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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



{ NoTcmbor 18, 1660. 



TraQepareot, a pale-coloured and rather small Heart Cberry. 

 It Beem8, tberefurc, that our large Bigarreauanc! Heart Cberriee 

 do uot succeed well eiilier in the eastern or wosteni States. 

 The reports come from Kansas in the weet to Maeeachufets in 

 the east. The cultivfttors report that the large and choice sorts 

 of Cherries rot on the trees. 



A FEW years since if any one had foretold that a good 



Pine Apple would be sold in London for 2s., and that a large 

 slice would be sold by costermongers for a penny, he would have 

 been laupbed at ns a visionary. Now, however, the lessons of 

 acclimatisation, aud the rapidity of steam vescels, have enabled 

 Manooes to be sold by onr fruiterers. They are raised in 

 Madeira, but are not of the best variety. There ar©two superior 

 kinds in India, the Small Scarlet and the Malda. the last named 

 having a green outer skin. We were amused the other day at 

 seeing a gentleman attempting to eat one as he would an ;iu- 

 peeled Apple. The proper mode is to remove a part of the 

 outer skin, and scoop out the pulp with a spoon. If the first 

 Mango tasted is well flavoured, the taster will continue to like 

 the fruit; but if the lirst has a tnrpentiney flavour, he will 

 never incline to partake of another. 



BEcmtK HAr.Dv Peap.. — This grand Pear, grand in habit 



as in fruit, bears well in Scotland. A specimen has been sent 

 to me from near Kelso, where it flourishes as a standard, atd 

 is very hardy. It forms a macniecint pyramid, and ought to 

 be planted by the acre. This Pear has been named after Mods. 

 Bardy, formeily of the Luxembourg, a clever pomologist, and 

 English-like in' his kind modest bearing.— T. E, 



KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



NOVEMEEE 16th. 



Fr.riT CoMMiTTF.E. — G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.E.S., in the chair. 

 Messrs. Lane &: Son, of Berkhampstead, sent three enormous bimches 

 «f Muscat of Alexnnilria Grapes, which had hung since they were ripe 

 in July. The berries were plump and the flavour excellent, though 

 the Muscat flavour was somewhat i^one. A special certificate was 

 awarded to them. They also exhibited three handsome bunches of 

 Alicante of large size. Mr. T. Wattam, gardenerto T. Longman. Esq., 

 Shendish, Hemel Hempstead, sent three very large bunches of Ali- 

 cante, well tn*own and well coloured, which received a special certiti- 

 cate. Mr. Whibley, Mount Pisguh, Shetiield, sent a hnnch of Trebbiano 

 and of Chaouch prown in a cool house. Mr. Melville, of Dalmeny 

 Park, sent a small portion of his seedling Perfumed Muscat Grape. 

 The portion sent was too small for the Committee to form any opinion 

 about the size or form of the bunch, Imt the flavour of the few berries 

 exhibited was very rich and perfumed. Mr. Melville was requested to 

 send a perfect bnnch. Mr. II. Fenn, of the Ef.^tory, "Woodstock, sent 

 samples of Espirau Grap^ gi'own against the wall of a dwellint^-honse 

 and some from a small vinery, to show the crop from which he had 

 made 342 gallons of wine this season Mr. Wells, of Soathend. sent 

 six bunches of Fraukenthal Grapes grown in ground vineries. They 

 ■were large, and thickly set with well formed highly coloured bernes. 

 They were awarded a special certificate. 



Mi. Fowle, gardener to Sir Henry Mildmay, DoErmersfield. sent a 

 basket of large, handsome, and very beautiful Pitmaston Dnchesse 

 d'Angoult me Pears, which were awarded a special certificate. Mr. H. 

 Moore, of the Gardens, Bradley Green, near Congleton, sent fruit of a 

 seedling Pear, which was thought very highly of by the Committee, 

 but as the fruit was rather too ripe the Committee were desirous of 

 seeing it again. Mr. G. F. 'Wil.'son brought a dish of Triomphe de 

 Jodoigne grown on a pot tree. The fruit were large and handsome. 

 but the flavour was not yet developed, being rather unripe. From the 

 Society's garden came fruit of Beurrc dn Cercle, Doyenne dn Cornice. 

 the latter most delicious. Col. Le Couteur, of Jersey, sent dishes of 

 Nonveau Poiteau, Soldat Laboreur, and Crasanne. 



