

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



MS 



ere shown by Messrs. Veitch Albans. 



455 



fTjaJtCATltD 



, Haatii— °" 5 Messrs i^»'^» ■—»«* — •-■ - 

 **, P ^^-n»iq1v entered they were disqualified 

 ** "■» [HS were furnished by Messrs. Fraser. 



They 



btfidsoi 



eedl 



ers 



^'^ ofwell bloomed plants of rniniata, coccinea, 



kind called Angelina. 

 T ixCacti came from Mr. Green, who sent Epiphyl- 

 ^^ iosom and its handsome variety called elegans, 

 g M( j Cereus speciosissimus. Messrs, Pamplin 



fa produced 



AxauMENfiS "were furnished by Mr, Wiggins, gr. to 

 Mr Beck and Mr. Woolley. Among the sorts were 

 ZtfBtM, and its white variety, Tugwelliana, Margarettse, 

 3tther well known kinds. 



Px*ks * ere S°° d and nume . rous - 



f 24 blooms each in the open class. 



There were five 



The 



5 awarded to Mr. C. Turner, Slough, Duke 



Hoyle, Lola Montes, Adonis, Rival, 

 James Hogg, Field Marshal, Fanny, 



£nt prize* 



of Devonshire, 

 Andrews, Mr. 



Ijogi C WtlleaJey, INarnorougn uuck, cardinal, John 



Juliet, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Weeden, Jupiter, Esther, 

 iad Beauty of Salt Hill. Mr. Baker, of Woolwich, 

 lecond with some nicely laced flowers, but they 

 wanted the depth and freshness of lacing observable in 

 the first collection. The varieties dissimilar to those 

 in the first lot were Sir J. Pax ton, Criterion, Great 

 Britain, 3frs. Norman, Favourite, Hercules, Brunette, 

 Mrs, Wolf, President, and Purple Perfection. Mr. 

 Bragg, Slough, who was third, had fine blossoms of 

 Hercules, Purple Perfection, Cardinal, James Hogg, 

 Jupiter, and Sarah. Mr. Parker, of Dalston, and Mr. 

 Batten, of Clapton, also exhibited in this class. In the 

 Amateurs' Class of 12 blooms Mr. Baker was first 

 with 12 finely grown and well laced flowers, 

 lamely, Lord C. Wellesley, Brunette, Mrs. Wolf, 

 New Criterion, Richard Andrews, Mr. Hobbs, 

 Elizabeth Gair, Criterion, Duke of Devonshire, Nar- 

 boro' Buck, Mi* Norman, and Great Britain. Mr. 

 Laurence, Hampton, was second, with Lord C. Wellesley, 

 New Criterion, Sarah, Cardinal, Mrs. Maclean, Hector, 

 Hercules, Arthur, Koh-i-Noor, Purple Perfection, 

 Criterion, Climax. Mr. Blakesley, of Hampton, was 

 third. Mr. Norman, of Woolwich, received a Certificate 

 for 19 blooms of his seedling Mrs. Norman. This is a 

 fine flower, with large broad petals, and very evenly 

 laced. The same award was made to Mr. Turner, for 

 8tar; and to Mr. Bragg, for Annie Laurie and Ralph 



Bailey— three pretty flowers, but undersized as ex- 

 hibited. 



Passirs were shown by Mr. Turner, Mr. Bryan, of 

 Howulow ; Messrs. Dobson & Son, and Mr. Batten ; 

 also by Mr. Holder, in the class for private growers ; 

 these, though past their best, yet appear to have many 



*!?** n M ° ne collection of Ranunculuses from Mr. 

