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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 3, 1884. 
]\lerveille de Lyon, delicate white, and as I saw it distinct from the White 
Baroness. Ulrich Brunner is a very large carmine rose, hardly I should 
say up to the exhibition shape, but Mr. Paul thinks well of it. Several 
of the old favourites were there in all their beauty, such as Marie Bau¬ 
mann, La France, Charles Lefebvre, Baronne de Rothschild, and many 
others which we might class as “ always good-alike-Roses,” but time 
would not permit more than a hasty peep. 
I was charmed with the variety and beauty of the old-fashioned, or 1 
suppose I should be now more correct in saying, new-fashioned single 
Roses, and glad to find our old friends which used to delight our grand¬ 
fathers were now receiving proper attention, and were largely in demand. 
Mr. Paul seems to have solved the diffi'‘ulty of how to grow Tea 
Roses in the open. His system has been fully described in the “ Rosarian’s 
Year Book.” They are grown upon raised beds, good drainage being 
very important, and upon the approach of severe weather he eartl^ them 
up in drills, and then places a little rough litter between the rows. In 
this way he is able to grow the most delicate Teas, always having plenty 
of healthy wood and plump buds under the ground line when the frost 
has done its work. So impressed was I with what I saw I quite intend 
to try a few plants this autumn. 
His giant pot Roses which have now obtained a woild-wide fame, and 
are nowhere more appreciated than in the north, have just all been 
repotted, and were looking nothing the worse f' r their long journeys. 
Truly Cheshunt is a most interesting place, and had I not seen a single 
Rose bloom I should have felt fully repaid by seeing such grand foliage 
and healthy plants from which will come, I hope, the usual splendid 
blooms that delight so many thousands at our Manchester Exhibition in 
July.—J. B. 
SPECIAL SOCIETIES—EXHIBITING. 
We have been fav.jured by an old and esteemed correspondent with 
a copy of a printed circular, which we presume is being distributed by 
Mr. E. S. Dodwell. Mr. Hod well has not sent us a copy ; but, believing 
that many of our readers are interested in the welfare of the Society, of 
which Mr. Dodwell is the Honorary Secretary, we think they should be 
made familiar with this unique production. 
DR. HOGa AXD THE NATIONAL CARNATION AND RICOTEE SOCIETY 
(SOUTHERN SECTION). 
“To John t. D. Llewelyn, Esq., Preiident. 
“ Dear sib,—T o place tbe bona f ties of the Editor of the Journal of Ilorticillure in 
reference to the continued attacks made upon the National Auricula and National Carna¬ 
tion and Piootee Societies in its columns beyond the possibility of question, more especially 
with reference to a communication signed ‘Onwards,’ published in theissue for May 29th, 
immediately on receipt of your note of June 1st, to my hand on the 4th only, I placed the 
matter in the hands of Messrs. T. & G. Mallam, an eminent firm of Solicitors here, who 
also were further instructed by the exhibitors, winners of certain prizes, to whom gross 
malpractice was ascribed, and in the annexed correspondence furnish j-ou with the result. 
“ It needs little comment. To ‘ elicit truth,’ after a lapse of ten months, Dr. Hogg, 
by means of a carefully concealed Mrs. Gamp, publishes some reported sayings of the 
intangible Mrs. Harris, and thrusting aside President, Committee, and Officers alike, 
graciously vouchsafes to permit the several members of the .Society aimed at to appear 
seriatim and purge themselves of the imputation in his august presence. But Dr. 
Hogg’s sense of justice is too fine to permit the specific denial of the persons specifi¬ 
cally charged to appear, and his honour is far too nice to permit him to submit his 
informant to the rude inquisition of persons charged to maintain the honour, integrity, 
and fortunes of the Society. No pressure may effect this. 
Dr. Hogg is wise in his generation. Dr. Hogg knows well the withdrawal of the 
curtain would disclose and defeat his paltry plot; for Dr. Hogg knows, as I know, the 
cerrespondence assailing the Societies is wholly counterfeit, contributed by members of 
his staff or Mr. D’Ombrain, and has no foundation of independent opinion whatever ; 
further. Dr. Hogg knows he has suppressed or garbled communications on the other side. 
