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In the pleasure grounds it is the finest of pictorial trees. In 
any position it is simply lovely—bright gold from spring to 
autumn, and it appears quite as hardy as the common La¬ 
burnum. Its value for park and garden scenery is obvious at 
sight; once seen its merits are apparent. 
Golden-netted-leaved Horse Chestnut (HDsculus Memmin- 
geri).—A bold-foliaged Horse Chestnut, having an Australian 
sovereign tint, with the midribs of a deep green hue. It is 
very telling at a distance, and enlivens the sombreness of park 
tree verdui-e in a remarkable manner—with the sun upon it 
it appears to throw off golden rays. In growth it is as free 
as the Horse Chestnut, and apparently quite as hardy. I have 
not noticed its flowers. Contrasted with Purple-leaved Beech 
the effect is grand, the crimson purple being toned down through 
being associated with green, of which there is no scarcity in 
parks generally. 
Variegated Negundo (Acer Negundo variegata).—If we take 
the Purple Beech, the Golden-leaved Horse Chestnut, and the 
variegated Negundo, a trio of the finest and most beautiful 
of variegated trees is obtained for park scenery. The variegated 
Negundo is almost white in foliage, and, being cut or divided, 
contrasts in outline with entire-leaved trees. In contrast with a 
dark green background it is decidedly the most beautiful of all 
variegated trees of its colour—white. Unfortunately it is not 
very hardy, but it is quite as free and hardy here as the species 
(Acer Negundo), of which there are very large trees, the soil 
being light, an admixture of loam and alluvial overlying gravel 
on the oolitic formation.—G. Abbey. 
GRAPE DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH. 
This unquestionably highly flavoured Grape has every good merit 
that a Grape should have, except size of berry, and in these days of 
** show ” the popularity it should have attained to has been reduced to a 
minimum. When I gave this kind a first trial I was anxious to improve 
its size, and grafted several on Vines of a different character. On a 
West’s St. Peter’s the size of berry became equal to a small Muscat, 
which it was supposed by strangers to be. Flavour convinced them of 
the contrary. The Duchess partook of the form of the St. Peter’s, was 
quite as large, and inherited in a measure the juicy nature of that kind. 
The size of bunches were less than those grown on its own roots, and more 
dumpy in form—qualifications which we did not object to.— M. T. 
'CARDIFF ROSE SHOW. 
A great change from Reigate, beloved of artists and dear to all who 
value the peculiarly English scenery of our home counties, to this busy 
bustling town, the centre of the coal trade of South Wales, with its rapidly 
increasing docks filled with the ships of all nations. A great change, too, 
from the intense heat of the last few days to a cool and pleasant atmosphere. 
Pleasant, too, for exhibitors, for Roses would not fly and fall as they did in 
the greater heat of the previous days. But in one respect they were both 
alike—there was the same hearty appreciation of the Rose and the same 
eager desire for success ; and although Reigate is the oldest, I believe, of 
our Rose societies, and Cardiff one of the youngest, yet there is so much of 
zeal and earnestness that I should not be at all surprised if under the able 
secretaryship of Mr. Pettigrew, whose name is so well known to readers of 
the Journal by his many valuable contributions to its pages, that I should 
not be at all surprised if in a few years it will be found to equal any of our 
provincial shows. The climate of South Wales is so favourable for the Rose, 
and there are many wealthy supporters of the flower. As it is, it is the only 
Society which awards two gold medals—a sufficient proof that they are 
ambitious enough, and without ambition no person or society can prosper. 
The Exhibition was held, as usual, in the Drill Hall, one of the best 
rooms I ever see Roses staged in. The light is all in the roof, the building is 
very lofty, and there is ample room for the company to move about without 
inconvenience, and the admirable way in which the staging was managed 
made everything pleasant for judging. I have rarely seen in any place so 
marked an improvement in amateur showing as here. The first year nothing 
could have been much worse either in the blooms selected and in the manner 
of setting up. The mistake which most young exhibitors make was made 
here. Blooms look beautiful on the tree and when cut, but before they come 
under the Judge’s eye the colour is flown, and perhaps the eye shows ; then 
foliage was added. Roses were set down on the moss without having the 
aid of the wire, which lifts them up and shows them off to advantage. Last 
year a great deal of all this was remedied, while this year a most marked 
improvement in every particular was shown. Doubtless still much remains 
to be done, and if the local exhibitors will only look at the open classes and 
see how such experienced exhibitors as Mr. Grant of Ledbury and Mr. Hobbs 
of Bristol set up their Roses they will still further improve. We have always 
need to remember that we should make good use of our opportunities and 
that we are never too old to learn. 
