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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



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Mr. Morss, Epsom, staged also large, compact, and healthy 

 plants, a Rhyucospermum and Clerodendron being very good. 

 Messrs. Jackson & Sons had a superior group. Azalea Duchesse 

 de Nassau and a Bougainvillea being the most noticeable. 



In the Henth classes were some very fine plants, but several 

 also somewhat loose. For six plants (amateurs) Mr. Ward staged 

 plants not large, but bearing the impress of good culture. Mr. 

 Wheeler's plants varying in size and merit, but not calling for 

 special comment. In the corresponding (nurserymen's) class 

 Messrs. Jackson & Sons, Kingston, had an irregular but well- 

 bloomed collection, B. Nelsouii being fully 6 feet over. Mr. 

 Morse, Epsom, also exhibited a collection which contained some 

 well-grown specimens. In the class for nine plants (open), 

 Messrs. Jackson & Sons, Kingston, again staged large but rather 

 loose plants, yet fairly good ; Mr. Wheeler also competing with 

 a very nice group of considerable merit. 



In the classes for Ferns many good plants were exhibited. In 

 the amateurs' class for six Mr. Donald, gardener to G. P. Barclay, 

 Esq., Leyton, had the largest plants. Mr. Ritchie, gardener to 

 E. H. Prance, Eaq , Hampstead, staged excellently grown plants, 

 Davallia Moreana being 7 to 8 feet over and very floe. He had 

 also a good Cyathea, Dicksonia, &c. Mr. Sheen, gardener to 

 E. Brooke, Esq , Highgate, and Mr. Child had remarkably good 

 groups, Adiantum farleyense being very fine in these collections. 

 Mr. Carr, gardener to G. P. Hinds, Esq., also staged fresh, 

 healthy, half-grown specimens in good condition. In the nur- 

 serymen's class Mr. Williams had large Alsophilas, a Dicksonia, 

 two capital Gleichenias, and a nice Adiantum farleyense. This 

 was a fresh healthy group. 



In the classes for fine-foliage plants valuable groups were 

 exhibited. A bright and beautiful collection, but not the largest 

 plants, were staged by Mr. Legge, gardener to S. Ralli, Esq., 

 Clapham Park. His Crotons Weismanni and interruptum were 

 in fine colour, Alocasias were capitally grown, and the whole 

 group in the first order of health. Mr. Donald staged large and 

 really good plants of Cycas circinalis, a Pandanus, Crotons, an 

 Alocasia, and Chamajrops humilis. Mr. Strahan, gardener to 

 P. Crowley, Esq , Croy.lon, had also glossy plants of great ex- 

 cellence. Mr. Carr, Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Child, Mr. Toms, and Mr. 

 Wheeler also exhibited highly creditable collections. In the 

 nurserymen's class Mi-. B. S. Williams staged a fine Pandanus 

 Veitchii, two Crotons, two Palms, and a very good Gleichenia. 



The Orchid bank was one of finest of recent years. In the 

 amateurs' class for twelve plants Mr. Ward, Mr. Wheeler, and 

 Mr. Heims competed with not large but clean healthy plants of 

 the well-known popular kinds. In the corresponding nursery- 

 men's class Mr. B. S. Williams had a group of great excellence, 

 and Messrs. Jackson & Sons also staged an excellent group. The 

 principal plants have been previously enumerated, and it must 

 Buflnoe to say they were in the first order of health, and in 

 brUliant condition. 



In the class for six plants (open), Mr. Denning, Mr. Ward, and 

 Mr. Williams exhibited grand collections in the richest state of 

 bloom. Mr. Morse and Mr. Ritchie also staged capital plants. 

 Mr. Denning also exhibited six plants in the miscellaneous 

 class, the spikes of bloom of Odontoglossum coronarium and 

 Aerides maculatum being the most noticeable. 



Roses were not numerous. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 

 exhibited large plants, amongst which Camille Beruardin, Juno, 

 and CCline Forestier were the most effective ; also a remarkably 

 well-grown collection in 8-inch pots. This firm also exhibited 

 cut blooms of a new Rose named, in commemoration of His 

 Majesty's visit to the Show, the Sultan of Zanzibar. This is an 

 English seedling, with velvety petals of extraordinary richness ; 

 it is not sweetly scented. Messrs. Veitch also sent a handsome 

 group of Roses in pots, small plants, with several boxes of 

 cut blooms. Mr. Turner also exhibited cut blooms of great 

 merit. 



