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class for six Show varieties, having Pericles, Mary Hoyle, and 
Brigantine in good form. W. L. Joy, Esq., Weetwood Mount, Leeds, 
followed with well-grown, vigorous plants, but not bearing such fine 
flowers as the preceding. Fancy varieties were not so largely shown, 
Messrs. Lazenby, Itylance, and H. May, Bedale, being the prizetakers 
in that order. Zonal varieties were also well shown by Mr. Tetley. 
Orchids .—-'Though not very abundant these were all distinguished 
by their excellent healthy condition, and some specimens were admir¬ 
ably flowered. For six plants Mr. J. Cypher secured the chief posi¬ 
tion with beautiful little specimens of Epidendrum vitellinum, Sacco- 
labium guttatum, and Odontoglossum vexillarium amongst others of 
similar quality. Mr. W. N. Champion, Halifax, was second, having 
Odontoglossum Alexandra and Cypripedium barbatum flowering 
freely; and Mr. W. Bateman gained the third position for small 
plants. For three Orchids the competition was close, Mr. F. W. 
Tetley taking the lead with praiseworthy examples of Aerides Field- 
ingi and Cypripedium barbatum. Mr. J. Barran’s second-prize col¬ 
lection included Dendrobium thyrsiflorum and Odontoglossum citros- 
mum flowering profusely, Mr. W. Bateman again taking the third 
position, Vanda suavis and Laelia purpurata being his best plants. 
Mr. T. Simpson secured the chief position with a single specimen 
Dendrobium nobile superbly flowered ; Mr. F. W. Tetley was placed 
second with a good Odontoglossum vexillarium, and Mr. Grimshaw 
third with Cattleya Mossise. 
Roses were shown extensively, and the quality of many was sur¬ 
prisingly good. For forty-eight distinct blooms Messrs. Paul & Sons, 
Cheshunt, were first; the Cranston Nursery Company, Hereford, 
second, and Mr. May third. The names of the varieties need not be 
given here, but all were in good condition. For thirty-six varieties 
of Roses the positions of the preceding first two firms were reversed, 
but with Teas Messrs. Paul <fc Sons recovered their former place. In 
the other classes many fine blooms were shown, and altogether the 
Roses were both good and highly interesting. At the end of the 
tent were some splendid Rose plants in pots from Mr. May and the 
Liverpool Horticultural Company, but the latter, although fine, 
healthy, and well-grown, were deficient of bloom. Fine-foliage plants 
and Ferns were also well represented, most of the specimens staged 
being extremely healthy. 
Tuberous Begonias and Gloxinias made a fine show along one side 
of the fruit tent. Many fine varieties were staged, and excellent 
culture was evident in many, especially those from Messrs. R. 
Simpson & Sons, N. W. Champion, Rev. G. E. Gardner, and Mr. J. 
Harrison. 
Bouquets were most attractive, Mr. Cypher coming to the front 
here, as he generally does in this department. The stands of cut 
blooms of stove and greenhouse plants also shown were greatly 
admired, and deservedly so, as they were both numerous and good. 
Fruit .—Collections of fruit were numerous and good. For four 
dishes Mr. Clayton, gardener to J. Fielding, Esq., Grimston Park, 
was first with a very fine Queen Pine, grand Muscat Grapes, a well- 
grown Melon, and Violet Hative Nectarine. Second, Mr. W. Wallis, 
gardener to Sir H. S. Thomson, Kirby Hall, York, with good Black 
Hamburgh, a very small white Grape, Peaches, and Nectarines. The 
third prize was awarded to Mr. Silver, gardener to A. Fawkes, Esq., 
Farnley Hall, Otley, his Muscat Hamburghs being particularly fine. 
The next class was that for six kinds of fruit. Here Mr. Faulkner, 
gardener to F. R. Leyland, Esq., Woolton Hall, Liverpool, was a good 
first with splendid Black Hamburghs, a fine Lockinge Melon, Peaches, 
Nectarines, ifec. Mr. Wallis was second, and Mr. Silver third. In 
another collection of four varieties Mr. Pratt, gardener to Lord 
Hill, Hawkstone, was first with the finest Black Hamburghs in the 
Show', and other good fruits ; Mr. Faulkner second, and Mr. Clayton 
third. 
In the Grape class for one dish of a white and one of a black 
variety, three dishes of each, Mr. J. Padgett was first, his Black 
Hamburghs and Muscat of Alexandria being very good ; the second 
lot from Mr. Wallis was a little smaller, but the third wanted finish. 
For a single dish of black Grapes Mr. Silver was first with very fine 
Muscat Hamburgh, this exhibitor showing this choice variety in 
excellent condition throughout ; Black Hamburghs from Mr. Wallis 
were second, and the same variety third. In the white class Mr. 
Clayton came well to the fore with exceptionally fine Muscats ; the 
second and third lots being Foster’s Seedling, and although good 
were far behind the first. For the heaviest bunch of Grapes a very 
rough unripe bunch of Foster’s was first, the second being a good 
bunch of Muscat Hamburgh from Mr. Silver. 
Pine Apples were not numerous or very superior. Peaches and 
Nectarines were barely ripe as a rule, but well-coloured fruits were 
shown by Messrs. Silver, Wallis, Pratt, and Faulkner, and others 
competing. Melons were not plentiful, but good in shape, and Mr. 
