, the varieties of Con- 

 Tolvulus major reiiuire the treatment of half-hardy annuals. 



Pennisetnm longistylum, 

 Eleusiue caput-Medusae. 

 Bromus Schraderi. 

 Briza maxima. 

 Agrcstis nebulosa. 

 Tnchohena rosea. 



-G. Abbey. 



Lagurns ovatug. 

 H.Brdeam jubatum. 

 Brizopyrum siculum. 

 Avena steriUs. 

 Setaria macrochseta. 

 Paspalum elegaua. 



EARLY PEAS. 



We have read with unmingled surprise the reported result 

 of a trial of early Peas by " Eonxoc," at page 67 of this 

 Journal, prejudicial to the now-established good character of 

 our First Crop Pea. We can only conclude your correspondent 

 has failed in procuring the genuine stock as introduced by us, 

 and which was distributed last season in sealed packets only. 



Alter the numerous testimonials which we have received as 

 to the unqualitied superiority of our First Crop Pea, besides 

 the many favourable reports at various times in the horticul- 

 toual journals of its good quality, further eomments from ua 



may be deemed unnecessary ; but the following evidence of its 

 character is worthy of notice, being the result of a trial by Mr. 

 J. Yeitch, of the Koyal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, an authority 

 of uudoubted experience : — 



" I will hero mention that all tlie novelties were procured 

 direct fruin the firms sending them out. 



" I made my first sowing .January 10th, with the following 

 kinds : — 



liloomeil. rvuthere-i. 



"1. Cr^rpentor's Express May 6th June 6th. 



2. First and Best 



3. Carter's First Crop 



4. Kin^'lertder 



;). Essex Rival 



n. Sanaster's No. 1 



7. Dillistone's Early 



8. Tom Thnmb 



9. Long-podded Tom Thumb 



This proves our Pea to be the earliest (excepting Eingleader, 

 with which it is identical), and several days earlier than Saug- 

 stpr's Ko. 1. 



This independent evidence we think will convince "Eomnoc," 

 that the early qualities of our First Crop Pea are not over- 

 estimated, and that probably he did not procure the Pea from a 

 reliable source, — Jamks Ciiiter & Co. 



2 feet. 



hracteatum iilbum, white, 2 feet 

 brachyrhynchiurn, yellow, l^ ft. 



Xeranthemum annuum, purple, 



3 feet. 



album, white, 2 feet. 



Helianthus ar;jyrophyllns striati- 



lolius,dual>le, j;lo.-.>y foliage 



and bright yellow flowers, 



4 foct. 



macrophyllas giganteus, 10 ft. 



I have grown tiie above annuals and consider them the best ; 

 but tastes may differ, and of those which I have named some 

 may not succeed in particular soils and .situations, or not so 

 well as to be useful, and I may have omitted others that are 

 desirable. For the names of such, I, for one, should bo obliged. 

 I will conclude with naming a few hardy annual climbers, 

 twiners, and Grasses. 



Tropeeolnni majns, mixed, various, 

 6 feet. 



majna, crimson. (J feet. 



majos, orange, ti feet. 



majus Scheueri.inura. straw- 

 coloured, spotted, fi feet. 



majus >cheuerianum caroeum, 

 straw, marbled scarlet, 6 ft. 



peregrinnm (canaricnse) , yel- 

 low, 10 feet. 



6th 1st. 



3rd liny 31st. 



3rd , 31st. 



Kith June 9th. 



20tli 8th. 



lUh 9th. 



12th „ 7th. 



20th 7th." 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The anniversary meeting of the P.oyal Horticultural Society 

 is to be held on Tuesday next, when "the Fellows will have an 

 opportunity of exercising their privilege of electing their re- 

 presentatives to serve on the Council for the current year. 

 The gentlemen who have been recommended by the Council, 

 and whose names we announced in our last Number, are all in 

 their several positions highly qualified to hold such a trust as 

 it is proposed to give them. In General Grey we could not have 

 a better representative of that class v.-ithout which popular in- 

 stitutions in this country cannot well be carried on success- 

 fully; while, at the same time, will be secured that connecting 

 link between the Society and its exalted Patron, which cannot 

 fail to be highly advantageous to its interests. In the very 

 names of the other two gentlemen who have been recommended 

 — Major Trevor Clarke and Mr. Wentworth Buller — we have 

 an assurance of a devotsdness to horticulture and to the best 

 interests of the Society, which requires no other confirmation 

 than is exemplified in their past career. So far, then, we be- 

 lieve the p'ellows may congratulate themselves. 



For a great many years past, but more particularly for the 

 last five years, the financial position of the Society has been a 

 subject that has excited a solicitous and not unfrequently a 

 deep interest in the breasts of the Fellows; and those who 

 take a marked interest in the welfare of the Society look for- 

 ward to the anniversary meeting with a very special interest as 

 that at which the report of the Council is made, setting forth 

 the condition and prospects of the Society. It is notorious 

 that for several years the statements produced of the financial 

 condition of the Society were comprehensible in the inverse 

 ratio of the Society's prosperity, and for any one to arrive at a 

 clear understanding of the subject from the accounts furnished 

 in the report was next to impossible. Some of the statements 

 show an inkling of how matters stood. In the .year ending 18C4, 

 for example, even with the most favourable representations of 

 the state of the revenue accounts, a balance was shown against 

 the Society of £2784 Ifw. 3cl. In preceding years the position of 

 affairs was not more encouraging, End it may be useful to re- 

 call a few of the items of expenditure of those days, by way of 

 encouragement or of warning for the present. On reference to 

 former balance sheets we find the sums spent on the following 

 items stated thus : — 



We shall have an opportunity to speak of Chiswick on an- 

 other occasion. It will be seen from these facts that the affairs 

 of the Society have been gradually improving, and the expen- 



• We cannot pretend to explain how the labour this year should have 

 amounted to a sum go much below that of the preceding and subsequent 

 years ; but it appears to show that it is possible to keep the garden is 

 state of perfect efficiency for that amount. 



