JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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[ June 2,1881. 
portion of the gardens that is comparatively little known to 
visitors. Some of the finest varieties now represented are 
Broughtoni, catawbiense coelestinum, pulcherrimum, JohnWaterer, 
Blandyanum, Empress Eugenie, Johnsoni, Chancellor, Victoria, 
Macranthum, and Purpureum splendens. 
-A correspondent sends us some flowers of Cheiran- 
thus Alpinus, and deservedly recommends it as “ a hardy plant 
that well merits attention. It is very dwarf and compact in 
habit; the flowers are produced so freely, and the colour is such a 
pleasing shade of bright yellow, that it is invariably admired by 
all visitors to my garden. In addition to those characters it 
possesses a most agreeable and delicate fragrance, which is quite 
sufficient to insure its being appreciated either when growing or 
in a cut state. I find it well adapted for the rockery or as a 
marginal line to mixed borders.” 
- The following gardening appointments have been 
recently made:—Mr. N. Coppin, late foreman at Campsall Hall, 
Doncaster, has been appointed gardener to Alfred G. Lucas, Esq., 
Cave Castle, South Cave, Yorks ; Mr. John Gardner, late foreman 
at Coombe Abbey, Coventry, is now gardener to Lady Pollock, 
Hutton, Feltham ; Mr. W. Bailey, late foreman at Sandbeck Park, 
Rotherham, is now gardener to J. Jump, Esq., Blake Hall, Ongar; 
Mr. Frederick Parsons, late foreman at Hawkestone, has been 
appointed gardener to Mrs. Lloyd, Widberry Hill, Ware ; Mr. 
G. Springthorpe, late foreman at Crawley Court, Winchester, 
becomes gardener to G. H. Palmer, Esq., Egham ; Mr. Edward 
Wilson, late gardener to T. Farmer Hall, Esq., Effingham House, 
Leatherhead, has entered the service of H. M. Pollett, Esq., High- 
field, Bickley, in the same capacity ; and Mr. Jas. Hobbs, late 
foreman at Syston Park, Grantham, becomes gardener to H. B. 
Samuelson, Esq., Chelston Cross, Torquay. 
- A DAILY paper remarks that the energy of the French 
character, which has astonished the world by the efforts the 
people have made to retrieve the disasters of the late war, is 
nowhere more strikingly exhibited than in the endeavours that 
have been made to extirpate the Phylloxera. In eleven de¬ 
partments syndicates were formed among the Vine-growers to the 
number of five hundred, and by this means a joint effort was 
able to be made. They devoted themselves, aided by the Govern¬ 
ment, to a close inspection of all the vineyards supposed, or likely, 
to be affected with the Phylloxera. Sometimes remedies were 
applied—the sulphur treatment, and the immersion of the vine¬ 
yards, so as to drown the insect pests. But the most thorough 
remedy was the uprooting of the infected Vines, and to do this 
power was given by the Legislature to override, if necessary, the 
objections of the Vine-growers. The Vines were dug up and 
burned, while the ground was disinfected to some depth. In 
twelve departments 130,000 acres of Vines were thus uprooted. 
The expenditure of the State in this work during 1880 amounted 
to nearly £40,000. Yet notwithstanding the devastations of the 
Phylloxera, the area planted with Vines is much larger now tha n 
it was before the calamity came upon them. Thus, in the Gironde, 
where there were 375,000 acres of vineyards, there are now 
430,000 acres. Nearly 625,000 acres have been planted since the 
first appearance of the Phylloxera, chiefly with new plants im¬ 
ported from other countries, and started in soil hitherto devoted 
to other crops. Evidently the French mean not to lose their 
position and reputation as wine-growers. 
CRYSTAL PALACE FLOWER SHOW. 
May 28th. 
Exhibits were not very numerous at the first Sydenham flower 
show of the season, and, though several good collections of plants 
were staged, they were mostly similar to those exhibited at the Royal 
Botanic Society’s Gardens on the preceding Wednesday. In few 
classes was there any approach to keen competition, and in some 
there was but one entry, several prizes being in consequence un¬ 
awarded. The most attractive portion of the Exhibition was in 
the centre transept, where the groups of fine-foliage and miscel¬ 
laneous plants were chiefly arranged. Immediately in front of the 
theatre a fine bank of Clematises was notable, occupying the place of 
the handsome Roses in pots which Slough and Cheshunt have 
usually supplied on previous occasions. On each side of these w'ere 
groups of Calceolarias and choice plants from Holloway ; the richly 
coloured Crotons, handsome Palms, Tree Ferns, and other fine-foliage 
plants being arranged on the side stages, at the corners of which were 
the groups in competition. The other exhibits occupied a sloping 
stage in the centre of the north nave. 
Stove and Greenhouse Plants. —In the nurserymen’s class for nine 
specimens there v T ere two competitors; Messrs. Peed & Son, Lower 
Streatham, securing the chief position with healthy well-grown 
plants, and Messrs. J. Peed & Son, Roupell Park, following closely 
with similar specimens. The most successful in the amateurs’ class 
was Mr. W. Chapman, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., Hawkesyard Park, 
Rugeley, who staged even and handsome specimens, Acrophyllum 
venosum, Drocophyllum gracile, and Erica Cavendishiana being especi¬ 
ally notable for their fine condition. Mr. B. Peed, gardener to Mrs. 
