November 8, 1870. ] 



JOUENAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Paul exhibited cut blooms of seedling bedding Geraniums, many of 

 them new in colour and very beautiful. 



A first-class certificate was given to Messrs. Cutbush, of Highgate, 

 for Aucuba japonica foem. aureo-maculata with the leaves much more 

 extensively variegated with yellow than the common kind. From the 

 Society's garden at Chiswick was sent a plant of Dahlia imperialis 

 about 9 feet high, and bearing a few flowers and a profusion of buds. 

 Mrs. Mcintosh, 25, Norfolk Terrace, Bayswater, sent a case of beauti- 

 fully skeletonised leaves by a process which is stated to be very Bimple, 

 and to occupy only an hour. For this a commendation was given. 



First-class certificates were given to Mr. Bull for Zalacca Wagneri, 

 Curculigo recurvata striata, Licuala horrida, and Japanese Chrysanthe- 

 mums Jane Salter and Renown; to Messrs. E. G. Henderson for 

 Mohria thurifraga achillerefolia, winter-flowering tree Carnation Vul- 

 can, and for Japanese Chrysanthemums Bismark and Erectum super- 

 bum ; to Messrs. Veitch for Dracaena porphyrophylla and Cattleya 

 Dominiana lutea, and to Messrs. Cutbush for Aucuba japonica fcem. 

 aureo-maculata. 



A second-class certificate was awarded to Mr. Eckford for Zonal 

 Pelargonium King of Trumps. 



Special certificates were given to Messrs. Veitch for the group of 

 plants, and for Zygopetalum maxillare ; to Mr. Denning for his collec- 

 tion, also for Cattleya maxima, Cattleya Harrisoni, Phaleenopsis 

 Lowii, and Vanda casrulea ; to Mr. Bull for his collection ; to Mr. H. 

 Clarke, Mr. Edmonds, and Mr. Bull, of Hillingdon, for collections 

 of Cyclamens ; to Messrs. E. G. Henderson for a group of tree Car- 

 nations, and to Mr. Morris for Tricolor Pelargoniums. 



Prizes were offered on this occasion for specimen plants and cut 

 blooms of Carnations, also for berried plants. 



Class 1 was for the best six large-flowered Chrysanthemums. The 

 first prize was taken by Mr. Howe, gardener to Mrs. Lewis, Roe- 

 hampton, with remarkably fine specimens, in full bloom, of Lady Hard- 

 ing, Prince of WaleB, Marechal Duroc, Dr Sharpe, splendid, Mrs. 

 George, and Lady Talfourd. The second prire went to Mr. James, 

 gardener to W. F. Watson, Esq., Isleworth, who had Mrs. George 

 Bundle in good bloom, Prince Alfred, with Queen of England, Golden 

 Queen, and others not fully out. Mr. Forsyth, of Stoke Newington, 

 was third with specimens of excellent growth, and which will be very 

 fine a week or two hence. 



Class 2 was for six Pompons. Mr. Rowe was again first with, among 

 others, very fine plants of White and Golden Cedo Nulli, and several 

 Anemone* flowered kinds. The second prize went to Mr. James, 

 gardener to W. F. Watson, Esq., whose plants, though well grown, 

 were not in full bloom. 



Class 3 was for twenty-four cut blooms. In this Mr. Rowe took the 

 first prize with an excellent collection, in which were very fine examples 

 of Empress of India, Rev. J. Dix, Princess of Wales, White Globe, 

 Prince Alfred, Novelty, Queen of England, Venus, Jardin des Plantes, 

 Lady Slade, and Lady Talfourd. Mr. Forsyth came second with a 

 stand in which were fine blooms of several of the above. 



Class 4 was for the best twelve. In this Mr. Rowe was again first, 

 and Mr. Berry was second, Mr. James being third. 



Mr. Forsyth exhibited excellent stands of Anemone Pompons and 

 Japanese varieties. 



Only one collection of berried plants in pots was exhibited, and it 

 was far from equal to what might have been expected. It consisted of 

 Ardisia crennlaia, Solanums, Capsicums, and a Berberis. This came 

 from Mr. George, gardener to Mis3 Nicholson, Putney Heath, and 

 received a first prize. 



General Meeting. — S. Rucker, Esq., F.L.S., in the chair. After 

 the usual preliminary business had been gone through, in the absence 

 of the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, who had been called away through the 

 sudden illness of a relative, Major R. Trevor Clarke made a few 

 remarks on the plants shown. There was, however, he said, a dearth 

 of objects of scientific interest such as usually formed the subjects of 

 comment at these meetings. He then pointed out one of the autumn 

 Crocuses, Crocus longitlorus, as being not only very uncommon, but 

 very pretty. In the pomological department he would direct especial 

 attention to the Fairy Apple, which had sprung from the seed of the 

 scarlet Siberian Crab, mentioned in our Fruit Committee report, and 

 remarked that an enormous improvement is at once effected when wild 

 species are fertilised with pollen of cultivated garden kinds. 



Mr. Marshall directed attention to the Tree Carnations as most useful 

 plants for conservatory dec-ration in winter, on account of their con- 

 tinuous blooming; also, to Mr. Bull's patent cases for the transmission 

 of plants across the tropics. These have spars of wood acroBs the 

 glass like Venetian blinds, which prevent the sun parboiling the con- 

 tents of the case, and are also provided with ventilation at the top. 

