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JOUENAL OF HOBTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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francs per year. Different samples of opium raised in various 

 parts in Europe yield from 8 to 13 per cent, of morphine. — 

 (English Mechanic and World of Science.) 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 It affords us much pleasure to announce that the Council 

 of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, in consideration of the 

 services rendered by Mr. Badger in connection with the Bir- 

 mingham Show, have elected him a forty-guinea life Fellow of 

 the Society. A more graceful and better-earned compliment 

 ■was never paid. We have ourselves been eye-witnesses of the 

 vast energy and indomitable labour which Mr. Badger has 

 devoted to render the Birmingham meeting a success, and he 

 succeeded in doing so. Such disinterested devotion is well 

 •worthy of all honour, and we only hope that Mr. Badger may 

 now have an opportunity of recruiting the energy which he ex- 

 pended so liberally during the whole progress of the Exhibition. 



We observe, by a circular we have received, that Mr. 



Kettlewell has opened at 22, King Street, Covent Garden, 

 Horticultural Auction and Subscription Boons, the object 

 •of the latter being " to enable members to meet their Mends 

 and brother horticulturists to discuss matters appertaining to 

 their favourite pursuit, and to encourage sociality among 

 ■those connected with the craft, as well as a^rhbre extended 

 love of flowers by enabling a comparison to be made of their 

 Tarions productions." In addition to this there will be a 

 register for gardeners, a plant exchange, and a room set apart 

 for horticultural implements and new inventions. 



At the Eoyal Counties (Hants and Berks) Agricultural 



■Society's Show held in the Home Park, Windsor, Her Majesty, 

 ■on arriving at Messrs. Suttons' ornamental stand, attracted 

 by the striking display, ordered the carriage to halt, and 

 Mr. Martin Sutton had the honour of explaining the various 

 objects of interest in their collection, including the new early 

 Pea, grown at the Eoyal Gardens, called Suttons' First of All, 

 some specimens of their new Cucumber the Marquis of Lome, 

 and the beautiful Grasses from their experimental farm at 

 Beading. Her Majesty, after spending some time in inspect- 

 ing this interesting collection, was graciously pleased to accept 

 a presentation copy of " Suttons' Amateurs' Guide." 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOW. 

 July 10th and 11th. 

 The last Show, for the season, of this Society commenced on 

 Wednesday; that it is some improvement on the last one we 

 are glad to find, but at the same time that it is not equal to the 

 Begent's Park July shows of former years we are sorry to say. 

 Of fine-foliaged plants, Ferns, and Palms, there are fine speci- 

 mens from Messrs. Williams, Ward, Burley, of Bayswater, and 

 Lee, of Hammersmith. Of stove and greenhouse plants, the 

 best groups come from Mr. Ward, gardener to F. G. Wilkins, 

 Esq., who, among others, has very fine specimens of Dipladenia 

 ■amabilis and an Erica Parmentieriana rosea a fine mass of rosy- 

 blossom. Mr. J. Wheeler is second. For a group of twenty Mr. 

 Ward is also first with very well grown plants ; and for groups 

 arranged for effect " for the decoration of a small conservatory," 

 Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, are first with one of the prettiest 

 groups we have seen, and Mr. Bester, Pine Apple Place Nursery, 

 ■second. Mr. Morse, nurseryman, Epsom, sends a good group of 

 six stove and greenhouse plants in flower ; Mr. Williams, Orchids 

 in fine bloom for this season of the year; Messrs. Jackman 

 several very fine specimens of Clematises, especially Eubella 

 and Alexandra; and Mr. Parker, Tooting, fine-foliaged herb- 

 aceous plants, hardy perennials in flower, and a general collec- 

 tion. Ferns, Exotic and Briti-sh, are well represented in col- 

 lections from Messrs. Williams, Ward, Ivery, and James ; while 

 of Tricolor Pelargoniums there are very good collections of twelve 

 and six from Mr. Stevens, Pestridge, Wright, Little, and. Welch. 

 Mr. Ware has a choice collection of Alpine plants ; Mr. Puttick, 

 Acton, admirably-grown Balsams; and of new plants, Messrs. 

 Veitch, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Parker) each show tolerably 

 large groups. Messrs. E. G. Henderson send a very neatly 

 .arranged group of bedding plants ; Messrs. Dovmie & Co. a very 

 finely marked Bronze Pelargonium, called W.E.Gumbleton; and 

 Messrs. Dick Eadclyffe & Co., rustic baskets, window cases, &e. 

 E. Webb, Esq., of Calcot, has the finest boxes of Marechal Niel 

 Eose we have seen this year ; and Messrs. Cant, Paul & Son, 

 and other well-known exhibitors have fine stands of various 

 lands. From Mr. Turner, of Slough, come some fine blooms of 

 Carnations and Picotees. Of dinner-table and other floral de- 

 corations there is a fair display, and we noticed several very 

 tasteful arrangements. cr~ ' 



Of fruit there is a better show than last time, but only two col- 

 lections — from Mr. Johnson, gardener to the Marquis of Ailes- 

 bury, Savernake, and from Mr. Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston. 

