July 18, 1872. 1 



JOUENAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Place, Newmarket, sent two Scarlet-fleshed Melons, The Claim- 

 ant and Suffolk Gem. The latter was veiy watery and deficient 

 in flavour, and the former also very deficient in flavour. Messrs. 

 Wood & Ingram, of Huntingdon, also sent a hybrid Melon of 

 the Cabul strain, very inferior in flavour. Mr. W. TiUery, of 

 Welbeck Gardens, sent a dish of Violette Hative Nectarines of 

 great beauty, which received a cultural commendation. Mr. J. 

 Lane, Pyrgo Park Gardens, Romford, sent four dishes of Peaches. 



Mr. Douglas, of Loxford Hall Gardens, Ilford, sent a bunch of 

 a seedling Grape raised from the Black Hamburgh crossed with 

 White Frontignan. The bunch is like that of Frontignan, the 

 berries large, much more so than in the Frontignan, the flavour 

 was very rich, and with a delicate flavour of the Frontignan. 

 The Committee requested it to be sent again. Mr. Newman, of 

 The Elms, Harrington, sent a punnet of large Baspberries, se- 

 lected from the Northumberland Fill-basket. They were very 

 fine, but the flavour deficient, no doubt owing to the great quan- 

 tity of rain that has recently fallen. 



Mr. W. Clegg, Boston, Lincolnshire, sent a new variety of Cos 

 Lettuce. Mr. M. Newman sent a bunch of White Tripoli Onion 

 grown from seed saved in England. They were considered of ex- 

 cellent quality. Mr. Miles, Wycombe Abbey Gardens, sent two 

 dishes of very large and fine White Tripoli Onion. Mr. Ever- 

 shed,, Munstead Gardens, Godalming, sent a dish of Munstead 

 Marrow Peas, which has been proved at the gardens as being 

 a good selection of Ne Plus Ultra. Mr. Osman, gardener to the 

 South Metropolitan District Schools, sent dishes of Laxton's 

 Supreme Peas and Broad Windsor Beans. 



Floral Committee. — Dr. Denny in the chair. Mr. Denning, 

 gardener to Lord Londesborough, sent a splendid collection of 

 Orchids, and received cultural commendations for MasdevaHia 

 Harryana, with five beautifully-coloured flowers, and we believe 

 larger than ever before exhibited ; for a grand specimen of 

 Anguloa Clowesii, with a dozen great Tulip-like blooms ; and 

 for Epidendrum viteUinum majus with two spikes bearing 

 respectively seventeen and twenty-five flowers, much larger than 

 usually seen. In the same collection were fine Stanhopeas, 

 Thunia alba, and other Orchids. ■ 



To the Carnations and Picotees from Mr. Turner, of Slough, 

 we have already referred. The following were awarded first- 

 class certificates — viz., Carnations Mrs. F. Bumaby, Isaac 

 Wilkinson, Campanini, and Superb ; Picotees Ethel, Norfolk 

 Beauty, Juliana, J. B. Bryant, Mrs. Hornby, Edith Dombrain, 

 and Princess of Wales. Mr. Wilson's Lilies have likewise been 

 already alluded to ; Lilium Takesima japonicum, L. tigrinurn 

 splendens, and L. Leichtlinii majus hail first-class certificates. 

 M. Thibaut aine, Paris, sent a collection of Carnations and 

 Picotees, some of which were novel in colour, but aB much 

 faded. Mr. King, gardener to Kev. J. Wiggett, Binfield, sent 

 several seedling Pelargoniums, one of which, a Nosegay called 

 Pink Pearl, pink, and white at the base of the two upper petals, 

 had a first-class certificate. Mr. .Douglas, gardener to F. Whit- 

 bourn, Esq., Loxford Hall, Ilford, sent a plant frorn the diamond 

 fields of South Africa, the name of which could not at once be 

 determined. 



Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. MarshaU, Esq., Enfield, exhibited 

 a head of a Hamianthus with red flowers, and a by-no-means 

 ornamental Masdevallia ; Mr. BuU, Crinum McKenii, with large 

 pale blush flowers ; and Mr. Ware several varieties of Semper- 

 vivum Youngianum, and a crimson purple-leaved Phytolacca as 

 useful half-hardy bedding plants. 



Mr. Turner sent a large-flowered scarlet Pelargonium, caUed 

 Windsor Castle, fine also in colour, and Mrs. Quilter, with large 

 dense trusses of pink flowers — this had a first-class certificate. 

 From Mr. Norman came seedling Picotees ; from Messrs. Bol- 

 lisson, Tooting, Hyacinthus princeps, with large, bell-shaped, 

 drooping white flowers ; from Messrs. Barr & Sugden, Covent 

 Garden, a collection of cut flowers of various Lilies ; and from 

 Messrs. J. & C. Lee a collection of very fine Balsams. AUamanda 

 Hendersoni and A. Wardleana, so often claimed to be distinct, 

 were exhibited from Chiswick, where they were grown under 

 similar conditions, and the Committee came to the conclusion 

 that the so-called two are identical. Mr. Gilbert, gardener to 

 the Marquis of Exeter, Burghley, exhibited two of his useful 

 hand-lights ; and Mr. Maefarlane, 41, Oxford Street, Glasgow, a 

 sulphurator and powder-distributor, which, however, seems to 

 be rather complicated. 



CEYSTAL PALACE ROSE SHOW. 

 July 13th. 

 This Show was originally to be held on the 22nd of last month, 

 but partly from the unfavourable weather which prevailed up to 

 that date, and partly, we surmise, from a desire not to clash with 

 the Boyal Horticultural Society's Birmingham Show, as well as 

 others, it was postponed till Saturday last. Meantime came 

 days of burning sun which so quickly rob the Bose of her virgin 

 glories, culminating in a severe thunderstorm on the evening of 

 the 11th. An alteration of date is no doubt detrimental to the 

 success of any show, and after the heavy beating rain there were 



not wanting those who shook their heads and predicted the Bose 

 Show at the Palace would be a failure. The event proved they 

 were wrong — the Roses were good, and there were so many of 

 them that they filled 800 feet of double tabling; and here we 

 may remark that Mr. Wilkinson had very judiciously introduced 

 all along the centre, between the two lines of staging, a variety of 

 plants, so as to relieve by their foliage the flatness of outline as 

 weB as the excess of colour which the Roses alone would have 

 presented. 



Class 1, for seventy-two single trusses, was the chosen battle- 

 field of the nurserymen, and the honours were stoutly contested 

 by no less than ten well-tried champions. Mr. Cant, of Col- 

 chester, took the first place with splendid trusses of Duchesse de 

 Caylus, Exposition de Brie, Victor Yerdier, Comtesse d'Oxford, 

 Ferdinand de Lesseps, Alfred Colornb, Marechal Niel, Jean 

 Lambert, Maurice Bernardin, Senateur Vaisse, Prince CamiBe de 

 Bohan, and Pierre Notting. Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, came in 

 second with a very fine collection, in which we particularly 

 noticed Louis Peyronny, McUle. Marie Bady, Elie Morel, Pa?l 

 Neron, Victor Verdier, and Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier. The re- 

 maining prizes went to Mr. C. Turner, Slough, Mr. J. Cranston, 

 Hereford, and Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, all having exhibi- 

 tions of great merit. Messrs. Veitch, Mitchell, of Piltdown, 

 Francis, of Hertford, and Cattell, of Westerham, also exhibited. 



The next class in the nurserymen's division also gave rise to- 

 a severe struggle, which ended in Mr. Turner proving victorious, 

 Mr. Keynes coming in second, with Mr. Cant and Messrs. Paul 

 and Son third and fourth. The varieties already named and 

 many others were excellently represented in the different 

 stands ; we may cite La France, Lrelia, Queen Victoria, Mar- 

 ouise de Castellane, Xavier Olibo, Monsieur Woolneld, America. 

 Souvenir de Malmaison, and Climbing Devoniensis. 



