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JOUBNAL OP HORTICUIiTUHE AND COTTAGE GARDENEB. 



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a partially shaded house, and a rather moist atmosphere, this 



variety is seen to great ttdrantage ; but iQ the open garden in 

 the BUM, partii;ulariy where the soil and subsoil are both dry and 

 gravelly, the whole of the Mrs. Pollock class are liable to have 

 their luaves browned. Such is the effect of soil and situation, 

 that in one pbice they are not satisfactory, except in well- 

 prepare 1 borders and beds, whilst in others they gtow as freely 

 as Tom Thumb j but after all will thoy ever prove so effective 

 as the Nosegays, when seen from a distance of, say, 10 or 

 50 yards ? — (i. D.iwsox. 



KOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SIIOAV.— June 19. 



It ha^ uot falleu to my lot to witness many of tlie great shows this 

 year ; and us this was the only one I am lilioly to enjoy tliis season, ' 

 1 was htartily glaJ to hear it pronounced by several of the most cou- I 

 strtnt hiliilw s one of the best. To me the exhibitions here seem not i 

 only unsarpissed but oneipialled. At the Kogeut's Park, though no 

 novelty is attempted, uo sensational alteratioud made, yet the scene 

 is ever novel and fresh. The view on entering the tent, although 

 seen a dozen times, is still as striking and as line as ever ; and an es- 

 hibitor must feel, however he stands with his competitors, that every- 

 thing has been done to make his plants look effective. 



In endeavouring to give an account of the florists' flowers, I shall 

 begin, as iu duty bound, with tlie Roses. Here amongst the growers 

 for sale were to be found, as usual, the liuest flowers. Tlieir stock is 

 .so large, that it is only when amateurs approach them in this respect. 

 that they can hope to compete with them. Messrs. Mitchell, Cranston, 

 Paul (t Son, and Frasor, were the exhibitors ; and the best box iu the 

 Exhibition was that shown by Mr. Cranston. These consisted of 

 Pauline Lansc/.eur, Jean Goujon, Souvenir d'Khse, Madame \Yiller- 

 moz, Marguerite de St, Amand. Abbe Berleze, Madame Fartado, Lo 

 Khone, Madame Julie Daran, Niphetos, Madame Boll. Souvenir d'nu 

 Ami, Dr. Andry, a truly grand Bose ; General Jacqueminot, now 

 BUperseded by some of his protjeny ; .Tales Margottin, Victor Verdier, 

 Senateur Vaisse, Madame Knorr. MtUle. Kmain, Gloire de Dijon, 

 and Marechal Vaillant. Messrs. Paul & Son had some tine boxes, 

 containing in especially good condition Lord Herbert, Duehesse de 

 Caylns, Joseph Fiala, Alfred Colomb, and Triompho de llenues. Mr. 

 Mitchell had some very line boxes of twenty-live Hoses, three trusses 

 of each. They were La Tour de Crouy, too full, and rejected by me 

 long ago for that reasou, but here very tiue ; Alfred Colomb, SlauiiL-e 

 Beraardin, Celine Gonod, John Hopper, Pierre Xottiug, excellent ; 

 Charles Lefebvre, still unsurpassed ; Le Phone, Madame Boll. Sena- 

 teur Vaisse. .\nna de Diesbuch, Madame Furtado, Gloire de Ducher, 

 Marechal Suchet, loose; Madame Domage, ditto; Louis Van Houtte, 

 rough ; Madame Ciemeuce Joigneaux ; Marechal Niel, line — it is, 

 by-the-by, a mistalre to call this hardy ; Charles Margottin, rough ; 

 Louise Peyronny ; Adolphe Rothschild ; Xavier Ohbo, crooked on open- 

 ing ; Caroline de Sausal, and Madame Victor Verdier. Messrs. Paul and 

 Son were second with hue flowers, coutaiuing amou^st others Priucesse 

 Marie de Cambridge, Madanv; Fdlion, Beauty of Waltbam, Alba 

 Rosea. 01i\ii-r Delhumme, Franvois Lacbarme, .\chille Gonod, Ma- 

 dame V. Verdier, Glou-e de Dijon. Xavier Olibo, Comtesse de Cha- 

 Lrillant, JIadame Charles Wood, Marguerite de St. .\mand, ven- flne ; 

