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JOUENAIi OF HOETICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



[ November 2, 1871. 



For general purposes nothing surpasses Cole's Celeries, White 

 and Eed. Sandringham is also good, but in my opinion not 

 equal to Cole's in quality. 



Of Beans we have a capital variety in Carter's Champion, an 

 extraordinary cropper of good quality. 



Among the many varieties of Cabbages — the best of all green 

 vegetables if ready in May — Barr's Little Pixie stands at the 

 head. It is planted on a south border at 12 inches apart ; all 

 the plants are of one size. — E. Gileeki, Burghley. 



KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



NOVEHBEE 1st. 



For such an ungenial day, ■with the wind east and a slight dash of 

 north in it, there ivas a fair show. Of the principal subjects for which 

 prizes were offered in the floral and fruit departments — namely, Chry- 

 santhemums and out-door Grapes, neither the number nor the quality 

 of the exhibitions was up to the marlr of past years — a circumstance 

 entirely attributable to the lateness of the season. For Chrysanthe- 

 mums the Show was quite a fortnight too early, while out-door Grapes, 

 even near London, have, escept under the most favourable circum- 

 stances, not ripened at all. 



Of sis large-flowering Chrysanthemums only two collections were 

 shown — one from Mr. Goddard, gardener to F. C. Little, Esq., Cam- 

 bridge A^'iUa, Cambridge Park, Twickenham, and one from Mr. Kowe, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lewis, Koehampton. The former were trained to 

 single stems, branching into a narrow candelabrum-shaped head, 

 but not hollow in the centre. Aureum multiflorum, yellow ; Princess 

 Marie, lilac ; and Mrs. G. Bundle, white, were very well bloomed ; 

 of the others James Salter and Due de Conegliano are both very orna- 

 mental for conservatory decoration. Mr. Rowe's plants were the usual 

 bush specimens, very healthy and well grown. Mrs. G. Rundle, 

 Prince of Wales, and Gloria Mundi were very well bloomed. Mr. 

 Kowe had the flrst prize, Mr. Goddard being second. 



Of six Pompons, Mr. Eowe sent fine plants of White and Golden 

 Cedo Nulli, and Salamon ; the others were not fully out. Mr. Goddard 

 sent plants trained on flat trellises, of which Madame Pepin, Lilac 

 Cedo Nnlli, and Aigle d'Or were in good bloom. Mr. Rowe was first, 

 Mr. Goddard second. 



The only stand of twenty-four cut blooms came from Mr. Rowe, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lewis, Roehampton, and included very good blooms 

 of Mrs. George Eundle, Prince Alfred, Lady Talfourd, Rev. J. Dix, 

 Guernsey Nugget, Mr. Brunlees, and Bronze Jardin des Plantes. For 

 these a first prize was given, and a like award was made to the same 

 exhibitor for a stand of twelve, in which the varieties named were the 

 best. Mr. Forsyth, of Stoke Newington, exhibited a stand not for 

 competition. 



Of decorative berried plants only two collections of nine were shown. 

 That which took the first place came from Mr. George, gardener to 

 Miss Nicholson, Putney Heath, and consisted of Solanum ciliatum, 

 Cotoneaster microphylla, a green-leaved Aucuba with green fruit, an 

 Orange, and a very good plant of Ardisia crenulata. Mr. Rowe, who 

 was second, had nicely fruited plants of Ardisia crenulata, Cotoneaster, 

 Skimmia japonica, yellow and red Capsicums, a Solanum, and two 

 Aucubas. 



Prizes were ofi'ered both by the Society and Messrs. Carter & Co. 

 for the best collections of Potatoes. Mr. Dean, seedsman, Ealing, 

 was first for the Society's prizes with a very clean well-grown collection 

 of thirty-six kinds, among which were several of Mr. Fenn's seedlings, 

 as Onwards, Rector of Woodstock, Woodstock Kidney, and Bountiful. 

 Mr. Lumsden, gardener to the Right Hon. R. C. Nisbet Hamilton, 

 Bloxholm Hall, Sleaford, was second with fifty-one dishes, among 

 which there were many finely grown tubers. Mr. Garland, Killerton 

 Gardens, and an exhibitor whose name did not appear, also sent col- 

 lections. 



