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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ November 1, 1S7T. 



dustrial wealth of the country, by encouraging, like John 

 Evelyn, the planting of fruit trees. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



We are informed by Mr. Killick that the Apple election 

 will appear in the next number of the Journal. 



That pretty and curious shrub Colletia HORBiDAis now 



in full bloom in the garden of Mr. Harrison Weir, where it is 

 perfectly hardy, and flourishes without the least protection. 

 The situation is an elevated one near Brenchley in Kent, and 

 here many other plants stand out of doors that require pro- 

 tection in (one parts of the country. 



We have rarely seen Mrs. Piece's Muscat Grape grown 



better than it is in a house entirely devoted to its culture by 

 Mr. Harrison Weir of Weirleigh near Brenchley. The bunches 

 are very large and well set, and the colour and bloom are per- 

 fect. Where Mr. Weir considers his success rests is that the 

 house is lofty, the rafters long, so that the Tines have scope 

 for producing an abundance of healthy foliage, and an abun- 

 dance of air is constantly admitted, but always from the side 

 away from the wind. This is managed by haviDg a large space 

 to open at each end of the house as well as on the roof, and 

 air is never admitted except on the lee side. 



The Rev. W. F. Radclyffe states that Desire Cornelis 



Peak was raised by Yan Mons, but it did not fruit till five years 

 after his death. It is in shape like Benrre Diel, and of the 

 flavour of Marie Louise. It ripens about the same time as 

 Williams's Bon Chretien— about the end of August. 



We learn from the Dundee Advertiser that the annual 



general meeting of the members of the Dundee Horticultural 

 Society was held on the 26th nit., about 150 gentlemen being 

 present. The Treasurer (Mr. James Hardie) read a statement 

 Bhowing the condition of the Society financially. He stated 

 that the income from members' subscription, entrance money, 

 &c, was above that of any ordinary previous year, while the 

 ordinary expenses had been less. Owing to the liberality with 

 which prize money had been distributed there was a deficit of 

 £70 on the year's transactions, but they had Etill £414 13s. 9d. 

 at their credit. In the year 1865 the Society only paid £53 as 

 prizes, and since then it had gradually risen, and now stood 

 at £342. Of the entire income of the Society Einee its com- 

 mencement (£6518 18s. 6d.) there has been given in prizes 

 £3300. The income of the past year, including balance, had 

 been £1056 ISs. Id., and the expenditure £642 4s. 10d., show- 

 ing a favourable balance of £414 13s. %d. Previous to the 

 election of office-bearer for the year Mr. Thyne moved — " That 

 no partner or employe of any seed or nursery firm be eligible 

 for election as an office-bearer," which, after discussion, was 

 rejected by a large majority. 



The Chrysanthemum season is approaching, and good 



displays of this flower are anticipated in the metropolitan dis- 

 trict. The plants at the Inner Temple never looked more 

 promising than this year, and the collections at the Crystal 

 Palace and Victoria Park are extensive and excellent. The 

 collection at the Temple will be in beauty from the 1st of 

 November, but some varieties are several days later this year 

 than they were last. The Stoke Newington Society appears 

 to be divided, for their exhibition is advertised to take 

 place in two separate places — at Stoke Newington on the 

 16th inst. and at the Westminster Aquarium on the 20th. 

 Brixton and Gravesend Shows open on the 14th, Walton on 

 the 15th, Ealing on the 17th (it having been postponed from 

 the 10th), and Kingston and Dartford on the 21et of the pre- 

 sent month. 



" A Welsh Reader" informs us that one of the most 



extensive floods within memory has occurred this week in 

 South Wales. Cardiff Castle, the seat of the Marquis of Bute 

 (lately figured in the Journal), was nearly surrounded with 

 water, and the grounds covered to the depth of 3 feet. 



At their annual Root Show to be held at the Agri- 

 cultural Hall, Islington, on November 14th and loth, Messrs. 

 James Carter & Co. offer good prizes for farm roots, also for 

 vegetables and Potatoes. Messrs. Sutton & Sons, as usual, 

 offer liberal prizes at their Root Show on November 24th, and 

 they amount to nearly £500. Many manure manufacturers 

 also offer prizes at the same Show. 



As Amateur writes to us on the cultivation of Hya- 

 cinths, that he last year received a collection of bulbs from 

 Messrs. Yeitch, some of which were eo fine that he purchased 



for them some extra large pots. In due time he had a very 

 fine display, but — and this is the point to which he directs 

 attention — he considers that he wasted his money in purchasing 

 the large pots, for the spikes from bulbs grown in 48's (5-inch 

 pots) were quite equal to those produced by 6 and 7 -inch pots. 

