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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 20, 1S64. 



persons unconnected with trade indorse my recommenda- 

 tions. 



As regards Strawberries, he says, after complaining of the 

 drought — " Strawberries were soon over. Eliza (Rivers), 

 Wonderful, Trollope's Victoria, Empress Eugenie, and Frog- 

 mere Late Pine held out, and perfected their fruit to the 

 end of the season. Sir Harry, British Queen, Carolina 

 Superba, La Constante, and others soon gave in and became 

 prostrated. The five first mentioned appear to have won- 

 derful constitutions, and are good croppers, of good flavour, 

 and are right in either wet or dry weather — Eliza especially : 

 it should have been named ' Punctuality,' because it never 

 disappoints, whatever the weather may be." 



Trollope's Victoria did not do here so well as usual, but 

 the others did splendidly. I think President will supersede 

 it. Mr. Taylor must add to the above five President, Royal 

 Hautbois, Lord Clyde, and, as far as plant goes, Sir J. 

 Paxton. I have fine plants, with bold crowns and strong 

 foliage, of this " certificated novelty." Its fruit I have 

 neither seen nor tasted ; but Mr. Turner, whose word I can 

 take, speaks very highly of it. It is a seedling of Mr. 

 Bradley's. 



North and south the nurserymen are short of runners of 

 all kinds. All mine of every sort were in the ground and 

 -established by August the 9th. Spring-planted runners, 

 worked plants, and fall plants are beautiful here. What 

 they have cost me in water I cannot say ; but labor omnia 

 vincit. 



As regards new Roses, Mr. Taylor writes : — " Marechal de 

 Sei-rurier is a trump. Tou must get it. Centre dark scarlet 

 red, outer petals dark purple crimson ; in the way of Madame 

 Paul, but larger, fuller, and better. I fear many Roses will 

 die this winter." 



They ought not to die. I have never had a finer season. 

 All mine were manured with decayed dung in July, and have 

 been kept watered throughout the season. Once more, labor 

 omnia vincit. I ran second in Class 1 at Kensington, Sep- 

 tember 6th, for twenty-four Roses (open). I cut for Wey- 

 mouth, September the 9th, twenty-four beautiful trebles, 

 and twelve beautiful singles. To-day (September 14th), I 

 sent to the Bazaar at Dorchester twelve splendid singles 

 (three yellows), and seventy-two Roses in trebles, and 

 chiefly pure trebles. Five of these trebles were yellow 

 Roses. I mention this to show the opponents of Manetti 

 Roses what they can do when properly treated. I began 

 with Souvenir de C. Montault on the 7th of May, and with 

 the yellow Roses earlier, and I have had a profusion of noble 

 Roses from that time to this. The walls are lined with 

 splendid yellow Roses on the Manetti stock. I bought 

 almost all of them of Mr. J. Keynes in the year 1860. They 

 arrived November 17th in that severe year, and not one of 

 them has died. I shall have good Roses till frost and snow 

 set in. 



As regards Peaches, the crop of my three trees has been 

 560. I sent to-day the last thirteen to the Bazaar, and 

 they were the finest Peaches there. 



To show the use of affixing your name and place of resi- 

 dence to an article, so as to afford readers an opportunity 

 of verifying the truth of statements, and also of examining 

 the management recommended, on Saturday, September 

 10th, Mr. Willett, of Portland Place, Brighton, honoured 

 me with a visit to review these trees. He inspected them, 

 saw such fruit as was left, and greatly admired the fruit, 

 foliage, wood, and general management. I showed him the 

 •cruel tenus, and also how I intended to manage them after 

 the wasp-defying hexagon was removed. I also showed him 

 the Roses and the Strawberry plants. He told me that he 

 could grow nothing at Brighton without glass on account 

 of the furious winds ; that he only grew forced Strawberries ; 

 that Peach trees planted out did better with him under 

 glass than those in pots. I was very glad that he came 

 and saw the truth of my statements. Since he has left I 

 have given the trees their autumn management. I would 

 rather persons came to see, than ask me to answer the 

 stupid question, "Do Peach trees degenerate?" I will 

 answer, however, the question, and say, They do degenerate, 

 but, were they properly managed, they would not do so ; 

 for there is no tree here so easily managed, nor any trees in 

 the garden, or beyond its limits, with such healthy and 

 beautiful foliage. — W, F. Radcltete, Rushton. 



