September 9, 1869. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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oxpenditnre of labonr than the present system. Some coloured 

 drawings of plants and leaves from Mr. Macfarlane, of Upper Hollo- 

 way, were noticed as being praisewoi-thy, and a photograph of a re- 

 markably fine plant of Lilium anratnm was pointed out. This plant, 

 it was stated, had produced 193 flowers between August 1th and Sep- 

 tember 6th, as many as sixty-tive being expanded at one time. The 

 Chairman of the Fruit Committee, Mr. Wilson, mentioned as a fact, 

 the knowledge of which might be nsefol now that persons are staining 

 their fingers in picking Mulberries, that the juice of the berries in the 

 red stage takes away the purple stain of the ripe ones. 



Mr. Wilson Saunders remarked, in connection with Ivy-leaved 

 Pelargonium Lady Edith, shown by Mr. Eckford, that it was very 

 desirable to unite large bright-coloured flowers to the succulent glossy 

 leaf and pendulous habit of the Ivy-leaved kinds ; and he had no 

 doubt, if the attempt were made, new and important varieties wonld 

 be obtained. The line specimen of Encharis amazonica, from Mr. 

 Williams, next claimed attention, and Mr. Saunders said there was no 

 better plant than it for a moist hothouse, for if properly treated it is 

 always in flower. A pot of Vallota purpurea, grown by G. E. Blen- 

 kins, Esq., in a London greenhouse, was next referred to as a success- 

 ful instance of culture, and Mr. Saunders asked Mr. Blenkins what 

 was the mode of culture pursued. 



Mr. Blenkins said the bulbs, originally very small, were kept three 

 years without the soil being changed ; they had been once changed, 

 three yeara ago, and had been six years in the same pot. The soil 

 used consisted of one-third peat and two-thirds loam, with a little 

 silver sand. His sole object in exhibiting the pot was to induce people 

 to grow this bnlb, and to show with how little trouble it could be done. 



Mr. Saunders remarked that plants of the Vallota and other Ama- 

 ryllids are very impatient of their roots being meddled with. The 

 Rose Clemence Raoux was then noticed as having a most delicious 

 perfume — a property in a Rose which florists of late years had too 

 much neglected. For his own part, he did not see why the sense of 

 smell should not be gratified as well as that of sight. After noticing 

 Tritoma Uvaria as a very ornamental plant not so commonly grown as 

 it ought to be, Mr. Saunders concluded by stating that the exhibition 

 of Fungi voold be held at the next meeting, on September 21st, or in 

 October. 



BOUQUETS AT THE MANCHESTER SHOW. 



I TOOE two bouquets for myself, and two for my son, to the 

 Manchester Exhibition, and after the awards were made I 

 found the first prize was awarded to me, and the second to my 

 son. About two hours after the awards were made a friend 

 was standing with me near the bouquets, when we found they 

 were going to alter the awards, and one of the judges said, 

 "No. 9 card is the prize card." Now, how did he know this, 

 when there was no No. 9 card ? for the first-prize card was 

 No. 10, the second-prize card No. 8. As there was no No. 9 

 card, he said, " There is some mistake, we must go back." 

 They did so, and came again, when I drew their attention to 

 the rules for the guidance of exhibitors. He read them care- 

 fully, and then said, " We can do nothing in this matter, we 

 most let the awards remain," and away they went. In half an 

 hour they returned, exclaiming, " We must alter these awards," 

 and they did so. I applied at the Secretary's office to protest 

 against any alteration in the awards. I was told there was no 

 protest allowed. Now, if there was no protest for me, whence 

 did Mr. Yates get the privilege to protest ? The schednle says 

 the decision of the judges is final. If so, why do they revise 

 their judgment ? If mine had been the finest bouquet ever 

 made, if I had omitted to place proper cards, there evidently 

 would have been no appeal for me. The schednle says ex- 

 pressly exhibitors are responsible for the placing of cards, and 

 as Mr. Yates did not put any cards to distinguish his bouquets, 

 I maintain it was an act of injustice to alter the awards ; in 

 fact, the judges' decision is final, and they have no power to 

 alter them.— W. H. Tuknee. 



WHO IS TO BLAME? 

 Who is to blame for the misrepresentations of catalogues ? 

 To illustrate. Who has not seen the grand picture of Laxton's 

 Supreme Pea, short-stemmed, closely-set, magnificent pods, 

 revealing their fourteen fat Peas within, described to grow 

 "abontSJ feet high?" but who has seen it anything like its 

 description ? Wishing to grow the best of everything, and re- 

 vering the name of Laxton, and having the utmost confidence 

 in my seedsmen, I invested in half a pint, at the moderate (?) 

 cost of 3s. 6(1. ; these I planted in a row 24 yards long, to give 

 them every chance. The result was straw 7 feet 7 inches high, 

 instead of 3^ feet; inste.ad of fourteen Peas in a pod, out of 

 many hundreds counted I never once found ten ; instead of a 

 total growth of 3^ feet, they did not " corn " within 3^ feet, and 



generally -1 feet of the ground ; they required twice sticking, 

 and smothered their far more worthy neighbour, Veitch'B 

 Perfection, and, save in the shape of their pods, in no way re- 

 sembled their description. The same complaint is made by 

 other gardeners who have grown it in this neighbourhood. 



