May 26, 1870. ) 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GA1ADENER. 



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productions, but that in my judgment the palm must rest with the 

 French makers ; and wo ought to be obliged to the Crystal Palace Com- 

 pany for giving as an opportunity of testing the matter. 



The prizes for English bouquets wont to Mrs. Green, 28, Crawford 

 Street, Bryanstone Squaro ; Air. H. Boyce, Stockwell ; and Messrs. 

 A. Henderson & Co. Among amateurs, the successful exhibitors were 



. Dedman, Neighbour, and Buster.— D., Deal 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



The first summer show for the season of this Society opened yes- 

 terday under most favourable circumstances as regards weather, and 

 will be closed this evening. It is somewhat unfortunate that it has 

 come so soon after the Crystal Palace Show, for many of the subjects 

 exhibited had first made their appearance there, and are not improved 

 by the service they have done. It may he only an idea, bnt the idea 

 impressed itself ou many who had seen the plants at Sydenham, that 

 they have lost much of their freshness. 3e this bb it may, the show 

 is nevertheless very pretty, and the Regent's Park shows, "even under 

 the most disadvantageous circumstances, are seldom otherwise than 

 pretty, whateveriuay be the materials of which they arecomposed, thanks 

 to Mr. Marnock's excellent disposition of the pla"ce of exhibition. 



There are but few collections of Stove and Greenhouse plants in 

 flower, and these, for the most part, had previously appeared at Syden- 

 ham. Messrs. Wright. Carr, and J. Wheeler took the prizes among 

 amateurs, and Mr. Williams and Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston, among 

 nurserymen, for groups of three plants. Groups arranged for effect 

 come from Messrs. Lee. A. Henderson & Co., and Eollisson, who 

 take prizes in the order in which they are named. Messrs. Lee's 

 collection contains Theophrasta imperials, tree Ferns, Croton angus- 

 tifolium, several graceful Palms, Azaleas. Orchids, Heaths, Stepha- 

 notis, Clerodcndron Balfouriannm, and other plants in flower. These 

 are tastefully placed, and very effective, three hanging baskets adding 

 much to the irraceful appearance of the arrangement. 



Gronps of bedding plants arranged for effect come from Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson & Son and Mr. Ware, the former having rays of a 

 star edged with Selaginella, with Golden Pyrethrnm as a second row, 

 and variously filled with Coleuses of different kinds, Iresine Herbstii, 

 and I. Lindeni. Mr. Ware's arrangement is also edged with Golden 

 Pyrethrnm interspersed with Echeveria metallica ; next comes a row of 

 Echeveria seennda glanca, then one of Funkias, followed by Cen- 

 tanrea, and the whole of the centre filled-in with ornamental-leaved 

 plants. 



For eight Cape Heaths the prizes go to Mr. J. Ward, Messrs. Jack- 

 son, and Mr. J. Wheeler; for twelve, to Messrs. Jackson, Mr. J. 

 Ward, and Mr. J. Wright, Begont's Park. 



Of Azaleas there is an extensive display. In the nurserymen's 

 class the prizes are taken by Mr. Williams, Mr. Turner, and Mr. 

 Tanton, of Epsom ; and in that for amateurs by Messrs. Carson, G. 

 Wheeler, and Wilkie ; whilst for plants in pots not larger than 

 13 inches in diameter, the successful competitors are Mr. Little, gar- 

 dener, Roydon Lodge, Croydon : Messrs. Lane ; and Mr. G. Wheeler. 



Pelargoniums form a good display, but it is useless giving a long 

 list of the varieties exhibited, as many of them have been noticed in 

 previous reports. Mr. Ward, Mr. Windsor, Mr. Wright, Mr. Weir, 

 Mr. Turner, and Messrs. Dobson take the principal prizes. The best 

 single specimen is Lucy, from Mr. Windsor, a magnificent plant, at 

 least 4 feet across. Rose Celestial, from Mr. Ward and Messrs. Dob- 

 son & Son, is also large and in excellent bloom. 



