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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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Wherever this is found to exist, the Vines should bo immediately 

 destroyed. Mr. Beale, of Messrs. James Carter & Co., offered to take 

 photographs of any remarkable exhibitions that wero submitted to the 

 Committee, so as to serve as a standard by which to compare subse- 

 quent exhibitions ; and the Committee unanimously passed a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Beale for his very liberal offer. Messrs. Standish & Co., 

 of Ascot, exhibited three handsome bunches of Royal Ascot Grape. 

 The bunches were very large, and finely coloured. He also exhibited 

 three bunches of Muscat of Alexandria, and one beautiful dish of 

 Sir Charles Napier Strawberries. To these a special certificate was 

 awarded. 



Floral Committee. — Rev. J. Dix in the chair. There was not 

 such a large array of novelties on this occasion as at some of the 

 earlier meetings, but the certificates given were tolerably numerous. 

 To Messrs. Veitch first-class certificates were awarded for Ficus deal- 

 bata, with ample, stout, dark green foliage, with a greenish white mid- 

 rib ; Khapis humilis, a dwarf Palm ; Oncospermum Van Houttei, a 

 very graceful Palm ; Pritchardia pacifica, a noble-looking Palm with 

 large fan-shaped leaves ; Cyanophyllum spoctandum with bold leaves, 

 longer than those of C. magnificum, and very ornamental; and to 

 Alnus glutinosa rubronerva with coppery olive leaves with a metallic 

 lustre, and having red leafstalks. Alnus glutinosa aurea, a very 

 pretty golden-ltaved variety, was also shown by Messrs. Veitch; like- 

 wise Welfia regia, and several other Palms ; and a finely-bloomed 

 specimen of Azalea Antoinette Thelman, a semi-double salmon-rose 

 variety, with a flush of magenta in the upper petals. 



Mr. Turner, of Slough, had a first-class certificate for Azalea Roi 

 de Hollande, a very fine salmon scarlet, much spotted with crimson 

 in the upper petals. He likewise sent Miss Poole Rose, and Azalea 

 Reine Mario Henriette, which had been exhibited at a previous 

 meeting. 



Mr. B. S. Williams took a first-class certificate for a fine variety of 

 Trichopilia crispa, called marginata, with the flowers edged with white. 

 Mr. Williams also exhibited Miltonia festiva, very pale yellow, with a 

 pale lilac lip streaked with brownish purple ; Clerodendron speciosum ; 

 and Aralia peltata, a handsome-leaved plant. 



From Messrs. Paul & Son came Hydrangea stellata flore-pleno, 

 with small but pretty, very double pink heads, and which was awarded 

 a first-class certificate. 



Mr. Fairbairn, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, Sion, 

 sent a box of Pyrethruni Tchihatchewii, which has been recommended 

 as a substitute for grass in dry situations, but it was not looked upon 

 as at all comparable to grass for effect. A special certificate was given 

 to Mr. Martin, gardener to L. P. Kennard, Esq., Harrow Weald, for 

 a beautiful basket of cut flowers of the wax-like Hoya carnosa ; and 

 the like award was also made to Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of the 

 Wellington Nursery, for a group of fine varieties of Mimulus ; and to 

 Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., Hillfield, Reigate, 

 for an interesting group of plants, the most remarkable of which was 

 Elisena longipetala, a Peruvian bulbous plant, which will bo referred 

 to hereafter. 



Mr. George, Putney Heath ; Messrs. Bell & Thorpe ; T. Laxton, 

 Esq., Stamford, and Messrs. Veitch sent a number of seedling Tri- 

 color and other Zonal Pelargoniums, several of which were promising. 

 Messrs. Bell & Thorpe also sent seedling Petunias ; and from Mr. 

 G. MacDougall, Balclutha, Greenock, came My Ain Pet, a white- 

 variegated Pelargonium. To none of the above, however, was any 

 award made. Mr. Rothenheim, Euston Road, London, exhibited 

 patent blinds of a very neat appearance, but no particulars were given 

 respecting them. 



General Meeting. — G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. 

 After the election of fourteen new Fellows, and the announcement of 

 the awards, the Rev. M. J. Berkeley said that the Iris exhibited at the 

 last meeting by Mr. Ware, and of which no one could discover the 

 name, he had found very nearly corresponded with one figured in 

 Kegel's " Gartenflora," and of which the rhizomes had been sent 

 from the Caucasus to St. Petersburgh ; and although Mr. Ware had 

 obtained it from Greece, it was in all probability the same as that 

 figured by Regel. A cut flower of a Cactus Bhown appeared to be 

 that of a seedling of Cactus triangularis ; and as to Mr. Wilson 

 Saunders's collection, nothing could he more interesting than the 

 plant belonging to the genus El9sina of Herbert, and which, Mr. 

 Berkeley said, was very closely allied to Ismene Macleana, figured 

 and described in the " Botanical Magazine," t. 3675. To show the 

 estimation in which the plant was held, Mr. Berkeley read the follow- 

 ing extract from the account of the Ismene in the work referred to : — 



" This is one of those plants so much celebrated by the Peruvians under 

 the name of Amancaes. And so great a favourite is this flower with the 

 people, that the plain at the foot of the mountains, where it grows, near 

 Lima, bears the same name ; and one of the greatest festivals at Lima, 

 called the 'Festival of the Amancaes,' is thus described :—* The Aman- 

 caise is an annual festival, celebrated at Lima on the 24th of June ; it is 

 Something similar to our May-Day; the occasion of it being the height of 

 bloom at that time of a flower peculiar to Peru, called the Amancaise, 

 to gather which, the citizens of every class, in the afternoon of the day, 

 hasten, as a gala, to a spot in the vicinity of the city, deriving its name, 

 as well as the festival itself, from the flower which grows more abundantly 

 there than in any other place.' " 



The beautiful Epidendrum syringothyrsum, Vanda Denisonis, the 

 Moulmein variety of Saccolabium ampullaceum, the plants of Tricho- 



pilia crispa from Messrs. Veitch and Lord Londesborough, and Mp. 

