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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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mention two species, with their varieties, for cultivation in pots for the 
decoration of the greenhouse. They are the indispensable L. auratum 
and L. speciosum and vars. As the amateur gains skill and experience 
others may be added, but the above are quite enough for a beginner to 
commence with. The bulbs are generally to be had during winter and early 
spring. As soon as they come to hand they should be potted in rough 
lumpy loam and well-decayed manure, with some broken charcoal or 
sandstone and a little sharp sand. Comparatively large pots should be 
used, as they are strong rooters. A little sand may with advantage be 
placed around each bulb, which must be covered with soil about an inch. 
The pots need not be too full of soil, but room should be left for a top¬ 
dressing afterwards. As soon as the bulbs are potted they should be 
stood in a cool place (a shed or cellar) from which frost is excluded. 
When they commence growing in spring they may be removed to a cold 
frame, and still protected from frost. Up till this stage no more water need 
be.given than just to keep the soil a little moist; but after the tops make 
some progress, and the roots take possession of the soil, water must be 
given more freely, and once a week a weak dose of liquid manure should 
be given. Meanwhile ventilation must be freely given on all favourable 
occasions. By the end of May the plants will thrive better out of doors, 
and should be plunged in ashes in a sheltered spot. When young roots 
appear at the base of the shoots a little rich loam may be placed over the 
roots, and over and around that a good dressing of rich cow manure 
partly, but not over, decayed. As the shoots run up stakes should be 
put to each, and before the flowers open the plants should be removed to 
the greenhouse. At this stage liquid manure will be of great service 
to them. 
After they have flowered they should be removed to a cold frame or 
other glass structure to be carefully ripened off—not dried, that is the 
mistake which kills so many Lilies yearly ; but as the foliage ripens 
water should be gradually withheld until after it has decayed. No more 
must be given than just to keep the soil moist and the bulbs fresh and 
plump. 
Repotting should take place about December. In performing this 
operation care must be taken not to injure a single root, but at the same 
time all inert soil may be taken away and fresh material supplied. Pots 
slightly larger should be given year by year if the plants are in a thriving 
condition, for then they double themselves yearly. Until growth com¬ 
mences the soil must be kept just moist, after that the routine we have 
laid down should be followed. 
NERINE. 
Nerines are easily grown bulbous plants, somewhat resembling 
Amaryllises and belonging to the same order. Good loam, decayed 
manure, and a dash of sand through it suits them as far as soil is con¬ 
cerned. When growing the plants may be kept near the light, and well 
supplied with water, and occasionally with liquid manure. When the 
foliage turns yellow the supply of water must be diminished gradually 
until no more is given than will merely keep the bulbs from shrivelling. 
While resting the plants should be kept dryish and cool. When the 
flower-stems appear more water should be given, and the plants removed 
to a warm corner of the greenhouse again. The best time to pot is just 
as the plants push up fresh leaves. In potting all inert soil may be 
removed, but no roots should be injured. Overpotting must be avoided. 
N. Fothergillii and N. F. major are the forms most commonly grown, 
and next to that N. sarniensis (the “ Guernsey Lily ”), but N. coruscans, 
N. flexuosa, N. undulata, and N. venusta are well worth growing.—A. H 
NATIONAL GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 
This was held in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Old Trafford, Man¬ 
chester, on the 6th inst. The respective prizewinners, with the names 
and weights of the varieties that were exhibited, are as follows :— 
PLATE OP TWELVE RED BERRIES. 
John Boot .... 
James Bower. 
E. Salsbury... 
J. Warburton 
B. Bradley.... 
Lord Derby, 
Lord Derby, 
Bobby. 
Lord Derby. 
Blucher. 
PLATE OP TWELVE YELLOW BERRIES. 
A. Tomkinson 
J. Bower. 
D. Bower. 
C. Leicester .. 
W. Riley. 
Leveller. 
Leveller. 
Thatcher. 
Thatcher. 
Leveller. 
PLATE OF TWELVE GREEN BERRIES. 
J. Boot . 
F. Jameson.... 
J. Torkington 
C. Leicester . 
B. Cheadle.... 
Telegraph. 
Diadem. 
Not named. 
British Oak 
Surprise. 
PLATE OF TWELVE WHITE BERRIES. 
G. Beckitt ... 
C. Leicester 
J. Boot . 
J. Warburton 
J. Weston .... 
Transparent. 
Antagonist. 
Transparent. 
Careless. 
Fascination, 
J. Boot .... 
F. Jameson 
B. Bower . 
W. Riley . 
John Boot. 
B. Cheadle ... 
J. Bower . 
G. Beckitt. 
E. Salsbuiy ... 
J. Warburton 
D. Bower . 
A. Tomkinson 
J. Carter .. 
F. Jameson ... 
C. Leicester ... 
J. Threfall. 
B. Bradley. 
J. Denneriey... 
W. Riley . 
J. Torkington 
G. Beckitt ... 
J. Boot. 
J. Denneriey 
J. Birchenall 
B. Cheadle ... 
F. Jameson ... 
F. Jameson ... 
D. Bower. 
B. Bradley ... 
J. Torkington 
J. Boot. 
J. Boot. 
G. Beckitt ... 
J. Warburton 
E. Salsbury ... 
C. Leicester... 
J. Torkington 
F. Jameson ... 
F. Jameson ... 
J. Torkington 
W. Riley . 
W. Riley . 
B. Cheadle ... 
G. Beckitt ... 
TWINS, TWO ON ONE STEM. 
