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JOURNAL OF HORTIODLTURB AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t Jane 21, 1877. 



new varieties : amongst them Lilian, very soft pink ; Challenger, 

 brilliant in colour; Revenge, nearly scarlet ; Ambassador, soft 

 rose ; Rath, very soft pink, round and beautifully shaped flower ; 

 Rev. H. Matthews, large and fine ; Maid of Honour, an old but 

 beautiful flower ; Duchess of Cambridge, very fine scarlet ; 

 Troubadour, lovely soft salmon pink. 



Amongst those not yet sent out the following were exhibited 

 in the show class — Covenanter, first-class certificate; Inflexible, 

 a large hue flower, first-class certificate; Despot, dark; Elo- 

 quence, fine painted flower; Fortitude (Foster), soft salmon 

 colour; Mrs. Pope (Turner), fancy, very good; Rebel, dark scarlet. 



In the class for twenty-four cut flowers Mr. Burley was first 

 with fine blooms ; amongst them were Sultan, Mrs. Munster, 

 Charm, Snow, Silvio, Galileo, Tom Bowling, Squire Weald. Mr. 

 Mcintosh of Duneevaa was first in the class for twelve varieties, 

 with twelve varieties all of Mr. Pearson's raising : — Captain 

 Hodder, Lady Stanhope, Lady Sheffield, Mrs. ITunt, Lucy, 

 Mrs. Lancaster, Louisa, Wordsworth, Frederick William. Mr. 

 Burley had a first prize for a double white called Bridal Bou- 

 quet. In the class for Tricolor Pelargoniums there was but one 

 exhibitor— Mr. Meadmore of Romford, who had small but healthy 

 plants of some of the leading varieties, but they were hardly 

 worth the first prize awarded to them. In the double-flowered 

 varieties Mr. J. Catlin was first with small plants of no par- 

 ticular merit. For a collection of cut blooms of Ivies the first 

 prize was awarded to Mr. Parker of Tooting for a fine col- 

 lection, and to Messrs. Barr & Sugden the second. Some of Mr. 

 Parker's flowers were very fine, such as Mungo Park, Victoria, 

 Aspasia, Madame Sontag, Celeste, and Hortense. 



A large gold Bauksian medal was awarded to T. M. Shuttle- 

 worth, Esq., tor fine-foliaged plants ; a large gold Flora to Messrs. 

 James Veitch & Sons for a collection of plants, and an extra gold 

 medal for Nepenthes sanguinea; a large gold Banksian medal to 

 Mr. Bull for a collection of plants, and small gold Banksians to 

 Mr. B. S. Williams and to Messrs. J. Jackson & Sons for groups 

 of plants ; to Mr. Wills for hybrid Drac^euas, and to Mr. Reeves 

 and Mr. Herbst for decorative plants. The remaining awards of 

 silver-gilt, silver, and other medals will be found in our adver- 

 tising columns. 



The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at the Gardens 

 about a quarter past five. Their Royal Highnesses were ac- 

 companied by their children. Prince Albert Victor, Prince 

 George, and Princess Victoria, and were attended by Lord Col- 

 ville of Culross, Lady Suffleld, and Major Russell. The Royal 

 party were received and accompanied round the Show by Lord 

 Aberdare, President of the Society; Lord Alfred Churchill, one 

 of the Vice-Presidents; Henry Webb, Esq., Treasurer; Dr. 

 Hogg, Secretary ; and several members of the Council. The 

 Exhibition was greatly enjoyed by the Royal visitors, and the 

 Priuce expressed his pleasure not only at the beauty of the dis- 

 play, but at the improved position and prospects of the Society. 

 A very warm reception was accorded to their Royal Highnesses 

 by the thousands of visitors who crowded the Gardens. After 

 an inspection of the Show the Princess of Wales distributed the 

 medals which were awarded at the Exhibition on the 2nd May, 

 and subsequently accepted a handsome bouquet which had been 

 prepared for the Council by Mr. John Wills. The bouquet was 

 presented to Her Royal Highne^is by Mrs. Cochran, daughter of 

 the Secretary, Dr. Hogg. The Royal party took their departure 

 amidst hearty cheers from the exhibitors and visitors. 



The Exhibition is admitted to have been the finest that has 

 been held at South Kensington since the " Great International " 

 of l&6*j, and it is a question if so many visitors have been seen in 

 the Gardens during recent years. The event may be fairly sum- 

 m»rised as follows — a briUiant show, a brilliant day, and a 

 brilliant company. 



Fruit CousnTTEE,— Henry Webb, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 

 Only a few subjects were brought before the Committee. Votes 

 of thanks were presented to Mr. W. Howard, Tho Gardens, 

 St Onyth's Priory, Colchester, for Broccoli Model. To Mr. 

 Gilbert, Burt'hley, for seedling Melon Excelsior, a cross between 

 the Shah of Persia and Turner's Scarlet Gem, but as exhibited 

 it was not superior to other good sorts in cultivation. To Mr. 

 Grieve, Culford, Bury St, Edmunds, for a dish of Royal George 

 Peaches. 



