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filbert, a Rrafted heaJ ; 2, White Filbert, a grafted bead ; 3, Pnrple 

 Filbert; 4, Knight's Large Cob, a grafted head ; 5, Dwarf Prolific, a 

 gi-afted head ; 6, Atlas Nnt, a grafted head (this is Cory las algeriensis ; 

 the clusters are often large, containing from fifteen to twenty nuts) ; 

 7, Lambert Filbert, a grafted head ; S. Gordon's Thia-shelled, a grafted 

 head ; 9, Fertile de Coutard ; 10, Cosford Nut. 



Prizes were offered for the best single dishes of early Plums. The 

 toast were Early Green Gage, finely ripened, from Mr. Donglas, Lox- 

 ford Hall Gardens ; the second best, Morocco, from Mr. Porter, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Benham, Isleworth. 



Prizes -were likewise offered for the best collection of Gooseberries, 

 •twelve fruits of each variety. Mr. Turner, Slough, was first, showing 

 no less than seventy kinds "in fine condition. The second place was 

 taken bv Mr. G. Sharp, gardener to W. Martin, Esq., Shermanbnry ; 

 the third by Mr. Beach, gardener to C. J. Hemes, Esq., Seveuoaks. 

 Mr. Sharp had some very fine fruit of Bed London, Whitesmith, and 

 Caroline. An unsophisticated Londoner of our acquaintance took the 

 'first-named for Plums ! For the twelve heaviest fruit Mr. Sharp was 

 again first with "Bubesin," green, and Mr. Beach was second with 

 Green Overall. 



Flokal Committee. — Mr. J. Fraser in the chair. The novelties on 

 -this occasion were not numerous. A good number of new Picotees 

 ■were shown, and of them the following had first-class certificates — viz., 

 from Mr. Norman, of Plumstead, Ada Ingleton, Miss Ingleton, and 

 Beauty of Plumstead ; and from Messrs. Wood & Ingram, of Hunting- 

 don, Delicata Charles Williams, Esq., exhibited by the former, and 

 Miss Fanny Ingram by the latter, had second-class certificates. Messrs. 

 Eelway, of Langport, Somerset, exhibited several very beautiful seed- 

 ling varieties of Gladiolus, of which Hogarth, Oberon, and Pictum 

 received first-class certificates. Messrs. Carter & Co., of High 

 Holborn, had a second-class certificate for Golden Tricolor Prospero, 

 beautiful in colour ; and a special certificate was given to Messrs. E. 

 G. Henderson & Son, for a collection of these varieties. A certificate 

 was likewise awarded to Thomas Laxton, Esq., of Stamford, for Jewel, a 

 double variety. Mr. Guildford, gardener to R. Tryon, Esq., had a 

 first-class certificate for Colons Tryoni, which was most improperly 

 removed before the public were admitted. The leaves, we are in- 

 formed, are singularly and beautifully marked. 



Mr. Young, of the Milford Nurseries, Godalming, sent Juniperns 

 chinensis aui-ea, which was awarded a first-class certificate, as being a 

 beautiful golden variety. A special certificate was given to Mr. Parker, 

 of Tooting, for a fine example of Kenanthera coccinea ; also to G. F. 

 Wilson, Esq., for a group of LUiums, including fine specimens of 

 L. Fortnnoi and L. Leichtlinii. Mr. Fraser received a first-class 

 certificate for Dracsna Eraseri, with broad leaves edged with rose and 

 •crimson, a very handsome k-ind. A like award was made to Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson for Begonia multiilora elegans with pale red flowers, 

 aot equal in effect to those of B. Sedeni. The same firm also sent a 

 collection of Platyceriums, dwarf Lobelias, and Pelargoniums ; the 

 most showy of the latter was one with very pale lilac flowers called 

 Multiflora striata. Messrs. KoUisson, of Tooting, likewise sent some 

 beautifully grown Lobelias of various colours, several of them trained 

 as small pyramids in the style in which they were exhibited by Messrs. 

 BeU & Thorpe a year or two ago. 



Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., Hillfield, 

 Reigate, received a first-class certificate for a species of Cyrtanthus, 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, and he also exhibited several other 

 plants of botanical interest. Mr. Laurence, gardener to Bishop 

 Sumner, Farnham Castle, had first-class certificates for AnfEctochilus 

 ordianus, with beautiful deep green leaves veined with pale yellow, 

 and for an Acineta called sella turcica. 



Mr. Cunningham, gardener to Lord Ebury, Moor Park, Herts, 

 again sent Verbena White Lady, noticed at the last meeting, but no 

 award was made. Mr. Hooper, of Bath, sent Carnation Fairest of 

 the Fair, a pleasing flower ; Mr. Cripps, Tunbridge Wells, Clematis 

 Lady Maria Meade, a large lavender variety with a deeper-coloured 

 band in the centre of each petal ; also Catalpa syringsefolia aurea 

 with beautiful golden-tinged leaves. Mr. Cannell sent a number of 

 ^ut trusses of Verbenas, and Mr. William Paul a collection of his new 

 2onal Pelargoniums. 



PAEAFFIN AND SOFT SOAP AS A REMEDY 



FOR AMERICAN BLIGHT. 