Mann was first with a scarlet-fleshed variety, and Mr. Mclndoe second. 
In the class for green-fleshed varieties Mr. Ambrose Walker was first 
with a fine seedling, a cross between the old Beechwood and Golden 
Perfection. The fruit was large, finely netted, and. exquisitely 
flavoured. Mr. Clayton was second here with a fine fruit of Eastnor 
Castle, Mr. Mclndoe being third. Figs and Cherries were fairly 
good, and Strawberries were exceedingly fine ; Messrs. Pratt, Wallis, 
F. W. Tetley, and W. L. Joy showing grand samples. 
Hierochloa borealis. —This, the Northern Holy Grass, ought to 
be grown in every garden where cut flowers are wanted in early spring. 
It flowers freely and is very elegant, its beautiful panicles resembling 
those of a miniature Briza, and its powerful scent, like that of new 
hay, adds to its attractions. It does not require any particular treat¬ 
ment. I first had it in a small pot, with a strict injunction to plant 
it in peat near a pond or lake : but as I had neither peat nor lake I 
planted it in garden at once. This rests on 14 feet of sand, and is 
about 800 feet above sea level, and exposed to every breeze. The 
plant commenced growing at once, and now covers a space several 
feet square, and had hundreds of flowering panicles on in spring. It 
commences flowering early in April, and lasts for several weeks.— 
James Percival. 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
If it is a fair question to ask in the Journal of Horticulture, 
I want to know if there is any place in London where we can 
procure damaged tobacco that would be suitable for fumigating 
glass houses with. I am troubled with a little white fly, which is 
especially fond of plants with strong-scented leaves, such as Lan- 
tanas, Tomatoes, and Aloysia citriodora ; it also injures Ageratums. 
I am also sorry to find the tbrips has begun to attack my Muscat 
Hamburgh Vine, and I know there is nothing better to eradicate 
these pests than a thorough good fumigating, followed by another 
about three or four days after. I do not much care about the pre¬ 
pared tobacco paper, and want to obtain some genuine damaged 
shag ; I have an idea that such tobacco ought to be obtainable from 
some of the warehouses near the London Docks, for I have no 
doubt many a stone of tobacco is injured by salt water in its transit, 
and would be just as good for fumigating purposes as the best Wills’ 
birdseye. 
Talking of tobacco, the Nicotiana affinis, of which I sowed seeds 
in April, is certainly well worth growing. Oddly enough, from 
the same packet of seeds two quite distinct types of flowers are 
produced. One flowers when not more than 1 to 1^ foot high, with 
short tube and a well-formed flower about the size of a large Prim¬ 
rose. The other has a tubs at least 5 inches long and has pointed 
petals, and is almost the size of a white Petunia. Both are sweet, 
but the latter never opens fully till after four o’clock, and always 
shuts up in bright sun. I have some in blossom now in the original 
seed pans, treated exactly the same way, and while one is flower¬ 
ing from 1 foot the other is 3 feet high before it expands. 
To illustrate the differences between the two types of Nicotiana 
aftinis, I send by this same post a few flowers of each in a tin box. 
I am rather doubtful how they may travel. As far as the fructi¬ 
fication is concerned they seem nearly the same. The flower tube 
is very brittle, especially in the longer one, and I should not be 
much surprised if the tubes were broken in transit. 
I also send specimens of Linaria bipartita, which I have never 
grown before, and it seems a very pretty annual, and two flowers 
of a Foxglove from a plant which I sowed from seeds sent me from 
the Royal Horticultural Society last year, and which has more than 
usually large bells and is very floriferous. 
I wish some more standard and definite rules could be laid down 
for thinning Grapes. I am surprised at the quantity of berries I 
still have to cut out from the bunches of Muscat of Alexandria, 
supposed to be a shy setter ; but there is no Grape which swells 
apparently more rapidly after stoning. I have over seventy 
bunches on a Vine which last year gave me nine, and many 
of them are more than a foot long. I had to cut from sixty to 
eighty large berries off one bunch yesterday, which had escaped 
mv eye before owing to its having grown from a late shoot, and 
was hidden amongst the foliage. 
We have had a curiously cold and backward spell of weather 
the last ten days. It is now nearly Midsummer day, and it has 
never been above Co 0 , and often under G0° max., with 3G° to 40° at 
nights, since the first week of the month.— C. P. P. 
[The flowers of Nicotiana are quite dissimilar, some being more 
than thrice the length of the others. The Foxglove is very fine, 
the Linaria rich in colour and attractive.] 
SCOTTISH PANSY SOCIETY. 
The thirty-eighth annual competition of the above Society, held 
in the Society of Arts’ Hall, Edinburgh on June 23rd, was, notwith¬ 
standing the changeable weather experienced before the date of 
Show, a success in every way. The number of visitors was greatly 
in excess of that of any previous Show. Many new growers attended, 
chiefly from the west of Scotland. Captain Halford Thompson, 
Exeter, brought a basket of Fancy Pansies in pots, which were 
shown in capital condition considering the distance they had tra¬ 
velled. A certificate was awarded to this exhibit. 
Nurserymen’s class—twenty-four show Pansies dissimilar : First 
(the Society’s silver medal)—Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, florists, Paisley, 
who staged superior blooms of the following : Artemis, Captain 
Knowles, Alex. Watt, J. P. Barbour, Peter Lyle (seedling); John 
