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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Pelargonium Mr. G. Natchet, bright scarlet ; fine bold truss 

 of good compact form, thrown well above the zonate foliage : 

 this will make a fine specimen plant : it received a second- 

 class certificate. Scarlet Pelargonium Ornement de Massifs 

 also came from Mr. Salter. It was an imported variety; 

 the flowers bad in form, but novel in colour, shaded purple 

 and carmine. It was commended as a decorative plant and 

 useful flower for hybridising. If its colour could be secured 

 in a flower of perfect form and good substance, which doubt- 

 less will be done, something beautiful and novel would be 

 the result. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing sent Scarlet 

 Pelargonium Golden Sceptre, one of the innumerable varie- 

 ties of Mrs. Milford. Mr. Wills, Oulton Park, sent Verbena 

 Ariel and Verbena Helena ; Messrs. E. G. Henderson, Wel- 

 lington Eoad, Fuchsia Luerezia Borgia, a large-flowering- 

 kind with expanded corolla, light red broadly striped with 

 purple, bright red sepals — first-class certificate; Fuchsia 

 Sunshine, crimson sepals, with pale lavender corolla ; Fuchsia 

 Don Giovanni, pale crimson sepals, with greyish expanding 

 corolla ; Oberon, reflexed crimson sepals, dark corolla ; 

 Charming, very much resembling Crinoline ; II Trovatore, 

 white waxy sepals, rosy corolla edged with carmine; Ver- 

 bena Velvet Cushion, noticed last week ; Petunia Cinderella, 

 semi-double greyish-veined flower ; Petunia Princess of 

 Wales, semi-double, pure white striped with mauve. Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson also sent a collection of their beautifully 

 variegated-foliaged seedlings, many of which had been] seen 

 before, and received certificates. 



Mr. G. Lowe, Beeston, had a very beautiful collection of 

 cut Show and Fancy Pansies ; Mr. Hally, Blackheath, 

 Scarlet Pelargonium Monitor, of the Marbled section, with 

 zonate foliage; Mr. Keeler, two seedling Scarlet Pelargo- 

 niums — Noble, a fine truss, with zonate foliage, and Alba 

 fioribunda, very similar to the former, perhaps more abund- 

 ant in producing its trusses — both good flowers, but not 

 superior or equal to Madame Vaucher or Virgo Marie. From 

 Mr. Turner, Slough, came Picotee Princess of Wales, white 

 ground, light delicate purple edge, fine petals, a most beau- 

 tiful variety — first-class certificate ; and from Mr. Vocknies 

 Gloxinia Princess Alexandra. Mr. Hooper, Bath, sent seed- 

 ling Pink British Queen; seedling Carnation Duke of Cam- 

 bridge, rose flake, coarse flower ; Pansy Snowball, pure 

 white, with dark centre, a very superior and distinct variety 

 —first-class certificate ; Pansy Yellow Beauty ; and Perfect 

 Model, dark purple. Among other Pansies in the stand we 

 noticed Bob as a very fine flower, dark maroon upper petals, 

 yellow ground, good eye, deep belt, fine form ; and Harry, 

 dark purple upper petals, white ground, good eye, belted 

 with purple, a very fine flower. 



Fkuit Committee (G. F. Wilson, Esq., in the chair). — 

 There were exhibited three excellent bunches of the Duchess 

 of Buccleuch Grape from Mr. Thomson, of Dalkeith. This, 

 which has already had a first-class certificate awarded to it, 

 was in excellent condition, and, for the produce of a pot 

 Vine, the bunches were unusually large, and the flavour 

 exquisite. 



Mr. Turner, of Slough, exhibited a seedling Strawberry 

 called Sir Joseph Paxton. It is not one of those soft, pappy, 

 fluted, cockscomb-shaped sorts, of which we now have so 

 many, but a handsome and regularly-shaped ovate fruit, 

 with a solid firm flesh, of a rich flavour, reminding one of 

 that of the Hautbois. It was awarded a first-class certificate. 



Mr. Ward, of Oxford, sent a seedling Strawberry which 

 seemed, from its colour, as if it had a dash of the Black 

 Strawberry in its breed, but it was not sufficiently rich in 

 flavour to command an award. 



A Black Grape from Oran was exhibited' by Mr. J. G. 

 Cocks, gardener to J. Cundell, Esq., Clapham Park. The 

 berries were rather large, and hammered in an extraordinary 

 way ; but the flesh was hard, hollow, and flavourless, as 

 many of those African and Asian Grapes are. 



appointed to the curatorship of the Belfast 'garden twenty- 

 eight years ago. He was well known in Ireland as a land- 

 scape gardener, and was very much employed in the north. 

 His decease will be heard with regret by many ; for he was 

 not only able in his profession, but kind, courteous, and 

 honourable. We are glad to hear that the Directors have 

 signiSed their intention of appointing as his successor his 

 son Mr. W. Hooker Ferguson ; for his successor has been 

 trained in the gardens under his father, and is of acknow- 

 ledged high attainments, not only as a botanist, but as a 

 cultivator. 