 These I can assure you form a speedy and efieetnal remedy 

 =;ylien applied properly, care being taken the mixture do not 

 touch the leaves. To one pint o£ paraffin oil, or any quantity 

 that may be required, put in a jar a sufficient quantity of soft 

 soap to make the whole of the consistency of train oil. Apply 

 with a paint brush to the parts affected. — T. J. Habeison, 

 ^arndoru 



gracefully high overhead, cannot fail to impress lovers of such 

 plants with a sense of its dignity and grandeur. Nor is this 

 all, for as one glances upwards the beauty of the foliage is much 

 enhanced by the effect of the light playing upon its upper 

 surface, and thus revealing the exquisite delicacy of its texture 

 and colour, which last is heightened and rendered all the more 

 striking by the contrast of the deep red midrib standing out so 

 boldly along the under side of each leaf. 



This magnificent plant is by far the finest of its kind I have 

 seen, and I should suppose it hardly has its equal in this 

 country. — Edwaed Luckhuest. 



MUSA ENSETE AT KEW. 



To all who have a love for tropical plants I would say. Go 



and see the noble specimen of Musa Ensete atEew, it is quite 



the feature of the Palm House just now. The immense leaves 



of this stately plant springing from near its base, and bending 



COVENT GARDEN MONOPOLY. 

 I EEMEMEEK two years ago a gentleman telling me he had 

 sent a quantity of Cherries to Covent Garden, for which he 

 received very poor returns ; so, as he happened to be in town 

 shortly afterwards, he took the opportunity to visit the market, 

 and there, to his great surprise, he found that the man to 

 whom hU fruit had been consigned had both a wholesale and 

 retail business, " So," said he, " of course he sold my fruit to 

 himself at the price he paid me, and afterwards to the public 

 at high retail prices." — E. 



METROPOLITAN FRUIT, FLOWER, AND 

 VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



A SPECIAL meeting of the Market Gardeners, Nurserymen, and 

 Farmers' Association was held on Jnly '25th at the Bedford Head, 

 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, nnder the presidency of Mr. H. Meyers, 

 to consider the question of removing the business of Covent Garden 

 Market to Farringdon Market. Several speakers addressed the meet- 

 ing, and it appeared that the refusal of the Duke of Bedford to afford 

 proper accommodation to the stall-keepers in the market, whereby they 

 suffered considerable loss, was the cause of the present movement. In. 

 wet weather the stalls were flooded — the water standiug 5 or 6 inches 

 on the ground. Hence the fruit became useless, and having been, 

 thrown aside, found its way to the barrows and baskets of the coster- 

 mongers, by whom, in its half-decayed state, it was retailed in the poor 

 districts, creating dlan-hcea and other diseases among the humbler 

 classes. One speaker, who was corroborated by others, said that Mr. 

 Gye, the lessee of the Koyal Italian Opera premises, had asked the 

 permission of the Duke of .Bedford to open the Floral Hall as a fruit 

 and vegetable market, offering at the same time to indemnify the Duke 

 against the expense of alterations, and to pay *25 per cent, on the toUs. 

 The offer, however, was refused. Under these circumstances the 

 market gardeners and stall-keepers felt themselves compelled to look 

 out for some other place. Application had been made to the Corpora- 

 tion respecting the site of Farringdon Market. The plans of the pro- 

 posed improvements at the latter place, prepared at the instance of 

 the Mai'kets Committee of the City of London, by their architect, Mr. 

 Horace Jones, were laid on the table, and inspected by the meeting. 

 The Chairman then read a letter he had received from Mr. Bontems, 

 of the Architect's Office, Guildhall, stating the Markets Committee 

 were not quite prepared to speak definitely as to the question of rent, 

 but when ready to do so they would ask the Association to meet the 

 Committee. Mr. Potter, living at Farringdon Market, was in favour 

 of having the new floral and vegetable market closer to the new meat 

 market than Farringdon Market was. Mr. Rudkin, Common Council- 

 lor, explained the plans, and assured the tenants of the old (Farring- 

 don) market that the Corporation were not antagonistic to their 

 interests. The interests of the old tenants would be the first to be 

 considered. There was a larger area in Farringdon Market than in 

 the other suggested site, and if the site between the railway and the 

 new meat market were fixed on, the streets in the neighbourhood 

 must be widened to accommodate the additional traffic, and the stall- 

 keepers would have to pay the cost. At present Farringdon Market 

 was almost a dead letter in the hands of the Corporation, as it brought 

 them in only £350 a-year. It was intended to lower the market to a 

 dead level with Farringdon Street, and to do the same with Stone- 

 cutter Street, just leaving an incline sufficient to carry off the water. 

 As to rent, he could say in his individual capacity — not pledging the 

 Corporation — that the rent would not exceed that paid in Covent 

 Garden. Within a month he thought the Corporation would be able 

 to provide the needful accommodation. After further discussion, a 

 deputation, consisting of five vegetable growers and five florists, was 

 appointed to wait upon the City Markets Committee as to rent, tolls, 

 &;e., and to report to a future meeting. 



At a special Court of Conimon Council held at the Guildhall on . 

 July 27th, Mr. Bontems said that the question of Farringdon Market 

 was referred to the Markets Committee. The Committtee thought 

 tliey saw their way to the enlargement of the market and making ita 

 perfect success. They had sought interviews with those interested in 

 the trade and who knew best the requirements of such a market. They 

 had sought information from them as to what would be necessary to be 

 done in Farringdon Market to make it suitable for their purpose. The 

 President of the Market Gardeners' Association, who was a friend of 



