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September 24> l8 9 8 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



627 



nneen's County.— Apples are a full crop. Codlin -varieties, especially 

 v 1 ! nville Seedling, Keswick Codlin, Manks Codlin, and Queen Caroline, are 

 Pi rate in every way. Warner's King is alsc very fine. The trees are well 

 sheltered with a high wall on the north side.— W. Begbie, Ento Park. 



Radnorshire. — The varieties of apples which have cropped the best in this 

 «rden are Ecklinville Seedling, heavy crop ; Golden Spire, Bramley's Seedliug, 

 Fmperor Alexander, Lord Derby, Cox's Pomona, King of the Pippins, Alfriston, 

 Ribston Pippin, Lord Grosvenor, all are a good average. Blenheim Pippin, 

 Tower of Glamis, Cox's Orange Pippin, Lord Suffield, and several other sorts have 

 scarcely any crop. The first ten seem to succeed the best here, Ecklinville always 

 cropping freely and the fruit attains a large size ; one drawback to it is that the fruit 

 becomes spotted, which disfigures it very much. — W. Palliser, Norton Manor. 



Rutland. — All kinds flowered well, but the crop is only a partial one. It is 

 impossible to assign a reason for the failure this season of some kinds and the 

 success of others, as the trees were not overcropped last year, and we had no 

 frost while they were in flower. Mr. Gladstone, Duchess of Oldenburg, Duchess' 

 Favourite, Dewdney's Seedling, Stirling Castle, Worcester Pearmain, Duke of 

 Gloucester, Maltster, King of Pippins, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Hambledon deux 

 Ans, Northern Greening, Bramley's Seedling, are bearing heavy crops. The 

 fruit will be smaller than usual owing to the recent dry, hot weather. — W. H. 

 Divers, Belvoir Castle Gardens. 



Staffordshire. — Medium crop ; orchard trees, fruit smaller than usual ; 

 trees in cultivated garden very fair. Soil, stiff loam, clay subsoil ; cold. Varieties 

 which grow and fruit well are : Dessert — Adams' Pearmain, Allen's Everlasting, 

 American Mother, Blenheim Pippin, Claygate Pearmain, Court Pendu Plat, Cox's 

 Orange, Devonshire Quarrenden, Duchess of Oldenburg, Dutch Mignonne, Early 

 Harvest, Kerry Pippin, King of the Pippins, Lady Sudeley, Mannington's Pear- 

 main, Margil, Ribston Pippin, Scarlet Pearmain, Sturmer Pippin, and Worcester 

 Pearmain. Kitchen varieties— Alfriston, Beauty of Kent, Bismarck, Cellini, 

 Cox's Pomona, Dumelow's Seedling, Ecklinville, Frogmore Prolific, Golden 

 Noble, Grenadier, Hawthornden, Keswick Codlin, King of Tomkins County, 

 Lane's Prince Albert, Lord Derby, Lord Grosvenor, Lord Suffield, Newton 

 Wonder, Potts' Seedling, Reinette du Canada, Rymer, Small's Admirable, The 

 Queen, Tom Putt, Sandringham, and Warner's King.— George Woodgate, 



Rolkston Hall Gardens. 



Sussex.— Apples here are only a partial crop. Of the hundred or more varieties 

 pown there are only a few of them that are anything like up to the average, the 

 best of which are the following : Lane's Prince Albert, a full crop of fine fruit : 

 Ecklinville, good crop ; King of Pippins, Warner's King, Worcester Pearmain, 

 Itoineim Pippin, Seaton House, Lord Grosvenor, Jubilee, Bismarck, Newton 

 Wonder, Cox s Orange Pippin, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Stirling Castle, Potts' 

 Seedling, Keswick Codlin, Manks Codlin, Frogmore Prolific, and Irish Peach, 

 Wealthy are among the best. Many varieties have failed to produce a fruit 

 whi e there are others that have not half a crop. Most of the fruit is of but poor" 

 quah y owing to the lack of moisture in the soil, the rainfall here up to the 

 middle of September amounting to only n -18 inches. " 

 are falling off from premature ripening. 



tK 1 ,n W fl rWick, ^ AppIes are a £ ood cro P in these g ard ens, in fact, are more abundant 

 gM c yea ' s P as > A , few tr ees of such varieties as Frogmore Prolific, 



n 5< l T } **} ^ Derb y have re( l uired thinning considerably. Other 

 metes bearing heavy crops are Ecklinville Seedling, Golden Noble, Potts' 



