May 6, 1881.] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
361 
as well as shaking the trees, liberating it with a plume of Pampas 
Grass, or applying it direct to the stigma with a camel’s-bair 
pencil, but it clearly does not answer to leave matters of this 
kind to chance.—G. Abbey. 
HABROTHAMNUS ELEGANS. 
If I were asked to name two plants for climbing in a green¬ 
house or conservatory the above would be one of them. We 
have a large bush of it covering a pillar in the conservatory here, 
and no plant with which I am acquainted surpasses it in pro¬ 
duction of flowers. This plant has been in bloom since the 
middle of December, and the supply shows no signs of exhaus¬ 
tion. It has been no ordinary supply either, as every time cut 
flowers have been wanted, and that has almost been daily, the 
Habrothamnus was never missed ; and it is probably owing 
to this that it has flowered so profusely, as the oftener it is 
cut the more lateral growths are produced. Its culture is most 
simple, the chief requirement being abundance of nourishment 
at the roots. It succeeds much better planted out in a bed than in 
a pot, although in the latter way it also grows and flowers freely. 
It is easily propagated by cuttings, which should be inserted at 
once where a little bottom heat can be afforded them. As soon 
as rooted pot them off singly, and when growth has commenced 
plant them out in a greenhouse or conservatory in good loam, 
half-decayed manure, and a little sand. Plants so treated will 
produce many of their bright crimson flowers throughout next 
winter, and after that they will very rarely be out of bloom. 
Trained to a wall this Habrothamnus soon covers a large space, 
and it succeeds better in a shady corner than any other of our 
greenhouse plants. The flowers are highly ornamental in either 
large or small vases, as small twigs can be had for the latter, and 
long racemes many feet in length for the former.—J. Muib. 
COMING HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 
We have received a number of schedules of various horticul¬ 
tural societies ; the following brief particulars of which, with the 
dates at which the exhibitions are to be held, may be of service to 
some of our readers. 
Last year an exhibition of plants, fruits, and vegetables was 
held at Turnham Green, and proved so satisfactory and successful 
that it has led to the establishment of a local society under the 
name of the Chiswick, Turnham Green, and District Horticul¬ 
tural Society. The first Exhibition of the new Society will be 
held in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden, Chiswick, on 
July 14th. when prizes amounting to about £100 will be offered 
in fifty-two classes for plants, cut flowers, fruit, and vegetables. 
Subscribers are entitled to several season tickets of admission to 
the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden, varying in number from 
one to four in proportion to the amount subscribed. Mr. A. F. 
Barron is the Hon. General Manager, and Mr. J. T. Musgrave, 
Sutton Court Road, is the Hon. Sec., from whom schedules and 
particulars may be obtained. 
It is announced that the Kingston and Surbiton Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society will hold the seventeenth annual Exhibition on 
Wednesday, July 13th, in the grounds of Bank Grove, Kingston, 
the residence of C. J. Freake, Esq., when the usual liberal prizes 
will be offered in numerous classes. Several special prizes are also 
offered, the chief being those given by the President, H.R.H. Prince 
Leopold, for a group of plants ; by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for 
table plants ; and by Lady Peek for cut flowers and vegetables. 
The report for the past year announces a small balance to the credit 
of the Society. The amount awarded in prizes was £98 13,?., 
against £69 i6,?. in the previous year, while there was a slight 
falling-off in the subscriptions considered as due to the Committee 
not having been able to earlier announce where the exhibition 
would be held. 
As usual the schedule of the Richmond Horticultural Society 
enumerates classes for all the chief kinds of garden produce. 
Plants, flowers, fruit, and vegetables are well provided for, the 
prizes offered being liberal and numerous. In the three divi¬ 
sions devoted to the Society’s prizes sixty classes are named, 
the prizes ranging in value from £8 (the first prize for nine stove 
and greenhouse plants, the chief class in the Show) to 2.?. in the 
cottagers’ division; first, second, and third being given in all. 
