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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTDBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ March 19, 1874. 



it would qcicily become a Btrong fence. Another useful Ber- 

 Vieris, however, is E. Wallichii, which resembles it very much, 

 auil both make exeeUent ornamental evergreen hedges. The 

 Aucuba is, perhaps, as easily kept in order as any evergreen 

 fcibrub, and amongst ornamental deciduous subjects the Fuchsia 

 ranks high ; but a good hedge may also be formed of the de- 

 ciduous kinds of Berberis, of which the common one is, perhaps, 

 the best, at the same time I fear its beauty will be sadly marred 

 when subjected to the close trimming that hedges have to 

 undergo. — J. Eobson. 



EOSES IN DOESETSHIEE. 



I AM glad to say that the Eoses here are " in high fettle.'' I 

 have just pulled down the protective molehills. The leaders 

 are out, and probably will be spoiled. This matters not, as 

 there are always two side eyes that will start in due time. The 

 spoiled scions may then be shortened ; and one, or other, or 

 both of the side eyes may be suffered to replace the injured 

 centre scion. Do not pull out the injured scion, but merely 

 ehorten it. It will then proceed anew and act as a replacer. 



I have about 2400 Eoses, chiefly on the Manetti stock. I 

 never knew them winter so well. The ground should now be 

 deeply moved by Parkes's fork, and the ground over the roots 

 well limed to destroy fungus. Mr. Prince wished me not to say 

 a word about his seedling Briar Roses, but I must do my duty 

 by the public and^say I am much pleased with them. 



As regards the late election of Roses there are two Eoses 

 much praised — namely Andre Duuand and Franf'oisMichelon. 

 I saw both in numbers at the Dorset Nurseries, Blandford. I 

 bought three plants of the latter, which looks like a good 

 climber, the wood being growthy, but tinsel. The whole rank 

 of the former was so bad that I would not have accepted them. 

 My impression is that Edward Morreu, a Rose of 18CS, is the 

 finest named, and good in every respect. I believe it will 

 outlast them all. I believe Countess of Oxford and Louis Van 

 Hontte to be good cards, also the Tea Rose Madame Hip- 

 polyte Jamain. Some of the Roses named in the election are 

 simply miserable. I do not undertake to run them down, but 

 only to name such as I will be responsible for. Louis Van 

 Houtte did not succeed on a Manetti stock here, but on the 

 seedling Briar the plants are uniform aud admirable. It is 

 said that Briar seedlings throw out brood. Nothing is more 

 untrue. Much, of course, depends on the propagation. 



Mr. Prince's seedling Briar Roses are done in tirst-rate style. 

 I have not yet seen enough of them to compare them with 

 Manetti Roses of the same era of plantation, but as far as I 

 have seen them I can truly say they have held their own. — 

 Vf. F. Radclyite, Okrford Fllzpaine. 



EOYAL HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Maech 18th. 



The general character of this, the Society's first Show of the 

 season, may be snmmed-up in a few words. Good as former 

 shows at the same season have been, never in all respects have 

 we had one so good; the number of subjects exhibited, their 

 quality, their arrangement, and the almost summer weather 

 which visicors had to see them in, have never in their happy 

 combination been equalled at any previous show held at the 

 same time. 



Hyacinths, as usual, formed the great feature. Some said they 

 ■were better than last year, some that they were not so good, and 

 it may safely be said that neither was far wrong, the difference 

 was so difficult to measure. Having a vivid recollection of 

 Messrs. Veitch's magnificent collections of last year, with which 

 they carried all before them, we rather incline to the latter 

 opinion, but the difference in their case between last year aud 

 this was scarcely appreciable. 



Class 1 was for fifty Hyacinths (nurserymen). In this Messrs. 

 Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, took the highest position with a col- 

 lection in which were some of the most magnificent spikes ever 

 exhibited. Notable among Single Reds were Prince Albert 

 Victor, a splendid spike and intense in colour ; Garibaldi, La 

 Joyeuse, Macaulay, Pelissier, Princess Clothilde, Cavaignac, 

 Lina, very fine; Fabiola, Liunjeus, Gigantea, Solfaterre, Von 

 Schiller, Ornemeut de la Nature. Double Red — Princess Louise, 

 Lord Wellington. Single Blue— Prince Albert, Moltke. Of the 

 very dark class. Baron Van Tuyll, Grand Lilas, Marie, Argus, 

 Couronne de Celle, Lord Derby, very fine both in spike and 

 bells ; King of the Blues, Lothair, Lord Palmerston. Double 

 Blue — Van S|)eyk. Single Yellow — Ida. Single Lilac— Charles 

 Dickens, Sir H. Havelock, aud Haydn, very fine. Single White 

 — La Grandesse, Grandeur li Merveille, blush, and Queen of the 

 Netherlands. The second place was taken by Messrs. Cutbush, 



of Highgate, who had fine examples of G. Peabody, Grandeur 

 a Merveille, Garibaldi, Queen of the Netherlands, Gigantea, 

 Florence Nightingale, Macaulay, Queen Victoria, Grand Lilas, 

 &c. Third came Messrs. Carter & Co. 



Class 2 was also for nurserymen, Messrs. Veitch and Messrs. 

