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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ May 19, 1870. 



that the permanent horticultural exhibitions should be supported, and 

 it was carried unanimously that they shonld be. 



"With regard to the selection of the Judges. Mr. Standish thought 

 they ought to bo taken from the Fruit and Floral Committees, and 

 selected for the subjects with which they were best acquainted. Colonel 

 Scott inquired if it was the feeling of the meeting that the Judge 

 should be selected by nomination or by selection ? Mr. Paul said he 

 was aware there was a feeling among exhibitors that they should 

 nominate the Judges, but thonght it fair and sound that the Council 

 should select them. Mr. Wilson Saunders said the subject was of 

 great importance, but the feeling of the Council was, that if the exhi- 

 bitors wiehed to appoint their own Judges they should do so ; if they 

 wished the Council to select, the Council would do so. 



The Chairman then put the question if the nomination of the Judges 

 should be left to the Council, and it was carried that it should be so. 



"With regard to the permanent exhibitions it was agreed that Col. 

 Scott Bhould suggest certain rules, that the Council Bhould come to 

 resolutions on the subject, and that these should be placed before a 

 future meeting. 



Col. Scott remarked he had not had time to enter into details ; but 

 with regard to the foreign department, which was to be kept separate 

 from the English, the French Commissioners had asked for a certain 

 space and undertaken to keep it. The names of these Commissioners 

 are MM. Dronyn de Lhnys (President), Riviere (Secretary), Decaisne, 

 Hardy, Leroy, Tissot, De St. Maria, Tisserant, and Vilmorin. Col. 

 Scott further stated that it was the intention of the Council to appor- 

 tion £1000 to the bi-monthly shows, £250 to the foreign exhibitors, 

 and £250 to the permanent shows. It was then agreed, on the pro- 

 posal of the President, that the further propositions the Council might 

 make should be submitted to a subsequent meeting. 



THE EGERTON HUBBARD PRIZE ESSAYS. 



Prizes were lately offered by W. Egerton Hubbard, Esq., for the'best 

 essays on cottage gardening and window gardening. That on the first- 

 named subject to which the prize was given was written by Mr. E. W. 

 Badger, of the Midland Counties Herald Office, Birmingham, and is 

 entitled " Cottage Gardening." The essay on the other subject to 

 which the prize was awarded, was written by Mr. H. Buttery, 1, Park 

 Terrace, Cavendish Road, Clapham Park. It is quite sufficient praise 

 of them to say that they well deserved the prizes, and that they are 

 trustworthy guides. That by Mr. Buttery is very brief, but fuller 

 details may be obtained from Mr. R. Fish's little book on the same 

 subject, and bearing the same title — " Window Gardening." We will 

 give a brief extract from each of the prize essays. The first is from 

 " Cottage Gardening." 



" Trenching is thus performed : — From one end of the plot to be 

 dug, take out a trench 20 inches wide and two spades deep, wheeling 

 the earth to the other end of the plot. Mark off, with the spade and 

 line, the whole of the ground into widths of 20 inches. Then com- 

 mencing at the one nearest the trench already opened, till into it the 

 surface soil, or ' top spits ' as they are called, of what is to be the 

 second trench ; next, throw the bottom spits of No. 2 trench over the 

 top spits placed in No. 1, in such a way as to form a sharply-pointed 

 ridge, thus A. Fill up No. 2 with the soil from No. 3 in the same 

 manner, and bo on to the end. Manure Bhould he dug in during this 

 process, in greater or less quantities, according to the condition of the 

 soil as to richness or poorness. 



" The object of trenching is to thoroughly loosen the soil to a depth 

 of 20 inches or more, so that its particles may be well mixed together, 

 to make the texture uniform throughout ; and to give the air free ad- 

 mission to it, which will enrich the soil with a store of oxygen, &o. 

 By mixing the less used subsoil with the exhausted surface soil (ex- 

 hausted by the crops it has borne), trenching replenishes it and fits it 

 for work again." 



Our next extract is from the essay on window gardening. 



"Position of plants with reference to light .-—Small, round, compact- 

 headed plants, or any that it is desirable to keep in uniform shape, 

 must be turned partly round daily, so as to expose all parts of the 

 plant equally to the light ; but large permanent window plants, that 

 are intended to form a screen or blind to the window, may be left 

 always in the samo position, so as to form one good face. Plants 

 standing in very sunny windows, especially if on the outer sills, will be 

 much benefited in hot summer weather, by having placed in front of 

 the pots a board to represent the face of a window- box ; this will keep 

 the extreme heat of the sun from scorching the roots, and the plants 

 will require less water, and will last longer in perfection. An actual 

 box for the plants to stand in would be still better, filling in the spaces 

 between the pots with moss, which may be kept moistened." 



For distribution, copies of the essays stitched together may be had 

 in packets of twenty-five for 5s. Application for them to be made to 

 J. Richards, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Royal Horticultural Society, 

 South Kensington. 



PORTRAITS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUITS. 

 Clavija MACROrnYLLA (Large-leaved Clavija). Nat. ord., 

 Myrsinea;. Linn., Pentandria Monogynia. — Native of Brazil, 

 near Rio. Noble cool etove piant. Flowers orange. — (Bot. 

 Mag., t. 5829.) 



