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JOUBNAL OF HOKTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEK, 



[ Jane 13, 1867. 



arrived, but I resisted it, and thus escaped the lamentable 

 frost of the 25 th ult. I may add that I have been equally 

 iortanatc with my Plum trees in pots. 



SpN>:y. — Mulberries in pots have a fine crop on them. Those 

 ont of doors arc all destroyed by the late frost. 



Sunny. — Expecting frosts on the nights of the 22nd, 23rd, 

 and 21ih of May, I had my ground vineries covered with mats. 

 Not a shoot is touched, and there i.s a fine show of bunches. 

 Vines on walls are much iujured, and in some places the fruit 

 all destroyed. 



My orchard-house trees have been treated exactly as reeom- 

 meuded in your columns and elsewhere, having had the soil 

 renewed in autumn — with the exception of the Apricots re- 

 ferred to — and surface-dressed in spring and summer. Last 

 April while the trees were in full bloom my house was open 

 Hight aud day, as the weather was mild and humid. I 

 have found the treatment of my trees, as described in this 

 article, attended with nnvarjing success. I mention this be- 

 cause your correspondent " C. P.," page 39-i, seems to have 

 discovered a newer and a better way of treating his trees ; for 

 lie says, referring to Mr. Elvers by name, "I have departed 

 from his rules more and more every yenr with manifest advan- 

 tage." This is a serious assertion, aud I think Mr. Rivers and 

 many of your readers will feel greatly obliged by his flaying 

 promptly how he manages his trees, and stating his climate 

 and soil. We, your readers, have npparenlly something of 

 consequence to learn, and I feel assured that Mr. Kivers will 

 thank him for giving a fresh stimulus to orchard-house culture. 



HOETULANUS. 



MANCHESTER NATIONAL EOETICULTUKAL 

 EXHIBITION. 



Mr. Frsr.LAT's great tindcTtalciucj may be looked npon as a gi-and 

 success. "We have only seen one exhibition to sni-pass it, and the Man- 

 chester people mny Tvell be proud of the success attentUng the efforts 

 ■of the able Curator of their Botanic Garden in getting up an Exhi- 

 bition very Uttlo inferior to the Great International Horticultural 

 Exhibition held at South Kensington last year. Friday and Saturday 

 were very unfavourable. The rain pouring down on Friday deterred 

 many intending visitors from going to the Exhibition ; but in the 

 afternoon the weather cleared up, and the sun shone out brilliantly 

 for an hour or so. Visitors to the number of three thousand then 

 assembled to witness the grand sight prepared for them. Saturday 

 morning opened more favourably, and the day continued very fine up 

 to about two o'clock, ■when the rain fell again ; but m spite of this a 

 i^ood company assembled, and towards evening the weather cleared up, 

 and the number of visitors increased. 



Bo£es were the only subjects which we thought were not so well re- 

 presented aa at Kensington last year ; they were, ho^7eve^, very good. 

 "The Orchids were wonderfully line. The splendid coUectious shown 

 hy J. A. Turner. Esq.. were, probably, the finest ever seen at any pro- 

 vincial eshibition, and the magnificent groups of new and rare plants 

 sent down by Messrs. Veitch & Sons attracted much attention. ,These 

 ■were grouped on a circular stage in the centre of the Exhibition-honse, 

 and were seen to great advantage. On one side of them were arranged 

 tlie designs for table decoration, on the other the fruit. For the time 

 of the year, this was well represented. Mr. Meredith and Mr. 

 Dixon were placed equal first for two bunches of Black Hamburgh. 

 Mr. Bloredith's, although much finer aud better-gi'owu bunches, were 

 not so well coloured as Mr. Dixon's. We think the Jurors acted wisely 

 in giving an equal first to both exhibitors. Mr. Dixon exhibited 

 Grapes largely. He certainly proved at Manchester that he is capable 

 of growing good Grapes, as well as wiiting a good book on raising 

 Tricolor Pelargoniums. 



On euteriug the Exhibition-house we -n-ero pleased to see a box of 

 Tsias aud Sparaxcs ; these were contributed by Mr. R. P. Ker, of 

 JjiTCi-pool, and were veiy beautiful. It is to be hoped that this 

 fine class of bulbs will become more generally grown. The collection 

 eshibited on this occasion contained coloui-s of evoi-y conceivable 

 shade. Near it we observed a most beautiful plant, Anthurium Scher- 

 zerianum, as well as the < urious Amorphophallus nobilis, exhibited 

 hy Mr. Ball, of Chelsea. The stove and greenhouse plants staged in 

 the Exhibition-house were remarkably fine ; those exhibited by Mr. 

