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JOUENAL OF HORTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. 



( October 21, 1875. 



bunches become naturally united, forming a fasciated stem 

 and bunch. In that cise is it more than one bunch? Thus 

 fcimple as the question at first sight may appear, it is when 

 examined rather subtle, but none the les3 for that should it 

 refit undetermined. 



Huge bunches of Grapes seem to be yearly increasing in 

 size, and I submit, therefore, that the simple question of what 

 constitutes one bunch of Grapes should be finally and authori- 

 tatively settled, I have not either the slightest interest in 

 the bunches lately exhibited, or the remotest feeling as to 

 which is successful, but I should, in common with those of my 

 craft generally, like to know what is the standard for judging 

 " a bunch of Grapes." — A Nobth-of-England Gardener. 



Most of the Grape-growera in the country are anxiously 

 waiting your version of what constitutes a bunch of Grapes. 

 I myself, an old Grape-grower, for one, will be much disap- 

 pointed if I find your version to be that we aie to pass a bunch 

 as one bunch with two separate fruit stems from the main or 

 side shoot. I have been acting as judge this season at a show 

 of some pretence, where a bunch was shown for the heavy 

 prize having two fruit stems from the main rod or side shoot 

 somewhat ingeniously worked together, but we did not hesitate 

 io disqualifying the said bunch. Anxiously waiting your 

 version. — M. Sutherland. 



[We shall be glad to hear from our readers their definition 

 of a bunch of Grapes. — Eds.] 



I am very much disappointed at " D. E." not answering my 

 questions. From the fact of his being present at the weighing 

 and interesting himself so much in the proceedings, he must 

 have known whether the Judges were present, and, if so, if 

 they inspected the Eskbank Grapes ; for it is very important 

 that it should be known whether it was an oversight on their 

 part, or that they accepted it as a hondfule bunch. 



In your issue of the l-lth inst. "A Grai'e-Gbower " says, "It 

 is not too much, I think, to ask Mr. Dickson for the names of 

 the gentlemen who are able to corroborate his statement ; it 

 would strengthen his case, and do them no harm whatever." 

 I most cordially comply with his request, and furnish the 

 letters which I have received from these gentlemen, and leave 

 the public to draw their own conclusions. — James Dickson. 



"My answer to yours of the 29th nit., 'What I consider 

 constitutes one bunch of Grapes?' is, that it should all come 

 from one eye, the same as your large bunch that was exhibited 

 in Edinburgh, and not an inch or two apart, as the fruit stems 

 of Mr. Curror's bunch were. To have a perfect bunch of 

 Grapes the bunch should hang by one stem. I corroborate 

 every word you say in reply to ' An English GrapeGhower.' 

 I was staging my fruit in the room when your bunch came in, 

 and I can affirm that the berries were neither rubbed nor 

 bruised, and no bunch could have carried better. I went and 

 looked at the bunch soon after it came in. — Alex. Ingram, 

 The Garch'H^, AInicick Castle.''^ 



" In reply to yours of the 27th ult. After seeing the Eek- 

 bank bunch it was what I considered to be two bunches of 

 Grapes, or what I always understood to constitute two distinct 

 bunches of Grapes. They were, as far as I can judge, from 2^ 

 to 3 inches apart. I could have shown some splendid bunches 

 of Blaek Hamburgh, but could not owing to the fruit stems 

 being half an inch apart. — P. Stewart, T]ie Glen Gardens." 



" In reply to your note of this morning (Sept. 2.5) regarding 

 Mr. Curror's large bunch of Grapes, I beg to say that I consider 

 the prize fairly yours. Mr. Curror's exhibit was a grand bit 

 of Grape-growing, but at the same time you cannot fairly call 

 it one bunch. I have always understood one bunch to mean 

 one stem from the wood, however short, or even two il they 

 fairly split at the union with the wood. But Mr. Curror's had 

 quite li inch of clear space between the two stems ; therefore 

 I consider them two distinct bunches, and I think, for the 

 sake of those who exhibit, it ought to be clearly understood 

 that one bunch of Grapes should hang by one stem. — James 

 Louden, The IJuinta, ChirU, liualxm." 



" Your letter duly to hand, and I must own I cannot blame 

 you for reopening the question, 'What constitutes one bunch 

 of Grapes?' My old friend Louden of The Quinta and myself 

 the moment we saw it (Mr. Curror's bunch) called it a ' twin.' 

 This is the firat time that I ever saw a twin beat a dead honest 

 one bunch.— William Jones, Gardener to ilar(juis of London- 

 derry, The Gardens, Wynyard Park, Stockton-on-Tees." 



