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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 12, 1877. 



raised by the exhibitor, well keeping tip its imputation, and finely 

 Bhown here and at the National; MonB. Etienne Levet, one of 

 the most attractive and certain exhibition RoBes catalogued ; 

 Marie Cointet, a Rose so good as a traveller and effective as to be 

 imlispei sable to the exhibitor ; Madame Lacharme, exhibited so 

 lovely as to disarm those few wavering in allegiance ; Mons.E.T. 

 Teas, ono of the greatest acquisitions lately; Prince Camille 

 de Rohan, superb both in size and depth of colour, but likely to 

 be lef-. in the background by La Rosiere, a new dark Rose, 

 equally rich snd dark in colour, and of fine substance and better 

 habit; and General Jacqueminot, an old Rose that happily goes 

 far to prove against the deteriorating thecry, so grandly has it 

 been shown this season. 



Teas and Noisettes constituted a small but beautiful class. 

 Again at Hereford, as at the "National," Mr. Cant was an easy 

 winner. E pecially lovely were Souvenir d'Elise, a perfect 

 gem ; President and Souvenir d'un Ami, choicest gifts of Nature 

 assisted by art, to dream over and enjoy, if never to expect to 

 grow them like the Colchester chief. This class, though 

 smaller, was far superior in quality to the National. 



Among the new Roses exhibited in a special class (HP. La 

 Rosiere has been already mentioned) two only deserve special 

 mettion. H P. Madame Prosper Langier, a well-shaped clear 

 carmine Rose of good size, well shown by Messrs. Davison, and 

 promises to be an acquisition ; and H.P. Abel Carriere, a new 

 Rose of fine dark colour and good shape, indifferently shown 

 here, but useful if it improves in form, ttaged by MesBrs. Curtis 

 of Torquay. 



In the amateurs' open division, thirty-six varieties, single 

 blooms, winner to hold Messrs. Cranston & Co.'b .£15 15s. chal- 

 lenge cap, first prize R. Baker, Esq. In Mr. Baker's faultless 

 stand were the following superb bloomB, the crime de la crime 

 of Rose cultivation : — Camille Bernardin, an exquisite bloom ; 

 Marquise de Mortemart, exhibited as the fragile variety very 

 rarely is both in single and treble classes, where, by-the-by, 

 Messrs. Baker and J.witt held the same relative positions. 

 Xavier Olibo was exhibited in great substance and strong habit. 

 How can this variety be called by an authority in the Journal 

 as weak and dwarfy ? Charles Lefebvre waB staged worthy 

 of the variety; Marquise de Castellane, a perfect model of a 

 fine smooth Rose ; Lord Macaulay, a splendid specimen of this 

 shy dwarf variety ; and Monsieur Boncenne, of rare colour and 

 Bubstance — the best dark useful Rose. In Mr. Jowitt's stand 

 specially fine were Madame Fortado, a speciality of Hereford- 

 shire, almost discarded as incorrigible elsewhere, but an early 

 exquisitely sweet Rose ; where it takes it is a pleasure. Baronne 

 de Rothschild, very grand; Madame Hippolyte Jamain, a most 

 superb bloom; Marechal Vaillant, Bplendid bloom of this old 

 useful Rose ; and Mdlle. Marie Finger. 



In the division restricted to Herefordshire Miss Bulmer's 

 (Broadlands, Hereford) Btand of twelve trebles was the theme 

 of general admiration, whether for the size and quality of the 

 blooms or the excellence displayed in their setting-up — an ac- 

 complishment amateurs in general fail in. This lady took in 

 style all the first prizes offered in this class. Mr. Arkwright, 

 Hampton Courr, Leominster, was an easy winner with grand 

 blooms of Marechal Niel. Many of your readers will remember 

 he carried off the same honours in St. James's Hall. This 

 gentleman exhibited a bloom of this variety in his stand of 

 thirty-six so enormous and still so perfect that it certainly 

 ranked as the premier bloom in the Exhibition, though, as may 

 be supposed, dwarfing the proportions of his other blooms. 



In Class 1, the floral art division, there was an artistic display 

 of dinner and drawing-room decorations (the latter special prize 

 presented by Lord Bute) far eclipsing all previous efforts in this 

 direction, and pronounced worthy of comparison with the best 

 exhibitions ever held in London or the provinces. Mr. Joseph 

 Pulley, Lower Eaton, Hereford, was awarded Lord Bute's prize ; 

 and the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen, who was Judge in this 

 division, complimeuted Mr. Pulley's gardener, by whom the 

 decoration was made, upon its beiog the moBt simple and yet 

 artistic and novel design of the description he had ever seen — 

 a centre piece and four corner pieces of ordinary glass ; but the 

 pleasirjg effect caused by the happy arrangement of Adiantum 

 Farleyense of different shades and some Grasses, with just a 

 Bprig of Spiraea or so, was perfectly indescribable. 