The following were the awards. In the class for twenty-four the first 
prize and the National Rose Society’s gold medal was won by Mr. Hobbs, 
Lower Easton, Bristol, with a very good stand, containing the following 
flowers : Annie Laxton, Mons. Noman, a very fine bloom ; Auguste Rigotard, 
La France, A. K. Williams, Marquise de Castellane, Madame Lacharme, 
Edouard Morren, Madame Bravy, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Caroline Kuster, John 
Hopper, Anna Ollivier, Duke of Edinburgh, Marcellin Rhoda, Therese Levet, 
Duchesse of Yallambrosa, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Duchess of Bedford, 
Egeria, Star of Waltham, Devoniensis, and Belle Lyonnaise. Mr. W. E. Grant 
of Ledbury ran it very close, there being only a few points between the 
stands. His blooms were La France, Countess of Oxford, Marquise de 
Castellane, Ulrich Brunner, large and promising new flower of the Etienne 
Levet type ; Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Mons. Noman, Duchess of Bedford, 
A. K. Williams, Baronne de Rothschild, Horace Yernet, Madame Willermoz, 
Marie Rady, Sophie Fropot, Duke of Edinburgh, Marie Yerdier, Francis 
Michelon, Duke of Wellington, Jean Pernet, Dr. Andrd, Madame Gabriel 
Luizet, Devoniensis, and Devienne Lamy. In the class for twelve trebles 
the first prize was awarded to Joseph Pully, Esq., Lower Eaton, Hereford, 
for Gabriel Luizet, Madame Charles Wood, Marquise de Castellane, La 
France, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Madame Charles, 
A. K. Williams, Mons. Noman, Le Havre, Marhcbal Niel, and Princess 
Beatrice. Mr. Grant was second with Marie Baumann, La France, 
Marie Rady, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Comtesse d’Oxford, Marquise de Castel¬ 
lane, Frangois Michelon, Le Havre, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Xavier Oiibo, 
Marechal Niel, and Alfred Colomb ; a very excellent stand. In the class for 
twelve Hybrid Perpetuals Mr. Grant was first with a fine stand of Le Havre, 
Marquise de Castellane, Baron Bonstettin, Madame Gabriel Luizet, La France, 
Marie Rady, Marie Finger, Etienne Levet, Dr. Andry, Duchesse de Yallom¬ 
brosa, Xavier Oiibo, and Marguerite de St. Amand. In the class for twelve 
Teas Mr. Grant again first with a fine stand of Souvenir d’un Ami, Jean Pernet, 
Madame Willermoz, Caroline Kuster, Niphetos, Madame Lambard, Amazone, 
Catherine Mermet, Marie Yan Houtte, Souvenir de PaulNeyron, Homer, and 
Madame Falcot. In the class for twelve of one sort Mr. Grant and Mr. 
