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are snowy white streaked slightly with green, and are produced 
in such profusion as to hide the foliage, which is of a bright 
shining green colour. I find it thrives best and throws up a 
greater quantity of bloom when grown in a shaded moist sandy 
peat soil, and I have given the plants an occasional supply of 
liquid manure, with the effect of improving both foliage and 
flowers. It is not likely to be lost, as the smallest of the tubers 
will grow on and produce a flowering plant the following year. 
The principal reason why this plant isnot always satisfactory is, 
because instead of being divided andjreplanted in prepared soil, it 
is too often allowed to grow in a mass.—W. J. M., Clonmel. 
THE NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 
A MEETING of the General Committee of this Society was held at 
the Horticultural Club on Tuesday, the 11th inst. The meeting, 
which was well attended, was presided over by the Rev. John B. M. 
Camm. The Secretaries read a letter from the Secretary of the 
Sheffield Rose Society, requesting one of them to attend then - next 
meeting, and it was determined that the invitation should be accepted, 
and that Mr. D’Ombrain should visit Sheffield. 
The principal business was the appointment of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee and the revision of the schedules. The former was a very 
important matter, as it was pointed out that upon this Committee 
would devolve the labour of issuing a catalogue of Roses. The aim 
of the General Committee then was to elect only men who, besides 
their great knowledge of the subject, would be likely frequently to 
attend the meetings ; hence such skilled rosarians as Mr. Curtis of 
Torquay, Mr. Cranston of Hereford, Mr. Robert Baker of Exeter, the 
Rev. E. 1ST. Pochin, and Mr. Jowitt of Hereford were not elected, 
although the sense of their loss was duly recognised. It was deter¬ 
mined, however, in order to reduce this to a minimum that all the 
drafts of the proposed catalogue should be sent to such important 
members of the General Committee, with a request that they should 
alter, add to, and report on them. 
The names of those elected to the Executive Committee are Mr. 
Burnaby Atkins, Mr. Byrom, Mr. Cant, Rev. John B. M. Camm (at 
present residing in London), Rev. A. Cheales,Mr. Cutbush, Mr. Haw- 
trey, Rev. J. M. Fuller, Mr. Heywood, Mr. Laing, Mr. Mount, Mr. 
George Paul, Mr. Prince, Mr. IV. G. Sharp, and Mr. Arthur Turner. 
Much discussion ensued as to the lines on which we should draw 
up the catalogue. Some members thought that it should embrace 
“ the genus Rose,” at which the Chairman suggested in that case 
that Mr. Baker of Kew had better write a monograph upon the Rose. 
It was felt by the majority, however, that something much more 
modest should be attempted, and that the Committee should report 
upon exhibition Roses only. 
The Sheffield schedule, which was to have been revised, was not 
touched, as it was thought better to leave it till Mr. D’Ombrain had 
been to Sheffield, there being some doubt as to the intentions of the 
men of the northern town as to the amount of money or plate intended 
to be given ; but the Sydenham schedule was well discussed, although 
only some minor alterations were made. 
Some notice was taken of the determination of the General Manager 
of the Crystal Palace not to allow the members of the Society a 
private view. This was felt to be a grievous hardship, as from the 
crowded state of the Show it is almost impossible for members to see 
the Roses after once the general public are admitted. The Secretaries 
explained, however, that they hoped in some way to diminish it by 
inducing the Crystal Palace authorities to devote more space to the 
show—in fact, to fill both transepts instead of, as before, only one. 
But this was felt to be only a palliative, and by no means a removal 
of our grievance, and ominous growls of “ Sourh Kensington another 
year” were heard from various parts of the room. The objection 
urged upon the part of the Manager is that the season-ticket holders 
protested so very strongly against their exclusion that they could 
not any longer grant the privilege. The writer of these notes is a 
season-ticket holder, and knows many others who are, and he never 
heard a complaint; and even if there were complaints, it is by no 
means an unusual thing for the Manager to receive complaints, and 
surely not alone the comfort but bare justice of the claims of those 
who bring their show to the Palace ought to be equally considered.— 
Wyld Savage. 
THE VEGETABLE SUPPLY. 
Youe correspondent “Wiltshire Rector” usually writes 
interesting and correct articles, but in his “Future Gardening” 
of your issue of January Gth he writes as follows—“ Vegetables 
most certainly ought to bear a larger portion of our meals, but 
town population simply cannot get them.” If he includes London 
and its supply he is certainly wrong, and I think should be set 
right. 
