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JOURNAL OF EORTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ December 27, 1877. 





west wall, has not given fruit corresponding to the years 

 planted, and British Qaeen, which I much long to see, fails to 

 afford a specimen. Surely these, and some others which I 

 need not name, will some day amply reward the patient waiting 

 and longing for fruit. 



The Apples that do well here are Keswick Codlin, Lord 

 Suffield, Emperor Alexander, Cox's Pomona (three-year-old 

 bushes from the graft on Doucin stock gave this year over 

 twenty full-sized fruit), Cellini, Warner's King, Holland Pippin, 

 Hollandbury, Damelow's Seedling, Bedfordshire Foundling, 

 Yorkshire Greening, and Northern Greening. I have the 

 Greasy-coat (Eussian Transparent), which never fails to fruit, 

 being trained as a horizontal espalier. Lady Henniker 

 promises well. Dessert Apples doing well are Joanneting 

 (White), Irish Peach, Bed Astrachan, Devonshire Quarrenden, 

 Kerry Pippin, King of the Pippins, Court of Wick, Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, Margil, Eeiriette du Canada, Dutch Mignonne, 

 Duke of Devonshire, and Sturmer Pippin. 



Pears have not only been a poor crop, but indifferent in 

 size and quality. I will name a few that succeed : — Doyencu 

 d'EtiS, Jargonelle, Clapp's Favourite, Williams' Bon Chietien, 

 Beurre d'Amanlis, White Doyenne, Comte de Lamy, Seckle, 

 Doyenne du Cornice, Marie Louise, Thompson's, Beune Diel, 

 Zephirin Gregoire, and Bergamatte Esperen. Those are in the 

 open, as well as Catillac, the best stewing Pear. Against 

 walls : — Jargonelle, Beurre d'Amanlis, Gratioli of Jersty, 

 Beurre Superfin, Hacon's Incomparable (this was the fullest 

 in crop and best Pear of the year), Marie Louise, Beune Diel, 

 Beurrii Baehelier, Passe Colmar, Knight's Monarch.WinterNeliB, 

 Josephine deMalines,Ber?amotte Esperen; and Passe Crasanne, 

 General Todtleben, Beurre Langelier, Napoleon, Jules d'Airoles, 

 Dr. Trousseau, GlouMorceau, and Bturr6 Eance all do well. 



Plums have been so*nt, and the fruit cracked when ripening. 

 Early Prolific, Orleans, Mitchelson's, Victoria, Winesour, and 

 Crittenden orFarleigh Damson are culinary Plums succeeding 

 in the open. Dessert Plums succeeding in the open are De 

 Montfort, July Green Gage, Oullins Golden Gage, Green Gage, 

 Jefferson, and Kirke's. Against walls — Green Gage, Jefferson, 

 Transparent Gage, Kirke's, and Coe's Golden Drop are the 

 beBt of dessert Plums; and Victoria, Prince Englebert, Prince 

 of Wales, White Magnum Bonum, of culinary sorts. 



Apricots ripened very imperfectly. Moorparkis unequalled, 

 but Kaisha, Eoyal, St. Ambroise, Hemskirk, and Oullins 

 Early are good. 



Cherries were all but a failure in the open ; the only sorts 

 with a crop were Morello and Empress Eugfinie. AgainBt a 

 north wall Hearts, Dukes, and Bigarreaus were equally pro- 

 lific with Morellos. 



Peaches and Nectarines were a failure ; even in cool houses 

 the crop has been very thin, and in not a few instances nearly 

 nil. Eoyal George is still the best Peach for every purpose, 

 and Elruge the best Nectarine. 



Nuts were a good crop, but they filled badly. Bush fruit, 

 except Gooseberries, which varied considerably in crop in 

 different localities, were a very heavy crop, and almost all of 

 it rotted on the bushes. Strawberries a full crop, but the 

 fruit smaller than usual. President was the best by far. 