Messrs. James Carter S: Co., sent leaves of Celery attacked by a 

 disease which proved to be produced by the Puccinia apii. Mr. 

 Charles Turner, of Slough, sent a new Kidney Potato called Beacons- 

 field, of great excellence. TUo tnbers were cooked, and the Com- 

 mittee nnanimonsly awarded a first-class certificate. Mr. Ingram, 

 gardener to the Dnke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, sent a collection of 

 fine large Potatoes, consisting of Dalmahoy, Hound Regent, Paterson's 

 Victoria. Scotch Bine, Long Regent, and Paterson's Economist. The 

 Committee awarded them a special certificate. Mr. Samnel Horley 

 sent a few sticks of Horiey'a Conqueror Celery, but they were not of 

 sufficient merit to obtain special recommendation. Mr. Lidgard sent 

 a stick of Manchtster Solid Kt-d Celery, large, thirk, and very solid, 

 which was highly commended. Ocean Pride is a dwarfer variety than 

 the preceding, but not so good in quality, being more of the flavour of 

 Mr. Horley's. Seedling Pink is also a dwarf variety of Red, bnt in- 

 ferior in flavour. Horley's Conqueror was also exhibited by Mr. Lid- 

 gard, well-grown, bnt it was mneh less close and much inferior in 

 flavour to the Manchester Red Solid, which the Committee considered 

 the finest -flavoured of any. Mr. Lidgard was awarded a special cer- 

 tiflcate. 



Mr. Shepherd, f^trdenerto P. Nortfaall Laurie, K«q.. Paxhill Park* 



Sussex, sent a di^h of very handsome fruit of Oalvilh* Blanche Apple, 

 grown in the open air, to which a Bpecinl rcrtifiratc was a'^arded. 

 Mr. Carmichael, of Snndriugbam, Sfiit u nt-at liltle plant, thickly 

 covered with sm;ill. conical, yellow fruit, of n fct-cdlint? Cnpjiicum. It 

 is eridcntly a hoedling from the West Indian variety called the Scotch 

 Bonnet, has tho same fluvonr, bat the plant i^^ dwarfer and woold bo 

 very useful for decoration. Messre. Hardt & Sou s«nt a dinh of Bed- 

 fordshire Champion Ouiou, which was couuidcrcd au ordinary iamplo 

 of Globe Onion. 



Mr. Dancer, of Little Sutton, exhibited a large number of cobs of 

 Indian Com. grmvu by Mr. ScarveU, of LittUhampton, Susfitx, and 

 also by himself. Mr. ScarveU lias grown thih variety for twenty years, 

 and ripens it every year. Mr. Dancer bus grown it for two years, and 

 has always found it ripened well. \Vilh such a variety a.s this, the 

 cobs of which are equal to any wc have seen in)|>ort<d from America, 

 there is no reason why Indian Com may not la- grown as a fitld crop 

 in the warmer soils iiud "arly situations iu Kn^luud. It may not be 

 generally known th.it the London Omnibus Company, fiince they began 

 to feed their horst-s on Indian Corn, arc saving some thnusands of 

 pounds annually. \Vc hope yet to Bee this variety of Maize become 

 more generally crown. 



Messrs. E. (,i. Henderson it' Son sent fruit of ^lacadamia temi- 

 folia, which was pronounced to be one of the tiuest-llavoured nats. 

 This is a new introduction by Messrs. Heuderiou. The tree is half- 

 hardy, requiring the ]>rotcction of an orchard honse. The nut is the 

 size of those of the Nortlt American Wuluuts, aud much of the same 

 shape, and contains a large soUd-lleshod kernel of very rich and t\' 

 cellent flavour. 



The Onions exhibited by Col. Le Contcur at the last meeting were 

 cooked and submitted to this meeting, when a special certificate was 

 awarded. Mr. Lovegrove, of Maidenhead, sent two bottles of home* 

 made wine made from Black Hamburgh Grapes grown in the open air. 

