AnguBt 10, 1871. 1 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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which we have already had several noticeg in our pages. We 

 have only to remark that this new edition hag an additional 

 chapter treating on the preparation of yoting Vines for plant- 

 ing, and that we hope it will meet with the same hearty 

 reception which the former editions have enjoyed. 



CRYSTAL PALACE SUPPLEMENTARY ROSE 



SHOW.— August 5th. 



I HAVE never been more impresaed witli the extent and successful 

 ■culture of the Rose than by the Exhibition held on Saturday. "We 

 have had a most unfavourable season, we are in August, and yet I 

 have never seen a more excellent lot of Roses than at this supple- 

 mentary Show ; never bad a more difficult task in judging from the very 

 excellence of the blooms, and never, I think, saw so few indifferent 

 blooms. Let one proof of this suffice. In the large class for sixty 

 blooms there were respectively the following iudifferent blooms (not 

 positively bad, but indifferent) : — 2, 5, 4, 7, 7, and this in August ; whUe 

 there were some magnificent examples of our finest and best Roses. It 

 was the same, too, with amateurs. Probably the trusses exhibited by 

 Mr. Baker, of Heavitree, last show were better than any on Saturday, 

 but, as a whole, I never saw a more even lot of Eoses ; and although 

 1 have found fault with the term Hybrid Perpetual, has not the fact of 

 3 show being held at this time somewhat redeemed the title ? Nor were 

 the exhibits confined to one part of England — Cranston for Hereford- 

 ahire, Paul & Son for Hertfordshire, Turner for Buckinghamshire, 

 Eeynes for Wilts, Harrison for Yorkshire, Cant for Essex, were all 

 there, showing that the whole country could and did supply its quota. 



There is yet one other fact about this Show which I must notice 

 before I pass on to the table decorations, and that is the arrangement, 

 a matter for which I was to some extent responsible, as I suggested it 

 io Mr. Wilkinson. The boxes were arranged on double tables, and the 

 space between them filled up with fohage plants, and most creditable 

 was it to Mr. Williams, the in-door garden superintendent, that he 

 was able to supply so large an amount of good plants for the purpose. 

 It met with universal approbation, and will, I hope, be continued, 

 although it entails much trouble. 



And now as to the Table Decorations, a most ticklish matter to 

 write upon, as anyone might have known who heard the various 

 comments passed. The fact is, people have different standards to 

 judge by. One person thinks that the amount of work ought to 

 be the criterion oi: excellence, another simplicity, another the beauty 

 of the flowers, without reference to arrangement ; and so each per- 

 son forms a standard of his own. Now, my judgment is that in 

 nearly every instance the thing was overdone. I believe that it is 

 because it has been overdone that so complete a revulsion has taken 

 place in the best circles, and that a few simply arranged flowers 

 or dwarf plants are now the only things permitted. It ha?, in fact, 

 become a bore. Take nine-tenths of those exhibited on Saturday : 

 they could not have been arranged under three or four hours by 

 two, three, or even more persons, and who is going to spare their 

 -own time or their gardener's for this ? ' The most simple and, I think, 

 most effective vase for a drawing-room was one containing a couple 

 ■of blooms of the white Water Lily and a few Fern fronds, and this 

 ■deservedly had the first prize. Evidently simphcity ruled in this case. 

 ^One table was arranged with plants inserted in the table, as recom- 

 mended by " W. T." in the Gardeners' CJirouide, but in this case the 

 plants were Stocks, utterly unfitted for the purpose, even if the plan 

 be a good one, which for private nse I do not think it is. It does very 

 well for a large public institution, where trouble is not much thought 

 ■of, and where it is of no great consequence to see your vis-d-vis. On 

 many tables the March stands were made use of, while one had very 

 tall stands with pendent glasses — very pretty, but not suitable for a 

 private room. There were none that exhibited overcrowding in so 

 monstrous a form as last year, and I believe the taste wUl become 

 more refined, and hence all these competitions will do good. It is, I 

 =think, useless to attempt to describe table decorations — they must be 

 seen, for even drawings give but a poor idea of them. 



