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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Jul/ 20, 1876. 



to report upon at the next meeting. Mr. Wildsmith, gardener 

 to Viscount Eversley, Heckfield, sent a seedling Melon called 

 Heckfield Hybrid, which was unripe, and the Committee could 

 not decide upon its merits. Mr. Cox, gardener to Lord Beau- 

 champ, Madresfield Court, sent a seedling Melon called Hardy 

 Prolific, scarlet flesh, which was not of good flavour. 



Messrs. Lane & Son of Berkhampstead sent a dish of Fer- 

 dinand de Lesseps Grape of excellent flavour, but not quite ripe. 

 A letter of thanks was awarded. Mr. R. Gilbert of Burghley 

 Gardens sent a bunch of Abercairney Seedling Grape. Its 

 bunch is like that of a small Black Hamburgh, and the berries 

 are small, black, and oval; the flavour is sweet and vinous, bat 

 it is so small the Committee did not consider it an improvement 

 on others already in cultivation. The Hon. and Rev. J. T. Bos- 

 cawen sent a dish of Dr. Hogg Grape, the flavour of whioh was 

 delicious. A letter of thankB was awarded to Mr. BoBcawen. 

 Mr. D. Mills, Turnham Green, sent branches of Red Currants. 

 Mr. R. Gilbert sent a dish of very fine TomatoeB called Jackson's, 

 said to have been selected from Hathaway's. A cultural com- 

 mendation was awarded. 



Floral Committee. — W. B. Kellock, Esq., in the chair. A 

 first-class certificate was awarded to T. Laxton, Esq., Stamford, 

 for Rose Mrs. Laxton, a variety in the way of Marie Baumann 

 but more cupped. A second-class certificate was given to Mr. 

 Perkins, Leamington, for a Picotee, a self, full, and of a buff or 

 straw colour, fairly smooth and full. 



Messrs. Veitch & Sons received a first-class certificate for 

 Utricularia Endressii, and also for Begonia Viscountess Done- 

 raile, a variety with fine flowerB of a rich crimson-scarlet colour. 

 A vote of thanks for a finely bloomed plant of Vanda Lowii was 

 given to H. G. Elliott, Esq., The Crescent, Downs Park Road, 

 Clapton. A first-class certificate was given to J. H. Hawley, 

 Esq., Ranelagh Gardens, Leamington, for Pelargonium Lea- 

 mington Lassie, a bright pink semi-double flower of vigorous 

 habit and large trusB. 



A most distinot and handsome Fern — a gold-spangled Gymno- 

 gramma — was exhibited by Mr. W. Brown, gardener to Mrs. 

 Alston, Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham, for which he received 

 a first-claBB certificate. A vote of thanks was given to G. F. 

 Wilson, Esq., for cut blooms of various Lilies, including L. cali- 

 fornicum, L. longiflorum, L. eximium, the Martagon Lily, &c. 

 Mr. Charles Noble exhibited Thujopsia borealis aurea, a very 

 distinct variety, with the habit vigorous, and if the constitution 

 should prove hardy it will be an acquisition. Messrs. SanderB 

 and Co., seed-growers, showed a dwarf white Candytuft, which 

 though good was not considered sufficiently distinct to receive an 

 award. 



Dr. Denny of Stoke Newington exhibited two baskets of 

 Pelargoniums — viz., Heather Bell and Globosa major. Mrs. 

 Edward Fox, 44, Market Street, Brighton, exhibited some very 

 natural-looking specimens of Roses modelled in wax, and which 

 were highly commended. They were admirably exeouted. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 We omitted to notice that Messrs. Bell & Son of Norwich 

 exhibited recently a stand of their new seedling hybrid Bour- 

 bon Rose Catherine Bell, and their seedling Tea Rose Mks. 

 Opie. 



The seventh annual Exhibition of window plants 



grown within the City was held on the 13th inst. in the 

 gardens, Finsbury Circus. The Duchess of Teck, who was 

 announced to distribute the prizes, arrived early in the after- 

 noon. A splendid bouquet was presented to the Duchess by 

 Miss Davies. The Duke of Teok, replying to some observations 

 of the Lord Mayor, observed that the difficulties of cultivation 

 were great, particularly in a place where bricks and stone had 

 almost banished every vestige of vegetation. Here it was that 

 the influence of flowers was most felt. They all knew their 

 tendency to brighten the home and cheer the sick. The Royal 

 Horticultural Society's silver medal was awarded to a youth 

 named Jarvis for the best plant. 



At the meeting of the Horticultural Club held on 



Wednesday last the following new members were admitted : 

 Messrs. Charles W. Morriss, King's Lynn; Thomas Hanbury, 

 Ashburton House, Croydon; Palazzo Orenzo, Mentone ; Henry 

 Ormaon, King's Road, Chelsea; David Syme, Edinburgh, N.B.; 

 Joseph Broome, Didsbury, Manchester; and David Allister, 

 Mark Lane. 