Death of Mb. Daniel Ferguson. — Mr. Ferguson, Cu- 

 rator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Belfast, died there on 

 the 5th instant, aged sixty -two. He was a native of Perth- 

 shire, and was for a long time foreman of the Glasgow 

 Botanic Garden, at which place he assisted in getting up 

 specimens, &c, for Sir. Wm. Hooker's (then Dr. Hooker) 

 botanical lectures, and on whose recommendation he was 



THE E.OYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



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Heaths were in great perfection. Among them were 

 some splendid plants of Parmentieri rosea, ventricosa Botli- 

 welliana, obbata, Savilleana, and Fairreana. The last-named, 

 also nobilis and Paxtoni, were very fine in Mr. Ehodes's col- 

 lection, which took the first prize in the Nurserymen's Clas3 

 for ten, Messrs. Jackson & Son being second, and Mr. Baxen- 

 dine, Guildford, third. In the Amateurs' Class for eight 

 Mr. Peed was first, Mr. Wheeler second, Mr. Page third, 

 and extra prizes were awarded to Mr. Chilman and Mr. May. 



Fuchsias. — Of these several collections were shown in 

 excellent condition. Eose of Castille, Lord Elcho, Madame 

 Cornelissen, Fair Oriana, Souvenir de Chiswick, Fairest of 

 the Fair, and Senator were the leading varieties. Mr. Can- 

 nell was first ; Mr. Cross, second ; Mr. Weston, third ; Mr. 

 Hayes, fourth. 



Pelargoniums, although less numerous than at the pre- 

 vious Show, and not equal in size and profusion of bloom to 

 the enormous plants then exhibited, were, nevertheless, very 

 good, especially those from Messrs. Dobson, Mr. Fraser, and 

 Mr. Bailey. Queen of Whites, white spotted with carmine,, 

 was very attractive ; Lord Clyde and Conflagration were 

 very striking from their rich glowing colour. Of Desdemona, 

 Etna, and Sir Colin Campbell splendid plants were shown; 

 Sanspareil, Perdita, Illuminator, and Empress Eugenie being 

 also fine. For twelve (Nurserymen), Messrs. Dobson and 

 Sons were first, Mr. Fraser second ; for ten, Mr. Bailey first, 

 Mr. Wiggins second; for plants of large size, Mr. Bailey 

 first. 



There was in addition a class for new Pelargoniums sent 

 out in 1S61 and 1S62. In this the first prize was awarded 

 to Mr. Bailey for Beacon, Pericles, Kegina formosa, Land- 

 seer, Royalty, and Royal Albert ; and Mr. Fraser took the 

 second. But the best collection in the opinion of the Judges 

 was that sent by Mr. Wiggins, of Isleworth, but which was 

 disqualified for not being in accordance with the rules, there 

 being varieties more recent than the years named. They 

 consisted of Eurydice, white, with deep crimson upper petal 

 and light edge ; Royal Albert, rose, white centre, large 

 dark blotch ; Paris, rosy pink, maroon top ; Diana ; Maid of 

 Honour, a very pleasing lilac ; and Regina formosa. 



In Fancies, Mr. Fraser was first in the Nurserymen's Class ; 

 and Mr. Bailey first, and Mr. Shrimpton second, in that for 

 Amateurs. Cloth of Silver and Delicatum among light 

 varieties were very beautiful and in profuse bloom ; Ellen 

 Beck, Roi des Fantaisies, Princess Royal, Sarah Turner, and 

 Lady Craven were also sent in fine condition. 



Of Scarlet Pelargoniums large plants were shown by 

 Messrs. Catlin, Pettit, Duke, and Windsor, who each received 

 prizes in the order in which they are named. Some of the 

 plants, however, had their trusses tied down in a very ob- 

 jectionable manner. Of the varieties shown, Vivid was per- 

 fectly dazzling; David Manning had large bright flowers; 

 Madame Vaucher, though not in full bloom, was evidently 

 the best of the whites. 



Cut Flowers, consisting of Roses, Pinks, and Pansies, 

 were numerously exhibited. The former consisted of the 

 same varieties as shown at Kensington on the previous 

 Wednesday, and it would be useless repetition to record the 

 names of the best. For fifty, Messrs. Paul & Son and Mr. 

 Turner had first prizes, Mr. Cant was second, Mr. Fraser 

 third; for twenty-five, Mr. Ingle first, Mr. Exell second; 

 Mr. Wright, gardener to Mrs. Ramsden, third ; for twenty- 

 four, Messrs. Paul & Son first, Mr. Turner second, Mr. 

 Cant third. Of Pinks several very fine stands were shown 

 by Mi-. Turner, Mr. Hooper of Bath, and Mr. Hall. Car- 



