May 20, 1875. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDEN HIR. 



389 



I was troubled a little with green fly, I (my garclener) always 

 have fntaigated before the trees came into bloom, whether 

 there waa any appearance of fly or not — I may say when there 

 wa3 no appearance — and have never Buffered from it for many 

 years. I select a calm evening and fumigate a second time, or 

 the second or third sncceeding evening. — A TniHTEEN-vEAKS 



SUBSCBIBEB. 



MANCHESTER HORTICULTUEAL EXHIBITION. 



While in the metropolis horticulture seems to be in a mori- 

 bund condition, and everything at what ought to be its head 

 quarters seems to be in hopeless confusion, it is a happy 

 thing that in the provinces all seems reversed. The great 

 provincial shows of the north of England at any rate show no 

 diminution of interest or lack of support ; nay, rather increased 

 vigour seems to be the rule with them. No greater contrast 

 could possibly be afforded than that which I was witness to 

 at South Kensington on Wednesday last and Manchester on 

 Friday. As one looked into that miserable arcade and saw 

 not an exhibition of pot Roses or Azaleas as announced, but a 

 wretched lot of things occupying about one-half of one arcade, 

 and heard exasperated visitors asking, " Where is the show of 

 pot Roses ? " the only redeeming point being the herbaceous 

 plants ; and then looked down that grand tent at Manchester 

 filled with examples of skill which have never been surpassed, 

 or saw the banks of Orchids and stove and greenhouse plants in 

 the great conservatory, and then caught a glimpse of the long 

 lines of carriages waiting outside the gates, one could not help 

 {as more than one person observed afterwards) being reminded 

 of the long-past glories of the Cbiswick Shows. The weather 

 was lovely beyond all precedent for a Manchester Whitsuntide. 

 For the last eight years the opening day has been ushered in 

 with rain, but on Friday last we were in July with a soft balmy 

 air and a brilliant sun, the gardens fresh in the loveUness of early 

 spring, and everything " couleur de rose." 



The interest of the prize list is not so great, of course, to those 

 who live at a distance as to those who are closer at hand, but 

 when I say that amongst amateurs Dr. Ainsworth, Mr. Wrigley, 

 Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Stevenson, &c. ; and amongst nursery- 

 men Messrs. Paul & Son of Cheshunt, Mr. Turner of Slough, 

 Mr. Williams of HoUoway, Mr. Standish of Bagshot, Messrs. 

 Bollisson of Tooting, Mr. Jackman of Woking, came into com- 

 petition with the Messrs. Coles, Mr. Rylance, Mr. Cypher, the 

 Messrs. Yates, and others who may be looked upon as local 

 exhibitors, those at a distance will readily believe that there 

 was an abundance of good material to make up a grand show. 



Fierce was the competition for the premier prize for pot 

 Boses (£2.5), carried off after close grappling by Mr. Charles 

 Turner of Slough, Messrs. Paul & Son taking second place. We 

 may, perhaps, have seen as fine specimens in Loudon, notably 

 last year at South Kensington, but Manchester never saw such 

 pot Roses, and these two great growers certainly never excelled 

 the plants exhibited. Mr. Turner had grand examples of Celine 

 Forestier, Souvenir d'un Ami, Victor Verdier, Paul Perras, Beauty 

 of Waltham, and Charles Lawsou ; while in the Messrs. Paul's 

 collection the following were especially grand ; — Victor Verdier, 

 Camille Beruardin, Horace Veruet, Souvenir d'uu Ami, Princess 

 Mary of Cambridge, and Madame Victor Verdier. In the col- 

 lection for twenty Roses in 8-inch pots the order was reversed, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son being placed first, and Mr. Turner second. And 

 here let me say, that in the opinion of some of the best rosarians 

 in the kingdom the most beautiful Rose in the two collections 

 was (hear ye that, Messrs. Camm and others, who rated me for 

 praising it last year!), Madame Laoharme. I shall watch with 

 interest how she behaves later on, but as a pot Rose she is a 

 long way ahead of all the white Roses we have. 



But grand as these large Roses were as examples of cultural 

 skill, I do not think that they bore in this respect any com- 

 parison with the exotic Ferns, more especially the Gleichenias 

 exhibited by that enthusiastic grower Mr. Shuttleworth of 

 Preston. One has been accustomed to see the Gleichenias as 

 exhibited by Mr. Baines, Mr. Williams, and others, but such 

 examples were never shown as those in Mr. Shuttleworth's col- 

 lection to-day. The collection of eight comprised Gleichenia 

 speluncffl, rupestris, aud flibellata; Cyathea medullaris, Dregei, 

 and princeps, Davallia ele^^ans, aud Leucostegia immersa. Nor 

 were his collections of Adiautums less meritorious, consisting 

 of Farleyense, cuneatum, aesimile, tenerum, formosum, and a 

 most striking form of Adiantum capillus- Veneris raised by his 

 sister-in-law, and called after her, Dawsoni. The pinnae were 

 very large, and altogether the plant very remarkable. Mr. 

 Wrigley had also a fine collection of exotic Ferns. 



Two collections of Clematises were exhibited by Messrs. 

 Standish and Jackman, the latter being one of great beauty. It 

 comprised Countess of Loudoun, ruhella, velutina purpurea, 

 lanuginosa Candida, Thomas Moore, Jaokmanni, Mrs. J. Bate- 

 man, Alexandra, and several seedlings. Rhododendrons were 

 finely exhibited by Mr. Standish and Messrs. Yates, some of 

 very fine qualify being staged by the former gentleman ; aud 



somo very nice collections of herbaceous plants came from 

 Messrs. Eollisson of Tooting, and Mr. Yates of Sale. 