In my immediate locality (where a large portion of the land is 
in market garden cultivation) there are 20 acres of Brussels 
Sprouts in one field ; they are gathered by the stalk, and sent in 
that way by waggcnloads to Spitalfields Market. They are 
realising at this time from id. to &d. per dozen stalks ; on each 
stalk there is an average of sixty to seventy hard sweet sprouts 
[ January 20, 1881. 
as large as bantams’ eggs. One stalk is equal to two small dishes, 
and to my certain knowledge are sold at the west end of London 
for &d. a dish, the farmer getting after growing, picking, loading, 
carting, rail to London (twenty miles), and commission—one 
halfpenny—the public paying Is. Another neighbour sent up a 
short time since a waggonload in sieves of the heads of Brussels 
Sprouts ; they realised 2 d. per sieve, thus losing the whole cost, 
including picking, packing, two miles of carting, twenty miles of 
rail, and commission. -—— 
At this moment I know of 15 acres of prime Savoys all de¬ 
caying on the ground; they will be eaten off if sheep can be 
procured to do it. 
Onions are grown here in large quantities and are repeatedly 
unsaleable in London ; they are carted away for manure, having 
decayed in the clamps by hundreds of bushels. 
I think I have shown that it is not the shortness of produce 
that prevents the poor getting a good and necessary supply of 
fresh vegetables. 
I have suggested to my neighbour, that when it happens there 
is no sale for these things at Spitalfields Market that the waggons 
should be drawn into the poorest localities, say Bethnal Green 
or Whitechapel, and sold to the very poor at almost a nominal 
price ; his answer is, they would not buy—scarcely have them at 
a gift. The buyers of greens from the costers are the better sort 
of people—mechanics, small shop and housekeepers. The lower 
labouring class will not buy or take the trouble to cook them if 
given. 
If “ Wiltshire Rector ” could prevail upon these people to 
use them he would be doing them a service for their health and 
pockets’ sake, and would benefit the grower, who, after having 
expended his time, his money, his experience in getting a crop, 
is unable to dispose of them even at a ruinous sacrifice.—W. P. B. 
[We can confirm what our correspondent has stated so well. 
Many acres of vegetables are rotting in the fields, and the loss to 
the cultivators must be very serious.— Eds.] 
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM FOR COUNTRY GARDENS. 
I have seen it repeatedly stated that the Chrysanthemum is 
essentially a town plant, a plant for the middle classes, but one 
which would not be tolerated by the gentry and nobility in their 
country gardens. Near to large centres of population Chrysan¬ 
themums have been cultivated in many small gardens and grown 
to great excellence, whereas in large country gardens, where many 
things press on the gardener’s attention at one time, the plant has 
been necessarily neglected. Everybody who has grown Chrysan¬ 
themums knows how easily they are cultivated, and that any 
neglect continued for a short period ruins the season’s flowering. 
That is the only reason I can conceive why Chrysanthemums are 
neglected by country gardeners, for I know by experience that 
the flower itself is as highly esteemed by employers in the country 
as it is by those living near towns. A good collection of Chrysan¬ 
themums is expensive to grow well. Potting, staking, disbudding, 
and watering are all important, and they cannot be neglected if 
success is expected. At the same time, as a country gardener, I 
am quite certain they well repay all labour bestowed on them ; at 
least such is my experience. With a good collection of well-grown 
Chrysanthemums and another of Zonal Pelargoniums, and you 
may have a display which you may well be proud of at the worst 
season in the year. I never grudge any labour spent on either of 
these flowers, they repay it so fully. 
To those who may be intending to grow Chrysanthemums in 
the coming year the following hints may be useful in selecting 
varieties. Do not grow too many of one section, but obtain the 
best of each. Some people prefer incurved flowers, others Japan¬ 
ese, and others, again, admire the Anemone varieties. If many 
cut flowers are required include the varieties best fitted for that 
purpose. Good varieties for cutting are also amongst the finest 
in their sections. The following list includes most of the best:— 
Large-flowering Incurved—Mrs. G. Bundle, Mrs. Dixon, Mr. G. 
Glenny, Jardin des Plantes, Mr. Brunlees, Empress of India, Yenus, 
White Venus, Prince of Wales, Lord Derby, Pink Perfection, 
Mrs. W. Shipman, General Bainbridge, Mrs. Sharpe, Her Majesty, 
Antonelli, Lady Slade, Lady Hardinge, Prince Alfred, Bella 
Donna, Beverley, Golden Beverley, Princess of Wales, and Prin¬ 
cess Teck. Of the reflexed flowers the following are well worth 
growing :—Dr. Sharpe, Progne, Julie Lagravbre, Beaute du Nord, 
Christine, and Annie Salter. A few of the large-flowering Ane¬ 
mone varieties should also be grown. Of these, Fleur de Marie, 
Lady Margaret, Mrs. Pethers, Gluck, Empress, and Louis Bonamy 
are excellent. A good selection of Japanese is the following :— 
James Salter, Elaine, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Oracle, To Kio 
Peter the Great, Madame Godillot, Ethel, Fulton, The Sultan’ 
