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at any period of his life attempted to raise ccodling Potatoes. 

 I have live brothers, who can all testify to the accuracy of the 

 above statement. Mr. Fuller, Florist, &o., Headingley, near 

 Leeds, but at the time Rardeuer to Ci. Lane Fox, Ksq., of Bram- 

 ham Park, gave the Lapstone Kidney its name. — Joseph ILiGtE, 

 Bramlutm, near Tadcaeter. 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL. 

 EXHIBITION. 



To-D.iY opens the grandest horticultnrul Exhibition ever 

 held in this or any country ; for extensive as were the kindred 

 gatherings of Brussels and Amsterdam, and rich and varied 

 the treasures there displayed, they each must pale in grandeur 

 before that which has just commenced. Never before have 

 such glorious examples of the beautiful in vegetable life been 

 gathered together in such number, and it may be — nay, most 

 likely will be — that those living will never have an opportunity 

 of seeing such a display again. Let all, then, who can by any 

 possibility visit the Exhibition, do so; for whether they bcprac- 

 tical horticulturists or simply lovers of the beautiful iu Nature, 

 be it in form or colour, in foliage, in flower, or in fruit, they 

 will have their tastes gratified to the full, and, we repeat, such a 

 chance of their doing so, and on such terms, may never occur 

 again. 



In our Number for April 2-Ith we gave a plan of the way in 

 which tlie ground is laid out ; but no one con realise in imagi- 

 nation the effect produced upon the eye on looking upon a gar- 

 den of nearly four acres of the rarest and most splendid of 

 cultivated plants, all in the subdued light secm-ed by the can- 

 vas roofing. The breadths of relieving shade caused by the 

 groupings on elevated terraced beds ; tlie avoidance of mono- 

 tony by such Tariation of surface, by the not-excessive frag- 

 ments of rockworlc, and by the cascades ; and the relief to the 

 eye given by the turf facings of the terraces, must all be seen 

 to be appreciated. The impression on entering from the Crom- 

 well Road, when the groups of mingled flowers and foliage are 

 first seen, and the broad walks only just sufficiently seen to 

 awaken imagination, is most striking. Nor when the details 

 — the groups — are examined is the first imjiressiou weakened. 

 All is artistic, and not an interruption mars the beautiful. To 

 the right is the Orchid-compartment, 500 feet long by 40 feet 

 wide, heated by 3200 feet of four-inch piping, connected with 

 one of Ormson's multitubular boiler? of great power. At each 

 end are groups, consisting of multitudes of Conifers, Taxads, 

 and hardy shrubs ; and at that near the Cromwell Road entrance 

 Rhododendrons, Agaves, Yuccas, and other natives of the New 

 World prevail. Then the eye encounters in the distance lofty 

 tree Ferns, such as the Cyathea medullaris, one of which 

 stands 25 feet high. Palms, Dragon Trees, lofty specimens of 

 Heritiera macrophylla, Strelitzia augusta, and many more ; 

 whilst grouped at the sides are plants remarkable for the beauty 

 of their foliage, relieved by others in flower, placed at conspi- 

 cuous points. Those grand Azaleas, the splendid flowering 

 specimens from the stove and greenhouse, such as are seen in 

 no other countiy, the Heaths, the Pelargoniums, and a h^st 

 of other floral gems, we cannot now do i(iore than mention ; 

 but the whole constitutes a scene of beauty that the imatiua- 

 tion may picture, but which words cannot adequately describe. 

 Next week we shall publish a full report of the ExhiLiiion, 

 Banquet, and Botanical Congress. 



We have much pleasure in being enabled to state that the 

 Council of the Royal Horticultural Society, at their last meet- 

 ing, passed a resolution, opening the Chiswick Gardens free to 

 strangers dm-ing the week of the International Exhibition. 



THE CELINE ROSE AS A STOCK. 

 Mat I ask your readers what is their experience of the 

 Cfiline Rose as a stock for Perpetuals, &c. 1 I have been trying 

 some experiments in a small way with it, and am inchned to 

 tMnk that in some respects it has advantages even over tlie 

 Manetti. It roots quite as freely, and is inclined to throw its 

 Toots more up to the surface, and, therefore, for some soils it 

 would have great advantages. Its roots, however, seem to 

 spread much farther, and not to be so bushy as the Manetti ; 

 but it is far more vigorous, and quite as hardy. I should, 

 however, like to know the experience of other cultivators. I 



fancy it will be especially suited for the losa vigorous class of 

 Hybrid Bourbons, such as Louise Margottin, Modile da Per- 

 fection, Mdllu. Kmain, Emotion, &c. — C. P. Cleaveu. 



ROY.\L HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 May ICth. 



Flor-VL CosniiTTEE. — Messrs. Osbom, Falham, exhibited six very 

 fiat: specimens of HcuiliH in full flower, also u boaatifDl plant of .^cro- 

 plivUnm vc-nosum, Tlicse wero awarded a special cci-titieate. Messrs. 

 Veitch sent somo fine specimens of the double Deutzia crcnata, An- 

 thnrinm Sckcrtzcriauam with its brilliant scarlet spathea, and three 

 seedling Gloxinias — one. Lady Cremome, an erect white flower with 

 deep violet markings ; the great pecuUarity of this plant was ita ten- 

 dency to produce double flowers, a second striea of petals being formed 

 towards the base of the calyx. For this Viiriety a tirst -class certilicate 

 w.as awaided. The oihcr two varieties were Madame Smith, a deep 

 purple, and Lady Lyons, a deep rose. 



