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-JfbtmNAL OP HORTICtJIiTOBE AND CX)TTAGE GABDENER. 



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W. Lcnf. Esq., who wftnM Iinvp tnien n higher poation haS his col- 

 lection not contained three Phahpnojtws. In other chMscs there were 

 ^ood examples of the Fo\-brush A^-ridca, CTpripedioms Hookeri and 

 rillo«ani. llneidinm sarcodca. and Llelia pnrpnrata. I'or twelve. Mi. 

 Peony was first. Mr. Pe»d second, and Mr. .1. Wbcoler received an 

 extra pri/o ; for six. Mr. Penny and Mr. Peed were liret and second, 

 and Mi. Wigpins third. 



Kos£S in potfi ioruied a leading foatnre ; £or not only were Messrs. 

 Xaae's mafniiiccnt iilnnts eihibit<'d, bnt these were reinforced by 

 other fine spicimejia from Mr. Tomer, Messrs. Paal & Son, and Mr. 

 '■William Paul. Among Rpecimens in IS-ineh i>nt9, besides those shovni 

 "on the prerions 'Wednesjay, there were profiiso-hloominR plants of 

 'Panl Ricant, Kiplictos, Madame de St. .Toseph. Juno. General .Tac- 

 HOcminot, Victor Terdier. and Charles Lawson ; and ic eight. inch 

 pots, of Madamo Bmv\'. Anna AlexiefT. IJevouiensis. Alba rosea. Ma- 

 dame faleot. Virtor \i rdier, HcantT of \VnltbBin,and Alphonse Helin. 

 * Awards* — For ten in Ki-inch pots : first. Messrs. Lane ; second, 

 Messrs. Panl & Son ; third, Mr. i'nmor ; fonrtb, Mr. W. Panl. For 

 twelve in eight-inch pots : equal fir^t, Mr. Tomer and Messrs. Paul 

 ,«Dd Son. For sis : tirst withheld ; second, Mr. Wiggins. 

 ■ Pelakgomcms. — Tliere was a beautiful bank of these; bnt as the 

 names of the varieties in each exhibitor's collection hare been given in 

 the report of the Royal Botanic Show, it is unnecessary here to repeat 

 them. 



Awards — For twelve : first, Mr. Tnmer ; second, Mr. Fraser. For 

 ten : first. Mr. AVard ; second, withheld ; third, Mr. Weir ; fourth, 

 Mr. WipgiuE. For six Fancy (Nnrsetymen) : first. Mr. Turner; se- 

 cond, Mr Fraser. For six (Amatenrs) : first, Mr. Weir. 



MiscELLASEors. — OS new or rare plants Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, was 

 ,^s nsnal a Large c xhihitor, and the collection which he furnished con- 

 tained many interesting plants, most of which have been already 

 noticed in these columns, p'irst prizes were awarded him for Lito. 

 brochin tripartita, a pretty Fern : Cvcas Rnmininna, Pha?nicophorinm 

 secbellamm, and Pitcaimia tabnliefonnis, now producing orauge- 

 scarlet flowers : nnd second prizes for the pretty white variegated 

 ■variety of Selagijiella Mertcnsii, Bignonia argyrea violnscens, Ber- 

 toloni'a margaritacea. Costus zebriuns, with green foliage longitudi- 

 nally veined with white, nud brown on the nnder side : Calamus deal- 

 batns. Polystichum angnlare parvissimnm, Ernnthemnm arg^Toneuron, 

 Maranfa splendid!^, Terminalia noLilis, the leaflets of which have 

 prominent purplish midribs ; Zanria cycadifolia, Cyeas plumosa, the 

 white variegated form of PoJocarpus mncrophyllns, Urospatha splen- 

 den.s and grantlis, Pnndauns omatns. Verscbafleltia splendida, and a 

 pretty- whitestripcd Jlai^e. for a similar variety to which Messrs. Carter 

 also received an award. Mr. Bull also exhibited the Long-tailed Radish, 

 Raphanus candatns, of which tho pods, though not full grown, were at 

 least 111 inches long. Nothocbhcna crctacen, from Mr. I'arUer. Toot- 

 ing, received a firbt pri^e ; and from the same came also a new variety 

 piFranciscea calycina. very fine in colour, and a small plant of .\ncuba 

 himalaica, hearing its laige berries. Seedling Pelargonium Sylvia, 

 from Mr. Tnmer, of Slou^, was awarded a first-class certificate ; and 

 ot tricolor-leaved and other variegated l.inds a very beautiful group, 

 Containing numerous fine varieties, came from Messrs. F. A: A. Smith, 

 of Dnlwich. who received and well deserved a prize forthem. Awards 

 were likewise made to Mr. Tnmer for beautiful collections of Tulips 

 and Auriculas : to Mr. .Tnmcfl for Calceolarias : to Messrs. Downie. 

