Jane U, 1868. ] 



JOtTBNAI, OP H0RTIOXILTURfi'"AM'b6T¥A%lJ"bAiEttt;E'sM. 



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With thU syringe the plantn, or dip them in it, and repeat the 

 application if necessary, ejrinping tliB plants every evening 

 in dry weather, and adopting other means calculated to insure 

 healthy free Rrowth. 



Water as already stated being a natural enemy of thrips, the 

 plants should be well syringed when making new growths, and 

 afterwards, when these are mature, a good syringing occasion- 

 ally will do good, and the temperature ought to be kept as low 

 as is consistent with the health of the plants. It is tiie main- 

 taining a dry, hot, close atmosphere that encourages thrips to 

 take a hold on plants, and the way to escape its ravages ia to 

 give abundance of air, to keep the atmosphere cooler at night 

 than by day, and to afford moisture plentifully. — G. Abbbt. 

 (To be continued.) 



THE JUDGING at the ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



The Council of this Society does not seem to have made a 

 very happy selection of Judges for the late Exhibition. One 

 very glaring mistake was made in judging Variegated Zonal 

 Pelargoniums ; and I am sure one of the gentlemen selected to 

 act as a Judge in this particular class is well qualified to fill such 

 a position without fear or favour ; but what was Mr. Grieve to 

 do if ho was opposed in his judgment by two others acting with 

 him who were unfit, and incapable of distinguishing the differ- 

 ence between a Variegated Pelargonium and what is called a 

 Variegated Zonal Pelargonium ? The class to which I allude 

 is intended for Variegated Zonals, and the schedule distinctly 

 states, for " six Variegated Zonal Pelargoniums." 



In the first place I would ask. Of what use is it for the Eoyal 

 Horticultural or any other Society to print and distribute a 

 sohedulo inviting exhibitors to attend the exhibitions, if the 

 Judges appointed will not act according to the instructions set 

 before them in the schedules ? 



In the class for Variegated Zonal Pelargoniums there were 

 four collections exhibited, two of which ought most certainly to 

 have been disqualified. A first prize was justly awarded to 

 Messrs. 1"". & A. Smith, of Dulwioh, whose plants were staged 

 in a very neat way, were very even and compact, and, above all, 

 every plant was a Variegated Zonal Palargonium. Mr. Turner's 

 collection ougLt to have been disqualified, instead of having an 

 equal first prize with Messrs. Smith's, for this reason — one of 

 the plants (May Queen), shown in his collection was not a 

 Variegated Zonal. No trace of a zone can be seen in it. In Mr. 

 W. Paul's collection there was also a kind named Snowdrop 

 Eoneless. This will show that only two collections were worthy 

 of any award, and in justice to the other exhibitors the Council 

 ought at once to publicly announce that it has rescinded the 

 awards of the Judges, and that in the class for Variegated 

 Zonal Pelargoniums only one first and one second prize will 

 be given — namely, the first to Messrs. Smith, of Dulwich, and 

 the second to Mr. J. Janes, the other two collections being 

 disqnaUficd. 



The following is the order in which the plants were ex- 

 hibited : — 



Messrs. F. & A. Smith had Sunray, a fine Tricolor, in the 

 way of Lady Cullum ; Exquisite, a pretty Silver Tricolor, like 

 Italia Unita ; Miss Burdett Goutts, a handsome Silver Tricolor, 

 and a decided improvement on Italia Unita ; L'Empereur, a 

 variety very much like Sophia Dumaresque ; Mettor. very 

 much like Mrs. Pollock, certainly little if any improvement on 

 that variety; and Banshee, another Silver Tricolor, which 

 appears to be a very finely improved form of Burning Bush. 

 The above, were, however, well grown, the plants very even in 

 size, and nicely got up. 



Mr. C. Turner exhibited in his collection May Queen, a 

 white-variegated Pelargonium, very much like Bijou, having 

 no "zone ; Lady of Shallot, like the Countess, Silver Tricolor, 

 having a faint pink zone ; Princess of Wales, Silver Tricolor, 

 very mnch like Italia Unita ; Lady Cullum, one of our very 

 best Tricolors, but the plant exhibited was a small one and 

 looked quite lost by the side of Mrs. Turner, which is bo much 

 like it that it would puzzle almost the best judge in England 

 to tell the two apart if the labels were removed ; Mrs. Turner ; 

 and Sophia Dumaresque, also like Lady Cullum. 



Mr. W. Paul exhibited two plants of his distinct and 

 pretty Prince Silvarwings, a mixed Silver and Gold Tricolor, 

 and likely to make a very handsome bedding plant. The habit 

 is very compact, and the style of growth neat and vigorons ; 

 Snowdrop, very much hke Mountain of Lig'it, a variety having 



no zone; Plutarch, a fine Golden Zonal, having a fine, bold, 

 and vigorous style of grosvth, with good flat loaves, very moah 

 like Florence ; two plants of Louisa Smith. These, however, 

 had very little colour, and did not appear to he any improve- 

 ment on Mrs. Pollock. 



