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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 12, 1877. 



flower makers use, would answer as well and be more con- 

 venient. — Peo Bono Publico. 



THE ROSE ELECTION. 



As the election this year is to be of a decidedly exhibition 

 character, and as I have also endeavoured to make some quali- 

 fication for voters, I should like carrying out the thoughts of 

 " Wyld Savage " — to qualify somewhat those on whom we are 

 to vote. " Wyld Savage " has drawn attention to the great 

 similarity between certain Roses. For some years Lslia votes 

 have been given to Louise Peyronny. 



Now we are only to name forty-eight Roses, and in a stand 

 of forty-eight we should not desire to have two specimens so 

 much alike as to appear the same Rose. I wish, therefore, to 

 avoid this, and unless good cause can be shown to the con- 

 trary I propose to give all Laelia votes as heretofore to Louise 

 Peyronny; all votes for Ferdinand de Lesseps, Exposition 

 de Brie, or Maurice Bernardin to Ferdinand de Lesseps ; all 

 votes for Eugenie Verdier or Mdlle. Marie Finger to Eugenie 

 Verdier ; and votes for Baron de Bonstetten to Monsieur 

 Boncenne. 



Without some arrangement of this kind the election may 

 in some degree make the position of some of the candidates 

 erroneous. I need not further add that in these similars 

 both Roses must not be named in the forty-eight. — Joseph 

 Hinton, Warminster. 



P.S. — My intention is to bracket these named Roses together 

 in the list, so that it really only amounts to this, that each 

 elector should name only one of each, or any of these four 

 sets in the forty-eight, supposing that they or any one of them 

 is in his forty-eight list. — J. H. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



The thirty-fourth anniversary dinner of the Gardeners' 

 Royal Benevolent Institution was held on the evening of 

 the 4th inst. The chair was occupied by Sir Trevor Laurence, 

 Bart., M.P., who ably advocated the claims of the Institution, 

 and alluded to the great advance that had been made in gar- 

 dening pursuits during recent years, which was particularly 

 exemplified in the condition of the London parks. Mr. Robert 

 Wrench the Treasurer, Mr. Philbrick, Q.C., Serjeant Cox, and 

 Lord Alfred Churchill also addressed the company in appro- 

 priate speeches. Among the company we noticed W. E. 

 Brymer, Esq., M.P. ; Major Sandys ; Drs. Hogg and Masters ; 

 Mr. Shirley Hibberd ; Messrs. Veitch, Williams, Fraser, Beale, 

 C. & J. Lee, Deal, and other friends and supporters of this 

 excellent Sooiety. 



The southern show of the National Carnation and 



Picotee Society to be held at the Westminster Aquarium on 

 the 18th and 19th inst. is being anticipated with much interest 

 by admirers of those beautiful flowers. The large number of 

 liberal prizes offered will, we hope, induce much competition, 

 for few flowers are more worthy of extended cultivation than 

 Carnations and Picotees. The prizes are open to all exhibi- 

 tors, whether they are subscribers to the Society or not. A 

 schedule so liberal deserves a liberal response. Notice of 

 entry should be given to the Hon. Sec, Mr. E. S. Dodwell, 

 11, Larkhall Terrace, Clapham Rise, S.W., not later than the 

 13th inst. Good prizes are offered for Roses by the Royal 

 Aquarium Company, which will be competed for on the same 

 occasion. Entries in the Rose classes must be sent to Mr. E. 

 Bennett at the Aquarium not later than the 14th inst. 



Owing to the short time intervening between the com- 

 pletion of the judging at the National Rose Show and our 

 going to press we accidentally omitted from our report the 

 class for twelve Roses in threes ; in which class Mr. Baker, 

 Heavitree, Exeter, was placed first ; Mr. Ridout, Woodhatch, 

 Reigate, second ; Mr. Scott, Warrington, third ; and Mr. 

 Jowitt, Hereford, fourth, with varieties very similar to those 

 which were staged in the other prize stands. In the nursery- 

 men's class for twenty-four Hybrid Perpetuals the winners of 

 the second, third, and fourth prizes were Messrs. G. Cooling, 

 Bath; R. J. Veitoh, Exeter; and J. Laing & Co., Forest Hill. 

 Mr. Curtis was awarded the first prize, as stated in our report. 



Mr. Gilbert, Burghley, writes to us as follows on the 



fruit prospects op the year :— -" I have just been taking a 

 general view of the garden. The fruit is a wreok I fear, al- 

 though there was a great show of blossom. Strawberries and 

 Raspberries will not come up to promise. King of the Pippins 



is the only Apple with anything like a crop, and strange but 

 true, Glou Morceau Pear is the only Pear. What I shall do 

 for Apples and Pears iB a mystery." 



