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angnlare Holeana, a fine mass of Tridipmanes Bpeciosnm, and 



"Hymenopliyllum tnnbridRense. ■■*''- '■ 



'^ Awards — For six Exotic Mnda: first, Mr. Barnard ; second, Mr. 

 ^Bnll; third, Mr. Preece. For twelve Hardy kinds: first, Messrs. 

 Ivery ; second, Mr. Bnll ; third, Mr. Yooug. 



MrscKLLANEors subjects, as nsual, were nnmerons. Three fine 

 plants of Adiantum onneatnm were shown by Mr. Bartlett, and a Rroup 

 of Cinerarias in good bloom hv Mr. Lavey, gardener to C. 8. Mortimer. 

 Esq.. Morden Park. From Mr. Parker, Tootin«, came eight plants of 

 Rhododendron Conntess of Haddington, bearing a number of its large 

 blnsh flowers ; Rhododendrons of the hardier kinds were also shown 

 by Messrs. Ivery, who received a third prize in the class provided for 

 such. Mr. Bull contributed a collection consisting of Rhododendron 

 Dalhousianum, Palms, Dractenas, new double-flowering Mimnlns, 

 Primula intermedia, Zonale Pelargoniums ; also one of new plants, 

 noticed beneath. Of Auriculas, Mr. Turner again produced the fine 

 collection exhibited before the Floral Committee on the previous Tnes- 

 dav ; also a plant of Trillium grandiflomm, covered with its large white 

 flowers. Of Nosegav Pelargoniums a tine collection was exhibited by 

 Mr. W. Paul, and among them Salmon Nosegay was noticeable for its 

 large trusses and the size of the pips. Calceolarias, Pansies, and 

 Auriculas were again shown hv Mr. James, and a number of handsome 

 and tastefully filled plant-cases by Messrs. Barr& Sugdcu. A Prickly 

 Cayenne Pine Apple of 7 lbs. weight, was also exhibited by Mr. Page. 



Floral Sub-Committee, Ma'j SnA— Mr. Bull sent a, new plant, 

 Machicrium firmum, which was requested to be sent again ; Brownea 

 princeps ; Abutilon vexillarium ; and Kbododendion Bianca, a very 

 pretty plant, producing small compact trusses of pure white flowers. 

 The whole plant seemed to be a miniature form of Rhododendron. Its 

 history we did not learn. As a useful decorative plant it received a 

 first-ete.s5 certificate. Azalea Reine des Roses, Azalea Grande Duch- 

 esse de Bade, Az.alea President Humauu, Azalea JIadame Dominique 

 Vervaene, and Azalea Mont Blanc, also came from Mr. Bull, but were 

 not considered equal to existing varieties. He also exhibited three 

 seeiUing Petunias— Granville, a white-striped flower ; Feresco, a white 

 flower \\-ith broad puvpl.' Imud ; and Aiirita, a well-formed dark puce 

 flower. Mr. Page, gar.l-ner to W. Leaf. Esq., exhibited a Phahenopsis, 

 which was determined to be a good vai-iety of P. giandiflora, but with 

 darker yellow markings at the centre : it was a very tine variety. Mr. 

 Turuer'sent a large specimen of the old well-k-nown hardy plant Trillium 

 gi-audiflorum, producing a mass of its conspicuous three-petalled flowers. 

 A special certificate was awarded it. Mr. William Paul, Waltham 

 Cross, sent a collection of his seedling Pelargoniums ; but it was much 

 too early in the season to judge of their merits. Two were selected 

 for awa'rds : St. George, the darkest scarlet yet raised, with globular 

 trasses of flowers— first-class certificate; Salmon Nosegay, after the 

 style of Duchess, but a brighter shade of colour— first-class certificate. 

 Rebecca, a fine rose shaded with purple, flowers of good form and truss 

 large — it will prove a first-class plant when seen later in the season ; 

 Phcenix, bright scarlet: Peach Nosegay, fine deep rose with large 

 truss ; Caiiliual, dark orange scarlet ; Sir Joseph Paston, a very 

 distinct bright scarlet Nosegay ; Zephyr, pale pink Nosegay, and Wood 

 NjTuph. When these plants shall have been seen later in the season, 

 and in a more favourable condition, they will all take their stand as 

 first-class flowers. 



Weekly Show. May 5tt.— In the class for the best collection of 

 three Pelargoniums, Mr. Beaslev, gardener to Mrs. Wood, Twyford 

 Abbey, Acton, received the first pnze ; and in that for six miscellaneous 

 plauts, Mr. Young, of Highgate, was first, and Mr. Beasley, second. 

 For three Azaleas, Mr. Young was again first, as well as for the best 

 collection of cut flowers, for which Mr. Bartlett was second. Mr. 

 Morgan, gardener to the Marquis of Towushend, obtained a prize for a 

 fine di.sh of Strawbonies ; and Mr. Beasley one for a fine dish of 

 Black Hamburgh Grapes. In the miscellaneous class, Messrs. Cut- 

 bush, of Highgate, received prizes for twelve Hyacinths, for twelve 

 misceUaneous plants and Azideas, and for six very fine pots of 

 Forget-me-not. Mr. Baitlett exhibited three handsome specimens of 

 Adiantnm cuneatum. for whicli he received a prize ; and Mr. Young 

 was equally successful with a collection of Fems. Messrs. Lucking 

 received a first prize for a collection of Pelargoniums, and Ml-. Morgan 

 a first-class certificate for flowers of Gloire de Dijcn Rose. 



judge from tlieir repetitions of orders for it, and their letters 

 expressing the satisfactory results in the variety of uses to 

 which it has been applied.— J. BarshIsi & Co. 