Mr. J. Janes's collection, which should have been placed 

 second, contained the finest and best-grown plant of Lady 

 Cullum I have ever seen exhibited. It was a glorious mass of 

 colour. Italia Unita was also a fine plant and beautifully 

 grown, and if the other four had been better varieties, eqo^ 

 in size, and as well grown, they would havo been the finest six 

 TricoloES ever exhibited, I would advise Mr. Janes to procure 

 four of the varieties shown in the preceding collection and 

 present them in the fine style in which Lady Cullum and 

 Italia Unita appeared in the dull and gloomy arcades (which 

 are very little better than the dark arches of the AJelphi for 

 exhibiting plants in), and I will undertake to say he will carry 

 all before him. The other four shown in his collection were 

 badly grown, and varieties possessing no merit. They were 

 — Amy, no better thau a badly-grown Mrs. Pollock ; Beauty of 

 Guestwick, Mrs. Benyon, and Little Pet, having a small and 

 crumpled leaf. It is to he hoped that the Council will act 

 more wisely in the selection of the Judges on the occasion of 

 the Special Pelargonium Show which is shortly to take place. 



In conclusion, I would suggest to the Floral Committee of 

 the Koj^al Horticultural Society the propriety of affixing all 

 their awards, properly describing the objects that have been 

 awarded certificates, on the various plants before the public are 

 admitted to see them. At the late Show I noticed a great 

 array of certificates on plants on the third morning after the 

 Exhibition was opened that were not on them the first nor the 

 second day of the Show. To the names of the plants was 

 simply added the inscription, " First-class certificate." This is 

 a practice likely to mislead the public. It is highly important 

 that the Society should publish a proper list of the awards 

 given on the first day of tho Exhibition. A Society like the 

 Royal Horticultural of England should not show more favour 

 to one exhibitor than to another. If this is not sufficiently 

 intelligible to the Floral Committee, I shall be glad to have an 

 opportunity of explaining my meaning more fully. — J. W< 



PLANTS IN FLOWER IN MAY. 



ACKLill HALL, 1IIDDLESBB0^GII•0^•-TEES. 



May 4, Paeoaia tenuifolia May 18, Sorbus aucuparia 



Iberis sempervirens Fraxinus escelsioc 



Spartium scoparlnm Quercus robur 



Sambucu=5 nitTa v.iriegata cerris 



Kerria japouica Acer pseudo-platanue 



Myrica gale Pieonia ofl&einaUs 



Euonymus europicus Acer campestrie 



Prunus iiadus CrataigUB laeiniata 



Laurels pninifulia 



„ 9, Convallaria majalis „ 21,-Iomiuils 



multiflora Polemonhim cairalenm. 



Euphorbia cypariBsias Kich;irdsoni _ 



lifturustinuB Aquilegia vulgaris 



Fritillaria meleagris ^laudulosa 



Ebodiola rosea Skinueri 



Asperula odor.ata' 'Weigela rosea 



„ 12, Red and Black Cun-ant ,, 25, Ilex scotica 



Cratjegus oxyacautba Cytisos capitatus 



Viola tricolor MespUus germanica 



., 15, Centaurea montan.i TE^cnlus nibicunda 



PyruB cham.'pmespilus „ 27, Prrnettya mucrouata 



Orchis morij Kalmia glauca 



Brompton Stocks Ilex lucida 



Saxifraga umbrosa Cratie^'us cocciaea 



rotuudifolla Laburnum 



ilentata Pteouia moutan 



granulata plena Cornus ganguinea 



Andrewsii Cotoueaster atiiuis 



Coronilla emerus Viburnum lautana 



Cerastium tomentosum „ 29, Tulipa gesneriana, VOW. 



Dodecatheon meadiit Troilius europasua 



Viola canina Primula ffiriuoBa 



Nemophila insignis Rhododendron ponliculDi 



Ilyacinthus nou-scriptua Veronica gentianoideB 



nutans Camafisia esculenta 



„ 18, Azalea pontica Triteleia uniflora 



Andromeda axillaris Ajuga reptans alba 



— M. H., Acklam Halt. 



FRUITING OP THE ROSE APPLE. 

 TuETvE appears to be some error respecting the first indi- 

 vidual who fruited the Rose Apple (Eugenia jambos), in thiB 

 country. Neither Mr. Carr nor Mr. Mundell can claim the 

 , credit, and I cannot say with certainty who can. Mr. Vair had 



