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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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sent a dish of highly-coloured Blenheim. Pippins, which were much 

 admixed. 



Mr. Chaff, gardener to Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S., sent a collection 

 of twelve varieties of kitchen Apples and twelve of dessert, to each of 

 which a special certificate was awarded. Mr. Hibblethwaite, of Ack- 

 lam Hall Gardens, sent a collection of Apples and Pears, to which a 

 -special certificate was awarded. Mr. J. Hepper, gardener to C. P. 

 Millard, Esq.. The Elms, Acton, sent a quantity of fine specimens of 

 -Cbaumontel Pears, which received a special certificate. Mr. Turner, 

 of Slough, sent a seedling Pear, called International. G. F. Wilson, 

 Esq., sent a basket of Josephine de Malines Pears of extraordinary 

 size and beauty, to which a special certificate was awarded. Mr. 

 Gilbert, of Burghley Gardens, sent a stand on which to exhibit Pine 

 Apples, which was approved by the Committee. 



Messrs. Carter & Co., of Holborn, exhibited specimens of the New 

 Red-skinned Flour Ball, and the Red American Potatoes, for the pur- 

 pose of deciding whether they are synonymous ; but the Committee 

 declined to decide till they were seen growing. Mr. "William Thom- 

 son, Blantyre, sent two seedling Potatoes, Hero and Favourite. Both 

 were boiled, and Hero was found to be very mealy and of good flavour. 



Messrs. Carter & Co. sent yery large specimens of White Belgian, 

 Altrinsham, and Long Red Carrot, which received a special certificate. 



Prizes were offered on this occasion for the best collection of Salad- 

 ing, and were taken by Mr. Hepper, gardener to C. P. Millard, Esq., 

 The Elms, Acton, and Mr. Gilbert, gardener to the Marquis of Exeter, 

 Burghley Park. Mr. Hepper had Mustard, Curled Cress, Australian 

 Cress, Corn Salad, Red Turnip Radish, Water Creas, two kinds of Cu- 

 cumbers, Cosaud Cabbage Lettuces, White and Green Curled and Bata- 

 vian Endive, Red and White Celery, Beet, and Onions. Mr. Gilbert, 

 who was second, had Mustard and Cress, Cucumbers, Celery, Lettuce, 

 Batavian and Curled Endive, Beet, &c. Both collections were neatly 

 set up — that of Mr. Gilbert in a box made for the purpose of exhi- 

 biting Salads. 



Mr. Lee, of Windlesham, sent a fine super of honey, weighing 

 35 lbs., and one of his new octagon straw hives. 



This was the last meeting of the year, and the Committee was there- 

 fore dissolved, in accordance with the resolution of last year, and a 

 vote of thanks to the Chairman was passed unanimously. 



Floral Committee. — W. Beattie Booth, Esq., in the chair. From 

 Mr. Williams, Holloway, came a collection of Orchids, in which were 

 good specimens of Lrelia anceps with six spikes, Calanthe Yeitchii, 

 Odontogossum cariniferum and Rossii, Cattleya SHnneri, and Maxil- 

 laria nigrescens. Mr. Williams likewise sent a collection of his fine 

 ornamental -fruited Solanums. A special certificate was given for the 

 two collections. 



Mr. Robins, gardener to Sir E. Kerrison, Bart., Oakley Park, 

 Basingstoke, exhibited a ^lant of Capsicum Yellow Gem trained as a 

 dwarf standard, with a rather flat head, and bearing numerous yellow 

 pods, giving the plant a very ornamental appearance for decorative 

 purposes. For this a special certificate was awarded. 



_ Messrs. Yeitch sent Amaryllis Spotted Gem, a hybrid between par- 

 dinum and another sort, with the white ground beautifully dotted 

 with red. 



