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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Jnly 12, 1817. 



premium honours, and Mr. Monekton was successful with 

 Caladinms. He exhibited capital plants. 



Boses. — In the open class for forty-eight varieties, trebles, 

 grand collections were staged by Mr. Cant. Colchester, and 

 Messrs. G. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. Neither of those famed 

 rosarians have staged better, if as good, triplets this year. They 

 were awarded equal first prizes, and well did they deserve them. 

 There was scarcely a failiDg bloom in either stand. It is not 

 necessary to name the varieties, but it may be said that the 

 two new Eoses, E. Y. Teas and Madame Prosper Langier, were 

 in splendid condition. For twenty-four single blooms Messrs. 

 Cant, G. Paul & Son, and J. Laing & Co. were placed in the 

 order named for collections of remarkable quality. Louis Van 

 Houtte in Mr. Laing's Btand was the finest bloom of that fine 

 Rose we have ever seen exhibited. For twelve Robos of any 

 variety Mr. Cant won with magnificent examples of Marie Bau- 

 mann ; Messrs. Paul & Son being second with a charming Btand 

 of Mdlle. Marie Finger, and Capt. Christy third with Mons. 

 Noman. In the amateurB' classes Capt. Christy won the firBt 

 place for twenty-four varieties, single blooms, with a really 

 excellent collection; Mr. Hall, gardener to J. Whitehead, Esq., 

 was second; and J. A. L. Lovatt, Esq., Chislehurst, third. For 

 twelve varieties W. Palmer, A. B. Pearce, and A. Mitchell, 

 Esqs., were awarded the prizes for very good stands ; and for 

 Bix blooms of any variety Capt. Christy won with admirable 

 examples of Madame Laeharme, Mr. Field being second with 

 Senateur Vaisse, and Mr. Neighbour third with Pierre Notting. 



Other cut flowers and Grasses were exhibited, but there was 

 nothing noteworthy except the cut sprays of Fuchsias in twelve 

 varieties. These were very attractive, the prizes being won by 

 Messrs. Neighbour and Cole. But of special merit was a col- 

 lection of Verbenas in the following twenty-four varieties from 

 Mr. Cannell, Swanley Nurseries : — Annie, Lady Ann, Lady 

 Cowley, Lady Leigh, Basilisk, Grand Duke, Ariosto Improved, 

 Pentonia, Grand Monarque, Antoinette, Peacemaker, Ensign, 

 Beaute Supreme, La Loire, Jno. Stainer, Pomeraine, Blue 

 Boy, Jas. Birkbeck, Princess of Wales, Crimson King, Purple 

 Emperor, Mrs. Owen, Isa Brunton, and Lady Folkestone. Mr. 

 Cannell also exhibited Silver Tricolor Geranium Lady Dorothy 

 Nevill in excellent colour, quite small plants arranged as a 

 pyramid. The effect was very good. 



Fkuit. — The display, which was only of moderate extent, con- 

 tained some good Grapes, Peaches, and Strawberries. The best 

 black Grapes, and good they were, came from Mr. Crane, fol- 

 lowed by Mr. Rollisson and Mr. Pepper, and the best white 

 Grapes (well-finished Buckland Sweetwater) from Mr. Jeffrey 

 and Mr. Horwood. Mr. Crane also exhibited Boyal MuscadiDe 

 in very good condition. Melons were small, but Mr. Crane'B 

 Bloxholm Hall, which received the first prize, was of splendid 

 quality, and nearly as good was Eastnor Castle from Mr. Clifford. 

 Mr. Horwood had the first honours for Peaches, Nectarines, 

 and Cherries. Good Peaches were also exhibited by Mr. Neigh- 

 bour, and Nectarines by Mr. Boosey, who had the second prizes 

 in those classes. For three dishes of Strawberries Mr. Moyce, 

 gardener to W. Dalton, Esq., won with British Queen, President, 

 and a variety resembling Oscar; and for one dish Mr. Neigh- 

 bour won with Sir J. Paxton. 



Vegetables. — These were very good indeed. In the collec- 

 tions of nine and six varieties first honours were secured by 

 Messrs. Neighbour and Crane respectively. Messrs. Bollisson, 

 Eke, Gammon, and Monckton also exhibited well in these 

 classes. Messrs. Neighbour, Eke, and Cole were successful in 

 the class for salads. Tender and True was the best Cucumber. 

