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JOURNAL OP HORTIOULTURa AND COTTAQE GABDENBB. 



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the friends who met ns the other day, some for the first time, 

 will tliink one line from Tennyson may describe us well — 

 " Bark, and troe, and tender la the north." 



ADRICHLAS. 



Class A. Six dissimilar. — 1st, Rev. F. D. Hnruei:, Kirkby Slalzeard, Ripon, 

 with Prince of Greene, t-miling Beauty, George Lightbndy, Complete, Regular, 

 Pizarro. 2nd, Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slonwh, with R. Trail, 

 Alderman WiBboy, Colonel Champneys. George Lightbody, Cy^et, Charles 

 Perry. 8rd, H. Wilson, Halifax, with Colonel Taylor, Iinpera'or. Favourite, 

 George Lightbody, Pizarro. Othello. 4th, S. Cooper, Timperley, with Iiuperator. 

 Jjovely Ann, Ann Smith, JohuWaterston, Mrs. Hturrock, Parker's Metropolitau, 



Class B. Four dissimilar.— IbI, C. Royds, Rochdale, with Imperator, 

 Smiling Beauty, Conqueror of Europe, Mrs. Lancaster. 2tid, Rev. F. D. Hor- 

 ner, with Smiling Beauty, George Lightbody, Bolivar, Mrs. Sturrock. 8rd, 

 S. Cooper, with Imperator, Taylor's Glury, Conqueror, Pizarro. 4th, Charles 

 Tomer, Alderman Wisbey, Privateer, Arabella, Blackbird. 



Class G. Dissimilar Pairs.— Ut, G. Royds. with Impprator, Mrs. Lan- 

 caster 2nd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Prince of Wales, George Lerrick. 8rd, 

 E. Elliott, Rochdale, with George Lightbody, Pizarro. 4th, R. Lord, Tod- 

 morden, with Colonel Taylor, Pizarro. 



Qreen edges, single plants. — Premiam, R. Lord, with Colonel Taylor ; 1st, 

 Rev. F. D. Horner, with Colonel Taylor; 2Dd, B. Lord, with Imperator; 3rd, 

 Rev. F. D. Horner, with Lady Wilbraham; 4th, Rev. F. D. Horner, with 

 ApoUotBeeston'sl; 5th, C. Rojds, with Lovely Anu; 6th, R. Lord, with Trail's 

 Anna; 7th. Charles Turner, with Hertfordshire Hero; 8tb, C. Royds, with 

 Prince of Wa'es. 



Orey edges, single plants. — Premium, Rev. F. D. Homer, with Kay's Meikle- 

 john ; 1st, Rev. F. D. Horner, with George Lightbody; 2nd, Rev. F. D. 

 Horner, with Complete ; .Srd, R. Lord, with Charles Brown; 4th. S. Cooper, 

 with R. Trail; 6lh, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Kay's Meiklejohn; 6lh, J. Row- 

 land, Prestwich, witii Alma; 7th, — Mellor, AshtoQ, with Conqueror; 8th, 

 Eev. F. D. Horuer, with Ne Pins Ultra. 



White edges, single plants. — Premium, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Catharina ; 

 let, E. EUiutt, with Calharina; 2nd, C. Turner, with Omega; Srd, H. Wilson, 

 with Smiling Beautv ; 4'h, C. Turner, with R. Headley; 5th, R Lord, with 

 Bright Venus ; 6th, R. Lord, with True Briton ; 7th, E. Elliott, with B. Trail ; 

 8th, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Taylor's Glory. 



Selfs, single plants. — Premium, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Othello ; -Ist, R. 

 Lord, with Pizarro ; 2nd, C. Turner, with C. Perry; Srd, B. Gorton, Eccles, 

 with Topsy; 4th, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Lord Lome; 5th, H. Wilson, with 

 Garibaldi; 6th, H. Wilson, with True Blue; 7th, J. Rowland, with Lord 

 Clyde; 8th, R. Lord, with Meteor Flag. 



Best Green edge in the Exhibition. — R. Lord, with Colonel Taylor. 



Best Orey edge in the Exhibition. — Rev. F. D. Homer, with Kay's Meikle- 

 john. 



POLYANTHU'. 



Pairs dissimilar.— let, J. Rowland, with Lord Lincoln and ElUe; 2nd, T. 

