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JOURNAL OF HORTICDLTUBE AND COTTAGE QAKDENEE. 



[ July 1, IBM). 



febrre, «n4 Madame Clemence Joipieanx. Mr. Soder was second, 

 Mr. Marsh and Mr. Qniunoll third, and Mr. Strotton fourth. 



For I'ightcen new Roses of 1SG7 or 1BC8, which will be reported on 

 by " O., Deal" the rrizcs went to Messrs. I'anl & Son, Mr. Keynes, 

 Mr. Cant, and Mr. Tnrncr, in the order named. Mr. Cant, of Col- 

 chester, was first for twelve trusses of auy now Uose of 1867 with La 

 France, Mr. Keynes second with Klie Morel. The first prize for the 

 best six trasses of any now Koso of l.SOS was awarded to Messrs. Paol 

 and Son for Dnke of Edinhnr^h, the beauty and brilliancy of which 

 wore noticed last week in connection with the Crystal Palace Show. 



Yellow Koses, however charming in themselves, when nnmixed with 

 other hriphtcr-colonrcd varieties exhibit a great amount of sameness. 

 The first place for the best twelve was taken by Mr. Cant with Vicom- 

 tesse de Cazes, Gloiro de Dijon, Trionipho de flennes, Marichal Niel, 

 Climbing Devouiensis, and Celine Forestier, all of which were in fine 

 condition. Mr. Stoddart came second with Marechal Niel and Tri- 

 omphe de Rennes, both finely coloured, Solfatcrre, Gloiro de Dijon, 

 and Madame Falcot ; Mr. Keynes being third, and Mr. Chard fourth. 

 In tho class for the best exhibition of yellow Roses of ouo or more 

 varieties, Mr. Cant was fir.st with a splendid group of Marechal Niel, 

 Celine Forestier, very fine, Triomphe de Rennes, Madame Falcot, and 

 Safrano. Mr. Stoddart was second, and Mr. Chard third. 



The classes for twelve Tea-scented and Noisette Roses drew together 

 several very pretty collections. Mr. Cant took the lead among nnr- 

 Berymen with beautiful examples of Madame Bravy, Marechal Niel, 

 Niphetos, Souvenir dun Ami, Rubens, Gloire de Dijon, Madame 

 ■Willermoz, Celine Forestier. Triomphe de Rennes, and Marquise de 

 Foncanlt. Messrs. I'anl k Son were second with excellent specimens 

 of several of the above, Reine da Portugal, new, and Lamarque. 

 Mr. Keynes, who was third, had Madame Scrtot, very large and 

 fine, Mo'irot, Sombrieul, and others already named. In tho amateur's 

 class Mr. Ingle, who was first, had fine trusses of Madame Bravy, 

 Gloire de Bordeaux, Marechal Niel, Madame Margottin, Gloire de 

 Dijon, Devonicnsis, Rubens, Bougere, Souvenir dun Ami, and 

 Souvenir d'Klise. Mr. W. Cant, of Myland Lodge, Colchester, who 

 was second, had, besides fine examples of Marechal Niel and Adam, 

 very good ones of Souvenir d'un Ami, Paulino Labonte, Devoniensis, 

 Gloire de Dijon, Triomphe de Rennes, Madame Bravy, Celine 

 Forestier, and Cloth of Gold. Mr. Stoddard was an excellent third. 



In the open class for single blooms of twelve varieties, the first prize 

 ■went to Mr. Cant, nurserymen, Colchester, for a remarkably tine stand 

 containing Souvenir d'un Ami, Colonel de Rongemont, Marie Baumann, 

 Marechal Niel, beautifoUy coloured ; Dao de Wellington, Marguerite 

 de St. Amand, La Ville de St. Denis, Madame Bravy, Le Rhone, and 

 Gloire do Vitry. Mr. J. Keynes, who was second, had Sonvcnir dun 

 Ami, Monsienr Noman, Souvenir de Malmaison, Pitord, Elie Morel, 

 Victor Verdier, Marie Baumann, very bright and beautiful ; Louise de 

 Savoie, Marguerite de St. Amand, and Devoniensis. The third-prize 

 lot came from Mr. Turner, and contained Caroline Hole, a seedling 

 ■with, as shown, a salmon-rose centre and pui-plish pink towards the 

 outside ; Antoine Ducher, Rubens, Monsieur Noman, Gloire de Dijon, 

 and others less noteworthy. Mr. J. Cranston, who was fourth, had 

 Marquise de Mortemart, pretty pale rose. 