Acting under tlie advice of the Messrs. Mallam, as in my state of health I cannot possibly 
make copies in number sufficient for distribution, I issue the correspondence printed for 
private circulation. If in your judgment or in that of the Chairman and Members of the 
Committee any further action should be taken, you will be pleased to direct. 
“ I am, your faithful Servant. 
“ Oxford, June 23, 1884. “ E. S. DODWELL.” 
Mr. Dodwell has not printed the President’s reply, but he has pub¬ 
lished a correspondence which has taken place between Dr. Hogg and 
Messrs. Mallam, an eminent firm of solicitors at Oxford, who in their 
letters to him do not appear to have stated that Mr. Dodwell, and not 
the Committee, was their client. 
[corv.] 
“ 126, High Street, Oxford, 
“4th June, 1884. 
“Sir,—W e are instmeted on behalf of the Executive Committee of the National 
Carnation and Picotee Society (Southern Section) to request you to at once supply us 
cither with the grounds on which your correspondent ‘ Onwards ’ makes the assertions 
contained in your Journal of Horticulture, &c., of the 29th ultimo, beginning ‘ I heard it 
several times remarked, &c.,’ to the end of the letter, or failing that, with the name of 
your anonymous correspondent. 
“ Awaiting your reply, 
‘ We are, your obedient Servants, 
“ T. & G. MALLAM. 
“Robert Hogg, Esq., L.L.D., 
“ Editor of ‘ Journal of Horticulture,’ 
“171, Elect Street, London, E.C.” 
We need scarcely say that after various other communications had 
passed Dr. Hogg declined to comply with the requests made by Messrs. 
Mallam. 
Now, it was rash on the part of Mr. Dodwell to constitute himself the 
mouthpiece of the Committee, and to instruct these legal gentlemen to 
threaten pains and penalties on Dr. Hogg without informing them that 
he was exceeding his powers, and that there had been no meeting of the 
Committee authorising him to act on their behalf. We know, on the 
best authority, that there was no meeting of the Committee authorising 
Jlr, Dodwell to instruct Messrs. Mallam. 
We would not have taken any notice of the above extraordinary 
letter were it not for the unfounded charges brought against Mr. D Om- 
brain and other members of our staff. So long as he confines himself to 
vituperating Dr. Hogg no harm is done, and Mr. Dodwell may indulge 
himself to his heart’s desire in doing so ; but we cannot allow him 
malignantly to attack gentlemen who have taken no part in exciting his 
irascibility. We state emphatically that neither Mr. D’Ombrain nor 
any member of our staff has taken any part in the correspondence to 
which he alludes in his circular ; and if Mr. Dodwell is embued with 
a due sense of honour he will without delay withdraw that imputation. 
The same sense of honour will, we trust, induce him—first, to reply 
to the questions of “ Onwards ” at pages 417 and 471 in the same frank 
manner in which Mr. Douglas has done ; and secondly, to explain how 
it came about that Master Stanley Dodwell, who it is said is his grand¬ 
son and a schoolboy aged from seven to nine years, was enabled to be 
successful in carrying off the prize money of the National Carnation 
and Picotee Society’s Shows. 
The Committee of the Society* consists of gentlemen who enjoy the 
confidence of every class of horticulturist.®, and we commend the whole 
of this subject to their serious consideration in the interests of the 
Society, whose welfare and usefulness so much depend on the honour 
and integrity with which it is administered ; and we trust that they will 
receive our assurance that whatever appears in the pages of this Journa. 
is intended as a prop and bulwark to the Society—to strengthen and 
protect it against the perils to which it is exposed. A sincere regard 
lor the Society’s prosperity has induced us to suppress a large amount 
of correspondence which we have received on this subject. We have 
-already had an example of the effect that all this turbulence is causing 
in the following short communication from an influential amateur : 
“ ‘ The pity of it ! ’ It will kill the S,/Ciety. I have left it.” 
LEEDS SHOW. 