 Pierre Netting ; and .Alfred Colomb. a very tine Rose. Before leaving the 

 queen of lIowei"s I must notice a truly regal addition, in every sense of 

 the word, to our aheady numerous favoui-ites, but in a class in which 

 we are very deficient, i allude to Miss Ingram, a Rose raised at the 

 Royal Gardens, Frogniore, by Mr. Ingram, the veteran and accom- 

 plished gardener at that truly regal establisiimeut. It is a lovely 

 white Rose with a blush centre, somewhat of the shape of the old Cab- 

 bage, perfectly hardy, having withstood the frost of January, which 

 destroyed nearly all the light Rosea in that loi^ality. I venture to 

 predict for it a career as an English Rose equal to John Hopper. 



I suppose many will consider it rather comin-.; down from Roses to 

 Pansies. Ail I can say is, that it astonishes me tliat the Pansy is not 

 more grown. It requires, indeed, as all florists' flowers do, more care 

 than bedding plants ; but I am sure the enjoyment of beholding these 

 lovely flowei-s displaying their beauties in early spring, is worth tlie 

 trouble. Take Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laings collection, which 

 was sent up from Scotland on purpose for thi.s Show. What beauties I 

 The stand contained Mr. J. Graham, Waverloy, Vesta, .Alice Downie, 

 jMiss C.Lrnegie, Yellow (Jueen, Prlu^^ess of Wales, Countess of Rosslyn, 

 General Young, .Alex. McNab, Mary Lamb, Perfection, Miss Ramsay, 

 Comns. C. W. P. Ramsay, Mary .f. White, Alex. Whamond, Vilbige 

 Maid, Lady Lucy Dundas, General Lee. Miss Muir. J. B. Downie. 

 'Attraction. Arab, luvincible, Emily Lyall, Miss Watson. Gem. Mrs. 

 Hopkins. Eclat, George Wilson, and Chancellor. Inferior to them in 

 form and substance, but remarkable for their novel colouring, were 

 the Fancy Pansies, consisting of — Oriana, Princess Alice, Colleen 

 Bawn, Earlof Rosslyn, Miss Melville, Cedo NuUi. Jeanctte, Maccaroni. 

 3Irs. R. Dean. Belle Lilleoise, Indigo, Striped t,Jueen, and Hugh W. 

 Adair. Jlr. Turner, of Slough, bad a beautiful stand of Pinks, con- 

 taining exquisite flowers of Attr.action, Beauty of Bath, Lord C. 

 Wellesley. Excellent. Rev. (ieo. Jeans, Marion, Devi.^e. Charles Water- 

 ion, Charles Turner. .Tames Hogg, Presdont, Helen, Cristabel, Blondin, 

 Marguerite, Harleijuin, Mary Anne, Prince of Wales, Victory, and 



Emily. Here is another florists' flower whidi bnl few giw in these 



days of gardening made easv. 



Pelargoniums were exhibited in fine condition, but I shall only dwell 

 upon the seedlings, of which there was a large bank, the greater portion 

 boing contributeil by Mr. Foster, of Clewer Manor. Ofthese the best 

 were— Siuur de t'harit'', a bright orange flower, lower petals slightly 

 pencilled, upper petals dark, with bright salmon rose margin ; Empresr, 

 a salmon rose floiver, with a beautiful shade of violet through it, dark 

 blotch, with narrow edge ; Joan of jVrc, a tine dark flower, reminding 

 one by its name of the first grand march in Pelargoniums, ah ! how 

 many years ago, when the old Joan of Ai-c and Foster's Sylph as- 

 tonished the world ; but what an advance since then I Hermit, carmine 

 lower petals, painted with dark cerise, upper petals black, shaded with 

 dark crimson ; Prince (.'onsort. rosy carmine lower petals, medium 

 blotch, the plant of excellent liabit. a"nd very free-blooming ; and Trou- 

 badour, n beantiful salmon-coloured flower, very like Mary Hoyle, but a 

 little more carmine in it, perhaps. Mr. Hoyle Uad only some yearling 

 pbmts — Needle Gun, very dark ; Patrimony, a large flower of bold 

 appearance ; and iliss Uurvey, a pretty painted flower. Marksman 

 (Fraser), is sure to make a good market plant, from its habit and 

 profusion of bloom. From what I have seen and heard, the present is 

 likely to be what I Jo not think last year was— productive of some line 

 flowers ; certainly in last year's group there is nothing so strikingly 

 in advance as Charles Turner and John Hoylo were when they weri* 

 sbowu. 



