IIO IHE 
GARDENE 
ERS’... CORONIGLE, 
[JULY 24, 1855, 
Trafford, Manchester, early in August, ma ka call 
the attention of cultivators of the Carnat and 
Picotee to the Pac omg Rd that exists e deed: arith 
ing the advancing buds, as к=: ard against 
incurring the "dis squalification of a split wi ро. 
15 eat importanc 
Tu i 
g to the d then 
follows the necessary watc uds give 
signs of reaching maturity, they must be tied, to pre- 
vent the bursting of the pod—strips of soft bast mat- 
ting, flat and not ег ver the best material for 
i e fine wer is practically put 
out of court when the calyx splits. Clea 
pu рор се = oom, e of growth 
are expan nding Fumigation еу assists m health 
and vi of the plants, and they are muc = nefited 
by incen syringings | till the buds i show 
colour ; after which time all mois ше and the sun's 
rays mus pt fone diem, if perfect flowers are to 
be At this s stage earwigs are likely to be i pics 
also, and the сне e же» lly watched for. Con- 
stant watchfulness iating attention are indis- 
le to oie canes at the exhibition table. 
—— BEGONIA SUTHERLANDI, a native of Natal, 
found at a considerable elevation, is a very pre 
pale orange colour. It makes a good companion to 
the popular x B. Weltoniensis. 
te in the Builder that Mr. 
nounces t e ** has decided to signalise his prefer- 
ment in the der fession." This FITS intends 
to do by purchasing the Баа MORE GARDENS, AT 
dens for three years, after с they are to be 
opone out of the Wycombe 
—— A fine example of Yucca ACUMINATA is 
ud in bloom at Mr. F. R. KINGHORN'S nursery, 
n Ro ad, Richmond. A н feature of 
this | ce is the deep bronzy flower stems, and the 
reverse of the flowers is of the same colour, which 
gives it quite a striking appearance. 
—— The eae uo Oa CounT COTTAGE 
IIORTICULTURAL SHOW is announced to take e 
and grounds at 
on August D me the ы garden 
Madresfield rt will be open to ticket-holders. This 
cottagers resident in the parishes of Madres- 
f eld, "Nevis Powyke, and — whose — 
о not exc £8 per annum. We st an excellen 
rule in the sched ule, ipe: is well ө worth adopting at 
which sta hs that in addi- 
tion to money prizes pelt at the virt each exhibitor 
in the смс for „симе, whom or more 
first prizes, etable 
other instance d се PREJUDICE OF ENG- | 
articles 
mandet ef of the leaf M iiber i | marked, 
and densely spotted with ivory white. Dye 
manding figure a 
aladiums, shown at the exhibition of the Wimbledon 
District Horticultural on the 14th 
Mr. J. dab gr. to ot | Esq. 
nliness is of- 
pou = 
Leplay, 
boss Rag and E ne ча are in the same way, 
varying more or nthe disposition of the leaf 
ик. but ARUM of the same type. 
— In the herbaceous border at the Chiswick 
Gander of the Royal Horticultural Society, THYMUS 
MICANS is just now an interesting object. In its ve 
nse low-spreading rth, it reminds one of Sela- 
ginella apoda, tuft is at the ent time 
owned with tiny trusses of pale rosy lilac flowers. 
It should be planted on a piece of с rockwork, 
but requires a fair amount of moisture 
—— The PONTYPOOL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
third annual show will be held on August 19, in 
Pontypool Park. 
==- tis ery handsome SILV my MEDAL, value five 
‚ having been placed at the disposal of the 
misce of the V рза Horticultural Society, 
it was resolved Sar it should be presented to the 
exhibitor taking tw haris s recent 
sho cater of prizes = nw y Mr. 