 Mellor, wiih Cheshire Favourite and Exile. 



Single Plants. — Premium, J. Rowlaud, with Cheshire Favourite; 1st, D. 

 Jackson, Middleton, with Lincoln Seedling; 2nd, — Mellor, with George IV. ; 

 Srd, Rev. F. D. Homer, with a seedling; 4th, J. Rowland, with Exile; 

 5th, J.Walker, Sheffield, with a seedling; 6ih, — Jackson; 7th, E. Lord, 

 with Cheshire Favonrite; 8th, T. Mellor, with Exile. 

 ALPINE AURICULAS. 



Yellow Centres. — Premium, C. Turner, with Ees^eRay; Ist, S. Cooper, 

 WithNimrod; '2nd, S. Cooper with Ovid; Srd, R Gorton, with Alice; 4th, B. 

 Gorton, with Diamond ; 5th, R. Gorton, with Dolly Varden ; 6th, C. Turner, 

 with Bronze Queen; 7th, R. Gorton, with John Leech; 8th, C. Turner, with 

 Evening Star. 



White Centres. — Premium, R. Gorton, with Mauve Queen ; 1st, S. Cooper, 

 with George Lightbody; 2nd, B. Gorton, with Miss Beed; 3rd, R. Gorton, 

 with Beatrice 4th, C. Turner, withCastaha; 5tb, R. Gorton, with Purple 

 Emperor; 6th, B. Gorton, with Consolation; 7th, J. Wild, Middleton ; 8th, E. 

 Gorton, with George Lightbody. 



— F. D. HoBNEE, Kirkby Maheard, Bipon. 



FORTUNE'S YELLOW EOSE. 

 We have received from Mr. J. Muir Dowie a " few buds" — 

 really attractive button-hole flowers — of Fortune's yellow Rose. 

 This Rose was introduced from China by Mr. Fortune in 181.5. 

 It was not issued with a flourish of trumpets, but, on the con- 

 trary, it was somewhat disparaged as a shy-blooming Tea Rose 

 of weak constitution. That it is not shy-blooming is evident, 

 and as to its delicacy it has lived thirty years without excep- 

 tional nursing. In reality it is a good, free, and attractive 

 Rose ; but to see it to advantage it should be grown on the 

 roof of a greenhouse or conservatory, where its pendent blooms 

 are conspicuously beautiful. The colour is a rich coppery buff ; 

 buds elongated ; foliage very bright, abundant, and almost 

 evergreen. As a roof-coveriug plant it is very recommendable, 

 and is in a fair degree hardy as a wall Rose in the open air. 

 We are glad Mr. Dowie has directed attention to this too-mnoh- 

 negleoted Rose, which he evidently grows so well. 



AUBICULA.S AT THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 



As Secretary of the Metropolitan Floral Society it is my duty 

 to say a few words as to our little exhibition of these lovely 

 spring flowers, and I only wish that I couid speak more encou- 

 ragingly of the increase of interest in them than I am enabled 

 to do. Why is it that in the south we cannot induce persons to 

 grow them ? Mr. Ball, Mr. Charles Turner's able and intelligent 

 foreman, who has grown his Auriculas for so many years, had 

 been the day before at Manchester, and there had seen such an 

 array of plants that it quite dazed him, exhibitors coming forward 

 by scores, and hundreds of plants staged; and yet in all the 



south there are but four of us who can come forward, and one of 

 these, Mr. Douglas, who has now taken a foremost place, had 

 never been a grower had it not been for the encouragement 

 given to the flower by our Society. However, let ns take courage. 

 We may by persistence induce others to grow them, especially 

 if we can disabuse their minds of their being a dilBculty in 

 growing them. 