In Class 3, for three trusses of twenty-four varieties, the lists 

 were again well filled, Messrs. Keynes, Turner, Paul & Son, and 

 Cant taking off the honours, but not without their right to them, 

 being ably disputed by Messrs. Cranston, Veitch, Cant L and 

 others. Gloire de Dijon, Alfred Colomb, Marie Baumann, Louis- 

 Van Houtte, Baroness Bothsehild, Due do Bohan, Comtesse 

 d'Oxford, Victor Verdier, Leopold I., Marquise de Castellane, 

 America, and Senateur Vaisse were a few of the most conspicuous. 



For twenty-four single trusses shown in Class 4, the awan i s 

 went to Mr. G. Prince, Oxford ; Mr. J. Walker, Thame ; Mr. G. 

 Cooling, Bath; and Mr. Walters, Mount Radford Nursery, 

 Exeter. 



In the amateurs' classes there were some splendid stands, 

 especially those from Mr. T. Draycott, gardener to T. T. Paget, 

 Esq., M.P., Hmnberstone, Leicester, who was first for forty- 

 eight; and the Rev. J. M. Camm, Morfkton Wyld, Charmouth, 

 who was first both for thirty-six and twenty-four trusses. The 

 Rev. G. Arkwright, Pencombe Rectory, Bromyard, was second 

 for forty-eight, and fourth for thirty-ski ; T. Laxton, Esq., Stam- 

 ford, third for forty-eight; and Mr. Ingle, gardener to Mrs. 

 Round, Colchester, fourth. R. N. G. Baker, Esq., Heavitree, 

 Devon, was second for thirty-six ; Mr. Stoddard, Wivenhoe Park 

 Gardens, third for the same number, and second for twenty-four. 

 The remaining prizetakers were Messrs. Skinner & May, of 

 Stisted; and for twelve Messrs. Catley, Tranter, Soder, and 

 Finch. 



We now come to the open classes. For twelve trusses of any 

 new Bose of 1871, the first prize was withheld ; the second went 

 to Mr. Keynes for Capt. Lamuret, Messrs. Paul & Son showing 

 Prince of Wales, blush. The latter firm were first for a collec- 

 tion of twenty-four Roses of 1870 and 1871, also for the best 

 twelve blooms of any one variety, showing Alfred Colornb. 

 Baroness Rothschild from Messrs. Veitch and Mr. Cooling came 

 next, equal second prizes being given ; and equal thirds went to- 

 Mr. Cant for the same kind, and to Mr. Turner for Marechal 

 Niel. 



YeUow Boses were very numerously shown, but many of them 

 were not so fine as we have seen them; the best came from 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, Cant, and Prince. 



For the best vase or epergne of Boses suitable for the dinner- 

 table, the first prize went to Miss Blair, 50, Upper Bedford Bow ;. 

 Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, and Mr. Soder, gardener to 

 O. Hanbury, Esq., being equal second. 



Of dinner-table decorations there was a large display, many 

 of them with plants let through the tables, and, as usual, several. 

 quite overloaded with flowers. Iu the open class Mr. J. Hudson,, 

 Champion Hill, Camberwell, was first, and Mr. W. L. Buster, 

 St. Mary's Cray, second. The latter was first in the amateurs' 

 class, Mr. W. Soder and Mr. Hudson being equal second. 



Miscellaneous exhibitions were few. Mr. Croucher, gardener 

 to J. Peacock, Esq., Sudbury House, Hammersmith, exhibited 

 a large collection of Cactus, Bchinoeactus, Cereus, Opuntia, and 

 similar plants, many of them very curious and rare. From 

 Messrs. Downie & Co., Stanstead Park Nurseries, Forest Hill, 

 and Mr. J. H. Ley, Lansdowne Road, Croydon, came miscel- 

 laneous groups of plants ; from Mr. C. Perry, The Cedars, Castle 

 Bromwicb, fine trusses of Verbenas, including several seedlings,, 

 of which Lady Bradford and Crystal Palace had first-class cer- 



