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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDINER. 
[ October 10, 1878. 
Mr. WILLIAM Hanp, 10, Marsh Street, Newcastle, Staffordshire. 
1. Maréchal Niel 7. Francois Michelon 
2. Charles Lefebvre 8. Baronne de Rothschild 
3. Marie Baumann 9. Etienne Levet 
4. Sénateur Vaisse 10. Duc de Rohan 
5. Louis Van Houtte 11. Malle. Eugénie Verdier 
6. La France 12. Marquise de Castellane 
13. Madame Victor Verdier 19. Reynolds Hole 
14. Comtesse de Serenye 20. Villaret de Joyeuse 
15. Gloire de Dijon 21. Antoine Ducher 
16. Prince Camille de Rohan 22. Le Rosiere 
17. Madame Lacharme 23. Edouard Morren 
18. Madame Hippolyte Jamain 24, Marquise de Mortemart} 
25. Duke of Edinburgh 37. Duc de Wellington 
26. Lelia 38. Duchesse de Vallombrosa 
27. Velours Pourpré 39. Paul Neyron 
28. Prince of Wales 40. Xavier Olibo 
29. Madame Thérése Levet 41. Madame Clemence Joigneaux 
30. Star of Waltham 42, Hippolyte Jamain 
31, Fisher Holmes 43. Dupuy Jamain 
32, Annie Laxton 44. Cheshunt Hybrid 
33, Dr. Andry 45. Capitaine Christy 
34, Abel Grand 46. Comtesse d’Oxford 
35. Baron Hausmann 47. Duchesse de Morny 
36. Felix Genero 48. Centifolia Rosea 
Rey. J. B. M. Camm, Monckton Wyld, Charmouth. 
1. Alfred Colomb 7. Marie Van Houtte 
2. Marie Baumann 8. Catherine Mermet 
3. Baronne de Rothschild 9. Dr. Andry 
4, Charles Lefebvre 10. Souvenir d’un Ami 
5. Maréchal Niel 11. Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 
6. Souvenir d’ Elise 12. La France 
13. Beauty of Waltham 19. Camille Bernardin 
14. Madame Victor Verdier 20. Reynolds Hole 
15. Marie Rady 21. Louis Van Houtte 
16. Comtesse d’Oxford 22. Marguerite de St. Amand 
17. Marie Cointet 23. Hippolyte Jamain 
18. Ferdinand de Lesseps 24. Horace Vernet 
25. Abel Grand 37. Lord Macaulay 
26. Abel Carriére 38. Comte de Raimbaud 
27. Sultan of Zanzibar 39. Pierre Notting 
28. Sénateur Vaisse 40. Monsieur Noman 
29. Triomphe de Rennes 41. Etienne Levet 
30. Jean Pernet 42. Prince Arthur 
31. Julie Mansais 43. Maréchal Vaillant 
32. Madame Bravy 44. Duc de Rohan 
33. Devoniensis 45, Emilie Hausburg 
34. Céline Forestier 46. Prince Camille de Rohan 
35. Sir Garnet Wolseley 47. Olivier Delhomme 
- 36. Jean Liabaud 48. Xavier Olibo 
Mr. J. BRown, Gardener to A. J. Waterlow, Esq., Great Doods, 
Reigate. 
1. Alfred Colomb 7. Etienne Levet 
2. Baronne de Rothschild 8. La France 
3. Charles Lefebvre 9. Louis Van Houtte 
4, Dr. Andry 10. Marie Baumann 
5. Dupuy Jamain 11. Marquise de Castellane 
6. Duke of Edinburgh 12. Maréchal Niel 
13. Comtesse d’Oxford 19. Madame Victor Verdier 
14. Camille Bernardin 20. Frangois Michelon 
15. Capitaine Christy 21. Victor Verdier 
16. Monsieur E, Y. Teas 22. Catherine Mermet 
17. Marguerite de St. Amand 23. Souvenir d’Elise Vardon 
18. Mdlle. Marie Rady 24. Souvenir d’un Ami 
25, Annie Wood 37. Maréchal Vaillant 
26. Beauty of Waltham 38, Marie Cointet 
27. Cheshunt Hybrid 39. Madame H. Jamain 
28, Emilie Hausburg 40. Mdlle. Eugénie Verdier 
29, Edouard Morren 41. Duc de Wellington 
30. Devienne Lamy 42. Prince Camille de Rohan 
31. Duchesse de Vallombrosa 43. Pierre Notting 
32. Ferdinand de Lesseps 44, Sénateur Vaisse 
33. Henri Ledechaux 45. Mdlle. Thérése Leyet 
34. Horace Vernet 46. Reynolds Hole 
35. John Hopper 47, Xavier Olibo 
36. Mrs, Baker 48. Marguerite Brassac 
The above Reses are grown on very sandy soil.—J. B. 
LARGE versus SMALL BUNCHES (OF GRAPES. 
FRomM the reports of the fruit shows this autumn it appears 
that “big” bunches of Grapes are decreasing. Neither at the 
Crystal Palace nor Edinburgh, two of the best fruit shows of 
the season where big bunches are encouraged, was there any- 
thing “sensational ’’ exhibited ; 16 tbs. being the heaviest at 
the Palace, and 8 Ibs. 14 ozs. at Edinburgh. Certainly such 
bunches are out of the average production of Grapes, but we 
hardly recollect ever seeing these monster bunches well finished 
or in a condition that would win a prize for any other quality 
but size, and so far as table use goes such bunches are next to 
worthless. I would much prefer to see a perfectly finished 
and well-shaped Black Hamburgh or Muscat of Alexandria 
bunch from 4 tbs. to 6 Ibs. in weight, than a Syrian or other 
coarse sort weighing upwards of 20 tbs. Size of berry should 
be of the first consideration. Fine, large, evenly-sized Ham- 
burghs and Muscat berries always indicate high culture and 
merit, but a large bunch of a rough kind badly finished does not. 
