July 11, 1865. J 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Riimos flxliibitod a nsmiirkably fiuo collection in which Caladium 

 Lo\vii, Alocasia metallicii;i.ufl macvorhiza vai-iefnita, and the variegated 

 CrotoM were the most strildug. Dirksonia anturt'tii-a had a stem 8 or 

 9 inches in diaiimtur, Iho head forming an unihifUa; Gleichenia 

 wpeluuciB was also very fine. Coneetious containing' hirq;e woll-f;i"own 

 .specimens wc.vo likowiae exhibited hy Mr. Taylor and Mr. A. Intjram, 

 and smaller ones eanio from Messrs. Young and C'arr. Among them, 

 besides several species already noticed, were Nepentlms Uafllesiana with 

 several pitchers, and a very good pan of the red- veined Gymnostachyum 

 Verstdiaffelti, fi-om Mr. A. Ingi'am. 



Of Kxotie Ferns, excellent collections of healthy well-grown plants 

 came from Mr. Barnard and Me.ssrs. Young, among Amateurs ; and 

 Messrs. Bull, Williams, and A. Henderson, among Nurseiymen. Of 

 British Ferns, interesting collections were o^chiliited by Messrs. Ivery, 

 containing many curious forms, especially of tlie Lady Fern and 

 Hart's Tongue ; two pretty varieties of the former being Athyrium 

 f. f. diffisHo-multitidum and A. f. f. Parsonaia'. 



Awards. — For ten Fiue-foHaged Plants (Nurserymen) : first, Mr. 

 Veitch ; second, Messrs. A. Hendorsou ; third, Mr.'BuU; fourth, Mr. 

 Rhodes. For ten fAmatenrs) ; first, Mr. Baines, gardener to H. 

 Sficbolls, Ksq,, Bo-.vdon ; second, Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Yates, 

 Esq., Highgate ; third. Mr. A. Ingi-am ; fourtii, Mr. Young, gardener 

 to K. Barclay, Esq., Higbgate ; fifth. Mr. CaiT, gardener to P. Hinds, 

 Ksq., Byll.'t't. For twelve Exotic Ferns (Amateurs) : first, Mr. Bar- 

 nard, gardener to J. Taylor, Esq., Woodbury Down ; second. Mi". 

 Young, gardener to W. Stone, Esq., Leigh Park; third, Ml-. Young, 

 gardener to R. Barclay, Esq. ; fourth. Mi*. Taylor, gardener to J. 

 Yates, Esq. For twelve (Nursery-men) : first. Mr. Bull ; second, Mr. 

 Williams; third, Messrs. A. Hendorsou. For twelve Bi-itish Ferns: 

 first, Messrs. Iveiy ; second, Mr. Holland, gardener to K. Peake, 

 Esq., Isleworth. 



Heaths were well groi,vn and bloomed, hut little can he added as 

 regards the varieties to what has appeared in former reports. Of 

 Pai-mentieriana rosea, Massoui, Shaimonia, Huvilleana, ohbata, exi- 

 mia, and others, very good specimens were shown. 



Awards. — For ten : first, Mr. Rhodes ; second, Messrs. Jackson ; 

 thii-d, Messrs. Lee ; fourth, Messrs. F. & A. Smith ; fifth, Mr. Baxen- 

 dine. For eight : first, Mr. Peed ; second, Mr. Wliecler, gardener to 

 J. Phillpot. Esq. ; third, Mr. A. Ingram ; fourth. Mr. Chilman. 



Orchids were not so nmnerously shown as on the Last occasion, nor, 

 indeed, in such perfection. In collections of twenty, Mr. Bullen a^ain 

 sent Brassia Henchmanni in good bloom, several Cattleyas and 

 Aerides, there being among the latter a very good Acrides Lobhi, 

 Oueidium ampUatum majus and Lauceauum. Cypripedium harbatum 

 majus, I,yca-;te Skinneri, Lielia elegans, Trichopilia crispa. in fine 

 bloom ; and Uropedimn Lindeuii, with two llowers. one of which had 

 a tail 9 inches long. From Mr. Page came Cyjiripedinm Stonei, with 

 two of its hand-some flowers : Saccolabium Blumci, with a tine spike 

 of flowers ; good Phala?nopses, including a small plant of P. rosea ; 

 Vandas, bearded Cv^jripeiliums, and Ai-rides. Mr. Penny had in his 

 coUeetion of twelve, Cattleya Mossife, in tine bloom ; Auguloa Ruckeri ; 

 Aerides Lolibi. fine ; Trichopilia picta ; tine varieties of Cypripedium 

 harbatum supcrbum and Saccolabium guttatum ; the rich-coloured 

 Oncidium Lanceanura ; and Aerides Liiidleyauum. In Mr. Wilson's 

 collection, which was also excellent, Trichopilia picta was blooming 

 ^^*^^-}^' 1*^^"^*^^ which there were Cattleya snperba, brilliant in colour ; 

 C. Schilleriaua and C. Leopold!, both beautiful in colour ; the hi-illiant 

 Disa gi-andiflora. Aerides odoratum, &c. Calanthe veratrifolia, and 

 Renanthera coccinea, in fine bloom, came from Mr. Hill. 



