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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
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the plants get established in the borders, and during the 
summer remoye all seed pods. About the middle of June I 
prepare a cold frame with about 6 inches of light soil, such as 
equal parts of loam, leaf mould, and sand, pressed pretty 
firmly ; select as many cuttings as are required, dibble them 
in, give a good watering, shade from bright sunshine, and 
keep the sash close till rooted, when they get air gradually, 
and the sash is removed altogether as soon as the young 
plants can bear full exposure. ‘There they remain till autumn, 
and all they require is a good watering with a rose if the 
weather be dry. Free growers are pinched and all blooms 
picked off. Before winter sets in I pot them off, using a light 
rich soil, and from 3 to 5-inch pots, according to size of plant. 
Most of them keep growing all winter, so they must not suffer 
for want of water, and must be kept clear from green fly. I 
store them in a cool greenhouse along with bedding plants.— 
ALEX. M’MILLAN (in Vhe Gardener). 
ROSE MELANIE WILLERMOZ. 
NEVER before have I seen this Rose so beautifulas it has been 
this summer ; and it is not improbable that I might have re- 
mained ignorant of its full yalue if I had seen it, as in other 
years, under its ordinary guise of a bush trained to awall. The 
plant was vigorous and healthy enough, but with its flowers 
so pendant that the interiors are not visible unless turned up 
to sight with the hand. This year, however, it has been my 
good fortune to see an unusually large plant of it that had 
thrown its stout rampant shoots over the top of a wall buttress 
and in that position put forth flowers abundantly—nothing 
could be more charming. At a little distance off one was 
attracted by the mass of large snowy blossom—some nestling 
among the large, deep green, handsome foliage, and others 
testing upon it and upon each other, drawing one on inyolun- 
tarily to a closer inspection, which was well rewarded by a full 
view of the interior of so many fine blooms tinged in the most 
exquisite manner with a soft yet bright pink tint, each petal 
teceiving and imparting beauty from the others. 
This fine Tea-scented Rose should be associated with Maré- 
chal Niel, the pendant flowers of both requiring a high wall or 
building to show their full beauty, both being as well worthy 
of an extra amount of space as they are adapted for it natur- 
ally by their free strong growth._ EDWARD LUCKHURST, 
THE LATE SHOW AT PRESTON. 
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT. 
Ow1NG to the celerity with which our report of the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society’s Show was transmitted by electric telegraph one 
or two slight errors crept in; they were so few, however, and 
generally unimportant that we readily bestow a word of praise on 
the telegraphic operators engaged at Preston. 
A few corrections necessary to be made are the following :— 
Messrs. Rollisson & Sons, not Mr. Robinson, had the first prize for 
six Orchids ; Mr. Mackellar, gardener to Sir James Watts, Bart., 
Abney Hall, and Mr. Cowan had the second and third prizes 
respectively in the class for baskets of Grapes. Mr. Harris, 
gardener to Mrs. Vivian, Singleton Abbey, had the first prize for 
the best Queen Pine Apple, which was credited to Mr. Gretton ; 
and for three Pine Apples Mr. Hepper, gardener to C. O. Led- 
ward, Esq., not Mr. Coldward, had the first prize. J. Dodds, Esq., 
Penwortham, had the chief, indeed the only, prize awarded for 
Fuchsias ; Mr. Barron, Elyaston, had the first prize for a hundred 
hardy plants—not hardy, and stove, and greenhouse plants, as 
stated in the report; and Mr. Harding, not Mr, Hardy, had the 
third prize for Draczenas. An official list, however, of the prizes 
awarded appears in our advertising columns, and to this we refer 
our readers. 
A few of the prominent honours granted after we left the Show 
may be referred to, also some of the more notable plants and col- 
lections, with a fuller reference to the other sections of the Show 
than it was possible to give last week. To the marvellous collec- 
tion of specimen plants exhibited by Mr. Shuttleworth a gold 
Lindley medal was worthily awarded: The collections comprised 
about forty ornamental-foliaged plants and Ferns, and eighteen 
flowering specimens. Amongst the latter the good old Plumbago 
capensis was admirably grown ; it was a delicate blue floral mass 
about 5 feet by 3. Lapageria alba was remarkably fine, and 
Statices were quite splendid. Dipladenia Brearleyana was remark- 
able by its large richly coloured flowers, and Allamanda Hender- 
sonii, [xora Colei, Orchids, and Heaths were all exhibited in excel- 
lent style. The flowerless section included Gleichenias, grand in 
Size and symmetry, brightened by splendid Crotons and a fine 
specimen of Yucca filamentosa variegata, which is quite one of the 
most effective of variegated plants. Dayallia Mooreana was very 
fine, and still finer was Nephrolepis dayallioides. One of the 
finest specimens extant of the true Cordyline indivisa attracted 
much notice, and Palms and Cycads were admirably represented. 
The collection as a whole was such as we have never before seen 
arranged by any exhibitor. 
