May 34, 1877. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



with very handsome specimens of D. Salmonea, Eebeccis, ter- 

 minalis alba, Mooreana, and excelsa as the most distinct. Mr. 

 B. S. Williams second, and has D. magniflca, ferrea grande, 

 amabilis, Baptistii, and Toungii. Third, Messrs. Thyne, with 

 good sorts. 



Alpine akd Herbaceous Plants. — This, as we have previonsly 

 stated, is a most interesting exhibition, and is well worthy of 

 minute inspection. To see so many of these attractive plants 

 in flower at this season of the year is a treat indeed. MesEra. 

 James Dickson & Co. have the following species and varieties 

 very fine, and secure the first prize in the class for eighty 

 plants in 8-inch pots: — Sedum brevifolium, S. acre aureum, 

 S. sexangulare ; Spiries palmata, Tulipa retroflesa, clear yel- 

 low, and T. cornuta ; Allium triquetrum, Scilla patula pallida, 

 S. cernna rosea, Primula cortusoides lilacina, Iberis gibraltarica, 

 Khodiola americana, Lilium Thunbergianum fulgens, L. san- 

 gnineum, Dodeoatheon Je£freyanum, D. media elegans. Phlox 

 canadensis, Viola palmeusis, Alyssum saxatile, Sempervivum 

 ciUatum, Tulipa cornuta, Aquilegia alpina, A. vulgaris, A. bi- 

 color; Sempervivums of sorts, Sasifraga umbrosa, S. umbrosa 

 Melvilli, S. peltata, S. cristata, S. pinnatifida, and S. grauulata 

 fl.-pl.; and Sedum arboreum. Messrs. Eollisson are second, and 

 they also have a fine collection, which for want of space cannot 

 be noticed in detail. There are classes for amateurs, but their 

 exhibits here are not of such a high order of merit, but some 

 fins plants are shown. T. H. Allen, Esq., Manchester, is second 

 with twenty-four plants ; S. W. Baker, Esq., The Sycamores, 

 Sycamore Grove, Manchester (Mr. T. Byrne, gardener), is third. 



New and Rare Plants. — Classes are provided both for nur- 

 serymen and for amateurs, but very few plants are exbil>ited 

 which have not been already described. Mr. B. S. WilUams 

 stages the best twelve specimens ; they comprise good examples 

 of Artocarpus Cannoni, ^chmea Marie Begina, Dracfena ter- 

 minalis alba, and Brahea filamentosa. Messrs. KoUisson are 

 second, and Mr. Ley of Croydon third. In the amateurs' classes 

 T. M. Shuttleworth, Esq., is first; J. Bylands, Esq., second; 

 and F. H. Allen, Esq., third. Joseph Broome, Esq., has a 

 first prize for six Dracsnas. O. O. Wrigley, Esq., is second, 

 and E. Boden, Esq., third. J. Broome, Esq , has also a first prize 

 for four Araucarias. 



There is an open class tor a collection of Nepenthes, Sarra- 

 cenias, Cephalotes, &c. : two interesting collections are exhi- 

 bited, and equal first prizes are awarded to 0. 0. Wrigley, 

 Esq., and J. Fildes, Esq. 



Collections of plants arranged for effect (space not less than 

 22 feet by 15 feet). Messrs. Thyne of Glasgow gain the first 

 prize with a large collection ; it is backed with choice Palms, 

 the front being filied with the ordinary Covent Garden plants, 

 such as Pelargoniums, Lily of the Valley, &c. They fill 60 feet 

 in length of space ; and Messrs. Yates A: Ley, who gain second 

 and third prizes respectively, had but 25 feet each, occcupied in 

 a very effective manner. Twenty miscellaneous plants are ex- 

 hibited by amateurs. John Eylaods, Esq., is first ; H Sampson, 

 Esq., Bowdon, second; and Mrs. Douglas, Cheadle, third. 



A collection of stove and greenhouse plants is sent from the 

 gardens of Sir James Watts, not for competition. It contains a 

 fine pair of Yucca filamentosa variegata, and an immense speci- 

 men well flowered of GenetyUis Hookeri. 



Fruit. — As was to be expected after such a backward season, 

 and the Show being held so early, the portion of the table re- 

 served for fruit does not make a very imposing display. There 

 are but two collections. That from Lord Carington, Wycombe 

 Abbey, High Wycombe (Mr. G. T. Miles, gardener), contains two 

 Jamaica and two Queen Pines, Black and White Grapes, Brown 

 Turkey Figs, Black Circassian and Elton Cherries, Strawberries, 

 and a Golden Queen Melon in good condition ; the first prize is 

 awarded. . The other collection comes from Lord Delamere, Vale 

 Royal, Northwich (Mr. E. Milne, gardener). He has very good 

 black and white Grapes, Figs, two dishes of Peaches, Straw- 

 berries, and an unripe Melon. It is a mistake to exhibit unripe 

 fruit, as if it counts for anything in a collection it counts against 

 an exhibitor. 



For two bunches of black Grapes there is some fine-coloured 

 fruit. The prize collections are as good as any we have ever 

 Been in May. The Earl of Crawford and Balcarras, High Hall, 

 Wigan,i8 first; Lord Bagot, Eugeley (Mr, Bannerman, gardener), 

 second; and Lord Delamere, third. Except the first-prize 

 bunches the others are rather unripe. For two bunches Lord 

 Bagot is first with a hunch of Foster's Seeilling and Duke of 

 Bnccleuch ; W. Blinkhorn, Esq., St. Helen's (Mr. J. Smith, gar- 

 dener), second with Muscat; J. C. Antrobus, Esq , Eaton Hall, 

 Congleton (Mr. J. Heamen, gardener), has the third prize with 

 fairly ripe Foster's Seedling. 