The present season has been a disappointing one to some of 

 us here in the south. My plants were not in bloom : probably 

 I might have had them in by giving them greenhouse treatment, 

 but the date was late, and I thought surely they would have 

 been in. But of all my Richard Headlys I had but one in flower, 

 no George Lightbodys, Smiling Beauty, Glorys, Lancashire 

 Heroes, so that I could show but indifferently. Mr. Turner 

 and Mr. James complained of the same, and Mr. Douglas had 

 his forward by putting Ihem into his greenhouse. His plants 

 were wonderful for their vigour and size of truss, but in my 

 judgment they lacked a good deal of that refinement which is 

 one of the charms of the Auricula, and a thorough Auricula 

 fancier would have said in most of them that there was too much 

 body colour. Owing to the lateness of the season there was not 

 the chance of seeing so many varieties as might otherwise have 

 been the case, but the following were noticeable : — Alderman 

 Wisbey in Mr. Turner's collection was a very fine green edge, as 

 was also Admiral Napier in Mr. Douglas's, of which he had a plant 

 in splendid condition. Amongst grey edges Col. Champueys, 

 which was in each collection, was remarkable for the brilliancy 

 of its colour and also for its remarkably fine habit. Alder- 

 man Charles Brown was very good, while a plant of Chapman's 

 Maria in Mr. Douglas's group was remarkable for the grandeur 

 of its truss and the unique brilliancy of its ground colour ; and 

 " though I says it as oughtn't to," the plant of Richard Headly 

 with which I took first in class-showing was generally acknow- 

 ledged to be a " real beauty." In white edges there was nothing 

 very noticeable. Neither Taylor's Glory nor Heap's Smiling 

 Beauty, perhaps the two best white edges we have, were shown. 

 Smith's Ne Plus Ultra was good. In selfs Lightbody's Lord 

 Clyde, Campbell's Pizarro, and Martin's Mrs. Sturrock were 

 well shown. Charles J. Perry is a very beautiful blue flower, 

 but it is rather thin in substance but good in habit. Mnster 

 Hole was also a very neat and well-formed flower. I hope that 

 some other growers will come forward and restore the Auricula 

 to the place it used to hold in and about the metropolis. 



The prizes were awarded as follows : — Twelve Auriculas (open), 

 first, Mr. Charles Turner; second, Mr. J. Douglas; third, Mr. J. 

 James ; extra. Rev. H. H. Dombrain. Six Auriculas (amateurs), 

 first, Mr. J. IJouglas; second, Mr. James; third, Rev. H. H. 

 Dombrain. One green edge (open), first, Mr. Turner; second, 

 Mr. Douglas. One grey edge (open), first, Rev. H. H. Dom- 

 brain ; second, Mr. James; third, Mr. Douglas. One white 

 edge (open), first, Mr. James ; second, Mr. Turner ; third, Mr, 

 Douglas. One self (open), first, Mr. Turner; second, Mr. 

 Douglas ; third, Mr. James. Twtlve Alpines (open), first, Mr. 

 Turner ; second, Mr. James ; third, Mr. Douglas.— D., Deal. 



NOVELTIES IN THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 



DENDKOBinir LiNGUSFOKME is a curious and interesting 

 species ; and it matters little whether it is considered as an 

 object of curiosity on account of its leaves or of beauty on 

 account of the flowers, since in either case it is worth culti- 

 vation in the choicest collection. The flowers are pure white, 

 with narrow sepals and petals. It was first found by Sir 

 Joseph Banks in the Pacific Islands during the celebrated 

 voyage of Captain Cook ; subsequently it was collected at Port 

 Jackson, and more recently has been sent to this country from 

 Moreton Bay. It requires a cool house, and does best on a 

 block. 



Of no less beauty, but of different type, we may mention 

 Angrfficum, or, as it is sometimes called, Limodorum falcatum. 

 It forms a email tuft of narrow and rigid dark green leaves 

 intermingled with about a dozen pure white flowers, in general 

 appearance the exact diminutives of A. sesquipedale. It does 

 well on a block, and seems to be of free-flowering habit. It is 

 a native of China and Japan. 



Onoidium sarcodes is very showy with large finely marked 

 flowers. It is somewhat rare, and is often done duty for by 

 0. pubes. They are quite distinct iu flower, and the latter is 

 much the inferior. Among others in passing we may remark 

 Odontoglossum gloriosum, 0. luteo-purpureum, Cypripedium 

 niveum, Oncidium bifolium, Dendrobium Farmeri, and Tri- 

 chopilia suavis. 



In the Cape house a very rare and remarkable plant is in 

 flower. From the leaves at a first glance it would seem to be 

 a Cyclamen, but underneath are flowers that indicate a totally 

 different affinity. This is Heterotropa asaroides, belonging to 

 the Aristolochia family, and closely allied to Asarum, with 