FL0R.4L Committee.— W. B. Kellock, Esq., in the chair. First- 

 class certificates were awarded to Mr. E. Holmes, Whittington 

 Nursery, Lichfield, for Juniperus virginiana aurea alba spioa; 

 to Mr, Richard Smith, Worcester, for Clematis Madume Grange, 

 intense maroon, the richest of all Clematises ; to G. F. Wilson, 

 Esq., Weybridge, for Lilium elegans Alice Wilson, lUhuricnm 

 type, orange-yellow, very distinct and fine ; to Measrs. Jumes 

 Veitch & Sons for Gymnogramma Muelleri (Leeana), a singular 

 plant with large spotted pinnte; Clove Carnation Tom Tbumb 

 6oarlet,_very rich and not exceeding 6 inches in height ; Authu- 

 rinra Warcqueanum, with leaves 2 feet long and not more than 

 fliijches broad in the widest part, white veins and midrib — a 

 fine novelty; and Anthurium Veitchii, a grand plant with 

 green leaves nearly a feet in length, much corrugated, and with 



a prominent midrib. To Messrs. J. Laing & Co,, Forest Hill, for 

 Besonia Oriflarae, a robust variety with brilliant flowers; to Mr. 

 C. Turner for Fancy Pelargonium Mrs. Pope, a light variety 

 with salmon rose upper petals, very chaste and good; to E. B. 

 Foster, Esq., for Show Pelargonium Invincible, a splendid 

 flower with very rich upper petals ; also for P. Fortitude, white 

 centre, salmon rose lower petals, upper petals maroon, very 

 smooth and superior — an improvement on Ruth, To Mr. B. S. 

 Williams for Pelargonium Dr Masters (as a dfcorative plant), a 

 very richly-coloured variety; Croton Prince of Wales, very bright, 

 a golden C. spirale ; and for Thrinax gracillima, very elegant. 



A botanical commendation was awarded to Messrs. Veitch for 

 Pavonia Wioii. A cultural certificate to O. O. Wrigley, Esq., 

 for Odontoglossum vexillarium with three spikes and twenty 

 grand flowers ; very vigorous. Votes of thanks were awarded 

 to Messrs. Veitch for extremely attractive bouquets of dried 

 grasses and flowers; and to Mr. Rose, St. George's Hill, Byfleet, 

 for Hajmanthus teuuiflora. Several other plants were exhibited, 

 but no awards were made to them. 



Twenty-one new Fellows were elected during the afternoon. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



The following letter has been sent by H.R.H. the Prince of 

 Wales to the Rt. Hon. Lord Aberdare, the President of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society : — 



" Marlborough Home, Pall Mall, 2Stli May, 1877. 



" Mr Lord,— Ab President o( the Bc.yal Commission for tbe Paris UniverBll 

 Exhibition of 187.S, I beg to enclose herewith a translation of the general 

 regulations issued by the French Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in 

 reference to the horticultural section. 



"Allow me to express tbe hope that your Society will aid in promoting a 

 due representation of British horticulture, by bringing the subject under the 

 notice of any horticulturista who may be likely to take part in the inter- 

 national competitions, a programme of which is attached to the regulations, 



" I have appointed Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs General Superintendent of 

 the horticultural and agricultural groups, and I Lave dtsired Mr, Cunliffe 

 Owen, tbe Secretary of the Royal Commission, to furnish you with any 

 further particulars you may require. — I have the honour to be, my Lord, your 

 Lordship's obedient servant, Albeet Edwaed P." 



We are requested to state that in oonsequenee of the 



Gardeners' Benevolent Society and that of the National Rose 

 Society taking place on Wednesday, July Itb, the usual 

 monthly dinner of the Horticdltukal Club will not be held 

 on Tuesday, July 3rd. 



In our report of the Royal Botanic Society's Show last 



week Mr. Ball was credited with having received a certificate 

 for Begonia Gloire de N.\Ncy; the plant was exhibited by 

 Messrs. John Laing & Co., Forest Hill. Gloire de Nancy is a 

 distinct double variety which was also certificated at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society on the 5th inst. 



A dinner to Mk. F. W. Wilson has been arranged by 



the Lindley Club, whose guest Mr. Wilson will be, at the 

 Criterion on Tuesday, the 3rd of July. The dinner is intended 

 as a complimentary recognition of Mr. Wilson's able and 

 courteous management of the exhibitions at the Crystal Palace 

 during the past five-and-twenty years. Tickets, 12s. each, 

 may be obtained of Mr. John McKenzie, 1 and 2, Great Win- 

 chester Street Buildings, E.G. 



The Gardens of the Inner Temple, London, are 



justly famed for the cultivation of the Chrysanthemum and 

 the treat which they afford to citizens and visitors during the 

 autumn. But even of greater benefit is the large and well-kept 

 enclosure during the summer, for the gardens are generally 

 thrown open to children from the hours of six until nine 

 o'clock in the evening. These children, who during the day 

 are pent up in schools and narrow courts, indulge in un- 

 restricted gambols on the grass, and derive thereby both whole- 

 some enjoyment and health. How much the privilege is 

 appreciated is gathered from the fact that when the children 

 were counted one evening the numbers were found to be 3304. 

 They do no injury beyond turning the grass brown a few days 

 before the sun would do so, and that cannot be called injury ; 

 and the extra work they make is more than compensated for 

 by the great benefit that the garden confers on the thousands 

 of little visitors. The flower beds are now gay, and the Chrys- 

 anthemums have just been placed in their blooming pots. 

 Long rows of sticks — after the manner of kidney bean sticks 

 — are firmly inserted in the ground and supported by cross 

 pieces, and near these rows the pots are placed, the plants 

 being tied to the sticks. It is a capital plan : the plants look 

 remarkably well. Indeed the state of the garden generally 

 reflects credit on the manager, Mr. Newtou. 



In the British islands there are only thirty-nine species 



of native Ferns ; but in the Fiji islands more than two hundred 

 species have been collected. The Potato Fern (Polypodium 

 spectrum) ia peculiar to Hawaii (Owhjhee), one of the Society 



