424 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. c November 10, mm. 
most of the kinds which grow on trees, are fed with liquid manure 
naturally. He has almost invariably found the branches of the 
trees bespattered, often plentifully, with the excreta of both birds 
and mammals. This is washed by rain within reach of the 
roots of the Orchids, and we cannot doubt that they are thereby 
benefited. 
Is not this a hint worth thinking about? Orchids, however, 
are not to be tampered with, but we are sure that weak liquid 
manure applied to those plants which have filled their pots or 
baskets completely with healthy roots helps them greatly, as in 
the case of Cypripedium insigne and many others.—A. H. 
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At a General Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
held on Tuesday last, Col. R. Trevor Clarke in the chair, the 
following candidates were duly elec ted Fellows of the Society— 
viz., Theodore George Ensoll Herman, J. R. Gaskoin, Mrs. Bill- 
ingsby Parry, Sir Rawson W. Rawson, K.C.M.G., C.B. 
- We learn that The Pelargonium Society will hold its 
eighth annual Exhibition in the gardens of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society, South Kensington, on Tuesday, the 27th of June, 
1882. 
- We are informed that a collection of Mr. King’s beau¬ 
tiful new Coleuses, many of which have been certificated 
during the year, have passed in the hands of Messrs. James 
Carter & Co. for distribution. The bold foliage of these Coleuses 
and their brilliant colours cannot fail to arrest the attention of 
all who see them when the plants are produced in their best 
condition. 
- The Daily News correspondent telegraphs:—“A novel 
FEATURE OF THE IMPORTS TO AMERICA FROM ENGLAND is 
the arrival of Beans, Cabbages, and Potatoes. Forty barrels of 
Champion and other varieties of Potatoes grown in the north of 
Ireland were offered for sale on the 2nd inst. In size and quality 
they were inferior to American Potatoes. One firm imported 
2400 bushels of tubers, grown in the vicinity of Liverpool, and 
has 4500 more on their way here. These can be sold here from 
2 to 2j dols. per barrel, whereas native Potatoes bring 3 and 
3^ dols. Liverpool varieties compare favourably with the native. 
Owing to the drought both the Potato and Cabbage crops are 
short this year.” 
- We are requested to state that it is proposed to close the 
list of subscribers to the fund now being raised to make a pre¬ 
sentation to Mr. E. S. Dodwell at the end of the present 
month. The object of the presentation, it may here be stated, 
is to show the sympathy of his brother florists with Mr. Dodwell 
in his debilitated state of health, which has made it necessary for 
him to remove from the suburbs of London to a purer country 
air; and at the same time to cheer his declining years by an 
expression of their appreciation of the services rendered by him 
during an active life to the cause of floriculture—the advance¬ 
ment of the Carnation and Picotee in particular—including his 
successful efforts to bring about in the southern portion of the 
kingdom the revival of a taste for floriculture, in some at least of 
its phases— e . g ., the Auricula and Carnation Societies. Those 
friends who have not yet subscribed, and who intend to do so, are 
reminded that they should at once send in their contributions 
either to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, 
Slough, or to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. T. Moore, Botanic Garden, 
Chelsea, London, S.W. 
-There is now what may fairly be described as the finest 
display OF Nepenthes in Europe in Messrs. Yeitch’s nursery 
at Chelsea. N. sanguinea is magnificent, but it is surpassed in 
colour by the new and yet small N. madagascareDsis. N. Rajah 
is still small, but growing in the most satisfactory manner ; and in 
striking contrast is the bold and vigorous N. bicalcarata, the 
pitchers of which now hold a pint of water. The more established 
forms have a profusion of beautiful pitchers, thousands of which 
are hanging from the roof of one house, producing a remarkable 
effect. The wall at the end of the house is being covered with 
the new Pothos celatocaulis, which somewhat resembles a Marc- 
gravia. It is associated with Ficus minima ; the contrast is 
striking, and the effect quite unique. In an adjoining pit are 
numbers of fine plants in the best health and colour of the curious 
Cephalotus follicularis, some of them with from one to two 
hundred pitchers clustered together under a large bellglass. Many 
other singular and valuable plants in the same pit are also worthy 
of inspection. 
- In another house the most striking plant is ANTHURIUM 
Warroqueanum. The finest leaf the plant has yet produced 
is 3 feet G inches long by 2 feet wide in the broadest part. 
It is an excellent colour, the ivorv-like midribs being very clear. 
The leaf resembles a richly wrought shield, and its effect is ex¬ 
tremely imposing. 
- In the Orchid houses the miniature Oncidium orni- 
thorhynchum and 0. cheirophorum render one of the structures 
pleasant by their fragrance ; in another the strikingly beautiful 
Cypripedium Spicerianum is in superb condition, and near it is 
the small but rich P'nalaenopsis violacea. In another house some 
new Laelias are flowering, and the grand old Cattleya labiata is 
gorgeous. Miltonia Candida is also flowering freely, and is very 
distinct and attractive. 
- We understand that the fixtures of the National Rose 
Society for next year are for the metropolitan show, July 4th, at 
South Kensington, and for the provincial show, June 28th, at 
Bath. Negotiations are in progress for a third show later in July 
to meet the northern and midland growers. 
- “Weald of Kent” would feel greatly obliged to know 
the cause of CIDER becoming oily, and the best method of 
clearing it previous to bottling. Some was made in November, 
187!), racked in about twelve days after making, and then 1 lb. of 
raw sugar was added to each gallon. It was bottled in February, 
1880, and kept in a cellar never over 60°. It did not appear oily 
when bottled, but soon became a little so, and so continues, but is 
well up like champagne. Some other had half the quantity of 
sugar with the same effect, but of course not so sweet. 
- “The Shoe-black Plant,” says the American Culti¬ 
vator, is the popular name of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in 
New South Wales. Its showy scarlet flowers contain a muci¬ 
laginous juice which gives a glossy finish to leather. The plant 
grows freely in almost any kind of soil, and the flowers are 
much used when dry as a substitute for shoe-blacking. They 
may be used with or without a brush.” 
- Part 21 of Letts’ “ Popular Atlas,” contains five 
maps representing portions of France, Germany, Spain, and 
Portugal on a large scale. The clearness and accuracy of the 
delineation continue as satisfactory as in the earlier parts to 
which we have frequently referred. 
- The utility and beauty of single Dahlias are generally 
recognised, and a supply of their flowers is always acceptable. 
Mr. Moorman, gardener to Miss Christy, Coombe Bank, Kingston, 
practises a simple but effectual mode of prolonging this supply. 
Before the frosts become sharp enough to do much damage a 
number of plants were lifted, potted, and placed in a vinery, 
