Jnne 3, 1809. 1 



JOOBNAL OF HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAUDENER. 



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UilcrateJ lust year, ftui Ims lost its properties as a hoalthy seed to 

 plant for produce. Is no', tliis a preat cause of producing' tho ' club ' 

 Ibis season i' Thjse run-out Potatoes, should bavo been acparatod 

 from tbo super-tubers at tlio time tboy were taken up, and boiled for 

 Ibe pigs. 



•' Walnnt-leaf Kidney, old Ash-leaf Kidney, Fenn'a Onwards, 

 I'atcroon's and Scott's Blue, as I prepare them for seed, are shown ; 

 also, grafted Potatoes of Wlieeler's Milky White grafted on itself, and 

 the same kind sriitltd on yorksbiro Hero, showing a jiiynenl difference 

 of character of eye, and form of tuber ; likewise tho old Ilaigh's 

 Kidney, alias Lanciishiro Short Top. alias Kimeoru Short Top, which 

 Ml-. Ahncud grafted into tho Haigh's Lapstono Kidney, and produced 

 tho Almond's Yoil.shire Hero. Is not the Lancashire Flounder a 

 synonym of the L'i)istone Kidney '.' If so, the Yorkshire Hero, which 

 is an improved Karly Lapstone Kidney, is protluced of the same blood 

 bred iu-anJ-in. Tubers of 18tw , in good condition, of 'Yorkshire Hero 

 are exhibited ; also the same variety of last season's growth in a 

 cooked state." 



l''Lon.u. CosrsntTZ^, Ju'icXsl. — The exhibition this day, preceding 

 the great Show of the year, was. as might have been expected, very 

 far behind the n^^ual meetings. The specimens, whether seedlings or 

 others, were, doubtless, reserved for the morrow. 



Messrs. 'Veitch sent a small collection of plants, including Iresine 

 Lindeni, Fittonia gigantca, DieEfeubachia Wallisii, Maranta princeps, 

 Maranta chimboriicensis, Cyanophyllam spectandnm, and Alocasia 

 Sedeni, a hybrid, which received a first-class certiticate. 



Messrs. Carter were awarded a first-class certificate for two Gymno- 

 j-vammas, namely. *j. chrysuphylla maxima and (r-calomelanos maxima. 

 These are strong-!n-owingplan*ts of Gold and Silver Ferns, well adapted 

 for conservatory decoration. From Messrs. Carter also came Dicho- 

 risandra mosaica and a terrestrial Orchid Lissochilns speciosus, a 

 bright yellow cou=picnon9 flower, not unlil:e the yellow Mullein. For 

 this a second-class certificate was awarded. 



Mr. George, nurseryman, Putney Heath, sent a collection of seed- 

 ling Zonal Pelargoniums, some of them hybrid Nosegays, and one 

 broad-petaled flo-.TCr, Pretender ; this was tho best of the collection, 

 but there are already several of the same colour. This flower was 

 deficient in smoothness. 



Messrs. Henderson, "Wellington Road, sent an interesting specimen 

 of Coleus Telfordii aureus, on which had been grafted six other varie- 

 ties. This formed a very handsome plant, aiul there is little doubt 

 but that the idea will be followed up. A special certificate was awarded 

 for it. Canna marmorata came from the same firm, but was too in- 

 distinct. 



Messrs. Kollisson, Tooting, sent seedling Lobelias of vanous colours, 

 from white to bine, but none of them was sufficiently distinct from 

 older varieties. A special certificate was awarded for a collection of 

 Orchids from the same firm. 



Messrs. Low sent a jdaut of Odontoglossnm Phalsenopsis. Mr. 

