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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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ordered some thousands of this stock (Pommier de Paradis), 

 on which I was told the French nurserj-meu worked their trees 

 for the purpose. These stocks were received in spring, and 

 made a capital growth the first season. The foUowing winter 

 was a severe one, and more than half the stocks were killed. 

 As I was interested in the matter, I left the others unworked, 

 to see how they would go on, and they were hadly infested with 

 aphis, and some died during the heat of summer. After the 

 next winter so few remained alive that I destroyed them, and 

 never planted another stock of the kind. 



As nothing is more important than stocks to the cultivator 

 of fruits, I should like to know how far Mr. Scott's advice is 

 found to coincide with the experience of others. In the same 

 work persons planting Pears on the Quiuce are told to plant 

 above the graft ; here they would root from the scion, and soon 

 grow on their own roots. What do you say, Messrs. Editors ? 

 —J. E. PE.iKsox, Chilwell, Notts. 



[We think you are right. — Eds.] 



KEMPSEY AND BLACK ALICANTE GRAPES. 



In the Number for January 30th, under the heading " Notes 

 on Grapes," I am surprised to find you state that the Kempsey 

 Alicante is the same Grape as Morocco. In Dr. Hogg's " Fruit 

 Manual," edition 1860, page 107, Kempsey Alicante is de- 

 scribed in such terms as led me to procure a Vine of the sort, 

 which, from the foliage, appears to be correct : of the fruit I 

 cannot speak. At page 109 is described a very different Grape, 

 Morocco, much inferior to the other. I am desirous of having 

 the Grape, be its name what it may, described in the above 

 work as Kempsey Alicante. Will you please inform me if I 

 possess it ? oi- must I apply to Mr. Meredith for it ? 



Perhaps it would be an assistance to some other of your 

 readers if Dr. Hogg would explain if the Kempsey Alicante 

 sold by nurserymen con-esponds with the Grape of the same 

 name at page 107 of his work, or with Morocco at page 109, 

 and also state what is the Grape Mr. Meredith advertises as 

 the real — Black Alicante. 



[The Kempsey Alicante Grape described in the " Fruit 

 Manual " has been discovered to be identical with Black Mo- 

 rocco, but very different and very inferior to the Black Ali- 

 cante sent out by Mr. Meredith, and which is frequently called 

 now " Meredith's Alicante." This latter we behove to be the 

 true Alicante of Speechly, which has for some years fallen 

 out of notice and cultivation, except in a few gardens where 

 old Vines are still in existence It is one of the finest late 

 black Grapes.] 



THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the anniversary meeting to be held this day at 3 p.m., the 

 Council propose that the three retiring members of their body 

 shall be J. J. Blandy, Esq., John KeUc, Esq., and Major R. 

 Trevor Clarke ; and that those replacing them be Viscount 

 Sandon. the Eight Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and Sigismuud 

 Eucker. Esq. As office-bearers for the ensuing year, it is pro- 

 posed that the Treasurer and Secretary be G. F. Wilson, Esq., 

 and Lieut. -Col. Scott, E.E., to replace J. Kelk, Esq., and W. 

 Wilson Saunders, Esq. 



The new regulations as to the admission of young men as 

 students into the Society's garden at Chiswiek have Ukewise 

 been determined on. The principal requirements are that the 

 candidate shall be at least twenty years old, be recommended 

 by a Fellow of the Society, and have served three years in good 

 gardens, and iu one such garden not less than a year. Fur- 

 ther, he must be able to write and spell well, and be tolerably 

 proficient iu arithmetic. Good character, it is scarcely neces- 

 sary to add, is indispensable. The wages of the young men 

 admitted ixnder the above conditions are to be 12s. per week, 

 but rewards for meritorious work will be added. 



The meetins:; of Febrnary lOtb was an improvement on the former 

 exliibitions of this class in the present year, and wrvs mnch more nume- 

 rously ntteuJetl. It is evident that there is a gi-owing desire among 

 amateurs and nnrseiymen of decorative plants to take advantage of 

 the opportunities these meetings afford of exhibiting their productions 

 to a class of visitors who, perhaps more than auv others, can appre- 

 ciate them; and now that London is '■ tilling,' "and these Saturday 

 promenades are attended by the rli'te of the fashionable world, we hope 

 to see a gi-eater variety of these choice little collections than hitherto. 



Mr. Cutbnsh again sent a collection of forced flowers, similar in 



every respect to that we described last week, the centre of the group 

 beic; occupied with the graceful Solomon's Seal. Ou this occasion 

 Mr. Cii'Jnsh rather overdid it by introdncing six plants, instead of the 

 four wh'ch harmonised so well in his last exhibition. It seemed as if 

 the harmony of the group was destroyed by too much of one thing. 

 Still the plants were vei-y graceful, and were beautifully grown. For 

 this an extra second priee was awarded. 



