October 31, 1865. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE Ais'D COTTAGE GARDENER. 



363 



witli both larger bnnclies and bettor berries, it ought to super- 

 sede the hitter variety, for it has le.ss teiideuoy to crack and 

 shank, though not free from these faults. It is not large 

 enough for a market Cirajie, but will be valued by those who 

 estimate flavour rather than n]i|)earanco. Najiolecm is in every 

 respect inferior to Royal .Muscadine, of which it is a variety. 

 Foster's \Miite, which also resembles Royal Muscadine, is 

 superior to its parent in size and appearance, but is hardly its 

 equal in flavour. Of Royal Vineyard, I have formed a very 

 imfavouralile opinion, a white Muscat in appearance, without 

 any Muscat flavour, it appears a very bad setter ; if it has any 

 good qualities time will develope them. — J. 11. Fe.vkson, CIUI- 

 well. 



ROSES FOR EXHIDITION. 



" J. C," of Atherstone, asks, '-Which aro the best twelve 

 Roses to grow for Exhibition ; also, the best twenty-four for 

 that purpose ? " As " .T. C." does not say anj-thinj; about the 

 families of Roses, or whether he objects to summer and Tea 

 Koses, I shall confine my recommendations to autumnal Roses, 

 of the families of Hybrid Pcrpetuals, Bourbons, and Tea-Noi- 

 settes. I may say, however, that if summer Roses are not 

 objected to, the very best show Roses among them aro Paul 

 Ricaut and Charles Lawson. If Tea Roses are not objected to, 

 Devoniensis, Madame 'Willermoz, Souvenir d'Elise, and Sou- 

 venir d'uu ktni are the very best ; and Sombreuil as a white 

 Rose, is hardy, most excellent, and never suffers from fungus. 



It is an inviilioHS task to select twelve or twenty-four Roses, 

 and say these are the best. There are admirable Rose's which 

 I cannot generally recommend, and I must leave them out. I 

 am bound to suppose that " J. C." wishes garden Roses and 

 show Roses combined in one ; and, above all, that he wishes 

 Eoses of good constitution and good general attributes. More- 

 over, I presume that he w ishes Roses, whether twelve or twenty- 

 four, to be varied in colour. This being so, I will endeavour 

 to help him ; and, as far as I can, I will put them alternately, 

 light and dark, or by a fair contrast. 



1. Charles Lefobvre, darki=h crim- 7. Pierre Netting, clarety crim- 



son, son. 



2. Souvenir de la Malmaisou, flosh 8. La Ville de St. Denis, pure 



blush. rose. 



S. Senateur '\'flisse, vivitl crimson. 9. 3Iadame Victor Verdier, ver- 



4. Gloire de Dijon, orantre yellow, milioii rose. 



5. Prince Camilie de Ruha'n, vcl- 10. Cecile Chabrillant, pink, and 



vety black crimson. silvery reverse of petals. 



6. Soeur des Anges. ^hite, with a 11. Maurice Beruardiu. vermilion. 



delicate peach tinge. 12. Triomphe de Rounes. yellow. 



If " J. C." can grow these well, and they are very easy to 

 grow, the sooner his fellow competitors take up their bed and 

 walk, the sooner they will be in a position to respect themselves. 



I have now to add twelve more, alternately light and dark. 

 As I ended with light, I will begin with dark. 



13. Dae de Cazes, dark purple crim- 19. Celine Forestier, yellow. 



son. 20. Madame Boutin, rich crimson. 



14. Duchesse d'Orleans, lavender 21. Caroline de Sansal, flesh blush. 



blush, roseated. 22. Madame Moreau, lustrous red ; 



15. Jules Margottin, bright light a splendid novelty of 1865. 



cerise. 23. Madame Boll, pure ro.^e ; or John 



16. Due de Rohan, lig'nt vcrniilion Hopper. "The latter has the 



red. better constitution. 



17. Acidalie. white. 24. Earou Gonella, duve-pink, dis- 



18. Mar-Jehal Vaillant, bright crim- tinct. 



son. 



I add these as surplusage, they are excellent and good — 

 William Griffiths, salmon rose ; Alfred de Rougemcint, deep 

 purple or violet crimson ; Madame Julie Daran, vermilion ; 

 Baronue Prevost, rose; Solfaterre. yellow; Souvenir de la 

 Reine d'Angleterre, rose ; Monsieur de Moutigny, reddish rose ; 

 Madame Kuorr, Ijright rosy blush ; Victor Verdier, rosy flesh ; 

 Madame C. Crapelet, rosy crimson ; and Lord Macaulay, rich 

 dark crimson. 