 Cutbush again exhibiting groups of the highest excellence. In 

 Messrs. Veitch's collection, Anna, new single white, had an 

 immense spike with fine bells. L'lnnocence, La Grandesse, 

 and Grandeur a Merveille, belonging to the same class, were 

 also remarkably fine. Of Single Reds, Vuurbaak, Fabiola, Lady 

 Palmerston, Prince Albert Victor, Macaulay; Single Lilac, 

 Haydn, Adeliua Patti ; Single Blues, King of the Blues, Marie, 

 Czar Peter, General Havelock ; and Single Yellow, Ida, were all 

 remarkable for the size and perfection of their spikes. Messrs. 

 Cutbush's group contained Von Schiller, General Havelock, 

 Macaulay, Florence Nightingale, Bloudin, and excellent spikes 

 of several others. Messrs. Veitch were first, Messrs. Cutbush 

 second. 



In the amateurs' class for twelve, Mr. J. Douglas, gardener to 

 F. Whitbourn, Esq., Loxtord Hall, Ilford, was an excellent first 

 with splendid spikes of King of the Blues, Von Schiller, Czar 

 Peter, Haydn, Do CandoUe, Lord Derby, Koh-i-Noor, Fabiola, 

 Laurens Koster, Charles Dickens, Lord Macaulay, and La 

 Grandesse. Mr. Withall, gardener to A. Travere, Esq., Addison 

 Road, and Mr. Weir, gardener to Mrs. Hodgson, Hampstead, 

 had second prizes ; and the third went to Mr. Collins, gardener 

 to S. Cuming, Esq., Harbuton, Highgate. For six, the prizes 

 went to Mr. Farrow, gardener to G. Batters, Esq., Brigadier 

 Hill House, Enfield ; Mr. Potts, gardener to Viscount Gage, 

 Firle, Lewes; and Mrs. E. Wilding, 1, Chesterfield Street, 

 Euston Road, the spikes being in each instance good, and a 

 great improvement on those shown in the corresponding class 

 in previous years. 



Although the interest in a new Hyacinth is not equal to that 

 iu a new Rose, inasmuch as we cannot expect for years to see 

 them within the reach of amateurs, yet there was considerable 

 interest attached to those exhibited, inasmuch as in some there 

 was evidently a march forward. Anna in Messrs. Veitch's six 

 was a grand advance in colour, while we have had no flower like 

 Nonpareil exhibited before, although why called violet we know 

 not. It is clear that we are getting into a new and fine strain. 



Messrs. Veitch & Sons' first-prize collection consisted of 

 Anna, an enormous single white, bells fully 2i inches across, a 

 grand flower ; Grand Maitre, a very fine blue, light with broad 

 distinct stripes in the centre of each petal; Hemitte, single 

 violet, small iu truss, but novel in colour ; Nonpareil, very 

 novel in colour, called a single violet, but clearly more of a 

 crimson with brownish shade in it, centre of each pip very 

 bright ; Sir Garnet Wolseley, single blue, dark with light centre, 

 pips close together, but too small to be of any use; Habit d'Etfi, 

 light lavender blue, fine spike. 



Messrs. Cutbush who were second, had L'Amore, red, small 

 spike; Cbristine Henderson, large spike, medium-size bells; 

 President Grant, large, single blue, somewhat in the style of 

 Blondin; Quirine Christine, very nice pink; Grand Vizier, a fine 

 spike, bells perhaps a little too far apart, but splendid in colour. 



Mr. Douglas was third with King Coffee, very dark, weak 

 grower ; Prince Imperial, purple ; Meteor, very dark purple ; 

 Sir Garnet Wolseley, fine blue, more worthy of the name than 

 the one in Messrs. Veitch's collection ; Cavaignac, yery large, 

 light single blue, but the spike small and dumpy. 



Tulips were not numerous, there being only two collec- 

 tions of twelve in the nurserymen's class, respectively from 

 Messrs. Veitch and Messrs. Cutbush, who took prizes iu the 

 order named. Messrs. Veitch's, which were very fresh and fine, 

 consisted of Proserpine, Rouge Luisante, Vermilion Brillant, 

 Wouverman, Keizer Kroon, and White ]?ottebakker. In the 

 amateurs' class the first and second prizes went to Mr. Douglas 

 and Mr. Withall. 



Crocuses came next in the schedule, the prizes offered being 

 for fifty pots. Messrs. Veitch were first with grand masses of 

 flowers. Among whites, Theba, Mont Blanc, and Noblesse, 

 with Miss Nightingale, delicately striped, were remarkably flue j 

 and of lilac, blue, and striped, Sonera, Sir Walter Scott, Mar- 

 quise de Wessenrode, Brunei, Bride of Albion, and Othello. 

 Messrs. Cutbush, who were second, had also a fine group in 

 which New Giant Yellow reigned conspicuous. 



Cyclamens made alone a splendid display, especially those 

 shown by Mr. Goddard, gardener to H. Little, Esq., Cambridge 

 Park, Twickenham, who took the first prizes in both the ama- 

 teurs' classes— viz., in that for thirty and that for twelve pots. 

 The varieties were, it is scarcely necessary to remark, such as 

 did credit to the celebrated collection from which they came, 

 exhibiting a profusion of bloom, combined with variety of 

 colour and great substance. The second prizes in both classes 

 went to Mr. James, gardener to W. F. Watson, Esq., Isleworth. 

 A third prize for thirty was awarded to Mr. Odell, florist, Hil- 

 linsdou. The only exhibitor in the nurserymen's class was Mr. 

 Aldous, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, who had a first 

 prize for well-bloomed pota. 