From Dr. Amsworth, Lower Bronghton, Manchester, came a very 

 fine spike of what was called Oncidium Barkeri, and which was the 

 O. tigrinum of La Llave. For this a special certificate was given ; 

 and a similar award was made to Messrs. J. Brooke & Co., Fairfield 

 Nursery, Manchester, for Dendrobium bigibbum with a spike of eleven 

 flowers, six of which were in great beauty, the rest not being as yet 

 expanded, and for a very large-flowered Odontoglossum Rossii with 

 two fine^blooms. 



Mr. Trusler, Farnham, Surrey, sent seedling Carnation Sensation 

 with variegated leaves, and Mr. Drover, Fareham, a seedling Zonal 

 Pelargonium, and Selaginella lepidophylla, the Resurrection Plant. 



Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., Hillfield, Rei- 

 gate, had a first-class certificate for a Mormodes with three spikes 

 resembling those of a Hyacinth ; the flowers red with deeper-coloured 

 spots, the column white, but in a younger state they are of a rich 

 orange. There is some doubt as to the species — it bears considerable 

 resemblance to Mormodes Cartoni, figured in the " Botanical Maga- 

 Eine," t. 4*214, but differs from it in colour. 



Mr. W. Lee, Arundel, Sussex, had a first-class certificate for seedling 

 Carnation White Nun. and a second-class certificate for Maiden's Blnsh, 

 both free-blooming varieties. Mr. G. Goddard, gardener to H. Little, 

 Esq., Cambridge Park, Twickenham, sent a collection of Fern-leaved 

 Primulas; and from Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Isle- 

 worth, came a fine collection of the same, including fine white and 

 crimson varieties, for which a special certificate was given. Mr. 

 Wiggins also sent some varieties in which the flowers were streaked 

 . and dotted, and in one instance half white, half purple. Mr. Brown, 

 florist, Hendon, had a special certificate for collections of seedling 

 Cinerarias and Chinese Primulas, both very bright in colour. 



Messrs. Perkins & Sons, Coventry, had a first-class certificate for 

 a seedling Selaginella called albo-lineata, tipped and lined with yellow, 

 a very ornamental variety. 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderson, St. John's Wood, came a collection 

 of 30 Sedums, 113 species and varieties of Saxifrages, 70 Sempervi- 

 vums, and several Echeverias, Aloes, and similar plants. A spe- 

 cial certificate was awarded, and a like award was made to the same 

 firm for a very attractive group of winter -flowering tree Carnations. 



Mr. Stevens, Ealing, exhibited a basket of Ealing Rival Tricolor 

 Pelargonium, which has been frequently noticed, with finely-coloured 

 leaves. Mr. Goddard, gardener to H. Little, Esq., Cambridge Park, 

 Twickenham, had a first-class certificate for Cyclamen persicum pur- 

 pureum, a beautiful purple-coloured variety. A special certificate 

 was given to Mr. Clarke, Twickenham, for a fine collection of Cycla- 

 mens raised from seed sown on January 22nd of the present year. 



Prizes were offered for twenty-four cut blooms of Japanese and late 

 Chrysanthemums. The first prize was taken by Mr. Douglas, gardener 

 to F. Whitbourn, Esq., Loxford Hall, Ilford, with a stand in which 

 were fine examples of Miss Marechaux, Princess of Teck, Yolande, 

 Plutus, Blonde Beauty, Virgin Queen, Lady Talfourd ; and of Japanese 

 varieties, Comet, Dr. Masters, and The Mikado. There were also very 

 good blooms of. several others of the large -flowering varieties. Mr. 

 Goddard had the second prize for a stand of twenty-four — viz., twelve 

 Japanese kinds, of which The Sultan, The Daimio, Madame Godillot, 

 Dr. Masters, and Aurantinm were the most conspicuous, and twelve 

 large-flowering kinds. 



