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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE CAltDENER. 



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Contact will always produce some deformity, or render the 

 part that suffers it more or less unsightly. The specimens 

 named beneath maybe ranked among the best, certainly in the 

 county of Surrey, ■ regards their thriving and beautiful ap- 

 pearance, and inferior to few that have ever come under my 

 notice. By the kindness of Mr. Singleton, the gardener, I am 

 enabled to givo tho dimensions of tho plant fxom actual mea- 

 surement. 



WtllingUmia gigantea. — Height, 18 feet. Spread of branches, 

 45 feet in oircumference. Trunk at base, 5 foet ; at 4 feet 

 from tho ground, 9J feet. Age, about 12 years. A perfect 

 Specimen, symmetrical and compact. 



tnsapo. — Height, 21 J feet. Spread of branches, 

 60 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 2* feet ; at 4 feet 

 from tho ground, 2 feet 2 inches. 



7 ' nja awed. — Height, 4 feet inches. Circumference, 

 10} feet. 



Cupra M torulosa. — Height, 22.4 feet. Spread of branches, 

 27 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 3 feet it inches ; at 

 •1 feet from the ground, 2 feet 3 inches. 



Thujopsis borealis. — Height, 8} feet. Spread of branches, 

 It', 1 , feet in circumference. 



Picea l Ibies) cephakmica. — Height, 23} feet. Spread of 

 branches, 40 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 2.J feet; at 

 4 feet from tho ground, 1 foot 9 inches. 



Cupressus macrocarpa. — Height, 3.3 feet. Spread of branches, 

 64 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 4} feet. 



Cedrus deodara. — Height, 28 feet. Spread of branches, 60 feet 

 in circumference. Trunk at base, 4} feet ; at 4 feet from the 

 ground, 2 feet 9 inches. 



Tkuja gigantea. — Height, 17 feet. Spread of branches, 

 18 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 2 feet. 



Abies Douglasii. — Height, 35 feet. Spread of branches, 60 

 to 64 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 2 feet 9 inches ; 

 at 1 feet from the ground, 2} feet. This tree has produced 

 abundance of cones. 



Picea (Abies) Nordmariniana,. — Height, 10} feet. Spread of 

 branches, 22 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 1 foot ; at 

 4 feet from the ground, 9 inches. 



Pici'n (Abies) nobilis. — Height, 9 feat. Spread of branches, 

 18 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 1 foot. 



Pirms excelsa. — Height, 28 feet. Spread of branches, 38 feet 

 in circumference. Trunk at base, 3 feet ; at 4 feet from tho 

 ground, 2 feet. 



Pimts insignia. — Height, 30 feet. Spread of branches, 00 feet 

 in circumference. Trunk at base, 3 feet ; at 4 feet from the 

 ground, 2 feet 2 inches. 



Cupressus Uhdeana. — Height, 24 feet. Spread of branches, 

 37 feet in circumference. 



Cryptomeria japonica. — Height, 21 feet. Spread of branches, 

 54 feet in circumference. Trunk at base, 3 feet ; at 4 feet from 

 the ground, 2 feet 2 inches. A truly magnificent specimen of 

 this noble tree. 



A bies morinda. — Height, 82 feet. Spread of branches, 30 feet 

 in circumference. Trunk at base, 1{ feet ; at 4 feet from the 

 gronnd, 1} foot. 



The above details of these fine Conifers will give a much 

 more correct idea of what they really are than any particular 

 description of each, which would exhaust my vocabulary of 

 euphonious adjectives. They were planted by the late W. 

 Headland, Esq., whose taste for Conifers and Roses was well 

 known in the horticultural world. They are now the property 

 of F. W. Costar, Esq. Occasional notice of some of them has 

 been made in these pages and elsewhere by anonymous corre- 

 spondents in a very indistinct manner, and without reference 

 to Mr. Singleton, the gardener, under whose care they have 

 been for many years, and of whom it is not too much to say 

 that he is one of those earnest, intelligent, hard-working gar- 

 deners whom we are always glad to meet. The grounds at 

 Woodlands are fully in keeping with the beautiful trees that 

 adorn them. The rosery, flower garden, and the various 

 houses, all bear testimony to the excellent management under 

 which they are placed. 



While writing of Conifers, I have to record a remarkable 

 Bport which has occurred in the nursery of Mr. Cattell, at 

 Westerham, whose general stock of these plants is scarcely 

 surpassed anywhere. It is from a plant of tho diminutive 

 Abies Clanbrasiliana, whose leader has grown with a vigour 

 quite contrary to the habit of it, and which proves to be the 

 common Spruce (Abies excelsa), thus showing that A. excelsa 

 and A. Clanbrasiliana are not separate species, but simply va- 

 rieties of the same. — Adolphus H. Kest. 



NOTTINGHAM FLORAL FF.TE. 



Contemporaneously with the meeting of (he British Association 

 fur the Advancement of Science, a floral fete uas held on Thursday 

 last, at Nottingham, and continued open till Saturday night. Tho 

 -put. chosen for the Exhibition was afield in tin Pari Valley, about 

 • i\ acres is extent, alone the sides of which numerous tents, some of 

 : \< ry considerable dimensions, were , n oted, whilst tho central 

 area was left open to the promenadars and tho military bands. < >f these 

 there were several in attendance, including thai of the Grenadier 

 Guards from London. In a horticultural point of view the gathering 

 was most successful, for not only were the subjects exhibited extremely 

 numerous, but thoy were also very creditable to the growers ; the at- 

 tendance of visitors was also very large, amountim on On first day, 

 we believe, to about 5000, and the weather having been fine through- 

 nut, there seems to be no reason to doubt that the re nits of tho Fete 

 in a pecuniary point of view will lie most gratifying to the promoters. 