A gold Lindley medal was also awarded to Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons for their remarkable miscellaneous group of plants 
—remarkable alike by its richness, variety, and admirable arrange- 
ment. Than the noble Alocasias—Veitchii, with its handsome cor- 
rugated leaves nearly 3 feet long, Thibautiana and Warroqueana 
with their massive foliage and ivory-like veins—no plants in the 
Show were more striking. Gorgeous Orchids, curious Pitcher and 
insectivorous plants, brilliant-coloured Crotons, elegant Ferns, 
fine Gloxinias and Begonias, &c., were represented in this singularly 
beautiful and diversified collection, Mr. B. S. Williams was 
awarded a large gold medal for a smaller but very beautiful 
group composed of plants of great value. Orchids, Draczenas, 
Nepenthes, Crotons, &c., were of such quality and arranged in 
such a manner as to well merit the award granted. The same 
remark applies to the adjoining collection of Messrs. Rollisson 
and Sons, for which a gold medal was also awarded. Besides the 
Ericas in this group which were referred to last week, remarkably, 
fine Dracenas, Orchids, and Crotons commanded much notice. 
The collections of plants referred to, taken in the aggregate, and 
arranged as they were near the entrance of the tent, constituted 
one of the most imposing and most admired features of the Ex- 
hibition. Silver medals—a Flora to Messrs. Cranston & Co., and 
Banksians to Mr. Prince and Mr. Davison—were granted for Roses. 
First-class certificates were awarded to Mr. J. R. Pearson, Chil- 
well, for a beautiful trio of Cape Pelargoniums—Beauty, rosy 
pink, maroon blotch, white centre; Pixie, dark rose, chocolate 
blotch, pale centre ; and Ariel, rosy crimson maroon blotch and 
feather, and pale centre. The blotches are on all the five petals 
of the above varieties, and the plants are dwarf in habit and 
floriferous. <A first-class certificate was, we were informed, granted 
to Mr. D. Thomson, Drumlanrig, for a fine seedling Croton, but 
we had not an opportunity of seeing the plant. Messrs. Downie 
and Laird, Edinburgh, exhibited cut blooms of Pansies remarkable 
for their bright and varied colours and clearly defined lacing, and 
were commended by the Judges. 
We next refer to some of the more noteworthy plants in the 
competitive collections. The finest specimens were undoubtedly 
those staged by Mr. Tudgey, gardener to J. F. G. Williams, Esq., 
and Mrs. E. Cole & Son in the class for sixteen plants, eight of 
them in bloom, Mr. Tudgey, who won first honours, may now be 
regarded as the champion specimen plant exhibitor, His example 
of Erica Parmentieri rosea, a perfect globe 5 feet in diameter, is 
a model of good culture, and H. tricolor impressa bore the impress 
of a master hand. Ixoras coccinea superba and Dixiana, Clero- 
dendron Balfourianum, Dipladenia amabilis, and Allamanda 
grandiflora were all well grown and admirably bloomed speci- 
mens. The fine-foliaged plants, which consisted chiefly of Palms, 
Cycads, and Crotons, were very large, but some of them were some- 
what worn by having been previously exhibited. Messrs. Cole’s 
collection was one of great excellence. The fine-foliaged plants 
were in splendid condition, surpassing those staged by their rival, 
but some of the flowering plants were rather weak. The best 
specimen, and fine it was, was Ixora Colei. Dipladenia amabilis 
was very good, as also were one or two Ericas. Two Azaleas, 
Brilliant and President, were wonderfully fresh for the time of 
year but were small. Crotons angustifolium, Weismannii, and 
Johannis were in brilliant colour, and the Palms and Cycads were 
in exuberant health. Mr. Tudgey may be justly proud of beating 
such a meritorious collection. In the class for twelve plants in 
bloom Mr. Tudgey was the only exhibitor, and staged specimens of 
the same good quality as those above described. In the class for 
six plants in bloom, also in that for twelve plants six of them in 
bloom, Mr. Pilgrim won the chief honours with excellently grown 
specimens, especially of Cycas circinalis, Latania borbonica, Croton 
longifolium (fine), Phormium tenax variegatum, Anthurium Schert- 
zerianum, Bougainvillea glabra, Clerodendron Balfourianum, and 
Stephanotis floribunda. Heaths were only of moderate size, and) 
the plants were more or less drawn, probably by having been 
retarded in shaded places. Some good stove and .greenhouse 
plants were staged by local exhibitors in response to several prizes 
offered by the Preston Nursery Company, but owing to the old 
and bad system of judging under number and the waste of time it 
involves in affixing the prizes we could not wait for the awards. 
Orchids were not numerous, the season being late for these 
gorgeous flowers, yet some fine collections were staged. In the 
amateurs’ class Mr. Osman, gardener to R. B. Dodgson, Esq., 
Blackburn, who won the chief prize in the class for twelve plants, 
exhibited admirable examples of Cattleya Warnerii with thirteen 
flowers, and C. Mendelii with eleven, Vanda suavis seven spikes, 
Aérides odoratum nine spikes, Dendrobiums densiflorum and nobile, 
and some very fine Cypripediums. Smaller but very good plants 
were staged by Mr. Mitchell, gardener to Dr. Ainsworth ; Aérides 
Lobbii Ainsworthianum was very beautiful in this group. Amongst 
Mr. B. S. Williams’s twelve first-prize plants, which were not 
noticed last week, we observed excellent examples of Dendro- 