For the prizes offered by Messrs. Carter &: Co. several excellent 

 collections were shown. The best came from Mr. D. Lumsden, Blox- 

 h®lm Hall, and consisted of fifty-one dishes. The second prize went 

 to Mr. C. Ross, gardener to C. Eyre, Esq., Welford Park, Newbury, 

 and comprised twenty-three dishes of large tubers. The best dish of 

 Main Crop Potato, for which Messrs. Carter also offered a prize, came 

 from Mr, Frisby, gardener to H. Chaplin, Esq., Blankney Hall, 

 Sleaford. 



For the best dishes of out-door Grapes grown against a wall without 

 any protection, liberal prizes were offered by the Rev. George Kemp. 

 Hitherto these prizes have been the means of bringing together a very 

 interesting display; but this year, from the coldness of the summer 

 and autumn, the number of exhibitors was very restricted, and but one 

 kind was shown — Royal Muscadine, in every instance under the name 

 of . Sweetwater. Of this, well known as one of the best,, if not the 

 best, of out-door Grapes both for hardiness and flavour, Mr. Norris, 

 Francis Court, Broadclyst, Exeter, had the largest and best-flavoured 

 bunches. Second came Mr. Tranter, Upper Assenden, Henley-on- 

 Thames. Mr. Hepper, gardener to C. C. Ledward, Esq., The Elms, 

 ' Acton, also exhibited. 



Of sis dishes of dessert Pears there were numerous exhibitors, and 

 some of the fruit were remarkably fine. The first prize went to Mr. 

 Fowlo, gardener to Sir H. St. John Mildmay, Bart., Dogmersfield, 

 for.'' ConseiUer de la Cour and Beurre Clairgeau, very fine, both from 



bush trees on the Quince stock ; Hacon's Incomparable from a wall, 

 Pitmaston Duchess and Flemish Beauty from a wall, and Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme from a bush tree ; all of these were large. The second 

 prize went to Mr. Garland, Killerton, for extraordinarily large fruit of 

 Gansel's, Beurre Bachelier, Marechal de la Cour, Beurre Clairgeau, 

 Doyenne du Comice, and Van Mods Leon Leclerc. Third came Mr. 

 J. Stephenson, gardener to F. C. Barker, Esq., Leigh Hill, Esses, 

 with Grand Soleil, Urbaniste, Huyshe's Victoria, Beurre Diel, Glou 

 Morceau, and Marie Louise. 



FRrrr CoiisnTTEE. — G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. 

 Mr. Johnstone, gardener to the Earl of Strathmore, Glamis Castle, 

 Forfarshire, sent three handsome bunches of Muscat of Alexandria 

 Grapes, weighing 10 lbs. 6 ozs. They were of beautiful colour, and 

 were so much admired the Committee awarded a special certificate. 

 Mr. Johnstone in his communication stated that he had, two hundred 

 bunches equally good. Mr. Johnstone also sent a bunch of a Grape 

 called the Oakley Park, resembling the Morocco, but certainly dif- 

 ferent. It had a pleasant sweet flavour, and from the thickness of the 

 skin and the firmness of the flesh, appeared as if it would be a useful 

 late Grape. Mr. Wells, Southend, Essex, exhibited two baskets of 

 Grapes grown in ground vineries ; one of them, being the Muscat Ham- 

 burgh in excellent condition, large bunches, perfectly ripe, and of good 

 flavour, received a special certificate. Rev. W. B. Capam, Draycot, 

 Weston-super-Mare, sent two bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes, 

 from Reudle's ground vinery, which were small and unripe. Mr. 

 William Tubb, Regent's Park, sent some bunches of Syrian Grape. 



Mr. H, Rose, gardener to Her Majesty, Frogmore, sent three 

 splendid fruit of Smooth-leaved Cayenne Pines weighing 2'2i lbs., 

 cut from plants grown from rootless suckers planted September 20th, 

 1370. A special certificate was unanimously awarded to them. Mr. 

 Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow, Ashridge Park, exhibited a very 

 large bunch of Musa Cavendishii, weighing 46 lbs., which was awarded 

 a special certificate. Mr. Jacques, gardener to J. C. P. Cunliffe, Esq., 

 Hooley House, Coulsdon, sent two good lar£;e fruits of Musa sapien- 

 tum, from a bunch containing sixty-two fruits, averaging 1 lb. each, 

 cut from a plaut one year and four months old. They were awarded 

 a special certificate. 



