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HOETICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 



OYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S adjourned annual general 

 meeting was held on the 9th ult., Viscount Bury, President of the 

 Society, in the chair. The President, in recommending the adoption of 

 the amended report, stated that Her Majesty's Commissioners had at last 

 acknowledged the legality of the Council, and the two bodies were now 

 on the most friendly terms. After a long discus&isn and several amendments had 

 been propcsed and rejected, the report was unanimously adopted. 



Royal Hortictjltukal Society's Exhibition of Hyacinths and other spring 

 flowers, on the 17th inst., was attended with a large measure of success. It was 

 iu some respects better than was generally anticipated, for the prizes were reduced 

 considerably in value, and it was feared the competition would not be so spirited as 

 at previous exhibitions. Hyacinths, of course, constituted the chief feature of the 

 exhibition. Tulips and narcissus were exceedingly well represented, and there was 

 a grand display of cyclamens, and miscellaneous subjects were especially attractive. 

 The International Exhibition of Fruit and Flowees to be held at Edin- 

 burgh in September next, promises to be most successful in every respect. It will 

 be held under the auspices of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, and as 

 the management has been ably supported by the inhabitants, it has been possible to 

 issue a very liberal schedule of prizes. 



The National Horticcltubal Exhibition held annually at Old Trafford, 

 under the auspices of the Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society, is to be 

 on the same grand scale as in previous years. £1000 is offered in prizes. It com- 

 mences May l-±, and continues open until the Thursday in Whitsuu week. 



Messrs. Hooper and Co., Covent Garden Market, W.C, offer prizes amounting 

 in the aggregate to £52 10s., for the produce of two new American potatoes grown 

 from one pound of sets. The conditions of competition will be furnished by the 

 firm. 



The Kumquat Orange {Citrus Japonica) is one of the most ornamental of 

 the family when well grown, but unfortunately it is most difficult of cultivation. 

 It is seldom seen in collections, and it is worthy of notice that at the meeting of 

 the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural, on the 3rd of March, Mr. 

 Sherratt, of Knypersley, Cheshire, exhibited a branch bearing upwards of 

 fifty fruits. The fruit is of a rich golden yellow, oval, rather smaller than a 

 pigeon's egg, and delicately perfumed. Although it may be raised from seed, it 

 must, to insure plentiful production of fruit, be grafted on Limonia trifoUata. It 

 has been suggested that it would succeed out of doors in sheltered situations in the 

 west of England, but it is not likely that it will produce its fruit without the pro- 

 tection of a greenhouse when in bloom. When furnished with fruit as in the 

 case of the specimen referred to, it is one of the finest of ornamental plants for the 

 conservatory, especially during the winter season. 



Mr. A. McKenzie, OF Alexandra Palace and Park., having well-nigh completed 

 the outdoor works and glass structures there, is prepared to take commissions In land- 

 scape gardening and the improvementof landed estates. We trust that Mr. McKenzie's" 

 engagements on private properties will not deprive us of his services in a public 

 capacity, for his admirable work on the Thames Embankment, in Finsbury Park, 

 and elsewhere, constitutes him an important benefactor. It is satisfactory to learn 

 that, although now enabled to enlarge his sphere of operations, he will continue on 

 the official staff of the Alexandra Palace Company. 



TO CORRFSPONDENTS. 



Worms in Feun Case. — J. C. J. — Lime watei is the best fcr dislodging the 

 worms. It is prepared by putting a quarter of a peck of unslaked lime into a 

 ^'allon of water. It must stand until quite clear, and then be poured off' carefully 

 s'j as to avoid disturbing the llmo in the bottom of the vessel. The case should be 

 watered two or three times with an interval of three or four days between each. 

 If the ferns are not thoroughly established in the case, the best course will be to 

 take them out and renew the soil, for if the bed is full of Worms the drainage is 



April. 



