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JOURNAL OF HOKTICTJLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDEN'ER. 



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flower ; Miss Drake, LorJ Valentia. Admiration, Mrs. Norman, and 

 Miss AVood. Second, Mr. George Edward. In the class for twelve 

 Pinks, Mr. J. Mellor, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, prodnced 

 a stand of true northern tlowers, each flower baying been reduced to 

 two circles of petals, which are rerj' pure and exquisitely laced, but 

 the flowers ap]>ear very ounatoral notwitbstandiuK- The varieties are 

 John Ball, Kmilv, Kobin Hood, Jane, Emma, Auricula, Earl Stam- 

 ford, Deiiance, Bertha, Champion. Arlette, and Unity. Two other 

 collections v.ere stained, hnt the Judges >vitbheld any awards to them. 



Vehf.enas. — With cut blooms Mr. C. J. Perry, Castle Bromwich, 

 and Mr. C. Turner, were found in, competition. The latter certainly 

 has the biggest bunches, but the superb quality of Mr. Perry's flowers 

 gained the first prize. They are — Shakespeaie, Model, Gi-ant des 

 Batailles, Edwin Day, rich bright orange scarlet ; Annie, Lord Leigli, 

 Bntterfiy, a beautiful new variety, blush, with crimson centre ; Joseph 

 Sanders, rich crimson, with lemon eye ; Mi-s. KeynoUls Hole, and 

 Rising Sua, glowing salmon red, with small white eye surrounded by 

 a rich deep maroon ring, one of the most striking varieties Mr. Perry 

 has ever raised. Differing from these, in Mr. Turner's stand, who 

 was awarded the second prize, are King of Verbenas, Leah, Nemesis, 

 J. C. Ward, Samuel Moreton, John Wilson, Foxhunter, and Chastity. 

 Mr. Turner also contributes an extra stand of fine bunches. 



With cut blooms of Zonal Pelargonti'ms, of which a great many 

 are sfeased, Mr. C. Phillips, gardener to A. H. Heywood, Esq., Seil^ley 

 Park. Prestwich. is first with Clipper, President Eeveil. Amy Hogg, 

 Lord Palmerston, Provost, Le Grand, Striking, a good sjilmon-coloured 

 Tariety ; Rose Rendatler, Mi"3. W. Paul, Hector, a pink-flowering 

 variety ; Eeaute de Suresnes, and Madame Vaucher. Second, Mr. 

 C. J. Peny. Castle Bromwich, withMons. G. Nachet, Clipper, Beauty, 

 Striking, Roi d'ltalie, Vesuvius. La Perouse, a hybrid Nosegay ; 

 Model. Emeline Grisan. Madame Werle. Madame Vaucher, and Beaute 

 do Suresnes. Third, Mi-. W. Cunningham, Burton-on-Trent. 



Cut Ro^es are a grand feature, and make a charming display along 

 the south side of the fruit tent. lu the nurserymen's class for forty- 

 eight varieties Mr. J. Cranston, Hereford, is first with some splendid 

 blooms of the following Hybrid Perpetuals: — Alfred Colorab. Alice 

 Dareau, AntoJne Ducher. Beauty of Waltham, Caroline de Sausal, 

 Charles Lefebvre, Claude Million, Comte de Nantenil, Comtesse de 

 Chabrillant, Dr. Andry. Due de Rohan. Due de Wellington, Duchesse 

 de Caylns, Felix Genero, Fisher Holmes, Horace Vernet. Joseph Fiala, 

 Josephine de Beauhamai^. La Duchpsse deMomy, La France, Lrelia. 

 Laurent Descourt. Leopold I.. Lord Herbert. Lord Macaulay, Madame 

 la Baronne de Roth?chiIil. Madame Boutin. Madame Charles Crapelet, 

 Madame Charles Verdier. Madame Charles Wood, !Madame Fnrtado, 

 Madame Victor Verdier. Madame William Paul, Mdlle. Marguerite 

 Dombrain, Marcchal Vaillant. Margnerit*; do St. Amand, Maurice 

 Bemardin, Paul Verdier. Pierre Nofting. Prince CamiUe de Rohan, 

 Prince Henri des Pays Bas, Reine du Midi, Sophie Coquerelle, and 

 Xavier Olibo ; and the following Tea Roses — Gloire de Dijon, La 

 Boule d'Or, Marechal Niel, and Madame Margottin, Second. Mr. C. 

 Tui-ner. having fine examples of Madame C. Joigneaux, Gabriel de 

 PejTonny, Madame George Panl, King's Acre, Marie Baumann, La 

 Duchesne de Momy, Prince of Wales, Beauty of Waltham. Mdlle. 

 Annie Wood, Lord Herbert, Charles Rouillard, Alfred Colomb, Madame 

 Yidot, and Prince Camillo de Rohan ; Baron Gnnella, Hybrid Bour- 

 bon ; and the following Tea Roses, Madame Willermoz and Alba 

 Rosea. Thii*d, Messrs. S. Perkins & Son, Coventry. 