Prizes were offered for vases or baskets of Roses, but brought no 

 novelty in design. Mr. Soder was first with a March stand with Ferns 

 and Roses at the base, Japanese Honeysuckle twining up the stem, 

 and Roses, Pteris, and Maidenhair Fern in the top dish. Mr. Chard 

 was second with a similar stand, having Cissus discolor twined up the 

 stem, and ornamental grasses freely introduced. 



Prizes were also offered for six bouquets of distinct kinds, five 

 trasses of each. Mr. Cant, nurseryman, of Colchester, was first ■with 

 beautiful examples of Le Rhone, Celine Forestier, Marie Banmann, 

 Souvenir d'Elise, Charles Lefehvre, and Marguerite do St. Amand. 

 These were set up in Etruscan terra-cotta vases, and surrounded with 

 bonqnet paper. Messrs. Paul & Son were second with John Hopper, 

 Dr. Andry, Marguerite de St. Amand. Senateur Vaisse, Celine Forestier, 

 and Charles Lefebvre. set up in Hyacinth-glasses. Mr. Chard was third. 

 Of Moss Roses only two stands were shown, the exhibitors beinR 

 Messrs. Paul & Son and Mr. Cranston. There were in these trusses 

 of Baronne de Wassenaer, the Common, which still maintains its 

 place as one of the best, Angeliqne Quetier, Celina, Laneii, &c. 



Of Roses in 8-ineh pots, the admirably-grown plants from Messrs. 

 Paul & Son were first. The following were especially remarkable for 

 the profusion of bloom— viz., Dnchesse de Caylns, Souvenir de Mal- 

 maison, Charles I.efebvre, Dr. Andry, Louise Margottin, Lord Clyde, 

 Senateur Vaisse, General Jacqueminot, Triomphe de Soissons, Leopold 

 Hanshurg, and Louise Odier. Mr. Turner, who was second, had also 

 most excellent plants, Maurice Bernardin, John Keynes. Marechal 

 Vaillant, Duchesse de Caylus, and Madame Alfred do Kougemont 

 were particularly worthy of mention. Messrs. Francis, were third. 

 The first prize for new Roses in pots went to Messrs. Paul & Son. 



The miscellaneons subjects were not numerous, Mr. W. Panl sent 

 iis new Roses, Prince Leopold and Princess Christian. Phlox Beauti- 

 ful, and Blue Bell and other Pelargoniums, including Waltham Bride, 

 •with white-variegated leaves and white flowers. Mr. Postans, of 

 Brentwood, sent fifty splendid blooms of John Hopper Rose ; Mr. 

 Hooper, Widcombe HUl, Bath. Pinks, both show and bedding, Picot«es, 

 and Pansies; Messrs. F. & A. Smith, Tricolor and Bicolor Pelar- 

 goninms ; Mr. Mann, Brentwood, flowering .and Tricolor-leaved Zonal 

 Pelargoniums; Mr. Turner, Blue Gown Cucumber; and Monsieur 



Banlant his beautiful artificial flowers and plants noticed in the report 

 of tho Floral Committee of June Ifitli. 



KOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



Tms Society's last Show for the season commenced yesterday, and 

 will bo continued this day. For this time of year there is a groat 

 amount of freshness and beauty in the plants exhibiud, which, as 

 usual, are very numerous, bnt fruit forms its distinctive feature. Mr. 

 Miller, gardener to Lord Craven, Combe Abbey, carries off tho first 

 prize for tho best collection vrith two handsome Queen Pino Apples, 

 splendid bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes, Foster's White Seed- 

 lin" Grapes, two Melons, Royal George Peaches, very large and fine, 

 Elrugo Nectarines, and British Queen Strawberries. Mr. Banner- 

 man, gardener to Lord Bagot, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Miles, Mr. Simpson, 

 of Wortley, and Mr. Carmichael, gardener to the Prince of \N ales, have 

 also good collections. Tho last.named exhibitor has in his collection 

 two fine Melons, named respectively the Prince and Princess of Wales, 

 the former green-fleshed, the latter scarlet-flesbed, and largo buncheB 

 of Black Hamburgh Grapes, which bad become much rubbed in car- 

 riage Mr. Douglas, Loxford Hall Gardens, stands first for Black 

 Hamburgh Grapes, with beautifully coloured compact bunches; and 

 Mr Bannerman and Mr. Hend .-on, Coleorton, send fine bunches of 

 the same kind. The best Mus • e. me from Messrs. Standish & Co. 

