490 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
invariably injure the earliest expanded flowers. Our first ripe 
fruit, Black Prince, was gathered on June 1st, and picking in 
earnest twice a day for breakfast and dinner will commence in 
the course of a few more days. 
Raspberries are likely to be much finer than last year, perfectly 
formed fruit being the rule and not the exception as last season. 
Gooseberry and Currant bushes are literally breaking down with 
their loads of fruit, and are this year singularly free from cater¬ 
pillars. To the terrific gale of April 29th we attribute our scarcity 
of Apples and Pears. The blossom was abundant and strong; 
and as we bad no frost worth mentioning when they were in 
flower we are forced, as doubtless many others do, to hold the 
gale responsible for our loss.— Et Castera. 
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At a General Meeting of the’*ROYAL Horticultueal So¬ 
ciety held’ last Tuesday, Col. It. Trevor Clarke in the cha : r, 
the following candidates were elected Fellows—viz., Mrs. Alex¬ 
ander, Bentley J. Bonnell, Lieut.-Col. Bridges, F. C. Briggs, 
G. R. G. Carlyon, William Cleaver, Rev. N. T. Devereux, Mrs. 
Dundas, Mrs. W. H. Emmet,‘Mons. Girardin-Collas, Col. Hemery, 
R.E., Mrs. R. Henderson," Mrs. George Hooper, Philip M. Justice, 
William Charles Logan, Octavius Warre Malet, Walter D. Marks, 
Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Porcher, John Edgcumbe Rendle, Walter F. 
Rogers, M.A., John Simson, Lieut.-Col. J. C. Stewart, G. G. Stone, 
James Townley, M.D., Dowager Countess of Winchelsea. 
- At the [recent Manchester Show we learn that the 
total number of visitors in the seven days was 51,300, as compared 
with 44,000_last year and 55,000 in 1880. The greatest number 
was on Whit-Monday—16,000, and the least on the opening day 
—3000. 
- In reference to the request of a Perthshire correspondent, 
Mr. Brierley informs us he has had five seeds of the Calvary 
Clover given to him by a friend who brought them from Mount 
Calvary. Four of these have germinated. He will try if he can 
obtain a few more seeds, or would send a plant in answer to the 
above request. [J.If our Perthshire correspondent will send us her 
address, which we omitted to preserve, it shall be forwarded to 
Mr. Brierley. 
- We have, fortunately, not often to record hail and 
SNOW IN THE MIDDLE OF June, yet on Monday last hail fell 
in London and much snow in Scotland. All around Balmoral 
we are told snow was lying to some depth, and late on Monday 
evening it was still falling very thickly. Easterly gales pre¬ 
vailed, and the cold was intense. The tops of the Grampian 
Mountains were white with snow. Nearly an inch of snow fell 
on Sunday in some parts of Fifeshire. Thunder and lightning 
prevailedjfor some hours over the eastern section of Perthshire. 
The unfavourable change in the weather has seriously checked 
vegetation. Mr. Taylor informs us that the thermometer on the 
grass at Longleat registered as low as 26° on Tuesday morning 
the 13th inst. 
- Mr. J. F. Barter of Lancefield Street, London, informs 
us that an extra prize was awarded to him for the excellent dis¬ 
play of Mushrooms and^Mushroom spawn that he contributed 
to the Manchester Show. By some mistake this award was not 
attached to his exhibit, and hence was not referred to in our 
report of the Show. 
- Messrs. James Carter & Co. announce a series of prizes 
for their new Peas Stratagem and Telephone, and Culverwell’s 
Telegraph, varying in amount from £3 to 10s., at the following 
Shows :—Chiswick, June 22nd ; Royal Horticultural Society) 
June 27th ; Richmond, June 29th; Bagshot, July 1st; Twicken¬ 
ham, July 7th ; and Oxford, August 2nd. The particulars of the 
competition ^can be obtained from 237, High Holborn, London, 
and the'prize schedules of the Societies respectively. 
- It is well known that the Duke of Buccleuch Grape 
does not succeed everywhere, yet occasionally it is seen in very 
fine condition. A Vine in the collection of N. Clayton, Esq., at 
Lincoln, which we have seen during past years, produces good 
crops of fine fruit annually. A correspondent who has recently 
visited Mr. Clayton’s gardens at East Cliffe House, informs us that 
“the bunches and berries are finer this year than they have ever 
been before. The largest bunch is 11^ inches in length, well 
filled with berries throughout, and all swelling regularly. Several 
of them are 4 inches in circumference, and have only fairly com¬ 
menced their second swelling. Mr. Wipf, the gardener, leaves 
several inches of young wood at each pruning, and is careful in 
selecting what he considers the most promising buds. He has 
found the berries to stone far better since he has applied lime 
freely to the borders. The other varieties of Grapes in the same 
collection are in admirable condition.” 
- We are requested to announce that the tenth annual Exhi¬ 
bition of the Woodford Horticultural Society takes place 
on Wednesday, July 12th, 1882, in the grounds of James Spicer, 
Esq., Woodford. 
- Writing in reply to “ M. D.,” Mr. C. Princep states that the 
pink Lily of the Yalley and the gold and silver-striped, also a 
double form, may be obtained from Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, 
Chester. Now is the best time to replant, as the Lilies are now making 
roots and the tops do not sutler much. The same correspondent 
suggests that perhaps the following may be useful to those troubled 
with RED SPIDER Mix sulphur with petroleum, and paint the 
pipes or flue. He further recommends dry soap powder as the 
best plant wash he has yet used, and the fir-tree oil as a good scale- 
killer used separately. In return for this information Mr. Princep 
wishes to know “ what is the effect of overheating vineries when 
Grapes are colouring.” 
- The prize of £50, offered by the Corporation of Great 
Grimsby for the best design for laying-out the new park has, we 
learn, been awarded to Messrs. William Barron & Son, Elvaston 
Nurseries, Borrowash, Derby. There were twenty-four competi¬ 
tors. The site of the park was presented to the town by E. 
Heneage, Esq., M.P., and comprises twenty-seven acres. 
- A new periodical, entitled the “ Field Naturalist and 
Scientific Student,” has just been commenced by Messrs. A. 
Heywood & Sons of Manchester, which is intended to be “ a 
medium of intercommunication between naturalists and amateur 
scientists. The first number was issued at the commencement of 
the present month, and it will be continued monthly, each number 
containing twenty-four quarto pages of matter, in double columns, 
devoted to original communications upon natural history gene¬ 
rally. Some of the most notable articles in the present issue are 
the following :—“ The Architecture of the Woods,” “ The Sense of 
Locality in Animals,” “The Beginnings of Microscopic Study,” 
“ Rare British Mosses,” “ The Coming and Going of the Swallow,” 
and “ The Topographical Distribution of the Nightingale in Great 
Britain.” It appears to be carefully edited, and will doubtless 
be welcomed by many. 
- When lately on a visit to Cardiff we, as a matter of course, 
called at the Castle Gardens, which are under the skilful manage¬ 
ment of Mr. A. Pettigrew, and through his courtesy were shown 
the attractions of that noted establishment. We especially re¬ 
marked Mr. Pettigrew’s success in the growing of Melons and 
Cucumbers. His mode of treating these has already been 
