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JOUUNAL OF HOHTIOULTOaE AND OOTTAQB GABDENEB. 



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appear; bnt Mr. Aahwell, the proprietor of the Strawberry 

 Gardens at Wnniiock, explained that the Norfolk Beefiu ia 

 known aliout Eastbourne as tlic " Black Jack." 



Those Strawberry Rardena are woU worthv of a visit. They 

 h'Bve been jieldiog Strawberries ever since 1702. They occupy 

 abont four acres, and as much of the beds are under fruit trees, 

 and as many of our modern varieties are cultivated, and as 

 there is a stream of water winding through and dividing the 

 gardens, the supply of fruit is larg<! and lonR-oontinned. The 

 gardens are open to tlio public, and in tlie season forty visitors 

 during a day vi^it them to banfjuet on Strawberries, cream, 

 and bread and butter. Mr. Ashwell is rapidly adding to the 

 means of fruit culture there, and visitors are treated too cour- 

 teously not to be induced to repeat their visit. 



It was observed durin;; the tourists' visit that Wannoclc is a 

 corrnpt pronunciation of Walnut Street ; that nut tree flourishes 

 in the neij^hbourhond, as it does in all alluvial soils in the 

 vicinity of the chalk formation. There aro some very fine 

 specimens near Old Eastbourne. 



The streams, such as that at Wannock, and the widely-ex- 

 tending levels around Eastbourne aro so favourable to the 

 growth of aquatic and marine plants, that nowhere in England 

 are they to be found more tine or in greater numbers. The 

 beautiful Butomnf: umbeUatuf, or Flowerini; Rush; C'althn 

 palMtris. or Marsh Marigold, here called " Water-blob ; Crambe 

 marilima. or Sea-kale, near Beacby Head ; Glaucium htteum, or 

 Horned Poppy, near the beach ; Nuphar luti'a, or Yellow Water 

 Lily, and Nijmphaa alba, or White Water Lily, in the still 

 waters of Pevensey Level, and many other smaller aquatics 

 were found by the tourists. On the Downs of Beacby Head and 

 its vicinity also were noticed the Ophrijs apijera. Bee Orchis; 

 Ophnjs mimclfera, Fly Orchis; Orchis mtulata, Dark-winged 

 Orchis; Orchis cono/)sca. Fragrant Gymnadenia ; Orchis pijra- 

 midalis. Pyramidal Orchis ; Orchis maicida, early Purple Or- 

 chis ; Orchis fusca. Brown-winged Orchis, in the marshes ; and 

 Orchis latifolia, in the moist meadows near Polegate. 



No place in England is more associated than is Pevensey 

 with memorable events and personages. It was the " Anderida 

 Portus " of the Romans. Its castle is partly of Eoman, partly 

 of Norman architecture ; it was the last stronghold of Harold, 

 and the first stronghold of the Norman William. It and the 

 surrounding districts were granted to his Norman followers, 

 and the names of places around mark how the Norman mastery 

 prevailed. Langley Point is Langnez, or Long Nose Point ; 

 Pevensey, Hurstmonceanx are all compounds of Anglo-Saxon 

 and Norman names. The present race cling to the Norman 

 French, for even the bellman of Eastbourne still prefaces bis 

 announcement with the old " Oyez, Oyez, Oyez," which some 

 of your readers may not know is " Hear ye, Hear ye. Hear ye." 



Then Pevensey was, too, the birthplace of Andrew Bordo, 

 the wandering friar and physician of Henry VUI., who punned 

 upon his own names, and designated himself Andreas Ferfo- 

 ratus, or Bored Andrew, and was through life so jocular as to 

 have given occasion to a jester being called a Merry Andrew. 



Wilmington has no other connection with Pevensey than 

 that the tourists visited the ruins of its priory on the same 

 day. Those ruins are trivial, but the Yew tree in its church- 

 yard ia not, for the trunk of that tree is 22 feet in circum- 

 ference, and its branches overshade a circle 80 feet in diameter. 

