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JOUKNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ October IS, 1877. 



29. Dote of Wellington 



30. Edward Morren 



31. Comtesse d'Oxford 



32. Madame Charles Wood 



33. Miss Hassard 



34. Princess Beatrice 



35. Mdlle. Marie Rady 



36. Madame Marie Finger 



37. Maurice Bernardin 



38. Hippolyte Flandrin 



Mr. Smallbones, 



1. Marechal Niel 



2. Alfred Colomb 



3. Charles Lefebvre 



4. Baronne de Rothschild 



5. Marie Baumann 



6. La France 



13. Ferdinand de Lesseps 



14. Monsieur Noman 



15. Duke of Edinburgh, 



16. Senateur Vaisse 



17. Dr. Andrv 



18. Monsieur E. Y. Teas 



25. Abel Grand 



26. Baron Bonstetten 



27. Capitaine Christy 



28. Comtesse d'Osford 



29. Due de Rohan 

 SO. Fisher Holmes 

 31. John Hopper 



82. Marguerite de St. Amand 



33. Marie Finger 



34. Madame Hippolyte Jamain 



35. Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



36. Madame Lacharme 



39. Thomas Mills 



40. Horace Vernet 



41. Madame Lacharme 



42. Belle Lyonnaise 



43. Auguste Bigotard 



44. Reynolds Hole 



45. John Hopper 



46. Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



47. Madame Georges Schwartz 



48. Pxince Camille de Rohan 



Chatteris, Cambridge. 



7. Louise Van Houtte 



8. Etienne Levet 



9. Mdlle. Marie Rady 



10. Camille Bernardin 



11. Madame Victor Verdier 



12. Francois Michelon 



19. Xavier Olibo 



20. Reynolds Hole 



21. Marquise de Castellane 



22. Hippolyte Jamain 



23. Comtesse de Serenyi 



24. Horace Vernet 



37. Madame C. Wood 



38. Emilie Haueburg 



39. Prince Camille de Rohan 

 4J. Pierre Notting 



41. Princess Beatrice 



42. Mdlle. Therese Levefc 



43. Souvenir de Malmaison 



44. Devoniensia 



45. Marie Van Houtte 



46. Catherine Mermet 



47. Belle Lyonnaise 

 43. Gloire de Dijon 



Rev. Canon Hole, Gaunton Manor, Newark. 

 These are extracted from the "Book on Roses," and are not placed in order 



1. Alfred Colomb 



2. Baronne de Rothschild 



3. Charles Lefebvre 



4. Emilie Hausburg 



5. Etienne Levet 



6. Francois Michelon 



13. Capitaine Christy 



14. Comtesse d'Osford 



15. Comtesse de Paris 



16. Devoniensis 



17. Dachesse de Vallombrosa 



18. Duke of Edinburgh 



25. Comtesse de Serenvi 



26. Dr. Andry 



27. Duchesse de Caylua 



28. Exposition de Brie 



29. Hippolyte Jamain 



30. Madame Clemence Joigneaus 



31. Madame Victor Verdier 



32. Marguerite de St. Amand 



33. Madame Hippolyte Jamain 



34. Miss Hassard 



35. Souvenir dTElise 



36. Souvenir de Spa 



7. La France 



8. Louis Van Houtte 



9. Marechal Niel 



10. Marquise de Castellane 



11. Marie Baumann 



12. Xavier Olibo 



19. Dupuy-Jamain 



20. Edward Morreu 



21. Marie Finger 



22. Pierre Notting 



23. Reynolds Hole 



24. Souvenir d'un Ami 



37. Annie Wood 



38. Catherine Mermet 



39. Due de Rohan 



40. Horace Vernet 



41. Leopold Hausburg 



42. Mdlle. Therese Levet 



43. Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



44. Marechal Vaillant 



45. Mdlle. Marie Rady 



46. Rubens 



47. Senateur Vaisse 



48. Victor Verdier 



W. "Wootten Wootten, Esq , Headington House, Oxon. 

 Best forty-eight exhibition Roses in alphabetical order. 



1. Alba Mntabilis 



2. Alfred Colomb 



3. Baron de Bonstetten 



4. Baronne de Rothschild 



5. Camille Bernardin 



6. Capitaine Christy 



7. Charles Lefebvre 



8. Climbing Devoniensis 



9. Comtesse de Nadaillac 



10. ComtesBe de Serenyi 



11. Comtesse d'Osford 



12. Duke of Edinburgh, 



13. Edward Morren 



14. Emilie Hansburg 



15. Etienne Levet 



16. Ferdinand de Lesseps 



17. Francois Michelon 



18. Gloire de Dijon 



19. Henri Pages 



20. Hippolyte Jamain 



21. John Hopper 



22. La France 



23. Lord Clyde 



24. Louis Van Houtte 



25. Madame Bravy 



26. Madame Lacharme 



27. Madame Victor Verdier 



28. Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



29. Mdlle. Therese Levet 



30. Marechal Niel 



31. Marquise de Castellane 



32. Marie Baumann 



33. Marie Cointet 



34. Maurice Bernardin 



35. Miss Hassard 



36. Miss Ingram 



37. Monsieur E. Y. Teas 



38. Monsieur Noman 

 89. Nardy Freres 

 41. Niphetos 



41. Oxonian 



42. Pierre Notting 



43. Prince Camille de Rohan 



44. Royal Standard 



45. Senateur Vaisse 



46. Sir Garnet Wolseley 



47. Victor Verdier 



48. Xavier Olibo 



N.B.— La Rosiere, Marguerite Brassac, Prince Camille de Rohan, and 

 Charles Lefebvre not sufficiently tested. 



