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JOUENAL OF HOBTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ June :2, 1&72. 



UDcertainty of receiving more than a certain per-centage of it 

 back again, such for instance, as the plan of dwarfing Apple 

 and other fruit trees into diminutive objects, so as to have so 

 many thousands of them upon an acre. The careful planter 



will first consider wta^. a thousand trees viill cost, and^a little 

 reflection will enable him to fcresee that everything will b© 

 dwarf as well as the trees — the purse of^the planter, in the first 

 instance, alone excepted. 



AN AURICULA STAGE. 

 The accompanying figures represent a stage capable of con- I wood, but this can be of brick as well. There is a gutter at tb& 

 taining from 100 to 120 blooming plants. It is built against a | back, as well as one at the bottom, but the back one is used be- 

 wail and facing north ; the ends are of brick, and the front of I cause of the height of the wall ; were the wall lower it would 



e^ 



Front Elevation. 



a, Gutter at back wall, h. Gutter in front, d, Door. 

 Height to flpex of roof, 7 feet S inches. 

 Height in front, 6 feet. 



not be necessary. The shelves are formed of two battens, 

 moveable, and leaving a space between them ; there are six 

 shelves. It will be seen that the panes of glass are large, ad- 



End View. 



J feet. 



Height of front boarding and end brickwork, 



Height of front sashes, 3 feet. 



Length, 10 feet. Width, 4 feet 8 mches. 



visedly so, as they look so much better. The sashes in fronfe 

 move up and down like windo?rB. — D,, Deal. 



THE GRAND YOKKSHIRE GALA. 



Some of the north-conntiy floral exhibitions are now qnite as im- 

 portant as the London ones ; in fact, we doubt whether any of the 

 London shows now equal in quality and variety the Manchester Show. 

 Nest in importance is Leeds, and after Leeds is that which was held 

 in York last week on the "Wednesday, TburEday. and Friday. The 

 weather was inauspicious, for the rain, which was gladdening the hearts 

 of agriculturists and insuring, we hope, an abundant harTest, was 

 damping to the ardour of sightseers, and we believe there never hardly 

 were fewer gathered together on the second day of the Show, -which is 

 usnally the people's day, than this year. The arrangements of the tents 

 are very effective, and might well be adopted by other societies, a large 

 circular tent 300 feet in circumference occupying the post of honour, 

 and having the large specimen stove and greenhouse plants staged in 

 the centre. There were five large long marquees radiating off from it 

 like the spokes of a wheel. The largest was devoted to Pelargoniums 

 (Show, Fancy, and Zonal), Fuchsias, and bedding plants; a smaller 

 one to Eoses, both cut Eoses and pot ; a third to ornamental-foliaged 

 plants; a fourth to fruit and Orchids; and a fifth to the smaller 

 specimens of stove and greenhouse plants. 



The specimen plants exhibited by Sir. J. J. Stevenson, Mrs. Cole and 

 Son, and Mr. W. E. Dixon were very fine, noticeably a plant of Cattleya 

 MoEsice of Mr. Dixon, of which we think we have rarely seen a better- 

 bloomed specimen. Pot Hoses were exhibited well by Mr-. G. Edwards 

 and Mr. Donglas ; Mr. Edwards having the largest bloom, while Mr. 

 Douglas had the freshest foliage. 



The only exhibitors of cut Eoses were Messrs. Paul & Son, of Ches- 

 hunt ; Mr. Cranston, of Hereford ; and Mr. Edwards, of York ; and 

 in each case the awards were in the order named, Messrs. Paul carry- 

 ing off all the first honours. In their forty-eight they practically solved 

 a question which was asked in The Journal of Horticultcee a 

 short time since, by exhibiting Devoniensis and Climbing Devoniensis 

 in the same stand. We should be sorry to disqualify under such cir- 

 eumstances, but we much doubt if they ought to be shown as distinct 

 Eoses. Messrs. Paul & Son, for instance, are now sending out a 

 Climbing Victor Verdier, a sport originating from a strong shoot of 

 Victor Verdier ; are they eventually to be shown as distinct Eoses ? 

 This is a qoeslion which is yet doubtful. Amongst Messrs. Paul &; Son's , 



forty-eight were very good examples of Marquise de Mortemart, Abbe 

 Giraudier, Camille Eernai din, Souvenir- d'un Ami, and nearly the best 

 General Jacqueminot we have ever seen, and we were glad to see the 

 old veteran in the field at the head of his forces. They also had one 

 of the best blooms of Modele de Perfection we have ever noticed in a 

 stand. In their thirty-six, Dnke of Edinburgh and Marquise de Morte- 

 mart, and in that of twenty-four, three trusses of each kind, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Xavier Olibo, Vicomtesse de Vesins, and M. Eugene Verdier 

 were especially noticeable ; the latter we think a great acquisition. 



Among Mr. Cranston's Eoses the best were Mdlle. Marie Eady. an- 

 exceedingly fine bloom ; Annie Wood; Baroness Eothschild, a little- 

 overblown, but beautiful in the deUcacy of its colouring ; Homtre, and 

 Alfred Colomb. He also exhibited the best blooms of FeUx Genera 

 we have yet seen, and though its shape will preclude it from ever being 

 among the first-class, yet owing to its being a variety in point of 

 colour it will be useful in a stand. Mr. Edwards showed some good, 

 samples of General Jacqueminot, Maurice Bernardin, and J. Nesmith, 

 a variety which we are little acquainted with, and, considering that aU 

 his Eoses were gathered from under glass, from a house only recently 

 erected, and from Eoses not yet established, the blooms which he- 

 exhibited did him great credit. 



One of the most noticeable features in the Exhibition was the Pelar- 

 gonium tent. Here Mr. Edwards carried ofi" the chief honours, being first 

 for Show Pelargoniums, Fancy Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, and bedding 

 plants. There was no very new feature among the bedding plants, with 

 the exception of Senecio aa-geutea, a new sUveiy-fohaged plant, in- 

 troduced by Messrs. Backhouse. The Ageratnms Tom Thumb and 

 Imperial Dwarf also were well exhibited. Among Bronze Geraniums 

 Crown Prince and Ebor held a conspicuous position, and we hardly 

 remember to have seen so great a difference in colouring as betweerv 

 two plants of Ebor, which were staged alongside each other; one of 

 them, a large plant, was quite green, almost the colour of Lady Con- 

 stance Grosvenor, while the other was rich bronze and gold. The 

 Tricolors were good. Flambeau (so like Sophia Dumaresque that it is- 

 barely to be distinguished, if at all), was well shown in several collec- 

 tions, and Lady CuUum was certainly the best. In Nosegays and 

 Zouols, Indian Yellow, Le Grand, and Amy Hogg were the best ; 



