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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 21, 1370. 



Two years, except in rich clays, is, I thick, long enough for 

 3083,7 sorts to stand. , 



The only novelties on trial here were Dr. Roden's two seed- 

 JingV, the Duke of Edinburgh and Early Prolific, and Mr. 

 Segrave's (of Marlow) Royalty. The Duke is a superior Straw- 

 isrry for form, flesh, and flavour, but here it is too dwarf in 

 growth. The Early Prolific is a better grower, and has a plea- 

 sant flavour. Royalty appears to be the same as the Scarlet 

 Pine, or Rival Queen, in foliage, form, flesh, flavour, habit, and 

 appearance. It has the same fault — namely, it is a precarious 

 seSSer, but of a most rich and excellent flavour. I should not 

 ftsve Rot rid of the Scarlet Pine or Rival Queen — in the same 

 Sine — had they been good setters. I cannot, hereaf'er, try 

 Strawberry plants or Potatoes for anyone. — W. F. Radclyete, 

 Okeford Fitzpaine. 



THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 

 OXFORD SHOW. 



Oxtokd is a city with a long history — a longer history than 

 ■sue cares to recount, for it goes back a thousand years and 

 heeozaes lost in the mist of time ; for nearly that period, if not 

 ■gtliis, there science, and art, and literature have flourished, and 

 the disciples which its many colleges have sent forth have 

 ■SHZiisA the stored-up learning of past generations and their 

 <bwd into the wide world. Who, then, can tell its history ? 

 Who the influence it ha3 bad on the things that be ? Nor is it 

 'witjjont a history in another sense — war has been no infre- 

 quent visitant at its gates — and alas ! while we write these 

 ■words war again is about to deform the fair face of Europe, 

 &a<3 ST'ich a war, and between such nations ! Terruit urbem, 

 Serruit gevtes, that, perhaps, is the reason that when we left 

 Oxford yesterday neither Horticulture nor Agriculture was so 

 well countenanced as we should have wished. Still, the Show 

 ■aisish commenced on Tuesday, and is to close on Friday next, 

 is ctie well worthy of special attention, and of special encourage- 

 ment also. It i3 worthy of attention even by the frequenters 

 of lbs London shows from its own merits as a show, and as an 

 judication of the state of horticulture in the provinoe? ; it is 

 wctft'hy of attention by those in the provinces, for it brings to 

 Sheir doors what many would never see without a long journey, 

 yejbaps never see at all ; and it is deserving of encouragement 

 both by town and country for this reason, and because it bene- 

 fits both ; and more — still more, it brings men from all parts of 

 lie Sand into social contact, cements old friendship?, and forms 

 zssw. Itis more especially at these country shows the gentleman 

 asd the gardener come together, they converse with each other, 

 said they learn from each other; each gains in information, 

 and each can better appreciate the other. Thus the strong wall 

 which is built up between man and man, and class and class, 

 is breached, and we believe — -we feel sure — to the benefit of the 

 gar^oner's art, to the benefit of the community at large. The 

 details of the Show, which is held in the grounds of the Rid- 

 *3iS*s Observatory, and which, with the combined Show of the 

 JSoyal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society, occupies eight large 

 %enlii, will be found in the following reports. To these we pur- 

 pose giving some additions next week, together with a notice 

 of the Congress, which commenced yesterday at too late an 

 Sour for us to enter into details. So far the weather lias been 

 fTOiytJiing that could he desired, were it not for the drawback 

 oi a tropical ttmperature. Let us hope that the results in 

 STery sense will be equally favourable. 