Awards — For twenty: first, Mr. BuUcn, gardener to A. Turner, 

 Esq.. Leicester; .second, Mr. Page; third, Mr. Peed. For twelve: 

 first. Mr. Penny, gardener to H. Gibbs, Esq.; second, Mr. Wilson, 

 gardener to W. 'Marshall. Esq.; third, Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. 

 Reck, Esq., Isleworth ; fourth, Mr. Young, Leigh Park ; fifth, Mr. 

 Chilmaai. For six (Nurserymen): first, Messrs. Jackson. For six 

 (Amateurs) : first, Mr. Hill, gardener to R. Hanburv, Esq. ; second, 

 Mr. A. Ligram ; third. Mr. Whitbread ; foui-th, Mr. Wheeler, gar- 

 dener to J. PhUlpot, Esq. 



Pelakgontums were good, considering the heat and the period of the 

 season. Mr. Eraser had Pericles, Bacchus. Lord Clyde, Bessie, 

 Royal Albert, Pi-ince of Prussia. Laudseer. Perflita, Festus, Regina 

 fcamiosa, Marabout, and De?;dpmona in good bloom ; and in the 

 Amateurs' class. Mr. Bailey had by far the best. They consisted of 

 Gmllaume Severyns, Desdemoua, *Beacon. Rovalty, Etna, Pericles, 

 Mademoiselle Patti, Scarlet Florihunda, Regiiia i'ormosa, and Con- 

 flagration. In Faueies. Mr. Fraser was the only exhibitor. His 

 Tarietios were Cloth of Silver, Madame Sainton Dolby, Miss-in-her- 

 Teens, Bridesmaid, and Roi des Fantaisies. Mr. Catlin exhibited 

 some very good Scarlets. 



Awards.— For twelve : first, Mr. Fraser. For ten : first, Mr. Bailey ; 

 third. Mr. Wiggins. For six Fancies : first, Mr. Fraser, For six 

 Scai-let : first. Mr. Catlin, gardener to Mrs. Lennitte. Finchley ; 

 second, Ml-. Pettit, gardener to G. Powney Esq. ; third. Mr. Hawcs, 

 gardener to J. Noble, Esq., Fortis Green ; fourth, Mr. Weir ; fifth. Mi-. 

 J. Lc^au. 



FxTCnsiAs. — The plants of these were not large, nor was the bloom 

 first-rate. Among the best of the white-sepaled varieties were Rose of 

 Castille, and Minnie Banks ; of those with white corollas, Madame 

 Comelissen ; and of dark lands Sir Robert Peel. Messrs. E. G. Hen- 

 derscm exhibited several of Mr. Banlcs'a varietie;-., as Puritani, white 



corolla, Charming, a fine dark kind; Lucrozia Borgia, vei-y large 

 tlowei's ; La Favorita, and Sunshine. 



Awards. — Second, Mr. J. Weston, gardener to D. Martiueau, Esq., 

 Clapham Park; third, Mr. Gardiner, gardener to J. Stutter, Esq.; 

 fourth, Mr. Green, I'last Greenwich. 



KosKS. — There was a good display of cut blooms, among which were 

 Konn! of the new Tea Marcchal Niel. Of others there were very good 

 examjiles of Charles Lefobvi*e, Gloire de Santenay, Fram,'ois Louvat, 

 Ma(bini(! Charles Wood, aud Isabella Gray. 



Awards.^For fifty : first, Mr. Turner, and Messrs. Paul & Son ; 

 second, Mr. Fraser. For twenty-five ; first, Mr. Exell, gardener to 

 J. llollingworth, Esq. ; second, *Mr. Ingle, gardener to G. Round, 

 Esq., and Mr. W^-ight, Twickenham. For twenty-four: first, Mi-. 

 Turner ; second, Messrs. Panl & Son ; third, Mr. Fraser. 



New Plants. — Interesting gi-oups of these wore furnished by Mr. 

 Voitch, aud Mr. Bull. Mr. Veitch had his new Rhododendrons — 

 Princess Royal, a)ul Princess Alexandra, both of which are very 

 fine ; Lepfcopteris superha, verj^ beautiful ; Bertolonias, IJrceolina 

 aurea, Cattleya quincolor, noticed last week ; Osmanthus ilici- 

 folius ; Seiadopitys verticillata, a handsome plant ; AntUurium Scher- 

 :ieriaiium, Calathea Yeitchii, aud some others. Mr. Bull bad a sin- 

 gular plant, stated to ho an Indian Radish, with eilihle pods having 

 the same flavour as a Radish. These, it is stated, gi'ow 3 inches in a 

 night, and attain the length of 3 feet or more. Globba radicans varie- 

 gata, the leaves screaked with yellow ; Sphturogj-ne ciniiamomea, 

 Cycas Rominiana, Bertolonia margaritacea, variegated Verbenas, 

 and Chrysanthemums, as well as several Fenis, and a pretty Lobelia 

 called Silver Gem, -with white and blue flowers, the wliite largely pre- 

 dominating, came from the same exhibitor. New Clematiies were 

 shown by Messrs. Jackman, and Mr. To^vnsend ; and Trichinium 

 Manglesii, a pretty Swan-River plant by Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich. 