I cannot conclude this brief notice without bearing my testimony to 

 -the admirable manner in which Mr. Newman carried out the arrange- 

 ments. He has, since Mr. Wilkinson has become Manager, taken his 

 place, and I do not think that it is possible for a better selection to 

 have been made. — D., Deal. 



OuE correspondent, "D., Deal," has so happily described the lead- 

 ing features of this Show, that he has left us only the mere matters of 

 •detail. ^ The great improvement effected by Mr. Wilkinson by the in- 

 troduction of plants of various heights, sizes, and characters along 

 the centres of the naves, thus taking away the flat appearance which 

 long lines of cut blooms present ; the excellence of the Roses ; the 

 ■defects of the table decorations — all these have been so truthfully re- 

 ■corded, that we have nothing left to say respecting generalities. 



In the nurserymen's class for sixty single trusses, Messrs. Paul and 

 Son took the lead with stands in which there were but few trusses 

 'which could be found fault with, and many extremely fine. Among 

 ■the latter we noted Xavier Olibo, Francois Treyve, Comtesse d'Ox- 

 ford, Alfred Colomb, John Hopper, Elie Morel, Mdlle. Annie Wood, 

 Marechal Vaillant, Victor Verdier, Madame Laurent, Emilie Haus- 

 burg, finely imbricated ; Camille Bemardin, and Leopold I. Mr. 



Cant, Colchester, took the second prize with fine examples of Paul 

 Neron, Sophie Coquerelle, Alfred Colomb, Emilie Hausburg, Senateur 

 Vaisse, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Charles Lefebvre, Pierre Notting, 

 Camille Bernardin, and Baroness Rothschild, with Souvenir de Cou- 

 lommier, splendid in colour. Mr. Cranston, of Hereford, and Mr. 

 Keynes, of Salisbury, were equal third, having fine examples of 

 Souvenir de Malmaison, Madame Jacquier, Rushton Radclyffe, Marie 

 Baumann, Louis Van Houtte, Due de Rohan, and kinds already 

 named. Mr. J. Durbin, Bath, and Mr. Harrison, Darlington, also 

 exhibited in this class. 



For three trusses of forty-eight varieties, Messrs. Paul & Son were 

 again first, Mr. Keynes being second, and Mr. Cranston third. In 

 this class there were splendid trtrsses of Camille Bernardin, Leopold I., 

 Madame Moreau, Ferdinand de Lesseps, La France, Emihe Haus- 

 burg, Baroness Rothschild, Paul Neron, John Hopper, Marquise de 

 Castellane, Victor Verdier, Abel Grraud, Duchesse d'Orlcans, Louia 

 Van Houtte, Dupuy-Jamiu^Reine de Midi, and Madame Charles Wood. 



For tweuty-four triples the awards went to Messrs. Eeynes, Paul 

 and Son, Cant, and Cranston in the order named, the varieties already 

 noted being the most conspicuous. Reine Blanche, white, was notice- 

 able in Mr. Keynes's stand. Mr. Durbin and Mr. Harrison likewise 

 exhibited in this class. 



Excellent stands of twenty-four single trusses from Messrs. Perkins 

 and Son, of Coventry, Mr. Turner, of Slough, and Mr. Walker, of 

 Thame, were respectively first, second, and tlnrd ; and Mr. Jennings, 

 Shipston-on-Stour, was fourth. Besides the varieties aheady named 

 as fine, the most noteworthy were Madame Treyve, Madame C. 

 Joigneaux, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Victor Verdier, Edouard 

 Morren, Baron Haussman, Madame Alice Dureau, Charles Rouillard, 

 Marguerite de St. Amand, Abbe Giraudier, and Jules Chretien. 

 Messrs. Coppin, Mann, Parker, of Rugby, Pilcher, of Horsham, and 

 WooUett, of Caterham, also exhibited in this class. 



In the amateurs' classes, Mr. Draycott, gardener to T. T. Paget, 

 Esq., Humberstone Hall, and Mr. C. J. Perry, Castle Bromwich, were 

 respectively first and second for forty-eight and thirty-six single 

 trusses; Mr. Moore, gardener to T. Lloyd, Esq., Warwick, and Mr. 

