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JOUENAL OF HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEK. 



[ April 11, 1865. 



plants growing on a drain-tile. Mr. Bateman stated that 

 the blooms of the Odontoglossura piilehellura, shown by Mr. 

 Kucker, and the Camellias shown by Mr. Blandy, had been 

 kindly presented by these gentlemen to be ballotted for by 

 the ladies present. 



With regai-d to the Tuesday meetings he wished to state 

 that they had no connection with the Saturday shows, the 

 latter were for miscellaneous plants ; but to the Tuesday 

 meetings anything new or cm-ious should be sent. These, 

 it had been arranged, were to take place every alternate 

 Tuesday. 



The meeting, we may remark, was even more numerously 

 attended than the last, and the observations made by Mr. 

 Bateman were listened to with the greatest attention. 



Wbeklt Show, Apeil 8th. — On this occasion Mr. Bull 

 contributed specimens of Drynaria musajfolia, Marattia 

 elegans, Dicksonia antarctica, Gleichenia flabellata, and 

 Athyrium Filix-fcemina sagittatum; Messrs. Lee, stands cf 

 cut Camelli;'3 ; Mr. Ingram, gardener to Her Maiesty, Frog- 

 more, forced Pinks and Eoses, Asparagus, Mushrooms, 

 French Beans, and two excellent Pines (Smooth and Prickly- 

 leaved Cayenne) ; and exhibitions of the usual character 

 came from Messrs. Lucking and Greeves. 



Her Majesty, accompanied by their Eoyal Highnesses the 

 Princesses Helena and Louisa, and Prince Alfred, visited the 

 Gai'dens on Thursdaj', the 6th inst. 



THE EOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SECOND 

 SPEING SHOW.— April 8th. 



Thk day was lovely, with bright sunshine and a soft mild 

 atmosphere, and, as if in rivalry, the Eoses had put on their 

 rich robes of purple and scai-let — regal colours befitting the 

 queen of flowers — while the Azaleas, Hyacinths, and Tulips 

 were clothed in all the magnificence of oriental attire. The 

 glow of colour which the tent presented was brUliant in 

 the extreme, and this, coming after the cold and cheerless 

 weather which we have passed thi'ough, made it seem as if 

 at one bound we had sprung from winter into summer. 



In Azaleas Mr. Tiu-ner of Slough, as usual, stood pre- 

 eminent, his plants being covered with bloom, but having 

 just enough of foliage apparent to relieve a blaze of colour, 

 which otherwise would have been overpowering. They 

 consisted of Iveryana, Holfordi, Criterion, Prince Jerome, 

 Flower of the Day, and Empress Eugenie. Mr. WiUiama of 

 Holloway came next with, among others, Delecta, Countess 

 of Stamford, rich salmon scarlet, Eubra plena, and Model. 

 Messrs. Lane were third, and they likewise contributed 

 a numerous collection, which included President Claeys, 

 Madame Verschaffelt, Advance, Duke of Cambridge, and 

 other recent kinds, and many others older and better kno^vn. 

 Among amateurs Mr. Todman, gardener to E. Hudson, Esq., 

 Clapham Common, Mr. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. Gold- 

 smidt, Bart., and Mr. Young, Highgate, exhibited plants in 

 good bloom, for which prizes were awarded in the order in 

 which those exhibitors are named. In now kinds Mr. Turner 

 was first with Mars, splendid orange scarlet, Madame A. 

 Verschaffelt, pale rose boi'dered with white, and having 

 crimson spots, and Advance, bright rose, another fine flower. 

 Messrs. Lane came next with the two last-named and Duke of 

 Cambridge, a large flower, rosy crimson with violet crimson 

 spots ; Mr. Todmau being third with Flag of Truce, the 

 best of its class. Prince of Orange, a beautiful orange red of 

 fine form, and Madame A. Verschaffelt. 



Of Hoses, gorgeous plants in ijots were furnished by Mr. 

 W. Paul and Messrs. Paul & Son. Among those particularly 

 noticeable were Victor Verdier with immense blooms, Sena- 

 teur Vaisse, Beauty of Walthara, .Jules Margottin, Mrs. 

 William P.iul, very rich in colour, Pierre Netting, dark rod 

 shaded witli violet, .John Hoj)per, Paul Delameilleray fine 

 glowing colour, Lo Khone, Lord Clyde, Maurice Bernardin, 

 Noiaotto Celine Forestior, and Tons President. Madame 

 Willermoz, Rubens, Madame do St. Joseph in splendid bloom ; 

 Madame Damazio, with a profusion of its salmon-coloured 

 V>looms ; and Marquise do Foucault. Equal prizes were 

 awarded to both exhibitors; and for boxes containing very 

 fine out blooms of the above and numerous other varieties, 

 Messrs. I'aul & Son were first, and Mr. W. Paul secomd,- 



the latter receiving in addition a first-class certificate for 

 the new Tea Kose Marechal Niel, with large, deep yellow, 

 delightfully fragrant flowers, a variety which wiU doubtless 

 take a prominent position among the Eoses of its class. A 

 now Hybrid Perpetual, Princess Mary of Cambridge, came 

 from Messrs. Paul & Sou ; the colour was pale pink, with a 

 flush of rose in the centre. 



