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JOUBNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ Angost 10, 1871. 



charge of several Pine houses, and one winter it happened 

 that the fruiting house was required for another purpose, and 

 the Pine plants were removed to a house where in severe 

 weather the night temperature could not be kept much above 

 45°. They were as fine a lot of plants as I ever saw, and on 

 starting them into growth about the end of January they were 

 very unsatisfactory — few large frnit were produced, and many 

 monstrosities. 



Another matter which demands great care is watering. I 

 seldom use manure water, and not at all after the flowering 

 period. I have had more Pines deteriorated in quality through 

 using manure water than from any other cause. If the plants 

 are supplied with manure water after a certain stage of their 

 growth the fruit will undoubtedly be black at the core, and will 

 not keep long after it is ripe. I remember the late Dr. Lindley 

 drawing attention in a leading article to a houseful of fine fruit 

 being rendered worthless from the use of guano water when the 

 fruit was swelling ofi ; in every case the frnit was black at the 

 core, showing that the source of decay had originated in the first 

 place in the roots, and been transmitted from them through the 

 stem. As to fruiting Pines in twelve months from planting 

 the sucker, where this has been done, either the suckers have 

 been of unusual size, or a high temperature has been maintained. 

 The houses here, though not large, are well built, and of the 

 most approved construction, and well provided with hot-water 

 pipes, and I do not generally obtain Queens in less than 

 eighteen months. Cayennes and Charlotte Eothsehild in from 

 eighteen months to two years. 



I will now make a few remarks on judging Pines at exhibi- 

 tions. At the leading exhibitions they should always be shown 

 in classes ; at the very least there should be a class for Queens 

 and one for any other variety, and it would be well if there 

 were a set of rules drawn up as a guide to exhibitors. I ex- 

 hibited a very handsome Smooth-leaved Cayeime some years 

 ago at an autumn show, and the first prize was awarded to a 

 Queen not half the weight, in much the same condition, and 

 on drawing the attention of one of the judges to the award, he 

 said that Queens were always preferred. At a recent fruit 

 show in London a not- very-handsome, though tolerably good. 

 Providence of from, I should say (the weight was not stated), 

 between 8 and 9 lbs., was placed in a higher position than a 

 really handsome well-ripened Queen of an ounce or two short 

 of 6 lbs. I believe it was a wrong decision ; the judges evidently 

 were guided by size, and did not know the relative qualities of 

 the two varieties. I hold that a Queen of 6 lbs. should be 

 placed before a Cayenne of 8 lbs. or a Providence of 10 lbs. 

 Of course whatever points or rules be laid down, much must 

 be left to the judges, such as the condition of the fruit, the 

 time of the year at which the exhibition is held, &c. A Queen 

 Pine in winter might be expected to be dry and flavourless, 

 when a Cayenne or Jamaica would be juicy and rich. The 

 judges ought to be practical men who not only know the rela- 

 tive qualities of the same class of frait, but also know something 

 of the difficulties to be contended with in finishing o3 a house 

 of well-coloured Grapes or in producing a well-swelled, fairly- 

 proportioned Pine Apple. 



I have made these remarks partly in the hope that some one 

 better qualified than I am may have something to say on 

 this subject. — J. Douglas. 



THE SELECTION OF ROSES. 

 I HAVE often seen inquiries in the Journal as to the selection 

 of Eoses, and in one point of view I have nothing to say against 

 the selection given in reply to those questions. How could I 

 when they have been in so many instances given by Mr. Ead- 

 clyffe ? ijut there are other points of view in which to look at 

 the matter of selection. I see at Eose shows people taking 

 out their note-books and putting down the names of any sorts 

 that strike them as fine, without having any reference whatever 

 to habit or constitution. Now I am about to plead on a diffe- 

 rent side to that which I generally do. Some call me " a 

 bigoted old florist," because I so rigidly maintain the necessity 

 of rating form and substance as the very first requisites in all 

 florists' flowers. Will it be esteemed an inconsistency on my 

 part, or a diminution of the estimate of my bigotry, if I now 

 advocate the retention of some Eoses in our gardens which botli 

 selections in the Journal and note-books ignore? Both are 

 foimded on the one notion, to take what are called exhibition 

 flowers and to exclude all others. But this is surely incorrect 

 in one point of view. All are not exhibitors, and we want 

 variety as well as real merit as a florists' flower, and yet I see 



by degrees flowers excluded from our gardens which ought to 

 be retained for some quality which they possess in an eminent 

 degree, and I come forth now as the advocate of these condemned 

 criminals. 



