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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t Octobor 7 1889. 



Tery large apecimena of Erica Cavendishii, Pimelea apcotabilia, 

 Uhorojema varium nannm, Pleroma elegans, Pimelea Hender- 

 •oni, Fbnnocoma prolifera, i-c. 



The gardens, plcasuro grounds, and bouses are kept in firjt- 

 rate order by the persevering and excellent head-gardener, Mr. 

 "Willjie, whose name is to be seen every year attached to some 

 of the first prises awarded tn the collections of plants at the 

 great metropolitan shows. — W. Keakb. 



ROYAL IIOKTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OoroiIB &TH. 



F«crr CcKumEi!.— O. F. Wilson. Ksq., K.R S., in the chair. 

 Prires were offered for throe bonihos of Chaswlas MneoQC Grapes, for 

 which thrre were no competitors ; also for three bnuches of Muscat 

 Hamburgh, for which Mr. Onman, Groat Stanmore, was the only com- 

 petitor. These were grown in » conservatory, and were not favoorable 

 eiamples, and hardly ripe. They were awaried n second prize. Mr. 

 Stevens, of Trentham, was the only competitor in the class for Black 

 Hambnrghs, or Frankeuthal. ills were three splendid bunches in 

 BiT.c, form, and colour, and received a firat prize. Mr. Wnttam, gar- 

 doner to C. Longman, Esq., Shecdish. Hemel HempBtead, sent for 

 competition in the class for White Muscat of Alexandria three noble 

 bnnches of that variety, which were so superior, that in addition to 

 the Erat prize they were awarded a firstcla-ss certificate. There was 

 ft strong competition in the Alicante class, which brought out ei- 

 hibitions of very largo and handsome bnnches. The first prize was 

 awarded to Mr. F.gertou, gardener to Countess Waldegrave, Straw- 

 fcerry Hill, for three bunches weighing l.i lbs l.S ozb., beautifully 

 Ri-own and coloured ; the second was taken by Mr. Latham, gardener 

 to Mesars^ Bertram A; Roberts, Rockhill, Sjdenham, for very large 

 b«t not 80 even bnnches ; and Mr. Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston, 

 had three good bnnches, but not so well coloured, and it received a 

 special ccrtihcate. In the class for three bnnches of any new or 

 recent variety, Messrs. Standish sent three fine bunches^ of Royal 

 Aacot, with finii, large, jet black berries, which received the first prize ; 

 and the second was awarded to Royal Vineyard, sent by Mr. Baxter, 

 gardener to 0. Reiser, Esq., Broxbourne. In the class for the best 

 collection of (irapes named, there was no competition. 



For Messrs. Lee's prize of £5. there was only one exhibitor. Mr. 

 Stevens, of Trentham, sent three bnnches, two of which were small, 

 aad rife ; the third a large, handsome bunch, but very nnripe ; and as 

 the unripe bunch disqualified the exhibition, it was decided that the 

 prize should bo repeated, of which due notice will be given in the 

 schedule for next year. 



Mr. William Panl sent a collection of ten seedling Grapes, some of 

 which were of excellent flavour, and the Committee commended 

 S, 11, VI, 10, 7, 4, and 15. Mr. James, gardener to Lord Dartmouth, | 

 at Patshall, sent two bunches of a seedling Grape, the berries of which 

 may be called enormons ; they are oval, white, firm-tieshed, and with 

 a very rich and agreeable flavour. The Committee highly commended 

 this admirable Grape, and recommended Mr. James to persevere in 

 tke cultivation of it, and send it np next year. Mr. Wells, of South- 

 amd, received a special certificate for a fine basket of Black Hamburgh 

 grown in a ground vinerv- 



Mr. Bateman sent a basket of Bananas, Mangos, and Cape Goose- 

 berry. The first were excellent, bnt the Mangos were over-ripe, and 

 the Cape Gooseberries were scarcelv ripe. Messrs. Stuart & Mien sent 

 a seedling Tomato, which proved to be the Red Plom-shnpcd. Messrs. 

 Carter Si Co. sent a collection of Tomatoes, including the new Ame- 

 rican General Grant, Yellow Cherrv, Red Currant or Solannm race- 

 raigerum, and one called Pear-shaped, which was not the true Pear- 

 shaped. Mr, Gilbert, gardener to the Marquis of Exeter, sent a dish 

 of Figs grown out of doors against a wall, which were very nch in 

 flavour, and highly commeniled by the Committee. Mr. GUbcrt also 

 sent a seedling Apple, which is a grol early kitchen Apple. 