Pelargoniams made a grand display. For nine show varieties 

 in 8-inch pots (open), the largest were from Mr. Ward ; his 

 plants were 3 to 5 feet across. Smaller plants, but with larger 

 and better blooms, came from Mr. James. Messrs. Dobson and 

 Sons had a nice even lot. In this class Mr. Turner, however, 

 had the finest flowers. Ruth, a charming salmon pink, should be 

 grown by everyone ; Charlemagne, Pompey, Blue Bell, Sultana, 

 and Prince Leopold are also varieties of undeniable merit. In 

 the amateurs' class for six plants Mr. James and Mr. Herrington 

 staged very good plants. In the class for six fancy Pelargoniums 

 in 8-inch pels (amateurs), Mr. James, gardener to G. W. Watson, 

 Esq., Isleworth, staged handsome examples of culture, the plants 

 averaging 4 feet through, and densely bloomed. Mr. King, gar- 

 dener^to R. Feen, Esq., Esher, having also plants in first-rate 

 order. Mr. Donald also exhibited nice plants. In the correspond- 

 ing nurserymen's class Messrs. Dobson & Sons had nice little 

 plants, bnt'far behind the amateurs in quality. Mr. Turner staged 

 remarkably well-bloomed small plants, and also exhibited several 

 new varieties. In the class for six Zonal Pelargoniums in 8-inch 

 pots (amateurs), Mr. King, gardener to R. Feen, Esq., Esher, had 

 beautiful flat plants -1 feet across, Clipper killing the rest by its 

 briUiant colour; the lights, Rose Rendatler, Delightful, and 



Mrs. W. Paul being good. Mr. Herrington staged larger plants, 

 Clipper being again the brightest. Mr. Catlin also exhibited 

 well. Really fine new Zonal Pelargoniums were exhibited by Mr. 

 Burley, Brentwood, and raised by R. B. Postans, Esq.; Squire 

 of Weal, scarlet; and Leveson Gower, salmon, being the best 

 in their colour which we have ever seen. The same exhibitor 

 also sent a brilliant Coleus Alexander Ogg. 



In the class for eighteen hardy herbaceous plants, in three 

 genera, Mr. Parker, Tooting, staged a remarkably well-grown 

 and attractive collection, comprising Liliums, double Pyreth- 

 rums. Spiraeas, the pretty Erigeron purpureus. Orchis foliosa, 

 &o., also cut blooms of double Pseonies and Pyrethrums. Mr, 

 Wheeler also exhibited hardy plants. 



In the miscellaneous class Messrs. Veitch it Sons set up a 

 large, rich, and valuable group, from which it is impossible to 

 select the best by the general high quality of all. The Gloxinias 

 were splendid. Mr. Williams also staged a superior collection. 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son staged new fine-foliaged plants, 

 richly coloured Tricolor Pelargoniums, and good Calceolarias — a, 

 bright and good collection. Mr. Laing and Mr. Ley, Croydon, 

 had good groups ; and Messrs. Rollisson & Sons exhibited a 

 fine pan of the charmiug Bertolonia Van Houtteii, Dlonsea mus- 

 cipula, and Pteris serrulata var. Applebyana. Mr. Bull sent 

 excellent Dracaenas and Crotons, also a fine mixed group of 

 plants, including a new climbing plant, Marcgravia paradoxa, 

 with green Begonia-like leaves, clinging as closely to a board as 

 if they were gummed. Mr. Bull also exhibited the decorative 

 Pelargonium Victoria, which is a variety of great usefulness. 

 Nine handsome Caladiums were exhibited by Mr. Clarke, gar- 

 dener to W. Shuter, Esq., Hampstead; and six beautifully 

 grown Mosses were staged by Mr. Mearing, gardener to W. 

 Whitley, Esq., Guildford. 



About twelve o'clock the Sultan of Zanzibar and suite arrived 

 at the Exhibition. The greenhouse plants and Roses appeared 

 to have greater attractions for the distinguished visitors than 

 the Orchids and tropical plants. They appeared much gratified 

 with the display, and well they might be, for it was one of great 

 excellence. We had not time to wait for the awards. 



EAKLINESS OF THE SEASON IN THE ISLE 

 OF MAN. 



As an illustration of how early a season it is here this year, 

 I may state that Potatoes which I planted on the 1st of March 

 were dug on the 27th of April, and then averaged ten full-sized 

 tubers per root, averaging about 3J inches long. These were 

 grown in the open air without a particle of protection of any 

 kind— not even a little litter. 



I have hundreds of Roses in full bloom in the open air, and 

 had abundance of them all through the last week in May. 

 Not only the Hybrid Perpetuals, but such Roses as Homfire, 

 Triomphe de Bennes, Celine Forestier, Lamarque, and Climb- 

 ing Devoniensis are perfect sheets of bloom, and the old Gloire 

 de Dijons are perfect masses of bronzed yellow. — A. D., 

 Ramsey, Isle of Man. 



Peach.— r/ie Condor.—" We received the specimens of thia 

 handsome Peach last summer from Messrs. Rivers & Sons of 

 Sawbridgeworth. The sample we obtained was about medium 

 size, of a roundish depressed figure, with a deep suture, ter- 

 minated by a small nipple-like point. The surface was very 

 finely downy, and the whole fruit tinted as it washed over 

 rather lightly with pale rosy red, the colour not being very 

 dark at any point, while towards the crown it became a little 

 marbly. 'The flesh was whitish, slightly blotched with red 

 about the stone, and very juicy, rich, and piquant in flavour. 



" Our examples were received about the end of July, and 

 had therefore probably been grown under glass. The variety 

 is said to have been raised from Early Silver, and to be a large 

 Peach of a bright crimson colour, ripening early in September. 

 The glands of the leaves are reniform." — (Flor. and Pom., 

 3 s., viu., 133.) 



[The plate of the Condor Peach is a very inadequate repre- 

 sentation of that variety both in size and in colour. The Condor 

 is a large fruit, indeed one of the largest Peaches grown, and 

 its skiu has a pale flesh colour, over the surface mottled with 

 a deeper shade of the same, and not the brownish orange 

 which is given to it in the plate. — Ens.] 



Hekeford Bose Show. — An advertisement announces this 

 to take place on the 29th iust., and as we are told that it is 

 the oldest of our Rose Shows, and certainly its prizes are very 



