Fetanary 7, 1865. ] 



JOUKNAL OF HOKTICULTXJIIE AND COTTAGE GAUDENER. 



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cultural Society in time — that is to say, we should not, as 

 a society of exhibitors, deeply interested, see it fall to the 

 ground -nithout some exertion on onr part. 



"As the expenses attendant on all these endless exhi- 

 bitions, fetes, &c. (and of no practical use), would ruin any 

 society however wealthy, the fact that our young Society 

 has been the means of working much good already should 

 encourage us all to persevere in the good work. 



" It is useless for me to say more, other than to give you 

 some idea of the views I entertain regarding the Horticul- 

 tural Society's proceedings. Should you think it worth 

 ■while you are quite at liberty to read this to the meeting." 



It wiU be seen that holding the exhibitions on a Satm-day 

 is one great grievance ; but there are many other unsatis- 

 factory matters of detail that cannot be stated in a letter, 

 but which can if desired be pointed out by a deputation to 

 confer with the Council, or otherwise, as they may decide. 



It is right to add that it was unanimously resolved at the 

 meeting above alluded to that — 



" In consequence of the programme of the Eoyal Horti- 

 cultural Society for the year lS65 being so diametrically 

 opposed to theinterests of exhibitors, the members pledge 

 themselves not to exhibit at any of the Society's exhibi- 

 tions unless the arrangements are modified to a practicable 

 extent," 



HOLLAND, J., sarderer to R. W. Peake. Esq., Isleworlll. 



JAMES, J,, sr. to W, F. Watson. Esq., Islewoi'th. 



FAIRBAIRN, J., Sion House, Is!eworlti. 



StJTTOX, \V., gr, to Lieut, -CoL Jeakes, Winelimore Hil!, Highgate. 



H.ALI, C ei'. to Miss Bnrdett Coutti, Highgate. 



WKIR. J., The Elms, H.ampsteid. 



BAKK.R, G.. gr. to A. Bassett, Esq., Stamford Hill, 



TOUNO, W-. gr. to R. Barclay, Esq., HighEate, 



TAYLOR, W., Lauderdale Knuse, Hiallgate. 



CHILMa;^, H., gr. to Mrs. Smith, Asbtead House, Epsom. 



MASTliR<, J., gr. to — Bodkin, Esq., West Hill, Highgate, 



PEED, B.. gr, to Mrs. Tredwell, Lower Norwood. 



PENNY, C , gr. to H- H. Giobs, Esq., St. Danstan's, Regent's Park, 



CARSOS, S.. gr. to W. R. G. Farmer, Esq,, Nonsuch, Cheam, 



KAILE, WM., gr. to Earl Lovelace, East Ho-aiey Towers. 



WHITBRE.AD, T.. cr. to H. ColjC', Esq., Davtford, Kent. 



PAGE, J . gr. to Win. Leaf, E-q , Park Hill. .Sti-dsatham. 



VILLSON, W., gr, to W. Marshrdl, Esq., Enfield, 



JIE\DS, \V., gr. to Raikes Carrie, Esq., Klackw.iter, Hants, 



POTTLE, ,1., gr. to B. D. Colvin, E-q., Wondbridge, 



ALLAN, W., gr. to Earl Stradbroke, Wangford, Suffolk. 



SH'.ilMPTON, J., gr, to A. J. Doxat, Esq.. Putney. 



YOUNG, J., gr. 10 W. Stone, Esq , Leigli Park, Hants. 



BULLEN, R,, ffr, to A, Turner, Esq., Leicester. 



MAY, W., gr. to J. Spode, Esq., Hawkesyard Park, Kngelev. 



HOTLE, G. W.. Oxford Koid, Reiding. 



PEKRV, C, J.. Castle Broniwich, Birmingham, 



HOLE, s, REyNOLr.^5. Cauuton Manor, Newark. 



RADi'LYFFB, W. F.. Rush on Rtctory, Blandford, 



BAILEY, THOM.AS, Sliardeloss, Amershatn. 



LYNN, W., Hedsor Gardens. Maidenhead. 



STEVENS Z.,Tientham, Staffordshire. 



HOWARD, — , cr. to Jas, Brand, Esq., Bedford Hill, Balham. 



COOPER, Dr., The Limes, Slough. 



H. LANE & SON, Great Berkhanapslead, Herts. 



B.S. WILLIAMS, Holloway. 



ARTHUR HENDRR.50N & CO,, Pine Apple Place. 



J. DOB^ON & SON, Isleworth. 

 S. WOOLEV, Cheshunt, 

 W. CUTBllSH Barnet. 



W. CUTBl'SH S: SON, Highgate. 



C. TUKNEU, Slough. 



0. RHODES, Sydenham Park. 



CANNELL, — ,'Woolwich. 



J. & J. HAYES, Edmonton. 



We are informed that there are four or five other influ- 

 ential nm'serymen, who, though they decline to sign the 

 memorial, will act in accordance with tlie memorialists. 