 Williams's variety marginata, were then pointed out as well worthy of 

 attention. With regard to the Pyrethruni with a name he would not 

 attempt to pronounce, he could not think it would ever be so useful as 

 the common Anthemis nobilis, which was delightfully fragrant when 

 crushed under foot. The Golden Alder, the Golden Sycamore, of 

 which there is a magnificent specimen at Chiswick, and the Golden 

 Oak, it was remarked, would form a most beautiful group ; and the 

 Hydrangea from Messrs. Paul was one of the most charming little 

 gems he had seen. What appeared to be the flowers were not so, but 

 part of abortive flowers, the true flowers being in the centre. 



Attention was next directed to two curious specimens of disease; ia 

 the one the common red Lychnis had been attacked by a rust, which, 

 commencing at the root, ascended the stem and affected the anthers 

 only ; in the other, a plant of the common Goat's Beard had been 

 attacked, but only as regards the receptacle. Various fungi were then 

 instanced aB attacking a single part only of the plant, the bunt on 

 Wheat being one, a curious fact in the economy of such fungi. A very 

 destructive insect attacking the Vine and causing large blisters on the 

 leaves was then referred to as far more formidable than even the Vine 

 mildew, and though gas water had been recommended as a remedy, 

 he thought it probable that what would kill the insect would also 

 kill the plant. Whenever it mado its appearance he considered the 

 best plan would be to stamp it out by burning all the Vines affected. 

 In conclusion, Mr. Berkeley said he would again direct attention to 

 the orchard house at Chiswick, and with the Chairman's permission, 

 he would ask Dr. Hogg to make some remarks on it. 



Dr. Hogg said he was very glad Mr. Berkeley had called attention 

 to the orchard house at Chiswick, for he (Dr. Hogg), did not know 

 anywhere a better example of the successful management of these 

 structures than the Society possessed in its own garden. The house 

 was one of the largest that had been erected in this country, its 

 dimensions being 120 feet by 30, thus giving ample scope for trees 

 planted out and in pots. Other advantages of houses of that size 

 were the greater amount of moisture raised by evaporation from the 

 soil, whilst owing to the larger body of air enclosed there was not the 

 same risk of frost as in a small house. Mr. Barron, to whom all the 

 credit of its success was due, in order to limit the amount of watering 

 this year, intended to allow the mulching used to protect the roots 

 of the trees during the winter, to remain in summer to protect them 

 from drought. He (Dr. Hogg) could not recollect ever seeing a house 

 in which there was a larger amount of fruit than in that at Chiswick, 

 and, notwithstanding the discussion which had taken place on the 

 question of orchard houses, he did not know a moro valuable structure 

 in a garden than a well-managed orchard house. 



The Chairman having remarked on the beautiful appearance the 

 trees presented when in flower, closed the proceedings by announcing 

 that the next two meetings would be held on the Sth aud 29th of 

 June respectively. 



THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND 



PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 

 EXHIBITIONS. 



In accordance with a notice which appealed in our last issue, a meet- 

 ing was held in the Council Room at South Kensington on the 13th 

 inst., the Duke of Buccleuch, the President of the Royal Horticultural 

 Socitty, being in the chair. The object was to consider the regulations 

 to be adopted at the meetings and exhibitions of the Society in connec- 

 tion with the Annual International Exhibitions of Selected Works of 

 Art and Scientific Inventions, the first of which is to be held in 1871. 



The Chairman having stated the object of the meeting, Colonel 

 Scott read the scheme, and said the points on which assistance was 

 asked were — 1st, The bi-monthly shows. 2nd, The carrying out of the 

 continuous shows. 3rd, The mode of judging. The question was asked, 

 Whether it was intended to follow the schedule of the present year ? 

 and the answer being in the affirmative, and it having also been sug- 

 gested that the dates of holding the shows should be as nearly as 

 possible those at which the flowers forming the main subject of thena 

 were naturally in perfection, Dr. Hogg submitted that the regulations 

 should be taken as read, a short pause being made between each to 

 allow of suggestions being made. The whole of the rules relating to 

 the shows were then passed almost without discussion, and so were 

 those of the Fruit and Floral Committees, and the schedule of the 

 present year was adopted as the basis of that of 1871. 



With regard to the permanent exhibitions, the Chairman having 

 asked for remarks and suggestions, Mr. Wilson Saunders said the 

 bi-monthly shows should be supplemented by permanent exhibitions, 

 and the space over the arcades should bo filled by exhibitors who 

 would have the right of selling plants not to be taken away till the 

 next day, when they could be replaced. The awards for such exhi- 

 bitions to be medals. Dr. Hogg asked whether these exhibitions were 

 to be competitive — for instance, if two Rose-growers were to exhibit, 

 was an award to be given to one for the best exhibition, or to both for 

 highly meritorious exhibitions'? Colonel Scott thought that it would 

 be impossible to have competitive exhibitions in conjunction with con- 

 tinuous exhibitions, and after some remarks from the Chairman, 

 the Bishop of Winchester, and Mr. Wilson Saunders, the subject 

 dropped. 



The Chairman then asked whether it was the opinion of the meeting 