 This was described in these columns f^ome time ago, and a re- 

 presentation of it was given in the "Florist" of October. Mr 

 Thompson stjxtes that it will succeed out of doors. Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson sent Fuchsia Enoch Arden, with a large dark corolla, and 

 bright scarlet sepals, aud Gardenia florida variegata ; Mr. Smith, 

 Homsey Road, La Grande Pelargonium, a promising scarlet Nosegay ; 

 Messrs. F. & A. Smith, Orion Zonale Pelargonium, with salmon 

 flowers ; Mr. Morse, Epsom, Scolopendrium vulgare Coppardi, a fine 

 crested variety ; Messrs. Ivoi-y, Athyi'ium f. f. diffissum, Lastrea 

 f. m. gi-andiccps, and Polystichum proliferam Holeije, aU of which are 

 desirable additions ; aud Mr. Williams, a fiuie DracEcna liueata, Ferns, 

 and Aloes. 



MiscELLANEOTTs. — Mr. W. Paul scut his new Nosegay Pelargoniums 

 in fiuo bloom ; Messrs. Saltmarsh, some of the tricolor- foli aged class ; 

 Mr. Fraser, Kalosauthes, in fine bloom ; Messrs. F. & A. Smith, a 

 sho\vy collection of Balsams ; Mr. Baines, gardener to H. Micholls, 

 Esq., Sarracenias Drummondi, pur][nirea, flava, and variolaris, fine 

 AnjEctoehils, and the curious Dionam muscipula. Caraatious and 

 Picotees from Mr. Turner were vci-y fine ; Messrs. Do^vnie, & Co., had 

 line Hollyhocks ; and Mr. Perry, seedling Verbenas, of which Charles 

 Tumor. Mazeppa, Cleopatra, and Glowwoinn, were excellent. Cala- 

 diums, and hanging baskets, neatly filled, came fi-om Messrs. A. Hen- 

 dci'son A; Co. ; aud from Mr. Barnes. Bicton. a fine collection of cones, 

 produced this year at Bicton, including those of Araucaria imbricata, 

 Picea Nordmanniana, Abies duciosa, and many others. 



FHUIT. 



The display of Fruit was very large, and most of the objects were 

 characterised by gi'cat excellence. It was, to a large number of visitors, 

 the most attractive feature of the Show ; the plants, many of them, 

 Iiad been seen before, but such fine fruit, aud in such quantity, has 

 rarely been seen. 



In collections, Mr. Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow, Ashridge, 

 was first with fine bunches of Black Hamburgh and Muscat Grapes, 

 the latter well ripened, a good Queen Pine, a Melon, Royal George 

 Peaches, Elruge Nectarines, Brown Turkey Figs, aud British Queen 

 Strawbenies. Mr. Miller, gardener to Earl Craven. Combe Abbey, 

 sent two fine Queen Pines, Black Hamburgh and Trentham Black 

 Grapes, Canon Hall, not sufficiently ripe ; a large Melon, fine Peaches, 

 and British Queen Strawben-ies. Mr. EuSett, gardener to Lord 

 Palmerston, had a tine Providence and two Queen Pines, excellent 

 Peaches, and Black Tartarian Cherries. Good collections likewise 

 came from Mr. Baunerman, Mr. Dawson, and Mr. Lynn. Hedsor. 



Awards. — First, Mr. Sage; second, Mr. Miller; third, Mr. Ban- 

 nerman, gardener to Lord Bagot, Rugelcy ; fourth, Mr. Dawson, gar- 

 dener to Earl Co^v]ler, Panshanger. 



Pines v/ere not very numerous, but some good fi'uits were shown. 

 For a collection of four Mr. Barnes was first with a fine Providence, 

 a Prickly Cayenne, Queen, aud Ripley Queen ; Mr. Y'ouug. Leigh 

 Park, was second with two Providence, a Queen, and an En\'ille ; Mr. 

 Dawson third, Mr. Barnes sent, in addition, a collection of Pines 

 ripened in the op^n air, and, to all outward appearance, well 

 rijKmL'd. They consisted of Brown Antigua, Enville, Queen, and 

 Lemon Queen. Though the climate of Devonshire is doubtless 

 favourable to such an attempt, and so excellent a Pine-grower as Mr. 

 Barnes is well Iniown to be the most liliely to achieve success, it would 

 be interesting to know the mode of culture which he adapted in this 

 particular case. Some very good Queens, upwards of 4 lbs. in weight, 

 were shown. Mr. Young, gardener to Crawshay Bailey. Esq., was 

 first with a large and fine fruit ; Mr. Davis, gardener to W. Booker,. 