 That church is on an eminence, and may serve to sustain the 

 opinion that one of the reasons why such trees were planted 

 near churches was that they might shelter those edifices. At 

 all events, the last statute passed in the reign of Edward I. 

 was entitled " Ne Rector arhores in crcmntrio prosttmat " (The 

 Rector shall not fell the trees in the graveyanl), and the pre- 

 amble of the statute states that the trees planted there were to 

 screen the church from the wind. Churches in those times, 

 as Daines Birrington observes, were built low, and the thick, 

 wide-spreading evergreen foliage of the Yew answered for 

 shelter better than that of any other tree. — G. 



CARBOLIC ACID. 



NoTiciMG in TjTE JouE>»AL OF HouTicuLTCRK for May '2l8t, 

 that carbolic acid will prevent Oi'lium, *c., I placed a dish or 

 two in a large vinery in which Oidium was showing itself, and 

 after leaving it in for three or four days, I am very much dis- 

 appointed at finding that it has no effect on the OTdium, and 

 has injured the foliage of the Vines to a most disastrous extent 

 Can any one else givetheir experience on this matter?— G. ft. 



[We published only an extract from another journal, and that 

 extract only says that it will -'prevent," not that it will de. 



stroy mildew. We sbsU be obliged by relative icformatio* 

 from any of our readers. The above communioation will Mt 

 an a warning to bo careful in trying the efficacy of the acid ia 

 question. — Eos.] 



ROYAL IIOIITICULTURAL SOCIETY 



.Tl .M: KiTir AND ITtii. 



Bpkcial Pkizk ani> Phlaroonhiji Snow. — Tlioogh this waa pi»~ 

 perly one of tlio Society's minor shows it attained nearly the dimea- 

 sions of a threat show, and, from ilio uivcrsity of the sabjectQ which it 

 broni;ht tiigf^tlinr, was of a very interesting chariietcr. As regards the 

 extent of tho Show, it filled a portion of the north-eastern consorvatoij 

 arcade, the conservatory itself, and the wholo of tho noi-th-weafflm 

 arcade, ia which wore densely-packed multitudes of Variegated Zona) 

 Polargoninms. The arrangement of the tables in the couseivato^ 

 was much more effeetivo than on former occasions, there being a smaU 

 octagon stage at each end, the one tilled principally with specimeB: 

 Orchids, the other with a charming miscellaneous grotpin which then 

 were also several Orchids, contributed hy Messrs. Lee, of Hammer- 

 smith. In the centre was a stage of similar form to thoao at each end 

 and occupied with Kose.^, whilst between tho central and end stages 

 were two oblong ones divided ap tho centre. Tho whole had a flym- 

 metrical appearance, and only wanted something to conceal the wood- 

 work to maLo it all that could he desired in the absence of a plAoe 

 specially adapted for holding exhibitions. 



Taking now the classes in the order of tho schedule, those frOfle 

 1 to 7 were for special prizes offered by members of tho Oonncily to 

 which the Society' added about half tho amount as second prizes. 



The Doke of Buceleuch, President of the Society, offered in Class 1 

 a prize for the nine host cultivated Azaleas ; hut as it is now getting 

 late for fine specimens of that plant, especially after tho hot weather 

 of the last fortnight, no one came forward to claim the prize. 



The same nobleman also offered a prize for the nine best cnllivated 

 Koses in pots, which was taken hy Mr. WiUinm Paul with Paul i^caot. 

 La Reine, Anna de Dicshach, jiladame A. do Rougemont, Baroit A. 

 de Rothschild, Celine Forestier, Senateur Vaisse, Catherine Gnilldt, 

 and Lrclia. These were well-grown specimens, and covered witb 

 llowcrs, but the latter in consequence of tho heat had lost thatfreah- 

 noss which in the earlier part of the season rendered tho Rosea ex- 

 hibited more than usually beautiful. Mr. W. Paul also exlubitea a 

 collection in small pots, for which an extra prize was awarded, and 

 Messrs. Paul &■ Son had one for boxes of cut blooms, among 

 which we noticed a large example of the ucw Rose, Duke of Edin- 

 hnrgh, and Bonle do Neiga, a fine white Hybrid Perpetual. 