 Wfor, # Dalston, large blooms, but not in sufficient 



Pelargoniums were present in larger numbers and 

 ■ oetter condition than we often see them in July, 

 "* e *} ave . so ofte * given the names of the winning 

 » in detail, we shall confine ourselves on this occa- 



■tttoer 

 12 plants 



P« 



* or th, had 



iTET' IT ii™' San8 P ar «l, and Rena, the latter 

 wi winte. Messrs. Fraser had an evenly-grown 



m sJ^\ m r excellen t "ealth, the best of which 

 adEfr! , y ' and Enchantress. Mr. Gaines 

 aix dwT*, Uob80n aild Sons came next. The class for 



Tmwc uJ it W var,eti , es ' br «nght five competitors. Mr. 

 ££*f feanspare.1, Wonderful, Virginia, Suowflake, 



L Dera1 ' and Phaet0D ' Mr B^k, of Isle' 



W.'GovenSr r I"? P 1 ^ P lants i the r were 

 <*» of r. w Gene , ra1 ' Laura > Conqueror, Fidelia, and 

 S*Mtr rv Mr ' Holu er, Messrs. Dobson and 



t£t£' T, ne % and Mr - Robinson, also exhibited in 

 m «*«iBiJi7 , - for three P lants did not produce 

 *» qnftiitv m!-?. 5 8 was for aize without reference 

 To P* ! Mr lL!. Urner Was l8t witn Vesper, Tiger, and 

 ^ 2d J? ?c? r ' K; t0 the Rev - E - Coleridge, Eton 

 •***M \„ih £ Narciss «s, and Portia; Mr. Wind- 



*• N re, D „v v ol ] ° P lants for P rivft te growers, 



*«* Ji£ r °» ter » E sq., Cle»~ "» ~~~ ,„. 



*»**. w^ „ ° f ^ xcellt nc quality 



M . Mr lit **> Were als0 very go, 



^. UES* 2\ Mr 4 B A _**. Mr. Weir 5th, 



Saracen, a bright 



H Mr. Beck 



fB "-'. Mr p Urservme n-a uass, Mr. Turner, Messrs. 



M, » * nonouT' P^ ^^ Dobs0n & Son8 

 *. W«i» ._ . ? urs - Private growers, Mr. Windsor, 



Mr. Weir 

 Esq., Tedding 



These were as attractive as 



*W* 



£ G * Smith received * ceruficate for a 

 seedling Petunia, Hermione, a new and pleasing kind 



white, curiously spotted ; it is a large flower. Mr Nye 

 received the Medal offered for the best Scarlet Pelar- 

 gonium, with a free flowering bright variety named 

 Amazon, with dark top petals. Mr. Nye also received a 

 Certificate for Prince of Wales. This is a fine large bold 

 flower for exhibition, rich dark top petals, lower petals 

 bright cherry rose, clear white centre. G. YV. Hoyle, 

 Esq., Reading, received a similar award for Clotilde, a 

 large free flowering kind, and Improved Majestic, with 

 clear white centre. In Seedling Fancy kinds there were 

 but two shown, Vivid and Prima Donna, The latter 

 received a Certificate, and is a very good shaped new 

 variety. Mr. Smith received a Certificate for a 

 pleasing light Verbena, Sir C Campbell, a flower of 

 good form. 



Fruit was plentiful ; but a good deal of it was far 

 from being perfect. White Grapes were unripe, most 

 of the Muscats being actually quite green, and Black 

 Hamburghs ith some excellent exceptions were red. 

 Peaches and Nectarines were generally good, and of 

 Pine Apples there were 64 ; one or two of them, how- 

 ever, were very unripe, and many of them were small. 



Collections of Fkuit came from Mr. McEwen, gr. to 

 the Duke of Norfolk, Mr. Fleming, gr. to the Duke of 

 Sutherland, Mr. Watson, Mr. Constantine, and Mr. 

