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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



421 



Onr Pvramid CHnvsANTHEMUM.— First, Mr. Wood. Second, Mr. Wil- 

 ■SOD. Third nnd Extra, Mr. Dunbnr. 



Anemone Fl'iwkred CmiYHANTiiRMCM.-i. — Three : Second, Mr. Shaw. 

 Ont- : Fir.nt, Mr. Wilson. Second, Mr. Shaw. 



CfT iil.ooMS, LiROE-Fl.oWKUED CnuYSANTllKUCM^.— Ki^j/i^f ''n .* First, 

 Mr. llobbs, Bristol. Second, Mr. Foster, yardeuer to Mr. S. H. Thonip- 

 60U. Third, Mr. TiUor, i,'ardeucr to Mr. J. CrosQeld. Trn-lvit : First, 

 Mr. IlobJS. Second, l\lr. Foster. Eiiual, Mr. Duubar. Third, Sir. 

 Tiller. Six: First, Mr. Hobbs. Second, Mr. M'llnrdy, g.irdeuer to Mr. 

 J. (i. Biitcluau. E<|uul, Mi. Dimbur. Third, 31r. Foster. 



Six Fbinged Primulas.— First, Mr. Sliaw. Second, Mr. Airoy. Third, 

 Mr. Myeis. 



Four L'oun]:.E Primulas.— First, Mr. Sorlcy, gardener to Mrs. Zwilchen- 

 birt. Second, Mr. Airey. 



H'fovB AND Greenhouse Ferns.— Si.c ; First, Mr. Armstrong, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Hadwen. Second, Mr. (Sinclair, gardener to air. R. Alison. 

 Third, Mr. Tliarm, gardener to Mr. Joseph Mayer. 27nTe : First, Sir. 

 Armstrong. Second, Mr. Sinclair. Third, Mr. Wilson. One: First, Mr. 

 Sinclair. Second, Mr. .\rmstroDg. Third, Mr. Woollam. 



Tree Fern.— Prize, 5Ir. Freeman, gardener to the Earl of Derby. 



Standard Mignonette. — First. Mr. Lamb, gardener to Mr. P. S. 

 Boult. Second, Sir. Lowndes. Third, Mr. Wilson. 



Mignonette. — First, Mr. Lowndes. Second, Mr. Lamb. 



EouoUET FOR THE HAND (Gardeners).— First. Mr. Fleming, gardener 

 •to Mr. R. Hoiighto-j. Second, Mr. Freeman. Third, Mr. E.ivcs. (Nursery- 

 men and Market Gardeners).- First, Mr. Rylance. Second, Mr. Delamere. 

 Third, Mr. Ashcroft. 



Poinsettia PCLunERHlMA. — Three: Fir.it, Mr. Dunbar. Second, Mr. 

 TitheringtOD. gardener to Col. Thompson. Third, Mr. Everett, gar- 

 dener to Mr. John Campbell. 



Roman Hyacinths.- r/irce Paiu: First, S^r. Dunbar. Second, Mr, 

 Newman, gardener to Mrs. Holt. 



Euphorbia jACQUlNl-T:FLonA (Three Pots). — First, Mr. Freeman, gar- 

 ■dcner to the Earl of Derby. Second, Mr. Everett, gsrdener to Mr. John 

 Campbell. Third, Mr. Porleous, gardener to Colonel Clay. 



Three Ornamental Fruited Plants.— Fit st, Mr. Shaw. Second, Mr. 

 Freeman. Third, Mr. Foster. 



Three Ornamental-Foliaged Plants. — First, Mr. Sinclair, gardener 

 to Mr. ii. .Alison. Second, Mr. Newman. Equal, Mr. R. H. Smith, gar- 

 dener to Mr. H. Walker. Third, Mr. Everett, gardener to Mr. John 

 Campbell. Equal, Mr. Woollam. 



Heaths.- T/irec ; First, Mr. Shaw. Second, 3fr. Freeman. 



Palm.— First, Mr. Freeman, gardener to the Earl of Derby. Second. 