Many of the late varieties 

 H. C. Prinsep, Buxted Park. 



K x ? ! 0 Uffield > of sorts, Hamble&n deu^ Ans? Emperor Ale" 



?™° Da * W J n £ Rei ? n e«e, Beauty of Kent, Court Pendu Plat, 

 lie tre & » Y ' ^ ng . ° f PI PP ins ' Worce *t« Pearmain, and Yellow 

 Wttia 11 ? PS ° f - app , Ic . s m old orchard s in this neighbourhood are very 



Bw^wS* Carrymg fair Cr ° ps ' and others hav enone.-T. H. Marti.? 



of SSef"~w!I 1 if c K- 0p °l appIeS th f gardens here is P° or > with the exception 

 WdS and Twnf t™?' ° mT, $\ Pippin ' Keswick CodliD g> 



r«S mSSJ^SJS^ y ' whlch are bearing satisfactori 'y- 



W'gtonshire. 



we I coloured. Of dessets sorts", Tho'rYe Pippin 

 Ei a r lst0 , ne RPP^. James Grieve, CoT's 



« PpI !i are a J e 7 fa ^ r c F op « the fr ujt of good size, clean, and 



1 • Qj a( j stone) Worcester Pear- 



h«avi I y aop^T p P P^ n ' J am< ; s Grieve Cox s Orange, and Ribston Pippin are 



Une's T Prh P c P e Alb£ ^ f ^f nks , Codlin ' Keswick Codlin ' domino, 

 Baillie XeiSn and r?n " g • ' Warner s Kin g> Cellini > Bramley's Seedling, 

 °* best Xoi^SS Way P - PP1D T aU g °° d ; the last-named is one of 

 frn »- It is good for Cropp,D .g a ?P les > and this Vear the trees are loaded with 



- -~« IU -_ JOHN DAy> Galloway House 



Yorkshire. 



frequently d 0 much A^l™? 5 - 0 * Yorkshire > as * ™le from March till June, 

 ^S^^Jfe^J™^ generally when the sap is- rising, and 



H_ — — — *v — — - — w *r 



t\° ^ Vera S e ,. cr °P. and q ualit y good. The cold winds from 



*re. 



- — - — — man usuiti, me result 



an abundant crop of all kinds ol fruit has not been 



"«hat the'grSwomSt M f d fros * we , re more ^ evidence than usual, the result 

 realL^ c__ ." ro . miSe of an abum ' 



>ples are c 

 es are car 



P t (a v P ,„ ?!f? hie ^ P /PP in » Km& of the Pi ppms'" Warner's 



^'•sed. Some l'^~jCr~Z ~ " uulluaD i crop or an kinds oi : 



e follow hZ J - ^ PpleS are carr J' ing heay y cro P s > whiI 

 Secllinc H» Z g ™ neties are carrying good crops : 

 BiiK. Co^k n> " awthor noen, Blenhi ' 8 P 



e others are quite 

 Keswick Codlin, Potts' 



Exhibiti ons and Meetings. 



n th R ? YAL H0RT,CUL ™RAL SOCIETY, September 20. 



Drill HaU and tu/ , the largest dis P Ia y s of the y ear ™ gathered at the 

 fnnt SS^^^.^K ?, finding /°7 «« all L exhibits of 

 the leading flowers, and ffe ^^Stg^* Ch ^™™ *« 



, Floral Committee. 



and its w?* 6 CXhibitS t d t0 come under the ^judication of this body, 



dahlias and ^six otl^T ^^^i 11 ^ they ^ G awards to seventeerI 

 tUrt^ me^. JCCtS| besides distributing two first-class certificates and 



Nurtri?l^K e -? bit T • put U P h y Messrs - J- Burre11 ^d Co., Howe House 

 ^^J^^''^ COn ? ted ° f ^ ladi ^ IuS and ^lias; the gladiolus 

 of colouS Att T d b ^ tUrdl ^ eSS> substantial ^wers, breadth, and variety 



Iona scariS • M^Vh * 5 P° ra CraVCn ' P ale bIush » Ra y° n d ' 0r ' yellowish ; 



