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JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEE. 



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and the graft should be of equal diameter, and cut in a 

 sloping manner without the slightest notch, in order to avoid 

 the danger of gumming, which is always fatal to the union. 

 The two portions are made to coincide as perfectly as possible, 

 when it becomes a mere question of simple graft-application. 

 We give (fig. 3), an example of another mode of grafting. 

 On comparing it with the work of a carpenter, we might call 



Kg. 3. 



it morticed. Being a firm arrangement it offers a double 

 security by the oblique notches of the graft a, and of the stock 

 B, which are finally united as at c. We have cut the slope of 

 the graft opposite a bud, d, which serves to draw up the sap, 

 and form cambium to cement the graft. — Baltet, L'Art de 

 Greffer. 



SPORT OF GLOIRE DE DIJON EOSE. 

 At the Bracebridge Horticultural Show, held last week, we 

 saw a specimen of Gloire de Dijon Bose exhibited by Mr. A. 

 Kemp, gardener to Bev. J. Brooke, Haughton Hall, Shiffnal, 

 which has sported most effectually from its normal state. The 

 Bose was struck about four years ago as a cutting, and is now 

 growing on its own roots in ordinary garden soil, which has 

 never been manured or disturbed in any way since the tree 

 ■was planted. Previous to this year the flowers have been of 

 the ordinary colour, but this year they have come of a salmon 

 rose, altogether different from the original. If Mr. Kemp pro- 

 pagates this new form by budding, we have no doubt he will 

 secure a new variety to the Bose garden. This occurrence is 

 similar to what has frequently taken place in zonal Pelargo- 

 niums, and may also be illustrated in Boses by Bessie Johnson 

 and Climbing Devoniensis, both of which are sports. 



DOUBLE PELARGONIUM JEWEL. 

 On a recent visit to Stamford I paid a visit to Mr. Laxton's 

 garden, which has now become famous by the successful results 

 of his hybridising, especially amongst Peas and Pelargoniums. 

 Although I am interested in the former, I am still more so in 

 the latter, and was greatly pleased to see how well his per- 

 severance and judgment have been rewarded. The most re- 

 markable gain in doubles is one which he has named Jewel, 

 and which has already received a first-class certificate from the 

 Boyal Horticultural Society. The great charm of the flower 

 is the remarkably double form of each pip. Mr. Laxton 

 compares it to a miniature Senateur Vaisse Bose, and it is 

 really no inapt illustration. It will be of immense value for 

 the purpose of button-hole bouquets ; the pips being tied sepa- 

 rately on wire will look very charming. The habit of the plant 

 is dwarf, and it blooms very freely. Altogether I consider it 

 a great acquisition. — D., Deal. 



failure of our fruit crop. My own impression is that there is 

 another cause for this failure, and that is the imperfect ripen- 

 ing of the young wood last year ; when the chief growth of 

 new wood, owing to the cold weather in June, was chiefly made 

 at the end of the summer. So impressed was I with the idea 

 that this imperfect ripening of the wood would be prejudicial 

 to the fruit crop of this year, that I mentioned it to my friends, 

 and also took the precaution to root-prune last September a 

 row of dwarf trees. The result has been that the Pear trees thus 

 treated are full of fruit, while on my other fruit trees, with the 

 exception of two old Pear trees which have been fresh grafted 

 lately, I have scarcely any fruit. — G. M. 



FAILURE OF THE FRUIT CROP. 

 In almost all gardening publications I see it is taken for 

 granted that the frosts of last spring are the sole cause of the 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Last year a Melon produced both red and green-fleshed 

 fruit here from the same plant. The sort was called the 

 Denbies Green-fleshed. 



