348 West London Gardeners' Association. 



Bart., of Coul ; and seeds of Zizania aquatica, or Canada rice, from John Hal- 

 dane, Esq., Haddington. 



In consequence of the heavy fall of snow having blocked up the roads, and 

 detained the mail-coaches, several articles did not arrive in time for the com- 

 petition on the 1st inst. An extraordinary meeting of the Committee was 

 therefore s»ubsequently called ; and they agreed to recommend the awarding of 

 the silver medal to Mr. David Brewster, gardener to Colonel Lindsay of Bal- 

 carres, for a collection of most beautiful camellias, including C. flnemonifldra 

 rosea, Press's eclipse, imbricata, variegated waratah, Chandleri, and one 

 marked " Seedling from China, introduced by James Nairne, Esq." Speci- 

 mens of haricots verts, or green kidneybeans, preserved both in the Dutch and 

 French mode, were s'jnd by the same active horticulturist, and remitted to a 

 Sub-Committee for examination. The Committee hkewise found the silver 

 medal due to Mr. William Sharp, gardener to Sir John Steuart Richardson, 

 Bart., of Pitfour, for a capital collection of named apples, in very high preser- 

 vation ; among which Knight's new Ribston was preeminently good ; and the 

 largest and richest asparagus shoots produced on the present occasion. At 

 the same meeting, a letter was read from Mr. Charles H. J. Smith, garden 

 architect, accompanied with specimens of the French crab of crop 1835 and 

 crop 1836, from the garden of Dr. Thom of Annan ; and recommending that 

 long-keeping and excellent apple to the attention of horticulturists, as deserv- 

 ing a place on a west or south wall. — P. A\ March 9. 1838. 



Art. V. The West London Gardeners Association Jor mutual 

 Instruction. 



FoRCiXG of Roses, October 30 1837. — Mr. Judd read an essay on the 

 forcing of roses, dividing them into two classes, China and Noisette, and moss 

 and Provence, roses. China and Noisette roses he cuts down in the end of Sep- 

 tember; shakes most of the soil from the roots ; repots them in fresh compost, 

 consisting of equal proportions of peat earth, leaf-mould, and good loam, with a 

 portion of sand and a little soot; and places them in a cold-pit till the beginning 

 of November, when he removes them to one having the command of fire heat ; 

 gives them a temperature of from do"^ to 65° ; waters in the afternoon ; 

 syringes after a sunny day, being careful not to allow the plants to be long 

 damp, as it renders them liable to mildew. These will flower in the end of 

 January ; and, hardened off, will flower in the green-house till May. A second 

 stock, put in in January, will flower from May to August ; those put in the 

 green-house in January, cut down and repotted in May, will flower in August, 

 take the place of those put in the conservatory in May, which, now cut down, 

 &c., will be ready for forcing in November. Mr. Judd attached great im- 

 portance to watering and syringing in the afternoon, contending that doing it 

 in the morning takes off that fine dew, so beneficial to the plant, which, no 

 doubt, containing a portion of gaseous matter, becomes absorbed by the leaves 

 when the sun shines upon them. 



For forcing moss roses Mr. Judd recommends two-years-old layers ; and, for 

 Provence, good suckers or plants, taken up and potted in the month of Sep- 

 tember, into a compost consisting of two thirds good loam, and one third rotten 

 cow-dung, with a portion of sand and soot. He then places them, in Oc- 

 tober, in a frame or pit, with a sweet bottom heat of from 90° to 100°, and an 

 atmospheric temperature of from 50° to 55'^, increasing it gradually to 65^^; 

 and they will flower in January, when a second stock commenced with will 

 flower in April. When they have done flowering, they must be hardened 

 off before exposure ; planted out, or well supplied with water in their pots, so 

 as to have the buds well perfected; to effect which, the first stock should be 

 pruned in August. He also recommended having moss and Provence roses 

 established in pots, and laid down every season, applying the heat by dung 

 linings. For the destruction of the aphis, he recommends tobacco-smoke ; for 