In the araatenrs" class for the same number, the Rev. S. Reynolds 

 Hole, Caunton Manor. Newark, is first with a very fine lot of flowers, 

 consisting of Maicchal Vaillant, Comte de Nanteuil, Antoine Ducher, 

 Miss Ingram, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Fnrtado, Black Prince, 

 Madame CaiUat, Gloire de Sautenay, Mons. Neman, Mdlle. A. 

 Wood, Martchal Niel. Dr. Andn,-, Madame Vidot, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Caroline de Sansal, Vicomte Vigier, Gloire de Dijon, Maurice Beruar- 

 dua, Madame C. Joigneaux, Lord Raglan, Princess Mary of Cambridge, 

 Abbe Berleze,Ceutif->lia rosea, Leopold I.. Charles Rouillard, Laurent 

 Descourt. Madame Bravy, Charles Wood, Exposition de Erie, Madame 

 Cbarles Crapelet, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Madame Hector Jacquin, 

 Charles Margottin, Alfred Colomb, Madame Rivers, John Hopper, 

 Marguerite de St. Amaud, Prince Henri des Pays Bas, Lord Herbert, 

 Marie Baumann, Augnste Mie, and others which had lost their labels. 

 Mr. J. C. PeiTy, Castle Bromwich, is second, with fine flowers of the 

 following, among otlieri. Senateur Vaisse, Horace Vernet, Alpaide de 

 Rotalicr, Baronne de Koirmont, Leopold L. Lord Clyde, Au.gnste 

 Mie, Pierre Netting, Madame Rival, Xavier Olibo, Charles Lefebvre, 

 Beauty of Waltham, Gloire de Vitrs-. Baron Gouella, and La Reine. 

 Third, Mr. Draycott, gardem-r to T. T. Paget. Esq., Humberstone, 

 near Leicester. The Rev. Mr. Hole is also first in Classes 9S, 99, 

 and lUO, in the former with twenty-four varieties — viz., Black Prince, 

 Madame Furtado. Mar^chal Vaillant, La Tour de Crony, Leopold I., 

 Anna de Diesbath, Charles Lefebvre, John Hopper, Due de EohMi 

 Marguerite do St. Amaud, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Marcchal Niel, Lord 

 Raglan, Madame Knorr, Alfred Colomb, Charles Rouillard, Prince 

 Henri des Pays Bas. Triompbe de Rennes, Vicomte Vigier, Miss 

 Ingram, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Pierre Netting, Monsieur 

 Noman, and Comto de Nunteuil. Second, Mr. C. J. Perry ; the best 

 flowers being La France, Alice Bureau, Jules Margottin, Madame 

 Fillion, Seniiramis, Comte de Nanteuil, and Fram^ois Lacharme. The 

 twelve shown by Mr. Hole contain Black Paince, Mart-chal Niel, Mart- 

 chal VaUlant, Madame Bravy, Lord Herbert, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 



Charles Lefebvre, Madame Furtado, Leopold I., Madame Vidot 

 Vicomte Vigier. and Mons. Noman. Mr. C. J. Pen-y comes again 

 second, and has among other^^ good blooms of Beauty of Waltham, 

 Marcchal Niel, Horace Vernet, and General Jacqueminot. The Rev- 

 Mr. Hole's six consist of Charles Lefebvi-e, Marcchal Niel, Alfred 

 Colomb, Marcchal Valliant. La Duchesse de Momy, and Dr. Ardry- 

 Second. Mr. Draycott ; and third. J. E. Mapplebeck, Esq. 



Class 101 was for twelve new Roses sent out in 18GG, 1867, or 

 1868. Mr. J. Cranston, Hereford, was first, with good examples of 

 Monsieur Noman, President Willermoz, Horace Veniet, Napoleon I., 

 La F'rance, and Duchesse d'Aoste, Hybrid Perpetuals ; and the 

 following Bourbon and Tea Roses — Miss Ingram, Madame Mar- 

 gottin, Monsieur Furtado. Madame Marie Circdde, President Willer- 

 moz, Souvenir de Mons. Boll, La France. Duchesse d'Aoste, Madame 

 La Baronne de Rothschild, Paul Verdier, Horace Vernet, very fine ; 

 ImpL-ratrice Charlotte, Antoine Ducher, and Mrs. Ward, all Hybrid 

 Perpetuals. and Jean Sisley. a fine new Tea Rose. Second, Mr. C. 

 Turaer, with Comtesse de Janconrt, Mrs. John Bemers, President 

 Willermoz, Monsieur Noman, Horace Vernet, Napoleon L, La 

 France, and Duchesse dAoste, Hybrid Per]>etuals; Miss Ingram, 

 Hybrid Bourbon ; and Madame Margottin, Monsieur Fnriado, and 

 Clotilde, Tea-scented varieties. Third, Messrs. S. Perkins and Son. 