Many excellent exhibitions have been provided at Deed,®, but tremendous 
downpourings of rain were destined to fall on the exact dates. Year after 
year splendid displays of plants, fruit, and flowers were disposed in a 
morass, and the gardens were practically sealed against visitors. Thus it 
was that the old Horticultural Society, after struggling against obstacles 
at once powerful and unpreventible, retired from the contest. The Horti¬ 
cultural Gardens’ Company then incurred the risk of providing shows, and 
issued schedules offering good, but not what in these days are regarded 
as great prizes, and the support that was accorded and the good fortune 
of better weather last year, induced the Directors to offer still further 
inducements to competitors, with the result that a large, diversified, and in 
many respects superior Show was arranged on the 25th ult., and which 
continued for two succeeding days. The weather was brilliant, and after 
the Exhibition was formally declared open by the Mayor, an immense 
number of visitors crowded the gardens and tents. 
As on former occasions the collections were arranged in three marquees, 
one of which was apparently about 150 yards long, containing the specimen 
plants and effect groups ; the others at right angles being occupied with 
Telargoniums and Fuchsias on the one hand, and fruit, cut flowers, and 
table plants on the other. It was suggested at the Show that had the 
large tent been arranged in the gardenesque style, the plants disposed in 
groups on the grass, that a magnificent spectacle must have been produced. 
Certainly if the too lofty pyramidal central stage had been removed, and the 
flowering and foliage plants tastefully associated, the effect would have been 
more imposing, but it is clearly necessary to afford ample space for the thou¬ 
sands of visitors who attend when “ weather permits,” and this important 
element must not be overlooked in any effort that may be made to group the 
exhibits more artistically. 
As at York during the previous week, the specimen stove and grron- 
house plants and Pelargoniums were the most striking features. The 
groups were also good, but these, except in the case of Mr. Barran’s, have 
been better at Leeds. Fruit was well staged, though many of the white 
Grapes were not quite ripe, while Roses and cut flowers generally were 
satisfactorily represented. Under the able management of the Curators, 
Messrs. Jackson and "Wise, all wms in readiness for the Judges in good 
time, and under the efficient superintendence of Mr. Bush, the Secretary, 
everything worked smoothly and well. 
Stove and Greenhouse Plants. —In the principal class of twelve 
stove and greenhouse plants the prizes were ^12, T8, and i,'4, and were won 
respectively by the Earl of Zetland, Aske Hall, Richmond (Mr. Letts, 
gardener); E. Gelder, Esq., Headingly (Mr. Tuke, gardener); and T. Pry, 
Esq., Darlington (Mr. Noble, gardener). Of the specimens staged by Mr. 
Letts, it is only necessary to say that they were substantially the same as 
those with which he won premier honours at York and referred to in the 
report of that Show last week. They were splendid examples of cultiva¬ 
tion, remarkable for their freshness and vigour. Mr. Gelder’s plants also 
bore the stamp of skilful culture, being in respect of health not inferi' r to 
Lord Zetland’s, but they did not quite equal them in size, and one or Dvo, 
notably a fine Ixora, required a few more day’s for showing in the best 
condition. Clerodendron Balfoiirianum w’as admirably shown, the sprays 
not having been so closely tied down to the trellis as is customary, and the 
beauty of the plant was thus considerably enhanced. The Allamandas, 
Erica tricolor. Bougainvillea, and Dipladenia w’ere also in admirable con¬ 
dition. Mr. Noble’s plants were generaUy smaller, but very healthy. In 
the class for six plants Mr. Letts was again in the premier position with 
splendid examples, Mr. Tuke following closely. Similar positions were 
secured by those exhibitors in the class for three plants, J. Barran, Esq. 
(Mr. Frankland, gardener) being a close third. In the small class Mr. 
♦ The Officers of the Society consist of the following gentietren :—J. T. D. Llewelyn, 
Esq., Pre ident. James McIntosh, Esq.; Dr. Masters ; T. F. Burnaby Atkins, Esq.; 
Dr. Hogg; and G. F. Wilson, Esq., Vice Presidents; and the Committee are Mr. 'Thoraa* 
Moore (Chairman), Rev. H. H. D’Ombraiu, Rev. E. L. Fellowes. Messrs. H. Cannell, 
Shirley Hibberd, Laing, Charles Turner, T. S. Ware, and Harrison Weir. 