 To illustrate the effects of the ordinary plant cases on Orchids, Mr. 

 Bull sent a large basketful utterly destroyed in transit. Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson likewise seot a case, the principal feature of which is, that 

 the drip from the front of the glass runs into a zinc spout, and is con- 

 veyed into a perforated tube surrounded with charcoal at the bottom of 

 the case, whence the moisture passes through the soil or packing be- 

 fore again entering the atmosphere of the case. The front is puttied 

 on, then fastened with screws. This case, which we believe has been 

 found to answer well, is a lean-to form, Mr. Bull's, as shown, being a 

 span-roof. 



The Chairman, in announcing that the next meeting would be held 



on December 7th, said that Mr. Bateman had offered a £5 prize 

 for Cattleyas, further par ticulars respecting which would shortly be 

 published. 



HOW TO OBTAIN ROSES ON THEIR OWN 



ROOTS. 



I have read in a contemporary an article under the heading 

 of " Roses for Hedges." This is a good idea — one I, as an 

 old Rose culiivator, have long believed in and practised. The 

 month of November, into which we are just entering, is a busy 

 time for me as a grower of Roses, as dnring that month I put 

 in my cuttings, and plant Briar and Manetti stocks for budding. 

 With regard to cuttings, it is of the greatest importance to get 

 them all planted before severe frosts set in, and the ground gets 

 too cold. Although both the Dog Rose and Manetti are hardy, 

 they are apt to suffer from the effect of frost if exposed to it 

 after they are taken up, and weak shoots, instead of strong 

 healthy growth, result. 



In aDy place where there is a great demand for cut Roses, 

 every exertion should be made to keep up a sufficient supply. 

 I always make it a rule here to supply the table with cut Roses 

 during eight months out of the twelve : in March and April I 

 get blooms from plaDts forced in pots; in May from walls; 

 and from that time till the autumn has begun to strip the trees 

 of their emerald tresses, the blooms come from various sources 

 — 6ome from plants budded on the Briar, some on the Manetti 

 stock, and others fiom plants on their own roots. To obtain a 

 good supply of Roses, three classes are principally grown — 

 namely, Noisettes, which are mostly grown on walls, and pro- 

 tected with brunches of evergreens during winter ; Tea Roses, 

 which are grown and protected the same way as the Noisettes — 

 both of which I find to bloom earlier and finer from the pro- 

 tection they get, as the blooming wood is preserved intact, in- 

 stead of being killed back, as is frequently the case ; and the 

 Perpetuals, whioh form the largest class grown here. A great 

 many of these are on their own roots, and these I obtain in a 

 very simple manner. 1 first trenoh a piece of ground in the 

 kitchen garden, two spits deep, and mix plenty of rotten dung 

 with the soil as the work proceeds. The cuttings I prepare in 

 the following manner : I select the strongest growers of the 

 Perpetual class, and cut up the wood into lengths of about 

 6 inches, and take out all the eyes but the three top ones. The 

 ground should be trodden firm at planting time, and I always 

 select for this a day dry enough to prevent the soil sticking to 

 one's feet. A line is put across the ground, and the soil 

 ehopped away from the line by the spade just deep enough to 

 take the cuttings, leaving the eyes out of the ground ; they are 

 placed from 4 to 6 inches apart, and the soil trodden firmly 

 about them. And so I plant a piece of ground, leaving a space 

 between the rows of fully 2 feet. I find the cuttings strike 

 more readily in a sandy soil, and generally place some road- 

 grit about them previously to treading the earth firmly against 

 them. Here the outtings remain for two years. At the end 

 of the first year the growth of that season is ont back to about 

 four or six buds from the ground, and by the end of the second 

 year they form fine healthy plants. 



Tbe89 I use for the formation of Rose hedges, the front row 

 of a Rose border, for potting, for forcing purposes, or to form 

 a bed of Roses on their own roots. The ten varieties of Per- 

 petuals now to be named are very fine plants from cuttings 

 struck this way three years ago, and they are all strong growers 

 and constant bloomers — viz., General Jacqueminot, John 

 Hopper, Jules Margottin, Anna Alexieff, Duohesse d'Orleans, 

 Auguste Mie, Anna des Diesbach, Charles Lefebvre, Made- 

 moiselle Louise Carique, and Madame Alfred de Rougemont. 



There are two hardy Tea-scented Roses growing with the 

 above that stood the severe frost of last winter without any 

 protection — namely, Gloire de Dijon and L'Enfant Trouvti, a 

 beautiful yellow-flowering kind. 



If I were to form a Rjse hedge of one particular flower, it 

 would be Jules Margottin, an old but very free-blooming Rose, 

 that is a great favourite with me, and, I doubt not, many more. 

 — William Plestee, Elsenham Hall Gardens. — (The Gardener.) 



LARGE PRODUCE FROM ONE POTATO. 



HAViNa obtained a fine Bovinia Potato (weight lib), lout 

 about two-tbirds of it into fourteen sets, and planted them on 

 the 23rd of Maroh. As the rest of the Potato showed no eyes, 

 I exposed it to a good bottom heat ; by the 2nd of April it had 



