JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



[ AprU 19, 1877. 



order named. A first prize waa awarded to Mr. Tarner for 

 twelve Anrieulas, he being the only competitor; still the collec- 

 tion was highly superior. 



For twelve hardy herbaceous plants Mr. Roberts exhibited 

 Iberia semper virens, Primula cortUBOides, Trillium grandiflornm, 

 Doronicum austriacum, a Scilla, Arabia, Triteleia, Solomon's 

 Seal, and a Lily of the Valley, to which the Judges awarded a 

 first prize. To the same exhibitor was also placed a first for 

 six old-fashioned plants, which contained the same sorts with 

 the exception of Saxifraga crassifolia. A second prize was also 

 awarded to Mr. Roberts for twelve bulbous plants, in which 

 collection there was a curious Hcemanthus named Terryi, to 

 which a botanical certificate was awarded. 



In the class for nine Cinerarias (open) Mr. James was first, 

 showing in his well-known style; and Mr. Ford, gardener to 

 J. G. Megaw, Esq., second with very fair examples. 



Extra prizes were awarded to Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria 

 Nurseries, Holloway, for a miscellaneous coUectiou of plants'; 

 to Mr. John Walker, Thame, for cut blooms of Roses in very 

 good condition; to Mr. Q. Wheeler for a miscellaneous collec- 

 tion of plants ; to Mr. Ford for two large plants of Cleroden- 

 drou Balfourii ; and to Mr. H. Heims, gardener to F. A. Phil- 

 brick, Esq., for a grand collection of Orchids, among which were 

 good examples cf Lycaste Skinneri, Cattleya Skinneri, Dendro- 

 bium densiflornm albo-sanguineum, and OdoutoglosBuma cir- 

 rhosum, Pescatorei, and Alexandra?. 



Certificates of merit were awarded to Mesars. James Veitch 

 and Sons for Croton McArthuri and Acalypha musaica; to 

 Messrs. G. Paul & Son for a new Hybrid Perpetual Rose, Mar- 

 garet Brassac, a splendid large and perfect flower somewhat in 

 the way of Madame Victor Verdier and Charles Lefebvre; and 

 to Mr. James for Cinerariaa Lord George Hamilton and Sarah 

 Winter. Botanical certificates were awarded to Mr. Williams 

 for Adiantum neo-guinieneis, and to Mesars. Veitoh & Sons for 

 Coleas mnlticolor. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 The National Auricula Show which is to be held at 

 the Crystal Palace on the 21th inst. is expected to be well 

 suppoited by all the leading growers of this beautiful alpine 

 flower. The southern exhibitors who are announced to con- 

 tribute are Messrs. Turner, Douglas, James, Dean, and Jones ; 

 and from the north Messrs. Horner, Cooper, Gorton, Wool- 

 head, Wilson, Booth, Barlow, Simonite, Harrison, Royd, 

 Handle, and others are expected. It is anticipated that a 

 thousand specimens will be staged ; also Polyanthuses, Prim- 

 roses, Roses, and Azaleas, so that the Exhibition may be 

 regarded as worthy of extensive patronage. 



Some of the most striking beds of spring flowers in Mr- 



Barr's gardens at Tooting are those planted with Triteleia 

 UNiFLORA. This bulbous plant is perfectly hardy, and for 

 several weeks during the spring produces a mass of flowers 

 which cannot fail being admired. Where the bulbs are planted 

 closely together after the manner of Crocuses a perfectly level 

 and dense mass of flowers is produced, which resists the tllects 

 of inclement weather. When thus grown, and when the beds 

 are seen from a distance, their appearance is white — almost 

 like a covering of snow. A distinct variety of this plant is 

 T. uniflora lilaciua, which is highly attractive when cultivated 

 in pots. 



At the last meeting of the Royal Botanic Society 



Professor Bentley called the attention of the Fellows of the 

 Society to a plant of Eucalyptus globulus, now in flower iu 

 the gardens for the first time, and Haid that the value of this 

 tree from a sanitary point of view was daily becoming more 

 known and appreciated. 



"A Lady Gardener" writes — " May I recommend the 



common pink Lychnis (L. Viscaria) that grows by the road- 

 side as a very effective spring bedder ? I brought in a number 

 of small roots last spring, which are now bushy plants, and 

 bid fair to make a brilliant dinplay. I have only once seen a 

 bed of these— at Clifton Hall, Notts." 



We have received from Mr. Beanlah, a successful 



amateur orohardist, some specimens of Hambledon Deux Ans 

 Apple in excellent condition — firm, well-ooloured, and full- 

 flavoured. Mr. Bi/aulah finds this to be one of the most valu- 

 able of late Apples, and very profitable as an orchard standard. 