Mr. TiUery. of Welbeck, sent a fine dish of Walburton Admirable 

 Peach grown on a glass-covered wall. The fruit was large, and of 

 excellent flavour, and received a special certificate. Mr. Coltown. 

 •ardener to James Blyth, Esq., Wolverhampton, sent a dish of noble 

 specimens of Salwav" Peach. The flavour was good, and the Com 

 mittee awarded a special certificate. Mr. Drewett, of Denbies, sent 

 two brace of Cucumbers, two white and two black. They were very 

 good, bnt not superior to others in cultivation. 



Mr. Warner, of the Nurseries, Leicester, sent a Plum called the 

 " Don Plum," which was evidentlv the old French variety the Prune 

 d'Or. Mr. Forsyth, gardener to Barm Rothschild, Gunnersbnry, sent 

 three splendid Pines— two Smooth Cayenne, one of which weighed 8 lbs., 

 and Charlotte Rothschild, which weighed 9 lbs. They were nnam- 

 monaly awarded a special certificate. Mr. Henry Clarke, gardener to 

 Earl Cowper, Panshanger, sent a fruit of Prickly Cayenne, to which a 

 special certificato was awarded. , , , , t. 



Mr William Paul sent an interesting collection of Apples and i-ears, 

 to which a special certificate was awarded. Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridge- 

 worth sent a very large collection of Apples, which also received a 

 a.6cial certificate. Mr. W. Deans, of Jedburgh, sent fruit of a seed- 

 Img Apple, which the Committee did not consider equal to many others 

 in cultivation. 



Mr. Melville, of Dalmeny Park, eont a aeedling Grape, c»Uim| 

 Golden Prince, raised from the Lady Downe'a crowed by MnicM 

 Hamburgh ; but the Coinmitleo did not entertain a favoarablo opinioB 

 of it. Mr. Samnel Horlev, of Woolalon, Nottingham, aenl apecuneM 

 of hi« Conqnercr Prize Cilory, accompanied with * letter, from whirl 

 the following is an extract : — 



"I may remnrk. the C.lory is ot the <inililT osnally (frown In thll 

 locality for cxhihillon. and has been blanched by the Dsu.l proce.s that 

 ol first Wding tho plant I., the necessary holRtit in BtronR while paper, 

 and then piling uj. the eorll. in the usual manner. This k^eps >»'«'«»'■« 

 porteclly dean ami tree from blemi»l.-po.Lt«ol (treat imp-ir Unce when 

 growing Celery for exhibition ; but it is only Jo«t to remark 'li"' C''«J7 

 so blanched is never so sweet -nd delic»te '»■""'>'•"» "V^'^'!,'?, 

 is closely packed in direct contact with it, and the longer '^o Celery re- 

 main, in the ground after it is blanched, the ■"<"■«, ^.'■■"<^'"?»''°""°" 

 will be, the earth no d..abt esercisiDg the B«me puntying Ijrinc ple opon 

 the pknt as ildocs upon every other substance thol is brought in contact 



"The seed from which the Celery sent wa. raised was '."T" , ""»"'' 8^ 

 hotbed the first week in April, and has been Brown on with the great.s 

 luxuriance ever since. The cold weather m May ^°'"««»'"V'<,'"^'l'«f 

 Kro«tl,, The soil in my garden is very rich in '='' """'^.""^ "h^" !!^* 

 table matter, and we«k manure water is freely used "'.'•°°»te°' '\' '»?f °'' 

 but the solid n.»nure is placed in the trench quite »'''<'' "^'^'i?!?!?" ,, 

 as it is desirable the root, should not enter i luntl 'l"/!?'^^ mor! 

 throw np their centre leaves, and then iUnshle, them t",^" '° '"''' °^,7. 

 than ns'ual vigour. Ton will observe 'l-o breadth. .moolhne„,.nd^oU. 

 dity of the leaves o the iipecimens I send, the Tsrlely being la point o 

 form, as nearly perfect as it is possible to obtain It. 