 Cowan. Mr. McEwen had three Melons, six dishes of 

 Strawberries, one dish of Fastolf Raspberry, four dishes 

 of Gooseberries, French Crab Apple still sound, 

 White Dutch Currant, ripe Jargonelle Pears, six 

 dishes of Peaches and Nectarines, Muscat and Black 

 Prince Grapes (the former poor bunches, but ripe), 

 Figs, excellent Greengage Plums, and Black Tartarian 

 Cherries. Mr. Fleming produced beautiful bunches of 

 Black Hamburgh Grapes, Royal George and Magdalen 

 Peaches, Elruge and Violet Hative Nectarines, Hybrid 

 Cashmere and Trentham Hybrid Melons, red Antwerp 

 Raspberries, black Ischia Figs, and very good May 

 Duke Cherries. Mr. Watson sent Figs, Peaches, Straw- 

 berries, Cherries, Pines, and Melons. Mr. Constantine 

 had Black Hamburgh Grapes, Strawberries, Brown 

 Turkey Figs, small May Duke Cherries, Elruge Nec- 

 tarines, and Royal George Peaches. Mr. Munro, gr. to 

 Mrs. Oddie, also had a neatly arranged box of fruit. 



Of Pine Apples the best four fruit came from Mr. 

 Fleming, and good specimens were also furnished by 

 Mr. Barron, gr. to Mrs. Vivian, Mr. Beal, gr. to A. 

 Smith, Esq., and Mr. Spencer, gr. to the Marquis of 

 Lansdowne. Of Providences Mr. Jackson, gr. to Lord 

 Scarsdale, sent the best specimen, and an. excellent 

 fruit also came from Mr. Chapman, gr., Chilford, 

 Cheshire. Of Queens Mr. Davis had the best ; but 

 excellent fruit were also contributed by Mr. Fleming, 

 Mr. Peed, Mr. Spencer, and Mr. Turnbul), gr. to the 

 Duke of Marlborough. Mr. Busby, gr. to S. Crawley, 

 Esq., had an excellent smooth-leaved Cayenne. 



Of Grapes the best 1*2 lb. boxes were furnished by 

 Mr. Henderson, gr. to Sir G. Beaumont, Bart, and Mr. 

 Harrison, of Oatlands. These were good bunches and 

 quite black ; but most of the other 12 lbs. were red. 

 In the class of three dishes Mr. Tillyard, gr. to the 

 Speaker, had the best fruit, which was, however, closely 

 followed by the contributions from Mr. Henderson and 

 Mr. Martin, gr. to Sir H. Fleetwood, Bart. Of Black 

 Hamburgh most excellent bunches 

 Henderson, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. 

 best specimens of Black Prince 

 by Messrs. Martin, Hill, and Turner, 

 cadines capital fruit came from Mr. Smith, gr. to S. 

 Ricardo, Esq. ; Mr. Tillyard ; and Mr. Williams, gr. 

 to C. B. Warner, Esq. Muscats, glorious bunches, 

 with berries nearly as large as Greengage Plums, came 

 from Mr. Strachan, gr. to R. B. Hill, Esq., but they were 

 unfortunately little more than half ripe. Mr. Clarke, 

 Mr. Turnbull, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Aliport 

 also showed good examples of this variety of Grape. 

 Very fine Frontignans came from Mr. Tillyard and Mr. 

 Marchand. The best pot Vines came from Mr. For- 

 syth, gr. to Baron Rothschild, at Gunnersbury. 



Of Peaches decidedly the best were furnished by 

 Mr. Snow, gr. to Earl de Grey. These consisted of 

 Violet Hative and Noblesse. Mr. Collison had also 

 large and fine Peaches ; but they were over ripe, and 

 bruised to pieces. Mr. Forbes, gr. to the Duke of Bed- 

 ford, Mr. Constantine, and Mr. Gardiner, also sent good 

 Peaches and Nectarines ; Mr. Snow, Mr. Davis, and 

 Mr. Ruffet had, however, the best fruit, but good speci- 

 mens also came from Mr. Turnbull, Mr. Frost, and 



came from Mr. 



