JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ August 4, 1881. 
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obtained. The Exhibition will continue until the 9th inst., a large 
number of fresh blooms being brought from the Nursery daily to 
maintain the display. 
- A correspondent writes to us from Lincoln as follows— 
“ ‘ Lancashire ’ in your last issue wants to know a suitable 
shrub FOR A hedge in a smoky district. From personal ex¬ 
perience of smoky localities I recommend a Yew hedge ; we have 
two such, one 60 yards the other 200 yards long ; and as to smoke, 
woe to the district that has more, and our hedges are thriving 
much better than can be expected, and, situated as we are on a 
hillside, high winds and gales are the order of the day.” 
- A correspondent sends the following note on Mr. 
Cookson’s Collection of Orchids at Oakwood Hall, 
Wylam —“ These have been considerably increased in numbers, 
with glass accommodation to hold them. The Orchids are placed 
on stone slabs for stages, covered with 2 or 3 inches of white 
gravel. The pots are all placed in other pots, which are again 
placed in saucers containing water, the object of which is to pre¬ 
vent the progress of insects. The following were in bloom— 
Dendrobium Jenksinsii with six or seven flowers, Thunia Marshallii 
with six flowers open, and Masdevallia bella, besides Phaltenopsis, 
Vandas, and Saccolabiums. There was a fine seed pod on Odonto- 
glossum Uro-Skinneri which had been crossed with Odontoglossum 
Chestertoni.” 
-At the West of Scotland Pansy Show which was 
held last week, in the competition open to nurserymen only Mr. 
W. Hickson, Paisley, secured first prize for twenty-four blooms 
of Show Pansies ; and for a similar number of Fancy Pansies 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Paisley, were first. Mr. Storrie, in the 
amateurs’ class, had the best eighteen blooms of Show Pansies ; 
and Bailie Goodwin was first for twelve distinct varieties of Show 
Pansies. In the open competition for twenty-four Show Pansies 
Mr. Lyle came first with a splendid lot of beautifully shaped and 
clearly defined blooms. For twelve flowers of the same class 
Mr. Buchanan was first, and in the Fancy Pansy class Mr. Storrie 
carried off the honours. The best bloom Show Pansy in the Hall 
was exhibited by Mr. T. M. Crorie, Kilbarchan. It is named 
“ David Malcolm,” and was raised by Mr. Cuthbertson, Rothesay, 
last year, and since then it has received three certificates. The 
Pansy is a rich glossy black self, so smooth that the joining of 
the petals can scarcely be seen. It is of medium size, perfectly 
circular, with smooth overlapping petals of great substance, and 
a small orange eye with a halo of velvet. The top petals are 
velvety black, the lower petal shading to rich purple. In the 
confined classes Mr. Dalglish carried off all the first prizes, and 
for twelve bunches of Violas Messrs. Dickson & Co., Edinburgh, 
had the best exhibit. 
- Roses in Scotland. —The “North British Mail,” referring 
to the Roses at the above Show, states that “ The Tea Roses 
shown by Mr. Gray, Dunkeld, were universally admired ; some of 
the best authorities on the subject asserted that they were the 
finest blooms ever grown in Scotland. His stand included Mdlle. 
Van Houtte, Souvenir d’un Ami, Alba Rosea, Madame Willermoz, 
and other equally choice Roses. For the best Rose bloom in the 
Hall, Mr. Wallace came first with an excellently grown specimen 
of Pierre Notting. The feature of the Show, however, was 
probably the stands of Roses exhibited by Messrs. A. Dickson 
and Sons, Newtonards, and Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast. In the 
principal class, the competition for forty-eight Roses, distinct 
varieties, Messrs. A. Dickson & Sons were first, and in the next 
class, for twenty-four, Mr. Hugh Dickson was first.” 
•- An Exhibition and Congress in connection with the 
culture OF Vines is appointed to take place in Milan in Septem¬ 
ber next. The Congress, which will be composed of experts from 
various countries, will be charged with the duty of inquiring into 
the subject of the disease which has of late years rendered the 
wine crop so uncertain. The Exhibition will consist mainly of 
appliances for the application to vegetation of insect-destroying 
agencies, of machines and instruments for grafting, of photo¬ 
graphs, plates, and printed publications relative to the Vine 
disease, specimens of Vine parasites, and numerous other objects 
serving similar purposes. 
- We are requested to announce a special general meeting 
of the members of the Royal Southampton Horticultural 
Society will be held at the Kell Memorial Hall, Bellevue Road, 
on Wednesday, August 10th, at eight o’clock in the evening, when 
General Lacy will propose the following resolution, by the authority 
of the Provisional Council :—That the great difficulty the Com¬ 
mittee has experienced this year in securing an eligible site for 
the Summer Exhibition, a difficulty which it is feared will be 
almost insurmountable in the future, showing the immediate neces¬ 
sity for securing a site for the proposed gardens ; and having 
promises to the extent of over £3000, of which £2300 is promised 
in writing, the Council are hereby authorised to incorporate the 
Royal Southampton Horticultural Society forthwith, under the 
Limited Liability Companies Acts, upon the following basis :— 
1, That the memorandum of association shall contain a proviso 
securing to annual subscribers all the privileges of admission to 
the shows at present enjoyed by them. 2, That the nominal 
capital of the Society shall be £10,000 in 10,000 £1 shares. That 
the first issue shall be 5000 shares. 3, That the contract with Sir 
Edward Hulse for the lease of the proposed site in Bannister’s 
Paik shall not be signed until the first calls upon not less than 
3000 shares are paid into the Society’s bank. 4, That of the first 
£3000 subscribed, £1500 shall be invested as a reserve fund, and 
the remainder expended in enclosing and partially laying out the 
site. 5, That all additional capital subscribed of the first issue 
shall be equally divided between the reserve fund and the ex¬ 
penses for completing the gardens. 6, That no outlay for glass 
structures shall be incurred until the whole of the first issue has 
been subscribed. Persons desirous of assisting the proposed Com¬ 
pany are requested to communicate with the undersigned. Sub¬ 
scriptions are invited towards the expenses of promotion.—W. 
Lacy, Major-General, Chairman, The Polygon; C. S. Fuidge, 
Secretary. Office, 39, York Street, Lower Avenue, Southampton. 
-A correspondent has obliged us with a report of the 
Stirling Horticultural Society’s Show, which, however, 
arrived too late for insertion, and we are only able to publish a 
condensed note of it. In many respects the Exhibition, which 
opened on the 26th ult., was a very good one, but the arrange¬ 
ments appear to have been very faulty. “ By the time the Judges 
ought to have been proceeding with their work most of the tables 
were still to erect, and one of the tents was only partially erected. 
Indeed the arrangements were not wholly completed at all the 
first day. The consequence was that the Judges performed their 
duties under very trying conditions—the Grapes, for instance, 
having to be judged three times and the awards as often altered 
before the decisions were finally given. Notwithstanding this the 
awards were very satisfactory, except in the fruit classes, where 
the Judges’ awards were by no means generally approved.” The 
collections of plants arranged for effect are described as forming 
“ridges 8 or 9 feet high in the centre, sloping like a house roof to 
nothing at the sides, and as evenly and densely filled with as 
many plants as could possibly be crushed in.” Mr. Thomas Boyd, 
Callander House, Falkirk ; Mr. Russell, Keir House ; and Mr. John 
Robertson, Springbank, Stirling, received the prizes. For speci¬ 
men plants Mr. Souza was first with magnificent examples, Mr. 
Russell, Keir, having the same position for six fine-foliage plants. 
Roses were good from Mr. Alex. Hill Grey, East Ferry, Dunkeld ; 