In Class .'J, which was likewise for a j>rize offered by the Diika df 

 Buceleuch, the subject being the nine best cultivated Zonal Pelar- 

 goniums in bloom, BIr. Weeton. gardener to D. Martlneau, Ksq., 

 Clapham Park, was first, with iineiy-gro^vn plants from 3 feet to 

 ^\ feet in diameter. These consisted of Herald of Spring and flxcel- 

 leut, scarlet, Monsieur Martin, Kmily V.aucher, Sparkler, Eagenie 

 Mczard; Sensation, Amelina Grisau. and Beautc des Parterres, lilae 

 rose Nosegay. Mr. G. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. Goldsmid, Bart., 

 M.P., Regent's Park, was second, but tho plants were rough, and 

 showed to a great extent the wire on which they were trained. Among 

 them, however, were' some very good kinds, as Dr. Lindley, whicb 

 makes a fine pot plant, and Mrs. William Pan! with fine large flowers. 



Class -1 was for a prize offered hy W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., and 

 which had for its subject the ten best cultivated Orchids. This was 

 taken hy Mr. Williams, of Holloway, who had Epidendrnra vitelli- 

 nnm ; VjCnda tricolor ; Vauda suavis, good, though not specially rt- 

 morkable ; Onoidium Icopardinum witli nine spikes of yellow aud 

 browu flowers ; Laeha purpurata with two spikes, each with tour thiely- 

 colonred flowers ; Cypripedium barbatum supcrhum, with twenty-eight 

 blooms ; Acrides Larpenta^.with three spikes ; Aerides odoratnm majoa, 

 a splendid plant with eleven racemes of bloom ; the bright-eolonred 

 At'rides Lobbi, and Cypripedium superbiens with a dozen blooms. 



In Class .5, the best twenty herbaceous plants in flower, Mr. Saundefs 

 likewise offfercd a prizt;, which went to Mr. Ware, of Tottenham. 

 Among the plants which he exhibited were Dianfhns atrornbens and 

 proeumbt-ns, the former with rich blood i-ed, the latter with small bnt 

 pretty pink flowers ; Statice maritima rubra, with fine heads of A&f 

 r )-;e-colourcd flowers : Orchis foliosa, ornamental aUko by its spotted 

 baves and neat heads of flower : Oxalis spectabilis. with lilac pnrple 

 fl)wers, aid h- leaves prettily marked with purple; Campanula ^»- 

 merata alba ; Veronica maritima alba, with very neat heads of white 

 flowers ; double whitg Spir.Ta filipendula ; and Scilla peruviana alba. 

 The same exhibitor also had an extra prize for cut flowers of herba- 

 ceous plants, among which were several of tho above. Lychnis cbal-* 

 cedonica. Foxgloves, Pa-onics, Irises, and Lilies ; and he likewise sent 

 cnt Roses and .\ntirrhinums. 



Class was for the best display of bedding plnnts in wooden Nnws 

 10 inches square by 5 inihes deep, the prize here being also nrercd'by 

 Mr. Wilson Saunders, and it was awarded to Messrs. E. G. Hender- 

 son, of the WelliuL'ton Nursery, for the tinestaiid nio-t intevstriig ool- 

 e ticns of these plants which we over saw e\h bited. Altoget ex it 

 coniprind one linndred species and varieties, cousibUug ui Pwiar- 

 goniinijs of var'oiis classes, Sempervivums, several of which were 

 most dfsirable for edgings; SaxifrageSj Echeverias, Coltuses, Ceni- 

 tanreos and other while-leaved edging plants^ variegated GraaSea, 