The Azaleas were, some of them at least, very fine, although 

 the backwardness of the season had hindered many of them 

 from being sufficiently in bloom, but the collection shown by 

 Mr. Turner of Slough, of twenty varieties in small pots, was 

 exceedingly beautiful. The plants «were small but symmetrical, 

 and completely covered with bloom, and amongst them were the 

 following kinds: — Madame Alex. Hardy, Ducheese de Nassau, 

 Prince Albert, Apollo, a truly grand flower; Flag of Truce, 

 Reine des fleurs, Stella, Mademoiselle Marie Van Houtte, Due 

 de Nassau, aud Eugene Mazel. The BelRian varieties evidently 

 both for size aud colour are beating our English-raised varieties 

 out of the field. 



The Pelargoniums, Calceolarias, Gloxinias, &c., call for no 

 special remark ; indeed they were the weak point of the Show, 

 aud, except the collections exhibited by Mr. Rylance, were not 

 possessed of any merit. Having indicated the most remarkable 

 productions in the large tent, I now pass on to notice the great 

 wealth of beauty and rarity contained in the great conservatory. 



Certainly those who want to see exhibitions of Orchids must 

 now go to Manchester, for nowhere do we find collected together 

 such exhibitions as at this Whitsuntide Show. Dr. Ainsworth, 

 Mr. O. Wrigley, Mr. Broome, Mr. Leech, Mr. Taylor amongst 

 amateurs ; and Mr. Williams of HoUoway, Mr. Yates, and Messrs. 

 RoUisson, nurserymen, all contributing grand collections and 

 specimens. Amongst those sent by Mr. Wrigley were grand 

 masses of Masdevallias, such as I have nowhere else seen, com- 

 prising Liudeni, Harryana, ignea, ignea gigantea — these weird- 

 looking Orchids were unknown to growers in those long-past 

 days of Cbiswick. He had also Odontoglossum RoezU and Roezli 

 purpurea, rare and beautiful, the lovely O. vexillarium in fine 

 health, Sacoolabium ampuUaceum, &c. In Dr. Ainsworth's col- 

 lection I noticed grand plants of Vanda suavis, Phalsenopsis 

 grandiflora, and Phalienopsis grandifloraaureawith more intense 

 golden lip, the rare and beautiful Dendrobium Wardianum, the 

 yellow Angnloa Clowesii, Oncidium sphacelatum (a grand mass), 

 Odontoglossum Alexandra, Lrolia purpurata, and Cattleya 

 MossiiB. Mr. Broome had fine plants of Dendrobium Sensoniai, 

 Cattleya Mendeli (very beautiful), Phalaeuopsis Liiddemaniana. 

 Amongst Mr. Williams's plants were fine examples of Oncidium 

 luteo-purpureum, Cypripedium caudatum and villosum, Aerides 

 Veitchii and Fieldingi, and Dendrobium densiflorum. 



The collections of stove and greenhouse plants shown by 

 Messrs. Cole <t Son, Mr. Rollisson of Tooting, Mr. Cypher, Mr. 

 Shuttleworth, Mr. Stevenson, and Mr. Samson, were all that 

 could be wished for; Messrs. Cole & Son taking, as they ever 

 do, the foremost place. Amongst their plants were grand speci- 

 mens of Azaleas Conqueror, Iveryana, aud Due de Nassau; 

 Pimelea mirabilis, Cycas revoluta, Cocos Weddelliana, Statice 

 profusa, Anthurium Soherzeriauum, Clerodeudron l3alfonri, 

 Geuetyllis talipifera. Erica Cavendishii, Epacris grandiflora, and 

 Bougaiuvillea glabra. 



One never sees anywhere such collections of boxes of cut 

 blooms as at Manchester, nor such tastefully arranged bouquets. 

 Messrs. Cole exhibited in the former class a very beautiful box 

 containing Phaius Wallichii, Musa cocciuea (most brilliant), 

 Ixora coccinea, Cypripedium caudatum, Ixora princeps, Cat- 

 tleya Mossias, Erica ampullacea obbata, Aphelexis macrantha 

 purpurea, and other choice blooms. The bouquets exhibited by 

 Mr. Cypher of Cheltenham, Messrs. Turner of Liverpool, and 

 Mr. Rylance were very good — indeed I question very much 

 whether we ever see in London flowers so tastefully arranged. 



Besides the exhibits in the tent and conservatory, of which 

 we have recorded the most remarkable features, the ground 

 outside was filled with greenhouses, boilers, and various con- 

 trivances connected with horticulture, iucluding samples even 

 of peat, &o , exhibited by Mr. Bpps of Lewisbam, worthy, 

 indeed, of the attention of Manchester, where so much is used 

 for Orchid-growing. There was also one tent devoted to what 

 we call art in connection with horticulture, containing some of 

 the very choicest productions of English and foreign manu- 

 facture in glass and china for all matters pertaining to fruit and 

 flowers. Here were vases and cachepots from Leucojes, the 

 royal factories at Berlin and Dresden ; majolica dishes from 

 Minton; vases, jardinieres, &c., from Worcester, and some of the 

 choicest and as yet unsurpassed glass from Webb of Stourbridge. 

 Many of these were filled with some of the most beautiful imi- 

 tations of flowers from some of the most eminent French arti- 

 ficial flower manufacturers, which might deceive even ex- 

 perienced growers. 



Manchester is never behindhand on these occasions in the 

 hospitality she shows to those who are resolved to assist as 

 judges and exhibitors, and as usual there was a dinner at the 

 " Old Traffjrd Hotel." 



Mr. Leo. H. Grindon, in proposing the health of the exhibitors, 



said that the present was one of the grandest shows that had 



ever been held in Manchester. There were more good plants 



exhibited that day, taking the total, than they ever had before. 



Mr. T. M. Shuttleworth of Preston, whose name was associated 