 It is the favourite Apple at the present time with the Sheffield 

 fruiterers, who purchase it readily at 5s. per H lbs. It is an 

 excellent cooking Apple, and is quite admissible ou the dessert 

 table, its distinct flavour being agreeable to many palates. 

 The fruit is above medium size, and the tree is a good bearer. 



Although this variety originated in Hampshire it is very hardy 

 and flourishes well in more northerly districts. The speci- 

 mens submitted to us were grown iu Lincolnshire in shallow 

 medium loam with a substratum of limestone. 



The American Cultivator alluding to the traffic in 



Ferns states " the cultivation and sale of creeping Perns is 

 among the new industries of New England. This business ori- 

 ginated about four years ago at Greenfield, and is now carried 

 on there extensively. The sales were limited at first, but as 

 the demand steadily increased the woods east and south-east 

 of Springfield, iu Longmeadow, Wilbraham, and adjoining 

 towns, have been added to the scene of operations. The season 

 for gathering Ferns extends from the middle of August till the 

 season of early frost ; at first only fresh Ferns were sold for use 

 in decoration and for supplying ferneries and Wardian cases, 

 but now the trade iu dried and pressed Ferns forms the larger 

 part of the business, and gives employment to many hands. 

 This is a branch of employment for women that might have an 

 extensive following, since the supply of raw material in New 

 England is sufficient to supply the world's demand for Ferns." 

 American dried Ferns have been occasionally exhibited at South 

 Kensington, and have been much and deservedly admired by 

 visitors. 



TuLipA Greigii is now flowering at Glasnevin, and is 



thus described in the Irish Farmers' Gazette: — " The plant is 

 growing in a very small pot, yet the flower when expanded 

 under sunshine measured nearly inches in diameter. This 

 broad floral goblet, for such is its shape, is of glowing orange 

 red, somewhat of the colour of Papaver orientale, but yellow 

 at the base, and this yellow portion blotched on the interior 

 surface of each division of the perianth with very large and 

 very striking oblong dark spots, which add much to the effect. 

 A singular and noteworthy feature is a curious little horn-like 

 process which proceeds from and terminates each division of 

 the perianth ; and being different in colour is the more re- 

 markable. The leaves are broad, and similar in shape and 

 appearance to those of the ordinary show or bedding Tulips. 

 It is very effective as a pot plant, and one can easily imagine, 

 when more plentiful, what the effect of a bed of it will be, with 

 its broad fiery cups expanding under the influence of, and 

 drinking deep draughts of sunshine. This very remarkable 

 Tulip comes to us from Turkistan in Central Asia, where it 

 was first met with by Russian collectors. The specific name 

 has been given it in honour of General Greig, President of the 

 Russian Imperial Horticultural Society." This brilliant Tulip 

 is also flowering in Mr. Barr's collection at Tooting. 



Dr. J. 0. Brown, who held among other appointments 



the Professorship of Botany in the College at Gape Town, has 

 published a pamphlet on '• The Schools of Forestry in 

 Europe," urging the desirability of a similar school being 

 connected with the Edinburgh Arboretum. Such schools 

 ought to be in this country ; for, as Dr. Brown quotes from a 

 speech of Sir Robert Christison, "The science of forestry is 

 not taught in this country, and the consequence is that many 

 young gentlemen have to proceed to the Continent in order to 

 acquire that branch of education." "In Spain, in Italy, iu 

 Austria, in Poland, in Russia, iu Finland, in Sweden, in France, 

 and in every kingdom and principality in Germany, there have 

 been establiehed by government schools of forest science, or 

 classes in connection with existing universities or polytechnic 

 institutions, iu which instruction is given in that science ; but 

 nowhere in Britain, iu the United States of America, or in any 

 of the British colonies, so far as is known to me, are similar 

 facilities afforded for the study of this." 



Tss American Cultivator in referring to Cypress trees 



states that the oldest tree on record is the Cypress of Somna 

 iu Lombardy, figured by Loudon in his "Arboretum." An 

 ancient chronicle at Milan proves it was a tree iu Julius 

 CiBsar'a time, b.c. 42. It is 121 feet high, and 23 feet in cir- 

 cumference at 1 foot from the ground. Napoleon when laying 

 down the plan for his great road over the Simplon diverged 

 from a straight line to avoid injuring this tree. The American 

 Cypress of the Southern States grows naturally in low ground, 

 and frequently attains a height of from 100 to 120 feet, with a 

 circumference at the base of from 25 to 40 feet. These trees, 

 with their pendant streamers of long moss floating on the 

 wind, are a peculiar feature iu Southern scenery. They seem 

 especially appropriate for cemeteries, and their use for that 

 purpose in some of the oiti(.<s of the Southern States — Charles- 

 town, Savannah, and others — is well known. The Cypress 