To this memorial the Council returned the following 

 answer : — 



Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, "W. 

 2oth January, 18G5. 



Sib, — I am directed by the Council of the Koyal Horti- 

 culttrral Society to acknowledge the receipt of a memorial, 

 which, on behalf of certain exhibitors at the Society's former 

 shows, you have done me the honour to transmit for the 

 consideration of the Council. 



The Council desire me to express their regret that the 

 arrangements they have made in respect to the exhibitions 

 of the ensuing season should have proved distasteful to any 

 exhibitor, but as the programme has ah-eady been made 

 public they feel themselces pledged to adhere to it. At the 

 same time they would observe that they will not consider 

 themselves precluded from introducing any modification or 

 alteration in them that experience may hereafter prove to 

 be desirable. 



It would appear from the memorial that exception is taken 

 — 1st, To the special shows ; and 3nd, To the day (Saturday) 

 on which the great and special shows are to be held. 



As regards the first, the Council have only to remark that 

 their object in establishing what they have termed special 

 shows was to give a fresh impetus to horticulture by calling 

 special attention to ptirticular tribes of plants ; and as re- 

 gards the second objection, they have only to remind the 

 remonstrants that in making choice of Saturday they are 

 but reverting to the practice of Chiswick in its palmiest 

 days, when the facilities for locomotion, were infinitely less 

 than at present. 



The Council desire me, therefore, to express their hope 

 that those who have signed the remonstrance will reconsider 

 their decision as to the course they intend to pursue. — I am. 

 Sir, your most obedient servant, 



Andkew Mubbat, Assistant Secretary. 



Mr. O. Rhodes, Secretary, Esliit)itor&' Society. 



EOSE GOSSIP. 



Feom all quarters one hears the cry, "jSTever was there 

 such a demand for Eoses as this season." The difficulty 

 has been, I have been told by more than one grower, to 

 execute the orders ; while such kinds as have received fa- 

 vourable notice from time to time are so run upon that it 

 has been impossible to obtain them. Charles Lefebvre, for 

 example, has not only been largely increased here, but I 

 know more than one nurseryman who has imported hun- 

 dreds of them from Prance, and yet they have been " sold 

 out." This is very encouraging — encouraging to Eose- 

 fanciers, for it promises them a treat, for unquestionably aU. 

 this implies an increased number of exhibitors and perhaps 

 of exhibitions ; and encouraging to those who venture to 

 act as guides in such matters, for it shows that their opinions 

 are well read, considered, and acted upon, wliile it imposes 

 on them great carefulness in their recommendations when 

 they know that it is not merely that they are expressing 

 their opinion, but that in so doing they are unconsciously 

 acting for weal or woe on hundreds of others. I have ascer- 

 tained that the demand for standards has not equalled in 

 proportion what it used to be. It is just possible that the 

 severe lesson taught in 1S61 has led people to see the greater 

 advantage of dwarf plants, or that the Eose is now more 

 grown for ornamental purposes than formerly, and that 

 standards are not considered so sightly. Doitbtless there 

 is a vast number still sold, but those budded on the Manetti 

 and grown as dwarfs are more in favoar. This being the 

 case, I would desire to say a few words once more in favour 

 of the plan adopted first either by Mr. Charles Turner, of 

 Slough, or Mr. C. J. Perry, of Castle Bromwich — viz., that 

 of pegging down the shoots instead of cutting them short 

 back. I am sure that if it were tried with, say, a few only 

 for the present year, the number so treated would be in- 

 creased every year. To those who, like myself, dwell in a 

 windy corner of the world this plan has immense reeom- 

 mendations ; for so much am I exposed, that in one of our 

 recent gales a dwarf plant of Cecile de Chabrillant btrdded 

 close down was blown clean out of the stock ! This plan, 

 known to many of your readers, consists in pegging down 

 the shoots instead of cutting them back, the tip of the shoot 

 being shortened a few inches. The result is that from each 

 eye on the upper part of the branch a shoot springs, and 

 when these are in bloom the effect is charming ; and then 

 from the centre, thus well exposed to all the influence of air 

 and sun, shoots 4, 5, and 6 feet long start up in the summer. 

 These are to be in a similar manner laid down, and the old 

 ones cut away at the pruning-time some time in March. I 

 am sure that if growers were to try it they would see the 

 advantage of it. Of course, it is only when the buds are 

 put in very low down that this can be done; and then the 

 bud should be completely covered, by which means a double 

 supply of strength is gained, roots coming out from the 

 Eose as well as from the stock. 



I find that I made a slight blunder in my notice of climbing 

 Devoniensis in saying that the sport had been fixed by Mr. 

 Cirrtis, such not being the case, as he tells me he is quite 

 ignorant of the m.inner in which it was obtained ; but the 

 fact is none the less sure that to him is due the credit of 