The day being stormy no doubt kept many from a distance 

 away ; but the one drawback to the perfect success of the Exhi- 

 bition was the absence of the Rev. J. B. M. Camm, who by 

 missing his train deprived our wesrern Show of his valuable 

 assistance as one of its Judges and exhibitors, and the public of 

 the interesting description that would have appeared in the 

 columns of the Journal, now hurried over late on Saturday 

 by — The Herefordshire Incumbent. 



PACKING. 

 The packing of fruits, flowers, and vegetables takes np no 

 inconsiderable amount of the gardener's time and attention in 

 most large establishments during what is termed the London 



season, and as that season unfortunately includes the season 

 of cropping, " bedding-out," Grape-thinning, and many other 

 things which take up a great amonnt of time, and cannot be 

 postponed a day beyond their proper time without increasing 

 the labour, it is doubly necessary at this season to economise 

 time and to prevent confusion. 



When I first commenced packing here there was but little 

 to pack, and beyond a few boxes and hampers of various Bizes 

 stuck about in corners wherever there happened to be room 

 for one, little was kept in stock for the purpose. Now the 

 work has gone on growing till last month no fewer than 133 

 packages were despatched, and it is still increasing, so that it 

 became necessary to introduce some sort of system. Before 

 we did so scenes of confusion were not uncommon ; a box of a 

 particular Bize might be wanted immediately, and any size but 

 that of course was at hand, or having found the size required 

 it would be minus a lid, and in the hurry a good hand-saw 

 being a little too convenient, a little piece would, perhapB, be 

 sawn off another lid to make it fit, and thereby create for our- 

 selves the same difficulty to be got over another time. Boxes, 

 too, did not always find their way home when there was no 

 check on them, and when one loses a box there is sometimes 

 a lurking suspicion that something eke is lost with it. Besides, 

 everyone knows who has had to pack in a makeshift sort of 

 way, that hammers and pincers have a habit of disappearing 

 just when they are wanted, naile of running short when we 

 thought there were plenty ; string, labels, paper, wadding, &c, 

 ditto. The remedy for all this is the packing-shed and paok- 

 ing-book. A shed which I have had fitted-up for the purpose, 

 and which also answers the purpose of office and store-shed, 

 iB on the north side of a wall, and measures about 36 feet by 

 10 feet 6 inches. It has a bench on the north or front side 

 3 feet wide on which the work is done, and another at the 

 baok 2 feet 6 inches wide, leaving a walk of 5 feet in the centre, 

 which is none too much when several people are at work and 

 there is a good deal of passing. 



Hampers are numbered 1 to 15, boxes 1 to 66, and their 

 sizes are known by their numbers ; for instance, 1 to 20 are 

 flower-boxes all of one length and breadth outside, the lid of 

 one fitting any of them. Another series is for Peaches, Nec- 

 tarines, and Grapes, varying in depth but not in length and 

 breadth. Strawberry-boxes are another size, and these three 

 measurements answer the purpose for almost everything. 

 They are so distinct in size and appearance, and there being 

 only three or four sizes of lids there is no time lost in hunting 

 them up and fitting them. I have tried boxes with hinges and 

 fastenings ; but as both hinges and fastenings Boon come to 

 grief, I have long Bince gone back to loose lids and lj-inch. 

 brads, and I find they last as long as any and are most 

 convenient. 



The packing-book is the next consideration. In this every 

 box and every hamper is marked down as it leaves and as it 

 returns. On the left-hand page under the heading, " paokagea 

 despatched," are the following items to be filled-in by the 

 packer — viz., date, destination, description, contents, numbers, 

 remarks ; and on the opposite page under heading of " empties 

 returned," are date, from whence, description, numbers, con- 

 dition, and remarks. I find these forms and figures have a 

 wonderful power to bring the packages back and keep them in 

 place. Of oourse they often come back broken, but that I fear 

 is out of my control. Stock is taken at intervals to see that 

 nothing is Bhort when likely to be required. I hope in a future 

 paper to say something about the way packing is done. — 

 William Taylor. 



BUEGHLET YELLOW KOSE. 

 In your notice of the Royal Horticultural Society's meeting 

 of July 3rd a Rose oalled Burghley Yellow is spoken of. I have 

 known the Burghley Yellow for the last forty years. It is the 

 double yellow Provence. It was brought originally to Burghley 

 House, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter, by a French cook. 

 I have also seen it growing in a semi-wild state at Bologna. 

 It is a most diffioult Rose to bloom, but of great beauty when 

 the buds will open. I know no such yellow. Mr. George Paul 

 of Cheshunt informs me they are unable to grow it there. I 

 have several times budded it on the Briar. It is known in 

 Lincolnshire, and is grown at this time in great perfection at 

 Enham Place near Andover. — Alan Cheales. 



The Rose which was referred to in the last issue of the 

 Journal of Horticulture is occasionally met with in the south 



