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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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This Show, which opened on Monday last and will be con- 

 tinued during the week, is held in a spacious tent — long, wide, 

 and lofty. The arrangement is a high bank down the middle, 

 a wide path on either side, and then a border all round the 

 sides and end, where some of the plants are placed on the 

 ground, while others are raised on benches, according as they 

 ■can bo best exhibited. In so large an Exhibition, and con- 

 sidering that no prizes are directly offered, it is marvellous to 

 see so many well-grown plants. They are not the monsters 

 one sees at the metropolitan exhibitions, which too often deter 

 rather than encourage modest amateurs from becoming plant- 

 growers ; but they are well-grown plants of moderate size, 

 such as would encourage the faint-hearted, and induce them to 

 reach a standard which is in every way worthy of imitation. 

 The advantages obtained from the promiscuous arrangement 

 over the class system is that it permits an artistic grouping of 

 the whole in respect of form and colour. It is upon this plan 

 that the continental exhibitions are managed, to the great dis- 

 comfiture of the judges, who have to wander about in search 

 of the "entries" in the different classes. But however incon- 

 venient it may be in this respect, there cannot be a doubt that 

 it has its advantage in the way of grouping for effect. 



Then there is another advantage Mr. Boscawen possesses. 

 For a twelvemonth before the Exhibition is held he is scouring 

 the country in search of specimens. He calls on friends and 

 adherents, of whom he has many, and when he sees a speci- 

 men plant for which in his mind's eye he sees a place in the 

 future show, he says, "Can I have this?" "You must let 

 me have that." " What a fine effect that Seaforthia and that 

 Dicksonia would have in my Exhibition next year, if you 

 would only let me have them." " Have them, of course ; have 

 anything you require," is the prompt reply, and so the Show is 

 got together. Let us now see of what it is composed, but be- 

 fore doing 60 we shall record the names of those gentlemen 

 and their gardeners who have contributed so liberally to the 

 success of the Show, and these are — 



W. Proctor Baker, Esq., Bristol (Mr. Morse, gardener) ; W. 

 S. Gore-Langton, Esq., Newton Park (Mr. Keele, gardener); 

 P. W. S. Miles, Esq., King's Weston (Mr. Toucher, gardener) ; 

 T. W. Miles, Esq., Penpole (Mr. W. Perry, gardener) ; Mrs. 

 Oarew, Crowcombe Court (Mr. May, gardener) : W. E. 13rymer, 

 Esq., Puddleton, Dorchester (Mr. Salford, gardener); Sir W. 

 Marriott, Down House, Blaudford (Mr. J. Hill, gardener) ; 

 Mrs. Goldsmith, Clifton (Mr. Rudland, gardener) ; .Joshua 

 Saunders, E^q, Clifton (Mr. Phillips, gardener) ; C. Tagart, 

 Esq., Sueyd Park (Mr. Miller, gardener) ; R. S. Holford, Esq., 

 Westonbirt (Mr. Lucas, gardener) ; Henry Tugwell, Esq., Bith 

 (Mr. Cirmichael, gardener) ; Lord Dueie, Tortworth Park (Mr. 

 Cramb, gardener); ,1. Lucas, Esq., Eedland Bank (Mr. Hir- 

 wood, gardener) ; V. Ames, Esq., Cote House (Mr. Bannister, 

 gardener); G. T. Weston, Esq., Dorset House, CUfton (Mr. 

 Thomas, gardener) ; — Oldland, Esq., Avon Grove, Stoke 

 Bishop ; Messrs. Parker & Bush, nurserymen, St. Michael's Hill, 

 Bristol; Messrs. Bryant & Hoskins, nurserymen, Brislington. 



The plants which make the greatest show in oiitline and 

 foliage are, of course, the Tree Ferns, the Palms, and the 

 ■Cycads. Of these we remarked a fine specimen of Cycas cir- 

 cinalis, contributed by Mrs. Carew, Crowcombe Court. It was 

 the first on the ridge of the bank, and formed a good solid start- 

 ing-point, and it was flanked by good specimens of Latania 

 rubra and Draczena australis from the same garden. The Tree 

 Ferns of Mr. P. W. S. Miles, which included Cyathea Smithii 

 and Dicksonias, and those of Mr. G. W. Miles, including a fine 

 pair of Cyathea dealbata, were very effective ; and then there 

 ■were Areca Baueri, Dicksonia antarctica, and Latania aurea, con- 

 tributed by Mrs. Carew. These were on one side, and at the 

 «nd the ridge was terminated by a Sue Stevensonia grandifolia 

 sent by Mrs. Goldsmith ; and interspersed among the collection 

 were a good specimen of Pandanus Vandermeerschii by Messrs. 

 Parker iS; Bush, Latania borbonica from Mr. Joshua Saunders, 

 Seaforthia elegans from Mr. Tagart, and a fine Cycas revoluta 

 from Messrs. Parker & Bush. 



Crotons were admirably represented in the specimens of 

 ■variegatum sent by Messrs. Parker & Bush, of Mrs. Goldsmith, 

 Mr. Lucas, and Mr. P. W. S. Miles. A fine plant of C. pictum 

 came from the last-named gentleman, and good plants of C. in- 

 terruptum and undulatum came from Mr. Lucas. In Draceuas 

 some good plants were exhibited, especially a well-grown D. 

 Eeginae from Mr. Tagart, ferrea graudis and nigrescens from 

 Messrs. Parker & Bush, ferrea variegata from Mr. P. W. S. 

 Miles, and a splendid Mooreana from Mrs. Goldsmith. 



Some of the old-fashioned exhibition plants made a very 

 creditable appearance, especially the Erica Cavendishii of Mr. 

 Weston, of Dorset House, Clifton; the Pimelea mirabilis of Mr. 