 Baines, gardener to H. MichoUa, Es.i., were especially good. Mr. 

 Mitchell, gardener to the Duke of Hamilton, likewise exhibited fine 

 ■collections ; he had also a splendid collection of finc-foliaged plants, 

 which, though they had travelled up from Scotland, were in excellent 

 condition. Mr. B. S. WiUiams was an extensive and veiy successful 

 exhibitor, his plants being in vciy fine condition. His collection of 

 finc-foliaged plants was very beautiful, and so were his Orchids and 

 atove and greenhouse plants. 



At the conclusion of the labours of the Jurors, the Council of the 

 Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society aud the Judges, sat 

 <[owu to an excellent cold collation in a tent in tlie gardens. In 

 4he unavoidable absence of the President of the Society, J. A. Turner, 

 Ksq., Sir J. Watts presided, aud after the loyal toasts, proposed 



*' Prosperity to the Society and the Exhibition." The Kev. Canon 

 Gibson responded, aud proposed '* The Judges, " cottpled with the 

 name of Mr. Mitchell, who replied in a very able and satisfactory 

 manner. Mr. W. Thomson, of Dalkeith Palace Gardens, also made a 

 very interesting speech, and endeavoured to impress upon the Council 

 of the Society the necessity of giving greater prominence to fruit in 

 their future exhibitions. This object, Mr. Thomson said, would be 

 gained by offering better prizes. Mr. Thomson spoke in very flattering 

 terms of the success of the Exhibition, aud saij, excepting the Great 

 Interaational of last year, it was the best he had ever seen. Mr. 

 Thomson in the course of his remarks said that he thought the Man- 

 chester people wei-e exceedingly fortunate in having in Mr. Findlay a 

 gentleman so well able to manage their horticultural exhibitions, and 

 although he had never seen Mr. Findlay before that day, he was very 

 glad to congratulate him on his great success. Sir J. Watts gave the 

 " Health of the Exhibitors," to which Dr. Ainsworth responded, and 

 after speaking in high terms of the arrangements, thanked Mr. Findlay, 

 on behalf of the Council, for the great exertions he had made, and said 

 the Council would adopt the suggestions Mr. Thomson had offered 

 them, and would in future offer more hberal prizes for fnxit. Mr. 

 K. S. Williams, of HoUcway, also responded, remarking that he was 

 the oldest exhibitor in London, and, therefore, he had had that ex- 

 perience which justified his saying that after the International of last 

 year, this was the best flower show that had ever been seen. Mr. 

 Williams, in the course of his remarks. (said he hoped the gentlemen 

 iireiient, and others, would not allow the Manchester Botanical So- 

 ciety to remain any longer in debt ; it was a disgrace, he said, to Man- 

 Chester. He hoped they would put their shoulders to the wheel. He 

 was wilUug to give, on his part, soirething towards it, aud if they would 

 only help him they might soon have a very flourishing society, free 

 from debt aud care. Other speakers followed, all expressing their 

 gratification at the success of the Exhibition, Tiie Chairman next 

 gave the health of the Curator, Mr. Findlay, which was received with 

 great applause. Mr. Findlay returned thanks in a very feeling and 

 appropriate speech, in the course of which he said he thought there 

 was nothing calculated to enlighten and elevate the minds of the inha- 

 bitants of large towns so much as horticultural exhibitions. The 

 health of the Chauman was then given, and in returning thanks he 

 very warmly commended lilr. Findlay for his origination of the Ex- 

 hibition, and for the excellence of the arrangements which he had 

 superintended. 



The following is a list of the principal awards : — 



AMATEURS. 



Fourteen Stovo aud Greenhouse Plants, in flower— 1st, Mr. H. L. Ml- 

 cholls, Bowdon ; '2nd, Sir J Watts, Cheadlu ; ard, the Duke of Hamilton. 



Twcuty Exotic Orchids, in flower— 1st and 2nd, Mr. J. A. Turner, Pen- 

 dlebury ; Srd, Mr. T. .lones, Whalley Range. 



Eight Greenhouse Azaleas, in flower— 1st, Mr. L. Ilanmer, Woodford; 

 2nd, Sir J. Watts ; Srd. Mr. J. Stevenson, Lnrk Hill. 