Moog баз E to J 
AD, Esq., Can- 
ung and Ah plant grower of 
Башлы ability, who bids fair to take a high posi- 
tion in his profession. А] Ei ing prizes in the 
plant classes were taken by DAN, with th 
exceptio t or six с Ferns, the judges 
a b for 
mn a 
(in all LG d one of the finest eps seen fo = 
many а . chrysophylla, -— ex 
being splendidly grown. Advant 
the coming annual meeting of the Society to три 
dal pat 
present Mr. JORDAN with the 
garden Sore was presente r. N, VOICE, of 
Hene i NN, for taking the greatest 
MAER 
mber db prizes in x клан зы, classes, 
eting s CE dun es took place on 
орды я, ames’ Hall, for the 
purpose of c iere des the advisability of holding 
an INTERNATIONAL. mete 
877. The attendance was limited, m 
dinner 9 the Royal танта Society taking aren 
at the same pee it iod epulum E bipes the 
meeting i Friday, pde s hoped a 
edes s aus of leading: обоо wil be able 
toa 
ADIANTHA DUBIA, a perennial Cucurbit- 
aceous а reme is lowering on the wall of the herba- 
ceous ground at Kew, which, though fhtrodice d more 
than ten years ago, is still rare, and requires attention 
specim 
minate, of a li he 
from base to apex ; the f Ree are bell-sha 
n: and M in profusion from Jun 
— the is very succulen uera is eaten by 
ie tives. hw vni supposed that us tubers were eat- 
e ‘but even after cooking they are found too bitter 
for table 
en- 
e till late in 
—— Mr. CHAMBERS, of the Westlake Nursery, 
leworti, has been very successful in flowering 
DOUBLE BLUE Lo he states as his expe- 
rience that whilst plants struck the 
autumn, or very in the spring, always flower 
with him freely, those struck late either do not flo 
im 
s all or only do so late in the autumn, I 
ct it may explain arii the failures to flower this 
рее tty bedding plant last year. Gardeners will do 
well to take this hint, and work their intended stock 
Mm e = €— 2 early as quse in the 
mn. r. CHAMBERS has raised from it a good 
double ihe per ee with blue, and hopes eventually 
to secure a good double white variety. 
of the Continental varieties DOUBLE 
POTENTILLAS oed е Mp ion ve border 
flowers, eing very lar, агре. AT ny 
coloured, poem bright golden-yellow ; 
eep crimson, regularly edged wil with у ну 9 
William ie lisson, clear reddish well 
cc ve adapted for cutting 
Lg fida nee e 
—— That pretty little lap via NERTERA 
DEPRESSA, is i айыы done by Mr. С 
590 
be made а usefiil and E adjunct to the 
system of carpet beddin 7 
almost oa rainfall in the 
southern, western, and midland counties, is produc 
such serious results, that it is well to 1 к 
consolation we ma 
in one patch of 
be hope 
se in dry seaso Eve 
ordinary seasons, there are sa d ‘places vhi the 
water supply is lamentably defici 
The Council of the Ro = Horticultural 
So ociety pursued a very politic oe in i 
exhibitors by whose spontaneous effor 
together on We nesday and езу last to 
a luncheon at St, James' Hall on the first-named day, 
r. DENNY, and erbari ds the Hon. and Rev 
BOSCAWEN, esi Great co rdiality prevailed, 
every spe eaker insistin ae on the c of supporting — 
эң эры Society and its — so longas the advances _ 
ment of hort — was m j 
considerati ion. Messrs. 
o the toast of 
of the peter ons ; while | 
AN, a JA S, JUDD, and MILES Meer | 
the acknowledgments of the gardeners. 
— Among MN suitable for e: naked — 
wills i in ROR hous ne o d the best is the quick- - 
growing Ficus eed MIN 
S low span-roofed Boves 
Nin cog des actually forced 
e : 
the. exterior wall, notwithstanding the c 
temperature, So far, it appears perfectly at ms 
and the fugitive shoots betay no lack of vigour. 
Home Correspondence, 
е correspondent 
wn question when he says, 
diat of all Vines ce greg is the p^ thing to ‹ 
do if they are wanted uture fruiting.' a 
this as a first step, Wee as t e “© most important | 
pou n in e n шише 
remar T 18. 
ре ан aes which ie a 
y communi "m ation, 
prom аен we must somet ing 
growing propensities of the plant. A 
has said every one EI oe who has ever _ 
gr Canon Hall or Barbarossa Grape. Trisnotalios : 
gether ei delicacy of the sex эжип organs ca 
abortion ; it is the rabundance of Pair 
stigma. S Grow! ing the plant under a high temperature - 
and probably а rich moist soil goes = за to cause / 
this. unusual чену оп ве esum , and it 5009 
es hard on the surfa mbrane 5 
which. “prevents "the pcc ien > down in 
pistil, о rpti 
"t 
„ае 
et 
ears g y 
the training Vines b “thereby — | 
nectar to drop off. ‘Havin ving o ei 
cause I adopted other means to "bring ber better p 
results, It is the ee which is the A 
nothing with this pe when ber 
training horizontally, 
one good Gopan the whole need no 
have for examined and pl 