Mr. Gardner, gardener to Col. Astley, Elsham Hall, near Brigg, 

 sent fine specimens of Coe's Golden Drop, Coe's Late Red, excellent 

 in flavour, and Guthrie's Late Green, very good; but of Coe's Golden 

 Drop, though the fruit was beautiful, the flavour was past. Mr. 

 C. Ross, gardener to C. Eyre, Esq., Welford Park, Newbury, sent 

 a dish of well-grown Reine Claude de Bavay, but the flavour was 

 affected by the material used in packing. Mr. Sidney Ford, gar- 

 dener to W. E. Hubbard, Esq., sent a dish of St. Martin's Qaetsche, a 

 fine, late, yellow Plum of excellent flavour, also a collection of other 

 fruits, consisting of eight species of Cratiegus, two of Crabs, Winter 

 Benvie Pear, Red Currants, and Morello Cherries. The Committee 

 awarded the collection a special certificate. 



Mr. Essington, Ribbesford House, Bewdley, exhibited a dish of 

 Autumn Josephine Pear, a seedling raised from Josephine de Malines, 

 but the fruit was past its best. Mr. Essington also sent another seed- 

 ling, which the Committee requested might be sent again nest season. 

 Mr. W. Thompson, Clements, Ilford, sent dishes of Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey, Beurre Rouge, and Doyenne du Comice. The latter was 

 delicious. Mr. Powell, the Royal Gardens, Frogmore, sent fruit of a 

 seedling Pear, called Premier, raised by himself. The fruit was from 

 an open standard. The Committee desired to see it again. Mr. 

 Penny, gardener to Sir C. D. Crosley, Sunningdale Park, sent a dish 

 of well-kept Winter Greening Apple, misnamed Sturmer Pippin. Mr. 

 Jonathan Gavett, Daveutry, sent a fine fruit of Gloria Mundi Apple, 

 grown in California, and measuring 14:^ inches in circumference. 

 This fruit was taken from a tree three years old, bearing a crop equal 

 to four or five barrels. The tree was sustained by irrigation during 

 the dry season. The Committee awarded it a special certificate. Mr. 

 C. Brown, gardener to D. P. Grenfell, Esq., Taplow, sent a collection 

 of Apples grown on horizontal cordon trees, planted in November, 

 1S69, but they were not remarkable for quality. 



Mr. Chaff, gardener to Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S., Carshalton, ex- 

 hibited a collection of twelve varieties of Apples, superior in quality 

 and flavour, to which a special certificate was awarded. Mr. W. Earley 

 sent a seedling Tomato, called Farley's Defiance, obtained as a cross 

 between Red Italian and Orangefield, with the following commu- 

 nication — 



*' It would be a difficult task to exhibit upon your table all the merits 

 of a first-class hybrid Tomato. As round Tomatoes possess more flesh 

 and less seeds than ill-shapen ones, I claim roundness and exterior 

 smoothness as an especial f-^ature in this variety. It ripens earlier than 

 Orangefield, and is so prolific that it carries efficiently five or six clusters 

 of fruit upon each shoot ; an example denuded of an earlier cluster or 

 two I show you. So quickly does it form fruit and ripen them ofif, that it 

 is injurious to the plants to pinch the shoots in, as is ordinarily practised. 

 The examples exhibited are a part of the produce of a 9-inch pot, one of 

 a row which stood across an open border, the single pot carrying and 

 ripening 42 lbs. weight of fruit similar to those shown." 



Mr. Charles Ross, The Gardens, Welford Park, Newbury, sent fruit 

 of the '' Sweet Pepper," a handsome red Capsicum without the biting 

 flavour. Mr. Spary, Charley, near Lewes, sent specimens of a varie- 

 gated Parsley ; and Mr. Gilbert, the Gardens, Burghley House, Stam- 

 ford, three Telegraph Cucumbera and three seedlings, but the Com- 



