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JOCBNAL OP HOBTIOULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEK, 



I Febraary 12, 1874. 



father to son until it came to tlie Thomas Hawkins mentioned 

 bv Mr. Eobson, who rebuilt the mansion, and who died June 

 21, 17C6, at the great age of ninety-two. He was thq grand- 

 father of the last Thomas Hawkins, of Nash Court, who died 

 September 23, 1800, leaving four daughters and co-heirs — 



1. Bridget, married to Henry Roper, 14th Baron Teynham. 



2. Mary, married to Sir Edward Knatohbull, Bart, of Mer- 

 sham Hatch, Kent. 



3. Anne, married to Lt.-Colonel Woodr-offe, of Poyle Park, 

 in Surrey. 



4. Eleanor, married to Henry Goold, brother of Sir George 

 Goold, Bart, of Old Court, Co. Cork, whose descendants in 

 1864 sold the estate to Mr. Lade.— G. F. Duncombe. 



POETRAITS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND 



FRUITS. 



FsAGE.EA ZETLANicA. Nat. onl., Loganiaoeffl. Linn., Pent- 

 andria Monogynia. — Flowers white. " A native of the central 

 province of Ceylon, where, according to Dr. Thwaites, it 

 abounds on the banks of the river at Balangodde. It is one 

 of the handsomest species of a fine tropical Asiatic and Poly- 

 nesian genus, of which some twenty species are enumerated 

 by Bentham in his notes on Loganiaceffi, published in the 

 ' Linniean Journal' in 1857, to which several more are now 

 to be added from the Malayan Islands."— (Bo(. Mag. t. 6080.) 

 Gaillaedia Amblyodon. Nat.ord.jCompositie. Linn.,Syn- 

 genesia Frustranea. — Flowers crimson. " A very handsome 

 October-flowering annual, a native of sandy plains in Texas 

 and New Mexico, where it blossoms from the beginning of 

 summer until the winter's frost cuts it off. The genus to 

 which it belongs inhabits both temperate North America and 

 extra-tropical South America, and consists of about eight 

 species. The present species was discovered by Berlandier 

 in 1827, and collected subsequently by Lindheimer in 1844, 

 and by Drummond in 1845." — (Ibid., t. C081.) 



Stapelia Cokdeeoyi. Nat. ord., Asclepiadaceffl. Linn., 

 Pentandria Digynia. — Native of South Africa. Flowers green 

 and purple-tipped. Dr. Hooker says, " I have named this very 

 curious and distinct species after Mr. Justus Corderoy, of 

 Blewberry, near Didcot, an old and an eminent cultivator of 

 succulent plants, and for many years a valued correspondent 

 of the Eoyal Gardens. It flowered at Blewberry in September 

 of last year."— (7(/id., t. 6082.) 



Ieis Dotjglasiana. Nat. ord., Iridaceaj. Linn., Triandria 

 Monogynia. — Flower lilac and white with purple veins. " Dis- 

 covered by Coulter in California, and subsequently collected 

 by David Douglas in 1833 in New California, but unknown to 

 me from any other locality and collector, except from a men- 

 tion of the plant in one of the reports of the United States' 

 surveys, where it is stated to be found on hillsides in the 

 Grass Valley, CaUfornia, together with a large-flowered variety 

 (how large it is not said), and longer pedicels (1 inch) at the 

 Corte Madera, also in California." — [Ibid., ti 6083.) 



Odontoglossum eoseu^i. Nat. ord., Orehidaceie. Linn., 

 Gynandria Monandria. — " In its rose-coloured flowers this 

 forms a remarkable contrast to the prevalent colour of the 

 genus to which it belongs. It was discovered by Hartweg near 

 Loxa, in the Peruvian Andes, in a quite cool region, and was 

 introduced by Mr. Linden from that region by his able col- 

 lector, Mr. Wallis, in 1865."— (Ibid., t. 6084.) 



Steawbeeey — The Amatfur. — " We have to thank Mr. Barron, 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardeu, Chiswick, for the 

 examples of this fine and useful Strawberry. It is another of 

 the triumphs of Mr. Bradley, whom we have had to thank 

 already for Oscar, Dr. Hogg, and others of our finest fruits, 

 amongst which this last is not by any means the least. Daring 

 the past season abundant evidence has been educed to prove 

 it one of the most useful of its class. It has been named 

 Amateur by Mr. Bradley, in consideration of its enormous 

 cropping qualities, its free growth, and general suitability for 

 amateur cultivators. The appearance of the plant is some- 

 what like that called Sir C. Napier, a stronger grower, how- 

 ever, better constitutioned,and with the leaves larger and of a 

 deeper green, but somewhat subject to mildew. It is a very 

 heavy cropper ; and the fruits, which keep well, are very large, 

 obovate, and cockscombed in shape, of a fine deep red colour, 

 frequently with a heavy coating of glaucous bloom, like the 

 Hautbois. The seeds are small and prominent. The flesh is 

 firm and solid, of a deep red colour, and of a fine, rich, 

 sparkling, sub-acid flavour, exceedingly pleasant to thejpalato. 