Roses, as at Sydenham, are very fine, both those in large and small 

 pots. For ten, in 13-inch pot9, equal first prizes are taken by Mr. 

 Turner and Messrs. Paul & Son; while for twenty, in 8-inch pots, 

 Mr. Turner has a first prize ; and a similar award is made to Messrs. 

 Paul & Son for six standards and six dwarfs. Of the former Monsieur 

 Woolfield, Francois Treyve. Mdlle. Marie Rady, and Alfred Colomb 

 are the most noticeable. In the amateurs' class for six, Messrs. 

 Terry, Godfrey, and James are the prizetakers. 



Orchids are good ou tho whole, and some of them splendid. The 

 best eight come from Mr. Burnett, gardener, Peterborough House, 

 Fulham, and comprise a fine Foxbrush Aerides, Saccolabium am- 

 pullaccum, Cypripediam cnudatuni with four blooms, Saccolabium 

 Reedii, and C. barhatum superbnm. Mr. Ward, who is second, has a 

 fine Dendiobiuzn thyrsiliornni, Auguloa Clowesii, and other species 

 shown at the Crystal Palace. Mr. Eckford, gardener to the Earl of 

 Radnor, Coleshill, has Saccolabium prrcraorsum with a dozen spikes, 

 and Saccolabium retusum with two racemes IS inches long, and other 

 two shorter. Mr. Hill, gardener to R. Hanbury, Esq., The Poles, 

 Ware, has a splendid Cattleya Skiuneri and Chysis Limminghii, also 

 fine, and takes the noxt prize. In the nurserymen's class, the prizes 

 were awarded to Messrs. Williams. Parker, and Bull ; to the former for 

 plants noted in a previous colnmn, while Mr. Bull has a good Cypri- 

 pedium candatum, Vaudas, Lselia purpurata, and Odontoglossum 

 luteo-pnrpurenm, all in good bloom. The best single specimen Orchid 

 ia Phalasnopsis graudiliora, with two spikes and twenty blossoms, from 

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

 the next best Oncidinm 6arcodes, from Mr. Bull ; and Mr. Wright is 

 third for a Vauda snavis, with two fine spikes, Mr. Douglas being 

 fourth with Cattleya Mossis. 



The best collection of twenty-four herbaceous plants is from Mr. 

 R. Parker, of Tooting, and consists of several Pyrethrums in fine 



bloom, Primula cortasoides amoena, Paeonies, the white Arabia con- 

 tracta, and other plants. 



_.*£■ ?? iU BhoW3 excellent specimens of exotic Ferns, especially the 

 Birds Nest and Stag-horn. To him a first prize was awarded/the 

 second and third going to Mr. Curr and Mr. G. Wheeler. The best 

 pair of tree Ferns come from Mr. Williams ; the best pair of Palms 

 from Mr. Fairbairn, who has noble specimens of Latnnia borbonica and 

 Cocoa nncifera. Mr. Wright has a fine Phceuicophorium sechellaram. 



Among miscellaneous subjects are fine boxes of cut Roses from 

 Messrs. Paul A Son and Mr. Cranston, the latter having a beautiful 

 box of Marechal Kiel. Messrs. Lane send numerous Rhododi ndrons 

 and Azaleas; Mr. Wheeler a collection of flowering and tine-foliaged 

 plants ; Mr. Wilkie a number of Caladin.cs ; Mr. Wood, gaTdener to 

 W. B. Kellock, Esq., Stamford Hill, a collection of Agaves, including 

 a fine specimen of A. filifera, 2 feet in diameter. 



Of new and rare plants, collections are shown by MessrB. Veitch, 

 Bull, Williams, Rollisson, A. Henderson & Co., and Stondish & Co. 