" I AM in receipt of yours of the 4th inst. I certainly did 

 examine the Eskbank bunch of Grapes, and there was decidedly 

 a clear space of an inch or two between the fruit stems, which 

 in my opinion made two bunches of Grapes. What I consider 

 one bunch of Grapes should come direct from the shoot with 

 one stem. Any more stems, of course, are so many more 

 bunches. — I. Thomson, Edinburgh." 



" Yours of yesterday (Sept. 29) is to hand. I don't think 

 any Grape-grower in the kingdom will for one moment dis- 

 pute your opinion as to what constitutes one bunch of Grapes, 

 that ' there should be but one fruit stem from the shoot.' 

 The other morning in the Music Hall when you afcked me to 

 look at Mr. Curror's bunch I was prevented by the policeman 

 from inspecting it. I shall feel deeply interested to know how 

 the matter will end, and trust justice wUl have its proper 

 course. — Geo. Johnston, Glamis Gardens." 



NEW JAPAN ROSE, BEAUTY OF GLAZENWOOD. 



A FEW years ago we looked upon the list of forthcoming new 

 Boses with much greater interest than at the present day, for 

 BO many new varieties are annually poured into the market, 

 which prove mere costly rubbish, that we have had a cooling- 

 down. Had Mr. Smith's illustration of Beauty of Glazenwood, 

 in the " Floral Magazine," appeared in those old times, it 

 would have created a tremendous sensation, and, cautious aa 

 we are grown, this real novelty cannot fail to awaken much 

 interest throughout the Bose world. A Rose of golden-yellow, 

 striped and flaked with scarlet or vermilion, sounds like a 

 dream or a fairy tale. It is, nevertheless, a reality, attested 

 by Mr. Smith's brilliant plate, in which Mr. Woodthorpe con- 

 siders full justice is not done to the richness of colouring of 

 the Rose itself. 



When I was in Essex, in July, I had the pleasure of seeing 

 fine healthy trees of this remarkable Rose, but I waa a little 

 too late for the flowers. Some blooms had just been sent to 

 Mr. Smith for making his illustration, which may have been 

 seen already by some of your readers. I am glad to testify to 

 the very vigorous growth and hardy character of this Rose. 

 The heads of standards of it consist of long graceful shoots 

 from 4 to C feet in length, which were last winter perfectly 

 uninjured even to the tips, though quite unprotected. 



Beauty of Glazenwood is a summer-blooming variety, and 

 will make a beautiful climber or an equally fine standard, 

 flowering as it does from every eye on its long pendulous 

 shoots. Mr. Woodthorpe describes it as strikingly lovely in 

 the bud state. It is like Madame Falcot in its yellow ground, 

 while the vermilion flakes on the petals resemble " the colour- 

 ation of a Tulip," and it has also a delicate fragrance. 



It will certainly prove an important and charming addition 

 to our already rich array of Roses, and be most valuable in 

 hybridisation, on account of its peculiar colouring and dis- 

 tinctness. — Henry Curtis, Devon Bosery, Torquay. 



THE LEEDS NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB 

 AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 



189IH MEETINO, SEPTEMEER 15. 

 Mb. James Abbott exhibited a number of interesting plants 

 collected in the West Riding, including Potentilla norvegica, 

 which grows abundantly on the banks of the Leeds and Liver- 

 pool Canal between Armley and Kirkstall, and appears to have 

 been thoroughly naturalised. It was first gathered about 18G0 

 by Mr. Wm. Kirkley, but not satisfactorily determined at the 

 time. In 18G8 it was found, also apparently native, in Burwell 

 Fen, Cambridgeshire, by Mr. G. S. Gibson, and recorded by 

 him in the " Journal of Botany " for that year (vol. vi., p. 302 ; 

 also see Babington'a " Manual," seventh edition). In 1874 Mr. 

 Abbott noticed it in great abundance, and this year it was sent 

 to Kew to name, when it turned out to be a Scandinavian form, 

 though in what manner it reached the Leeds district is as yet 

 unaccounted for. Mr. Charles Hobkirk reports that in 1873 he 

 found it on the banks of the canal near Huddersfield. — W. D. E. 



Strawberries at Nottingham. — On looking through the 

 flower market last Saturday (October 16th) a groat crowd 

 seemed to be gathered round one notable stall. I soon saw 

 the cause — viz., a basket of very fine Strawberries (Vicomtesse 

 Hericart de Thury) was there on view, equal in colour and 

 fair for size. They were gathered from the open ground on 

 the 15 th from established plants that had borne heavily during 

 the eeason, and had received no extra care or attention. They 