The outlook for another year is not very encouraging, as it 

 is to be feared the prolonged wet will have retarded the ripen- 

 ing of the wood, yet there is a great show of bloom buds of 

 every kind except Pears, which appear only scantily furnished. 

 I shall prune hard, though from close summer pruning there 

 is little to prrme beyond sappy spray, which it is no use leav- 

 ing to fall a prey to gum and canker. Notwithstanding the 

 mildness of the season the buds are not at all forward, so that 

 we may, if we have anything of a winter, hope that the 

 blossoms will escape the spring frosts. 



A disastrous season has not been without its effect upon the 

 crops under glass. Peaches, as before stated, were thin in 

 late or cool houses, and Grapes, especially late sorts, have 

 ripened very indifferently and tardily, and I do not expect 

 they will keep well. 



Melons have done very badly; neither early, midseason, nor 

 late crops have been at all equal to what we have had in 

 former seasons. — A Yorkshire Gardener. 



the Blue Gum and Pine trees. The solution is largely manu- 

 factured at Bethnal Green. 



The New Disinfectant. — The purifying and antiseptic pro- 

 perties of the Eucalyptus have frequently been referred to, but 

 it has been left to Mr. Knigzett to extract them and to place 

 them at the disposal of the public in the form of the new 

 disinfectant " Sanitas," which is composed of compounds of 



EXHIBITION KOSES. 



It may be in the recollection of some of your readers that I 

 offered Mr. Curtis, if he succeeded in getting the twelve nursery- 

 men named to select ninety-six exhibition Eoses, to try and 

 tabulate the same. Mr. Curtis has sent me six returns, which 

 he is anxious should appear. These he thinks might beufeful, 

 and accordingly I now send them. He agrees with me, how- 

 ever, that it is not necessary to tabulate the varieties. The 

 first forty-eight when not given here will be found in the 

 Eose election lists in No. 867, November 8th, 1877. — Joseph 

 Hinton, Warminster. 



Mr. Curtis, Torquay. 



List No. 2, continued from list No. 1 (page 358) of the best forty-eight 

 exhibition Roses. 



As so many in this 6econd list of the beBt exhibition Eoses are of equal 

 merit I have thought it well simply to give them in two divisions — first the 

 best twenty-four old established varieties, and secondly the newer Boses, as 

 under. 



49 



Alba Rosea 



61 



Felix Genero 



50 



Auguste Rigotard 



62 



General Jacqueminot 



51 



Bessie Johnson 



63 



Gloire de Dijon 



52 



Cheshunt Hybrid 



64 



Madame Wihermoz 



53 



Centifolia Rosea 



65 



Moire (Tea) 



54 



Due de Rohan 



66 



Monsieur Boncenne 



55 



Devienne Lamy 



67 



Madame Hippolyte Jamain 



56 



David Pradel 



68 



Princ*s3 Mary of Cambridge 



57 



Duchesse de Cavlus 



69 



PaulNeyron 



58 



Elie Morel 



70. 



Rubens 



69 



Emilie Hausburg 



71 



Triomphe de Bennes 



60 



Edouard Morren 



72 



Xavier Olibo 



73 



Abel Carriere 



85. 



Mdlle. Marie Cointefc 



74 



Amelia Host 



86. 



Marguerite Brassac 



75. 



Annie Laxton 



87. 



Madame Prosper Langier 



76 



Belle Lyonnaise 



88. 



Mrs. Baker 



77. 



Capitaine Christy 



89. 



Marie Guillot (Tea) 



78. 



Hippolvte Jamain 



90. 



Madame Lacharme 



79. 



Jean Ducher 



91. 



Oxonian 



80. 



Jean Liabaud 



92. 



Perle des Jardins 



81. 



John Stuart Mill 



93. 



Queen of Waltham 



82. 



Lady Mary Keith 



94. 



Royal Standard 



83. 



La Souveraine 



95. 



