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JOTJKNAIi OP HORTieUETXmB AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ Jtane IS, 1906. 



Pbacues and Nectarktes wcro not nnmcronB, but for Iho moet 

 part pood. Tho former chielly consisti-J of Uojul Ofitrge nnd Orosse 

 Hignouno ; tho lutter of Violctto Hativo, Elruf^e, uiid Hunt's TawTiy. 



Awards — ForPoftchos: first, Mr. Tajlor; seioud. Mr. Sapo ; cjual 

 third, Mr. Whittalier. gardener to l^ord Crewe, and Mr. Tepg; fourth, 

 Mr. Evana. gardener to C. N. Newdeguto, lOsq., M.P. For Ncctariiioa : 

 first, Mr. Turner : second, Mr. Lyun ; third, Mr. Allen ; eq^ual fourth, 

 Mr. Hill and Mr. Evans. 



MiscELLAN'Eops. — Tho remainin;^ nubjects were kg few in number 

 that they may all be included under this head, though for some classes 

 ■were assifjned. Of Cherries there were good dishes of May Duke from 

 Messrs. Jackson, of KinpRton, and Mr. "W'ilsou, of Warwick. Black 

 Tartarian and Frofnnore Forcing, from an east wall, were also shown ; 

 and in the "White class Governor Wood, ]iale yellow mottled with red, 

 and Elton. Of Strawberries there were good dishes of Sir C. Napier, 

 Sir J. Paxton, Empress Enjicuio. Marguerite, and British (Jneen ; 

 and of Fifjs, line frnit of the Castle Kennedy from Mr. Fowler of that 

 place, and Brown Turkey from Mr. Jones. Good baskets of JUack 

 Hamburgh Grapes cuuie from Mr. (ylemeuts, Mr. M. Henderson, and 

 Mr. Wallis ; Citrons from Mr. Elliott, gardener to Lady Palmer, 

 Xieiceater; and boxes of Peaches and Nectarines respectively from Mr. 

 Allen, gardener to E. Hopwood, Esij., and Mr. Allen, gardener to 

 Capt. Glegg. A brace of a large Cucnraber, called Lancashire Witch, 

 was shown by Mr. Morris, gardener to Col. Clifton. 



Awards — l^or Black Cherries : first, Messrs. .Tackson ; second, Mr. 

 "Wilson ; third, Mr. Lynn. For White : first, withheld ; second, Mr. 

 Wilson. For Strawberries; first Mr. Mclndoe, gardener to Coles 

 Child. Esq. ; second, Mr. Turner ; third, Mr. Johnson, gardener to 

 the Marquis of Ailesbury. For Figs : tirst, Mr. Fowler ; second, Mr. 

 Jones. 



FRAGMENTS ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL 

 HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



BEDDING GERANIUMS. 



** Temporarily suspended business," was the omiuoug notice 1 saw 

 on the doors of many an es^ablishmeut lately, and I suppose it was in- 

 fectious, for I h;td fully made up my mind to give some further notes 

 on the International last week ; but many of our patient readers 

 who know what travelling is, to bo wearied and jaded with journeying. 

 and with the excitement inseparable from seeing strange sights and 

 places, will, I am Eiire, take as a sufEcient reason for my silence the 

 excuse that our lloral contributor has '* bolted." I am really anxious 

 to say a few words upon this great display, because there was one de- 

 portment which seemed to mo to be as generally attractive as any, and 

 which manifested as many points of interest, and that was the large 

 and varied display of bedding Geraniums. Every one is on the look- 

 out for them — they suit eveiy one's pocket and most people's taste ; and 

 hence to admire what was new, and wonder what we should come to 

 next, was the occupation and talk of many a demented horticulturist ; 

 and, in truth, there was enough to excite admiration, whether one 

 regarded the fine plants exJiibited by some growers, or the striking 

 novelties broueht forward by others. As to the genei'fll merits of these 

 plants, I still maintain my " idiosyncracy." that tho true Zonalos 

 (although many of them have no zone at alll, are preferable to the 

 Nosegays ; and this I say notwithstanding tho beantiful varieties I saw 

 there, for it is just as these hybrid Nose^'ays t^'ain more of the Zonale 

 character and lose the Nosegay, that they become more attractive. 