^ n ;^7 f\ Salm ° n; and Alth ^, pink and crimson, were half-a- 

 hunL, nf T ed sort % bu t many of the seedlings were of equal merit ; a few 

 ™3S t Nan ™ S forms added in ^rest to The display ; silver-giU Flora 

 Hout Arfnn J, c J 00 ' t0 Leo P old de R °thschild, Esq., Gunnersbury 



rliZ >vJ£ % ' g i a ?°, UP ° f Plants of the brilliant Salvia pendens grandiflora 

 IS \ ri m SCed and .? 0m Cuttin S s ^ silver F,ora «edaL Messrs. J. Veitch 

 rln. W \£ r a ' contnbated varieti es of Hibiscus syriacus, Caryopteris masta- 

 K^nl I', fr rUP - eStriS> some f reely-flowered sprays of Bignonia venusta, and 

 big plant of Gynerium argenteum Rendatleri, with a number of elegant plumes. 

 Mr. Hudson also showed a group of the now well-known Acalypha Sanderi, all 

 the plants being remarkably well grown, and making a most effective display. 



A handsome and comprehensive collection of early flowering chrysanthemums 

 came from Mr. W Wells, Earlswood, Redhill ; Louis Lemaire, a bronzy sport 

 trom M. Grunerwald, was very showy, and other especially good sorts were Arthur 

 Crepy, Market White, Mytchett White, Madame Liger Ligneaux, M. Max 

 Dufosse, Jeanne Willermet, Mademoiselle Marie Masse, Flora, Harvest Home, 

 Madame Zephir Lionett, and Ivy Stark, all useful for garden decoration : 

 silver Banksian medal. A delightful lot of cut roses was shown by Messrs. W. 



vases 



and on boxes ; Caroline Testout, Harrison Weir, Enchantress, Empress Alex, of 

 Russia, Mane Van Iloutte, Souvenir de Catherine Guillot, Mrs. W. J. Grant. 

 Sappho, and Maman Cochet were well shown ; a little more foliage would have 

 improved the display ; silver-gilt U.mksian medal. A large collection of sweet 

 peas came from Mr. Foster, Brockhampton Nurseries, Havant, but they showed 

 the effect of dry weather and travel somewhat, and were not staged in a very good 

 position to be seen to advantage; silver Banksian medal. Mr. W. H. Witty, 

 Nunhead Cemetery, put up a large group of early flowering chrysanthemums, 

 arranging them with adiantums ; the ferns were arranged in three lines across the 

 group, and the effect was bad ; silver Banksian medal. 



Mr. Seale, Sevenoaks, sent a few good pompon and single dahlias. Messrs. 

 Paul and Son, Cheshunt, staged cut roses in baskets, but very little taste was dis* 

 played in the arrangement : Franfois Dubreuil, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, W. A. 

 Richardson, and Paul's Cheshunt Scarlet were the most notable varieties on view. 

 The same firm had large baskets of Cyclamen hederaceum album, and the typical 

 form, autumn flowering colchicums in variety, and large showy bunches of gaillar- 

 dias perennial asters, sunflowers, and phloxes ; among the latter P. Coquelicot and 

 P. Etna are sorts finely suited for planting cn masse ; dahlias in variety and a batch of 

 the pretty antipodean Veronica salicornoides, completed an extensive exhibit ; silver- 

 gilt Flora medal. Lady Freake, Fulwell Park, Twickenham, sent thirty-three spikes 

 of cannas, comprising some twenty-one varieties, all of which had been cultivated in 

 the open air ; Sophie Buchner, Edouard Mieg, Papa, and Duchess of York, were 

 especially bright and good ; bronze Banksian medal. A group of ferns set up by 

 Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, consisted entirely of davallias, and was a most 

 instructive collection, as it consisted of fifty species and varieties ; the tiny D. 

 parvula and D. alpina figured as well as the bold D. polyantha, the elegant D. 