 Laird, & Laiug for Fancy and other Pansies ; to Mrs. Glendiuning 

 and Sons for cut blooms of Khedodendron Fortuni, rosy pink ; and to 

 Messrs. Lane for a fiiio group of Rliododenihons similar to those 

 exhibited at recent shows. Bevcr.al nice tricolor-leaved Pelargoniums 

 vferc sh wn by Messv.-;. Carter i Co., besides the pretty striped .Japan- 

 ese Maize already ^loUced, as well as tastefully filled plant-cases. A 

 number of thesr" likewise neatly filled, came from Messrs. Barr and 

 Sugden. A DielYcnbachia from Xcw Grenada, with dark green leaves 

 lAottled with paler green, was also shown by Messrs. Lee. of Ham- 

 mersmith ; Petunias hi the way of Mrs. Forgnsou by Mr. Bull ; aud 

 Pttifeic^, Bdth-in pots'aud as oat blooms, by iiSx. Jamies. 

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The showof'Fmil was verj- small. In Pines, of which there were 

 only nine, a Queen w-eighing 1 lbs. o o-/s.. from Mr. Cameron, par- 

 dcnerto the Or.ke of RJchmoiitl. G-oodwood, wus first : an Enville. from 

 Mr. Wallis, gavdeiKT to .T. !>ixon. *Aq.. Astlc -Park, -was second: a 

 PH«Mv Caviime of « lbs., from Mr. Pnicthirdi and a (joeen from 

 lb, CaTTkcU, qai-donerto jl<-.<i. Siddellj E«j., Hermestou Cirango, 

 Worksoii. fourth. i. :.: ;;- ■ '>■ - /■ 



In Black Grapes, good wcU-oolonrod bunches of Black Hamburgh, 

 from Mr. shorn. Fin.aitpv. wejc first: and the same land from Mr. 

 Sfliith. Xivitktnham. also well c»jlonr^>d, second. Mr. Clement, of 

 E4»f Baruet. w"as'n:ird. bnf the berries were vid. Black Frcntiigian. 

 well coloured. \t-nsFhown bv Mr. .^Uport. ranleiier to H. Akrovd. Esq., 

 Doddinpton Park. Good' baskets of Black Hamburgh from Mr. 

 Osbom and Mr. AHpnrt, received first and second prizes respertively. 

 Good hunches of Mnscat of Alexandria, and tolerably ripo for this 

 season, -were shown by Mr. Turner, who was first for White Gr.ipes : 

 and in the same class ii third prize was giveu to Mr. Embery, gardener 

 to J. Drew. Esq.. Homsey, for Buckland Sweetwater. Prizes were 

 also awarded to Mr. Tegg, gardener to the Duke of Newcastle, Clum- 

 ber, for Royal George Peaches and for White Marseilles Figs ; also to 

 Mr. Hepper, gardener to C. Cannon, Esq.. Hampstead, and Mr. Read, 

 gardener to J. Hunt. Esq., Sydenham, for Strawberries. A fine 



clnslpr of Banana'i, as yet only partially ripe, waji exhibited by Mr. 

 Carr, gardener to P. L. Hinds, Esq., Bytluet, aud was award*^ the 

 tirht ]>ri/.o in tho miscellaneous class : and the third was awarded to 

 Mr. Hepper, for a very good dish of Fulmor's Black-spccklcd Kidney 

 Bean. Scarlet Nonpareil .\pples in goodjpreser^'atiou were shown by 

 Mr. Allen. Merion Itoad ; and a brace of Harrison's Keliancc Cncum- 

 hers by Mr. Koach. 



The gronnds of Rockhills, the residence of tho late Sir Joseph 

 Puxton. were on this occasion thrown open to the visitors, a privilege 

 of which numbers availed themselves. 



WALL FRUIT, A^'D OTHER MATTERS. 



