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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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came forward with various propositions for making South 

 Kensington more attractive, it is a wonder that no one pro- 

 posed the introduction of a collection of animals " all alive, oh !" 

 I have no doubt some leopards, bears, oamels, and monkeys 

 would have caused a rush to the gardens, for one hears fre- 

 quent complaints about the distance of the Regent's Park from 

 west-end resorts. Surrey Gardens, however, despite its ani- 

 mals and its monster panoramas of Heela and Vesuvius, had 

 to succumb to the changes time brings about. It was closed, 

 the contents sold, and after an interval we find it the tem- 

 porary abiding place of St. Thomas's Hospital. Then again 

 it became a place of popular resort, with modifications to suit 

 the latest tastes of the age. — C. 



PORTRAITS of PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUITS. 



Monopyle bacehosa. Nat. ord., Gesneracese. Linn., Te- 

 trandria Monogynia. — Native of New Grenada. A stout plant 

 with a raceme of white flowers. — (Bot . Mag., t. 6233.) 



Dkacje;na Saposchnikowi. Nat. ord., Liliaeea;. Linn., Hex- 

 andria Monogynia. — " This is a species of tall, tree-like habit, 

 of which the native country is unknown. It has been long in 

 the Kew collection, but did not flower till the spring of 1875. 

 The plant was described and named by Dr. Regel in 1871 

 from specimens which flowered in the garden of the Russian 

 gentleman after whom it is named, who procured it from Herr 

 Wagner of Riga. It has close allies both in Tropical Asia and 

 Tropical Africa. It is ' remarkable for its very dense rosettes 

 of rigid, sword-shaped leaves, and for its very small flowers, 

 which, although the panicle is ample and diffuse, are less than 

 those of any other known specieB." — (Ibid., t. 6234.) 



Cotyledon TEBETrroiiiA. Nat. ord., Crassulaceie. Linn., 

 Decandria Pentagynia. — Flowers yellow. " In South Africa 

 this genus is chiefly confined to the south-western corner of 

 the continent, most of the species occurring in the Cape Town 

 district. To this C. teretifolia is rather an exception, it being 

 found as far to the eaBt as the province of Graaf Reinet and 

 Somerset, where it forms an undershrub on the hills. Living 

 specimens have been received at Kew from Mr. Wilson Saunders 

 in 1873, and from the late Mr. D. Hanbury, which flower in 

 the month of July." — (Ibid., t. 6235.) 



Milla Leichtltnii. Nat. ord. , Liliacese. Linn., Hexandria 

 Monogynia. — Flowers white. " It is a native of the Chilian 

 Andes, and was imported to Europe by our indefatigable cor- 

 respondent Max Leichtlin, Esq., who presented a living plant 

 and seeds to the Kew collection, where it flowered at the latter 

 end of January, 1874. It is quite hardy, and the flowers are 

 Blightly fragrant."— (Ibid., t. 6236.) 



Odontoglossuh Hat.t. tt. Nat. ord., Orchidaceae. Linn., 

 Gynandria Monandria. — Flowers yellow banded with brown. 

 " It is a native of the Temperate Cordilleras of Peru and New 

 Grenada, where it attains an elevation of 8000 feet. It was 

 flowered by Messrs. Backhouse of York in March, 1866." — 

 (Ibid., t. 6237.) 



Heptapleukuh polteotkyuji. Nat. ord. , Araliaceas. Linn. , 

 Pentandria Monogynia.— Flowers green. " A native of the 

 mountain forests of Java, where it attains the elevation of 

 4300 feet, and whence specimens from various collectors are pre- 

 served in the Kew herbarium. It has been long in cultivation 

 at Kew, having been received in 1860 from the late Dr. Miquel, 

 at that time Professor of Botany, and in charge of the Botanic 

 Gardens of Utrecht. It flowers in the winter months, and is 

 probably common in continental gardens, as it appears in 

 Linden's catalogue under the name of Paratropia TeyBman- 

 niana, the provisional name under which it was received at 

 Kew from Dr. Miquel."— (Ibid., t. 6238.) 



Peaches. — " Hale's Early is undoubtedly the beBt early 

 Peach in cultivation, ripening on the open wall some days 

 before the Early York or Acton Scot. The fruit is also of 

 larger size and finer in quality than any other early Peach. 

 It may be described as of medium Bize, roundish, with a deep 

 suture on the side. The Bkin is of a dark crimson colour on 

 the exposed side, with a thick coating of down, shading off to a 

 greenish yellow Btreaked with red ; when grown under glass 

 the colours are much brighter and clearer. The flesh is of a 

 dull greenish yellow, very tender, melting, juicy, and richly 

 flavoured, and parts freely from the stone. The flowers are 

 large, and the leaves have round glands. This fine Peach 

 comes to us from America. It has been now for several years 

 in cultivation in this country, so that its high merits are 

 becoming pretty well known. It is especially recommended 

 by Mr. Pearson and others. In constitution it is as free and 



vigorous as the Bellegarde, and, like that variety, a certain 

 cropper. Early Victoria is another fine early Peach, a day or 

 so earlier than the Early York. It is exceedingly well adapted 

 for cultivation under glass. For wall culture it is somewhat 

 tender. The fruit is rather below medium size, roundish ; 

 skin very thin, bright red on the exposed side, pale greenish 

 white with Bmall red streaks in the Bhade. The fleBh is 

 yellowish white, very juicy, tender, and melting, with a rich 

 flavour. The flowers are large ; leaves without glands. This 

 fine Peach was one of the first of the seedlings raised by Mr. 

