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JOUBNAL OP HOBTICOLTUKE AND COTTAGE GABDKNER. I B«pto«b« 9. 1989: 



aa GraoTiUe, Eoiuotlo de Can^. Roinette de Cossel. a l^reo preen sort , 

 iso sorts o Pears, amouRst which the best are \\ .Umm, » Bon 

 ChrOaoD, vorylarRe and tine; Bon Chrc-Uen ^o \ erno.s, a lar^e 

 findy CO oured, Rood-looking sort ; Draconot, hke GIonMor.can .ic 

 t wentvnino sorts of l-i.-s. which however, aro very poor ■'"'1 '""^^J; 

 tho oilv prosontablo sort beins NcapoUtnn, a .lurl;. skinned oblate 

 shaped,- mediom.si.ed fruit; t^velvo vunetjes of Hams ami of this 

 froit it may be said that there ia not a smg o good d.sh "l'"'™; 



Verylar<.e collections of frnit, prmo.pally Al>pl«'""dl ears are 

 also oihibited U tho following gentlemen and scores of "l''": •-7'"°,'' 

 Kern, Neassdorf, Landan ; and L. V. A.chmgor, Innsbrnck, lyrol, 

 S^^^hose collection are the following l><^a°''f°l Ar}'l«''-B"J'"^°' ■";; 

 diani size, fine clear skin, scarlet flesh ; Gra.mt ; M"'J=l>-°'«^;' J^-^'^y ' 

 Qestreifte llainetto. From the gardens of tho Kmg of Wnrumucrg 

 cor^^s atlSon in which are a'prettily shaped form of Kome to da 

 Canada Apple, and Kother Strcipfen, resembUng oar Hoary Mormng^ 

 G^en Inspector Wrede. Lunebarg, Hanover, has m h>s eollect.on 

 some of tho most bcaalifnlly coloured Apple, wo have 7«;j'<="'- X 

 ciaUyone named Rosenappel b,.hmiscbei-, of flatt.sh form, angalar 

 mth a deep hollow eye and a clear transparent skm. neavy entirely 

 ^vered with the most brilliant' scarlet as mtenso as .n the t owep of a 

 scarlet Pelar"oniam. Cramoisenapfel 19 also very beautJul, imd 

 Strien B^nmCn'rotherWrnter, an'd K/-f « ««^'-'"''^°7^tbe^- 

 Kramer, of Flottbeck, also stages a good eollect.on, and »"°y "'^era 

 bnt their collections call for no part.calar notice : a very ff^e^ P<^^°° 

 of the remainder, indeed, being T^-^.f °'=l'.'>«'=»y">^^"f/,XS'^"the 

 most nnseomly appearance. It is ntter y impossible to tell how he 

 prizes have been awarded in many of these classes, <"• J^^^*^" ?^^ 

 irnits are really for competition or not. Tho whole system of jadging 

 S^a"angng%om beginning to end is so utterly different from oar 

 English s/stems that we confess car inability to ''■'\«7'»''f . ^'' °'^ ■'' 

 aU events" to appreciate it. We manage these things better at home. 



Oar remarks on tho trained fniit trees, machinery, "np ements 

 vegetables, boaqnets, Uower decorations, and other m.seellaneoas 

 matters, will be given next week. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Septembek 7th. 

 FRCrr Co>rarrrEE.-G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair 

 Messrs Lane & Son, of Bcrkhampstead, sent a collection of six varieties 

 rfNusrd Filbert's, including Ld and White Fi'"-' • C"^-^- La'« 

 Cob, Porple, and Frizzled. Mr. Lockie, gardener to 1-. ^ • Be^S^^l 

 Esq , Court Gardens, Great Marlow, sent a valuable collection of 

 nineteen variedes of Apples, Pears, and Plums, gi-own on pot trees m 

 an orchard house. They were in everj- case ^^■"«'<»V''w°n-/™,', Bon 

 The Gansel's Bergamot, Fond..nte d'Auf^mne, ^^'l.^lf'tTa^fiel 

 ChTitien, were quite ripe and delicious in flavour. The Coes Golden 

 Drop Plim, Transparent Gage, Magnnm Bonnm and Pond s Seed- 

 tog^ wcre^imarkably fine specimens. The coUect.on, a toge her, was 

 so meritorious that the Committee awarded a special certificate 



Messrs. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, sent a collection of six dishes of 

 Grapes, consisting of the Early Auvergne, Pnmav.s Eugemen, Early 

 SanSin;, Tokay, and Eariy Golden. A specja ceriificate was awarded 

 for the Collection. Mr. William Paul, of Waltham Gross sent an in- 

 teresting collection of fonrteen distinct sorts of early and mid-season 

 Apples, to which a special certificate was awarded. 