Stylophorcm japoniccsi (Japanese Stylophornm). Nat. 

 ord., Papaveraceaa. Linn., Polyandria Monogynia, — " An 

 elegant hardy perennial, closely allied to our Greater Celandine, 

 but with flowers (yellow) twice as large." — (Ibid., t. 5830.) 



Narcissus bulbocodium var. honophylixs (Single-leaved 

 Hoop-petticoat Narcissus.) Nat. ord., Amaryllidacen:. Linn,, 

 Hexandria Monogynia. — " A very elegant little plant," native 

 of Algiers. Flowers white, tinged with lemon.— {Ibid., t. 5831.) 



RnYNCHOTECHUM eixipticcm (Elliptic-leaved Rhynchote- 

 chum). Nat. ord., Cyrtandracere. Linn., Didynamia Angio- 

 spermia. — Native of Sylhet, in Eastern Bengal. Probably 

 biennial. Flowers bright pink.— {Hid., t. £832.) 



Or.iHOsirnoN stamineus (Long-stamened Orthoeiphon). 

 Nat. ord., Labiatm. Linn., Didynamia Gymnospermia. — 

 Native of Assam, Eastern Archipelago, and North-east Australia, 

 Resembles a Clerodendron in its inflorescence. Flowers bluish- 

 lilac— (Ibid., 5833.) { 



Yanda c.erulescens (Pale-blue Yanda). Nat. ord., Orchid- 

 aceas. Linn., Gynandria Monandria. — Native of Burmah. 

 Flowers pale blue, lip purple.— {Ibid., t. 583-t.) 



Acacia Riceana (Mr. Spring-Rice's Acacia). Nat. ord., Le- 

 guminosje. Linn., Polygamia Moncecia. — " By far the most 

 beautiful (greenhouse) Acacia of Tasmania." It has long pen- 

 dent branches clothed with golden flowers. — (Ibid., t. 5835.) 



Arenaria purpukascens (Purple Alpine Sandwort). Nat, 

 ord., Caryopbyllaceaa. Linn., Decandria Monogynia. — Native 

 of the Pyrenees. Flowers white, ovary and stamens crimson. 

 — (Ibid., t. 5836.) 



Grevillea Preissii (Preiss's Grevillea). Nat. ord., Proteacere. 

 Linn., Tet.andria Monogynia. — "AmoDg the many beautiful 

 hardwooded plants of Western Australia, none exceeds this in 

 elegance of foliage, or sparkling colour of flowers." Flowers 

 greenish yellow and crimson. — (Ibid., t. 5837.) 



Cyclonema myricoides (Myriea-like Cyclonema). Nat. ord , 

 Verbenacf.-e. Linn., Didynamia Angiospermia. — Native of 

 tropical and sub-tropical Africa. A shrub ; flowers pink, white, 

 and blue.— (Ibid., t. 5S38.) 



Hernandia mcerenhoutiana (Tahitian Hernandia). Nat. 

 ord., Hernandiacea?. Linn., Moncecia Triandria. — Native of 

 the Pacific Islands. Flowers buff.— (76 id. , (. 5839.) 



New Yarieties of Fcchsia. — "It is quite evident that the 

 well-directed efforts of E. Banks, EEq., in the raising of new 

 varieties of Fuohsia have been crowned with the most complete 

 success, and that he is now far ahead of all rivals in this par- 

 ticular field. The improvements which Mr. Banks has been 

 carrying on step by step for nearly thirty years have culmi- 

 nated, so far as the public are permitted to share with him, in 

 Splendour. We use the foregoing qualification, because it is, as 

 we learn, an axiom with this grower never to part with any new 

 variety until he has obtained a better one of the same type. 

 The dark-coloured varieties we now notice are novelties from 

 Mr. Banks's collection, andin the hands of Mr. Cannellfor dis- 

 tribution, while the double white is a portrait of one of Mr. G. 

 Smith's new varieties. 



" John McElroy is considered to be a grand improvement on 

 such sorts as Lord Derby and Lord Elcho. The sepals are 

 broad, thick, and well reflexed, and the very long barrel-shaped 

 corolla is of large size, and of an intense violet, occasionally 

 striped. Splendour has the largest, intense dark purple corolla 

 of any variety yet sent out. In some blossoms which we 

 measured iu the autumn of last year the diameter of the ex- 

 panded corolla was fully 3 inches. It haB a bright scarlet tube, 

 with sepals of the same colour, reflexing to form a perfect 

 crown, and of great substance, while the plant is a strong bushy 

 grower, and a free bloomer. John Bright is an improvement 

 on Beauty of Sholden ; the reflex of the fine, stout scarlet sepals 

 is perfeot, while the mauve-tinted, cup-shaped corolla is the 

 most regular and perfect of any variety of that colour. Ava- 

 lanche is certainly one of the finest double whites which have 

 yet been produced. It ccmes from Mr. G. Smith's collection, 

 and, as shown by him, was of excellent free-blooming habit, 

 with very large and very full blossoms, the sepals being of a 

 somewhat rosy tint of scarlet, and the corolla large, dense, 

 regularly formed, and of the purest white. No finer Fuchsias 

 than these, in their respective sections, need be desired." — 

 (Florist and Pomoloaist, 3 s., iii., 73.) 



TILLANDSIA LINDEKIANA. 



This is one of the most beautiful Bromeliads ever introduced 



to European gardens, and of which ours, or any woodcut must 



