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JOURNAL OF HOBTIODLTDRE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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g^atains the reputation it gained last ;ear. A tmly first-oIasB 

 flower. 



ROSES OF 1868. 



Dmile de Neiya. — A pure white Rose, of excellent shape, re- 

 sembling Madame Hardy, very vigorous, and if sufficiently 

 remontant will prove an acquisition, being the best white yet 

 obtained in this class. 



iladame Noman, — Another white, which at first sight I took 

 to be iladame I'lantier. The resemblance to that well-known 

 variety both in flower and foliage, is very close indeed. 



La France. — Lilac rose with deeper centre ; colour not easy 

 to describe ; petals excessively recurved ; like William Kol- 

 Uason in shape, but totaUy different in colour. It may please 

 Bome people. 



Prt'niiknt WiUfrmoz is a reproduction of Lord Palmerston, 

 superior to the older variety on account of vigorous growth ; 

 bright cherry red in colour. By those who remember and 

 admire the Kose named after the late veteran Premier, Pre- 

 sident Willermoz will be cordially accepted. 



Madame la Baroune d,' Jiothschild. — Thus far undoubtedly 

 the Rose of the present season, strikingly beautiful in colour 

 and form ; a pale satin rose, of perfect form and substance, 

 exquisitely shaped, growing well. This lovely Rose not only 

 promises to be the best of the season, but to obtain a re- 

 putation that will endure for years. 



Souvenir de Franeoh Ponsard. — Another Rose with a very 

 long name, and close resemblance to our old friend Jules Mar- 

 gottin, perhaps a little lighter in colour. Very fragrant. 



li[en\'ille d'Anjuu, described in the French Usts of last 

 autumn as being of a purplish red. A desirable colour, but 

 the red so predominates that the purple element is difficult to 

 discover. Altogether not very promising, further trial may 

 show it to better advantage. 



Clotilda Holland proves true to description — that is, beautiful 

 pale rose, with the form of Madame Furtado. We have in 

 this variety a vigorous growth with all the excellence of that 

 fine Rose. Madame Furtado will now be given up. 



Baron Ilansmann. — In the notice of last year's novelties there 

 is one named after La Baronne Hausmanu. I may have made 

 a mistake in my notes, for they are as much alike as two peas ; 

 but it matters little, for neither as yet shows any likelihood of 

 gaining favour. 



Duclu'sse d'Aoste. — Another rose-coloured variety, large and 

 full, Jules Margottin over again nearly. The blooms I saw 

 of it were good. 



Prince Iltimbcrt. — A good dark Rose, likely to gain favour 

 for a time, but not superior in my opinion to Souvenir du 

 Comte Cavour, by the same raiser (Margottin, of Bourgla- 

 Reine), which it much resembles in colour. It is, however, 

 fuller. It is evidently not equal to such flowers as Senateur 

 Yaisse, Lord Macaulay, and others of the same class. 



Madame Marie Cerodde. — Very much like Baron Gonella in 

 form and colour, sometimes described as " dove pink," very 

 fragrant and beautiful. A good Rose. 



In the house assigned to Tea Roses at Waltham, the bloom 

 was abundant and fine. The following, most of them well- 

 known and esteemed kinds, I have noted as the best : — Boule 

 d'Or, Climbing Devoniensis, like the old Devoniensis, first- 

 rate ; President ; Madame Willermoz, very fine but delicate in 

 colour ; Souvenir d'un Ami, still one of the very best in its 

 class ; Jaune d'Or, not much of yellow or gold about it ; Comte 

 de Paris ; Narcisse, Niphetos, Solfaterre, Madame Falcot, 

 Celine Forestier, Madame Bravy. But, see, there is one 

 among them of a very different class, with gorgeous flowers of 

 unrivalled brilliancy, making its way to the very top of the 

 house, sending forth buds and grtftid flowers at every step in 

 its progress, clothed with massive foliage of beautiful glossy 

 green hue— a Rose that possesses every good quality yet dis- 

 covered in any or every variety, blooming early in the season, 

 continuous through it till the frosts of winter alone stop it, 

 suitable for pillars, forming a fine head as a standard, flourish- 

 ing in soils where many will not grow, on its own roots, on the 

 Manetti, on the Briar — its name is Charles Lefebvre. — Adol- 

 PHUS H. Kent. 



the least to prevent the Peas coming np, and I have tried it a 

 good many times, and have never known it fail. — J. G. 



[The plan has been frequently recommended and practised 

 very successfully. — Ens.] 



Preserving Peas from Mice.— Among the numerous plans 

 recommended for preserving new-sown Peas, &c., from the 

 ravages of mice and birds, I have never observed the following : 

 — Cut up, tolerably fine, in a hay-cutting machine, a quantity 

 of common Gorse, and sow it rather thickly on the top of the 

 Peas, then cover up with soil. The Gorse does not seem in 



EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Third Spring Siiow. — Minj'Mh. — Thia was not a snccess bo far 

 a3 the flower which was inteodeU to have constituted the principal 

 feature was concerned, for the magniticent specimens we have been 

 accDBtomed to in former years were absent ; bo were the Roses, but of 

 miscellaneous subjects there was, as at the previous show, an extensive 

 and interesting display. 