Mr. D. L. Coddington, Oldbridge, Droglteda, Ireland, 



1. Abel Grand 8. Camille Bernardin 



2. Alfred Colomb 9. Catherine Mermet 



3. Annie Diesbach 10. Centifolia Rosea 



4. Augusta Bigotard 11. Charles Lefebvre 



5. Baronne de RothBchild 12. Cloth of Gold 



6. Beauty of Waltbam 13. Comtesse de Nadaillac 



7. Boule de Neige 14. Comtesse de Serenvi 



15. 



Dr. Andry 



32. 



Mdlle. Marie Cointet 



16. 



Duke of Edinburgh 



33! 



Mdlle. Marie Rady 



17. 



Due de Wellington 



Si. 



Marechal Niel 



18. 



Dupuy-Jamain 



35. 



Marguerite de St. Amand 



19. 



Edward Morren 



36. 



Marie Baumann 



20. 



Emilie Hausburg 



37. 



Marquise de CaBtellane 



21. 



Etienne Levet 



38. 



Maurice Bernardin 



22. 



Fieher Holmes 



39. 



Miss Ingram 



23*. 



General Jacqueminot 



40. 



Monsieur E. Y. Teas 



24. 



John Hopper 



41. 



Mrs. Baker 



25. 



La France 



42. 



Niphetos 



26. 



Lffilia 



43. 



Prince Camille de Rohan 



27. 



Leopold I. 



44. 



Sir G. Wolseley 



28. 



Lord Macanlay 



45 



Souvenir d'un Ami 



29. 



Madame C. Wood 



46 



Souvenir d'Elise 



30. 



Madame Hippolyte Jamain 



47 



Souvenir de la Malmaison 



31. 



Madame Nachury 



48 



Xavier Olibo 



GBAPES CRACKING. 



In criticising the remarks of " A Kitchen Gabdeneb," who 

 had recommended leaving a portion of the top of the Vine to 

 grow at will, Mr. W. Harris (see page 272) says he does not 

 believe that the means adopted prevented the Grapes cracking, 

 and he sums up the recommendation of another writer to take 

 a portion of the foliage off the fruiting branches in a Bimilar 

 unceremonious way. 



Now, it does seem strange at first sight that two very 

 opposite proceedings should have a similar effect, but I hope 

 to show that they are not so much in opposition as at first 

 sight appears ; and as I happen to be the other writer referred 

 to I shall of course try to make my own point good, and will 

 commence by telling Mr. Harris that his physiology is a little 

 faulty when he believes that by taking a portion of foliage off 

 he " would force more sap into them (the berries) and cause 

 them to crack worse." All gardeners ought to know that the 

 foliage has the power of attracting moisture and gases from the 

 soil to a large extent, but that this power in the fruit itself is 

 very limited. If you want a fruit to grow fast encourage 

 plenty of foliage leading up to and beyond it ; the channels of 

 supply are enlarged thereby, and the communication is swifter. 

 Any given branch of such a tractable plant as the Vine can be 

 enlarged at will by bearing in mind this primary use of the 

 foliage and regulating it accordingly. Again, not only does the 

 foliage pump up the necessary elements for supplying the fruit, 

 but at the same time as the foliage enlarges it causes the roots 

 to act in harmony with it, and consequently to keep up an 

 ever-increasing supply. 



Although I do not covet large bunches of Grapes I have a 

 great partiality for large berries and good finish, and as I 

 know these cannot be had without ample foliage I do not stop 

 the shoots in the orthodox way, but allow as much to grow as 

 there is room for, especially after the commencement of 

 stoning. Under these conditions and with liberal feeding any 

 kind of Grape will be liable to crack if the Vine is not carrying 

 a full crop ; but the first cracked berry would be the signal for 

 checking the growth by stopping the points or perhaps taking 

 a few of the young growths off altogethtr, and the cure would 

 be almost instantaneous. The only difficulty is to know how 

 much to do, for there is a danger of overdoing it, and I 

 pointed out last year that in dealing with a Madresfield Court 

 Vine I took too much off, and the berrieB did not finish colour- 

 ing nicely. 



I follow the same system with Melons. Cashmere, which is 

 grown largely, is very liable to crack just as it is ripening ; but 

 taking the foliage off beyond the fruit, and if necessary some 

 of that leading up to it, will generally make all safe, and is a 

 more certain method than strangling the stem. 



So muoh for the denuding process. Now, how am I to re- 

 concile it with " A Kitchen Gabdeneb's " of allowing the top 

 to grow freely? Simply thus— the sap naturally flows most 

 freely to the top at any time, and by stopping the side shoots in 

 closely, while allowing the top to grow freely, it would of course 

 more certainly take the main line, and the branches, especially 

 those low down, would get little or nothing. At the same time 

 if there were a bunch on the main rod I should not be sur- 

 prised to see it cracked. — William Tatlob. 



Havino overcome the difficulty of growing Madresfield Court 

 Grape without cracking, at least last year and this, I may, 

 perhaps, be able to assist other cultivators who are troubled 

 with their Grapes cracking. I have sent by rail a small 

 bunch cut from a Vine with a heavy crop of bunches averag- 

 ing in weight from 1 lb. to 4 lbs., and not a berry cracked on 

 the Vine. The plan I adopt is this : As soon as I see the 

 Grapes commence BwelliDg after stoning I begin leaving on a 