Hyacinths were again shown in large collections and 

 in fine condition by Mr. W, Paul and Messrs. Cutbush, the 

 latter also contributing fine collections of Early Tulips and 

 , Narcissus ; whilst Messrs. E. G. Henderson again exhibited 

 their beautiful Cyclamens. Of Cinerarias, too, there were 

 good exhibitions from Messrs. Dobsou and Mr. James, of 

 Isleworth. The best were Duke of Cambridge, crimson 

 self; Lord Elgin, rosy purple self; Snowflake, white with a 

 dark disk ; and Miss Smith, white, with a violet blue ed^e 

 and dark disk. Prizes were given for both the above exhi- 

 bitions ; and Mr. Marcham, Hanwell, had a first-class certifi- 

 cate for Lord Amberley, a large-flowered, rich, violet plum 

 self. 



Miscellaneous flowering and fine-foUaged plants were exhi- 

 bited by Messrs. Lee, Williams, Wheeler, and Young, and 

 comprised Azaleas, Hedaroraas, Eriostemon buxifolium, 

 Epaorises, Tethratheca ericfefolia, Vanda tricolor. Yuccas, 

 Draooonas, Dicksonia antai-ctica, Cyathea Smithii, Cordyline 

 indivisa, Maranta zebrina, and Pandanus javanious varie- 

 gatus. Good plants of fine-foliaged Begonias were shown 

 by Mr, Young, Mr. Wheeler, and Mr. Marcham, but did not 

 present any novelty. Camellias and a collection of DracEenas 

 came from Mr. Bull ; also Achyrauthes Verschaffelti, which 

 is the same as Iresine Herbstii, striped Polygonatum verticil- 

 latum, and Bertolonia marga.ritacea. To the latter a first- 

 class certificate was given, and a similar award was made for 

 Camellia Bicolor de la Eeine, delicate rose edged with white, 

 a very promising variety. Mr. Williams had first-class cer- 

 tificates for Colocasia longiloba, described in our Floral 

 Committee report, and Alsophila latebrosa, with graceful 

 spreading fronds. F. J. Graham, Esq., Cranford, likewise 

 received a first-class certificate for his large-flowered Eussian 

 Violet, The Czar, which has been previously described, and 

 to show the difi'erence in point of size it was accompanied 

 with flowers of the old kind. From Mr. Holland, gardener 

 to E. Peake, Esq., Isleworth, came a nice collection of 

 British Perns, among which Asplenium trichomanes Harrovii, 

 a slender, bright green, very pretty variety, received a first- 

 class certificate; and from Mr. Bartlett, Hammersmith, 

 some pots of Lily of the Valley. 



MANETTI EECOLLECTIONS. 



I RECEIVED from Mr. Harrison, of Dai-lington, the fol- 

 lowing Manetti recollections with permission to make use of 

 them :— 



" I am glad you are going to say a few words on the 

 Manetti Eose stock. lam always pleased with your interest- 

 ing articles on Eoses and Kose-growing. The Eose has 

 always been my favourite flower for upwards of fifty 

 years, long before Perpetuals and Bourbons appeared. 

 When I was a boy, twelve years of ago, I went into the 

 woods adjoining my father's nursery at Yarm, and budded 

 Briars with Eoses. I am now in my sixty-fifth year. Had 

 it it not been for the Jlanetti Eose stock one-tenth of the 

 demand for lioses could not have been supplied. I came by 

 the stock in the following way. It is duo to Mr. Elvers. 

 In the year 1H42 1 loft the Yarm nursery, and went to 

 York, and took some nursery ground. Mr. Thomas Ajjploby 

 also comraeno'cd at York in the same year. We were, 

 and are still, on friendly terms. We at that time purchased 

 all our now Koscs of Mr. Kivers — tho dwarfs worked on the 

 Dog Kose ; and new Hoses wore then thought a great treat to 

 got hold of the third or fourth year after their introduction 

 (and tlien, perhaps, they wcic poor stunted plants), at from 

 .'is. to 7s. (id. each. Grafting was not then thought of, and 

 we had to wait for tho budding season. Half a dozen buds 

 wore eonsidei'ed a fail- supply for a new Kose ; and then we 

 had to wait three or four years before wo could supply the' 

 demand in the country. What will tlio gentlemen say to 

 tliis who condemn tho Manetti ? When Mr. Rivers onjled 

 on me at York Mr. Appleby put tho question to him, 'Is 



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