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JOURNAL OP HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDEHEE. 



[ June 19, 187a 



of the fruits cultivated in Jlr. Van Houtte's extensive nnr- 

 Beries at Ghent. The varieties here given are the choice sorts 

 which are best worth growing in private gardens, and the 

 letterpress is illustrated with admirably executed coloured 

 figures of most of the leading kinds. There are five sheets of 

 coloured engravings representing fifty varieties, and six sheets 

 in outlines representing thirty-six varieties. There will be a 

 continuation of the work, and other fruits besides Pears will be 

 treated upon. 



We heartily commend the work to all lovers of fruit culture. 



EOTAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 June 18th. 



The Show on this occasion was held in the western conser- 

 vatory corridor, and was of extremely limited extent, no doiibt 

 in a great measure owing to exhibitors holding back for the 

 great meeting at Bath. 



Prizes were offered by G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., for collec- 

 tions of Lilies of the character of L. pardahnum, canadeuse, itc, 

 also for cut flowers of the same, but no one came forward to 

 claim them. 



There were three classes for Fuchsias — namely, classes for 

 six plants from amateurs and nurserymen respectively, and an 

 open class for twelve. There were three groups of six from 

 amateurs, each containing well-bloomed plants. The largest 

 specimens came from Mr. Walker, gardener to H. J. Atkinson, 

 Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton, but those from Mr. J. Weston, 

 gardener to D. Martiueau, Esq., Clapham Park, were the better- 

 bloomed. A lot of very compactly-grown plants from Mr. 

 James, gardener to W. F. Watson, Esq., Isleworth, was in good 

 bloom. Mr. Weston was first, Mr. Walker second, Mr. James 

 third. Of varieties with light corollas, Puritana and Conspicua 

 were the best ; of dark corollas Enoch Arden, Lord Derby, and 

 Souvenir de Cbiswick ; of wbite-sepaled kinds Lucy Mills and 

 Mrs. Marshall. There was no exhibition in the nurserymen's 

 class, and Mr. James was the only exhibitor of twelve, taking a 

 first prize. 



For eight Palms, Mr. Bull, Chelsea, was first, and Mr. Aldous, 

 florist, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, second ; while for 

 six, Mr. W. Cole, gardener to J. S. Budgett, Esq., Eahng Park, 

 and Mr. J. Fewell, gardener to Mrs. Sargood, Broad Green 

 Lodge, Croydon, took the same relative positions. In these 

 collections we noticed nice specimens of Geonoma pumila, 

 Acantbophopnix crcnita, Areca lutescens ; and in Mr. Bull's 

 group Kentia Forsteriana, Dfemouorops melanochsetes, and 

 Verschaffeltia melauoch<setes. 



The only group of six P^eonies in pots came from Mr. R. 

 Parker, Exotic Nursery, Tooting, and well deserved the first 

 prize, which was awarded. Charles Binder and Virginie were 

 remarkably good. 



Baskets of plants arranged for effect were shown, and prizes 

 were awarded to Mr. Hepper, gardener, The Ehns, Acton; Mr. 

 Aldous, florist, South Kensington; and Mr. Cole, gardener to 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq., Ealing Park. The only stand of Ranuncu- 

 luses came from the Rev. H. H. Dombrain, Westwell Vicarage, 

 who had a first prize. 



Among miscellaneous subjects Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord 

 Loudesborough, Norl>iton, had a fine group of Orchids, in which 

 were the charming Epidendrum crassifoliam with at least a 

 score of spikes, Dendrobium BensoniiD, the pretty Palumbina 

 Candida, Cattleya Warneri, splendid ; fine Aerides, &c. From 

 Mr. Noble, nurseryman, Sunningdale, Bagshot, came a group of 

 the beautiful and elegant crimson-flowered Spirfea palmata; 

 from Mr. Smith, Ealing Deane Nursery, a good collection of 

 Balsams ; and from Mr. Parker, Tooting, a fine lot of Pyreth- 

 rums in pots, cut flowers of the same, and a stand of varieties 

 of the German Iris. For the prizes offered some time ago by 

 Messrs. Barr & Sugden for typical forms of Cabbages, exclusive 

 of Savoys, Mr. Tisdale, Cambridge Lodge, Tooting, exhibited 

 some twenty-seven so-called kinds, not all of which, however, 

 were markedly distinct. 



Feuit Committee. — Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. 

 Mr. J. Edwards, gardener to Lady Prescott, Heme Court, Kent, 

 sent two dishes of Royal George Peaches and two of Violette 

 HAtive Nectarines, which were in splendid condition, and were 

 awarded a cultural commendation. Mr. A. Colbourne, Wool- 

 hampton, sent a very fine dish of Pitmaston Orange, which also 

 had a cultural commendation. Mr. CoU^ourne also sent fruit of 

 the Lo(iuat, which was pronoirnced the finest iu flavour ever 

 submitted to the Committee. Mr. Tillery, of Welbeck Abbey, 

 sent dishes of forced Sti-awberries — British Queen, Empress 

 Eugenie, and Lucas. Mr. Cadger, gardener to Lord Strafford, 

 Wrotham Park, Barnet, sent a seedling Melon, called Wrotbam 

 Park. Mr. J. Gardner, gardener to Col. Astley, Elsham Hall, 

 Brigg, sent a hybrid Melon. Mr. Gilbert, the Gardens, Burgh- 



ley, sent a hybrid Melon of an oval shape and yeUow skin, with 

 (Teen flesh. The flavour was remarkably rich, and the Com- 

 mittee aw.arded it a first-class certificate, naming it Gilbert's. 

