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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ May 18, 1871. 



structure in which they were kept is a common fruit room where Apple?, 

 Pears, seed Potatoes, &c., were crammed. The water in the bottles was 

 never changed entirely, but a little added once or twice. A few pieces of 

 charcoal were placed in many of the bottles, though some had none, 

 and showed no difference in keeping, tasto, &c. The water was partly 

 rain and spring water from a tank used to catch all the waste water. The 

 ends of the wood above the bunch, about h;ilf an inch long, were rubbed 

 with Thomson's Styptic. The fruit room was frequently fumigated with 

 sulphur, a practice we perform to keepinsecis and mice from establishing 

 their quarters. About 120 bunches were thu^ kept, and I am not aware 

 that any of them decayed, except a few berrie's in April on some very close 

 bunches. 



" What I attribute their keeping so sound to is thorough ripening early 

 in the season, firing hard, with top and front air on a month or six weeks 

 after the fruit was app tQ itly ' finished.' We have practised this system 

 for five years past with tne same results, and have no difficulty in keep- 

 ing white and black Muscats in good condition till March. We had some 

 this seasoD till the 4th of that month, which were cut early last August. 

 — Your& respectfully, M- Temple." 



" P.S —If you should desire any Grapes sent a month hence or 

 later, probably I may be able to do so, as we have a quantity still in a 

 small shed, which are finer than th^se sent. The latest we have kejit 

 Lady Downe's in good condition was the 10th of June. We exhibited a 

 bunch three years ago on that date. They were coloured in the July of 

 the previous year. — M. T." 



A special certificate was awarded, and the thanks of the Committee 

 passed to Mr. Temple for his communication. 



For the best collection of forced fruits, Mr. Miles, gardener to Lord 

 Cari-Lugton, Wycombe Abbey, had a first prize for admirably-gi'own 

 fruit. 



For Messrs. Carter's prizes there was only one exhibitor, Mr. C 

 Brown, gardener to C. Maciicuzie, Esq., Fawley Court, Great Marlow, 

 who had a first prize in the class for Carter's First Crop Pea, sown on 

 turf November 3rd, planted under walls March 6tb. A like award was 

 made to the some exhibitor in the class for any other early Pea, for 

 Little Gem, sown November 1st and planted March 6th. Both were 

 very good samples for the time of year. 



Flor.vl Co^nnTTEE. — Mr. J. Fraser in the chair. Mi'. Denning, 

 gardener to Lord Londesborough, Grimston Park, had a special certi- 

 ficate for a very splendid collection of Orchids, in which a magnificent 

 specimen of Vanda teres {Anderson's variety), with nearly, if not 

 quite, a score of clustere of blossoms was most conspicuous. For 

 this a special certificate was awarded. In the same splendid collection 

 were beautiful examples of Aurides Lindleyannm, varieties of Cattleya 

 Mossiaa, and Saccolabiumprsemorsum. A special certificate was given 

 to the collection, and a first-class certificate to Cattleya Reineck- 

 iana, white, with a white, yellow, and purple lip, a very beautiful 

 variety of one of the most beautiful of all Orchids. 



Mr. W. Thompson, of Ipswich, sent CoUinsia violacea, a hardy 

 Californian annual, violet, with white and lemon upper petals. This 

 received a first-class certificate. It was, however, as shown, rather 

 weedy, but this, no doubt, arose from artificial forwarding; if as com- 

 pact as the rest of the Collinsias, which are among the most useful 

 and beautiful of the hardy annuals, it will, doubtless, be a gain. 



Mr. E. B. Foster, of Clewer, sent several very promising new Show 

 Pelargoniums — Iron Duke, Cffisar, and Brigand. From Mr. Linden, 

 of Brussels, came Masdevallia Lindeni, from New Granada, a beautiful 

 mauve-coloured Orchid, a charming companion to the scarlet Mas- 

 devallia Veitchii. This received a first-class certificate. From the 

 same firm came also Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum sceptrnm. Mr. 

 Green, gardener to W. "Wilson Saunders, Esq., sent a species of As- 

 pasia, past its best ; and Messrs. Carter & Co. Lilium Humboldtii. 



Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, contributed a 

 number of cut blooms of Pelargoniums, very fine in colour, but without 

 plants no award could be made ; and Mr. Badman, Lee Green, double 

 Petunia Princess Louise, a large-flowered variety, of good character. 

 From Mr. Muir, gardener to Sir P. E^terton, Bart., Oulton, came Viola 

 Beauty of Oulton, a yellow variety, said to surpass Y. lutea graudi- 

 flora ; and from Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, Lobelia, White Per- 

 fection, a very promising white-flowered kind, though, as shown, rather 

 too free in growth. E. J. Lowe, Esq., Highfield House, Nottingham, 

 Bent several seedling Pansies, very fine in colour, and likely to be 

 nsefnl for bedding purposes, one a cross-bred between the fancy and 

 the Alpine Pansies. Mauve Queen Intermediate Stock, very free- 

 flowering and good, from Mr. G. Smith, received a first-class certificate. 



