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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ March 30, 1882. 
first with exceedingly dwarf and well-flowered plants not more than 
12 inches high and very bushy. Mr. Pratt, second, showing good 
plants, but of a very different habit to the first-prize plants. Primulas 
were not good, but those shown by Mr. T. S. Eyton were bright in 
colour, and were awarded first prize. Spiraeas were good, Messrs. 
Oldroyd & Co. and Messrs. Jones ife Sons being the prizewinners in 
the order named. Callas were well shown by Messrs. Oldroyd and 
T. S. Eyton, who received the prizes as named. Lily of the Valley 
were exceedingly good in 7-inch pots; Messrs. Jones & Sons being 
the successful winners with handsome pots, some having over eighty 
sprays of flowers. Messrs. Oldroyd & Co. were second. The same 
exhibitors were also first for six pots of Violets, and Messrs. Oldroyd 
second. For a collection of bulbs, fifty pots, Messrs. Jones & Sons 
were once more to the fore, showing a splendid lot of Hyacinths, 
three and four in 6-inch pots with fine spites, Alba maxima being 
good. Tulips, Narcissus, Jonquils, Eucharis, and Callas completed 
this fine collection. Messrs. Pritchard & Sons were second with an 
excellent group. 
For twelve pot Tulips Messrs. Jones & Sons were again the pre¬ 
mier exhibitors — Joost Van Vondel, Imperator Rubrorum, Yellow 
Prince, Gloria Solis, Tournesol, Eoyal Standard, all in superior con¬ 
dition. For thirty-six hardy spring-flowering plants, Messrs. Oldroyd 
first, and Messrs. Pritchard & Sons second. A special prize was 
awarded to Mr. J. D. Corbett for a collection of hardy herbaceous 
plants. 
Bouquets were not numerous, but exceedingly good, Mr. Pratt 
being awarded first honours in both classes for bridal and ball 
bouquets, and Messrs. Jones & Sons second in each. Mr. Pratt’s 
bouquets were of exceptional quality as regards flowers, but crowded ; 
while those of Messrs. Jones & Sons were said to be superior to any 
before exhibited by that well-known firm of bouquetists. The deci¬ 
sion in this popular class caused not a little surprise. 
Twenty classes were set aside for local amateurs, comprising 
Primulas, Azaleas, Hyacinths, Tulips, Lily of the Valley, <fcc. Mrs. 
Shuker, Dr. Burd, H. H. Treasure, Esq., Miss Brooks, and Rev. J. H. 
Charter were the principal prizewinners, but these classes were not 
so well filled as could have been hoped by the number set apart 
for them. Special prizes were awarded to Messrs. Oldroyd & Co., 
Pritchard & Sons, and Jones & Sons for large and beautiful collec¬ 
tions of plants ; to Messrs. Pritchard for a large cross of white flowers, 
and to Mr. Pratt for six double Cinerarias of very good habit. Great 
credit is due to the Honorary Secretaries, Messrs. Adnitt and Naunton, 
for the excellent arrangements, and their courtesy to all exhibitors 
rendered the event most agreeable. The Judges were Mr. Jones, gar¬ 
dener to Mrs. Hey wood, Cloverly, Salop, and Mr. Stacey, Birmingham. 
At a General Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society 
held last Tuesday, Col. R. Trevor Clarke in the chair, the following 
candidates were elected Fellows of the Society—viz., J. F. Bow¬ 
ring, George Cheverton, F.L.S.; Miss Fanny E. M. Currie, David 
Davidson, John Freeman, Com. Sebastian Gassiot, Mrs. Leisler, 
Mrs. Henry Monro, Capt. Ernest Rice, R.N.; Basil Thomas 
Woodd, Henry Wootton. 
- Mr. W. Taylor writes—“I have to thank a correspondent 
for pointing out a mistake I made as to the capacity of a wine¬ 
glass when speaking of Petroleum for Killing Insects. It 
is, as he says, 2 ozs. instead of 1 when measured by the marks 
on a doctor’s bottle, and the doctor's bottle is as good as anything 
for the purpose of measuring it.” 
- Messrs. John Laing & Co., Forest Hill, inform us that 
Mr. Henry Clark, late gardener to Mrs. Hall, Syndale Park, 
Faversham, has been appointed gardener to His Grace the Duke 
of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Mr. W. Crump 
having retired with the intention of commencing business in 
Leamington. 