 He had excellent spikes from bulbs grown in 4-inch pots, 

 which size is often very convenient for decorative purposes. 

 With rich light soil and careful watering, using clear soot 

 water as a stimulant when the spikes are advancing, satisfac- 

 tory results, our correspondent remarks, may be produced in 

 Hyacinth culture by employing pots considerably below the 

 orthodox size. 



Although there was a good attendance at the Cleve- 

 land House plant Bale (Mr. Ralli's) on Tuesday last the 

 prices obtained for the plants were not large — some, indeed, 

 being small. Nepenthes Rafflesiana, a splendid plant with 

 nearly sixty pitchers, realised 23, and N. lanata 14 guineas. 

 Seedling Crotons Madame Ralli and Leggi, raised by Mr. Legg, 

 were sold for £12 and £4 respectively. Anthurium Scherzeri- 

 anum Leggi was secured for 10 guineas, and A. S. Album 

 (Bull's variety) with ten crowns for 15 guineas. The specimen 

 Crotons only realised comparatively small amounts, the fine 

 plant of Tolutum being bought for 4§ guineas. A good plant 

 of Lapageria alba was sold for £9, and a fine specimen of 

 Cycas revoluta for 10 guineas. The Heaths realised from 

 £1 10s. to £5 10s. The total amount of the sale was £392. 

 The principal buyers were Messrs. Bull, Davis, Humphreys,. 

 Jackson, Lse, Shuttleworth, Wills, Walker, Warren, Williams, 

 and Wheeler. Mr. Warren bought the exhibition van for 

 55 guineas. 



One of the best examples of successful fruit culture 



which we have this year seen is at Barham Court, Maidstone, 

 (Mr. Roger Leigh's). The crops appear to have been good, judg- 

 ing at least by the appearance of the fruit-room, which con- 

 tains a noteworthy collection of well-grown and highly-coloured 

 specimens. The trees are principally grown as espaliers,, 

 cordons, and pyramids, and their condition affords evidence 

 of Mr. Haycock's skill and care. 



A very satisfactory instance of Lapageeia culture 



has come under cur notice in the garden of R. Hudson, Esq., 

 Clapham Common. The Lapageria in question is growing in 

 a large pot, and is trained near the roof along the south front 

 of a large span-roofed plant house. In such a position the light 

 is often too intense for tbi3 fine climber, and it would probably 

 be so in this instance but for the shade afforded by a shelf 

 which is placed along the front of the house ; and under the 

 shelf — not above it — the Lapageria grows luxuriantly and 

 flowers profusely. Thus the space, the under side of a shelf, 

 which is usually unoccupied, is here turned to account in a 

 most satisfactory manner. The plant is kept scrupulously 

 clean and has the best attention in watering. The opposite 

 of those conditions — namely, drought at the roots, too much 

 eun, and in6ect ravages, too often impair the health and mar 

 the beauty of this beautiful greenhouse climber. Mr. Rapley 

 the gardener, who grows other plants well, is to be compli- 

 mented on eo well pointing out a position where, with suitable 

 care, the Lapageria will flourish in other greenhouses where 

 Epace has not hitherto been found for it. Mr. Hudson only 

 requires to have the white variety, whiiih is one of the most 

 chastely beautiful of all greenhouse flowers, to render the front 

 fringe in his house complete. The same garden contains what 

 would please the readers of the other end of this Journal — 

 excellent arrangements for poultry and Pigeons, which are 

 among the best that have come under our notice, and which 

 are worthy of being again referred to. A little of everything, 

 and that little done well, appears to be the guiding principle 

 in the compact and enjoyable garden referred to. 



THE KING'S ACRE NURSERIES, HEREFORD. 



Visiting a Rose nursery when there are no Roses, or only 

 a mass of decaying blooms which the early frosts of winter 

 have despoiled, and when the leaves are withering on the 

 branches or have been driven therefrom by the violence of 

 the equinoctial gales, may not be a favourable period for 

 appreciating the beauty of the national flower arranged en 

 masse, but it is at least opportune for affording an idea of the 

 magnitude of the trade in the most popular of garden flowers. 

 It was at Euch a period that I found myself at KiDg's Acre, 

 the celebrated nursery of MeEsrs. Cranston & Co., who not only 

 rank amongst the foremost of British rosarians, but who are 