Take one other instance : Lemaitre's [Lenormand's] short- 

 stemmed (new), very fine Cauliflower, was sent out at 2s. 6d. 

 per packet. I weighed the contents accurately, and found it 

 cost at the rate of about £80 per lb. Surely it must be good ; 

 bat with all the care in cultivation possible, it is no better than 

 many old sorts. Who is to blame for these great disappoint- 

 ments ? and who can wonder if gardeners manifest an increasing 

 reluctance to be the first to risk a trial of the wonders of the 

 catalogues? — C. C. E. 



PLANTS FLOWERING IN AUGUST. 



An^st 3. Ftmkia lance^tolia 



Gentiana Pnenmonantho 



lutea 

 Hedysarum coronarium 

 Hemerocallls flava 



^aminea 

 Monna persica 

 Lj'chnis coronata 

 Phlomia Rasselliana 

 Physalis Alkekensi 

 PotentUla reptana 

 tiaillardia picta 



Richardsoni 

 Geranium lancastrienee 

 Xamim pereuno 



Lewisii 

 Sedam Aizoon 



album 



mpestre 

 Statice bellidifolia 



latifolla 

 Tifrridia pavonia 

 Viola tricolor 

 Watsonia anguatifolia 

 LotnB comiculatus plenna 

 „ 7. MimolDs cupreufl 

 Phlox decnssata 

 Polygonum orientale 

 Sempervivum tectorum 

 Sibthorpia europsa 

 Silene compacta 



Schafta 



rubella 

 Stipa pennata 

 Taney 



Tradescantia virginica 

 Veronica Candida 



tanrica 



sibirica alba 

 Digitalis crandiflora 

 Fuchsia globosa 



falgens 



corallina 

 Getim montannm 

 Mirabilis Jalapa 

 Lubeliu I'ulgens 



eardinalis 



ramosua 

 „ 10. Nepeta violacea 

 Rhodiola rosea 

 Phyteuma orbiculare 

 Hudbeckia laciniata 



Newmanni 

 Verbena venoBa 



tencrioides 

 Althfea sinensis 

 Aloyaia citriodora 

 Mimulus cardinalis 

 JIatthioIa annua 

 Abronia umbellata 

 Aqeratum cseruleum 



mexicanum 



odoratum 

 Alonsoa incisifolia 



"Warscewiczii 

 „ 14, Gazania splendena 

 Spii'iea Ulmaria 

 Pyrethi-nm Partheniiua 



Golden Feather 

 Cineraria maritima 

 CiadaDthus arabicus 

 Godetia bifrons 



rubicunda 

 Gypsophila elepana 

 Hibiscus africanua 

 Eryngium alpinum 

 Polygonatum multiflorum 

 Sapittaria sagittifoiia 

 Stachya lanata 

 yjTnphytum asperrimum 



caucasicum 

 „ 17. Acanthus mollis 



Aconitum autuinnale 



August 17. Aster tenellus 



Claytonia perfoliata 

 Athanasia annua 

 Encharidium grandifiorani 

 HeUchrysum macrautboill 

 Funkia Sieboldi 

 Rosemary 

 Saxilraga rosalaria 



Aizoon 

 Yucca glaucescens 



filamentosa 

 Stenactis speciosa 

 Oxalis speciosa 



floribunda 



versicolor 



Bowieana 

 Vinca major 

 Salvia fulgens 



tricolor 



patens 



bicolor 

 M 23. Lilium Thanbergianum 



longiflorum 



tigrinum 



Martagon 

 Lysimachia ciliata 



Nnmmularia 



thrysiflora 

 Cytisus capitatua 

 Alyssum eaxatlle 

 Arctotis breviscapa 

 Campanula carpatiCA 



Medium 



pyramidalis 

 Eupatorium pnrpureanj 

 <3orydali8 lutea 



Bempervirens 

 Musk 

 Gladiolus gandavensis 



ramosus 

 Liatris pjcnostachya 

 Agrimonia odorata 

 n 27. Sedum grandiflorum 



Agapanthus umbellatos 

 Cbamfepeuce Casabonae 

 Calandrinia umbellata 

 Anthericum Liliago 



graminifolium 

 Colchicum autumnale 

 Nierembergia rivularis 



gracilis 

 Nuphar lutea 

 Nj-mph^a alba 

 Kouiga maritima 

 Lychnis Haageana 

 "Wistaria sinensis 

 Clematis Henderaoni ; 



Sedum monstrosum 



dasypbyllum 

 „ SO. Tencriuin Chamaedrys 

 Spirjea Standiahii 

 Asathsea ctclestis 

 Artemisia maritima 

 Calistegia pubescens 

 Pentstemon glabnun 

 Zinnia elegaua 

 Vibcaria oculata 

 Eutoca viscida 

 Erica stricta 



vagans 

 Scrophularia nodosa TOrie* 



gata 

 Meconopsis cambrica 

 Epilobium angustifoliam 

 Portulaca grandiflora 

 "Whitlavia grandiflora 

 Rue 



Sedum dentatum 

 Centaurea caadidissima 



depressa 

 Santolina ineana 

 Sanvitalia procumbens 



-M. H., AcJclam Hall, 3Iiddleshrough-on-Tees. 



SUDDEN CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE. 



"What a season this lias been for violent changes. On Friday, 

 August 27th, the thermometer was 85° in the shade, on Satur- 

 day 86°, on Sunday evening 52°, On Monday morning my lawn 

 was as white with froat as if it had been midwinter. Kidney 