 Draycott being first and second for twenty-four. The other awards in 

 these three classes went to Mr. Davis, Mr. Ingle, Mr. Fan*en, and 

 Mr. Watson. The varieties most noticeable were the same as in the 

 nurserymen's classes, and though excellent trusses were set up, they 

 were not, on the whole, so good. For twelves, the two principal prizes 

 went to Mr. May and Mr. Bridge, both of Siilsted, Braintree. 



Yellow Roses were shown in large numbers, but not in such perfec- 

 tion as in former years. They were of the usual kinds. The prize- 

 takers were Messrs. Paul & Son, Keynes, and Cranston. For Tea- 

 scented, Messrs. Cant, Keynes, and Paul & Son were the successful 

 exhibitors in the nurserymen's class. Mr. Keynes had, among others, 

 nice specimens of the new kinds — Madame Therese Levet, Madame 

 Trifle, and Catherine Mermet ; the first two seedlings from Grloire de 

 Dijon, and greatly partaking of it in character. Mr. Stoddart, Mr. 

 Bridge, and Mr. Chard were the amateur prizetakers. 



Foremost among miscellaneous subjects, and a beautiful exhibition 

 in themselves, were two groups of Phloxes exhibited by Messrs. Downie, 

 Laird, & Laing, of Stanstead Park Nurseries, Forest Hill, and the 

 Phloxes were bordered with, in their way, not less beautiful Bronze- 

 zoned Pelargoniums. One of the best of the new Phloxes in these 

 groups was Brian Wynne, dark purplish-crimson, fine in truss, and 

 good in habit. Philippa Penglase is a fitting lighter- coloured com- 

 panion to the preceding, with a veiy fine truss of deep rose, carmine- 

 centred flowers. Other noticeable new varieties are A. F. Barron, 

 rosy-hlac, with a crimson eye, extra fine in spike and habit ; Shirley 

 Hibberd, rosy carmine shaded with orange, dark centre ; Mrs. Laing, 

 soft rosy lilac, reflexed, about 2 feet in height, one of the best for 

 pot culture ; and Monsieur Caillard, rich orange salmon, very free- 

 fiowering and fine. Of older varieties we noted Monsieur W. Bull, very 

 fine lilac with a white centre, very compact ; M. Malet, Ulac, white 

 centre; Mr. Balfonr, rosy crimson; Madame Domage, pale blush, 

 rosy purple eye ; Monsieur Manrin Saison, salmon red, with a 

 metallic violet tinge, very fine and free-floweriug ; and Liervallii, 

 one of the finest of the striped kinds. All these belong to the late- 

 flowering section. An extra prize was given for these groups, and a 

 similar award was made to Mr. Bristowe, gardener to R. P. Harding, 

 Esq., Dulwich, for well-bloomed specimen Fuchsias ; to the Rev. 

 H. H. Dombrain, Westwell Vicarage, for excellent cut spikes of Grla- 

 diolns ; and to Mr. Hooper, Bath, for a collection of Pinks, Carnations, 

 tfcc. Mr. Mann, Brentwood, sent a collection of Zonal Pelargoniums ; 

 Mr. Donovan, gardener to R. Hibberd, Esq., Upper Norwood, some 

 good Noblesse Peaches ; and Mr. Perry, Castle Bromwich, bad a fine 

 stand of Verbenas, of which Emma Weaver, blush, with a large centre, 

 had a first-class certificate. A similar award was made to Messrs. 

 Downie & Co. for Marechal MacMahon, a fine bronze-leaved Pelar- 

 gonium, exhibited last week "at Kensington. Mr. Young, MUford 

 Nurseries, Godalming, again exhibited bis golden CbiHese Juniper, 

 and received a first-class certificate. A remarkably fine stand of Alfred 

 Colomb Rose came from Mr. Cranston. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



The Lindley Lieeaey, which by agreement is deposited in 

 the rooms of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, at South Kensingr 