Red. Lord Derby. 
Yellow . Drill. 
Green. Telegraph . 
White. Antagonist, 
dwt-s. grs. 
.. 42 5 
.. 42 20 
.. 33 6 
.. 38 21 
Premier 
SINGLE BERRIES, 
prize red. 
Lord Derby. 
.. 29 
0 
55 
55 
yellow . 
Garibaldi. 
.. 25 
8 
55 
55 
green. 
Shiner. 
17 
55 
55 
white. 
Transparent . 
.. 29 
15 
Steward s prize 
red. 
London . 
.. 28 
5 
55 
55 
yellow. 
Thatcher. 
.. 24 
17 
green . 
Stockwell . 
.. 23 
14 
white . 
Hero of the Nile . 
.. 23 
14 
55 
55 
red. 
Bobby . 
.. 26 
0 
*5 
55 
yellow . 
. Ringer. 
.. 24 
0 
55 
55 
green. 
. Seedling. 
.. 2L 
1 
white .. 
. Mitre . 
.. 22 
22" 
55 
55 
red. 
, Blucher . 
.. 24 
22 
55 
yellow . 
Leveller . 
.. 23 
ii 
5 ) 
55 
green. 
. Mary Ann . 
.. 20 
22 
55 
55 
white . 
. Antagonist. 
99 
13 
RED CLASS. 
.. Bobby. 26 13 
.. Jumbo, seedling . 25 16 
.. Lord Derby . 25 6 
.. London . 24 22 
.. Dan’s Mistake . 24 1!> 
.. Maccaroni. 23 6 
.. Beauty . 24 12 
.. Seedling. 22 21 
.. Blucher. 22 14 
.. Ploughboy. 21 IS 
.. Dr. Wooley . 21 16 
.. College Lane, seedling . 21 tt 
YELLOW CLASS. 
. Ringer . 24 10 
. Leveller. 23 11 
. Mount Pleasant . 23 7 
. Lady Haughton . 23 3 
. Thatcher . 22 1!> 
. High Sheriff. 23 0 
. Hit-or-Miss . 22 14 
. Pretender. 22 7 
. Garibaldi . 22 6 
. Go’-bye . 22 1 
. Nelly, seedling. 21 17 
. Lancashire Hero. 21 6 
J. Warburton 
E. Salsbury ... 
F. Jameson ... 
F. Jameson ... 
G. Beckitt ... 
J. Warburton 
J. Boot. 
B. Bradley ... 
C. Leicester ... 
S. Birchenall 
C. Leicester... 
J. Threfall ... 
GREEN CLASS. 
.... Surprise. 
.... Stockwell. 
.... Diadem. 
.... Plunder. 
.... British Oak .... 
.... Shiner . 
.... Telegraph.. 
.... Green London. 
.... Seedling. 
.... Hospool. 
.... Plumbley Lass 
.... Cheerful . 
25 6 
23 15 
23 5 
23 0 
21 O 
21 3 
20 10 
10 17 
19 10 
18 18 
18 12 
18 10 
WHITE CLASS. 
G. Beckitt. 
J. Boot. •.. 
G. Beckitt ... 
R. Downs. 
F. Jameson ... 
J. Warburton 
J. Salsbury ... 
D. Bower. 
F. Jameson ... 
A. Tomkinson 
J. Fisher . 
J. Carter . 
Transparent. 25 0 
Antagonist . 24 8 
Fascination . 22 18 
Careless. 22 6 
Marchioness. 22 4 
Hero of the Nile. 21 22 
Postman . 21 33 
Princess Royal . 20 15 
Snowdrop. 20 12 
Faithful. 20 10 
Succeed. 19 11 
Snowdrift. 19 14 
—Charles Leicester {Secretary), Nursery man and Florist , Macclesfield. 
ANEMONES. 
Hardy spring flowers are favourites with most people, and in the 
spring they seem to have a special charm. The Anemone is a great 
favourite ; the flowers also last a long time when cut. Like many more 
old-fashioned flowers there are named varieties, called florists’ Anemones, 
and these as the foliage decays are lifted and kept in a dry place, being 
again planted in November. The beds should consist of good friable 
loam, with a little sand about the roots. Anemone fulgens has beautiful 
bright scarlet flowers with a dark centre, well adapted for clumps in the 
herbaceous border, on the margins of the shrubberies, in grassy nooks, 
and woodland walks. At Holme Lacy, Hereford, we had a beautiful 
variety, which I preferred to A. fulgens, but found it succeed best when 
the roots were lifted as the foliage decayed, and planted again in 
November. The double and single varieties have bright and varied 
colours. 
