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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[June 30,1863. 



a wood rammer can make the Boil. The two advantages of this 

 plan are — first, the security that the hud or centre of the plant 

 shall not be too much sunk, as in that case the plant will rarely 

 fruit well; and, secondly, the making sure that the pot all 

 through will be filled with fine fibry roots, so that the whole 

 ball shall be matted with them ; and thus the second potting 

 disconcerts a natural tendency of the plant to send its roots at 

 once to the sides of the pot, and to cluster there while the centre 

 of the ball is comparatively free from fibres. 



By the second mode — putting the runner at once in the fruiting- 

 pot, there will be as much care required as in the second potting 

 by the above mode, and thus at least at first and in the 

 busiest season more of first trouble will be necessary. True, we 

 have Been thousands bo done without much trouble. The pots 

 (large 32's) were taken to the place and drained, the plant placed 

 on the surface of the aoil, growing well, making fine foliage, and 

 moved some time in autumn, with the runner a rather nice plant 

 sunk down an inch or two or more below the rim of the pot, and 

 all looked nice, though we seldom heard much of their wonder- 

 ful fruitfulness. The mode by which we have succeeded best by the 

 at-once-layering in the fruiting-pot, is as follows : — The pot was 

 suitably drained, a little mo38 and soot placed over the drainage, 

 and the soil packed in firmly, leaving a small cone a little loose 

 on the surface for the runner, that cone being from half an inch 

 to an inch above the rim of the pot, for before autumn the Boil 

 would have Bunk, perhaps, half an inch below it. So treated these 

 plants did well, though not better or hardly so well as those laid 

 in small pots and again repotted. Our chief reason for not fol- 

 lowing the plan oftener is, the much greater time and trouble it 

 takes for Becuring rooted plants in the first instance, and that at 

 a season of the year when it is a serious question to decide what 

 should be done first. By the period the layers need repotting 

 we generally have a little more breathing time. If our corre- 

 spondent " A. Z." decides on the layering in the fruiting-pot 

 at once, we would draw his attention to the above conditions ; if 

 he layers in a pot filled lightly with soil, we would not hold out 

 great hopes of a fine crop. We have seen hundreds of instances 

 in which such quick work was done, and other more tedious 

 processes decried, but we have heard few boastings at gathering- 

 time under such circumstances, and especially if the fruit waB 

 wanted at all early. — R. Fish.] 



CEYSTAL PALACE EOSE SHOW.— June 27. 



If any doubt could have existed as to the increased and in- 

 creasing popularity of the queen of flowers, such doubts would 

 have been inevitably removed at the sight which the frequenters 

 of the Crystal Palace were permitted to witness. Whether 

 one looked at the vast number of entries, especially amongst 

 amateurs, amounting in some of the classes to upwards of thirty 

 stands, or the immense crowd of people assembled to see them, 

 it must surely be conceded that no flower is so universally ad- 

 mired or more widely grown than the Rose. And notwithstand- 

 ing the awful thunderstorm which swept over the south and east 

 of England on Wednesday night, shattering the hopes and the 

 Roses of many an exhibitor (for many who had given notice 

 were unable in consequence to attend), and severely injuring 

 others that were exhibitors, I think one can safely say that, 

 although there have been years when many much finer Roses 

 have been exhibited, yet on the whole the collections were in fair 

 average condition, while some of the blooms were of surpassing 

 excellence. The backwardness of the season, too, was against 

 them ; for although we have had almost forcing weather for the 

 last ten days, yet until then Roses were in some districts not in 

 bloom. My esteemed friend, Mr. Hole, told me on the 17th he 

 had not any in bloom save Gloire de Dijon; and Mr. Paul of 

 Cheshunt, and Mr. Francis of Hertford, both complained to-day 

 of the backwardness of their flowers ; it was, however, a most 

 grand display, and their fragrance, freshness, and beauty well 

 merited the superiority of her floral majesty. 



Amongst the first questions asked at a Rose show is, Which is 

 the best new Rose ? and hence the boxes of new flowers of 1861 

 and 1862 first claim a notice. There were, from whatever 

 cause, not any finely exhibited. There were only three stands, 

 and in one of them hardly a new Rose of last autumn was to be 

 seen. The same causes which affected the general aspect of the 

 Show may have been at work here, and we may, perhaps, look to 

 see them better a little later. The first prize was awarded to 

 Messrs. Paul & Son of the Old Nurseries, Cheshuut, for Peter Law- 



son (1862), a new Rose of promise ; Souvenir de M. Rousseau ; 

 Wilhelm Pfitzer; Turenne, very bright; DucheBse d'Aleneon, 

 worthless ; Lord Clyde (1862), a splendid bloom with fine foliage, 

 decidedly the best new Rose exhibited there ; Monte Christo ; 

 Louise Darzins, very white, but wants the substance of Mdlle. 