 It is in all respects a very excellent Strawberry, and well 



worthy of the first-class certificate awarded to it by the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society. In reference to this Strawberry we 

 have received the following communication fromMr. Earley : — 

 ' The new seedling Strawberry named The Amateur has proved 

 here to be a most valuable addition to existing varieties. 

 Black Prince, President (of two separate growers). Dr. Hogg, 

 Keens' SeedUng, and British Queen — which does well on this 

 ground — all ripened in the order here noted, and they were 

 followed at the nick of time by Amateur, which well fiUed-up 

 the gap existing between the last named of the older kinds 

 and the valuable Frogmore Late Pine. The fruit of The 

 Amateur is firm, and good for travelling. It grows close 

 around its crown, requu-ing a less amount than usual of net- 

 protection, and possesses a flavour more brisk and refreshing 

 than Strawberries generally have, and this without anything 

 approaching to unpleasant acidity. Indeed, to those who 

 think Strawberries somewhat insipid. The Amateur wUl prove 

 a boon. Small runner-crowns dibbled out on to good soil 

 somewhat late in the season, were able to produce a crop.' "— ' 

 [Florist and Pomologist, 3 s., vii., 25.) 



POINCIANA REGIA. 



Theee are two well-marked varieties of this magnificent 

 flowering tree in the East Indies, though I cannot say whether 

 they ai'e permanent or not. One has scarlet and yellow blos- 

 soms, and the other crimson and white. The former seems to 

 be the most common, and is abundant at Madras, Secunder- 

 abad, Rangoon, and other places, while the latter prevails 

 chiefly at Bangalore. Whether due to the climate or not I am 

 unable to state, but it appeared to me that the foliage of the 

 Bangalore plants was richer and more profuse, and consequently 

 much more beautiful, than any that I saw elsewhere. Indeed, 

 the luxuriance of the trees generally on the Mysore plateau 

 seemed to indicate that there they had found conditions of 

 soil and climate eminently favourable to their most perfect 

 development. There are, however, many large and noble spe- 

 cimens at Coimbatore, near the foot of the Neilgherries ; and 

 in May, 1866, the road close to the town was aU aflame with 

 their gorgeous flowers. No object in the whole vegetable king- 

 dom can, in my opinion, vie with this splendid Poinciana in 

 the radiant wealth of its peerless bloom — not even the far-famed 

 and glorious Amherstia nobilis, which I have seen in great 

 perfection at Rangoon and Moulmein, in Burmah. 



I have now and then heard the Poinciana regia called the 

 Ostrich-feather Tree, without doubt on account of its beautiful 

 foliage, which has much the appearance of broad spreading 

 plumes ; and at Bangalore it is occasionally known as the 

 Flame of the Forest ; but this name, though by no means in- 

 appropriate, is ths prior property of another brQliant plant, 

 the Ixora coccinea, to which it is also very applicable. Some- 

 times in India the term Gold-Mohur Tree is used to specify 

 the Poinciana under notice, though it seems to be really owned 

 by the yellow species Poinciana elata ; and the name of Flam- 

 boyant is familiar to those who have seen the tree at the 

 Mauritius. 



Poinciana regia has apparently only been found in a wild 

 state in Madagascar, whence it made its way many years ago 

 to the Mauritius, and subsequently further east. It belongs to 

 the Natural Order Leguminosai, and the genus was named by 

 De CandoUe in honour of M. de Poinci, once governor of the 

 Antilles.— G. E. B. 



CHATSWORTH, 



THK SEAT OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.— No. 2. 

 The other most remarkable feature of Chatsworth is to my 

 mind, as I have already said, the Victoria regia house. There 

 may be, for all I know, other houses for aquatics as large as 

 this, but I am sure that none can ever equal it in interest. 

 No one standing within it can forget that it is the little germ 

 from whence arose the gigantic glass house of 1851 and the 

 Crystal Palace at Sydenham ; but whether or no there are 

 others larger, there are none more attractive. We have not 

 only the queen of Water Lilies in excellent condition and in 

 full flower ; but round the house are different varieties of 

 Nelumbium and Nympha;a, while Palms with their graceful 

 and elegant foliage placed at the edge of the tank add their 

 charm to the scene. Suspended, too, from the roofs are large 

 baskets of Achimenes, some radiant with their brilliant blue 

 flowers, and others like a sheet of snow; and thus again artis- 

 ' tic beauty and horticultural sldll go hand-in-hand. 



