December 11, I860. J JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENER 



445 





Clarki I letl i impanying the fruit, that tho plant which 



produced it luul been growing lb bis temperate plant-stove Eor five ot 

 i i, ... , • ,, u . ago I" !>■' i ;■>■•• " it to the exhibitor! 



by when " "' :l '■'-" : ■ "■" " ' ' ove i "'t' 1 " 11 



.,,, 11 ovortoppc I all other plants. In itcaitnri 



M a. Glaxl > -...-■ a veritable Pine Applet, but eat | 



:,,.. anitcd in a fl< ; j i ceptacle. It also 

 ■ iii. pis \ ■ I inn but tb :l '•■■' 

 i : , del ict. The on] i 

 htbxteel n i i amp »f Bodf ordshi Onions* feo 



Wrench. Loi 



FdRTNl ' Bateman, E F.R.S., in the chair. 



After t 1 :- election of new members and the annouucemcnl of the 



i ..i . 1 . Mr. I ;:• i] I re as r] on ome of the . bj< 



hibitcd, direct attenl i in the first place to tho Aucuba exl 

 byMr. EHflndj The plant was a seedling, having the cotyle- 



dons still atti ud b ire hcrms >di 3o 



nortane'e, for in all the Ancuhas hitherto 

 male and Female flowers are produced on different indivi- 

 duals, an I thi op] ■ dot I liontly plentiful for fertili- 

 sation to be perfoi i I tl agb the a -of boos anct other insects, 



. 'ii order to obtain fruit that n ici t be 



arl '' ill I iv the plant pre: rved it peculiarity when pro- 



i. to obtain fruit it would probably not bo necessary to have 



no > and female plants i the same ;arden. An interesting collection 

 tit' In!' I rom Mr. "William Paul next occupied atten- 



tion, then Ti ad] issa stricta from Mr. Standish. With re- 



ference to the latter, it was remarked that those who live in the 

 northern eat attention to evergreens, and as this V -.-, 



is of upright habit, anel apparently of free growth, it would 



L add a to hardy shrubs. Mi-. Bateman next 



' to arlc Grranadilia shown by Mrs. Tehnant, and 



Melon, and lie on'-, wished he cou] I aj it 

 was half as good ; but the edible' part, I which the 



Idi til, and not very agre'eabli <■. Itwasno 



doubt i! i to Passiftora quadrangularis, which occu] I is an 



i pi ion between P. malifurmi- ..ml I'. edulis, the Pnrple- 



■ a, which really deserves to bo grown for its f rait. He 



■ i- Mrs. Tcnnant was that 



which Mr, > bad been sending out . flora crocarpa 



This, Mr. I'. : led him to Passiflora Hullettii, 



tion of wliieh he read from a nursery catalogue I] 



■ very ornamental It-:. vos 8 inches across, 

 ami Tin . white spotted with pink, constituting a desirable 



addition' to ou plants, "it win, no doubt, prove to "be one of 



our most valuable exotic dessert fruits ; the flavour of that produced 

 in tin i . i i iii- ing so 3 Liciou3, that it was pronounced 

 superior to any of our Piuc Apples." Mr. Bateman then expressed a 

 wish thi entl man who had tasted the fruit would come forward 



at or before the next meeting and give his experience respecting it ; 

 also any ono who has seen those Durions, and Mangostecns, and he 

 knewn ' id which Mr. Hull tl of as having been 



I in this country. 