--The Teddington Royal Horticultural Society will 
hold their eleventh Annual Exhibition in the grounds adjoining 
Bushey Park Cottages on Wednesday, July 5th, when prizes will 
be offered in ninety-two classes for plants, fruit, and vegetables. 
- A correspondent writes from Cambridge that “Ane¬ 
mone apennina is one of the finest possible plants for natural¬ 
ising in woods and bye places. In the Fellows’ garden of St. 
John’s College it is now magnificent, some of the patches being 
even 5 feet across. This is one of the brightest spots in the neigh¬ 
bourhood during spring time. Until lately the Winter Aconite 
was in great beauty, whole tracts being covered with yellow blos¬ 
soms. Snowdrops, too, were abundant and charming, while Hepa- 
ticas and other spring flowers have been no less beautiful. Daffo¬ 
dils are now flowering in thousands, and the Grape Hyacinth is 
well established and flowering freely. All these plants are un¬ 
disturbed, and it is astonishing how well they grow and multiply. 
It is impossible to see this garden without longing to have some¬ 
thing more than the formal borders of a well-kept establishment. 
Indeed, it is only under similar circumstances that some of our 
loveliest flowers flourish the best.” 
- The schedule of the Royal Southampton Horticul¬ 
tural Society announces that the Summer Exhibition will be 
held on August 5 th and 7th, when liberal prizes will be offered 
in a large number of classes for plants, fruits, flowers, and vege¬ 
tables. Prizes for cottagers are amply provided, and special prizes 
are also contributed by the Secretary, Mr. C. S. Fuidge. The 
autumn Show of Chrysanthemums and fruit will be held on 
November 14th and 15th in the Skating Rink. 
- Referring to the origin of the Manetti Rose a recent 
issue of the Journal dcs Roses states that it was raised from seeds 
obtained from Persia by M. Manetti at the Botanic Garden of 
Monza, Italy. In 1837 some plants were sent to Mr. T. Rivers 
at Sawbridgeworth by M. Crivelli of Como, Italy; and it was 
introduced from England to France the 20th of March, 1840, by 
M. Portemar fils. 
- The same number of the above Journal gives a fair 
coloured plate of Rose Star of Waltham, a beautiful variety, 
now well known to all Rose-growers in England. It will, doubt¬ 
less, be remembered that this variety was sent out by Messrs. W. 
Paul & Son of Waltham Cross in 1875, though in the above Journal 
it is erroneously stated to have been placed in commerce in 
1835. 
- The Spring Exhibition of the Royal Western Horti¬ 
cultural Society will be held in the Plymouth Guildhall on 
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 9th and 10th. The schedule of 
prizes is a large one, and contains several valuable special prizes. 
£27 is offered for Roses in pots; £7 10.s. for stove and greenhouse 
plants ; £6 10s. for Azaleas, and £5 5s. for nine Ferns ; while for 
a single specimen plant of any sort a silver cup value £3 3s. is 
offered as a first prize. The Hon. Secretaries are Messrs. Walling 
and Bond. 
•- There is now a good display of Acacias at Kew, espe¬ 
cially in the temperate house, where some of the large specimens 
are loaded with flowers. A. verticillata is very handsome when it 
attains a height of 12 to 20 feet, the cylindrical pale yellow 
heads of flowers contrasting well with the dark green leaves or 
phyllodes. This species is also useful for conservatory decoration, 
as it flowers in a comparatively small state. The compact hand¬ 
some specimens of A. armata, 12 feet in height, are very finely in 
flower, the fragrant A. dealbata being now somewhat past its best, 
though it has been as floriferous as usual. A. leprosa laurifolia is 
not often seen, though very pretty, the light yellow globular 
flower heads being freely produced. A. diffusa is similar to the 
last, with smaller leaves. 
-On the 23rd inst. Mr. Romer, Q.C., applied to Mr. Justice 
Chitty for the appointment of two directors of the General 
Horticultural Company as provisional liquidators of the 
Company, pending the hearing of a creditor’s petition to wind 
up the Company. The application was assented to by Mr. Cross- 
ley, Q.C., on behalf of the Company, which, it was said, was 