 It was exhibited by Mr. Neighbour. Mr. B. S. Williams ex- 

 hibited a brace of Osmaston Manor, and Messrs. J. Laing & Co. 

 a brace of Stanstead Rival Cucumbers. Both were very fine. 

 Some very good vegetables were also exhibited in the cottagers' 

 classes. 



Table Decorations. — A tent was set apart for these. The 

 arrangements were chaste rather than elaborate. Mr. Russell 

 Oliver's .£10 prize was won by Miss J. Lovibond with a oharm- 

 ingly arranged table. Miss Boosey, Miss Oliver, and Mrs. Wood 

 also exhibited well. 



The Show was well arranged, and the arrangements reflected 

 credit on the Hon. Sec. and the officers ; but the Exhibition was 

 not equal to the Show of the Society that was held laBt yoar at 

 Chislehurst. 



THE NATIONAL EOSE SHOW. 

 There are many jottings I should like to make anent our 

 grand tournament on the 4th, but I must defer thc-m for the 

 present. There is one point, however, on which I should like 

 to speak very decidedly, and that is the great obligation we are 

 all under to Mr. Newman, who so ably carried out the details. 

 When I aBked the Committee to secure his services I felt sure 

 from all that I knew of him we had the right man in the 

 right place, but I had no idea that he was so thoroughly effec- 

 tive an organiser as he is. His quiet and unobtrusive manner 



is not indicative of listlessness, on the contrary his energy is 

 very great ; while all who work with him can testify that there 

 is nobody with whom it is more pleasant to be associated. 

 And when it is remembered that the Hall was not given up to 

 us until six o'clock the evening before, and that not a hitch 

 occurred in the whole of the arrangements, that the exhibitors 

 found everything prepared for them, and that the Judges were 

 enabled to proceed to their work punctually at the time ap- 

 pointed and the public admitted at the hour announced, I do 

 not think I shall be considered as saying too much when I say 

 that the chiefest merit of all this is due to him. I am sure 

 his many friends would be delighted to hear that he had some 

 fitting sphere in which his peculiar abilities might be appreci- 

 ated. — D., Deal. 



ARTIFICIAL ROCKERY. 



The accompanying figure represents Messrs. Dick Radolyffe 

 and Co.'s decorations at the Royal Horticultural Society's 

 Show on June 19th, which were greatly admired by the visitors, 

 and were referred to as follows in our report of the Show : — 



" The reception in the great tent was appropriately cool, for 

 Messrs. Dick Radclyffe & Co. had erected a charmingly natural 

 pile of artificial rockwork. The stones were carpeted with 

 moss, and from the crevices sprang fresh green Ferns, Be- 

 gonias, &c. Spurting fountains sent jets of tiny spray from 

 the base-like miniature springs, and from the top of the rock 

 a gurgling stream of water poured into the pool below. The 

 whole had a very refreshing effect." The figure does not quite 

 do justice to the decoration as arranged at the Show. 



COOMBE COTTAGE, 



THE RESIDENCE OP E. C. BARING, ESQ. 



Coombe, or Coombe Warren estate, which belongs to 

 H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, has long been noted for the 

 purity of its springs. In the reign of Eing Henry VIII., at 

 the time that Cardinal Wolsey built that magnificent Palace 

 Hampton Court, he had the water conveyed from the Coombe 

 springs to the Palace by means of leaden pipes. The distance 

 these pipes traverse is from four to five miles, and they pass 

 under the Thames at Kingston. The main body of water 

 used at Hampton Court Palace is still supplied from Coombe, 

 and the conduit houses are still remaining, apparently as per- 

 fect as they were in Wolsey's time. 



Mrs. Loudon in one of her admirable works has mentioned 

 the noble Gorse bushes at Coombe, but of those there are few 

 remaining. The estate was looked upon as extremely Bterile, 

 and, to qnote the words of an old farmer, "not worth Is. 6d. 

 per acre." But on this once sterile ground many mansions 

 have been erected, and the Gorse hushes have given place to 