Moced Grtours or Flowering and Fine-foliaged Plants. — For 

 these prizes of £25 and £15 respectively were offered by the Royal 

 SartiCEltural and Royal Oxfordshire Societies. Tire former is taken 

 6y Mr. Barnes, gardener to H. Micholls, Esq., Soutbgate House, 

 Middlesex, who is first with a remarkably fine collection, consisting of 

 Dipladenia crassinoda, very well bloomed ; Dipladenia amabilis, the 

 ilarge flowers of which are in beautiful condition ; a splendid specimen 

 <ef Erica obbata, 5 feet in diameter ; Ixora coccinea, loaded with mag- 

 nificent beads of its brilliant scarlet flowers ; Allainauda nobilis, very 

 -fine ; an unnamed very free-flowering Allamanda ; Ixora aurantiaea ; 

 Bougainvillea glabra, forming a charming mass of rosy bracts ; Phce- 

 ;sc»eo33Gta prolifera Baruesii, in good bloom, bnt not large ; and an 

 (Excellent plant of Erica cetnula. Of fine-foliaged plants Mr. Baines 

 3ras Croton variegatum, with its colour most beautifully developed ; of 

 Sleichenia rnpestris a largo specimen extremely beautiful and delight- 

 felly fresh ; Tbeophrasta imperialis, very fine ; Dasylirion acrotri- 

 shirm ; a remarkably fine specimen of Phtenicoptroriunr sechellarum ; 

 a very large plant of the equally beautiful and not dissimilar Ver- 

 Bchaueltia aplendida ; Dieksonia antaretica ; Croton angustifolium, 

 Barge, and with the golden variegation fully developed ; Yucca varie- 

 gaia; and a good specimen of Cordyline indivisa. Mrs. E. Cole and 



Sons, Withington, Manchester, are second with a very good collection, 

 consisting of Dipladenia crassinoda, Allamanda cathartica, Genetyllis 

 tulipifera, Aphelexis hnmilis grandifiora, Dipladenia acuminata, 

 Pho'nocoma prolifera Baruesii, a very large busk of Erica Cavendishii, 

 Aphelexis macrantka rosea, on excellent Kalosantbespuuicea, a rather 

 poor specimen of Erica Parmentieriana rosea ; while of fine-foliaged 

 plants the collection contains excellent specimens of Croton varie- 

 gatum, Dicksonia autarctica, variegated Yucca, Livistonia borbonica, 

 Croton angustifolium, aud Dasylirion acrotricbum. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants. — Mrs. Cole & Sons also send 

 the best collection of nine stove and greenhouse plants iu flower. 

 This consists of excellent specimens of Ixora coccinea, Dipladenia 

 amabilis iu fine bloom, Aphelexis macrautba purpurea, Kalosantkes 

 punicea, Dipladeuia crassinoda, Gompkolobium polyrnorphurn splen- 

 dens, and fair examples of Ixora javanica, Allamanda grandiflora, 

 Dipladenia crassinoda, aud Phcenocoma prolifera Barnesii. The 

 second prize goes to Mr. F. Perkins, Leamington, who has fine plants 

 of Ike large-flowered Allamanda Henclersoni, Statiee imbricata, Vinca 

 rosea, and others of less note. Messrs. Bell & Thorpe also show in 

 this class, and have a very good plant of Dipladenia amabilis, the 

 yellow-flowered Cassia corymbosa, and well-bloomed Statices. The 

 special prize offered by F. J. Morrell, Esq., for the best specimen 

 stove plant in flower is taken by Mr. Baines, gardener to H. Micholls, 

 Esq., with a specimen of AUamauda cathartica, forming a balloon 

 5 feet by at least 4.1 feet across ; and the second prize, given by the 

 same gentleman, goes to Messrs. Standislr & Co., of the Royal Nur- 

 series, Ascot, for Allamanda Hendersoui, not large, but in excellent 

 bloom ; while tbc third prize is awarded to the singular-looking Aristo- 

 locbia ornithocephala, from Mr. F Perkins, nurseryman, Leamington. 

 Messrs. Gill's prizes for the best and second best specimen greenhouse 

 plants go to Mr. Baines for a very fine plaut of Erica Fairrieaua, 

 ■± feet iu diameter ; and the second to Mr. A. Wright, gardener to C. H. 

 Crompton Roberts, Esq., Regent's Park, London, for a very good 

 specimen, though rather past its best, of Kalosantbes Madame Celeste 

 Winans. In the local class for six stove or greenhouse plants, Mr. G. 