 Bowman, gardener to Sir J. Hawley, sent a fine specimen of the 

 British Orchis fusca. Mr. Green, gardener to W. W. Saunders, Esq., 

 received a special cei-tihcate for bis collection of Orchids. Among 

 them one, if not more, were species, but all of that peculiar, we might 

 say droll, form and character which seem so acceptable for Mr. Saun- 

 ders's "Kefuginm." Mr. Green also CAhibited cut specimens of more 

 than forty distinct tpecies of the Cape Pelargoniums ; this was an ox- 

 hibition in itself to those who have been acquainted with this peculiar 

 class of flowers, some of them remarkable for their* scent, others for 

 colour of the flowers. It is most desirable that these despised plants 

 should be again attended to and brought forward. It is impossible to 

 say what might be the result of hybridisation with flowers of the 

 present day. G. 1'. Wilsou, Esq., brought a specimen of Lilium 

 Thunhergianum. a out flower of L. Szovitzianum, which was decided 

 to be a form of L. col^hicum, also L. pomponium. Mr. Mitchell, 

 gardener to Dr. .\iusworth, sent cut specimens of Orchids. 



From Messrs. Uownie, Laird, &: Laing came a most superb orange 

 scarlet double Zonal Pelargonium called Victor Lemoine. which re- 

 ceived a first-cla^9 certificate — the best double yet exhibited ; Bronze 

 Zonal ImpOiatrice Engcuie; and Bronze Zonal W. R. Morris, which 

 was awarded the first prize on May 22nd, also Coleus Sainsonii, with 

 bright pink shades in the centre of the leaf, very distinct and hand- 

 some. To this a first-class certificate was awarded. 



From the gardi^us, Chiswick, were sent specimens of a hybrid Dian- 

 thus, raised by Major Trevor Clarke, a useful herbaceous plant, sweet- 

 scented, and with a profusion of bright pink double flowers. 



After the meeting was over Lord Londesborough brought a box of 

 cut flowers of some of the finest Orchids ever seen. His lordship 

 kindly displayed tiiem before the meeting, after which they were re- 

 served for some special purpose. 



Gen-eral Mletiv;, June 1st. — J. Bateman, Esq., F.R.S., in the 

 chair. Five new FtUows were elected, and the Cirencester Horticul- 

 tiu'al Society admitted into union. After the awards of the Committees 

 had been annoauced, the F.ev. M. J. Berkeley addressed the meeting, 

 dii'eeting, in the first place, attention to the cut specimens of various 

 flowering trees from Chiswick, aui particularly to a variety of the 

 common Horse Chestnut, of which the flowers afforded one of the 

 most beantifol contrasts of white aud red he had ever seen, and it was 

 hoped to raise a nnmber of seedlings of it for distribution. A branch 

 of the common Ha.vthorn from Mr. Wilsou Saunders was also noticed 



as having a remarkable history. The plant to which it belonged was 

 raised from tho common white-flowered variety, aud the first year that 

 it flowered the blossoms were white, in the Bocoud year they had a 

 tinge of pink, aud in the third year they were altogether pink. Some 

 yards from this tree there was one of the pink-flowered variety, and it 

 was possible that tho pollen from tho latter might have exorcised an 

 influence in bringing about the result. Lilium S/ovitsianura, exhibited 

 by Mr. Wilson, was then said to be not dillerent from L. colchieum, 

 and Cyclobotbra alba, from Mr. Wilson Saunders, was pointed out 

 as being extremely beautiful, regret being expressed that such lovely 

 plants were lost in this country, aud a hope that they would bo re- 

 introduced. A handsome hybrid J'iuk from Major Trevor Clarka 

 next occupied attention, and it was stated that it had been raised from 

 a Pink at DavcntrJ, which had been traced to Mr. Atkins, of Pains- 

 wick. It was probably a garden variety of Dianthus alpinus. Mr. 

 Berkeley next produced specimens of the Douglas Fir, showing a very 

 deplorable state of the tree from which they were taken, the injury 

 being, no doubt, the efi'cct of frost a year ago, for the full extent of 

 such injury was not always apparent at the time. The subject, how- 

 ever, was of extreme importance, for all knew what magnificent spars 

 the tree in question furnishes, aud Governm«nt some years ago had 

 sent out for a ton of seed. It was, however, almost useless planting 

 trees derived by seed or otherwise from those growing in the hotter 

 districts, as they did not prove hardy ; but those raised from seed from 

 Vancouver's Island were much more so, and promised to attain an 

 enormous height. The difference between the two kinds of this tree 

 at Messrs. Standish & Co.'s, Mr. Berkeley added, was very remark- 

 able. Nothing was more commou thau to assign a chill as the cauee 

 of the leaves of Peaches and Nectarines blistering, but he produced 

 a specimen of the common Almond— a tree of which tho Peach was 

 probably only a form— in which the blistering was the work of an 

 extremely minute fungus called Ascomyces. 



