February 16, 1871. ] 



JOURNAL ©F HOBTICULTURE AND C®TTAGE GAEDENEB. 



121 



Sij Keminnton Garden Expenses— vis. : — £ s. d., £ s. d. 



LaboQi- 936 13 4 



Rates, Taxes, and Insurance , 1002 5 9 



Engineer 22 7 9 



Water 10 17 6 



Repairs 77 2 9 



Implements, Manure, Coals, and Coke . 60 12 6 



Gravel 3 15 



Trees. Plants, Seeds, Ac 21 2 2 



Superintendent's Salary 200 



Miscellaneous 24 13 10 



2359 10 7 



Conversazione 68 2 8 



By laterest on Debentures 1943 13 6 



„ Liabilities of 1S69 paid off 2283 15 2 



^, Liabilities on CuiTeut Account, £15&2 Is. Id. 



£12,189 12 5 

 Srd of February, 1871. ■ 



Audited and found correct, 



James Nicholson,' 



RoBEET Hudson, [ Auditors. 



John Gibson, 



FRUIT AND FLORAL MEETING-, &c. 

 Feektjaet 15th. 



This Meeting was one of tlio most successful tlie Society lias ever 

 iield — successful iu the tTiversity, tlie interest, and tlie beauty of tho 

 objects which it was the means of bringing together at a season when 

 plant-life is only beginning to awaken from, its winter's rest ; successful 

 in a still higher degree in the almost unprecedented attendance of 

 visitors, so great that standing room in the afternoon was as much as 

 Ihey could obtain, and of that there was none to spare. The com- 

 bined meetings and shows have evidently been a step in the right 

 direction, and have aroused and kept alive au amount of horticultural 

 interest, greater than the most sanguine ever expected. 



Feuit Committee. — G. F. Wilsou, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair* 

 The Sub-Committee appointed at last meeting to report ou the merits 

 of the Galloway Pippin, reported that it was a cooking Apple of first- 

 rate excellence, and a first-class certificate was accordingly awarded to 

 it. Thomas Laxton, Esq., of Stamford, ssnt a seedling Apjle, A, 

 Taised from Stamford Pippin fertilised by Golden Noble. It is 

 medium-sized, roundish, and sometimes a little conical; the skin 

 yellow ; eyo open, and stalk short ; the fiesh yellowish, firm, crisp, and 

 juicy, with a nice perfume. It was commended. Another seedling, 

 marked B, was smaller, flat, and also yellow, with a long stalk, firm, 

 crisp flesh, and of good flavour. Mr. Laxton also sent six dishes of 

 Apples in excellent preservation, to show the successful mode in 

 "which fruit may be kept in au underground wine-cellar, with no com- 

 munication with the external air, and only a slight opening into 

 another cellar, when the fruit will keep for a considerable time. The 

 whole of the fruit sent had been kept packed singly, eye downwards, 

 on deal shelves, covered with newspaper to prevent the wood flavour- 

 ing the fruit. 



Mr. E. J, Lowe, of Nottingham, sent a seedling Apple, raised from 

 Bess Pool. It had a very strong resemblance to its parent ia every 

 respect, and the flesh was firm. It was not, however, considered 

 superior to the older variety. Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, sent 

 ■xruit of Passe Crasanne Pear, grown by Mr. Tyler on a tree grafted 

 on the Quince stock. The flavour was gooi3, but not remarkable. Mr. 

 Parsons, of Fairlawn, Acton Green, sent good specimens of Eeuvrc 

 Eauce Pear, which wei'e void of flavour. Mr. Tillery, of the Gar- 

 dens, Welbeck Abbey, sent three dishes of Apples from a wii'e trellis, 

 io show the fine colour they had attained during the past season. 

 'Cox's Orange was by far the best in flavour, being superior both to 

 Sibaton Pippin and Melon Apple, the latter being long past its season. 

 Mr. Domenico Piccirillo, of Wigmore Street, sent dishes of Sweet 

 Limes and Lemons, grown at Portici, to which a special certificate 

 was awarded. Mr. Chilman, Somerley Gardens, Eiugwood, sent fruit 

 of Black Jamaica and Moutserrat to ascertain if they are identical. 