Mr. Richbell, gardener, Tadworth Court, Epsom, sent frait of the 

 Honeycomb Melo". It was a good, large, green-fleshed variety but 

 SS far gone, and tho flavour was inferior. Mr P. Frost, gardener to 



S?M. Fortescne, Esq., Dropmore, ^^nt ^'''^'""'^^ M'^^''"' Z,Vf f r„i 

 also passed. Mr. Beach, of Kingswood Warren. Epsom, sent a frni 

 ofBeach'B Green-flesh, and this was of excellent quaUty and in good 

 condition. Mr. Beach also sent a S-^arlet-fleshed variety wluch was 

 quite unripe. Mr. Loclrie, of Court Gardens, Mariow, sent a seedl ng 

 klon raised between Golden (Jueen and BaUey's G«™«^f ' ^^'"i 

 was inferior in flavour. Mr. Dancer, of Little Sntton sent fruit of 

 ■Warner's King, and Cox's Pomona, two fine large early Apples worthy 



of general cultivation. - 



Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., of Wynn^tay, sent a very fine 

 dish of the Winter Greening Apple, the crop of 1868 They were in 

 fine condition. G, F. Wilson, Esq., of Gishurst Cottage, -ft eybndge 

 Heath, sent a very fine dish of Louise Bonne of Jersey .^grown on po 

 trees turned out in the open ground, the flavour of which ^^as most 

 excellent. Mr. Cadger, of Luton Hoo gardens, sent a secLUmg Melon, 

 which was too far gone, and had begun to ferment. , ,„ i,„ 



There were nnmerons ilishes of Potatoes, which were ordered to be 

 cooked before any opinion was formed of them, and the report to bo 

 made at Chiswick this day. 



rLOR.u. Committee.— Mr. Eobinson, -Wartington, sent cut speci- 

 mens of a scarlet zonal Pelargonium, which conld not bo noticed 

 without the plant ; Mr. Tillery, gardener to the Da'^o of Portland, 

 four seedling Gladioli qnite out of condition. Mr. Backhonse^ork 

 sent a very fine specimen of Odontoglossum Alexandra). The plant 

 had two fine spikes of flowers. A special certihcate was awarded it. 

 Mr. Dobson, gardener to F. W. Scott, Esq., sent a box of ™t flowers 

 of a seedling Pansy of great promise if the hab.t of tho plant should 

 prove to be like V. comuta. The flower is much larger and of a deeper 

 Lt of colour. It must be seen growing to give any idea of its ments. 



Mr. Eokford, gardener to tho J:arl of Radnor sent a «»dlu.ghybna 

 U-y-loaf Pelargonmm, Lady Kdith, of robust habit ; the fo mge mark^ 

 wiTh a well-defined zone; colour of t''\^.°"''™. P"'T''''', "■'"';• tjl„ 

 very fair-sized truss. This is « movemon in a right 'l'y«'^'™ • ""•" 

 Ivy-leaved hybrids wiU be foand most useful for ^'^."'^"JX^^- 

 A first-class 'certificate was awarded. Mr. hckiord also »«"' « l";^" 

 eoUoction of seedling Verbenas; one of them. f-.-Jf ,' »' ?^°^ 

 received a first-class certificate-pale lilac pronnd with J"\";^f a*^ 

 centre, a very distinct and pretty flower. The otber seedlmgs^ 

 many of them good, but not distinct rom "fJ ""'";■ ^"^"'^ 

 mens of tho hardy and ornamental Clerodondron foct.dum were al» 

 brought from the same gardens. . ^.-r,^... i„. . 



Mr. Williams, HoUoway, was awarded a special certificate for a 

 coUection of Orctids, also a special certificate for a fino plant of 



Eucharisaiazonica.' Messrs. Vor^^.^r".' * Vsnn'sCe'fro.^ 

 hybrid Xosegav Pelargoniams. Lady KirklMid a"* Snns'ime V°" 

 Messrs. E. G Henderson came Caladiam Pnnco of Wales and Prm- 

 cess of Wales, with white-veined foliage, marked with broader rosy 

 bands and two fine specimens of Kochea falcata, an od but vei7 

 beantiiul plant. Mr. Cooper, Pveigate, exhibited a col ect.on of new 

 Euphorbias, which were awarded a special certificate ; a so a -llecUon 

 of named kinds of great interest from their curious and varied forms. 

 "'MrPar^onrg^rdSTerto W. Bhike. K^q-- Danesbury Park, r«^^ 

 first-ehiss certificates for two very smgular forms o' Lastrea-Lw^ 

 FiUx-mas ramisissima, and a diminutive Parsley-l^e form-L. FU« 

 maspaivula. Two more opposite fonns of this I' ^.w these de 

 well magined. It is a question worth considering, whether hesedc 

 formities reallv merit tho high awards they so often meet with. Mr. 