The first of the special prizes given by Edward Joynson, Esq., for 

 eighteen cut Roses (amateurs), was also taken by the Rev. S. R. Hole, 

 who has fine blooms of Victor Verdier, I^Iareehal Valliant, Triomphe 

 de Rennes, Prince Camille de Rohan, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Black 

 Prince, Devoniensis, Leopold I., Charles Rouillard, Madame Victor 

 Verdier, Marcchal Niel, Dr. Andi-y, Madame Therese Levet, Madame 

 C. Joigneaux, Louise Magnan, Madame Hector Jacquin, Due de 

 Rohan, Monsieur de Montiguy, &c. Second, Mr. Thomas Draycott. 

 Third, Mr. C. J. Perry. 



In addition to these, Messrs. Cranston, Paul & Son, W Paul, and 

 others staged large groups of cut Roses, making a fine addition to the 

 Show, and Mr. W. Paul also bas a lot of cut Zonal Pelargoniums. 



New Plants axd Miscell.vxeous. — The special prize given by 

 Messrs. T. Agnew tSr Son for the best six new plants is taken by 

 Messrs. Veitch with Davallia Moorei, a very elegant Fern. Dracsna. 

 albicans, Croton undulatnm, a handsome kiJnd, the fine Alocasia Se- 

 deni, and Crotons maximum and albicans. The same firm also fur- 

 nish a vei-y extensive and fine collection, in which we remarked Ansec- 

 tochilus Lowii, Gyninostachyum Pearcei, Maranta tubispatha, several 

 fine new Crotons, a magnificent Nepenthes Rafiiesiaua with immense 

 pitchers, Dendrobium Ben3onif9,Iresine Liudeui, and Iresine metallica, 

 which if hardy enough will be beautiful for bedding ; Dendrobinni 

 crystallinum, beautifully tipped with lilac ; D. Bensonix, the hand- 

 some Ficus Porteana, aud a host of others. Mr. B, S. Williams is 

 second with a numerous collection, in which are Geonoma Seemauni, 

 which -will be one of the handsomest of Palms fo.' dinner-table decora- 

 tion, Odontoglossum Schlieperianum, with yellow flowers, Iresine 

 Lindeni, Dieffenbachia Walhsii, Thiinax grandis, a handsome Palm, 

 Ph.ijus albus, white, with a lilac- streaked lip, Maranta tubispatha, 

 and many others. Mr. J. Denton exhibits a very beautifully executed 

 basket of artificial flowers in a case, and Mr. Kayes, of Wilnislew, 

 skeletonised leaves and seed vesstls, which are highly creditable. Mr. 

 Denton was awarded a first prize, Mr. Kayes an extra prize. Mr, 

 Robson, of Linton Park, has a large easeful of cones of various 

 Coniferte, which was a vei*y interesting and pretty exhibition. Among 

 the cones shown were those of Araucaria imbricata, Pinus insignia, 

 Picea cephalonica, P. nobilis, P. Webbiaua, Cupressus Lambertiana, 

 Cryptomeria Lobbii and japonica, Retinosporas, Cupressus Comeyaua, 

 Wellingtouia gigantea, Abies Menziesii, Cupressus funebris, Alnes 

 Morinda, aud Piuus macrocarpa. Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck and £. J. 

 Lowe, Esq., send large collections of various forms of British Ferns, 

 mostly new. Messrs. Stansfield have also an interesting collection. A 

 few new plants were also submitted to the Floral Committee. These 

 and some further remarks, however, must be deferred till nest week, 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 



Thf. show of Fruit is, on the whole, good. Although not particularly 

 extensive, it is possessed of many points of special importance. One 

 of the most sti iking features is the veiy fine collection of frniting 

 Figs in pots exhibited by the Royal Horticultural Society itself, from 

 Chis\rick. It may be said, and with truth, that never before has snch 

 an exhibition of Figs been seen at any place, and we are glad to see 

 the endeavours of the Society in populai-ising the cultivation of this 

 fruit. 



Mr. Tileredith, of The Vineyard, Garston, Liverpool, exhibits some 

 magnificent examples of Vines gi-owu in pots : — Muscat of Alexandria 

 bearing large and fine bunches, and young Vines for next year's fruit- 

 ing, all grown, as stated on the card, by the aid of Meredith's Vine 

 manure. Messrs. Lane <t Sous, The Nurseries, Eerkhampstead, send 

 also some fine specimens of pot Vines and orchard-house trees; the 

 former heavily cropped and excelleut. 



In Class 2, for tlie cup offered by the Proprietors of the Gurdtners* 

 Choiiich'y for the best collection ol' Fruits and Vegetables. Mi-. Pottle, 

 gardener to B. D. Colvin, Esq., Bealings Grove, WooJbridge, Suffolk, 

 carries off the first honours, aud very worthily so. The collection in- 

 cludes very fine Black Hamburgh Grapes well coloured, two fine 

 Melons, Frogmore Pine Strawberries, Black Circassian Cherries, 

 French Crab Apples, Ipswich Standard Cucumbers, Laxton's Supreme 