The speciality of the meeting was prizes for six ornamental plants ; 

 and the first prize was awarded to Mr. Young, gardi'ner to Mrs. Bar- 

 clay, of Highgate, with a handsome plant of Yucca aloifolia. Azalea 

 inchca Nosegay, Dracima Cooperi, Rhododendi-on Cunninghami, Epi- 

 deudrum cochleatum, and Duke of Wellington Hyacinth. Mr. Bart- 

 lett, of Shaftesbury Terrace, Hammersmith, obtained the second prize 

 with Rhodora canadensis, a hybrid Epiphyllum, and pots of the Hya- 

 cinths Grand LUfts, Circe, Tubiflora, and Charles Dickens. 



Mr. Cutbush also exhibited a tine collection of eighteen forced bulbs, 

 which received an extra first prize, and consisted of four pots of 

 Hyacinths, four of Tulips, and ten of Crocuses, and also twelve plants 

 of the lovely little Pmuus sinensis flora pleno forced in pots. They 

 are like hliputian double-blossomed Cherries. They received a first-class 

 certificate. 



Messrs. F. & A. Smith, of Dnlwich, sent a collection of eight very 

 beautiful varieties of Primula sinensis, many of them doulbe, the 

 finest of which were incamata, a fine flesh-coloured variety, and 

 Queen of England, white with a blush centre. Kermesina splendens 

 plena is a fine rosy red and very double. Some of the single varieties 

 were also very good, such as fimbriata superba, of immense size, and 

 fringed round the margin of the corolla ; Carnation, prettily striped, 

 &c. These received a first-class certificate. 



Mr. \''oung received a certificate for a collection of Gourds, and 

 Mr. Bartlett an extra third prize for a collection of forced Hya- 

 cinths. 



Messrs. Lucking Brothers again exhibited a choice lot of forced 

 flowers, for which they received a certificate. 



PORTRAITS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND 

 FRUITS. 



Chaheranthemum Beyrichu, var. vakiegata (Variegated- 

 leaved Beyrich's Chameranthemum). — Nat. ord., Acanthacese. 

 Linn., Didynamia Angiospermia. Native of Brazil. Leaves 

 edged mth dark green, centre very pale. — (Bot. Man., '• 5557.) 



LuisiA Psyche (Butterfly-flowered Luisia). — Nat.ord., Orchid- 

 ace.-e. Linn., GjTiandia Monandria. Native of Burmah ; im- 

 ported by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. Sepals and petals pale 

 yellowish green ; lip tessellated with violet-purple spots. — 

 (Ibid t. 5558.) 



Thibaudia cordifolia (Heart-leaved Thibaudia). — Nat. m-d., 

 Vaccinea?. Linn., Decandria Monogynia. Native of the Andes 

 in various provinces of New Granada. Flowers scarlet, tipped 

 with yellowish white. — (Ibid t. 5559.) 



Bauhinia tomentosa, rar. glabra (Glabrous variety of 

 Downy Bauhinia). — Nat, ord., Leguminosai. Linn., Diadelphia 

 Decandria. Native of Benguela, Ceylon, Malabar in India, 

 and of Natal and other places in Africa. Flowers primrose 

 colour, with deep purplish crimson blotch at the base of the 

 upper petal. — [Ibid t. 5560.) 



Eulophia euglossa (Pretty-lipped Eulophia). — Nat. ord., 

 Orchidacea;. Linn., Gjmandria Monandria. Native of the 

 banks of the Old Calabar River in Africa. Sepals and petals 

 green ; lip white, streaked with purple. — [Ibid t. 5561.) 



TiLLANDSLA xiPHioiDES (Buenos Ayres Air-plant). — Nat. ord., 

 BromeliacefB. Linn., Hexandi-ia Monogynia. Grows on trees 

 in Bueuos Ayres and at Mendoza, as well as other places at the 

 foot of the Cordillera. Flowers white and deliciously fragrant. 

 —{Ibid t. 5562.) 



AucuBA jAPONiCA VAKIEGATA. — A berried specimen. — [Floral 

 Mag., pi. 277.) 



Verbena — Really Blue. — A variety possessed by Mr. Bull, 

 Chelsea ; " a really blue variety." — (Ibid pi. 278.) 



Chrtsasthemums. — lona, bright golden. John Salter, bright 

 orange. — (Ibid pi. 279.) 



Calanthe Veitchii. — A pink-flowered hybrid Orchid, raised 

 by Mr. Viominy .—(Ibid pi. 280.) 



Peach — F.arly Albert. — Eaised by Mr. Eivers, of Sawbridge- 

 worth, who iu this branch of fruit-culture has been most suc- 

 cessful. — " The Early Albert Peach is of rather large size, 

 roundish, and frequently higher on one side of the suture than 

 the other, and with a dimpled apex. Skin greenish yellow, and 

 covered with small red points on the shaded side, but deep 

 crim?ou, becoming sometimes almost black, when grown 

 against a wall and fully exposed. Flesh white, very tender, 

 and melting, with a faint brick red tinge next the stone, from 

 which it sejjarates freely, and with an abundant, sugary, and 