Pully w r ere equal first with fine stands of Duchesse de Yallombrosa and Mar¬ 
quise de Castellane. The classes for local growers were, as I have said, well 
filled. In the class for twenty-four, with the National Society’s gold medal, 
Mr. Pettigrew was first with a very fine stand containing Marquise de Castel¬ 
lane, John S. Mill, Duke of Edinburgh, Capitaine Christy, Cheshunt Hybrid, 
La France, Marie Rady, Comtesse d’Oxford, Camille Bernardin, Abel Grand, 
Dr. Andrd, Miss Hassard (the finest bloom of this variety I have ever seen), 
John Hopper, Duchesse of Yallombrosa, Antoine Mouton (large, but not a 
flower for an exhibition stand), Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Baron de Bon¬ 
stettin, Marquise de Castellane, Baronne de Rothschild, Prince de Portia, 
Princess Louise Victoria, a good bloom of a variety I have never before seen 
on an exhibition stand, and Charles Lefebvre. Mr. Pettigrew also won the 
five-guinea cup given by Messrs. Cranston & Co. with Baronne de Rothschild, 
Marquise de Castellane, Baron de Bonstettin, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, John 
Hopper, Princess Louise Victoria, Victor Yerdier, La France, Charles Lefebvre, 
Madame Lacharme, Duke of Wellington. He was also first for twelve trebles 
with Hippolyte Jamain, Duke of Edinburgh, Capitaine Christy, Eugene 
Appert, Baronne de Rothschild, Richard Wallace, Dr. Andrd, Duchesse de 
Vallombrosa, Marie Rady, and Madame Lacharme. The Marquis of Bute’s 
prize for a box of York-and-Lancaster Rose brought together two fine boxes, 
not of York-and-Lancaster, but the Rose which is always known under that 
name, the true York-and-Lancaster being quite distinct, and were placed 
equal, Mr. Pettigrew, as before, showing them in fine condition, the other 
stand being equally good. 
In the nurserymen’s classes the Cranston Company carried off all the 
first prizes, Mr. Davison of Hereford being second. Amongst the best.of 
Cranston’s were Madame Gabriel Luizet, Constantin Tretiakoff, which 
has been very good this year ; Star of Waltham, Marguerite de St. Amand, 
Alfred Colomb, Marie Baumann, Duke of Wellington, Duchesse de 
Yallombrosa, Louis Yan Houtte, Captain Christy, Mons. Noman, Princess 
Mary of Cambridge, Duke of Edinburgh, General Jacqueminot, Marquise 
de Castellane, Duchess of Bedford, La France, Fisher Holmes, A. K. 
Williams, Madame Charles Wood, John Hopper. Ilis box of Teas com¬ 
prised Anna Ollivier. Marechal Niel, Marie Van Houtte, Rubens, Madame 
Willermoz, Madame Bravy, Catherine Mermet, Devoniensis, Souvenir d’un 
Ami, ifec. He had also a very beautiful box of twenty-four Marie Cointet, 
a Rose one very seldom sees in the perfection shown here to-day. 
Such is a brief record of this most creditable Show. The arrangements 
were well carried out, thanks to Mr. Pettigrew and his Committee. 
My time was so hurried that I could not do more than have a rush 
through the houses at Cardiff Castle; but I did have time to see one of the 
most beautiful sights in the way of collections of Melons and Cucumbers 
I have seen for a long time, that well-known Cucumber, Cardiff Castle, 
being the only one grown here, and suitable for all purposes.—D., Deal. 
EARLY PEAS—AMERICAN WONDER. 
I agree with Mr. Smith that this is the most opportune time for com¬ 
paring the merits and demerits of early Peas, as the subject will just 
now be uppermost in the minds of the majority of cultivators. I have 
tried everybody’s earlies in order to find out the variety most suited for 
this locality. After repeated trials William I. was decided on as the 
best, although a few days later than Kentish Invicta and Yeitch’s Extra 
Early, preference being given to the former because of its excellent 
flavour when cooked, and secondly because the quantity of produce wa3 
much heavier than from the other two. If confined to these three and 
an early dish was an object, the last-mentioned would be grown, because 
it is dwarfer than the others and the earliest. Day’s Early Sunrise, 
however well it may have done in some places, is here only a second-rate 
Pea as regards flavour ; it is also ten days later than those enumerated 
above, but will carry the heaviest crop. 
I now come to American Wonder. After three years’trial of it I 
believe it will prove a good field Pea for market purposes, and will prove 
the best of all early Peas yet raised. It is dwarf, the earliest in the 
market, and wonderfully productive ; in short, my experience of this 
Pea coincides exactly with that of Mr. Smith. It is a little taller than 
usual with me this year, but the ground was rich and the crop is heavier 
than that recorded by Mr. Smith. I sowed about twenty short rows, and 
they have been, and are to-day, laden with pods. Hitherto I have planted 
them 18 inches from row to row, but the distance recommended by your 
correspondent is preferable. In future I shall grow no other early Pea 
here, as it has proved much more productive than the others. It requires 
no stakes ; in fact old besoms after they have done service for sweeping 