 Parsons also brought a very pretty Glox.ma. caUed ^.^Ip^, wlute 

 ground with pale lavender spots. Mr. Frost, Uropmore, sent cut 

 specimens of Passiflora cmcinnata. . v.iuto nnr 



G. E. Blenkins, Esq., brought a well-grown specimen of yal'"^ P"' 

 purea; this plant was exhibited to show tow easily it might be c^U- 

 vated in a greenhouse in London, and without any particular rare. 

 The original bulb had been six years in '>"?,«»■"? f "''^""'t^ 

 shifted,^and produced from its offsets five spikes of "eauhfal ^.o^^^; 

 How this plant obtained the name of purpurea '«;"""i°°i^/ ; !^„'J| 

 is nothini purple about it. Can any of our l-ort-cu tural "ends 

 throw li»ht on this subject? Although a very old favourite, few 

 flowers ever excited mori attention than this »P--- ^ "-/ "=« 

 the inquiries made after the meetmg as to its name, <="""«• Z^"; ^ 



Mr Barker, Littlehampton, Sussex, sent a box of cut Pehmia 

 flowers of considerable merit ; a special ^ortificate was awardedjhem^ 

 Mr Thornicroft, Floore, near Weedon. sent Caladiam t'<;notuu 

 Me-ssrs Lee, Hammersmith, sent seedling Rose Cle-once Raoux, pale 

 salmon, tipped with deep rose, a very highly-scented ^arie^. It 

 received a'Lt-class certificate. A variety of Adjantum capJlua- 

 Veneris, from the same firm, also had a fivst-class certificate 



Mr Green, gardener to W. W. Saunders, Esq., received a sp«ial 

 cerUficate for a veiT carious group of plants, Orchids and others. One 

 Orchid 0? a very singular form and of great beauty was recommended 

 for notke as a bofanical curiosity. It was thought worthy of the 

 bronze medtd-a distinction or mark of honour la**!/ ^°gS«?'*l*3 

 tirCouncil to be conferred on certain --■.i-'-^'' -\"" f^'^tS! 

 botanical interest. The name of this cunosity was f/^*'^?'* ^^. 

 nifcra. G. F. WUson, Esq., brought cut specimens of Lilium speci 

 Sim many of them highly coloured varying in shade o^eolour ^d 

 Tirorin" themselves to be varieties of Lilium speciosam. W . ^arsnau. 

 Esq , s^ent cut specimens of a variety of Cattleya Mossue, also two of 

 LiBlia elegans Marshallii and La;lia elogans vane^. . , 



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-Mrti-^rsruXre^eit^d^ 7^!^^^ /- -^6 

 D^Uas T™isson dOr siid Harvard, and a specie certificate for a v^ 

 fiuTcoUection of cut named flowers. Mr. Rawhngs rec«ved a fc*- 

 class certificate for Dahlia -^"^''^es ; Mr. Parker, WmgfieUl, a taW 



class certificate for Dahlia (Jueen of the \d ;™^' /^^,'^- ^'^^^' 

 Chelsea a first-class certificate for Daldia WiUiam Lund 



A social certificate was awarded for a coUect.on of Oroh'ds from 

 thrSoWs gardens, among them a new and uninteresting foiro of 

 C,Triped1^m Keichenbaehii" Mr. J Cooper exhibited a specimen of 

 Ipomaa Chambcrsii with variegated foliage. „„,.v^„„„o oroM- 



Mr Looker exhibited specimens of his patent «arthenwaro pro^ 

 gaUng-toxes. These will be found usefu by lady ajnateurs who have 

 no convenience for striking cuttings, and maybe plf^ed in a stu^ 

 windoJ, and will be equally avaUable for ra.smg seeds ; ^^y »" "^ 

 ^orUbli and not unsightly. A photograph of a Ldium aara'"?' J^ 

 ' • 4 f.„™ \tr «;mith pardener to .lames Bland, Esq.. leuarrj 

 S 1th "on ThU bulb' produced IW flowers on a ^gle stem. 

 ?he bulb wis planted in lsfi5, thus showing how much tho bulbs m- 

 prove as they become older and estabhshed. 



Tu-v-irniT Mfftino— W. Wilsou Saunders, Esq., F.ES.. to the 

 chair A^r the eketion of one new Fellow, the Rev. J-l"- JJix ^ 

 reporting the awards of the Floral Committee, directed a tention to 

 Looker spropa^ating-boxes, which the Committee had highly aPP™T™ 

 of esnecirih for the use of amateurs in strik-ing cutUngs and ra^i^ 

 s^d*^ The Committee had suggested it would be an ""P^^"'^^"'^ 

 make the boxes without bottoms instead of -^P^^^^^^e'a S 

 from Mr. Green, of Garforth, was considered to require a gre»» 