 Green-flesh. 



Messrs. Barr & Sugden exhibited three'new Lettuces : Wheeler's 

 Kingsholmo, Scott's Giant, Dimmock's Victoria, Burnell's Alex- 

 andra, all of which were identical, and the same as a good 

 stock of Paris White Cos ; but Mr. Barr stated that he had found 

 these hardier than the Paris Cos. Henderson's New American 

 Lettuce, also exhibited by Mr. Barr, was pronounced unworthy 

 of cultivation. The Committee was adjourned to meet on 

 Saturday next, at Cbiswick, to examine the early Peas, which 

 are now in pod. 



Floral Committee. — W. E. KeUock, Esq., in the chair, 

 Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, had first-class certificates for 

 erect-flowering Gloxinia Brilliant, with magenta-fiusbed crimson 

 lobes; for Rev. A. H. Bridges, one of the drooping-flowered class, 

 soft rose, much dotted, and veined; Mrs. Fanny Wilders, erect- 

 flowered purple, broadly edged with white. Besides these 

 Messrs. Rollisson exhibited many others of considerable merit. 

 To the same firm a first-class certificate was awarded for 

 ilichmea bracteata, previously shown at the Regent's Park. Mr, 

 Croucher, gardener to J. T. Peacock, Esq., Sudbury House, 

 Hammersmith, sent several new Agaves. Messrs. Backhouse, 

 York, had a cultural commendation for a specimen of Cyclo- 

 bothra pulchella. Mr. Linden, Brussels, had a small collection 

 of new plants, among which were Phyllotfenium Lindeni, Cur- 

 meria picturata, Maranta hieroglyphica, and Anthurium crystal- 

 linum, all of which have been recently noticed. 



Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing seot a stand of Fancy 

 Pansies, of which the following had first-class certificates — viz., 

 Picotee, singularly Uned ; Thomas Granger, dark blotch, rich 

 brown edge and top ; Mrs. Neilson, violet, edged with white, 

 very pretty; D. B. Downie; and Richard Dean, dark brown, 

 edged with rich yellow. Messrs. Barr & Sugden, of Covent 

 Garden, had a cultural commendation for a fine basket of 

 Lilies, and exhibited, besides, a collection of Irises of different 

 classes, which, though not in good condition owing to the rain, 

 were very interesting. They also sent a violet bedding Pansy, 

 called Magnifica variegata, having leaves much variegated with 

 deep yellow. 



Mr. R. Dean, EaHng and Bedfont, sent remarkably fine spikes 

 of white, pm-ple, and scarlet Intermediate Stocks, also Mauve 

 Beauty, a splendid pyramidal variety, together with a number 

 of his bedding Violas, and some double Canterbury Bells. 

 From H. Shaw, Esq., Highfield, Blackburn, came two fine 

 varieties of Cattleya Triauaai. 



A CASE OP DISTRESS. 



We earnestly call the attention of our readers to a case of 

 real distress, and solicit their aid in an endeavour to assist 

 those who are quite unable to help themselves. The late Mr. 

 Robert Glendinning, of the Chiswick Nursery, was well known 

 to most people in the horticultural world , and there were few 

 who knew him but would have assisted him in his lifetime. 

 At his death he left, among other members of his family, a 

 poor idiot son, who has for the last seventeen years been an 

 inmate of the asylum at Redhill. During the whole of that 

 time the father, and subsequent to his death the mother, paid 

 the annual charge of £60 for his m,aintenance. Now the 

 mother is dead, and evil days having come on the family, this 

 poor young man has no one to continue the maintenance for 

 him, and if something be not done he will have to be discharged 

 fi'om the asylum. Some friends of his parents have interested 

 themselves iu his behalf, and are endeavouring to have him 

 placed on the foundation, by which he will be maintained, 

 free ; and we shall be glad if anyone who reads this wUl regard 

 it as a pressing appeal to their charity, and render all the aid 

 they can to secure at the next election that this poor fellow 

 shall be placed on the foundation. Subscriptions and votes 

 will be thankfully received by Mrs. Bridges, Rupert House, 

 Chiswick, Mr. Francis Dancer, of Little Sutton, Chiswick, or 

 by the Editors of this Journal. 



AoE OF Trees. — According to M. Ed. Andre, the editor of 

 L'Uluftraliun Ilorticole, the following are the ages attained by 

 several kinds of trees. Judas Tree (Cerois SUiquastrum), 300 

 years ; Elm (Ulmus campestris), 335 years ; Ivy (Hedera Helix), 

 450 years ; Maple (Acer campestre), 516 years; Beech (Betula 

 alba), 57lj years ; Orange (Citrus Aurautium), 630 years ; Ever- 

 green Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), 800 years; OUve 

 (Olea europtea), 800 years ; Walnut (Juglans regia), 900 years ; 