 Mr. Tharni, gardener to Mr. Jos. Mayer. Third, Mr. Wood. Extra, Mr, 

 Tharm. 



FRUIT. 



Twelve Dishes of Hardy Fruit (Nurserymen). — First, BIr. O. Ry- 

 lance, Town Green. Second, Mr. K. Ashcroff, VVestDerby. (Gardeners). 

 — First, Mr. Sorley. Second, Mr. Woolley, g.irdenerto Mr. Jackson, M.P. 

 Third, Mr. Smith, girdener to Mr. H. Littledale. 



Si:; Dishes of Fruit.— First, Mr. Freeman. Second, Mr. Hill, gar- 

 dener to .Mr. R. Sneyd. Third, Mr. Sorley. 



Pine Api'les,— Three : First, Mr. Wallis, gardener to Mr. J. Dixon. 

 Second, Mr. Porteous. gardener to Col. Clay. One : First, Mr. K. U. 

 Smith, gardener to Mr. H. Walker. Second, Mr. Wallis. Ihird, Mr. 

 Freeman. 



Grai'ls Black Hamburgh). — First, Mr. Wilson. Second, Mr. Smith. 

 Third, .VI r. WoolUy. 



Grapes (Black).- First, Mr. Elli^, Honlgravo, Seaforth. Second, Mr. 

 Smith, B.ardener to Mr. Liltlodalo. Third. Mr. K. H. Smith. 



Grapes (Whito Muscat).— Firs', Mr. Hill, gardener to Mr. R. Sneyd. 

 Second, Mr. Forbes, gardener toMr. J. \. Tinuie. Third, Mr. K. H. Smith. 



Grapes i White). — First, Mr. Smith. Second, Mr. Williamson, gar- 

 dener to Mr. T. C. Clarke. Third, Mr. Freeman. 



Pears (Dessert).- j?(,7/i« T'orict/cs.- First, M». Auchterlouie. gardener 

 to Mrs. Harvey. Second, Mr. Sorley. Third, Mr. Orr. Four Varieties : 

 First. Mr. Lowndes, gardener to Mr. S. S. Parker. Second, Mr. Sorley. 

 Best liiih.—First, Mr. Turner, gardener to Mr. Edward Bates. Second, 

 Mr. Fo-ter. Third, Mr. K. H. Smith. 



Apples (Dessert).- Foht Varieties : First, Mr. Smith. Second, Mr. 

 Turner. Ei|uil, Mr. Lowndes Third, Mr. Barnett, girdener to Rev. 

 W. B. BolSeld, ShiffuBll. Best Dish: First, Mr. Lowndes. Second, Mr. 

 Turner. Third, Mr. Foster. 



Apples (Culinary).— £if;/t( J'a7'iV/ie3 ,- First, Mr. Turner. Second. Mr. 

 Auchterlouie. Third, Mr. Freeman. Four J\irietics: First, Mr. Wool- 

 lam, gardener to Major BhindeU. Second, Mr. Titherington. Third, Mr. 

 Orr. BeH Bith : First, Mr. Woollam. Second, Mr. Thompson, gar- 

 dener to .\Ir. R. L. Bolton. Third, Mr. Orr. 



EXTRAS. 



Basket Plants.- Onr : Prize, Mr. Newman, gardener to Mrs. Holt. 



Collection of Fruits.- Prize, Mr. Charles Rylance. 



Rustic stand of Flowers.— First, Mr. Wade, gardener to Mr. R. Dnko. 

 Second, Mr. Lowndes. 



Collection of Godhds.— Prize, Mr. Jones, gardener to Mr. H. Duck- 

 worth. 



TV.NSISOHAM Muscat Grapes.— Prize, Mr. Lees, Tynuingham. 



have the kindness to impait it tlirough the mediuoi of tbij 

 Journal, he will oblige many others as well as — TuoMiS 

 Recoiu). 



TEAINING W.\LL TREES. 



I offeu a suggestion to my brother learners respecting the 

 training of reach and other wall trees. It is one resulting 

 from a seven-years trial, with such comfort and success as 

 lead me to hope it may prove acceptable to those for whom I 

 write. 