 They were both sparkling and of a pink tinge, and were both good 

 sound wines, neither too sweet nor at all acid, and were considered 

 most successful examples of a really wholesome aud excellent wine 

 from home-grown frnit. They were awarded a special certificate. 



Capt. J. R. Brookes sent a large Gourd growu by the boys at Fel- 

 tham Industrial Schools, weighing Vli{ lbs. It was awarded a special 

 certificate. M. E. Treeve, Esq.. exhibited a large Gourd grown in a 

 small back garden iu Edwardcs Square, Kensington, which weighed 

 tiO lbs. 



Floral Co:ir-iiTTEE. — Rev. J. Dix in the chair. Mr. Perkins, ol 

 Lymington, sent two seedling Primula sinensis with double llowers, 

 young plants of Fire King Tricolor Pelargonium, and cut flowers of 

 Prince of Orange Picoteo. Messrs. Voitch sent a fine collection of 

 Orchids, among them a remarkably fine specimen of Oncidion 

 Rogersii, which had previously received a first-class certificate ; Ond- 

 dinm eurantheum. with bright yellow tiowers, which was awarded a 

 first-class certificate ; Cycnoches musciferum. Miltonia Moreliana, 

 Thrinnxelegans, and Primula sinenj^is variegata. A special certificate 

 was awarded for tho group. Mr. Bull sent Litobrochia nmbellata, 

 which received a first- class certificate; this very fine Fern had pre- 

 viously received a second-class certificate. Mr. Bull also sent Dick- 

 sonia Youngii (squarrosa ?) : Dracivna GuUfoyiei, a promising plant, 

 which it was requested should be shown again ; and Oncidium rani- 

 fernm. The collection of plants received a special certificate. Mr. 

 Rowe, gardener to Mrs Ijcwis, Roehamptou, sent six Primula sinensis, 

 too early for their merits to bo decided on. 



Messrs. Dowuie, Laird, tt Laing exhibited a collection of Zonal 

 Pelargoniums, for which a special certificate was awarded. This is 

 not the season to form any just idea of this class of plants with regard 

 to colour. A'c. — a special certificate was awarded. Messrs. Lee, of 

 Hammersmith, sent Laurns camellia-folins. a very bad-foliaged Lanrel. 

 Mr. Linden, of Brussels, exhibited a small collection of Orchids. 

 Maxillaria splendens, very much Uke a Lyeaste. received a first-class 

 certificate. He had also Stenia fimbriata. and others. A first-class 

 was awarded. Mr. Green, gardener to \V. ^\'ilson Sannders, Es^., had 

 a Myrsiphyllum, and Siphocampylns fnlg^ns (Humboldtii ?). which 

 received a first-class certificate. Mr. Jacques, gardener to P. Cnn- 

 liffe, Esq., Croydon, sent a species of Sarcanthus. Mr. Williams con- 

 tributed a collection of beautiful Orchids, and received a special 

 certificate. Among them were Maxillaria nigrescens. Oncidinm 

 xanthodon, and Musdevallia Candida, Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. 

 Marshall, Esq.. sent a beautiful specimen of Sarcanthus bigibbns, 

 which was awarded a first-class certificate. Mr. Turner, of Slough, 

 sent Tropipolum Ochroleucnm, still maintaining its good character, and 

 Tricolor Pelargonium Mrs. Hally. ilajor R. Trevor Clarke sent two 

 hybrid Pelargonioms, which were generally thought to be in a rctfO" 

 grade position. 



Dahlia imperialis. from Chiswick, was worthily awarded a firsl-clftss 

 certific.ito. Branches of this superb plant were exhibited iu pots, and 

 were generally admired. Messrs. Henderson sent eight Japanese 

 Chrysanthemums, and Mcisrs. Salter a seedling Japanese Chrysan- 

 themnm The Saltan, a noble deep rose flower, which was awarded a 

 first-class certificate. 



On this occasion prizes were offered by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., 

 for the best collection of winter bedding plants in pots or boxes. 

 There was only one roUectiou shown, that from Messrs. Standish and 

 Co., of the Royal Nurseries, Ascot, who took the first prize. Their 



