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very fragrant. Lady Plymouth is beautifully variegated. Lady Scar¬ 
borough has all the appearance of the leaves of the Fern-leaved Parsley, 
and is very sweet. When the leaves of these are pressed in the hand they 
become more highly fragrant. 
Plants propagated now will remain useful until this time next year, or 
onger if desired. Young plants generally furnish the best shoots and 
nest developed leaves, but the plants may be kept on for several years and 
never fad to supply large numbers of side shoots. In beginning to propa¬ 
gate them the little side shoots should be taken with a small piece of the 
old wood attached, and this should form the heel of the cutting. They 
may be inserted singly into small thumb pots, or a number of them may 
e kept round the edge of a 6-inch pot. Any sandy soil will do for pro¬ 
pagating, but they are benefited by the help of a gentle bottom heat, and 
ey should always have this if it can be supplied. We prefer putting the 
cuttings singly in the smallest pots, and then shifting them without break- 
mg the young roots. This is the quickest way of obtaining large plants, as 
no check is given in repotting. As soon as a number of roots have been 
tormed the cuttings should be withdrawn from the influence of the bottom 
heat and be placed in an intermediate temperature. Here they will soon 
grow rapidly, and may be repotted : 3-inch or 4-inch pots are large 
enough for the plants during their early days. They are placed in them 
rff*? 1 cutting pots, and remain there until they have become bushy 
ittle plants. They are then shifted into 6-inch pots, and it is in this size 
that they become useful. At this potting good loam, a quantity of Beeson’s 
bone manure, and a liberal dash of sand should form the rooting mixture, 
and they will do admirably in this and in the 6-inch pots until they are a 
year old, but they must not be kept in a hot place constantly, as they 
luxuriate in a cool temperature. A sudden change from a hot place to a 
cold one should never be allowed, but after the first potting they should 
be gradually withdrawn from the heat, until by the end of May they are 
placed in a cool frame. There they may remain all summer, cutting from 
them as may be necessary, and pinching the points out of each of the 
leading shoots to induce a number of smaller ones to be emitted. They 
will soon come, and should be encouraged to grow for winter cutting. In 
the autumn, or by the end of September, the whole of them should be 
transferred to the greenhouse or conservatory, where they will be safe from 
frost and have the benefit of a genial atmosphere. 
Apart from the large quantity of useful foliage which may be cut 
from them throughout the whole of their growth, it will be found that 
they form very serviceable decorative plants in the conservatory. I cannot 
advise when old plants should be thrown away and new ones taken on, as 
the cultivator may best decide this by the condition of the plants, but 
the present is the best time to propagate, and a stock of healthy plants 
should always be kept on hand. Sometimes we have found green fly 
attempt to settle on the plants, and they are very partial to the finer 
leaved forms, but fumigating, or, better still, timely syringing will always 
prevent any trouble from this source. Old plants should be repotted 
every spring, but this may be done without increasing the size of the pot 
very much, as the old soil may be reduced and fresh material take its 
place.—J. M. 
HORTICULTURAL FETE AT YORK. 
The twenty-seventh annual Exhibition was held on the 17th, 18th, and 
19th inst. in the Bootham Grounds, and was as usual a great success. Six 
large tents were well filled, and the display of Pelargoniums was a remark¬ 
able one—probably the finest ever seen. In the class for ten stove and 
greenhouse plants in flower and six fine-foliage plants the first prize of £20 
was taken by Mr. Letts, gardener to the Earl of Zetland, for really grand 
plants, the most noticeable of which were Ixora Williamsi, Stephanotis 
floribunda, a superb Pimelea mirabilis, an Anthurium Schertzerianum with 
nearly 100 spathes, a grand Erica Cavendishiana, an Ixora coccinea in fine 
condition, Azaleas, Cycas revoluta, and a marvellous Croton Queen 
Victoria. High-class cultivation was apparent in this very fine collection. 
Mr. Cypher of Cheltenham was second with excellent examples of Clero- 
dendron Balfourianum and Allamanda nobilis. Mr. W. Dove, York, was 
placed third. In the class for six stove and greenhouse plants in flower 
Mr. Letts was first with very fine specimens of Clerodendron Balfourianum, 
Anthurium Schertzerianum, and two Crotons. Mr. James Noble, gardener 
to T. Fry, Esq., M.P., Darlington, was second, and in his group were two 
fine Ericas. For three stove and greenhouse plants in flower Mr. Lumley, 
gardener to W. N. Champion, Esq., Halifax, was first, and in this collection 
was a very fine Imantophyllum miniatum superbum and a large specimen 
of Utricularia montana in fine condition, with about thirty spikes of 
flowers. Groups of plants were plentiful and good. In the class for a 
group not exceeding a space of 250 square feet, Mr. McIntyre, gardener to 
Mrs. Gurney Pease, Darlington, was placed first; Mr. It. Simpson, nursery¬ 
man, Selby, second ; and Mr. William Dove, York, third, all these groups 
being well set up. Messrs. A. Simpson & Sons, nurserymen, York, con¬ 
tributed in this class a bright attractive group, in which there was a pre¬ 
ponderance of flowers. In Class 3, a group of plants not exceeding 
150 square feet of space, Mr. Noble was first with a tasteful group, in 
which a lot of well-coloured Crotons told, the whole fringed with Maiden¬ 
hair Ferns and the variegated Panicum ; second, Mr. McIntyre ; third, Mr. 