 Thus, that very fine flower Rebecca approaehes in its foi-m and size 

 very much more the Zonale than any I have yet seen ; and, bv-and-by, 

 I think we shall see this hybridisation so carried out, that the colours 

 of the one section will be combined with the round form and large 

 petals of the other. 



By far the finest group of Zonales was contributed by Mr. FraRcr, 

 of Lea Bridge. It contained fine plants and well named of Emile 

 Lican, pood salmon ; Madame Werle ; The Clipper, fine scarlet; 

 Marie Virpo, MiiIahofF, Euc;ciiio Mczard. Mons. Barre. Lord of tho 

 Isles, fine ; Mons. G. NaUhet. and Koso Keudatler. The second col- 

 lection was that of Mr. Lermitte. Fiuchley ; the plants were not go 

 large. Tho third was from Mr. Charles Turner. The only collection 

 of Nosegay Geraniums was that of Mr. William Paul, Walthara 

 Cros'i. It contained fine plants of Cybister. Amy Ho^rg, Rebecca, 

 Glow-worm, Crimson Queen, Dr. Ho^g. Wood Nymph, Nosegay. 

 Duchess, Sf-arlet Dwarf Tia''a. and Waltham Seedling. In Varie- 

 rated Geraniums a beautiful collection was shown by Messrs. K. G. 

 Henderson & Co., containing Silver Nosegay, Suowflake. Lady Cullum, 

 TCry beautiful ; Queen of Queens, one of Mr. Bull's fine seedlings ; 

 Countess of Tyrconnell, Oriana Improved, Meteor, Mrs. Pollock, 

 Rosette, Silver Cushion, and Beauty of Guestwick. Messrs. Fraser had 

 a good collection also, containing Gold Pheasant. Italia Uuita. Moun- 

 tain of Snow, Yellow Belt, Fontaineblean, Mrs. Pollock, Argus. Varie- 

 cated Nosegay, Glowworm, (ioldcn "Vasie, and Flower of Spring. Messrs. 

 Saltmarsh, whotookthe third place, had smaller but well-done plants 

 of Variegated Nosegay, Mrs. Pollock, Buminf^ Bash, Variegated Tom 

 Thumb, Mrs. Mildmay, Variet;ated Noscpay, Cloth of Gold. Mma, Bird 

 of Paradise, Filoctric, and ("uuntess. 1 think, however, that one may 

 safely gay that the chief interest connected with this part of the display 

 waa centered in the seedUuga that wero brought forward by soverol 

 growers, conspicuous amongst wlu>m were Messrs. F. & A. Smith, of 



Ihilwich ; Messrs. E. G. Hondereon <fc Co. ; Mostn-B. Garaway.of BriittoJ ; 

 Saltmarsh, of Chelmsford ; and Chater, of Braintree. These vera 

 mainly in tho tricolor v.^rie^ated class. Mr. Wm. Paul and others con- 

 tributed also largely in the Zonale and Nosegay i;cction. It is, indeedt 

 hard to particalarise where so many beautiful tbinr^s were to be seen ; 

 but in Messra. Smith's collection, Jetty Lacy, Souvenir dc Sir Joseph 

 Paxton, .\urora. L'Emperenr, and Kefulgens: these were all fine. 

 Many others also were good, and I foresee the greatest difiicolty will 

 be, by-and-by, to select which are best to be grown. In Messrs. 

 Henderson's collection, which was shown in a purple-colonred oaso 

 covered with plate glass, were Lady CcUum, good ; Lucy Grieve, bright, 

 but a shy grower ; Sophia Cusack, good. Messrs. Saltmarsh had their 

 fine variety Meteor, in Mrs. Pollock's style, and Queen of the Fairies, a 

 charming little white-variegated kind with a salmon flf.wer having a 

 wliite centre, looking almost like a variegated Henri Desl)ois. Mr. Jabes 

 Chater had a very fine seedling. Senior Wrangler, which in habit and 

 colouring seemed to bo all that could be desired. In Messrs. Gara- 

 way's sot were Queen of Tricolors, good, and Princess Lichtenstein : 

 while in the white tricolor section, Mr. Hally, of Blackheath, showeo 

 Sirius and Mirth. Mr. W. Paul was the chief contributor in 

 seedling Zonale and Nosegays. Rebecca, of which I have already 

 spoken, and Prince of Orange, seemed to be the best. Mr. Wm. 