 Mr Bannerman and Mr. Gold miih send very good Black Pnnce; 

 Mr Cole Ealing Park, and Mr. Douglas, Buckland Swcttwater, the 

 hunches from the former being especially good ; Messrs. Standish and 

 Co baskets of tho Roval Ascot, finely coloured, and \ ines of the 

 same Grape trained with a fiat head, bearing excellent bunches. 

 Among baskets of Grapes, however, the lead in Black Hamhnrghs is 

 taken bv Mr. Miller, in Muscats by Mr. Davis, of Fryem Barnet. 

 Mr Henderson also sends Black Mammoth Grape, an Australian 

 seedling, with very large oval berries. Peaches and Nertanncs on the 

 whole are rather small. Mr. Jack, gardener to the Duke of Cleve- 

 land Battle Abbey, has Bellegarde, very large, and Mr. Miller, Grosse 

 Mignonne, verv fine. Pine Apples are few in number, and not re- 

 markable for size. Mr. Ward, gardener to T. N. Miller, Esq., Bishop 

 Stortford, has a fine Pricklv Cayenne, of .'ii lbs., an excellent Qaeen 

 of it lbs. ; and Mr. Bailey, of Shardeloes, a large Providence and a 



"""orchidTfrom Messrs. Williams, Parker, Hill, and ^^heelcr are 

 remarkably good, whUst the collection of eight from Mr. Archer, 

 gardener to A. Turner, Esq., Leicester, is worthy of all praiso. In 

 this there is a fine mass of Cvpvil<edinm barbatnm superbam. Odon- 

 to^lossum Pescotorei,Phalitnopsis grandifiora, and Saccolabium gutta- 

 tum with ten spikes, all of which plants are splendid specimens. Mr. 

 Wilson, gardener to W. Mar-hall, Esq., who is second in the same 

 class, sends Cvpripedium Stonei with six flowers four of «li"^h are on 

 one spike, and" a beautiful specimen of Dendrochilum filiforme Mr 

 Lawrence, gardener to the Bishop of Winchester, has a plant of 

 Trichopilia turialva),with a regular ring of blossoms, a bcantif ul spea- 

 men of this recent introduction. New plants are exhibited in mnlti- 

 tudes by Messrs. Veitch, BuU, WUliams, and Henderson of WellinBton 

 Road and Pine Apple Place. Of cut Roses, too, there is a large ex- 

 hibition, furnished by Messrs. Paul & Son, Mitchell, Turner, Fraser 

 Hill, Exell, and others ; and a magnificent display of Roses in pots 

 from Messrs. Panl Ic Son. 



ASPECTS OF SPRING GARDENING.— No. 3. 



My third aspect of epring gardening is drawn from ft sonroe 

 much further northward than I have as yet taken your readers- 

 away from the " precincts of the silver sea ' am) the softer ch- 

 mate of the southern shores of England-to a district difierent 

 in almost every respect from that I have previously drawn my 

 supplies from, save this, that there, as in the south, epnng 

 gardening is well carried out; but in this instance to such ^ 

 extent as to astonish, and with such excellent ''exults ft* ^ 

 delight, those who yearly search the country through for illUB- 

 trations of this somewhat modern feature o' P^dfn'nB- 



The scene is laid at the gardens of the Hoi e Hotel, Lower 

 Grounds, Aston, Birmingham. The proprietor of these giounds 

 is a spirited and genial man, wcuderful in resource, and prompt 

 and decided iu action, by name Mr. H G. (if'^^l^'^J^l 

 vears ago (h-ivlBg, as the manager of the Aston Park Estate 

 Tder the corpo^tionof Birmingham, obtahied some insight 

 into the recreative requirements of a great mdustr.a commu- 

 nity), he became the proprietor of about 3G acres o '!;« Lower 

 Grounds of the Aston Park Kstate, with the idea of "^a^ing it 

 a place of popular resort and recreation. H'^, f^f'?" 7*^^^*° 

 provide for the masses of population who inhabit L rming- 

 ham, sources of recreation that while they should be b oadly 

 applicable to the varying tastes of an e^!-'?""^^'^^'^' ^el^ 

 should also exclude every coarse feature which would be likely 

 to wound the sensibilities of the most fastidious social reformer 

 Tils, by dint of untiring energy, he has e^tabhshed in one oHh 

 immediate suburbBoJ Birmingham, scarcely morethantwo miles 



