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it is likely to command, that it ought to be a success. They have 
made a good start, have obtained the services of that able gar¬ 
dener Mr. A. Pettigrew as their Honorary Secretary, have issued 
a schedule amounting to £80 in prizes, and have already affiliated 
themselves with the National Rose Society. The Marquis of Bute 
has given the Society his patronage, and offers prizes of £5 and 
£3 for the best boxes of York-and-Lancaster Roses; while the 
Mayor gives a prize of £2 for the best boxes of Moss Roses, and a 
Mr. Ware for the best box of the old Cabbage Rose. There are 
prizes open for general competition as well as for local growers. 
The Exhibition will be held in the Drill Hall, and with such a 
start success is well nigh assured.” 
- Mr. W. Ig gulden sends the following from a letter 
he has received upon Tomato culture —“ I think the proper 
cultivation of this delicious fruit-vegetable is far too little known. 
The taste for Tomatoes seems to be an acquired one, most people 
having an aversion from them at first. I am exceedingly fond of 
them both cooked and uncooked, and as a medical man I consider 
them most wholesome. 1 grow them largely in pots under glass, 
and found them infinitely better as regards flavour grown in this 
way than when in borders even under glass. The most delicious 
variety I consider is Earley’s Defiance, next to this Hathaway’s 
Excelsior. The Trophy makes a capital third, as does Jackson’s 
Favourite—a very large-fruited variety of fine flavour. For a 
grand crop I have found, so tar, no variety to equal the Orange- 
field Dwarf. From two plants of this in an 11-inch pot I cut 
seventy-two fruits, some very large.” 
- In reference to the proposed International Flower 
Show at Edinburgh, the Scotsman states that “ a meeting of the 
Committee of the Caledonian Horticultural Society charged with 
promoting the International Show which it is proposed to be held 
in Edinburgh on the 15th and 16th September, 1882, was recently 
held in the Waverley Market—Professor Balfour in the chair. 
After discussion it was agreed to appoint a Sub-Committee to 
draw up a circular, and send it to patrons of horticulture and 
others interested in it both in the United Kingdom and the 
Continent, asking their co-operation and support in forwarding 
the object which the Committee have in view. A considerable 
amount was subscribed at the meeting as the nucleus of a prize 
fund ; and from present appearances there is every reason to hope 
that the arrangements for the Show may be carried to a successful 
issue.” 
- We some time ago received from Mr. Miles of Wycombe 
Abbey a portion of the new Pine Apple Lord Carrington, a 
variety which had been certificated by the Fruit Committee of 
the Royal Horticultural Society a year ago. That which Mr. Miles 
sent us was even richer and more highly flavoured than the fruit 
which was exhibited at South Kensington; and what struck us 
more especially was the fine aroma which seems to be peculiar 
to this variety. This is no doubt a fruit of the highest excellence, 
and our note upon it was made at the time when it was received, 
although delay has occurred in publishing it. 
-The usefulness and beauty of Trophsolum Ball of Fire 
as a winter-flowering plant in a warm greenhouse or any other 
structure with a similar temperature, is admirably shown at 
Nonsuch Park, Cheam, the seat of W. R. G. Farmer, Esq. In 
one of the plant houses there two specimens of this Tropseolum 
are trained up each side of the doorway and over a portion of 
the roof, and at the time of a recent visit they were bearing so 
many hundreds of flowers that the term a “mass of blooms” 
seemed the only one applicable. They have been in a similarly 
fine condition since last October, and Mr. Sillence the gardener 
has found the supply of flowers obtained from them of inesti¬ 
mable value during the dullest months of the year. The plants 
are growing in good turfy loam, and when they become slightly 
exhausted from the continuous flowering the pots were placed in 
pars of partially decomposed manure, into which the roots 
rapidly extended, thus again increasing the vigour of the plants. 
-The following gardening appointments are announced 
— Mr. Thomas Nutting, late gardener to Richard C. Naylor, Esq., 
Kelmarsh Hall, Northampton, succeeds Mr. G. Eldridge as gar¬ 
dener to Henry Hall, Esq., Manor House, Alton, Hants ; Mr. 
