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JOUKNAIi OF HOKTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 7, 1871. 



sum album and L. tigrinain, both very fine, and a variety of speciosum 

 witli the anthers orange instead of brownish crinison. 



Fruit Comsiittee. — G. E. Blenkins, Esq., in the chair. Eev. 

 C. C. Ellison, of Bracehridge Vicarage, Lincoln, sent two veiy hand- 

 some heads of Veitch's Autumn Giant Cauliflower, to which a special 

 certificate was awarded. Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, senc a brace 

 of Blue Gown Cucumber. He also sent a brace of one named "Wizard, 

 of the Sion House race, which were very good. Mr. Perkins, gar- 

 dener to Lord Hartismere, Thornbam Hall. Suffolk, sent a large fruit 

 of Sooly Qua Cucamber 5 feet 2 inches long. Messrs. Watts ife Son, 

 Northampton, sent the Improved Giant King Potato ; and Mr. James 

 Barpitt, gardener to C. Lambert, Esq., Wandsworth Common, sent a 

 seedling called Bountiful. The Committee decided that in future 

 they would give no opinion upon any new Potatoes until they had 

 bees gi-own in tbe garden at Chiswick. Messrs. Carter & Co. sent a 

 runner Bean called Canada Express. Mr- D. McKellar, gardener to 

 Charles Magniac, Esq., Colworth, Bedford, sent some very good 

 Onions of the White Spanish and Globe varieties. Messrs. Barr and 

 Sngden exhibited a collection of Onions, and a vote of thanks was 

 awarded, and special attention was directed to the variety called 

 Trebons, with a desire that it may be exhibited again, Mr. C. Osman 

 sent a collection of fifteen dishes of vegetables, all of a very meritorions 

 ■character, to which a special certificate was awarded. Mr. William 

 Armstrong, gardener to F. D'Eath, Esq., Hendon, sent a Queen Pine 

 weighing 4 lbs. 3 ozs. from a sucker of fourteen-months growth. 



Mr. Clarke, gardener to W. Vivian, Esq., Koehampton Lodge, sent 

 a hunch of Black Hamburgh Grapes. Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell, sent 

 a seedling Grape called Dr. Hogg, a large, long-shouldered Grape, 

 with a large round berry, and a fine Frontignan flavour. This was 

 highly appreciated by the Committee, and was awarded a first-class 

 certificate. Mr. Pearson exhibited several other seedlings which were 

 not sufficiently ripe, and which will be sent to a subsequent meeting. 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson &: Son sent a seedling Grape ripening three 

 weeks earlier than White Muscadine. The bunches were not quite 

 ripe, but were well forward in ripeness ; the flavour was deficient. 

 Mr, W. G. Gaiger, Tbe Gardens, Burton Closes. Bakewell, sent dishes 

 of excellent fruit of Bellegarde and Royal George Peaches, and Hunt's 

 Tawny Nectarine. Mr. Donovan, gardener to Mrs. Kettlewell, Nor- 

 wood, sent two dishes of Nectarines. Mr. Porter, gardener to Mrs. 

 Benham, Sion Lodge. Isleworth, sent a dish of Peaches from an open 

 wall, Mr. Turner, of Slough, sent a basket of a new Plum raised by 

 Mr. Ingram at Frogmore, called Bonne Boucbe, which was awarded a 

 first-class certificate three years ago. This is a large greenish fruit, 

 a good deal like Washington, and with a fine Green Gage flavour. 

 Mr, B. Porter, gardener to Mrs. Benham, sent a dish of Pond's 

 Seedling Plum. Mr. J. Clarke, gardener to W. Vivian, Esq., sent a 

 dish of Victoria Plums. Mr. William Paul, Waltham Cross, sent a 

 collection of forty-six varieties of Apples, all correctly named, which 

 was awarded a first-class certificate. Mr. Eeid, gardener to the Earl 

 of Crawford, Haigh Hall, Wigan, sent two large fruits of Passifiora 

 quadrangularis, which had been grown in a Melon pit. They were 

 well ripened and well flavoured, and the Committee awarded them a 

 special certificate. Mr. D. Ross, gardener to Colonel McDonald, 

 St. Martin's Abbey, Perth, sent a seedling Melon called Eoss' Seedliug, 

 a large oval fruit with a pale green flesh, and of good but not superior 

 flavour. Messrs. Eelway & Son, Langport, sent a small red-fleshed 

 Melon called Eclipse. Mr. Cadger, The Gardens, Luton Hco, sent 

 four seedling Melons. Mr. Perkins, Thornham Hall, sent a fine 

 fruit of Queen Emma Melon, which was in fine condition and much 

 approved by the Committee. It was awarded a special certificate. 



