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JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ Ma; 25, 1676. 



with a little care is easily kept within bonnde. It is very use- 

 ful, as coming into blossom just as white Arabia is going out. 



MEMOEIAL OF M. VAN HOUTTE. 



We have received from Ghent a prospectus of a projected 

 memorial to M. Van Houtte, which is to take the form of a 

 monument to be erected over his grave in the churchyard of 

 Gendbrugge. Our first impulse would be to join in that 

 proper way of doing honour to one whom we all delighted to 

 honour while he was amongst us ; and no doubt the thing wiU 

 be done and done well whether we unite in doing it or not. 



As British horticulturists who have long and often met with 

 60 many cordial receptions from our Belgian friends, and who 

 through close and frequent intercourse have become almost 

 one in thought, in sentiment, and in interest ; can we not 

 unite among ourselves and raise a special memorial ? The 

 Veitch Memorial furnishes a good model for us to follow, and 

 a fund might easily be raised aiifficient for the purpose. 



The plan would be to raise a fund to be invested in the 

 names of the Lindley Library Trustees, the interest of which 

 should accumulate for five years, and the amount spent on a 

 Van Houtte Medal, to be awarded at every quinquennial hor- 

 ticultural exhibition at Ghent as the premier prize for new 

 plants. Let a committee be formed at once, and we have no 

 fear that some such scheme will be successfully carried out. 



On the eve of going to press we are informed that there has 

 been a conference of nurserymen and others, at which it was 

 decided to promote a British memorial of M. Van Houtte, 

 and that a meeting will be held at South Kensington on 

 Friday, Jane 2nd, at 2 p.m., to further this object. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 There is to be a great Exhibition of Eoses at Lyons on 

 the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th of June, consisting of twenty-five 

 classes. Intending exhibitors are requested to communicate 

 before the 25th of May with M. Leon de St. Jean, President of 

 the SociiJtu des EosiiJristes, coura Morand 12, Lyons; or with 

 M. Jean Sialey, General Secretary, Ene St. Victor 15, Mon- 

 plaiser, Lyons. 



In the four months ended the 30th ult. there was a 



large increase in the importation of Potatoes. This year the 

 value was £535,134, and last year £326,997. 



The new Aralia which was exhibited by Messrs. James 



Veitch & Sons at the last meeting at South Kensington, and 

 to which a first-class certificate was unanimously awarded, 

 was described in our report as A. Veitchii: it should have 

 been printed A. Veitchii elegantissima. It is a plant of ex- 

 treme gracefulness, and for dinner-table decoration especially 

 must have a foremost place on account of its refined elegance. 

 It is, in fact, Aralia Veitchii in miniature, which is sufficiently 

 descriptive of this remarkably chaste plant. 



We are informed by Mr. Charles Van Geert of Antwerp 



that the taeiegated Euphokeia (amygdaloides) which was re- 

 ferred to as having been seen in bis nursery, is not, as was sup- 

 posed, perfectly hardy. "Indeed, I have a doubt," writes Mr. 

 Van Geert, " if it is truly a variety of E. amygdaloides, which 

 is a perfectly hardy wild plant in Belgium as in England." 

 The variegated plant with variegated flowers referred to is 

 nevertheless both interesting and attractive. Mr. Van Geert 

 also states that the fine deciduous Magnolia Lenni- is a variety 

 (purplish crimson) of M. conspicua. M. Lennu was named 

 after the celebrated gardener to the King of Prussia, and has 

 endured uninjured 17i'of frost Centigrade, which is equivalent 

 to 31° of frost Fahrenheit. This showy spring and also autumn- 

 flowering deciduous shrub— or tree — is consequently hardy in 

 England, where possibly, to a limited extent, it may already 

 be grown. If not it ought to be. 



We have received a plant of Eupatoeium ripakia 



VARiEOATA Sent out by the raisers, Messrs. Eodger, McClelland, 

 and Co., Belfast. It was exhibited at the International Show, 

 Belfast, and obtained a first-class certificate. They state that 

 it ia all but hardy, stands well during winter in a cold frame, 

 even where frost is barely excluded , and grows freely out of 

 doors in summer. 



At the usual fortnightly meeting of the HoETicDLTrRAL 



Club on Wednesday evening last, held at the Club House, 

 4, Adelphi Terrace, and which was very folly attended, the 

 subject of the next International Horticultural Exhibition in 



London was brought forward. It was felt there were two great 

 difficulties connected with it as compared with that of 1SG6 

 — a chairman to equal (in energy and interest in the under- 

 taking) Sir C. W. Dilke, and a site as suitable as the ground 

 at South Kensington now occupied by the Natural History 

 Museum. One practical result ensued from the discussion — 

 the Committee of the Club offered their room for the use of 

 the Committee of the International Exhibition, and its central 

 position and facility of access will make it a moat desirable 

 place for the purpose. 