George Jordan, late of Westbrook, Hemel Hempstead, has been 
appointed gardener to Rev. H. Bermens, Harkstead Rectory, 
Suffolk ; Mr. James Galbraith, late gardener to Sir Wm. Parker, 
Bart., Melford Hall, Sudbury, becomes gardener to Wm. F. Faviell, 
Esq., Down Place, near Guildford ; Mr. Edwin Tame, late gar¬ 
dener to Col. James, Igtham Court, near Sevenoaks, succeeds the 
late Mr. Blaides as gardener to J. E. Sanders, Esq., North 
Sandsfield, Gainsborough; Mr. George Roberts, late of Peter¬ 
sham House, near Richmond, becomes gardener to Lord 
Teynham, Tower House, Shooter’s Hill; Mr. J. Taylor, late gar¬ 
dener at Isel Hall, has been appointed gardener to F. J. Reed, 
Esq., Hassness, Cockermouth, Cumberland ; and Mr. William 
Sewards, late foreman at Castle Hill, Southmolton, succeeds Mr. 
James Shale as gardener at Creedy Park, Crediton, South Devon. 
-- At the ordinary meeting of the Meteorological 
Society, to be held at 25, Great George Street, Westminster, on 
the 20th inst. at 7 p.m., the following papers will be read—“ On 
the Frequency and Duration of Rain,” by Dr. Wladimir Koppen ; 
“Results of Experiments Made at the Kew Observatory with 
Bogen’s and George’s Barometers,” by G. M. Whipple, B.Sc., 
F. R.A.S., F.M.S. ; “ On a Discussion of Mr. Eaton’s Table of the 
Barometric Height at London, with Regard to Periodicity,” by 
G. M. Whipple, B.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
April 12th. 
The meeting on this occasion was not characterised by any very 
remarkable features, though the exhibits both in the Council-room 
and in the conservatory were sufficiently numerous to impart much 
interest to the gathering. This was still further enhanced by a 
lecture by the Rev. G. Henslow on Daffodils, and the performance of 
a selection of music by the band of the Royal Horse Guards. 
Fruit Committee. —Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair. Mr. T. 
Bonsall, The Gardens, Campsmount, Doncaster, sent a dish of Im¬ 
proved Keeping Onion. Mr. J. Wallis, Keele Hall Gardens, New¬ 
castle, Staffs., sent three bunches of old Grapes, consisting of Gros 
Colman, Black Alicante, and Lady Downe’s, to which a cultural com¬ 
mendation was awarded. Mr. Buchanan, gardener to Dr. Siemens, 
Sherwood, Tonbridge Wells, sent a splendid bunch of fruit of Musa 
Cavendishi weighing 74 lbs., and grown as stated under the influence 
of the electric light. The Committee were of opinion that it was a 
very fine specimen of the fruit, and awarded a cultural commendation, 
while they referred the scientific question to the Scientific Committee. 
Mr. W. Bowell, gardener to Lady Parker, Stawell House, Richmond, 
Surrey, exhibited a fine bunch of Loquat, the fruit of which was quite 
ripe, and pronounced to be the finest flavoured ever exhibited before 
them. 
Floral Committee. —J. McIntosh, Esq., in the chair. Among the 
exhibits in the Council-room the first to be noticed was a group of new 
and rare plants from Messrs. James Yeitch it Sons of Chelsea. A 
cultural commendation was awarded for a specimen of Cattlej-a Men- 
delii superbissima with half a dozen flowers. This is one of the finest 
varieties in cultivation, the petals being very broad, white, with a 
faint purple tinge ; the lip large, rich crimson, and beautifully fringed. 
A peculiar Japanese shrub, Corylopsis spicata, was also shown 
with spikes of small yellowish flowers on leafless branches. Mr. H. 
Cannell, Swanley, contributed several collections of Zonal Pelar¬ 
gonium blooms in excellent condition, extremely bright and well 
selected. Among the scarlet single varieties especially noticeable 
were the following:—Col. Seely, Mrs. Nevvdegate, J. B. Miller, 
Rigoletto, Tom Bowling, General Grant, Commander in Chief, and 
Lizzie Brooks. The best pinks were Mrs. Strutt, Louisa, Lady Shef¬ 
field, and Olive Carr. The best white was Eureka, recently certifi¬ 
cated. Many good double varieties were also shown. Double named 
Cinerarias were represented by several varieties, among which Kate, 
full pink; Phoebe, purple, very large, and globular ; and Mr. T. 
Lloyd, deep purple, were especially notable. The hose-in-hose and 
spotted Mimulus Beauty of Sutton was shown, with flowers of the 
old Cineraria cruenta and Silver Star Marguerites, the latter 