I REE by The Joiulxal ok HoitTicuLXDRE anil other periodi- 

 cals that the blossoms of wall fruit trees have not set well, and 

 that a large proportion of thera have fallen. I have seen the 

 name with my own eyes, both under glass and out of dooi& 

 I )mve lately visited my old nnd valued friend Archdeacon 

 Huxtablo, of Sutton Wal Jrnn, near this place ; and I lind that 

 the wall-fruit blossoms, both outside of nnd under glass, h»T« 

 fallen almost to a totality. It is the same in two other large 

 gardens near here. This leads me to speak of my three old 

 Peach trees at Kushton, the united ages of which are little 

 short of 130 years. They have home in nine consecutive years 

 4.';(i3 Peaches ; and I have left them with beautiful foliage, 

 without a sign of curl, and they are hearing 377 fine-growing 

 Peaches in their tenth year. They should have borne 437 

 Peaches to make np the oUOO in ten years ; but, as the trees 

 were cut to a true balance mnch wall has been lost for a time. 

 I tliought it best to put them in good form before bidding them 

 adieu ; otherwise, though unbalanced, they -nould have had 

 wood enough to bear the 437. 



I have been told since I have been here, that one of those 

 wall-fruit spoilers, jobbing primers, has said that had he pruned 

 the trees above referred to, he would not L.ivc pruned them as 

 I have done. Perhaps not : and I may say that had he pruned 

 them in his fashion (long-fan fashion), they never wonld have 

 borne in ten years 41110 fine Peaches, nor would they have 

 been so hale and strong as they now are. There ought to he 

 an act of parliament to coerce such men to pass an examina- 

 tion before the Rev. T. Brihaut prior to their daily jonrneys 

 to slaughter the wall trees of England. Peach and Nectarine 

 trees, both under glass and out of doors, are with rare excep- 

 tions a disgrace to tho science of arboriculture ; and so they 

 will remain till men study the use of foliage, and tho connec- 

 tion and sympathy between the heads and roots of trees. 



I have been a short-pruner for years, and I am persnaded 

 that the days of long-pruning are over — it is at least high time. 



Lofty walls (14 fceti, are incidentally the cause of mischief. 

 I have had a wall built here CiO feet long (three sides of a quad- 

 rangle, surrounding a greenhouse), and I am now ahont to 

 build another of 130 feet long with ten-feet wings at each end. 

 The former is (i feet liigh, and the latter wUl be 7 feet high. 

 They are one brick thick, with nine-inch piers 5 leet apart, the 

 plain surface being southwards. The la'ter wall will not be 

 filled up till autumn. The former wall is tilled np as follows : 

 — Cralande Peach and Kivers's Victoria Nectarine. These were 

 brought from Knshton, and have been twice moved this spring. 

 The former has dropped all its flowers ; the latter has set well, 

 and will have a fair crop. I recommend to novices the fol- 

 lowing Nectarines :— Victoria, Pitmaston Orange, Violette H<i- 

 tive, nnd Elruge. As my wall was put up very late I had to 

 hustle in trees from the nearest nnrscry in foliagcd state, 

 iiesides the above two. 1 put in Murray and Violette H.itive 

 Nectarines; and IWal George. Vanguard, two Violette Hative,. 

 Salway, and Red Magdalen Peaches. I hope I have not maded 

 a bad choice. .Vt any rate I was obliged to obtain what I eonldii 

 Time is money in England, and delays are dangeroua. When 

 my loO-feet wall is up I must ask further adv ce before filbng 

 it np. I hope some one will give me a few hints as to afurtheci 

 selection of IVaclies and Nectarines. I do not cai-e abonfe* 

 .\pricots. The Moorpark is tho only good one that 1 have ev^^i 

 CHtcn, hut tlie tree is much given to canker. A hint on I'lnms 

 would be gratefully received. The best I know of are the 

 Transparent Gage, the old Green Gage, and Jefferson's. 



To my recently deceased friends Lord and Lady Bivers I am 

 indobtej for my residence here. It is a. sweet homestead — a 

 fair house, nice green field, nice orchard, two nice gardens 

 surrounded by beautiful Hornbeam hedges, and a nice lawn 

 with small fishpond, and twelve sloping beds for Roses in front 

 of the drawing and dining-room windows. The house is in 

 the Vale of Black Moor, the country beautiful, and the vie-wB 