 A Sub-Committee was appointed to investigate the whole question of 

 the nomenclature of Pine Apples, ana to report at next meeting.. 



Mr. Gilbert, of Burghley Gardens, sent a collection of nine varieties 

 of Potatoes, consisting of Coldstream Early, Jersey Blue, Priuce of 

 Regent, Pink-eyed Kegent, King of Potatoes, Selected Lapstone, 

 Myatt's Ashleaf , and Rivers' Ashleaf and Silver-skin. They were very 

 fine samples, and received a special certificate. 



Prizes were offered for the l3est three dishes of Dessert Apples and 

 the best three dishes of Dessert Pears. Many fine dishes of both 

 fruits were exhibited. The first prize for Apples was awarded to Mr. 

 Garland, gardener to Sir T. Dyke Ackland, Bart., Killerton, for Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, Cornish Gilliflower, and Ribston Pippin;, the second 

 prize went to Mr. A. Parsons, gardener to W. J. Blake, Esq., Danes- 

 bury. For Pears the first prize was also taken by Mr. Garland with 

 "Winter Nelis, Bergamotte Esperen, and Easter Beurre ; Mr. Miles, 

 gardener to Lord Carringtou, "Wycombe Abbey, being second with 

 Beurre do Ranee, Monarch, and Easter Beurre. The finest dish of 

 the last-named variety was, however, shown by Mr. Sage, gardener to 

 Earl Brownlow. 



Floral CoMiriTTEE. — Mr. J. Eraser in the chair. Messrs. Rollisson 

 and Sons, Tooting, sent a beautiful group, chiefly consisting of Orchids. 

 Among these were a remarkably fine specimen of Cypripedium villo- 



sum with a score of fully-expanded flowers and buds, and a magnifi- ^^^ 

 cent plant of the white and gold Ctelogyne cristata a yard across. Iu 

 tho same collection were Vanda tricolor insignis, very fine in colour ; 

 Odontoglossum pulcheUum majus ; Cypripedium insigne Maulei, a 

 vei7 fine variety; Odontoglossums ; Dracaena Guilfoylei, and Lomaria 

 gibba crispa. Davallia clavata, a vei-y elegant new Fern also came 

 from the same exhibitors. 



Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, sent a superb group 

 of Orchids, including a magnificent specimen of Ccelogyne cristata, 

 blooming even more freely than Messrs. RoUisson's plant, and a re- 

 markably fine specimen of Dendrochilum glumaceum ; Odontoglossum 

 Alexandrre, 0. cariniferum, several fine varieties of Cattleya Trianie, 

 Lycasto Schilleriana, Pilumna fragrans, deliciously scented, and 

 Trichopilia suavis were also represented by finely-bloomed plants. 

 There was also a cut spike of Phalrcnopsis intermedia Porteana, the 

 colours of which are very beautiful, cepocially those of the lip, which 

 is magenta, shaded with orange at the base. 



From the Society's garden came a fine collection of Orchids, con- 

 sisting of Lycaste Skinneri, Oncidium Cavendishii, a lovely variety of 

 Cattleya quadricolor, ifec. 



Mr. Williams likewise sent a group of Orchids containing a vei*y 

 fine specimen of Cypripedium villosum, Lielia superbiens, lovely ; 

 Vandas, Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, Coilogyne media, Pleiono humilis, 

 &"c. Mr. Williams also exhibited a collection of Palms, and a most 

 effective miscellaneous collection, comprising hybrid Solanums, Hippe- 

 astrums, Aucuba luteo-carpa, the berries, however, having a reddish 

 tinge, and various flowering plants, the gem of which was the lovely 

 Tillandsia Lindeni, of which a figure and full description will be 

 found in vol. xviii., page 359. 



Messrs. Yeiteh, of Chelsea, contributed a splendid miscellaneoua 

 group, iu which were several Lycastes, Dendrobium crassinode, a 

 magnificent spike of Odontoglossum Alexaudrie, Hyacinths iu fine 

 bloom, Aucubas in berry, and Hippeastrums. Messrs. Veitch also 

 sent a very fine collection of Cyclamens, and one of Chinese Primulas 

 of an excellent strain. 