 Harris, who is first, has a very well-grown Clerodsndron Thomsonre, 

 but its bloom over, a very good Rondeletia is also exhibited, and 

 Asclepias currasavira, a showy plant, but seldom seen, and in this 

 instance straggling; the others do not require notice. The second 

 prize goes to Mr. J. Walker for a good pot of Lilinm eximium, 

 Caladiums, and Coleuses. The "Florist and Pomologist" prize for 

 softwooded greenhouse plants was awarded to Messrs. Bell & Thorpe, 

 Stratford-on-Avou, for a collection in which there is Abutilou Thomp- 

 soni with a few flowers, two Petunias, a Lantana, Drplacns grsndi- 

 florus in good bloom, and Lilium anratum. 



Orchids. — But few are shown ; there is only one collection in the 

 amateurs' class for six, which comes from Mr. A. Wright, gardener to 

 C. H. Crompton Roberts, Esq., Regeut's Park, who has Oncidium 

 Sclieperiauum, Lycastes, Aerides, a Cattleya, and other plants not 

 remarkable. Mr. Williams takes the corresponding position in the 

 nurserymen's class with Anguloa Clowesii, Dendrobrurn Parisian, 

 showy : Vanda suavis, Aerides quioquevulnerum, Cypripedium snper- 

 biens, fine, and a very good pan of Cypripedium barbatum superbum. 

 Messrs Rollisson & Sons are second with a fine specimen of Aerides 

 odoratum niajus", with about two dozen fine racemes, Aerides Lobii 

 with half a dozen, Epidendrnra vitellimrm majus, fine, a good pau 

 of Cypripedium barbatum rmijus, and Odontoglossum hastilabium. 



Heaths. — The silver curr, offered by W. Wootten-Wootten, Esq., 

 goes to Mrs. E. Cole & Sons for excellent plants of Erica Parmen- 

 tieriana rosea, ventricosa ungnifica, ferruginca superba, large and 

 fine, venosa, a well-grown semula, aud good but smaller specimens of 

 other kinds. The second prize, offered by Lord Yalentia, goes to Mr. 

 A. Wright, gardener to C. H. Crompton Roberts, Esq., for a large 

 specimen of ventricosa Bothwelliana in profuse bloom, the showy 

 scarlet ceriuthoides variegata, and good examples, though not large, of 

 tricolor Wilsoni and Fairrieana. The special prize, offered by the 

 Warden of New College for six, is taken by Mrs. E. Cole & Sons with 

 good plants of venosa, ventricosa magnifica, gemmifera elegaus, with 

 others less remarkable. Messrs. Grinrbly, Hughes, and Dewe's prize 

 is taken by Mr. A. Wright with an evenly-grown lot of plants, though 

 rather small. 



Fine-foliaged Plants. — These make a good display, although the 

 specimens are not remarkable for great size. Mr. Johnson, gardener 

 to the Marquis of Ailesbury, Savemako, takes the first position in the 

 amateurs' class for nine, with very good specimens of Alocasia me- 

 tallica, a fine Calauium Belleymei, Sanseviera angolensis, Pandanns 

 elegautissimus, Croton angustifolium, a fiuo healthy plant of Sphcero- 

 gyne latifolia, Alocasia macrorhiza variegata with its leaves three- 

 fourths white, aud a very good specimen of Croton variegatum. The 

 second prize goes to Mr. A. Wright, who, among other plants, has the 

 extremely graceful Cupania filicifolia, Dremonorops plumosus, an elegant 

 Palm, and other good specimens. The best nine in the nurserymen's 

 class come from Mr. Williams, who has a splendid plant of Alocasia 

 metallica in perfect condition, a fine Phceuicophorrurn sechellarum, 

 Dasylirion plumosunr, Cycas revoluta, very fine ; a large and very 

 perfect Cordyline indivisa, and a fine Yucca quadricolor. 



Palms. — These are not very numerously shown. Mr. B. S. William3 

 is first with noble plants of Phoenicophorium sechellarum, Livistonia 

 Jenkinsii, and Verscbaffeltia splendida, the others being fine speci- 

 mens of Chamrerops humilis, Areca lutescens, and Thrinax elegans. 