Strawberries in pots are of no great merit, but they ought to 

 make an iutf resting exhibition, as that is the right way of show- 

 ing forced Stra^vberries. Mr. E. Gammon, The Limes, With- 

 ington, is fir^t for twelve pots; J. Eylands, Esq., second ; and 

 the Earl of Ellesmere third. The first exhibitor exhibits Presi- 

 dent, and the others Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury. 



Cucumbers are shown by J. Eylands, Esq.; J. H. Birley, Esq. 



Mr. Elkiu, gardener); J. G. Adam, Esq., Ashtou-on- Mersey; 

 H. Beard, Esq. ; and J. Leppoc, Esq. 



It would occupy too much space to eniimerate even the col- 

 lections of garden implements of every description — hothouses, 

 garden frames, &o., with which the lawn in front of the conser- 

 vatory is covered ; but we should like to notice one or two things 

 in the miscellaneous collections of plants. Messrs. James Dick- 

 son have a very good group of choice Palms and other stove 

 and greenhouse plants of considerable merit. Mr. Smith of 

 Worcester has a group of plants, conspicuous in which is a very 

 striking variety of a new Clematis named Madame George. 

 The colour is new to the Clematis, indeed we do not know any 

 plant that has flowers of a similar shade of colour. It is a 

 deep violet-purple, almost maroon. The plant is of very free 

 growth. Nor should we fail to notice a well-grown collection of 

 Amaryllis from Mr. James Anderson, Meadow Bank, Udding- 

 ston. N.B. — There are forty-two varieties, all seedlings. Nona 

 of them are named, nor are they numbered for future identi- 

 fication. Many of them are of first-class merit, and the collec- 

 tion is awarded an extra prize. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



The numbers who visited the gardens of the Kotal Horti- 

 cdltueal Society at South Konsingtou on Whit-Monday were 

 6930, at 2d. per head, equal to £57 lG.s. 



We wish that authentic inatanoea of tkee-longevity 



were sent to us. Two instances we have recently noticed are 

 that in the Paris Jardiu des Plantes there is living the first 

 Acacia brought to Europe. Vespatiau Robin, gardener to 

 Louis XIII., introduced it in the year 1G35. In the orangery 

 at Versailles the death is announced of " Grand Bourbon," 

 the finest of the Orange trees, at the great age of ii5 years. 

 Another of our wishes is that gardeners would send us re- 

 ports of their experiments, whether successful or failures ; for, 

 as was said to Liebig, " Your method of scientific inquiry is 

 rapidly changing the features of the most ancient and im- • 

 portant of human arts — the culture of the soil ;" and Liebig 

 recorded his mistakes as well as his successes. " There is no 

 harm," he observed, "in a man's committing mistakes, but 

 great harm in his committing none, for he is sure not to have 



worked Aa error of which you have become cognisant 



do not keep in your house from night till morning." 



At the last meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 



Lord Alfred S. Churchill, A'.P., in the chair, the following 

 THiETV-THREE CANDIDATES Were duly elected Fellows of the 

 Society — viz. : Miss Vans Agnew, W. J. Alt, H. Balderson, 

 Mrs. IJudborough, Francis Bell, Lord Edward S. Churchill, 

 M. C. Close, M.P.,Lady Cranstoun, Mrs. Crofton, SirBarrowH. 

 Ellis, K.C.S.I., Rev. John R. Fiolden, M.A., Harry Goddard, 

 Miss Grisewood, Mrs. Howard, E. Stafford Howard, M.P., 

 William J. Jefferies, L. A. Killick, T. F. Mould, Miss Oswald, 

 Mrs. Phillips, Horace C. Pilcher, E. Pilgrim, J. C. Powell, 

 Colonel Sawyer, Major R. N. Dawson Scott, R.E., H. Sydney 

 Smith, James Smith, Mrs. Tudor, Alfred Weeks, Miss Annie M, 

 Whitlaw, John Wood, John Young, Earl of Zetland, &c. A 

 list of twenty guinea members elected by the Council was also 

 announced. At the previous meeting on May 2 ad thirty-seven 

 Fellows and nineteen guinea members were elected. 



We remind our readers who are interested in the 



Centennial Exhibition of the Bath and West of England 

 AND Southern Counties Association that six days' notice of 

 entrance in the Rose classes must be given to the Hon. and 

 Rtv. J. T. BoBcawen, Show Yard, Bath. The two ten-guinea 

 cups for twelve Tea Roses ought to bring out a fine display of 

 these charming flowers from both amateurs and nurserymen. 

 The Show opens on Tuesday, June the 5th. 



■ The Royal National Tulip Society's Exhibition, which 



was to have been held on the 25 ih of May, is postponed. The 

 Show will be held at the Botanical Gardens, Manchester, on 

 Tuesday, June 5th, under the same conditions as stated in the 

 schedule already published. 



The flower sermon annually preached on Whit-Taes- 



day at the parish church of St. Katharine Croe, in the City, 

 attracted a crowded congregation on the evening of the 

 22ud inst. The service was altogether a happy and interesting 

 one. The church was filled with children and young persons, 

 each of whom brought some kind of flower. Dr. Whittemore 

 preached this year on the Fig tree, founding his discourse on 

 the words in the 3rd chapter of Habakkuk, " Although the 

 Fig tree shall not blossom, yet I will rejoice in the Lord." The 

 rector, in pressing home many lessons from the Fig tree, inci- 

 dentally drew a refreshing picture of the now crowded neigh- 