Messrs. Dobson S: Sons, of Isleworth, likewise sent a collection of 

 Chinese Primulas ; and Mr. Tomkins, nurseryman, Birmingham, 

 Princess Louise Chinese Primrose, with large white flowers tinged 

 with blush. Mr. Kinghorn, Sheeu Nursery, Richmond, exhibited a 

 very flue specimen of the green-leaved Aucuba, covered with dense 

 clusters of its brilliant berries. 



From Mr. Bull, Chelsea, came a numerous collection in which were 

 several Palms, a fine Encephalartoa, Eucephalartos Ghellinchii, 

 Diaca3na9, Aucubas, and numerous Orchids. Gastronema flammea, 

 with beautiful intense rosy crimson flowers, received a first-class certi- 

 ficate, and is a great acquisition, 



Mr. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, sent a very interesting 

 collection of spring-flowering plants, such as Cyclamen repandum., 

 C. Atkinsi, Primula denticulata, Spiraea japonica, Iris reticulata, &c. 

 Mr. Ware also exhibited a collection of succulent plants. 



Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, exhibited a large and vei*y 

 effective miscellaneous collection, in which were a number of remark- 

 ably fine Hyacinths, Spiraea japonica, and Cytisuses, hacked with 

 Palms. 



From Mr. "W. Paul, Waltham Cross, came a group of eight fine 

 specimen Camellias full of buds and bloom, and with dark glossy foliage 

 betokening perfect health and vigour. Accompanying these were a 

 number of smaller plants not in flower, and in front of all a row of 

 Correa cardiualis about 1 foot high, and producing a profusion of 

 their brilliant scarlet blooms, which ofl'ered a striking contrast to the 

 green leafage behind. Mr. "W. Paul also exhibited boxes of very fine 

 cut blooms. Mr. Baxter, gardener to C. Keiser, Esq., of Broxbourue, 

 also sent a box of fine cut blooms, aud one of Kelviugtoniana, very 

 large and fine. From Mr. Goddard, gardener to H. Little, Esq., 

 Cambridge Park, Twickenham, came a fine collection of Cyclamens, 

 and a similar collection of larger plants in fine bloom came from Mr. 

 Day, Acton Green. Mr. W. Paul again exhibited his Primula, 

 Waltham Bride, with very large pure white flowers. Mr. George, 

 gardener to Miss Nicholson, Putney Heath, again sent his new 

 Solannm, called Robustum aureum, with orange berries. E. J. Lowe, 

 Esq., Highfield House, Nottingham, sent several seedling Ferns, 

 among which were Polystichum angulare Moorei, a dwarf form raised 

 from P. angulare acrocladon and depauperatum ; also Scolopendrium 

 vulgareproteoides, with a remarkable diversity of fronds, the ]5laut being 

 a viviparous one from a frond of S. v. pseudo-AVardii. 



Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., exhibited a new 

 species of Agave from Africa, and A. Bessereriana amcena, of a glau- 

 cous hue, with dark-coloured very sharp spines. 



Messrs. Veitch sent a collection of plants to compote for the prizes 

 offered by Major Trevor Clarke, for the exhibitors obtaining the 

 greatest number of marks for plants illustrating the phenomena of 

 hybridisation. Messrs. Veitch's specimens consisted of Alocasia Sedeni, 

 Nepenthes hybrida, N. hybrida maculata, Rhododendi-on Princess 

 Royal, Goodyera Veitchii, Echeveria glauco -metallic a, a fine specimen 

 of Nepenthes Dominiana, and a Cypripedium. 



Mr. Stevens, gardener to G. Simpson, Esq., Wray Park, Reigate, 

 sent a basket of Lachenalia tricolor, which had an ornamental effect 

 as a hanging basket. Messrs. Paul & Son sent Hippeastrum vittatum 

 rubrum to show its utility as a hardy early bulb for forcing. At Ches- 

 huut it is grown out of doors and merely protected with some leaves. 