The whole of the above Roses are admirable here all the 

 season round. Mr. John Keynes cannot select for •' J. C." 

 another such lot, either with or without alternations of colour 

 (that have constitutions'!, out of the existing proven Roses. 

 The descriptions given in the catalogues are truthful. I have 

 only put in three new Eoses — viz., Pierre Netting, Madame 

 Victor Verdier, and Madame Moreau, they will be found to be 

 admirable. — W. F. R.u>cl\tfe, Tarrant liushton. 



Results op the Season. — As letters from correspondents 

 have appeared in the Journal commenting on the fact of Pear 

 trees being now in bloom for the second time this year, it may 

 not be deemed out of place to mention that a Pear tree in the 

 garden of a House iu the CamberweU New Road blooms a 



second time every year, the period of the second bloom 

 being in June. Raspberry canes of this year's growth are 

 blooming, and fruit-forming, in my garden. — M. 8., Jirixton. 



GROUND VINERIES, 



The following extract from a note recently received from a 

 friend at Soutliampton may be of interest to some of your 

 readers : — " Two years ago I saw your ground or curate's 

 vineries at Sawbridgeworth, and immediately on returning 

 home I established a Vino on this principle of culture. £ 

 find I can grow better Grapes in this ground vinery than ia. 

 a hothouse ailjoining ; and the success of it has been so great 

 that I intend giving up a considerable portion of garden ground 

 to such vineries." 



Allow me also to correct that part of my communication in 

 page 2('>'.) respecting these strui^tures, in which I said that the 

 sixty-three bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes in a vinery 

 14 feet long would average half a pound each. I find, on 

 gathering them, that many bundles weighed 1 lb. each, and 

 that they would average three quarters of a pound each ; thus 

 in round numbers, say sixty bunches, I have had from a vinery 

 occupying but a very small space 4.5 lbs. of Grapes quite ripe, 

 but not of a good colour. I must, however, add that the crop 

 was far too heavy for the Vine, and the result of oversight, as 

 half the quantity would have been enough for the future well- 

 doing of the Vine. — T. R. 



TWO CROPS OF PEARS GROWING AT ONCE 

 ON THE SAME TREE. 



In your Journal of October 17th, I observe some curious in- 

 stances of Pear trees flowering at this late season of the year. 

 It may, perhaps, be interesting to some of your readers to 

 learn, that there is a Pear tree in the gardens here, which 

 flowered at the usual time, and set a beautifid crop of fruit, 

 and it again flowered about the end of June, most of the 

 blossoms setting ; it had thus, as it were, two crops at one time 

 in different stages of growth. 



The variety being the Autumn Bergamot, the first crop was 

 ripe iu the last week in September, and proved excellent. The 

 produce of the second flowering was gathered a day or two ago, 

 and were quite hard when gathered, and in size and appearance 

 very unlike the fruit of the first gathering. — Thos. Phosseb, 

 The Gardens, Longford House, Gloucester. 



POTTING CHEILANTHES ODORA— EFFECTS 

 OF HOT SUMMERS. 



Will you inform me when I ought to repot Cheilanthes 

 odora ? I brought it from Italy with me last spring, and potted 

 it at the end of April. It now seems at rest, but has made very 

 little, if any, growth during the summer. 



It may interest your readers, perhaps, to be told that I have 

 had this month some fine, well-ripeued bunches of the Black 

 Hamburgh Grape, from a Vine planted against the east wall of 

 my house, without any artificial protection or heat whatever. 

 The great warmth of the autumn has produced several most 

 unusual growths. I have picked Lilacs, Laburnums, flowers of 

 Dogwood, wild Roses, Apple and Pear blossoms, and many 

 other shrubs and plants, which have put forth a second bloom. 

 — Henry Bukxey, Jl'arendon Rectorij, Wohurn. 



[The soil being sweet, and the drainage of the pot good, the 

 plant need not be potted until March ; but if the soil be at all 

 saturated or sour the sooner it is potted the better. Be very 

 careful not to injure the roots. It will not grow to any extent 

 during the winter unless the house be warm, and warmth at 

 that season is one of the greatest tlrawbacks to its cultivation. 

 During the winter keep cool, just free from frost, airy, and just 

 moist at the root.] 



ISTERNATION.U, HoRTICCLTUKAL EXHIBITION AND CoNGRESS. 



We hear that this will commence on the 22ud of next May, 

 and conclude on the 25th. 



The Neill Prize.— The late Dr. Neill, of Edinbur;;;h, at liis 

 death left the smn of £.500 in trust of the Council of the Cale- 

 donian Horticultural Society, the interest of which was to be 

 given once iu three years to some one iu Scotland who had 