Ten Fine-folinned Plants— 1st, the Duke of Hamilton; 2nd, Mr, J. 

 Stevenson; 3rd, Mr. T. Hobson, Wilmslow. 



Eight Stove or lireenbouso Ferns — 1st, Mr. T. Hobson; 2nd, Mr. J. 

 Stevenson ; 3rd, Mr. J. Broome, Faliowfield. 



Twelve Hnrdy Ferns— 1st, Mrs. Hampson : 2nd, Mr, W. Pearson, Prest- 

 wich; 3id, Mr. J. F. Kowbolham, Chorlion-cum-Hardy. 



Ten Zonal Pelargoniums, in flowci* — 2nd, Mr. H. K. Balstone, Bowdon. 



Ten Variegated Pel iirgoni urns — 1st, Capt. Starkic ; 2nd, Mr. E. Phillipi ; 

 Srd, Mr. J. Lees, Hawkwood. 



■■^ix Show Pelargoniums.in flower— 1st, Mr. T. Agncw,Manche8ter; 2nd, 

 Mr. J. Broome. 



Six Fancy PcMnrgoniums — 1st, Mr. T. Agnew; 2nd, Mr. J. Broome. 



Six Rhododendrons, in flower — Srd, Mr. T. Hobson. 



Six Amaryllis, in flower — 1st, Pr. Ainsworth. Manchester. 



Three Palms- 1st, the Duke of Hamilton ; 2iid, Mr. J. Broome. 



Three Tree Ferns— 1st, Mr. H. MichollB,BIanchester. 



Six Fuchsias, in flower— 1st, Mr. H. K.Balstone ; 2nd, Mr. W. Bindloss, 

 Eccles; Srd, Mr. W. Chittick. Bowdon. 



Eight Stove and Greenhouse Plants, in flower— 1st, Mr. J. Stevenson ; , 

 2ud. Mr. T. Kendall. Cbeudle. 



Eigbt Greenhouse Azalens, in flower — 1st. Sir J. Watts. 



Twelve Exotic Orchids, in flower- 1st, Dr. Ainsworth; 2nd, Mr. J. A. 

 Turner; Srd, Mr. T Baker, Manchetter. 



Six Herbaceous Calceolarias, in flower — 1st, Mr. E. Tootal, Weaste; 

 2nd, Mr. J. Kcymer, Timxierley: Srd. Mr. K. Andrew. 



his t^hrubby Calceolariiis, in flower — 1st, Mr. J, Keymer. 



Four Greenhouse Azalens, in flower — 1st, Mr. L. Hanmcr; 2nd, Mr. 

 H. Micholls : Srd, Sir J. Watts. 



Ten Miscellaneous PInnts— 1st, Mr. S. Schloss, Bowdon; 2nd, Mr. T, 

 KeudiiU ; Srd, Mr. H. Micholls. 



F-itiht Exotic Orchids, in flower— 1st, Mr. J. Stevenson; 2nd, Mr. T. 

 Kendall; Sid, Dr. Ainsworth. 



Six Fine-foliaged Plants— 1st, Mr. S. Pchloss ; 2ud, Mr. E. Philippi. 



Twelve Miscellaueous Softwoodt^d Plants, in flower — 1st. Capt. Starkie. 



Four Stove and Greeuhouse Plants, in flower — 1st, Mr. T. Kendall; 

 2Dd, Sir J. Watts ; Srd, Mr. E. Philippi. 



One Azalea, in flower— 1st, Mr. h. ilanmer (Juliana) ; 2nd, Mrs. Hamp- 

 son; Srd. Mr.T. Keudafl. 



One Exotic Orchid, in flower— 1st, Mr. T. Kendall {Saccolabium re- 

 tusuml ; 2nd, Blr. T. Jones; Srd, Dr. Aiu.swnrth. 



One Cape Heath, in flower— 1st, Mr. T. Kendall (Erica veutricosa coc- 

 cinea). 



One Rhododendron, in flower — 1st, Mr. L. Hanmer. 



NURSERYMEN. 



Twelve Stove and Greenhouse Plants in flower — Ist, Mrs. E. Cole and 

 Sons. Withington ; 2nd, Mr. B. S. Williams, Holloway. 



Six Greenhouse Azaleas, in flower — Mrs. E. Cole & Sons ; 2nd, Mr.B. S. 

 Williama. 