Special prizes are numerous, no less than forty additional classes 
being thus provided for. Some of the chief donors are the 
following The Duke of Teck, Lady John Chichester, Sir Arthur 
J. Rugge-Price, Bart., the Dowager Lady Pigott, Sir Francis 
Burdett, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., Lady Parker; and Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 
Osborn & Sons, Daniels Brothers, G. Paul & Sons, Hooper Sc Co., 
F. R. Kinghorn, and H. Herbst. The summer Show will be 
held on June the 30th, and the autumn Show in November. We 
are informed that the Croydon Horticultural Society will hold 
their Summer Show on Wednesday, the 29th of June, and the 
Autumn Show on the 14th and 15th of November. The prizes 
and classes are of the customary satisfactory character. The 
Finsbury Park Chrysanthemum Society will hold an Exhibition 
in the Holloway Hall on November the 16th and 17th. Mr. E. 
Makepeace, the Hon. Secretary of the Hampton Cottage Garden 
Society, informs us that the annual Exhibition will be held in 
the grounds of Garrick Villa, Hampton, on July the 12th of the 
present year. The fifth annual Exhibition of the Rochester and 
Chatham Horticultural Society will be held in the Paddock, 
St. Margaret’s, Rochester, on Tuesday, July the 5th, when prizes 
will be offered in 120 classes for plants, cut flowers, fruit, and 
vegetables. We learn from the schedule that the Harborne and 
District Potato Exhibition will take place on the 16th and 17th 
of September in the Masonic Hall, Harborne. Twenty-four classes 
are enumerated, one for two best dishes of cooked Potatoes being 
noteworthy. The prizes in six of the classes are offered by nur¬ 
serymen and seedsmen. We are informed that the International 
Potato Exhibition will be held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 
September 20lh and 21st. The Lord Mayor is President of the 
Committee, and the list of Vice-Presidents will probably not differ 
from that of last year. 
In connection with the Essex Agricultural Society’s meeting on 
June 15th and 16th of the present year it has been decided to hold 
a horticultural Exhibition at Southend-on-Sea, when prizes to the 
value of £130 will be offered in ninety classes, all the chief garden 
products being well provided for. 
On Wednesday July the 6th the Norwood Horticultural Society 
will hold their fourth annual Exhibition. In addition to the 
usual prizes numerous special classes are contributed to by metro¬ 
politan firms of nurserymen and seedsmen. 
The Burton-upon-Trent Floral and Horticultural Society will hold 
the annual Exhibition on Wednesday, June 22nd. The schedule 
enumerates a large number of classes for plants, flowers, fruit, 
and vegetables, some of the prizes being very liberal, especially 
for stove and greenhouse plants. In the chief class for twelve 
specimens £20, £10, and £5 are offered as first, second, and third 
prizes. The Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society 
will hold an Exhibition in their gardens at Edgbaston on Friday 
and Saturday, August the 12th and 13th. There is good provision 
for plants, flowers, and fruit. The Cardiff Rose Society announce 
July the 6th as the date fixed for their Show. In addition to the 
ordinary classes a number of special prizes are contributed by 
gentlemen and nurserymen in the neighbourhood. The North¬ 
amptonshire Chrysanthemum Society’s tenth Exhibition will be 
held in the Com Exchange, Northampton, on November 22nd 
and 23rd. The schedule shows the usual liberal arrangements for 
Chrysanthemums, with additional classes for miscellaneous plants, 
fruits, and vegetables. 
We must also mention that the Committee of the Leeds Show 
have made a most worthy attempt to retrieve their lost fortunes, 
and it is to be hoped that the weather will smile on them this 
year and success follow. The Show opens on June 29th and 
continues for three days. The schedule is an excellent one, and 
the prizes numerous and liberal. 
The Liverpool Horticultural Association will hold the third 
annual Exhibition in Sefton Park on July the 30th and August 
the 1st. Liberal prizes are offered in eighty-six classes for plants, 
cut flowers, fruit, and vegetables. Stove and greenhouse plants 
are particularly well provided for, the prizes ranging in the three 
chief classes from £12 to £2. 
WORK/oiitheWEEK.. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Sow the main crop of Dwarf Kidney or French Beans, Negro 
Long-podded, and Canadian Wonder, placing the seeds about 2 inches 
deep and G inches asunder in rows 2 feet 6 inches apart. Sow 
also Scarlet Runners in rows G feet apart where long sticks are 
used, a less distance where the sticks are shorter, stopping the 
plants when they reach the top, and where sticks are not obtainable 
the rows may be 3 feet apart. Plenty of moisture and a warm 