We understand that Mk. Thompson, who succeeded 



Mr. E. Bennett in the management of the Hatfield Gardens, 

 is leaving, and will be succeeded by the foreman from Linton 

 Park near Maidstone. 



The spring show of the Beading Hortichltdbal So- 

 ciety was held on the 17th inst. £200 were offered in prizes, 

 and a goodly number of competitors entered the classes. The 

 principal prizetakers were — for stove and greenhouse plants, 

 Mr. Tudgey, gardener to J. F. G. Williams, Esq., Henwick 

 Grange, Worcester; Mr. Mearing, gardener to W. Whiley,Esq. ; 

 and Mr. Parham, gardener to G. May, Esq. For Orchids, 

 Mr. Applin, gardener to H. G. Simmonds, Esq. ; Mr. Higgs, 

 gardener to Mrs. Crayshaw, Caversham Park ; and Mr. Basket, 

 gardener to W. J. Palmer, Esq. For fine-foliage plants, Mr. 

 Tudgey, Mr. Applin, and Mr. Mearing. For Azaleas, Mr. 

 Higgs ; Mr. Miller, gardener to C. Ellis, Esq. ; and Mr. Lees, 

 gardener to Mrs. Marshland, were successful, and the ex- 

 hibitors named were also to the front in several other of the 

 plant classes. Very good Grapes were exhibited by Mr. Tegg, 

 gardener to Mr. Walters, M.P., and Mr. Ashby, gardener to 

 W. Fanning, Esq. ; and Strawberries by Mr. Bellis, gardener 

 to Major Thoyts, and Mr. Fowle, gardener to Sir Henry Mild- 

 may, Bart. Mr. Tegg, Mr. Ashby, and Mr. Fanning also exhi- 

 bited excellent Peaches. The Exhibition was a aucceasful one. 



Notwithstanding the inclement weather of the past 



three weeks the spring flowers in the beds of the Ceystai, 

 Palace geocnds are now very attractive. In order to produce 

 a continuous display Mr. Thompson has associated bulbs with 

 hardy spring-flowering plants ; the former are now over, but 

 the latter bright and gay. They consist of Violas — a yellow 

 variety being especially floriferous, and a rich deep purple being 

 also very efiective — Aubrietias, Iberis, and Daisies by thousands. 

 It ia surprisiiig what an enlivening effect may be produced by 

 the systematic use of these simple hardy flowers. The beds 

 are gay, and the grounds are in excellent order. In the interior 

 of the Palace we cannot fail to note how clean, fresh, and 

 healthy are the Ferns and plants generally. A great improve- 

 ment has been effected by the removal of roots and replacing 

 them by atonea on the rustic mounds. The Ferns, &c., on 

 these mounds are growing freely, and the neatness and excel- 

 lent order of the horticultural part of the noble structure de- 

 monstrate that this department is entrusted to skilful hands, 

 and that Mr. Thompson is, as ia ao frequently remarked, " the 

 right man in the right place." 



At the second show of the Eoyal Hoeticuliceal So- 

 ciety OF Ieeland, which was held at the Exhibition Palace, 

 Dublin, on the 18th inst., the Society's cup for twelve large 

 exotics was won by Mr. Smith, gardener to his Grace the Lord 

 Lieutenant ; the cup for the same number of plants in pots 

 not exceeding 10 inches in diameter going to E. P. Weetby,E8q., 

 Mr. Westby also winning the cup for nine Palms. The plants 

 in these classes we are informed were exceedingly fine. The 

 cup for nine Eoses in pots was taken by Mr. Fry. In the fruit 

 department the Irish Fanners' Gazette states that good white 

 Grapes were exhibited by Mr. B. Dowd, of New Park, Co. KU- 

 dare, and first-class Black Hamburghscame from the Viceregal 

 Gardens. A good dish of Peaches (Early Elvers) was exhibited 

 by Mr. Millner. There were some good dishes of Strawberries, 

 Sir J. Paxton and British Queen being the best varieties. 

 Some well-kept dishes of dessert Apples were noticeable, 

 Eibston Pippin, Court Pendu Plat, and Cox's Orange being the 

 prizetaking sorts. Mr. Cobbe took first for baking Apples 

 with fine fruit of Alfriston. The show of vegetables was small 

 but good. 



CLIMBING BOSES. 

 Eefebeing to Mr. Muir'a excellent selection of climbing 

 Eoses (see page 334), he discards Devoniensis aa next to worth- 

 less. This induces me to differ materially with him, as we 

 have several plants of it here 16 feet high in the conservatory 

 in splendid condition trained to the upright supports. In the 