Tiicre is much more to say, but space fails ; and here must end my 

 contribution towards encouraging the growth of florists' flowers by 

 detailing the beauties that sliiuc amongst them. — D., Dtal. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Weekly Show, June. -llmL—Ki the Show held this day there was 

 only one exhibitoi^— namely, Mr. A. Wilkie, gardeuer. Oak Lodge, 

 Addii'on Road, Kensington, who took a second prize for a collection of 

 Zonal Peloigouiums, a first prize for a collection of Fuchsias, a first 

 prize for a collection of miscellaneous plants, and an extra prize for 

 another collection of plants, also a first prize for cut flowers. From the 

 gardens of the Society at Chiswick an interesting collection of plants 

 was exhi'oitod, consisting of Raphanus caudatus (the Rat'stad Radish), 

 Gloxinias, Petunias, Heliotropes, Fuchsias, i'c. 



HOOi'ERS NURSERY, NEW WANDSWORTH. 



Fon evidence that a taste for flowers is rapidly progressing 

 we have only to look around and see what has been done within 

 the last few years; and us regards the neighbourhood of Lon- 

 don, it is only necessary to visit Covent Garden Maiket, and 

 compare the quantity and quality of the supply at present with 

 what it was twenty years ago. If we go towards CJapham, 

 Wandsworth, and Kingston iu one direciiou, to West Drayton 

 in another, to Horusey in a third, to Norwood, or, iu short, if 

 we take any thoroughfare out of London, not only villas but 

 whole streets will be found adorned with a little conservatory 

 or greenhouse attached to each dwelling. In digressing from 

 my immediate subject I take this opportunity ol directing at- 

 tention to the fact, that although some progress has been made 

 in heating by hot water by the tank system, and by gas, never- 

 theless there is a held open for some ingenious practical gar- 

 dener to obtain celebrity by devising a simple, economical, 

 and efficacious system of heating the small greenhouses or con- 

 seivatories attached to dwellmg-houseE. 



Mr. Hooper's nursery is but live minutes' walk from the 

 Clapham Junction station. The grounds are entered from ths 

 high road. On the left is the seed-shop, counting-house, ic. 

 and on the right the show-house, containing line specimens of 

 the following Zonal Pelargoniums : — Beauty, pure white, with 

 small centre spot of rosy salmon, dwarf, compact, and perfect in 

 outline. Couspicuum, carmine salmon, margin white, truss large 

 and compact, rising well above the foliage; abundant bloomer, 

 dwarf habit. Clipper, vivid scarlet, large finely-formed flowers. 

 Dr. Lindley, orange scarlet, clear white eye. Duchess, rosy lake, 

 compact, free. P'estoon, centre rose, tinted with delicate olush; 

 flowers of very line form. Gloire de Nancy, deep rosy carmine, 

 with large and perfectly double flowers. Glow, \ery large truss, 

 and flowers of tiue form and substance ; free bloomer, colour 

 rich deep scarlet. Wiltshire Lass, rosy pink, remarkably large 

 fljwers and trusses, a valuable variety. Nonsuch, bright sal- 

 mon, white centre and oUges. Eev. H. Dombrain, rich velvety 

 cense, large well-formed flower and trnss, very free. Rosebud, 

 rose, edged with white, well formed flower. 



The main walk from the entrance has a border at each side, 

 40 yards lung and o feet wide, planted very tastefully iu tri- 

 angular form with .Mrs. Pollock, Lucy Grieve, Lady Cullom, 

 Edward George Henderson, Luna, Goldfinch— the last two 