Mr. W. H. Manser having tried at our request the 



effects of paraffin on Kidney Beans for destroying millipedes, 

 writes to us that he applied pure paraffin to a portion of the 

 crop : it killed the Beans. He then mixed half a pint of 

 paraffin with three gallons of water and applied it to another 

 portion of the Kidney Beans, and not one of them has been 

 touched since by a millipede, and the Beans are growing very 

 strongly. We are glad to record this experience of Mr. 

 Manser. 



Among the many hundred Roses in the garden of 



Shiplake Vicarage, near Henley-on-Thames, are several beau- 

 tiful blooms of the shy-flowering double yellow Rose — Rosa 

 sulphurea. 



A COMPLIMENTARY DINNER W8S given to Mr. WlLSON (who 



for so many years has been a valuable assistant at the Crystal 

 Palace Shows) on the 3rd inst. at the Criterion, Piccadilly. 

 The chair was occupied by Mr. Shirley Hibberd, who spoke 

 well, and justly of the guest of the evening. Dr. Denny ably 

 acknowledged the toast of the Royal Horticultural Sooiety, 

 which was proposed by the Chairman ; and Mr. Harrison Weir, 

 in responding for the fine arts, dwelt on the good influences of 

 wood engravings on the minds of the masses, and stated that 

 five millions of copies of engravings from his drawings were 

 circulated annually. 



The Colorado Beetle. — At the Glasgow Police Board 



on the 9th inst. it was agreed, on the suggestion of the Lord 

 Provost, that a vigilant look-out should be maintained lest 

 the Colorado beetle should visit our Bhores. The Privy Council 

 instructions were ordered to be sent to the Glasgow Agricultural 

 Society, with the request to warn farmers on the subject. 

 The Lord Provost said he had seen thousands of beetles heaped 

 upon the American shores as they had been washed in after 

 attempting to cross the Altantic. While returning home from 

 New York he had seen them on board on the second day at sea. 

 The Dublin correspondent of the Daily News also telegraphs 

 that this dreaded beetle " made its appearance on the Dublin 

 quay on Tuesday the 10th inst., cloBe to the Liverpool docks. 

 The specimen discovered was a large one, and was found 

 crawling on a rope." 



We learn that Mr. B. S. Williams has taken the lead 



in foreign exhibitors at the Oporto Show, taking the prize of 

 honour offered by the municipality of Oporto, value £50 ; also 

 four other first prizes. We congratulate Mr. Williams on his 

 success at Buch an important Exhibition. 



We noticed at the Bickley Show the other day a seed- 

 ling Zonal Geranium of unusual size which had been raised 

 by Mr. Horwood, gardener to J. Lovibond, Esq. The truss 

 almost approached in size the head of a Hydrangea, the colour 

 being orange-scarlet and the flowers of fairly good shape. It 

 is a monstrosity in Geraniums, and will posBibly be UBeful for 

 decorative purposes. 



The bedding-out in the London Parks is not yet com- 

 pleted. The weather has latterly been too cold for exposing 

 the exotic plants and Ferns, which play an important part in 

 the summer decorations. Many carpet beds are very beautiful. 

 Golden Feather appears to be as popular as ever, and Alter - 

 nantheras are indispensable. The only plant which is at all 

 likely to rival those in popularity is the Green Gibralter 

 Pennyroyal, Mentha Palegium gibraltarica. This plant has 

 spread with great rapidity, and must be regarded as the 

 premier "green carpet" plant. 



The quantity of Strawberries sold in the market of 



New York oity during one day in June was 750,000 quarts, 

 30,000 of which came by steamer from Charlestown, S.C.; 

 300,000 from Norfolk, one-quarter of whioh came from one 

 grower who haB over 200 acres in Strawberries; 300,000 quarts 

 came from Delaware and Maryland, a large quantity from New 

 Jersey and points on the Hudson near New York. 



The temperature towards the end of last week fell 



considerably, and the nights were quite cold in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London. In several districts hail fell, or rather 

 showers of ice. At Kensington on the 5 th inst. hailstones were 

 Bcraped up by handfule, and " snowballing " was indulged 

 in as a novel sport in July. At Swanley in Kent the hail did 

 considerable damage on the 6th inst. in Mr. Cannell's nursery. 

 Dahlias were out into tatters, and Geraniums and other flowers 

 we noticed in a miserable state. Where the lights were left 