Lister, gardener to T. S. Brogden, Esq., York. For six ornamental plants 
Mr. McIntyre was placed first with a grand even lot of plants, consisting 
of a splendid Cordyline indivisa, DaBylirion glaucum, Croton majesticus, 
Cycas revoluta, C. circinalis, and Croton Queen Victoria; second, Mr. Noble 
with fine plants; third, Mr. Cypher, also good, which included finely 
coloured examples of Crotons angustifolius and Sunset. Excellent exotic 
Ferns were staged, Mr. W. Dove taking first honours for six; Mr. Nash, 
gardener to Capt. Starkey, York, second ; and Mr. Noble third. For three 
exotic Ferns Mr. Noble was first with a very fine Microlepia hirta cristata, 
a Davallia Mooreana 6 feet through, and a wonderfully good Goniophlebium 
subauriculatum. The hardy Ferns were unusually fine, Mr. W. R. Robin¬ 
son’s first-prize plants of six and ten especially so, and this gentleman 
exhibited also a mass of Trichomanes radican3 in fine character. Other 
exhibitors also staged strongly. Cape Heaths, now rarely seen good, were 
well represented by Mr. Letts’s first-prize group of three, and Mr. Cypher’s 
second-prize plants. Tree Ferns were well shown, Mr. W. Dove taking 
first honours. The collections of bedding plants were not up to the usual 
standard here, but were still creditable. 
In Orchids, Dr. Ainsworth of Broughton (Mr. E. Mitchell, gardener) 
took first prizes for eight and four plants ; amongst them were a very fine 
Phalaenopsis grandiflora in a pot, Dendrobium suavissimum, Saccolabium 
prsemorsum, and Phalaenopsis amabilis. Mr. Cypher was second for eight, 
and W. N. Champion, Esq., third. For four Orchids Mr. C. Rollinson, 
gardener to W. Bateman, Esq., Harrogate, was second; and Mr. Eastwood, 
gardener to Mrs. Tetley, Leeds, third. For single specimen Orchid Mr. 
Letts was first with a fine Aerides odoratum; and Mr. Mclndoe, gardener 
to Sir J. W. Prase, Bart., M.P., Hutton Hall, second with a very fine 
Odontoglos3um vexillarium. The Croton classes were well filled, some 
grand plants being staged. Mr. Letts led with Crotons majesticus, Morti, 
variegatus, and Warreni, well grown, highly coloured, exceedingly fine 
plants. Mrs. Gurney Pease came second with smaller plants, still tine in 
character and of good size, consisting of interruptus, Chelsoni, Andreanus, 
and Warreni. Mr. Metliven, gardener to T. Lange, Esq., Gateshead, was 
a good third in size and growth but deficient in colour. The Gloxinias 
were good throughout, especially the first and second-prize plants staged 
by Mr. W. N. Champion (first) and Mr. Sunley, gardener to B. Hemsworth, 
Esq., South Melford (second). The Calceolarias were also very good. 
Tuberous Begonias were not well represented. 
The strong feature of the Exhibition v^as in the wonderful display of 
Pelargoniums staged, which called forth the admiration of everyone. Mr. 
Eastwood, gardener to Mrs. Tetley, Leeds, was strongly to the front, taking 
the first prize for twelve plants; Mr. McIntosh, gardener to J. T. Hingston, 
Esq., second ; and Mr. Charles Rylance, Ormskirk, third. These were 
altogether a grand lot, Mr. Eastwood’s plants standing out prominently. 