Upon the whole, greenhouse cultivation is best for Ismene 

 calathinum. Grow the bulbs singly, use moderate-sized pots, 

 never allow them to form clumps, or even doublets, if you 

 can help it. For soil employ light loam, with a little rotten 

 hotbed manure. Give a slight shift about midsummer, or, 

 indeed, as soon as the pot is getting full of roots. Keep on 

 growing to the last moment, whether the plant has flowered 

 or not. Keep the plant perfectly dry in winter. Pot early 

 in the spring, shaking every particle of soil from the roots. 

 Get the right sort ; there is an inferior one in the trade under 

 the name of undulata. Is the true yellow xVniancaes in the 

 trade, or is it not ? 



Pancratium illyricum is as hardy as a Daffodil, and should 

 be grown out of doors under the commonest hardy bulb treat- 

 ment. 



Ismene calathinum may be grown out of doors to bring on 

 spare offsets, but the bulbs do not flower satisfactorily. I 

 have grown very fine bulbs thus in warm summers, but the 

 best plants should be grown under glass to get ripe bulbs, and 

 so insure success. The curious and beautiful Elisena succeeds 

 under exactly similar treatment. 



Is the variety of Magnolia grandiflora called precox to be 

 had in these days ? — B. J. C. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 September 18th. 



The subjects specially invited on this occasion were neither 

 numerously shown nor remarkable for high quality ; but of those 

 submitted to the Floral Committee many were of high quality. 

 On the whole the exhibition in the Council-room sustained the 

 interest of the fortnightly meetings. 



In Class 1, for the best twelve double Zinnias, the prizes 

 went to Mr. Porter, gardener to Mrs. Benham, Isleworth ; and 

 to Mr. A. Donaldson, gardener to W. E. Barry, Esq., Norwood 

 Green, Southall. Stocks and Pentstemons, which formed the 

 subjects of exhibition in the next two classes, were not equal to 

 our expectations. Mr. Howe, gardener to Mrs. Lewis, Boe- 

 hampton, was first for Stocks ; and Mr. Donaldson second. The 

 only exhibitor of Pentstemons was Mr. B. Porter, who was 

 awarded a first prize. He was likewise the only exhibitor of 

 Helichrysums and feathered Celosias. For the former the prize 

 was withheld, for the latter a third prize was given. For six 

 fine-foliaged Begonias the prizes went to Mr. Walker, gardener 

 to H. J. Atkinson, Esq., Gnnnersbury House, Acton, and to Mr. 

 Farrow, gardener to G. Batters, Esq., Enfield. In both cases 

 the specimens were very well grown and in excellent condition . 



Prizes were offered for the best dishes of Dessert Apples and 

 Pears. For the former, Mr. E. Clarke, gardener to J. K. Hall, 

 Esq., Sutton, Surrey, was first, and Mr. W. Earley, the Gardens, 

 Valentines, second, with Bibston Pippin. The other varieties 

 chiefly shown were Summer Golden Pippin, Wyken Pippin, 

 and King of the Pippins. For Dessert Pears, Mr. A. Donaldson 

 was first with Marie Louise ; Mr. J. Stephenson, gardener to 

 F. C. Barker, Esq., Leigh Hall, Essex, second,- with Beurre' 

 d'Amanlis. Louise Bonne of Jersey, Jersey Gratioli, and 

 Williams's Bon Chretien were the principal other kinds. 



The best collection of Tomatoes came from Mr. Pagnell, gar- 

 dener to G. D. W. Digby, Esq., Castle Gardens, Sherborne, the 

 second best from Mr. Porter, Isleworth. Earley's Defiance, 

 Orangefield, Trophy, Bed and Yellow Cherry, Pear-shaped, and 

 Large Yellow were well represented. Mr. George and Mr. 

 Boberts, Holwood, Keston, Beckenham, also exhibited. 



Messrs. Barr & Sugden, of Covent Garden, offered a prize for 

 the best assortment of typical forms of Beet, not less than ten 

 varieties, which was taken by Mr. Pragnell. Henderson's Dwarf 

 Waterloo appeared to be the best flavoured, but the whole of the 