Tredwell, St. John’s Lodge, Lower Norwood, and Mr. Rann, gardener 
to J. Warren, Esq., Handcross Park, Crawley, taking the second and 
third positions with neat examples of the ordinary plants staged in 
such classes. 
Azaleas. —These were rather abundantly represented, and the ma¬ 
jority of the specimens were in satisfactory condition as to training 
and floriferousness. The best nurserymen’s nine were from Mr. C. 
Turner of Slough, all flowering well and meriting the honour accorded 
for them. Messrs. B. Peed & Son secured the second prize. Among 
the amateur exhibitors of the same number Mr. Child, gardener to 
Mrs. Torr, Garbrand Hall, Ewell, v r as a good first with handsome 
specimens ; Mr. Ratty, gardener to R. Thornton, Esq., The Hoo, 
Sydenham Hill—the only other exhibitor in the class—being placed 
second with good pyramidal plants. In several other classes Messrs. 
Turner, Ratty, and B. Peed were the chief prizetakers. 
Orchids. —There was a fair display of these plants, and the compe¬ 
tition among the amateurs was rather spirited. In the nurserymen's 
class for nine specimens Mr. B. S. Williams was easily first, his collec¬ 
tion including several of the handsome specimens previously shown 
at the Royal Botanic Society’s Exhibition and noted in our report. 
Mr. Henry James, Castle Nursery, Norwood, was adjudged the second 
position for vigorous plants of Dendrobium nobile, D. thyrsiflorum, 
and Odontoglossum citrosmum among others. In the amateurs’ 
class Mr. Child staged a fine collection, for which he was awarded the 
premier honours ; it included a handsome Vanda suavis with nine 
spikes of flowers, Cypripedium barbatum superbum, good, Aerides 
Fieldingi, and Oncidium ampliatum majus, also flowering freely. 
Mr. Salter, gardener to J. Southgate, Esq., Leigham Court Road, 
Streatham, was second, contributing fine examples of Dendrobium 
Dalhousianum, Oncidium concolor, and Phalasnopsis grandiflora. Mr. 
A. G. Catt, gardener to Walter Cobb, Esq., Silverdale Lodge, Syden¬ 
ham, secured the third position with smaller but healthy plants. 
Fine-foliage Plants. —Mr. B. S. Williams was the chief exhibitor in 
the nurserymen’s class for nine fine-foliaged plants, and the only one 
in that for the same number of Ferns, securing the leading prize in 
both with some of the handsome specimens for which the Holloway 
nursery is noted. Messrs. Hooper & Co., Covent Garden, and Mr. H. 
James followed in the first-named class, each staging fine plants, the 
former especially, Palms being particularly well represented. In the 
corresponding amateurs’ class there were only two competitors— 
namely, Mr. Rann and Mr. Penfold, gardener to the Rev. Canon 
Bridges, Beddington, who were awarded the first and second prizes in 
that order, the collections being very close in merit. Mr. Rann as 
usual carried off the chief prize for Crotons with well-grown plants 
bearing brightly coloured foliage. Mr. Bird, gardener to J. A. Caus- 
ton, Esq., Lodgemore, Alleyn Park, Dulwich, was a good second with 
smaller but admirably coloured plants, Mr. Penfold taking the third 
position. The prizes for Dracaenas were awarded in precisely the 
same order for fresh healthy examples of good varieties. The only 
collection of nine Ferns was from Mr. Penfold, well-grown neat speci¬ 
mens, well deserving the first prize awarded for them. 
Tuberous Begonias were as usual shown by Messrs. Laing & Co. 
of Forest Hill in excellent condition, securing the premier prize in 
the class devoted to them. The varieties especially noteworthy 
were The Hon. Mrs. Brassey, bright scarlet, large ; Devoniensis and 
Exoniensis, both good varieties, fine scarlet tint; Annie Laing, bright 
pink, neat flower ; Lady Hume Campbell, pink, a beautiful variety ; 
and Pollie, pale yellow. Mr. H. Coppin, Croydon, was a good second, 
showing several’fine varieties, the best being Roi d’Or, large yellow, 
and Olympus, bright scarlet. Calceolarias were well represented by 
Messrs. Dobson & Son of Isleworth, Mr. Bird, and Mr. W. Griffin, 
gardener to J. Willcocks, Esq., Forest Hill. Pelargoniums were 
poorly shown, the only really good collection being that from Mr. C. 
Turner, comprising fancy varieties, which was first in that class. 
Groups. —Four exhibitors appeared in the class for a group to 
occupy a space not exceeding 200 square feet. The one for which 
the premier prize was adjudged was staged by Messrs. John Peed 
and Son, and consisted chiefly of variegated Maples, standard and 
pyramidal Azaleas, Calceolarias, Coleuses, Palms, and Dracaenas, 
tastefully arranged, formality being studiously avoided. Mr. J. 