 Bonnaire ; Paul Feval ; Etienne Lecrosnier ; Archeveque de 

 Paris ; Madame Caillat, bright, but thin ; Prince Camille de 

 Rohan, very dark, good ; Gloire de Chatillon, will not do ; 

 Maurice Bernhardin, a fineBose; Madame Helye, bright; Olivier 

 Delhomme, very good ; Professor Koch, double and good ; 

 Marechal Vaillant, very bright ; Souvenir de Comte Cavour 

 (Margottin), very fine ; Richard Smith ; Vulcain, Blaty ; Le 

 Rhone (1862), promise? to be one of the best of the new Roses ; 

 Jean Gousson (1862) ; Triomphe do Caen ; Beauty of Waltham, 

 a fine Rose but soon flies; Princesse d' Orleans ; Madame Charles 

 Wood, a bright, large, and good Rose. Mr. William Paul was 

 second, with Charles Lefebvre, good ; Triomphe de Caen ; 

 Turenne; Madame Caillat ; Wilhelm Pfitzer; Due de Rohan, 

 good ; John Cranston (Moss) ; Gloire de Chatillon ; Christian 

 Piittner, good ; Souvenir de Lady Eardley, good, but not in 

 character ; Emile Dulac, pretty imbricated Rose ; Professor 

 Koch ; Seedling Mdlle. Emain ; Francois Lscharme, very fine and 

 good, one of the best of the Boses of 1861; Reynolds Hole, 

 bright pink ; Vulcain ; Comtesse de Seguieur ; Prince Camille de 

 Rohan ; Andre 1 Desportes, good ; Souvenir de Comte Cavour ; 

 Beauty of Waltham. Mr. Standish was third, with Madame 

 Charles Wood ; Andre Leroy (1862), good; Madame Standish; 

 Mrs. Dombrain (1862) ; Vulcain ; Vicomte Vigier ; Turenne ; 

 Andre Desportes ; Gregoire Bourdillon ; J. F. Lombard (1862) ; 

 Madame Boutin, Reynolds Hole, and Souvenir de Comte Cavour. 

 It is, I believe, hardly worth while to give in so large a 

 number as ninety-six varieties the names of the flowers in each 

 winning-stand. I believe that while the best flowers aregeneraUy 

 selected for these stands, the more generally UBelul ones are in 

 those of smaller numbers. I shall, therefore, simply give the 

 names of the most remarkable flowers in the two winning-stands. 

 The first prize was awarded to Mr. J. Mitchell, of Piltdown 

 Nurseries, near Uckfield, Sussex, and amongst his flowers I 

 particularly noticed Prince Imperial, Due d'Ossuna, Madame 

 Caillat, Madame Charles Crapelet (a beautiful bloom), Souvenir 

 de Comte Cavour, Kveque de Nimes, Catherine Guillot, General 

 Washington (a beautiful bloom), Homere (a fine Tea), Paul 

 Ricaut, Louis XIV, Senateur Vaisse, Triomphe de Rennes, 

 General Jacqueminot, Gloire de Dijon, Souvenir de la Mal- 

 maieon (very good), Peter Lawson, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 

 and W. Paul (1863, a very promising Rose). Mr. C. Turner, of 

 Slough, was second. His best blooms were Paul Ricaut, Baron 

 Gonella, La Brillante (very fine), Souvenir de l'Elise, Madame 

 Willermoz, Jules Margottin, Professor Koch, Narcisse, Anna 

 de Diesbach, Niphetos (a splendid bloom), Madame Charles 

 Crapelet, Celine Forestier, Madame Furtado (excellent), Souvenir 

 de Comte Cavour (a wonderful bloom), Louis XIV (very fine), 

 Darzins, Coupe d'Hebe, Mrs. Hivers, Vicomte Vigier, Francois 

 Arago, and Francois Lacharme. 



In CIbbs 2, forty-eight varieties, three trusses of each, the first 

 prize was awarded to Mr. B. B. Cant, of Colchester, for 

 Mathurin Regnier,Gregoire Bourdillon, Jules Margottin, Madame 

 Willermoz, Souvenir d'un Ami, Olivier Delhomme, Eugene 

 Appert, Comte de Paris, Baronne Prevost, Comte de Falloux, 

 General Jacqueminot, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Pauline Lanze- 

 zeur, Adam, Victor Verdier, Madame Bravy (fine Tea), Francois 

 Lacharme, Orderic Vital, Lord Raglan, Wm. Griffith, Charles 

 Lawson, Souvenir de M. Rouseau, Senateur Vaisse, Mrs. Rivers, 

 Anna de Diesbach, Duchess of Norfolk, Monte Christo, Bougere, 

 Rubens (a very fine Tea, exhibited in several stands to-day), 

 Duke of Cambridge, Laelia, Madame Boll, Victor Trouillard, 

 Madame Knorr, Francois I., Madame Domage, Paul Ricaut, 

 Modele de Perfection, Devoniensis,Empereur Napoleon, Triomphe 

 de Lyon, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, and C. Lefebvre (very fine) . 

 Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, was second, with General 

 Jacqueminot, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Gloire de Dijon, La 

 Ville de St. Denis, Madame Charles Wood, Baronne Prevost, 

 Geant des Batailles, Madame Vidot, Eugene Appert, Souvenir 

 de Comte Cavour, Madame Bravy, Jules Margottin, Ma- 

 dame Guinnoisseau, Devoniensis, Alphonse Damazin, Triomphe 

 de Rennes, Anna Alexieff, Catherine Guillot, Francois Arago, 

 Victor Verdier, Louis XIV., Vicomte Vigier, Coupe d'Hebe, 

 Madame de Cambaceres, Souvenir d'un Ami, La Brillante, 

 DucheBB d'Orleans, Madame Knorr, Jean Bart, Eveque de 

 Nimes, Madame C. Crapelet, Celine Forestier, Modele de Perfec- 