Mr. Higford Burr and Mr. Bateman confirmed Mr. Berkeley's 

 remarks as to the difference in the hardiness of trees of the Douglas 

 Fir, and Mr. Bateman said, though he had planted trees of it obtained 

 from various sources, they all dwindled and died, except one from seed 

 sent home by Douglas. He also produced a very curious fungus 

 which had been found in his butler's pantry, and which i\Ir. Berkeley 

 said was vei^ rare. After some remarks on the desirability of rein- 

 troducing the Cyclobothras and Calochortuses, Mr. Bateman pointed 

 out a remarkable mass of Odontoglossnm Pbalienopsis, from Messrs. 

 Low, but the part of New Grenada from which it came was preserved 

 a strict secret. Orchid pots of a new form were next referred to. 

 These, Mr. Bateman said he had made with a dish at the base to hold 

 water and to prevent the ascent of woo<llice ; then from the midst of 

 the dish sprung an upright earthenware stem, perforated with holes, 

 and supporting either a dish containing peat, &c., or a hollow cylinder 

 for Orchids that did not require peat. By varying the height of the 

 stems, small plants conld be brought nearer the light and equalised in 

 height with taller-growing kinds. Mr. Bateman then pointed out 

 the most remarkable of the Orchids, particularly Epidendrum yitel- 

 liuum majus from Messrs. Kollisson ; Orchis fusca, found in Kent, 

 and also, he beUeved, in Huntingdonshire ; a magnificent cut specimen 

 of Odontoglossom giande from Mr. Marshall, and tho various beautiful 

 cut Orchids in the box brought by Lord Londesborough. 



Great Summer Flower Show.— Jnnr Ind and 3/-(/.— Without 

 question this is one of the best Shows the Society has ever held— 

 indeed, one of the best that has taken place since the memorable In- 

 ternational Horticultural Exhibition of IHdG, as far as material is 

 concerned, although the effect produced ia marred by the place of 

 exhibition being the conservatory and arcades. Our remarks this 

 week must necessarily be brief and imperfect, owing to our time of 

 going to press, bnt we purpose giving a more fuU report in our next 

 number. 



Of Stove and Greenhouse plants the collections are not only nu- 

 merous but the specimens good on the whole, although as regards the 

 kinds of jilants exhibited there is absolutely nothing fresh. In the 

 class for twelve. Mr. Peed, gardener to Mrs. Tredwell, Lower Nor- 

 wood, is first, exhibiting among others very laige specimens a finely- 

 bloomed plant of AUamanda grandiflora, although the flowers are not 

 so large as we have seen on, if wo mistake not, the same plant in 

 foi-mer years. He has also Ixora eoccinea, Franciscea calycina, tC^^- 

 tyUis tiilipifera, and Eriostemon bnxifolium, in fine condition. Mr. 

 Wilkie is second in the same class, aud has an excellent Dracophyllum 

 gracile, Franciscea calycina, small, but with finely coloured flowers, 

 and a good Acrophyllum venosum. In the nurserymen's class for 

 six, Mr. Williams is first, and Mrs. Glendinning & Sons second, whilst 

 for collections of the same nnmber from amateurs, Mr. Kemp, Mr. 

 Wilkie, aud Mr. Ward have prizes for well-grown plants. The 

 best single specimen is a Medinilla magnifica, from Mr. 'ylf='«' 

 covered with large, briglt, rose-coloured panicles, the second best 

 being a large specimen of Erica Cavendishu, from Messrs. Lee, of 

 Hammersmith. net 



Of Azaleas there ia also a large display, Messrs. Lee taking the tirst 

 prize for nine, the finest of which are Coronata, Stanleyana. and 

 Punctata rosea. There are, besides, several other smaller collections 

 very good. Messrs. Iveiy are first in the class for fifteen, m pots not 

 exceeding 1'2 inches in diameter. , p o - 



Of Roses there ia a splendid display. In Messrs. Paul & Son s 