In the class for six plants Mr. E. Bridge, Liverpool, was placed first with 
six well-finished highly cultivated plants; Mr. Eastwood a close second, 
his training being stiffer and more formal; and Mr. McIntosh third, with 
an extra prize to Miss Steward, Bishopsthorpe. In the class for three 
Pelargoniums Mr. Eastwood was first, Mr. McIntosh second, and Mr. Bridge 
third. Mr. Eastwood was first for six as well as three Fancy Pelargoniums, 
and his plants were fully up to the old Slough standard of growth. Four 
collections of twelve Zonals, three of them marvellously fine plants from 
feet to 4^ feet through, were staged, the first prize going to Mr. East- 
wood, second to Messrs. Pybus & Son, Ripon, third to Mr. McIntosh. Six 
collections of six Zonals were staged, Mr. Eastwood taking the first place, 
Mr. McIntosh second, Miss Steward third, and Mr. F. Humphries, New 
Linthorpe, fourth. These were all very fine. For six double Zonals 
Messrs. Simpson & Sons were placed first, and Mr. Eastwood second. Mr. 
Eastwood’s high-class cultivation throughout constitutes him the champion 
Pelargonium grower of the day. Fuchsias were not so good as usual. 
Mr. A. Cole, gardener to J. Broome, Esq., of Didsbury, near Manchester, 
staged six superb Nepenthes, large plants in fine health and colour. These 
consisted of a grand plant of Mastersiana, a fine Hookeri, Williamsi, san- 
guinea, Morgan®, and anerleyensis. Mr. McIntyre took the second prize. 
Bronze and Tricolor Pelargoniums have always been wonderfully good at 
York, and on this occasion the Bronzes were fairly well represented, 
J. Billesby, Esq., taking the first prize for six and three with very fine 
specimens. A few good Tricolors were staged, but there was a dulness 
and want of colour in many of the plants staged. 
There was a large display of Roses in pots. For six plants in pots Mr. 
Charles Rylance was first, and Messrs. Jackson & Co., Bedale, second, the 
same firm being also first for nine Roses in pots. For fifteen plants in not 
more than 8-inch pots Messrs. Pybus & Son were first, and Messrs. Jackson 
and Co. second. For six plants in pots for amateurs only Miss Steward was 
first, Mr. Hemsworth second, and Mr. Eastwood third. In the class for 
forty-eight varieties of cut blooms of Roses Mr. House of Peterborough was 
first; Mr. Henry May, Bedale, second with an even good lot, but smaller 
blooms ; Mr. Eastwood third. For thirty-six blooms Mr. House was again 
first, Mr. May second, and Messrs. Jackson & Co. third. For twenty-four 
blooms, first Mr. House, second Messrs. Jackson & Co., third Mr. H. May. 
In Mr. House’s stands were fine blooms, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Reine 
Marie Pia, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Souvenir de Thbrese Levet, Mons. E. Y. 
Teas, and Marquise de Castellano. Lady Mary Fitzwilliam was also fine in 
other stands. Mr. John House staged three blooms of “ Miss House,” a new 
Rose of promise, resembling Captain Christy in colour, as well as a fine box 
of William Allen Richardson. Mr. Mclndoe took the first prize in each 
class for twelve bunches and six of exotic flowers, chiefly Orchids, both 
grand lots ; also for a collection of twelve cut herbaceous plants. 
There was a good display of fruit. In the collection for eight varieties 
Mr. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, was first with black and white 
Grapes, a handsome Queen Pine, a fine Hero of Lockinge Melon, Hale’s 
Early Peach, Elruge Nectarine, Negro Largo Fig, and Black Circassian 
Cherry, very fine. Mr. Mclndoe came second with a fine collection, which 
included a handsome “Best of All” Melon; third Mr. Westcott, Raby 
Castle. For six varieties, Mr. Mclndoe first, Mr. Dawes, the Gardens, Temple 
Newsam, second ; Mr. Westcott third. For four varieties, first Mr. Clayton, 
Grimston Park ; second Mr. Leadbetter, gardener to A. Wilson, Esq., Hull; 
third Mr. Wallis, gardener to Sir H. M. Thompson, Bart., Kirby Hall. Some 
good black and white Grapes were shown, and for three bunches of Black 
Hamburghs, Mr. Alsopp, gardener to Lord Hotham, was placed first, and 
Mr. Sleightholme, gardener to T. W. Dymond, Esq., Barnsley, first for 
whites. Several excellent Melons were staged; Mr. Hare, gardener to 
R. H. C. Nevill, Esq.. Grantham, taking the first place with a capital 
scarlet flesh named “ Scarlet Hybrid.” Mr. Mclndoe exhibited a basket of 
very fine Tomatoes. In the class for eight varieties of vegetables Mr. 
Miles, Wycomb Abbey, set up a very first-rate lot, admirably staged ; 
Mr. Mclndoe second; and Mr. Short, gardener to Arthur Pease, Esq., 
M.P., third. 
We are only able to notice some of the leading features, as this exhibition 
is always a very great one, and this year especially so. The second day 
brought over twenty thousand visitors, and the usual outdoor attractions were 