 Bull sent a very prettv variegated Ivy-leaf, called Silver Qnceu ; and 

 Messrs. Downie, Lair^, & Laing contributed their tine pink-flowered 

 variety, Wiltshire Lass. As I think over these, the instalments of 

 yet gi-eater numbers which will be brought forward from time to time, 

 1 seem to be bewildered at the notion, and although at present 

 those variegated kinds are only sought after for their foliage, I holiovd 

 that by-and-by tho flowers, will form a very marked feature in them ; 

 and if we can get not only the scarlets, but the salmons, pinks, and 

 whites amongst them, one cannot, I think, imagine anything moT« 

 beautiful than a collection of such varieties would be. — D., Deal. 



LIST OF TPIE PAPERS AND SUBJECTS 

 PRESENTED TO THE BOTANICAL CONGRESS.* 



Mb. James Anderson, Meadow Bank, Glasgow : Obaervationa 

 on the temperature of water, and its ©fleets upon plant- 

 cultivation. 



Mr. Anderson considers that practical gardeners do not attach snffi- 

 cient importanee to the science of horticulture, but rely too much on 

 routine, especially so with reference to the ttimperature of tho air in 

 plant- houses, and to that of the water supplied to the plants. Ha 

 advocates the importance of employing water at least as warm as the 

 air, or a littlo warmer, for watering tropical plants, c?pociallj OrchidB. 

 M. Andre, Paris : On landscape gardening and garden archi- 

 tecture in Paris from ancient times to the present, with 

 remarks on the present style, 

 il. B.\UM.\NN, Ghent : 



1. Eulogy on English exhibitions, ; 



'2. Critical observations on Belgian exhibitiona. 

 iJ. Reply to the advocates of the superiority of Belgian 

 arboriculture. 

 M. A. Blykti, Christiana : On the geographical distribation 



of plants in the Sognefjord, west coast of Norway. 

 M. BoMMER, Ghent : On the variegation and coh>ur of loaves. 

 M. BossiN, Paris : 



1. Is there any constant external botanical character by 

 which it may he possible to tell at a glance -what seedlings will 

 produce double flowers, from those which only produce single 

 ones, and if such exist what is that character ? 



2. To facilitate intercommuuicatiuu between tho natives of 

 different countries, should Latin adjectives be employed to 

 designate kitchen j;?arden plants ? Supposing the use of auoh 

 adjectives to be considered desirable, how should they b« 

 adapted to generic names? 



B. Is the Pear known as the Belle Angevine, Royale d'Angle- 

 terre, &c. [Uvedale's St. Germain], French, Belgian, or 

 English ? Are the date and place of its origin, and the namo 

 uf its raiser known ? 

 Mr. W. BrLL, Chelsea : On the relation of horticulture and 



botany to mankind in general. 

 Mr. Carroll, Glasnevin : On garden drainage. 



The author, after alluding to the necessity for, and the adnnU^ 

 to bo derived from cleansing cultivated ground, goes on to fltat« thM 

 no adeiiuato provision is made to guard against drains being choked or 

 stopped, and. in many cases, rendered quite nsclcss, and even xniB- 

 i-hievous, by the intrusion of the roots of plants, and the deposit rf 



• These abstracts are only intended to convey an idea «f the content* 

 and object of tho acveral papers, and arc not to be considered as com- 

 \AvU\ In a few inbtaucca they have been supplied by the authors them- 

 selves ; in others Ibey Iieto been drawn up by the Committee ; while ill 

 those ciises whcro no such rfsumt is given, it is to be understood thnt th« 

 authors havrt not sent in their communications or tlieir abstracts in tliB» 

 for publication. ■ - , ' -- r m.^rj :.' i.;:**';-.;; 