P.S. — My servant has returned from Dorchester, convey- 

 ing the thanks of the lady stall-keepers, and their especial 

 admiration of the Roses and Peaches. 



EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



September 6th. 



Floral Committee. — A Sub-Committee was summoned 

 to examine seedling Dahlias, &c, on the occasion of the 

 autumn or cut-flower Exhibition, which proved, as might 

 have been expected, a most signal failure. Had not seed- 

 ling Dahlias, &c, been sent, the exhibitors at this Show 

 would not have numbered ten. Messrs. Henderson, Pine 

 Apple Place, exhibited Gardenia florida variegata, which 

 had previously received a first-class certificate ; also Aralia 

 Sieboldi variegata, which had been commended in 1861; 

 and Allamanda Hendersoni, a very fine seedling with dark 

 green foliage, and large, bright yellow flowers of great sub- 

 stance, a decidedly good variety and distinct — to this a first- 

 class certificate was awarded. Mr. Bull, Chelsea, sent Den- 

 drobium formosum giganteum, a large white flower, the lip 

 strongly marked with a broad yellow band, forming a very 

 conspicuous feature. A first-class certificate was awarded 

 to it. Mr. G. Smith, Hornsey Road, sent seedling Pelar- 

 gonium Prime Minister, bright scarlet, white eye, zonate 

 foliage, fine-formed flower of good substance, but not in 

 condition for an award ; also Pelargonium Princess, a pale 

 rosy pink flower, with zonate foliage. Mr. Salter, Hammer- 

 smith, sent Pelargonium Beaute de Surennes, one of the 

 Christine section, with beautifully-formed flowers, large truss 

 of deep rose, the lower part of the upper petals white; 

 one of the finest flowers of its class — first-class certificate. 

 From Mr. Stalker came Verbena Gipsy Queen, and Verbena 

 Minerva, the latter the colour of Prima Donna, with a good 

 truss — second-class certificate. 



Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing sent cut flowers of six 

 seedling Pentstenions. Mrs. Moore, a good-formed flower, 

 rosy purple, with distinct white throat mottled with brown, 

 received a first-class certificate ; and Mrs. E. Clarke, pale 

 red, with white throat deeply marked, a second-class certi- 

 ficate. Mr. Norford, Brompton, had Verbena Purple Prince, 

 small compact truss, free-flowering, useful for bedding pur- 

 poses — commended. Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, sent twelve 

 cut specimens of seedling Verbenas, none of them sufficiently 

 distinct from other named varieties. 



Mr. Keynes sent, also, several seedling Dahlias, of which 

 George Wheeler, fine form, pale lilac, back of the petals of a 

 deeper shade of the same colour, had a first-class certificate. 

 Champion, fine form, rosy purple shaded with maroon, had 

 a similar award. Second-class certificates were given for 

 Queen of Primroses, a large bright flower rather inclined to 

 be coarse ; and Queen of Sports, white striped with rosy 

 crimson. The following seedlings were not awarded certi- 

 ficates — Tippy, Bob, President, Bird of Passage, Hercules, 

 Matilda, Mrs. Reid, Hon. Mrs. Fox Strangways, and Annie 

 Weeks. From Mr. Legge, Edmonton, came seven seedling 

 Dahlias, but none of them of any particular merit — viz., 

 Victory, Mr. Golding, Marvellous, Glory, Ellen, Crimson 

 Perfection, and Excellent. Mr. Collis, Bethnal Green, had 

 seedling Dahlias Annie and Princess Alexandra, the latter 

 a promising Fancy variety, bright yellow ground, distinctly 

 marked with crimson stripes. 



TODITORDEN BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting September 5th.' 



The President in the chair. The attendance was unusually 

 numerous. 



Mr. Hobson exhibited admirable specimens, in the dried 

 state, of the following North-American plants, all charmingly 

 in flower — viz., Dentaria laciniata, Anemone thalictroides, 

 Arum triphyllum, Viola ochroleuca, V. blanda, V. palmata, 

 V. pedata, Erythronium americanum, Orchis spectabilis, 

 Cypripedium humile, and Sarracenia purpurea; also the 

 rare Polypodium incanum. The above were kindly presented 

 by Mr. Hobson in augmentation of the Society's herbarium. 

 Mr. Hobson also gave interesting details touching North- 

 American botany. He referred to a new Spleenwort lately 

 discovered by himself in Pennsylvania, and, as yet, unnamed. 