Mr. Turner, of Slough, had a first-class certificate for Rose Paul 

 Neron, a very splendid deep rose-coloured Rose, of the largest size ; 

 also for Tricolor Pelargonium Mrs. Ronsby, which we have before 

 reported on, and Baroness Burdett Coutts. The same award was made 

 to Mr. Turner for Azalea Comtesse de Flandres, of immense size, rose, 

 spotted with crimson. A firtjt-class certificate was given to Mr. Wil- 

 liams, of HoUoway, for Adiantum asarifolium, a very fiue species, 

 partaking in character of A. reniforme ; and special certificates were 

 awarded to M. Dallicre, of Ghent, for a remarkably fine specimen of 

 Anthurium Scherzerianum with thirteen spathes ; also for Azalea La 

 Reine. Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., had a like award 

 for a most beautiful example of Ha»manthu3 tenuiflorus. Messrs. 

 Veitch likewise obtained a special certificate for a very splendid coUec- 

 tiod of cut Rhododendron blooms. 



Solution for Destroying Insects — M. Cloez, of the Garden 

 of tbe P.^ria Maseum, gives, in the Revue Horticolc, an effioa- 

 oioua recipe for destroying plant-lice and other insects: — 



3i ozg. quassia chips and 5 drachms staveacre seeds, in powder, 

 are placed in seven pints of water and boiled down to five pints. 

 When cooled, the strained liqaid is ready for use, either in a, 

 watering-pot or syringe. 



RABBITS AND HARES versus TREES. 

 Judging from Mr. Abbey's list, in your paper of the 27th ult. , 

 of tho trees and shrubs which hares and rabbits have eaten or 

 spared daring the past winter, and from my own experience, I 

 am forced to conclude either that these animals are somewhat 

 capricioua in their tastes, or that their ravages may be pre- 

 vented by supplying them with food they like better than the 

 bark or leaflets of trees and shrubp. I have here a number ot 

 young Laburnums not one of which has been touched, though 

 some Wallflowers and Alyssum saxatile growing close to them 

 were cropped, A near neighbour of mine had his Sedums 

 eaten, whilst not one of mine was touched. One Scotch Fir., 

 about 8 feet high, has been barked all round, but I have been 

 unable to find another similar instance, although my land and 

 the country for miles round is covered with these trees. — 

 Hermit, Sunninghill. 



EMBRYONIC INARCHING. 



Some years ago, we regarded the idea that two calls of dis- 

 tinct kinds would unite and form a third variety, as a fable. 

 Thus, when Mr. Blodgett represented that his sweet and sour- 

 Apple resulted from a union of buds in grafting, we dissented,. 

 It was not that we doubted that the experiments were made as 

 represented, but that we thought the results obtained were due 

 to other laws than that of cell union ; and that the manner in 

 which the two buds were united, in the one budding operation^ 

 had nothing to do with the case. It has always been our cugtom^ 

 however, not to feel too sure that our own notions of things are 

 right, and in this spirit, though starting with the idea of this- 

 cell union being impossible, we have looked about tosee what 

 the wild waves of Nature are saying about the question ; and 

 gradually we have been brought to believe that this cell union, 

 and consequent production of new forms, is not the absurd 

 thing we once thought it was. 



The writer of this has at various times called the attention of 

 scientific institutions to facts which cannot be explained in any- 

 other way, than that the appearances were due to embryonic 

 inarching. This has gradually taken shape, until with similar 

 observations in Europe, both prior and subsequent to his own^ 

 we think the point is fully established ; and the great point 

 contended for by Mr. Blodgett is gained— namely, the perfect 

 possibility of the fruit production for which he contends. — 

 {American Gardener's Monthly.) 



PORTRAITS OF PLANTS. FLOWERS, and FRUITS. 



Philodendron WiLLiAiisii (Mr. Williams's Philodendron). 

 Nat. ord, Aracese. Linn., Moncecia Triandria.— Native oi' 

 Brazil. E^^quires to be in the aquarium of a stove.— (£o?. 

 Mag., t. 5899.) 



Baptisia leucophcea {Bright-white Baptisia). Nat crd., Le- 

 guminofse. Linn, Decandria Monogynia.— Native of United 

 States. Flowers white, tinged with greenish yellow. Hardy^ 

 herbaceous plant.— {Ibid., t. 6900.) 



Neeine pumcA (Chaste Neriue). Nat. ord., AmarjUidacfrr. 

 Linn , Hexandria Monogynia.— Native of South Africa. Flow- 

 ers white, with crioiaon streak down the centre of each eeotiouo. 

 —{Ihid.,t 5901) 



Epidkndrum erectum (Exalted Epidendrum). Nat. ord.^ 

 Orchidaoefe. Linn., Gynandria Monandria. — Believed to be a 

 native of New Grenada. Flowers purplish crimson.- (liid.^ 

 t. 5902.) 



Htemanthus DEroRMia (Ill-shaped Hfcmanthus). Nat. ord., 

 Amaryllidace£E. Linn., Hexandria Monogynia.— Native of 

 Natal. " A grotesquely ugly Cape bulb." Flowers ivory white. 

 ~{Ihid., t. 5903.) .,r T,- 



Peach— Lorti P aimer ston.—*' The variety is one of Mr. River& fi- 

 recent valuable acquisitions, and is of the race of the Pavie de 

 Pompone, a very large cling3tone Peach ripening in October. 

 The new variety retains to a slight extent this adherent quality 

 of the flesh. The Rev. W. F. Ridclyffe's note concerning it 

 runs as follows : — , , , . v 



'"Lord Palmerston is a very large Peach, the largest here. 

 I sent the artist three specimens, one not painted 10 inches in 

 circumference the two, portrayed most faithfully, were rathei- 