Eugene ^^pcrt.— Well do many of us remember the sensation 

 produced at Hanover Square Booms at, I beheve, the second 

 National Bose Show, when Mr. Standish brought out a box of 

 blooms of this splendidly coloured Bose. It is very irregular 

 in outline, very rough, but in colour unapproached, I think, by 

 any Eose, on account of the thick velvety character of its petals. 

 Then its foliage is in itself a picture, and makes the Bose easily 

 distinguishable from any other in the garden. 



General Jacqueminot. — Some three years ago my friend Mr. 

 Eadcljfie gave me what he had of this brilliant Eose, describing 

 him as a " loose feDow," and discarding him. Some of the 

 most brilliant flowers I have had this year have been from 

 these very plants, while I have seen it exhibited in great per- 

 fection in many stands. For some reason the year has been 

 favourable for it, and those who have retained it have been 

 rewarded. 



Jean Cherpin. — " Oh ! a great deal too thin — not enough 

 stuff in it." Quite true ; but where have you such a colour ? 

 It is the nearest approach that we have to the old Tuscan Eose 

 — that deep claret colour which we all admire. It is true that it 

 soon fades, but when in bud and just expanding it is exquisite. 



Baronne^ Frevost. — "A platter," "Flat as a saucer," fee. 

 Tes, but with all that a fine old Kose. In form I think C^cUe 

 de Chabrillant the model ; but then the Eose may have other 

 forms. Charles Lefebvre is very diSerent, yet it is a fine Eose ; 

 La France different from either of them, and yet how beautiful, 

 especially this season. So Baronne Pievost, although quite 

 different from any of the foregoing, is a fine Eose well wortii 

 growing. 



Madame Guinoisseau, — This Eose is not to be found in some 

 catalogues that I have before me, and yet it is a fine double 

 Eose of a bright colour, much better than many which have 

 elbowed it oat. 



Souvenir de Dr. Jamin never was and never will be a show 

 Eose ; too small for that, but of an exquisite coloiur — crimson 

 shaded with violet, and worthy of retention. 



Duchess of Norfolk. — Barely seen, but a fine climbing or 

 pillar Eose, and ought to be used for that purpose. 



Fisher Holmes. — Another Eose of peculiarly brilliant colour, 

 scarlet shaded with dark velvety crimson. It is sometimes 

 disappointing, but yet it ought to be retained for its colour 

 alone. 



Frofessor Koch. — A deep rich crimson. It is true we have 

 many of the same shade, and probably better Eoses, but it is a 

 vigorous and free-blooming variety, and I should be sorry to 

 discard it. 



Fresident TVillermoz. — A very vigorous free-growing Bose, 

 with flowers of a most lovely shade of pink. I have seen it in 

 some winning stands this year ; but wherever I have been in 

 gardens it seems almost unknown. It is not of more than 

 three or four years' standing, and although not quite so fuU as 

 one could wish, it is still a very striking gajden Eose. 



La Lisette de Beranger. — A Eose of 1868, 1 believe ; exceed- 

 ingly pretty and free, especially in the autumn. It is of a very 

 delicate flesh colour, and later in the year the edges of the 

 petals are margined with deep pink. 



Frince Leon. — A very old Eose, somewhat delicate in habit, 

 but when caught rightly a most beautifully shaped flower. Mr. 

 Elvers, no mean judge, calls it one of the most beautiful of 

 Eoses, 



Comte de Nanteziil. — How rarely now does one see this in 

 exhibition stands, and yet it deserves a place in every garden, 

 being a cupped, deep rose-coloured flower. 



Monsieur de Montigny. — One of the largest Eoses grown, and 

 a very fine garden flower. 



Such are some of the Boses for which I claim a place. There 

 may be others, but these occur to me, and I hope if Eose 

 lovers think of any others they wUl add them to this Ust. 

 — D., Deal. 



THE MOKELLO CHEKRY. 

 Is an amateur's garden a few days ago I saw a Morello 

 Cherry tree growing as if it were comparatively wild, against a 

 piece of wall having a western aspect. The tree just looked as 

 if it had not been touched in the way of pruning or training 

 for at least the last two years, yet its branches were loaded 

 with the finest fruit, and came out ficm the wall is the 