But while lam no advocate for large unserviceable bunches 
of Grapes, at the same time I think the other extreme should 
be guarded against. In the excellent report of the Show at 
the Crystal Palace which appeared in the Journal Sept. 26th, 
it is stated that the first prize (three bunches of Black Ham- 
burghs) did not exceed “three-quarters of a pound each in 
weight.” I am sure most gardeners will agree with me in 
thinking that this is going under the mark, and no matter how 
fine the few berries forming these bunches may haye been, 
they were not examples to hold up for imitation in Grape 
culture. Anyone desiring to grow Grapes creditably should 
study to secure the finest Grapes with bunches averaging 3 tbs. 
A general crop of this kind well finished will be found far 
more useful than a few 16-tbs. bunches, and it is just to these 
medium well-finished bunches we would award prizes, but never 
to bunches under 1 tb. in weight.—A KITCHEN GARDENER. 
THE WOOLHOPE CLUB. 
THE annual Fungus foray of the Woolhope Club took place 
during the first week in October. It was attended by most of the 
leading mycologists—Messrs. Cooke, Smith, Renny, Phillips, Plow- 
wright, Broome, Spencer Perceval, Lees, Vize, Howse, Bicknell, 
and others. The weather was remarkably fine, and with the ex- 
ception of the afternoon of Friday no rain fell during the whole 
time. Although many of the common Agarics were absent, owing 
probably to the exceptionally early season, a larger number than 
usual of novelties were discovered, many of which have still to 
be studied and named. 
The first excursion on Tuesday, October Ist, was arranged for 
the woods on the banks of the Wye below Symonds Yat station 
on the Monmouth line. Few Fungi were found ; the mycologists 
were, however, much interested in the caves on the right bank of 
the Wye, in which bones of bear, hyzena, &c., have been discovered. 
Among the Fungi found may be mentioned Tricholoma acerbus, 
Tricholoma ustalis, Pluteus chrysophzus, Flammula carbonarius, 
Leptonia incanus, Cortinarius anomalus, Lactarius uvidus and 
fuligineus, Marasmius erythropus, and a Clavaria, which gave 
rise to an animated discussion between Messrs. Cooke and Plow- 
wright, and was supposed by the latter to be argillacea. 
The next day (Wednesday) was devoted to the classical ground 
of Dinmore. The time was short and the portion examined 
smaller than usual, but it yielded an unusual number of interest- 
ing species. Mr. Spencer Perceval found Peziza saniosa, a species 
with a violet juice, which has only been found once or twice before 
in this country, also Strobilomyces sirobilaceus. In addition to 
this may be recorded Hebeloma obscurus, Pholiota unicolor, Eccilia 
atropunctata, Mycena rosellus, Cortinarius callichrous, tabularis, 
flexipes, and sublanatus; Lactarius plumbeus and pubescens, 
Panus torulosus, Thelephora Sowerbii, and Hypomyces rosellus. 
In the evening a telegram was received from three Parisian friends 
—Messrs. Cornu, Roze, and Cintract, wishing success to the Wool- 
hope meeting. 
On Thursday, Sufton Court, the residence of Richard Hereford, 
Esq., was visited. This, like Dinmore, yielded many interesting 
species, among which may be mentioned Mycena pelianthinus, 
Pholiota erebius (Leveillianus), Pluteus phlebophorus, Entoloma 
sinuatus and rhodopolius, Russula lepida, Hygrophorus puniceus 
and pratensis, Polypones intybaceus, Clavaria pistillams, Peziza 
leporina, succosa hemispherica, and Cortinarius armeniacus. Mr. 
Plowwright dug up a rare tuber, a species of Balsamia. 
In the evening the usual annual dinner took place, and after- 
wards Mr. Augustine Ley read an interesting paper on the Mosses 
of Herefordshire. Dr. Bull made an amusing speech, alluding to 
the various accounts of poisoning by Fungi. He read an extract 
from a paper describing how a man had been taken seriously ill 
after partaking of bread pudding, and thought if such a case had 
occurred it was not surprising that persons should be ill after 
eating improperly cooked and carelessly selected Fungi. He an- 
nounced that Mr. Spencer Perceval and Mr. Howse had been 
elected honorary members of the Woolhope Club. Mr. Plow- 
wright also alluded to the recent case of poisoning by Fungi in 
Norfolk, and stated that the species eaten had been selected in 
the dark and so covered up with pepper that their taste could not 
be recognised. Hygrophorus pratensis and Clitocybe nebularis 
were served at the dinner of the Club and both highly approved 
of, especially C. nebularis, which has the flavour of ketchup. 
‘At the Fungus Exhibition in the large room of the Museum a. . 
considerable number of species were represented. The most re- 
markable were Tricholoma frumentaceus, brought by Mr. Renny, 
and a curious Hypholoma with a connate stem, differing from 
lachrymabundus by its ccespitose habit and dry gills. The Rey. 
M. J. Berkeley sent Hygrophorus lacmus, Hygrophorus turundus, 
and Hygrophorus Wynnei, the last a new species. After the dinner 