Mr. Pragnell, Castle Gardens, Sherborne, exhibited a collection of 

 Onions, which for their fine growth and great size we have never seen 

 surpassed. The New Giant White Tripoli. Giant Madeira, and Giant 

 Kocca were quite extraordinary, and the Nnueham Park form of the 

 White Spanish was equal to the best specimens we have seen. The names 

 of the other kinds were James's Keeping, Italian Red Tripoli, Flat 

 Tripoli, Globe Tripoli, Blood Red, Danvers' Yellow, White Lisbon, 

 Reading, Bedfordshire Champion, White Spanish, Neapolitan Marza- 

 gole. Early White Naples, Brown Globe, Strasburg, White Nocera, 

 and Silver-skinned. The Committee awarded a special certificate, 

 and in addition recommended Mr. Pragnell to the Council as deserving 

 a medal for his very meritorious exhibition. 



Messrs. Carter & Co. offered prizes for the best collections of 

 Onions, includiDg the Giant Rocca, Giant White Tripoli, and Nea- 

 politan Marzagole. Mr. Farndell, Surrey County Asylum, Tooting, 

 was first with excellent examples of the kinds named, Trebons, White 

 Spanish, White Lisbon. S:c. Mr. Baverstock. gardener to W. Hope, 

 Esq., was second, and Mr. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, third. 

 It would be useless to give the names of the varieties, as certainly the 

 same kind figured under different names in different collections. Mr, 

 Garland. Killerton Gardens, Devon, exhibited a collection not for 

 competilion. 



Flor-ii, CoiniiTTEE. — Dr. Denny in the chair. There was on this 

 occasion a large number of novelties, seedling Dahlias, Hollyhocks, 

 and Verbenas being present in great force, but the proportion that 

 were considered of suffisient merit to receive certificates was small. 



Foremost must be mentioned Amaranthus salicifolius from Maoilla, 

 exhibited by Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea. Of this two sets of half a 

 dozen plants were shown, and excited general admiration. They 



averaged about 3 feet high from the pot, and few plants could be 

 more ornamental, having long, narrow, graceful weeping leaves, most 

 of them purplish rose with an orange tinge, others bronzed metallic 

 green. Their eft'ect was extremely fine, and we believe, moreover, 

 that the plants were lifted from the open ground, and therefore, pro- 

 bably, capable of being treated as half-hardy annuals. AA'hether that 

 be BO or no, it is quite certain that this Amaranthus will prove a great 

 acquisition. Messrs. Veitch also received a first-class certificate for 

 Masdevallia amabilis, with lovely magenta sepals. From the same 

 firm came also the orange scarlet Begonia Veitchii, which has before 

 been certificated. 



M. Jean Verschaffelt, of Ghent, sent a fine collection of Agaves ; 

 Mr. Croucher, gardener to J. T. Peacock, Esq., Sudbury House, Ham- 

 mersmith, a collection of vez*y remarkable Echinocacti, Mammillarias, 

 and Cereuses, for which he received a special certificate ; and Mr. 