 Hedsor. Mr. Ward, gardener to T. N. Miller, Esq., and Mr. 

 Walker, Gunnersbury House Gardens, send excellent baskets of 

 black Grapes, fine in berry and bloom. Mr. Walker is also first f or 

 good symmetrical bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes ; Mr. 

 Cole, gardener to J. Budgett, Esq., Ealing Park, for small 

 but exceedingly well-ripened Buckland Sweetwater. Peaohes, 

 Nectarines, and Cherries are good but few, and we noticed a 

 good dish of Passiflora laurifolia from Mr. Carr. There is a 

 good show of Pines, all well grown. Mr. Bland, gardener 

 to G. Whitehouse, Esq., Newport, Monmouth, is first, and Mr. 

 Hepper, gardener to C. Ledward, Esq., Acton, second, for good 

 Queens. 



THE WEST OF ENGLAND EOSE SHOW. 



This Show has just been held at Hereford. Considering the 

 badness of the season for Eoses, the display at the Shire Hall 

 on Tuesday last, 9th inst., was a remarkably fine one. The lead- 

 ing prizes in Class A, nurserymen, open to the United Kingdom, 

 were awarded as under : Four firsts to Mr. J. Keynes, Salisbury ; 

 three seconds to Mr. B. K. Cant, Colchester ; three thirds to 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt; three fourths to Mr. John 

 Cranston, Hereford ; and one third to Mr. W. Saunders, Aberga- 

 venny. In the open classes Messrs. Paul & Son won two firsts, 

 Mr. Keynes two firsts and three seconds, and Mr. Cant one first, 

 two seconds, and one third. The principal amateur prizes in 

 the classes open to the United Kingdom were distributed as 

 under: Mr. T. Laxton one first, one second, and one third; 

 Ee v. J. B . M. Camm, Monkton Wylde Vicarage, Dorset, two firsts ; 

 Mr. E. Baker, Heavitree, Exeter, one first, one second, and one 

 third; Eev. C. Evans, Solihull, near Birmingham, one first, one 

 third, and two fourths ; Eev. G. Arkwright, Pencomb Rectory, 

 Hereford, one second; Mr. J. H. Arkwright, Hampton Court, 

 Leicester, one second. 



Mr. Keynes's Eoses were remarkably fine. They were large, 

 symmetrical, delicate in colour, and perfect in shape. In the 

 whole of his boxes there was scarcely a defective bloom to be 

 found. Mr. Cant's Eoses were also good. Messrs. Paul & Son's 

 included some fine blooms, but this firm has evidently suffered 

 from the ungenial weather which has been so detrimental to 

 Eoses generally. Am ong Messrs. Paul & Son's Eoses were some 

 new ones which deserve a special mention. S. Eeynolds Hole 

 (Paul and Son), a rich dark crimson Eose, said to be a seedling 

 from Duke of Edinburgh; Cheshunt Hybrid (Tea), a bright 

 crimson, large, well-filled, thick-petalled variety, apparently a 

 decided acquisition, and quite a novelty among Teas ; and W. 

 Wilson Saunders (Hybrid Perpetual), a large, regularly imbricated 

 Eose, of bright glowing crimson colour, stout in substance, and 

 vigorous. 



It is needless to give list's of Eoses shown well at Hereford ; it 

 would be simply to repeat the lists of those mentioned in recent 

 numbers! in connection with the Birmingham and South Ken- 

 sington Exhibitions. 



Trees on the Thames Embankment. — At the meeting of the 

 Metropolitan Board of Works, June 21st, a question was finally 

 settled, to the entire satisfaction of everybody, except, perhaps, 

 the single member who formed his own minority of one in the 

 division which he challenged ; and although the subject matter 

 of the controversy is trifling enough, yet it has bred so much 

 bad blood and given occasion to so many groundless imputa- 

 tions, that we are glad to find the facts, now formally ascer- 

 tained, put on record and made public. When it was resolved 

 to plant a row of trees along each side of the Thames Embank- 

 ment, the contracts for supplying the plants were given to Mr. 

 Anthony Waterer, Mr. John Waterer, and Mr. Meston, three 

 well-known nurserymen of high character, and the process of 

 planting them was subject to the supervision of Mr. M'Kenzie, 

 an officer of the Board. The experiment has been successful. 

 But before it had been fairly tested imputations began to be 

 freely made as to the conduct of Mr. M'Kenzie and his assist- 

 ants, and the charges of the nurserymen. It is regretable 

 that the recklessness of those who made such charges against 

 persons having no opportunity of defence — conduct the more 

 reprehensible because indulged in by those entrusted with 

 public and representative functions — should have been allowed 

 so long to assail the character and impeach the integrity of 

 men whom inquiry has shown to have been entirely free from 

 blame. The Metropolitan Board felt bound to investigate the 

 matter, if it were only for the sake of the reputation of those so 

 wantonly attacked. The accounts of the nurserymen were re- 

 ferred for examination to a sub-committee of the Works and 

 General Purposes Committee, and these gentlemen, feeling that 