 The most notable are Cochliostema Jacobiannm and TillandsiaLin- 

 doniaua from Mr. Williams. Numerous certificates were given, but the 

 awards were not completed when we were going to press. There are 

 also several fine seedling florists' Sowers, especially Pelargoniums, 

 from Mr. Turner, Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, and others. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S MEETING. 



The May meeting of this Society was held on the 2nd test, at Bur- 

 lington House, the President, A. R. Wallace, Esq., in tie chair. A 

 beautiful' collection of Bntt?rflieB from one of the valleys on the 

 eastern side near the northern extremity of the AndeB of Ecuador, 

 was sent for exhibition by Mr. Hewitson. It ctntsiued about twenty 

 entirely new, and many very rare species, althongh it had been found 

 near the localities from which Mr. Buckley had so recently brought a 

 very fine collection, exhibited at a former meeting. The Secretary 

 exhibited the proof sheets of the first part of Mr. Eiiby's general 

 catalogue of Butterflies. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited a collection of acnlcated Hymenoptera, 

 with a few Coleoptera and Diptera, sent from Nagasaki, in Japan, by 

 Mr. Lewes. Of forty-four species of Hymenoptera, as many as 

 twenty were undescribed. The collection contained many specimens 

 of Polistes biglumis, a wasp common in continental Europe, and a 

 honey Bee, which Mr. Smith was uuablo to distinguish from our com- 

 mon Apis mellifica. Mr. MacLachlan exhibited some new species of 

 exotic Dragon Flies, including Chalcopteryx rntilans, one of the most 

 brilliant insects known. 



A note was read from Mr. Holdsworlh, of Shanghai, on a silk 

 cocoon reared from an Oak-feeding caterpillar, at Sitchuei^, which he 

 believed to be a fine form of Satnrnia Pernyi. He also confirmed the 

 statement made at a former meeting, that certain Moths described by 

 Mr. Walker as belonging to three different genera, had been reared by 

 him from one batch of eggs laid by a species of Odonestis, the speci- 

 mens only differing in sex, colour, and markings, specimens fed on the 

 Oak having proved variable in the latter respects. 



Mr. G. R. Crotch exhibited Trachyphheus laticollia, a small species 

 of weevil, new to this country. Mr. Smith stated that it had been 

 announced that M Fbrster, of Aix-la-Chapelle was about to publish 

 a memoir on Prosopis, a genus of Bees, with descriptions of as many 

 as seventy-three European species, althongh Mr. Smith considered 

 that the real number did not amount to more than five ! 



Mr. Pascoe read a memoir containing descriptions of forty new 

 species (arranged under twenty new genera) of Australian Curcu- 

 lionids. Memoirs were also read, by Mr. W. C. Hewitson " on the 

 new species of equatorial Butterflies," contained in the collection 

 above mentioned ; by Mr. MacLachlan " on new genera and species 

 of Calopterygidai and Gomphidu) ;" and by Mi-. H. W. Bates " ou 

 some new genera and species of South American Coprida)." 



SPALDING FLOWER, FRUIT, AMD POULTRY 

 SOCIETY. 



The schedule of our Cottagers' Show is substantially the 

 same as that recommended by Mr. BobsoD in the Journal of 

 April 23th. There is, however, one new feature which I think 

 calculated still further to increase its usefulness, and might 

 possibly do much good if yon would suggest it to others — viz., 

 that every competitor will be presented with n copy of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society's piize essay ou Cottage and Win- 

 dow Gardening. 



Our show has been most beneficial to the cottagers in the 

 neighbourhood, and has wonderfully increased the attention 

 paid to cottage and window gardening. We hold the exhibi- 

 tion as a part of our horticultural show, aud fiud it to be as 

 interesting and attractive as any department. — G. F. Babuell. 



EARLY PEACHES. 

 I placed my trees of Early Louise, Early Rivers, and other 

 early Peaches (they are all in pots), in my foreiug house the 