 Mooreana, and D. fijiensis ; gilver-gilt Banksian medal. Mr. S. Mortimer, 

 Farnham, made a good show of dahlias, both cactus and show varieties ; the latter 

 were represented by splendidly developed flowers of the leading forms ; among 

 the cactus dahlias the vivid scarlet E. J. Deal was conspicuous, and bears out all 

 we have previously said about its excellence ; silver Flora medal. An extensive 

 display of single cactus, and pompon dahlias was made by Messrs. J. Cheal and 

 Sons, Crawley, who made a very bright exhibit ; among their cactus varieties we 

 noted especially good examples of Arachne, Lady Edmund Talbot, Lady Pearson, 

 a new rosy-red ; Alfred Vasey, Mrs. Scrase Dickens, and Fantasy ; the pompon 

 forms were very neat and serviceable blooms ; silver Flora medal. Some three 

 dozen distinct varieties of cactus dahlias were set up by Mr. Charles Turner, 

 Slough, and this exhibit is deserving of speciaj mention, for the flowers were shown 

 in vases of a variety instead of in the orthodox triangular sprays ; the group was 

 much more pleasing in this way than in the usual style; Night, Amber, Island 

 Queen, Miss Webster, Alfred Vasey, and Lavestock Beauty, were well repre- 



sented this was a move in the right direction, and one we have so long advocated ; 



silver Banksian medal. A display o? dahlias representing all the section came 

 from Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham ; all the leading sorts were on view, and behind 



rifoe. jgJB, *SZ hard y and reliable 

 -it] Pi P?in-T. Allsop, Ballon Hall. 



kjfctl* gW of Kent, Hawthornden, Stir- 



J** 1 ** Beauty, Galloway Pippin, Rose Hill, Grey Leadington, 



the late : W Gr " rain * L^is's Incomparable have good 

 £* d l , hc f ^ts to swell S.1 Wea Ji? f [ ol,ow «* nice rai *S early in Avgust have 

 J**is season SvrW n ^> ? Ve ha , VC 5*? quke an e ^ idemic of American 

 2?? S Ia **s of Da J J aftCr W Came in with rain water in which 



(ft th * old lS^ f K^ y er . e 1 P lantln g 5 arf y a PP!e trees for profit I would 

 ft** limestone soils th?£? to , lts nca "eJative f Lord Suffield, for this part. 



U^ry liable to canker n * d °? ^* ^ but ° n Sand y soiIs and cold clays 

 £**Uh West _ H " K !;-,° ur garden is situated on the limestone formation on 



_ ... and among them were spikes of Lilium speciosum ; a bright lot of canna spikes 



apple, rather small), Bramley's a j s0 came f rom the Hale Farm Nurseries ; silver Banksian medal. 



Orchid Com m tithe. 



II 



^i^^^^^^^^I ? has !f ftc P * question for discussion, and it is very 

 * ,£ ^^^ _T h f J**f* condition of Englishman 



i satisfactory change is attributed 

 Men are mo e temperate, both 



,uc & as Hollowav's Pillow J- 1 * Kcpc in *SEF and ^ bIood punned by medicines 

 Tidies, which wS I rnri V™ 1 ™™*- The taste for sport will never die while 

 3 ten ill cure or relieve any complaint, and give strength in place of 



Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Knfield, had a neat group of 

 orchids, in which Lcelio-cattleya intermedia- fUva, L.-c. Pallas, L.-c. Nysa 

 splendens Vanda caerulea, Cypripedium Charles Canham, C. Sanderianum, C. 

 picturatum, C. Charlesworthi, and Cattleya velutma figured conspicuously ; silver 

 Banksian medal. Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, sent flowering 

 specimens of Dendrobium atro-violaceum, the rare Cypripedium purpuratum, 

 Odontoclossum granae, 



Sanderi? Mr. W. H. White, orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 Dorking showed the pretty and dwarf Oncidium longipes, O. trullifemm, a sort 

 of glorified O. pubes, Miltonia spectabilis, and M. Binoti, the latter a supposed 

 natural hybrid between M. Candida and M. Regnelli purpurea. A deeply-coloured 

 form of Cattleya Hardyana was shown by Mr. King, gardener to J. Colman, Esq., 



Gatton Park, Reigate. 



Mr. F. Canham, gardener to 11. reihng, Esq., Southgate House, South- 

 gate put up a bright display, chiefly of Dendrobium Phakenopsis Schroderianum, 

 all well crrown and in good variety ; a few good cypripedes and cattleyas made up 

 the exhibit ; silver Banksian medaL Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, sent a 

 good batch of orchids in flower, and in their interesting group we noted 

 Kodrieuezia venusta, well flowered, Cattleya veluiina, L^lio-cattleya Nysa, Cypri- 

 pedium Charles Canham, Cattleya Wcndlandi, C. Chloris, the latter a bright 