 W. P. Baker, the Aphelexis macrantha purpurea o; Messrs. 



Parker & Bush, A. sesamoides and macrantha pui-purea of Mrs. 

 Goldsmith, and A. macrantha purpurea of Mr. C. H. Tugwell. 



Messrs. Parker & Bush had a very handsome specimen plant 

 of Anthurium Scherzerianum, with about thirty-six blooms 

 upon it, and smaller plants came from Mr. Joshua Saunders. 

 There were a few good plants of Marantas, of which Mr. Lucas 

 sent rosea lineata and a very excellent specimen of M. Veitchii. 

 Allamandas, Ixoras, and Bougainvilleas, Heaths, Roses, and 

 Gloxinias, interspersed among the larger plants, furnished bits 

 of colour where wanted. Various specimens of Clerodendron 

 Balfourianum, well bloomed and well grown balloon fashion, 

 were worthy of notice, and these were sent by Mrs. Carew and 

 Messrs. Bryant & Hoskins, Avon Vale. 



The end of the long central bank, which we have already 

 described as being terminated by Mrs. Goldsmith's Stevensonia 

 grandifolia, was a very fine bit of grouping, due, in a great 

 measure, to the tasteful disposition of five fine specimens of 

 Adiantum farleyense, the delicate fronds of whicli waved in 

 graceful undulations one above another. These were contri- 

 buted by Mr. W. P. Baker, Mr. J. Saunders, and Mr. P. W. S. 

 Miles. In the front centre of the group was a fine specimen of 

 Nepenthes Hookerii, sent by Messrs. Parker & Bush; on either 

 side of this was a pot of Cattleya Mossiie, sent by Sir W. Mar- 

 riott and Mr. W. S. Gore-Langton respectively. Above the 

 Nepenthes a fine plant of Odoutoglossum Alexaudr.TS from Mr. 

 J. W. Miles; then above this a large plant of Adiautum farley- 

 ense. Between the .'Vdiantum and the Stevensonia on one side 

 a fine specimen of Lilium auratum, produced thus early by the 

 Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen, and on the other Dendrobium 

 aduncum from Mr. Tagart. Interspersed among the group were 

 Calanthe veratrifolia, Anguloa uniflora, Cypiipedium Veitchii, 

 a fine Vanda tricolor from Mr. Gore-Langton, Oncidium papilio, 

 and a remarkably well-flowered Odontoglossum citrosmum from 

 Mr. J. W. Miles. 



The great attraction of the Show was certainly the splendid 

 Azaleas of Mr. W. P. Baker, of which there was a group of five 

 noble plants, a mass of bloom. The plant of A. Gledstanesii 

 was not less than 6 feet high, as was also Criterion. They re- 

 minded one of the grand specimens that used to be exhibited 

 at the London shows, but which have of late years disajipeared. 



Orchids were remarkably well represented ; indeed, we do not 

 remember to have seen so many and so well-bloomed plants at 

 any provincial show. The gem of the collection was the grand 

 Saccolabium guttatum of Mr. Gore-Langton. It is the same 

 plant which was exhibited at South Kensington. Then in the 

 collection of the same gentleman were Saccolabium curvifolium, 

 Dendrobium Jamesianum, Aerides Warneri, Oncidium ampul- 

 laceum major, Cattleya Mendelii, and Maxillaria tenuifolia. Sir 

 W. Marriott, of Down House, Blandford, also sent a nice collec- 

 tion, among which were Vanda suavis, .^.erides afline, Cattleya 

 MossisB, Odontoglossum Bluutii, a fine plant of Utricularia 

 montana, Cattleya Mendelii, Odontoglossum Alexandrie, Bate- 

 manuia grandiflora. In this collection there was also a fine pot 

 of Drosera capensis. Mr. J. W. Miles sent an excellent plant of 

 Dendrobium citrosmum, and also Odontoglossum nebulosum, 

 O. Phalceuopsis, 0. Pescatorei, O. Lindleyanum. Mrs. Carew 

 had a fine pan of Cypripedium barbatum, a fine Laelia purpu- 

 rascens, and Oncidium crispum. Mr. Brymer, of Puddleton, 

 near Dorc'nester, had some very fine things, among which were 

 Odontoglossum Alexandr.ie, Cattleya Mossi.-e, Epidendrum pris- 

 matocarpum, MasdevalliaHarryaua, a good pan of Cypripedium 

 barbatum, and a well-grown plant of Cypripedium purpureum. 

 Rev. W. Hunt, Congresbury, sent a tray of Marechal Neil 

 Roses, remarkable for size, form, and colour ; they were deep 

 golden yellow. Mr. Edwards, gardener at Pentilly Castle, Salt- 

 ash, had blooms of a pure white erect Gloxinia, which has been 

 named Miss Coryton. It is a fine pure white, even in the 

 throat, of good substance, and will make a useful plant for 

 wedding breakfasts and bouquets. 



Royal Bot.inic Society's Snow. — The second summer Exhi- 

 bition was held yesterday, and though probably not a tithe of 

 the number of plants shown at Kensington in the previous week 

 were staged — and the best of them had appeared there — the 

 effect of the whole was excellent. We have not space to enter 

 into details ; and we may add, that although on this occasion no 

 encouragement was offered for fruit, on the next (the 21th inst.) 

 several classes are provided for its fair representation. 



THE BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL INSECTS OF 

 OUR GARDENS.— No. 20. 

 TnousiXDS, nay, millions of beetles, are rejoicing in the 

 approach of summer, and busying themselves in obtaining 

 food, or else in providing for the appearance of another gene- 

 ration. This statement is not intended to be alarming. Of 

 our very numerous species of British beetles there are some, 

 certainly, that work damage in the garden or orchard, but 



