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JODENAIi OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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ens, and Meteroxylou filiare, all very Buperior. Mr. Harrow 

 was second, anil Mr. Peed third. 



In the class for new and rare plants (open) Mr. B. S. Williams 

 had the first place, with not only new and rare, bnt fine plants. 

 They comprised Arancaria Goldieana, PandanuB Veitchii, Cycas 

 intermedia, Maranta Makoyana, Kentia Moorei, Aralia elegant- 

 issima, Adiantum gracillimnm, Polystiohnra lepidooanlon, and 

 Woodwardia radicans cristata. Mr. Ley, Croydon, was placed 

 second with large certainly, but not " new and rare " plants, at 

 least not so much bo as the excellent group of Mr. Wills, who 

 somewhat strangely was placed third for Artocarpus Cannoni, 

 Phjllotoeniam Lindeni, Anthurinm crystallinum, splendid; 

 Aralia elegantissima, Maranta Makoyana, Nidularium spec- 

 tabile, Pandanus Veitchii, Paullinia thalyctrifolia, and Abutilon 

 SoUowiaunm variegatum. 



For twelve stove and greeenhouse Ferns distinct (open), Mr- 

 B. S. Williams was overwhelmingly first with Cyathea Dregei> 

 Dicksonia squarrosa, Alsophila australis, Cybotium Mendeli, 

 Marattia elegans, Gleichenia semivestita, a magnificent speci- 

 men, 5 feet through, and in all respects perfect; G. Mendeli and 

 G. rnpestris ; good examples of Davallia Mooreana and Adiantum 

 farleyense, and an elegant plant of A. gracillimnm. Mr. Wheeler 

 was placed second for small plants. 



_ In the class for nine plants suitable for dinner-table decora- 

 tion in 6-inoh pots Mr. Wills was placed first for a charming 

 group in admirable condition, comprising the new Dracffinas 

 Frederici and D. Ernesti, which combine elegance of form with 

 brilliant colouring; Palms Kentia Fosteriana, Cocob Weddel- 

 liana, and Thrinax elpgans ; Aralia leptophylla, Phyllarthron 

 commorense, Croton Weismannii, and Pandanus Veitchii. Mr. 

 Harrow, gardener to H. Bessemer, Esq., had the second place 

 with rather larger plants; third honours going to Mr. Wright, 

 Lee, Kent, with much the same kinds of plants as exhibited by 

 Mr. Wills. In this class there were nine competitors, each 

 staging creditable collections, and which were greatly admired. 



For eight Show Pelargoniums in 8-inch pots (nurserymen), 

 Mr. Turner, Slough, had the first place with specimens not 

 quite at their best. Conspicuous was the brilliancy of Prince 

 Leopold ; Protector was also very fine, and very good were 

 Isabella and Emily. The French type, Duchesso de Morny and 

 Madame C. Keteleer, were densely flowered ; and Digby Grand 

 was massive. In these and some other Pelargoniums exhibited 

 there was also a prof ose display of green sticks. In the corre- 

 sponding class for amateurs Mr. James, gardener to W. F. 

 Watson, Esq., Redlees, staged remarkably fine specimens, 3 to 

 4 feet across, of Prince Leopold, Rob Roy, Princess of Denmark, 

 Mary Hoyle, Statesman, Pericles, Rosa floribunda, and Snow- 

 flake — excellent varieties excellently grown, but the flowers not 

 quite fully expanded. In the nurserymen's class for six Fancy 

 Pelargoniums, Mr. Turner, Slough, was the only exhibitor, and 

 took the first priza for nice plants. Princess Teck, Countess of 

 Dudley, EUen Beck, and Excelsior being the best, the flowers 

 of all being very fine, and colours bright. In the corresponding 

 amateuTB' class Mr. James won with a noble group, the plants 

 being perfectly-shaped semi-globular plants, in splendid bloom 

 and condition, the best being East Lynn, a fine variety; Lucy, 

 Ellen Beck, Juliet, Acme, and Princess Teck, the finest plant 

 ever exhibited. These plants were not fully expanded, but still 

 they were in grand form. A third prize was awarded to Mr. 

 Farmer, gardener to G. Maule, Esq., Putney Heath. 



For nine Roses in pots (ourserymen) Messrs. Paul & Son, 

 Cheshunt, and Mr. Turner, Slough, were, the same as last year, 

 placed equal first. The grand plants in these collections have 

 been recently noticed at the Aquarium. The Slough plants had 

 the finest flowers and were in pleasing variety. The Cheshunt 

 specimens were all crimson and light varieties, and were defi- 

 cient in rose colour. The plants were larger than those from 

 Slough, and the blooms more numerous. The plants in both 

 collections, however, were mastiirpieces in Rose culture, and the 

 honours which they won were well merited. For twenty Roses 

 in potB not to exceed 8 inches in diameter Mr. Turner was first ; 

 Peach Blossom, Hippolyte Jamain, Mdlle. T. Levet, Madame 

 Lacharme, and Royal Standard, extra fine; Dupuy-Jamain and 

 Beauty of Waltham being amongst the best. Messrs. Paul 

 and Son were second, the most noticeable being Madame Denis, 

 pure ; Madame Lacharme, very superior ; Princess Beatrice, 

 La France, Caroline Kuster, charming; and Etienne Levet with 

 enormous blooms. The plants in these classes were 2 to 2J feet 

 over, each plant having twenty or thirty blooms. 



For nine Calceolarias Mr. James, the invulnerable, was first 

 with magnificent specimens of culture and fine and distinct 

 varieties. Mr. Waters, gardener to A. Mongredien, Esq., Forest 

 Hill, being placed second for a very creditable collection, and 

 Mr. Griffin third. 