One wall in my garden, with a S.W. aspect, is unfortn- 

 nately built with limestone, preseuting an uuevon surface, with 

 stones of impracticable size. Zinc wires strained horizontally, 

 which was my first remedy, fretted the bark, old and young, so 

 much, that I had it removed as soon as circum-stauces would 

 permit. After other ineffectual attempts I tried slips of white 

 deal timber, hall an inch by three-quarters inch, tho latter 

 being laid against the wall at intervals of (i inches, and secured 

 (but not nailed), to it in the following way. I ordered some 

 "sprigs," from my nailer, to bo made with lon^'er " spuda " 

 than they usually have — spuds are projections on one side of 

 the head of this kind of nail — which I had made about half 

 an inch long, the nails being'il inches long and a little stronger 

 than common sprigs of that length. Five of these were suffi- 

 cient to secure each slip of timber — viz., three below and two 

 above in quincunx order. The slips are 8 feet in length, ant^ 

 two of them in a continuous line from the centre of the tree 

 form the extent, 10 feet, which I can aiiord to each tree. It 

 will be understood that the sprigs are not driven through the 

 timber, which only rests on the lower ones, and is secured by 

 the projecting spuds above and below, as shown in the accom- 



THE ROYAL ASCOT GRAPE. 



Is the Royal Ascot a late-keeping Grape? Does it set its 

 fruit as freely and bring it to perfection in the same medium 

 temperature that the Black Ahcante and Lady Downe's do ? 

 And is it equal in size of bunch and berry to the above popular 

 varieties? Some say it possesses every quality that a good 

 late Grape ought to have, while others deny that this is the 

 case. Now, I am about to plant twenty-aix Vines of late- 

 keeping sorts, and should like to include the Royal Ascot, but 

 in the absence of more substantial information than mere 

 opinion, I hesitate to do so. Actual proof is wanting, and if 

 any correspondent who possesses the required information will 



a, a, Sprigs. 



b, Slip, 



panying engraving, by which means Oiere is a spring in ths 

 timber, which greatly facilitates the tying with Cuba matting, 

 no shreds of cloth or other material beiug needed or admissible, 

 for when saturated with moisture that becomes suddenly frozen 

 they are destruction to the bark of th^ young shoots, and inju- 

 rious even to the matured wood. 



I had occasion lately to move one of my trees trained in 

 this way, and having removed the two upper nails over each 

 slip, and perfectly freed the roots, the whole framework readily 

 moved upward.", without disturbing a single tie, shoot, or branch ; 

 and my man Friday and I carried it (as ho said), " body and 

 bones " to its new site against a brick wall, and secured it as 

 before. The angles of the timber being planed off, as appears 

 on tho very rough sketch which I have given above, the slips 

 moved freely from the nails, and the young spray had still a 

 bearing of nearly half an inch on the smooth, flat surface of 

 the slip or lath, which had been previously painted, tacking a 

 dozen or more together at the ends to other slips, so that the 

 paint brush could just act between them, the lot being turned 

 over to paint the backs when the fronts were finished. The 

 cost is trifling compared even to wire, and the timber as sound 

 after seven )eari5' use as when put up. Should woodlice or 

 earwigs, &e., hide between tho slips and walls, pressure here 

 and there on the slips soon settles their fate. — 0. R. 0. 



ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. 

 Millions of acres of the best land in Florida are covered 

 with groves of the wild Orange. How these groves originated 

 is a mooted question. Some suppose that the tree is indigenoua 

 on the peninsula; but as no mention is made of it by the 

 narr.itors of the early Spanish exploring expeditions, and as it 

 is a matter of history that the Orange was introduced by the 

 first colonists nearly three hundred years ago, it seems probable 

 that it is of foreign origin, e.5pecially as the fruit is known to 

 deteriorate very rapidly and to return readily to its natural 

 wildnes s, seedling-s of the best varieties generally proving worth- 

 less. Be their origin what it may, the present existence ol 