Boyd ; and the 



were furnished 



Of White Mus- 



eir 



!? * ^ ordiJX f Were the successful exhibit 



?** fi °e bi 1a tht ^ are given in. Fuchsias were pro- 



*& V% P*rk \£ n? 7 ' gr ' to Baroa Goldsmid, 

 S?^ we did n ? a \ ne8 ' Md Mr ' Bish °P- In these 

 fil*** but £dS? . 0b ? rVe au > thill S » ew - Calceo- 



£|^ St, li ^ rai8ed and exhibited h * 

 Ibr*; Me** A*' , Ihese are kinds suitable for 

 £ ^TImS Hend ! 7 r80 " 3 Pine-apple Place, and 



2SSr* ^^& ISV^T- ^IS^"* Pl~itfc A Bronze 

 £**>* Citeo ar,^' %*«™*> *» a collection of 

 •W ^tW T «^e were 18 varieties of 

 > weae were raised bv Mr r„\* St 



Mr. Munro, gr. to Mrs. Oddie. 



Of Melons, the best (a green-flesh sort), came from 

 Mr. Spencer ; but Mr. Tegg, Mr. M'Ewen, and Mr. 

 Fleming were also successful exhibitors of this fruit. 

 Of scarlet-fleshed kinds Mr. Marchand, gr. to J. Smith, 

 Esq., had the best Mr. M*Ewen also showed fruit of 

 this class. 



Figs were furnished by Mr. Ivison, gr. to the Duke 

 of Northumberland ; Mr. Snow, and Mr. Constantine. 

 The sorts were Black Ischia and Brown Turkey. 



Cherries, large and fine, came from Mr. Taylor, gr. 

 to J. Coster, Esq., and Mr. Snow, gr. to Earl de Grey. 



The best Strawberries were shown by Mr. Smith, 

 of Twickenham, but Mr. Tillyard and Mr. Lidyard also 

 produced good dishes. The sorts were British Queen 

 and Keens' Seedling. 



Tropical Fruits were contributed by Mr. Ivison, 

 er. to the Duke of Northumberland, at Syon. They 



iPoticcs; of Books, 



TroiUf gttftal dc$ C<mijere$, ou description de t<mtc$ lm 

 especes et variites aujourdhui connues, avee leur sync* 

 nymie, Vindication disproctdes de culture a dt multi- 

 plication qvCil convlent de I U ur appliqucr. By Elie- 

 Abel Carriure, superintendent of the Nurseries of the 

 Mus-um of Natural History, Paris. 8vo, pp. 65;^ 

 Barthes &. Lowell, London. 



A good book on Coniferous plants is much needed, for 

 the purpose of fixing their nomenclature, settling their 

 synonymy, and describing their peculiarities, natural 

 localities, and (economical value. But who is to write 

 it ? who to disentangle the perplexed names, to settle 

 the limits of species, and to reduce to order the heap 

 of raw materials now collected by travellers, gardeners 

 botauophilists, and botanists ? That would be no easy 

 task nor one to be lightly undertaken, for there is diffi- 

 culty at every step, and the danp-r < : erro* is such 

 to render considerable accuracy all but hopeless. 



In the mean while the work before us will be 

 thought extremely useful. 1 unded upon the well- 

 known work of Endlicher, but stripped of its Latin, 

 dressed in French, largely augmented by referencee 

 to recent species, and enriched widi numerous details 

 of horticultural and ooconomical valuf, it must be 

 regarded as a first-class gardener*' volume, in which as 

 much exactness is fouud as can perhaps be attained as 

 matters at present stand. We bear witness, with great 

 pleasure, to the care which M. Carriers bee shown in 

 collecting the species nisi by Endlicher or published 

 since his time ; and also to the value of his ver\ complete 

 Index. If wc cannot always agree with him in his 

 determination of Synonyms, nor in his ideas of species 

 and genera, we can at least admit that differences of 

 opinion upon such points are perhaps inseparable from 

 the subject. 



That which strikes us as the most objectionable is the 

 want of any apparent principle in the formation of 

 genera, and this is the more unfortunate because it 

 strikes at the very foundation of a settled nomenclature. 