First-class certificates were awarded to Mr. John Laing, Forest 

 Hill, S.E., for Geranium J. Jenner Weir, Pelargonium Exquisite, 

 Caladium Madame de la Deransaye, and Geranium Purity ; to 

 Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper 

 Holloway, for Croton Disraeli, Woodwardia radioana cristata, 

 Bertolonia Van Hoattei, and Polystichum lepidocaulou ; to Mr. 



John WiUs, Melbourne Nurseries, Anerley and Kensington, for 

 Bertolonia Van Houttei ; to Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham 

 Cross, for Rose Star of Waltham ; to Mr. Henry Hooper, Wid- 

 combe Hill, Bath, for Pansy Jupiter; and to Mr. G. Smith, 

 Tollington Nursery, Hornsey Road, Islington, N., for Pelargo- 

 nium Wonderful. 



Valuable miscellaneous collections were staged. An extra first 

 prize was awarded to Messrs. RoUisson & Sons, Tooting, for a 

 large and fine group. Mr. Wills had a charming group; the 

 Crotons Youngii, undulatum, Weismanii, and ovalifolium being 

 in admirable condition. Pauliinia oceana was most elegant, 

 Adiantum speoiosum distinct and fine, Bertolonias in fine colour, 

 and Yucca filamentosa variegata in the most perfect state ima- 

 ginable. Mr. Laing, Stanstead Park, staged a capital group. 

 The Bicolor Pelargoniums, including some seedlings, were very 

 Buperior ; the Palms, Ferns, and Pandanus Veitchii being also 

 in excellent condition. In this group Sempervivam BoUii had 

 a novel effect. Messrs. James Carter & Co. staged a superior 

 group of ornamental plants and their fine plants of tree Migno- 

 nette. Mr. Noakes, Beckenham, exhibited a group including 

 flat — too flat — examples of training variegated Pelargoniums. 

 Mr. Parker, Tooting, staged a very fine collection of hardy 

 herbaceous plants in about fifty varieties, which were greatly 

 admired by visitors. Mr. Ley, Croydon, exhibited a collection 

 of Palms and other ornamental plants. Mr. B. S. Williams 

 also exhibited Palms, Ferns, and new plants in the Miscel- 

 laneous class. For the above extra second prizes were awarded. 

 Messrs. Dobson & Sons staged Calceolarias which would have 

 looked quite as well or better without their names. Messrs. 

 W. Paul & Son exhibited their fine Rose Star of Waltham, 

 which appears to possess every good property — fine foliage, 

 rich and well-shaped blooms, high perfume, and free growth. 

 Mr. Hooper, Widcomb, Bath, exhibited a splendid display of 

 Pansies, also Tulips and Daisies, and received an extra prize; 

 and Mr. Eristowe, gardener to G. Campbell, Esq., Wood Hall, 

 Dulwich, Strawberries in pots bearing a good crop of ripe fruit. 

 Mr. Thompson, the able Superintendent of the Crystal Palace 

 Gardens, also ornamented some parts of the structure with 

 plants excellently cultivated and admirably arranged. 



Some garden requisites were also exhibited. Messrs. Dick 

 Radclyffe & Co. had attractive Fern cases, Mr. Voice and Mr. 

 Horley their improved Cucumber frames ; and last but not least 

 a new boiler exhibited by W^olstenholme Brothers, & Co., Lud- 

 gate Hill Chambers, Loudon. It was invented by Mr. Wagstaff, 

 Dunkinfield near Manchester, and has been successfully em- 

 ployed in that district. It has been described as an " upright 

 tubular saddle," but it is not an upright boiler, and a skeleton 

 saddle would more appropriately describe it. It is simply a 

 saddle boiler, the arch being formed of a series of ribs or tubes 

 through which the water circulates. Below the crown— that is, 

 at the sides of the saddle, are interstices between the hollow 

 ribs, so that the fire, after impinging on the dome of the arch, 

 passes through and acts on the whole outer surface of the boiler ; 

 further, over the arch of pipes a crown can fee placed, making it 

 a double saddle. The boiler is in sections, and can be increased 

 in size as desired by adding more tubes, and every part can be 

 expeditiously cleaned. This invention (patented) no doubt con- 

 tains the elements constituting a powerful heating apparatus, 

 and which by its construction is calculated to burn anything 

 which is burnable— a matter of no small importance in certain 

 districts. 



THE MOEEL— HTDKANGEA FLOWEBS. 



Seeing an account of the Morel in this Journal I am in- 

 duced to send you a rough drawing (exact size) of one gathered 

 by my daughters a few days previously. The sketch scarcely 

 conveys an adequate idea of its size. It is the largest I ever 

 met with, though iu some seasons and localities near here 

 this fungus is not uncommon. It grows generally beneath 

 Ash trees iu plantations. 



Twenty years since I took a prize at Nottingham with a 

 plant of the Hydrangea with blue flowers. It was always 

 watered with a decoction of sheep dung, a large lump of white 

 quicklime (called here crichlime), from Derbyshire being put 

 into the tub. I think any lime made from mountain limestone 

 would do, having usually seen the blue flowers in mountain 

 limestone districts. — Johjj S. Hedderly, Bulcote, Notts. 



[The Morel sent was 6 inches high, and of these the cap or 

 pileua was 4J inches, and its largest circumference lOJ inches. 

 The drawing is very creditable to the artist. — Eds.] 



HARDY SPRING BEDDING PERENNIALS. 



1, ViBGiNiAN Stock, very hardy; 2, Sweet Woodruff (A=peru]a 

 odorata) is lovely in my garden just now, masses of pure white 

 blossom and delicate green leaves. In a sandy soil it runs 

 underground rampant, just as Mask does in a moist one ; but 