THE MANGO AND MANGOSTEEN. 

 Having received several oommimioations impugning the cor- 

 rectness of the statements made by our correspondent " J. H." 

 relative to the cultivation and fruiting of these tropical trees, 

 we thought it due to the public, to our correspondent, and to 

 ourselves, to ask him to inform us where and when he had 

 produced those fruits in England. Several letters have been 

 interchanged between us ; but on our asking permis.sion to 

 pubUsh them, our correspondent declined giving that permis- 

 sion. He has sent us, however, the following, which is a fau- 

 summary of his various replies : — 



" Dear Sir,— In answer to your letter of the 4th inst., re- 

 questing me to allow our correspondence to be published in 

 The .Tourn-vl op Houticclture, I beg to say that, as the letters 

 were all written without the very faintest idea of their being 

 made pubhc, I must decline to accede to your request. At the 

 same time, as I sajd cefore, you ai-e perlecUy at liberty to give 

 my name and address to any one asking for it. 



" With regard to the small Mangosteen tree alluded to by 

 your correspondent in last week's Number, it was fruited by 

 me at my father's residence at AUestree, near Derby, m the 

 years 18.59-60-01 ; hut much of the fruit was not ripened, as 

 my means for growing it consisted of only one small house at 

 that time, and I have, since writing the article on the subject, 

 made the discovery that it was not the true Mangosteen, but 

 the sort commonly sold as such. I must, however, ruention 

 that aU the Mango or Mangosteen trees I have sold during the 

 last three years have been, with few exceptions, imported by 

 myself from Karang, or Singapore, where our gardener at the 

 time I speak of is now living ; and I say to you, as I said to 

 those ordering plants, that I am always ready and wilhng to 

 take back any Mango or Mangosteen trees if m as good a state 

 as when I sent them out. , t j. 



■' I have for some years, as I mentioned to you when J. sent 

 my first papers to your Journal, given up growing tropical 

 fruit trees for fruiting-purposes, as I hiive not the means now 

 for so doing ; but whether my instructions are contrary to the 

 condition under which the tree usually grows or not, I will 

 guarantee to take any moderately sized Mango or Mangosteen 

 tree now, and before this time next year, by my mode of ciil- 

 ture as detailed in your pages, have it in blossom if not in 

 young fruit, provided any one interested in the experiment 'WiU 

 pay the necessary expenses should I succeed. 



•'I must add, in conclusion, that I am truly sorry I was ever 

 persuaded by friends who have had trees from me to send the 

 papers on tropical fruit culture to your Journal, and I am still 

 more grieved that my statements shoiUd have been taken to 

 mean more than I intended when writing them ; but I can 

 truly say that my one only object was the ea,mest wish to see 

 these noble tropical fruits more generaUy cultivated.— J. H. 



We do not coincide with our correspondent m regretting the 

 pubHcation of his communications, accepting them as trutbfu . 

 They have aroused attention to the subject ; and but for such 

 arousin" he would have gone on inculcating that about the 

 Mangosteen which he now finds was based on error. 



More than one inquiry has reached us relative to another 

 "tree" which our correspondent has been offering for sale 

 under' the name of Passiflora macrocarpa splendens, stating 

 that it bears an exccUent fruit weighing from 10 to 14 lbs. 

 We can only say that it is not mentioned m any botanical 

 work that we know, nor do we know any Passiflora that assumes 

 the habit of a tree. There may be some mistake here also. 



COCOA-NUT FiBRfe REFUSE, 



Fob thirteen years this refuse had been accumulating, and 

 we thought it would ultimately become a trouble and expense 

 to us. In 186'2 we had just commenced burning it with coal 

 tar under our steam-engine boiler in lien of coal, when the late 

 Mr. Donald Beaton drew our attention to its valuable uses for 

 the garden, and induced us to advertise it. In the course of 

 four years we have sold about three-fourths of these mountains 

 of refuse, besides what we have been producing in the mean- 

 time, so that shortly we fear there will be very little to be had, 

 for during the last few years the supply of Cocoa-nuts has been 

 decreasing and the price increasing. We, of coarse, lament 

 this, and so -vfill all those who have used this refuse if we may 



HoKTicuLTUR.lL Di.s-N'ER.— We are glad to hear that a large 

 number of gentlemen holding leading positions in the horti- 

 cultural world, have given in their names as stf7"™f^of *f « 

 dinner The meeting at St. Martin's Hall on the 24th pro- 

 mises to be one unparallelled in character in this country, and 

 the seats are rapidly filling up ; gentlemen intending to dine 

 should make early application for tickets, or they may be too 

 late A better chairman than Lord Henry Lennox could not 

 be obtained-at once genial, sympathetic, and ^ graceful and 

 fluent speaker. The dinner will be provided by Messrs. bpiers 

 and Pond, and it being the first public dinner they have 

 attempted in London on a large scale, there is no doubt their 