 Linnaeus threw into one genus (Pinus) all Pines, Firs, 

 Larches, and Cedars. Others formed two genera, 

 Pinus for the trees having from two to five leaves sur- 

 rounded at the base by a common sheath, and hare? 

 woody cones with scales pyramidal at the point ; AbidL 

 for the trees having scattered leaves, with thinner cons* 

 scales not pyramidal at the point. This was an intelligible 

 useful distinction and has-been very generally recognise! 

 Bnt to construct out of Abies such genera as Ttuga^ 

 Abies, Picea, Larix, and Ctdrus seems to us wholls- 

 un desirable and attended with no advantage, to sar 

 nothing of the impossibility of defining the limits withi 

 which such names are to be applied. Where, 

 example, can AH Kasmpfcri be placed in this sort 

 arrangement ? Since it will come within the definition ot 

 none of them, we pn :me that some one will elevate It 

 to the dignity of a separate genus. 



In the cases above quoted M. Carrlere runs into the 

 extreme of multiplying genera. In the case of 

 Wellingtonia he tikes the opposite course, and led by 

 authority he merges that plant in Sequoia, But if he 

 were true to himself he would have resolutely main- 

 tained it, for its claim to separation is at all events 

 as great as that of such genera as Picea, Tsuga, 

 Larix, Biota, Libocedrus, &c, which our author accepts 

 without hesitation. And we will here remark that 

 neither the arguments nor the figures produced in the 

 Revue Horticole by our learned friend Decaisne, to 

 show that Wellingtonia is only a £ tioia, carry any con- 

 viction to our mind ; as we t hall explain whenever a 

 fitting occasion shall arise. 



Passing from the question of genera let us next 

 advert to species. For the sake of showing the difficul- 

 ties that beset the inquirer in this department of the 

 subject, we select the Tree Juniper, to which we have 

 lately referred, as forming a conspicuous part of the 

 vegetation of Balaklava. What is that plant ! No one 

 can doubt that it is what Bieberstein intended by his 

 Juniperuscxc€lsa 9 &s the locality he gives (Tauria meridio- 

 nalis) plainly shows ; which is confirmed by Trautvetter. 

 But M. Carriere substitutes the name fcetidissima for ex- 

 ccba, although the latter is more fragrant than the 

 contrary, upon the supposition that the plant in question 

 is a certain Savin, as tall as a Poplar, found by Tourne- 

 fort between Tiflis and Erivan, and by him called 

 <( Cedrus orien talis fcetidissima/' But the Crimean 

 plant does not at all agree with the description of the 

 great French botanist, who says, among other things, 

 that his Savin had green berries, and leaves yellowish 

 but glaucous on the under side, while the berries 

 of J. excelsa are jet black, and the leaves not 

 at all glaucous. It is, therefore, by no means cer- 

 tain that /. excelsa and fcetidissima are the 

 same plant. Moreover, Eotscliy thinks he has found 

 the latter, as well as excelsa 9 on the Bulgar Dagh of 

 Cilicia, and, if he is right, even the Turks distinguish 

 the two, calling the first "Bosch Ardytsch," and the 

 latter "Selwi or Jach Ardytsch." The two plants, 

 which are now before us, undoubtedly appear to be very 

 distinct : and upon comparing the wood of the Bala- 

 klava Juniper (tor specimens of which we are indebted 

 to our gallant friend Colonel Munro, of the 29th) with. 

 that of what M. Kotschy believes to be /. fcetidissima, 

 the distinction is even greater, the grain of the two 

 being altogether different. But while M. Carriere 

 thus substitutes the name fcetidissima for excelsa with- 



oritv. he 



consisteu ot Momoraica ualsaimna, vaniiia, jruuiwaui out, *u> «c ^coumo w uuim, puwvicui — 

 fruit, and Nutmegs, I applies the latter name to another Juniper 