In Class 1, nine Azaleas, for nurserymen only, there was no exhi- 

 bition. In Class 2, for amateurs, Mr. Wilkio, Oak Lodne, Kensing- 

 ton, was iirst with well-bloomed plants, about a yard high, of Crite- 

 riou ; Stella, a hrilliant-coloureil variety sent out by Messrs. Veitch 

 two or three years ago ; Concinna, lilac purple ; Marie Vervaene, 

 white, flaked with rose, a beautiful variety ; Eulalie Van Geert ; and 

 Rubens. Mr. F. A. Steel, Hammersmith, was second, with, among 

 others, a largo plant of Semiduplex maculata. 



In the nurserymen's class for six, hy far the best collection of 

 Azaleas in the Show was exhibited by Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, 

 and deservedly received the first prize. They consisted of Duke of 

 Devonshire, salmon scarlet ; Extranei, a fine mass of rosy crimson 

 flowers ; Leeaua, white ; Petuuiieflora, rosy lilac ; Marie Louise, 

 crimson ; Victoria, white, spotted and flaked with purple. Messrs. 

 Dobson & Sons, Isleworth, took the second prize ivith a compact 

 bushy specimen of Murrayanum ; Bouquet de Flore, not sufficiently 

 forward ; Iveryana, Model of Perfection, Delicata, and Due de Nas- 

 sau, semi-double, crimson. 



The only exhibitor in the class for single specimens of Azalea was 

 Mr. Wilkie, who had a first prize for a plant unnamed, but apparently 

 the old white, forming a fine pyramid standing about 7 feet high, ancf 

 covered with bloom. 



Of EhododendronB Mr. Wilkie exhibited half a dozen standards 

 with large heads covered with tine tmsses of white, pink and lilac, 

 and crimson flowers, and took a first prize ; likewise a similar award 

 for a fiue standard. Mr. Steel, Hammersmith, was second with a 

 small but well-bloomed plant of the variety called Purpurenm grandi- 

 florum. 



Of Auriculas, the only exhibitor was Mr. James, gardener to W. F. 

 Watson, Esq., Isleworth, who sent, of Green-edged, Miss Famell ani 

 Lancashire Hero ; Grey-edi;ed, Jane Smith and Duke of Cambridge ; 

 White-edged, Smiling Beauty and Model ; Selfs, Cheerfulness (Turner), 

 and Royal Purple. Miss Farnell, Jane Smith, and Smiling Beauty 

 were excellent, and the rest were in good condition for this period of 

 a season when the bloom in the south has been rather early, and 

 Mr. James deserves credit for retarding bis plants so successfully and 

 producing such a good exhibition, the only one in its class. A first 

 prize was awarded him for these, likewise for half a dozen Alpina 

 .\uriculas. 



Of Polyanthuses, both Mr. James and Mr. Wiggins, gardener to 

 W. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, sent well-grown and well-flowered plants. 

 Among those from the former were Goldfinch, a showy free-flowering 

 kind and well laced, Juliet, and Picturata also attractive ; while Mr- 

 Wiggins had Maggie, a rich-coloured flower, and Gold Crown, a dark 

 ground, conspicuously laced with yellow. Mr. James took the first 

 prize, Mr. Wiggins the second. _ 



Of Pansies in pots, Mr. James, who was awarded a first prize, has 

 a heantifully-flowered set of eight, consisting of Kev. H. Dombrain, 

 Dr. Ingler, Baronne de Rothschild, Cherub, Vesta, J. B. Downie, Dr. 

 Smith, and another. Messrs. Dobson took the second prize; and Mr. 

 Shenton, nurseryman, Biggleswade, and Mr. James, had extra prizes 

 for stands of cut blooms. 



Prizes were also offered for Lily of the Valley. Mr. Reeves, Lad- 

 broke Nursery, was first with pottuls in excellent bloom ; Mr. August, 

 of Beddington, being second, and Mr. Wilkio third. 



The best collection of twelve Alpine plants came from Mr. Salter, 

 of Versailles Nurserj-, Hammersmith, and in it were Smilacina hifolia, 

 with small heads of white flowers ; Saxifraga aizoon, and S. bypnoides 

 minor, a pretty, dwarf, moss-like plant, which forms a neat covering 

 for borders ; Arenaria baleariLa, with flowers like minute white stars ; 

 Anbrietia deltoidca variegata ; Seduni glaucum, which forms a charm- 

 ing carpeting; Sempervivum Pattoni, and S. arachnoideum, very 

 interesting from its appearing to be covered with cobwebs, a cir- 

 cumstance from which its name is derived. Mr. Ware, Tottenham, 

 who was second, had various Saxifrages, conspicuous, among which 

 was Saxifraga grannlata plena with large double white flowers, alsa 

 Sedum Forsterianum, having a reddish tinge. 



01 miscellaneous subjects there was, as already remarked, an ex- 

 tensive display. Mr. WUUams, of HoUoway, had an extra prize for a. 

 collection containing a finely-bloomed specimen of Clerodendroii 

 Tbomsona! Balfourii ; Saccolabium retusnm, Cyjiripediums, and othec 

 Orchids; Aphelexes, Heaths, Eriostemons, Amaryllids, Genetyllis 

 Hookeri, Franciscea calycina, and a good example of Anthuriunt 

 Scherzerianum. Mr. Bull had a similar award for a collection ia 

 which there were several new Colenses, the best apparently being Gem, 

 chocolate with a gieeu edge, and Crimson Velvet, reddish chocolate, 