Class 2, was for the best collection of hardy evergreens bearing 

 berries; in this class there was no entry, but Messrs. Standish & Co., 

 of Ascot, sent a beautiful collection of green-leaved and variegated 

 Hollies, consisting of Ilex balearica hybrida, and I. Handsworthii 

 pendula, the yellow-berried Holly, a number of Aucubas in berry, 

 Skimmia oblata, and the black-purple-berried Raphiolepis ovata. This 

 collection, containing so many plants bearing a profusion of scarlet 

 berries, had a fine effect. A special certificate was awarded. 



Class 3 was for the best collection of herbaceous plants suitable for 

 out-door winter decoration. The first prize went to Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson, who were the only exhibitors, for a collection in which were 

 Statice Armeria, Centaurea ragusina, Festuca glanca, Achyrocline 

 Saundersoni, Statice p sen do -Armeria, var. dianthoides, Thymus stric- 

 tus, Cineraria acanthifolia, Veronica Andersoni variegata, Centaurea 

 aspleniifolia, variegated Thymes, Stachys lanata, Arenaria balearica, 

 Ajuga genevensis rubra, Arabis alpina variegata, Veronica Candida, 

 Acasna microphylla, Liliam candidum aureo-variegatum, Heuchera 

 rubra, and some others. 



A prize of £5 was offered by J. Bateman, Esq., for the best col- 

 lection ot cut blooms of Cattleyas, the flowers to become the property 

 of the Society, but no exhibitor came forward. 



General Meeting. — W. Marshall, Esq., in the chair. After the 

 preliminary business and the election of eleven new Fellows, the Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley remarked with regard to the Mormodes exhibited by 

 Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., thathe believed Mr. 

 Green very properly considered it to be a variety of Mormodes Car- 

 toni. At one time he (Mr. Berkeley) had a notion that it belonged 

 to M. igneum, figured in the third volume of " Paxton's Flower Gar- 

 den ;" but in the same plate as igneum were two sorts, marked B and 

 C, which Dr. Lindley considered to be mere varieties of M. Cartoni, 

 and Mr. Berkeley had no doubt that Mr. Green's Mormodes was 

 identical with that distinguished as B. A Grape, of which the 

 bunches were parti-coloured, next came under notice, and it was re- 

 marked that the same peculiarity extended to the leaves. 



Mr. Meehan's remarks on fasciation were then referred to, and Mr. 

 Berkeley said there had been some confusion between fasciation and 

 polyclady, in which, from the attacks of Fungi and other causes, an 

 extraordinary number of branches are produced. Mr. Berkeley, after 

 reading a paper from the Rev. T. C. Brehaut on the varieties of 

 Maize exhibited, remarked that the experience at Chiswick had not 

 been favourable to the cultivation of Maize as a vegetable. 



The Chairman announced that as there had been no exhibition for 

 Mr. Bateman's Cattleya prize, that gentleman had decided to again 

 offer the same amount, but divided into a prize of £3, and one of £2, 

 at the next meeting, January ISth. It was also stated that the Rev. 

 G. Kemp had again offered his prizefor out-door Grapes for next year, 

 but to be competed for in November instead of October, as it was 

 this year. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



It is gratifying to know that there is now an establish- 

 ment for the export of Japanese plants, seeds, and bulbs. 

 The head of the establishment is Mr. C. Kramer, Yokohama, 

 Japan. 



As an instance of the eapidity with which intro- 

 duced plants spread, when soil and climate are congenial to 

 their habits, we may point to the Euphorbia prostrata, Ait., a 

 little annual weed in Jamaica and Trinidad, which became 

 introduced by chance about ten years since into a garden in 

 Madeira, situated some 400 feet above the sea ; from this spot 

 it has rapidly spread down the steep road to the town ; while 

 up the other hills, separated by deep ravines from that down 

 which it came, it has scarcely crawled at all, a downward 

 course apparently being far easier for it than an upward one. 

 It has, however, slowly crept up another hill at the rate of 

 about 10 feet a-year. The seeds, which are described as ecarun- 

 culate, with sharply tetragonal pale®, transversely keeled, are 

 i well adapted for sticking to the clothes of travellers, and to be 