 Bull, Chelsea, several Dracsenas, of which D. splendens, with olive 

 and red leaves edged with deep red, and with the young foliage rosy 

 red, was awarded a first-class certificate, A special certificate was 

 given to Mr. R. Parker, Tooting, for a fine basket of Ixora amatilis, 

 with fine deep orange heads. Messrs. Carter & Co. sent a double 

 Tiger Lily, much inferior, as shown, to that noticed at page 1-40, also 

 Begonia carminata superba, with pale flesh flowers and white-veined 

 dark velvety foliage. Messrs. E. G. Henderson sent a number of 

 plants of the ornamental golden-leaved Thyme which they have so 

 often exhibited, also of Thalictrum adiantoides, and the variegated 

 Hydrangea japonica. Messrs. Ponsford & Son, Brixton, had a special 

 certificate for cut specimens of Clerodendron Enngei, 



From Mr. George, Putney Heath, came a seedling vrinter- flowering 

 Picotee called Celestial; and from Messrs. Lee, Hammersmith, 

 Bronze Zonal Geranium Disraeli and Tricolor Compaetupa, to show 

 their value as bedding plants. Mr. Eckford, gardener to the Earl of 

 Radnor, Coleshill, also sent a seedling Zonal called Crimson King, 

 and Bronzes Countess of Radnor and Princess Louise, the latter with 

 a broad zone. From the Society's garden, Chiswick, come Begonia 

 Richardsiana, a neat white-flowered species, with small deeply- slashed 

 leaves, and when grown as exhibited, forming very ornamental free- 

 fljwering specimens in small pots. 



Of new Dahlias, Mr. Turner, Slough, exhibited some very fine 

 varieties, several of which have been noticed in the report of the 

 Show at the Crystal Palace. Mrs. Saunders; John Standish, the 

 latter splendid ; Souvenir d Herbert Turner, large, white ; and Kate 

 Haslam, lilac peach, of fine form, had first-class certificates ; and a 

 second-class certificate was given for Mrs. Waite, pale peach, with a 

 white centre, of fine form. Mr. G. QuUter, orange;- and Mephis- 

 topheles. dark maroon, were also promising. Mr. Lidgard, of Ham- 

 mersmith, had a second-class certificate for Model, maroon crimson, but 

 small. Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, had first-class certificates for Dolly 

 Varden, a very pretty faint blush, lightly tipped with purple ; and for 

 William Keynes, rich reddish orange. From the same exhibitor came 

 also WUliarn Laird, lUac ; and Marchioness of Lome, cream, tipped with 

 purple, a showy flower. These reLcived second-class certificates. Mr. 

 Parker, Winkfield, sent several seedling Dahlias, of which Lady Her- 

 schel, with a light ground and tipped with purple, was awarded a first- 

 class certificate, and a similar award was made to Mr. Rawlings, Rom- 

 ford, for Maid of Essex, which was also certificated at the Crystal Palace. 

 The exhibitors above named, also Mr. Harris, Orpington, and Mr. 

 Fewkes, Birmingham, sent numerous seedUngs. That from Mr. 

 Fewkes, called Crimson King, was of great size and fine colour ; and 

 Flower of Kent, from Mr. Harris, though too small, was a good yellow. 



Of Gladiolus, Messrs. Kelway, Langport, sent a collection, as well as 

 a number of new kinds, the best of which have been noticed in another 

 page. Mr. Tillery, gardener to the Doke of Portland, Welbeck, a 

 great raiser of this flower, sent Celestial, white edged with scarlet, with 

 a white line in the upper divisions. This had a novel and attractive 

 appearance, and received a certificate of the first class. 



Several stands of seedling Hollyhocks were also shown. Mr. W. 

 Chater, Gonville Nurseries, Cambridge, was awarded a first-class cer- 

 tificate for Peerless, pale buff ; and Mr. McKellar, gardener to 

 C. Magniac, Esq., Colworth Hall, had first-class certificates for Jeanie, 

 primrose, and Rose of Sharon, crimson. 



Of Verbenas Mr. Perry, Castle Bromwich, sent Emma Weaver, very 

 fine, white with a large purplish rose eye ; and Mr. Eckford, Pluto, 

 deep scarlet, with a very large truss, and Lady Edith, very beautiful, 

 white with a crimson eye. 



A special certificate was awarded to Messrs. Veitch for their fine 

 collection of Asters. 



Although not exhibited before the Committee, we must mention a 

 remarkably fine Gladiolus called cruentus, with flowers more like 

 those of Vallota purpurea than of a Gladiolus. They are of a 

 splendid scarlet, the lower divisions barred with white at the base, and 

 produced not more than four at a time, but in long succession. The 

 plant is very vigorous, but we arc informed by Mr. Standish, in whose 

 interesting collection at South Kensington it is to be seen, that it 

 flowers well in a 5-inch pot. Peter Barr, a hybrid crimson scarlet, 

 with a white feather and stripes, is another vigorous -growing kind well 

 deserving of attention. 



Chiswick Trials of Flowers. — It has been suggested that the 

 best plan of making up the collections at Chiswick would be for the 