Persons with horticultural tastes who visit the publio 



gardens and grounds at Washington do not see all in that 

 line worth their attention at the capital. Mr. Saul's nurseries 

 and greenhouses on the Seventh Street road, just beyond the 

 city borders, well deserve notice ; and though, as a commercial 

 place, it does not show specimens such as are found in the 



Experimental and Botanic Gardens, its great collection of 

 almost every class of plants is very interesting. Against the 

 walls of his office and packing-house — brick and roughcast — 

 have been trained a number of varieties of Ivy ; and the 

 effect produced is at once beautiful and striking. Some are 

 more robust growers than others ; some are variegated, almost 

 white ; others of the deepest richest green ; and the com- 

 bination and contrast enhances the beauty of all. Most of 

 the growth now reaches the eaves, so that the wall is almost 

 hidden by this lovely draping. The inquiry suggests itself, 

 Why on rural buildings to which it is so much more appro- 

 priate, enduring and beautiful than paint, this natural cover- 

 ing is not more frequently resorted to? and why in cities the 

 naked walls of churches and other public and private buildings 

 should not be thus adorned and protected ? 



To the many inquirers seeking information how to 



dte Mosses, Grasses, and Flowers, the following mode as 

 adopted in Germany may be useful : — 



To Dye Moss Green. — Boil half a pound of alum in four 

 quarts of water, and dissolve half a pound of finely triturated, 

 mineral blue in it, and a dark green dye is the result. Or a 

 very beautiful green dye may be made with indigo — carmine 

 and picric acid, adding water to reduce it to the desired hue. 

 Ab picric acid is rarely to be had of uniform strength the 

 exact proportions cannot be given. The same dye may be 

 used for Grasses. 



Black. — Two ounces of logwood in one quart of water, 

 quarter ounce of alum, and 3 ozs. of copperas, the whole boiled 

 together and the moss dipped into it while hot. Or two parts 

 of logwood and one of fleabane thoroughly boiled together, 

 and a little green vitriol. 



Bed. — The beat way to make this colour is to boil as much 

 red aniline in rain water as will produce a pretty red. The 

 dye should be hot when the moss is dipped. 



To Bleach and Dye Everlasting Flowers. — Bleaching. — Put 

 a number of flowers, which have previously been placed in a 

 warm chamber to cause them to open, in a vessel containing 

 a solution of chloride of lime, half ounce of soda, and two 

 quarts of water. Cover the vessel and leave it as it is in a 

 moderate temperature for four or five days. Daring this- 

 period the flowers first change to an orange colour, and after- 

 wards to a bluish-white. As soon as these changes show 

 themselves take the flowers out and pour off the fluid, and fill 

 it up again, using this time only 1 oz. of ohloride of lime and 

 no soda. Let the flowers remain in this until quite white, 

 subsequently drying them in a warm oven. 



Dyeing. — Carmine. — Qaarter loth (about two drachms) of 

 Munich lac, quarter pint (about half drachm) ultramarine 

 blue, dissolved in 12 loth (about 6 oza.) of warm water. Rose, 

 — Qaarter quint of extract of safllower, dissolved in one quart 

 of cold water. Dark blue. — One loth indigo extract in a quart 

 of water. Cornflower blue. — Half loth of blue aniline, two loth 

 Bpirits of wine, in one quart of water. Violet. — Half loth violet 

 aniline, with the same proportions of water and spirit. Light 

 blue. — Half loth Prussian blue, dissolved in a quart of water. 

 Dark blue. — One loth of catechu, boiled in a quart of water. 

 Light green. — Quarter loth pioric acid, and quarter quint of 

 indigo in twenty loth of alcohol. Black. — Ab given above. 

 Orange.- — Three loth of borax in 2 quarts of hot water, leaving 

 the flowers to Bteep for some time. 



The dyos for Grasses, &o., are made in the same way. 



EOSES FOR FOLIAGE. 



I wish to grow five or six Roses with handsome foliage 

 simply to pick leaves from. What sorts would you recommend, 

 and what is the best mode of pruning ? If I had several free- 

 growing varieties of different types I could nearly always match 

 the leaves with the flowers, at least quite near enough for 

 drawing-room purposes. — Kittie. 



[To supply fine foliage in making up bouquets of Roses we 

 would recommend to be grown a small hedge of the old Hybrid 

 Bourbon Celine, which has pretty pink flowers with abundant 

 and magnificent foliage. 



As Roses suitable to grow for the same purpose we would 

 mention Charles Lefebvre, h.p., much resembling Cfiline in 

 foliage; Eugene Appert, h.p., for the darkest green foliage; 

 Boule de Neige, h.p., with pretty wavy chocolate-tinted edges 

 to its young foliage ; Francois Michelon, h.p., has fine foliage 

 of a lighter green. Climbing DevonienBis, Tea-scented, with 

 fine dark foliage, and Rcve d'Or, Noisette, with rich abundant 