Messrs. Dcwnie, Laird, i: Laing aen Ispecimen o s Turnip-rooted 

 Beet, which was deficient in colour, and mnch inferior to the Tnrnip- 

 rooted Bassano. Thomas Laxton, Esq., of Stamford brojight a 

 large collection of grafted Potatoes, accompanied with the following 

 statement : — 



"I grafted or attempted to graft fortysix tubers, k"' »^° ""J'g*^^ 

 either failed to take before planting out, or have since cither died or have 

 not been perlectiv united. Some of those "ent will, perhaps, show th 8 

 hot in other cases the old tubers seem to have been tborouAly exhanated 

 bv the grafted eye After grafting them I plunged t^« '"b"" '^ f""" 

 refuse for a tew week-s, until I saw whether the eyes had apparently be- 

 come intimaleVattached to the tuber. They were afterwards planted 

 fn" spare corner and examined from time to time ond where any eve 

 had been oni nod to be removed from the tuber the shoot was exlr.icted. 

 The gramug operations wove performed rather late in the season, when 

 most^f my early Potatoes had been planted. The sets were not earthed- 

 up and Appear to have been attacked either by grubs or slugs. 



Messrs. Cutbush Sc Son. of Highgate, sent a choice coWeclxonoi 

 Onions, which received a first-class certificate, and Messrs. Barr and 

 Suoden sent their extensive coUection, which was shown at the pre- 

 vious meeting. A report of them will be found in another page. 



Flou.il Committee.-Rov. J. Dix in the chair. The great feature 

 of this meeting was the large and interesting collections of Fung, 

 the advantage of seeing these named and arranged as o their edible 

 or poisonous^ualities is very great. We can only regret hat there is 

 To Lort a space of time for examining them The plan and flora 

 departments were nnu.nally well represented, the ^U-":';™', f ."' 

 Roses from Cheshunt and Waltham Cross were snperb Mr. MelviUe 

 Da men? Park, sent a basket of hybrid Pansies, Vio a In ea crossed 

 with the ordinary vellow Pansy ; in their present state nothing conld 

 bo said of them From Messrs, E. G. Henderson, came Achyrocline 

 Sanndersii, a small white-lcaved plant suitable for edgings ; Cineraria 

 acanthifolin; and a very pretlv white BonvardiajasminiHora. 



Mess s Veitch were 'awarded a special certificate for a valuable 

 specimen of Masdevallia Veitchii ; and first-class certihcates for 

 Ana-ctochilns ordiana (,?), Ana^ctochilus Dawsonmuus pictus Tyda.a 

 Nero wi h verv dark red flowers : Rhododendron Lohbii, bright scar et 

 tubular flowerY; Seaforthia Veitchii. and Miltonia Warscewiczi. ; also 

 1 special certificate for the group of plants, and a special cert.hcat^ 

 for the collection of Orchids. Messrs. Veitch also exhibited a new 

 orm of Pa Im Veitchia Johannis, from the South Sea Islands; Lo- 

 belX Blue Gem, the darkest shade yet grown ; Oneidinm weltoni, Ac. 

 Mr Bull sent a fine collection of plants. First-c ass certificates were 

 awarded to Dekonia nobilis, Martinezia caryot«tolia, Ptjchosperma 

 elegans Ptvchosporma Alexandra., ThrinaT bavanensis, and Plecto- 

 eiegans ri) j diHerent forma of Palms, some of 



tZ: noTtlT knJv!^%m. it is considered necessary to bring this 

 fine class of plants forward, as they have been seen by few and are 

 St oraamen al Among Mr. Bulls other plants were Bignonia 

 m rabilh Ficna dealbata^ Tritonia anrea cancellsta, Cham^ropa 

 "rlorea probablv a form of C. hnmilis, A bnca fasbgiaU elongata 

 Icanth^rlza WaJscewlczii, Ptychosperma regia, A zelia magnihca and 

 Me.embryanthemum cordifolium variegatum. A specuil certificate 



'"M^rs^r'totlif L^d! .t Laing sent seedling Dahlia Princess 

 mS From Mr. W. Paul came a fine coUecUon of en Roses 

 orown out of doors, which for the time of year were remarkably fine ; 

 Sso a collection of cot zonal Pelargoniums, A n^cal cer.ihcat* was 

 awarded Messrs. Cutbush sent Centanrea nivalis, and Mr >Vooi- 

 wlrd Stoke near Coventry, a seedling Fuchsia not equal to many 

 To/ts Mr G Archer, Wellingborongh, was awarded a special certifi- 

 cate for a fiue'coUection of cut Conifers with their cones. 



Mr Turner, Slough, exhibited a white seedling Mcal Pelargonium. 

 The Bride • an Ivy-leaved seedling Compactnm, with very broad white 

 margbi-fiktclaS certificate: and Tropa^olum Ochroleucum, one of 