Stove and greenhouse plants constituted a leading feature, though 

 it is rather late in the season to seo flowerin pechw us of these in 

 the same perfection as we aro accustomed to meet with them at the 

 metropolitan summer shows ; but fine-foliiigcd plants were both numer- 

 ous and in excellent condition. In a collection of sixteen, from Mr. 

 B. S. Williams, of Holloway, to whom was awarded a iirst prize in 

 its class, were very good specimens of Adlamanda Schottii, Bougain- 

 villiea glabra, Statice HoLfordi, Dipladenia splendcns, and Vallota 

 purpurea, together with variegated Yuccas, Croton angustifolium, 

 Aloeasia macrorhiza variegata, variegated New Zealand Flax, and 

 Gymnostachyum Verscbaffelti. A similar award was made to Lord 

 Middleton for a like collection, containing among other plants a Tery 

 good Anthurium magnificum and Aloeasia zebruia, Culadium argy- 

 rites, Cissus discolor, and Cyperus alteruifolius variegatus. Capt. 

 Farmer had Achimenes, Lantanas, flowering Begonias, Fuchsias, 

 Lilmin lancifolium, a good specimen of the variegated Coba^a seandens, 

 which is not so much grown as it deserves to be, being very useful 

 as a conservatory climber, and as a pyramidally-trained variegated pot 

 plant ; and W. C. Boden, Esij, ltuddington Hall, had Lantanas, the 

 pale blue Plumbago capensis, good Achimenes, Vinca rosea, Stepha- 

 notis rioribunda, Asclepias curassavica and Allamanda Schottii. Of 

 this last there was a single specimen with magnificent blooms, from 

 Mr. Williams, of Holloway, who also had a first prize for Erica Mar- 

 noclriana in fine bloom. 



Of plants shown exclusively for their foliage many fine collections 

 were exhibited, those from Mr. Williams, Lord Middleton, Lord Bel- 

 per, E. J. Lowe, Esq., J. W. Taylor, Esq., Stoko Newington, and Mr. 

 Bullen, gardener to A. Turner, Esq., Leicester, being especially worthy 

 of note. Among such plants were several fine specimens of Cyano- 

 phyllnm magnificum, variegated Crotous, Pandanus utilis and javani- 

 cus variegatus, Caladiums, Anthurium magnificum, Aloeasia metallica, 

 Lowh, and zebrina, one or two handsome plants of Sphnerogyne lati- 

 folia ; also, Cissus discolor, variegated Ananassa sativa, Coleas Ver- 

 scbaffelti and nigricans, Cordyline indivisa, Dracamas, Marantas, 

 Rhopalas, Theophrasta imperialis, Cycas revoluta, Pothos argyrrea ; 

 Livistonia Jenkinsii, Latania borboniea, and other Palms, to- 

 gether with several fine specimens of tree Ferns. Good collections 

 of smaller plants came from Messrs. Small, of Hkeston, and Messrs. 

 Wood <fc Ingram, of Huntingdon. Among single specimens we re- 

 marked a noble plant of Livistonia Jenkinsii, from Mr. "Williams, a 

 fine example of Cissus discolor from tho same, Caladinm Chantini 

 from Lord Middleton, and Aloeasia metallica from Mr. Bullen. Of 

 Cakidiums, Messr3. Cooling, of Mile Ash Nurseries, Derby, Messrs- 

 Small & Son, and Lord Middleton exhibited well-grown plants of 

 Wightii, Chantini, po'cile, bicolor splendens, and mirabile. 



The central group in the large tent, in which the flowering and fine- 

 foliaged plants were chiefly shown, comprised a fine specimen of Dick- 

 sonia antarctica from Mr. Williams, a large Calatlium esculentum 

 from Lord Belper, Kingston Hall, and other tall plants with orna- 

 mental foliage, and was surrounded with well-grown fine-leaved 

 mias shown by Capt. Smith, Lord Middleton, Mr. Bodeu, Mr. 

 Wildman, and Capt. Mundell ; there were also some very good exotic 

 Ferns from the first- named, and Mr. Boden, including excellent 

 examples of Adiantum cuueatum and formosum, Blechnum cor- 

 covadense, and occidentale. ifcc. 



Orchids were poorly represented as regards numbers. Mr. Williams, 

 Holloway, and Mr. Bullen, gardener to A. Turner, Esq., of Bow 

 Bridge, Leicester, were the principal exhibitors, and their names are 

 sufficient guarantee that the specimens shown were of no mean ex- 

 cellence. Mr. Williams, who was first for twelve, had Miltonia spec- 

 tabilis with fourteen fine blooms, Odontoglossum grande with about a 

 dozen large flowers, Saccolabinm Blumei majus with a fine spike, 

 Ae'rides suavissimum, Vanda suavis, a very good Phalamopsis rosea, 

 L'attleva crispa, and Lselia elegans in very good bloom, Calanthe rna- 

 suca. Dendrobium formosum, and the showy Epideudrum vitellinnm. 

 Mr. Bullen had the next best collection, the star of which was a mag- 

 nificent Cattleya crispa literally a mass of bloom, Rollisson's variety of 

 the same, C. Acldandia^, Dendroohilum filifbrme with several of its 

 peudnlous greenish yellow racemes ; Miltonia Regnelli, Saccolabinm 

 Blumei majus, and Ae'rides suavissimum in good bloom, and Epiden- 

 druui cochleatum majus, the last, however, not a very effective plant 

 in a collection owing to the dusky colour of its blooms. Mr. Williams 

 took the first prize for a specimen Orchid with Kaccolabium Blumei 

 majus having a beautiful spike of bloom nearly 2 feet in length, Mr. 