Mr. Bateman n'\i p oc leded to notice the Orchids, the display of 

 which, ho said, showed that collections of them might In- made to 

 afford quite .is gay an appearance in winter as in tin- height of sum- 

 mer; ail he mention ii that those at Mr. Backer's are just i 

 great b m thai gentleman had come spikes of the hybrid 



Calantb iVi i, a mo i fective winter Orchid, in beauty i 

 stripping its parent - ind L todesrosea; likewise a 



plant of tin. Epidendrum vitellinum majus of Lindley's " Sertum 

 Orchidaceum." From Messrs. Low, of Clapton, there came a plant 

 of the true Lx'lia furfaracea, under which name many have 

 autumnolis, whirl! is very different; also one of Eriopsis rutido- 

 bulbon. .if which Mr. Bateman exhibited a' blooming spike. An un- 

 named Onciditi by Messrs. Backhouse, was then noticed ai 

 being deliriously scented ; ami of the new Epidendrum exhibited by 

 H I ooper, of the Old Kent Road, Mr. Bateman remarked that he 

 had named it,- aft. if gentlenian, E. Cooperi. Allusion was next 

 made; ited by Mr. Anderson, of Meadow Bank, 

 I I'lontoglossum Alexandra}, which Mr. Batoman ob- 

 served was the finest spike that had been produced in this country, and 

 tar exceeded the best that had ever been found in the native liV 

 the plant. Mr. Anderson also exhibited some fino varieties of Lyeasto 

 Skiimeri. which coi tin i 1 beautifully with the whit,- Lycaste 

 by Mr. Marshall. u cbnneution with a Masdevallia with v ■ 

 spicuons flowers, and which, though pretty, was not worth tie- atten- 

 tion of eiilir.-.itor*. it was remarked that although the species of Mas- 

 devallia are very numerous, only two aro worth much — one with white 

 and the other with scarlet flowers; but a drawing was exhibited "f 

 M. elephant] :eps of Reichenbach, meleagris, and bicolor, the first of 

 which, in particular, it would be desirable to introduce. Masderallias, 

 it was observed, require special care in order to import them, and it 

 was stated the only plant of M. cocciuea that ever reached England 

 alive was brought over by M. Warseewiez in a cigar-box. There was 

 one other plant to notice, aud that was the most magnificent of all, 

 being ono shown by Messrs. Veitch, under the name of Saccoliiliiiim 

 gigantism, ami respecting- which Messrs. Veitch furnished, in a letter, 

 the following information : — " We send for exhibition to-day a fine 



new Soccol&binm, imported from India daring the spring of the pre- 



r under the name of Sacpolal gi teum. It is evidently 



.i ti, ... :- and an abundant ;! , bi ■■' which, as will bo 



easily discovered, it is most delightfully n at ' The credit of its 

 due to Lieu the Indian army, 



, , ■ ' fortunati i , > : idm '■ - I I I 



; Botanical Mo ■ ■ I asp 



labium vi ilacu nm for ... last, Mr. Bate- 



■ it itated, it nearly allied, thou ■•■ i infl gave 



ISO - led on Dr. !,: i i riptions, for adopting the name 



ilabium fan iflorum foe tibia fine introduction. Mr. Jlateman 

 said ho could not conclude hi rwno " K)ngratulating Orchid 



istson the nnmbei of fii---f-i.it, >h had appeared at the 



during the yea i '>■'> fewer than five. 



plendid Dendrob I tu iflorum, 



. a in CTune last, an t teandgold; but Mr. 



i the time it -.- i bite • of D. den iflorum, 



t proved to he D. thrysiflornm of Reichenbach. 



h crmMacCarthiaJ, exhibited by himself, but he had! 



th ii no idea that, :t would pr.o ,- so beautiful and last so long in bloom 



as itkml done. The third was Cattleya Dowiflaa, exhibited two months 



ago by himself, but which bail 1 i en fl iwerefl by Messrs. 



, , ;, , , ; , an M, o pinidium sanguinenni, a cool Orchid 



, - , - at tho last meeting by Messrs. Backhouse; and 



i-. Mi feitch Sai solabium d a inoruni. Ho hoped that the 



which was to come would h. as prolific in first-class Orchids as 



■: I whi ' had nearly pa ed i way. 



The I' iDix aid, that i tl ras the last meeting in. the 



-, ar, he would propose a vote of thanks to those who had so liberally 



contributed to the success of the Tu tin throughont the 



ii seconded tin- motion on the part of the Fruit 



l fee. which le- said bml In en equally well supported. A vote 



i thanks was likewise accorded to Mr. Bateman for the interest 



which he had taken in the aoi a , and for so largely contributing 



to their success. 



/ — A first prize was awarded to Mr. 



vr. Km rtoF. Pryol Esq p jswejl, Welwyn, fpr a col- 



lection of flowering plants, amongst which were Dendrobium chrysan- 

 and Epacris Bicolor aud Delicata; and a second prize to Mr. 

 1 ,n. gardener to 11. H. Wyatt, Esq., Wandsworth Lodge, Upper 

 Tooting, for a collection of flu-,' , , including specimens of 



italum Mackayi and Cypripedium insigne. Mr. W. Young, 

 gardener to R. -Barclay, Esq., Highgate, was awarded a third prize for 

 a miscellaneous collection of flowering plants. Mr. W. Bartlett, 

 ' ury Road; Hammersmith, contributed a collection of Chry- 

 santhemums, Primulas, &c, to which a first-class certificate was 

 ■ 1 ; lie also exhibited a collection of six plants. A miscellaneous 

 collection of Tulips. Begonias, Primulas, &c, was sent from the 

 ! garde n : t Chiswick. For the best collection of fruit the first 

 ivas awar.lt 1 to Mr. Ii. Brown, gardener to R. H. Wyatt, Esq. 

 Mr. W. Farley, gardener to F. Pryor, Esq.. Digswell, Welwyn, ob- 

 tahiedth : ! Mr. w. Young, gardener to R. Barclay, 



Isq. 1 , the third prize. MY. [archs g rdener to E. Oates, Esq., 

 I ..n Honse, Hanwell, received a f'n nficate for a collec- 



tion of Apples and Pears ; and a first-class certificate was awarded to 

 : Webber. Esq:, Winslaud. near Totnes. for a dish of Pears. 

 Mrs. Inwood Jones, Cadogau Place, Sloane Street, received a first- 

 : tifieate for a dish of Scarlet Crofton Apple ; this lady also ex- 

 it specimen of Itali: is of the Comte de 

 .1, Venice. Mr. Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, sent two 

 dishes of home-grown Taugierine Oranges ; and Mr. Hill, Angel Row, 

 te, a collection of Potatoes and Onions'. Mr. Young, gardener 

 i ; , was awarded a first-class certificate for a collec- 

 tion of vegetables. 



RENOVATING UNSIGHTLY TRAINED ROSE 

 TREES. 



When against walls of a good height, Rose trees are some- 

 times very liable to become too naked and unsightly all along 

 the lower portions; even the most careful cultivator cannot 

 always ensure a nicely-trained Rose tree, and, at the same time, 

 one well furnished with leaves all over its lower portions. It 

 is to be observed, many trees, when trained against wails, are 

 very liable to run a-head, and thus become too naked about 

 their stem. A little judicious treatment, at a proper season of 

 the year, would go a good way to remedy the unsightly appear- 

 ance, and be a means of giving quite a fresh look to the tree. 

 There are two ways which we have acted upon, the one differ- 

 ing somewhat from the other. 



Firstly, supposing you have a Rose tree trained against a 

 wall, covering the latter well for some feet or yards on each 

 side of the root, upwards to the top of the wall— having been 

 for years generally well furnished all over with spurs and flower- 

 buds, but in the course of time the lower portions gradually- 

 lessened in their leafy covering, as well as in their apparent 