 Bivers from the Early York, and was named in honour of Her 

 Majesty Queen Victoria." — (Flor. and Pom., 3 s. ix., 157.) 



THE GALLOWAY ROSE SHOW. 



NEWTON STEWABT, N.B. 



It was certainly a somewhat startling request when I received 

 an invitation to come down to Wigtonshire to judge at a Rose 

 Show, and it was odd to find myself after the lapse of nearly 

 half a century once more in this part of Scotland ; for as a very 

 small boy I had been sent for some months to a school at 

 Stranraer, and a moBt Dotheboys Hall sort of place it was. 

 Happily I forget the name of my Squeers, and so cannot visit 

 him with my denunciations ; but bad food, uncleanliness, and 

 plenty of caning were, I well remember, the principal features- 

 of the " Academy," and when these were represented my stay 

 was not prolonged. And now to find myself once more near the 

 place ! Indeed when I went to Castle Kennedy, within two or 

 three miles of it, was a strange thing. When I told some friend 

 that I was going to judge at a Rose Show at Newton Stewart, 

 I was met with the exclamation, " What ! In that out-of-the- 

 way place !" Yes, truly ; and let me say that thiB apparently 

 Quixotic enterprise has been originated, planned, and carried 

 out by the indefatigable exertions of the Rev. W. G. Mackenzie, 

 the clergyman of All Saints, and in a manner which reflects the 

 utmost credit on his energy and pluck. 



The Exhibition was held in a large and convenient public 

 room in Newton Stewart, and was remarkable for one character- 

 istic — it is the only one as far as I know, and certainly the only 

 one at which I have been present, where exhibitors from the 

 three kingdoms have met together in the fray. Mr. Cant came 

 from Colchester, Mr. Dixon from Newtonards in Ireland, and 

 Messrs. Robertson & Galloway from Helensburgh, -besides, of 

 course, several local nurserymen. Mr. Cant swept the board, 

 sending Bome of his grand Roses, which acted rather as what 

 the Yankees call " eye-openerB " to some of the local gardeners, 

 who, after scanning his boxes for some time, at last came to the 

 wise conclusion that " they RoBes must have all been grown 

 under glass." But certainly they had never Been a southern 

 Rose show, and so could not account for the size and beauty 

 of his productions. I can imagine how some of them would 

 stare to be landed at the Crystal Palace or the Alexandra 

 and see the rows of boxes filled with the productions of our 

 southern Rose-growers. And let me say that very excellent 

 blooms were 6ent by both Mr. Dixon and Messrs. Robertson and 

 Galloway, while some of those from the gardens in the neigh- 

 bourhood were fresh and beautiful. The terribly cold and severe 

 season had told against them ; and Mr. Mackenzie, who lives in 

 a place where all the winds of heaven have free play and EoluB 

 holds his court, waB not able to send a bloom. The enthusiasm 

 which an exhibition stirs up was well seen here. It will hardly 

 be believed, but it is none the less true, that as much money 

 was taken at the doors with this small town of two thousand 

 people as at Maidstone with its eighteen or twenty thousand, 

 and this without any adjunct of band, fireworks, cats or dogB, 

 cocks and hens, &c, which in so many places seem to be required 

 to make a Rose show pay. Nor was this enthusiasm the less 

 Been in a visit I paid to the garden of an excellent draper in the 

 town, where all sorts of contrivances for forwarding or retarding 

 the blooms were adopted ; an enthusiasm which I am glad to 

 say met its reward in enabling Mr. M'Morran to carry off the 

 first prize in his class. 



I Bubjoin a prize list, which will be of interest to some even 

 in the south, as showing of what stuff our northern friends are 

 made. I have again to speak of the utmost kindness and courtesy 

 with which I have been received ; and it will be to me ever a 

 pleasure that my trip here has enabled me to make the acquaint- 

 ance of the indefatigable pastor of All Saints ; and the hospi- 

 tality and kindness with which I have been received will go far 

 to obliterate the unpleasant taBte in my mouth which the recol- 

 lections of my boyish days at Stranraer have left behind. — 

 D., Deal. ^.«i*i - ^^» i. — - --— .^ 



Class 1 (nurserymen).— Forty-eight H.P. Roses. 1, B. R. Cants 

 Colchester. 3, J. Service, Maxwelltown. Class 2 (nurserymen). 

 —Eighteen Tea-scented and Noisette Roses, distinct varieties. 

 1, Eobertson & Galloway, Glasgow. Class 3 (open).— For best 

 bix varieties in pots. 1, J. Hannah, gardener, Monreith. 2, J. 

 Fairgrieve, gardener, Castlewigg. 3, J. Tweedie, gardener. 