Jlr. George Scott, gardener to .T. S. Gower, Esq., sent a scedliog 

 Calceolaria, Mrs. Scott, of the herbaccoas section, bright yellow with 

 numerous dark spots. The blooms were ill-sbaped, not having tho 

 circnl:\r outline so essential in this gay and attractive flower. From 

 Mr. Keeler, gardener to J. Todd, Esq., camo a seedling Zonole Pelar- 

 gonium, Rose of Dulwich, very far behind this class of flowers : and 

 from Mr. Beer, Hammersmith, seedling Zonale Pelargonium Lady 

 Sruart, of the marbled section, but of no merit. Mr. Bull. Chelsea, 

 sent Castjinea vescu margiuata. an old and well-known plant, and Pitcair- 

 uia tabulreforrais iu flower. The Rev. George Cheere, Papworth Hall, 

 exhibited six well-grown specimens of the large-flowering variety of 

 Mignonette. These plants were grown iu No. 43-pots, and were con- 

 sidered a great success in good cultivation. A special certificate was 

 awarded them. From the same gentleman came also a seedling Tro- 

 piEolum called Papworth Scarlet, with very brilliant deep scarlet 

 flowers. Messrs. Cutbush sent four pots of Myosotia intermedia, both 

 the bine and white varieties; James Batcman, Esq., cut specimens 

 of Deudi'obiam Dcvoaianum, Uropcdium Lindenii, and an Aerides, 

 producing its flower-spike from the exti'emo point of the shoot of the 

 plant ; and the Kev. M. J. Berkeley, a cnt specimen of a seedling 

 Rhododendron, with white flowers, deeply spotted, probably a sport from 

 gnttatnm pictum. 



From the Society's gardens camo a very fin© specimen of Rhodo- 

 dendron Nuttallii, covered with a profusion of blooms, to which a 

 special certificate was awarded, Epideudrnm aromaticnm. Cyrtochi- 

 lum filipes, six plants of the new variegated 2ea curagna, or varie- 

 gated Indian Com, which, if it retain its variegation, will prove a very 

 useful and ornamental deconitive plant for tho borders ; a Lilac, called 

 Dr. Lindlej, very similar to the cat specimens of Charles X., which 

 were brought from Chiswick ; the clusters of flowers are very large, 

 and conspicuous from the dark colour of the nnexpauded buds. A 

 large collection of small well-grown plants of variegated Zonale Pelar- 

 goniums from the Society's, garden at Chiswick, consisting of Mrs. 

 Pollock, Sunset, Gaiety, Beauty of Onltoii. General Longfellow, and 

 many other?, were much commended for their extremely healthy 

 concUtion and good cultivation. Mr. Prockter, Clifton, exhibited a 

 carious specimen of a Holly branch, which had assumed the stag's 

 Iiom or branching form of flattened shoots, and which tho common 

 Ash tree and others ai'o subject to. 



Owing to tho veiy cold weather many planta intended to be sent for 

 exhibition were kept back, and the necessary preparjition for the great 

 International Eidiibition next week most probably deprived the meet- 

 ing of veiy many interesting subjects. It is most gratifying to observe 

 bow well tJiese Tuesday meetings are kept np. and how much interest 

 is dispb^yed by the attendance of so many Fellows, whose thanks are 

 due to those exhibitors who so Uberally furnish plants for these meet- 

 ings- 



Fruit Co:.iMrrn:K. — The only subjects exhibited were a brace of 

 Champion of tho World Cncnmber by Messrs. A. Henderson & Co., 

 and several Citrons by Mr. Scott, of Enaith Hall. 



FoKTCTGHTLY MEETING. — His Grace the Duke of Bucclcueh, K.G., 

 the President, in the chair. The awards ha%-ing been auuounced, and 

 eighteen new members elected, the Rev. M. J. Berkeley remarked that 

 the plant shown as Psvcbotria macrocephala at the meeting of 

 .-^pril 17th, though figured by M. Lemaii'e under that name, proved to 

 be Rndgea macrophylla of Bentham. A Rhododendron shown by 

 Mr. Johnson was then stated to be' nearly allied to Keysii, of which 

 the flowers bear considerable resemblance to those of a Thibaudia, and 

 one sent by Mr. Luscombc to the last meeting, to bo merely a form of 

 R. niveum. It was also mentioned that several of the blooms of the 

 fine example of lihododeudrou Nuttallii, which came from the 

 Society's garden, had been fertilised with the pollen of other kinds. 

 The Morel exhibited at the meeting of May 1st had on further exam- 

 ination proved to be Morehella crassipcs. a species larger than the 

 common Morel but of inferior merit, for though it may be used when 

 youug,it soon decomposes. Attention was then directed to a cnt speci- 

 men of Aerides ^Ya^neri, flowering in an abnormal naauner ; and Mr. 

 Bateman stated in a letter that Jonesia asoca is now coming finely into 

 flower at Chatsworth, and he hoped to be able to produce it at the I»xt 