Souvenir de Paul Neyrors 



84. 



Letty Coles 



96. 



Thomas Mills 





Mr. Charles 



Turner, Slough. 





Second forty-eight, alphabetically arranged. 



49. 



Alba Rosea 



73. 



Madame Margottin 



50. 



Antoine Dacher 



74. 



Madame Nachury 



51. 



Beauty of Waltham 



75. 



Mdlle. Marie Cointefc 



52. 



Belle LyonnaiEe 



76. 



Mdlle. Marie Rady 



53. 



Black Priree 



77. 



Mdlle. M. D.mbrain 



54. 



Capitaine Christy 



78. 



Mdlle. Therese Levefc 



55. 



Centifolia Rosea 



79. 



Marguerite de Gibot 



56. 



Comte de Serenyi 



80. 



MiSB Poole 



57. 



Comtesie de Chabrillant 



81. 



Perle des Jardins 



58. 



Dr. Andry 



82. 



Pierre Notting 



59. 



Due de Wellington 



83. 



President 



60. 



Dupuy-Jamaia 



84. 



Piince Camille de Rohan 



61. 



Elie Morel 



85. 



Reynolds Hole 



62 



Eruilie Hausburg 



86. 



Souvenir de William Wood} 



63. 



Fisher Holmes 



87. 



Souvenir d'un Ami 



64. 



FrancoiB Louvat 



88. 



Triomphe de Caen 



65. 



General Jacqueminot 



89. 



Triomphe de Rennes 



66. 



John Hopper 



90. 



Vicomte Yigier 



67. 



La Duchesse de Moray 



91. 



"Victor Verdie-r 



68. 



La Fontaine 



92. 



Villuret de Joyeuae 



69. 



Le Havre 



93. 



Madame Prosper Laugier 



70. 



Lielia 



94. 



Sultan of Zanzibar 



71. 



Madame C. Crapelet 



95. 



MrB. Baker 



72. 



Madame C. Wood 



96. 



Jean Liabaud 





Mr. James Walters 



, Exeter. 





Second forty-eight, alphabetically arranged. 



49. 



Annie Laxton 



73. 



Madame Tidofc 



50. 



Antoine Ducher 



74. 



Mdlle. Bonnaire 



51. 



Auguste Rigotard 



75. 



Mdlle. M. Dombraiu 



52. 



Auguste Neumann 



76. 



Marechal Vaillant 



53. 



Baronne Bonstetten 



77. 



Miss Hassard 



54. 



Boule de Neige 



78. 



Mrs. Baker 



55. 



Comtesse de Chabrillant 



79. 



Oxonian 



56. 



Comtesse de Serenyi 



80. 



Paul Neyron 



57. 



Devienne Lamy 



81. 



Paul Vo-dier 



58. 



Dr. Hooker 



82. 



Prince Humbert 



59. 



Duchesse de Caylus 



83. 



Princess Beatrice 



60. 



Duke of Connaught 



84. 



Princess Mary of Cambridge 



61. 



Dunhesse de Valiombrosa 



85. 



Queen of Waitham 



62. 



Elie Morel 



86. 



Rev. J. B. M Camm 



63. 



Exposition de Brie 



87. 



Bicbard Wallace 



64. 



Hippolyte Jamain 



88. 



Sir Gai net Wolseley 



65. 



John Mnart 1U ill 



89. 



Triomphe de Rennes 



6*. 



Jules Margottin 



90. 



Belle Lyonnaise 



67. 



La Duchesse de Moray 



91. 



Cheflburt Hybrid 



68. 



Le Havre 



92. 



Boule d'Or 



69. 



Louise Peyronny 



93. 



Madame Hippolste Jamaho 



70. 



Madame Crapelet 



94. 



Madame Wuiermoz 



71. 



Madame GeorgoB Schwartz 



95. 



Narcisse 



72. 



Madame Therese Levet 



96. 



Rubens 



