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would strongly recommend them to all where flowers for cutting are 
wanted and where they are not.” 
- We are informed that the silver cup offered at Exeter for 
ten dishes of fruit was won by Mr. Iggulden. 
■- The numerous friends of the courteous Curator of the Royal 
Gardens, Kaw, will learn with much regret that his wife died on the 
20th inst. after a short illness. It is not many months since Mr. Smith 
had the misfortune to lose his only daughter, and this second affliction 
will be doubly felt. 
- Salix rosmarinifolia. —This tree is recommended as one 
that will thrive in swampy places and not get too large. In habit it is 
like a dwarf Oak, very pretty and quaint in appearance, and quite at 
home in swampy ground where other things would only die. After a 
few years it grows very slowly, and never breaks the uniformity of its 
shape by rank growth. 
- We are informed that at the Shrewsbury Show, held on the 
20th and 2l8t inst., and reported in another column, the gate money 
on the second day of the Show amounted to £9C8, and that the total 
receipts in connection with the Show amount to £1730. This is some¬ 
what less than last year’s income, but this was anticipated, owing to 
the show of the Royal Agricultural Society being held in Shrewsbury a 
few w'eeks ago, when nearly 100 000 persons visited it. We congratulate 
the Horticultural Show Committee on their success, and should be glad if 
many more societies were in such a satisfactory position. 
- We cannot allow the death of the great publisher and author, 
Mr. Henry G. Bohn, to pass unnoticed in our columns, for among his 
varied pursuits and accomplishments Mr. Bohn was an enthusiastic 
horticulturist. Those who have seen his richly stored garden at Twicken¬ 
ham can bear testimony to his love of Conifers, among which are ex¬ 
amples of great beauty, and many of them possess an interest from being 
the original plants that were imported. Mr. Bohn was one of the oldest 
Fellows (if not the oldest) of the Royal Horticultural Society. He was 
for several years a member of its Council both before and after it moved 
from Chiswick to South Kensington, and he was also for many years a 
member of its Fruit Committee, having passed into that position when 
the British Bornological Society was incorporated with that body. His 
contribution to gardening literature was his editing an enlarged edition 
of “ Gordon’s Pinetum.” Mr. Bohn died rather suddenly at his residence. 
North End, Twickenham, on the 22ad inst. at the great age of eight} - 
eight years. 
- Gardening Appointments. — The following appointments 
have recently been made through Messrs. John Laing & Co., Forest 
Hill, London ;—Mr. F. Heller, late at Pirbright, Chipstead, as head 
gardener to Jas. H. Lloyd, Esq., Beckenham. Mr. W. P. Leach, late at 
Kelsey Manor, Beckenham, as head gardener to H. Barry, Esq., Bush 
Hill House, Winohmore Hill, Middlesex. Mr. Wm. Christison, late at 
Woodham Hall, Woking, as head gardener to Richard Foster, Esq., 
Homewood, Chislehurst. Mr. W. Fay as head gardener to — Marshall, 
Esq., Tunbridge Wells. Mr. G. B shop, late at G. Gatehouse, Esq., 
Chichester, as head gardener to David Wilkinson, Esq., West Hill House, 
Epsom; and Mr. C. Pawsey as head gardener to Mrs. Zung, Ivyhurst, 
Wimbledon. 
- Oleanders. —These useful plants are not so commonly seen 
in gardens now as might be expected by those who have proved 
their value. I have two large plants bearing some hundreds of hand¬ 
some flow'ers possessing the sweetest fragrance, and they are more 
valued at this time of year than anything else we have in bloom. The 
flowers are large, free, and of a bright rosy salmon tint, which is very 
effective in vases and stands of ether flowers if a little care be extreised 
in the arrangement, avoiding the introduction of any glaring colours or 
strongly scented flowers. My plants are really large bushes, G or 7 feet 
high, and are growing in small square tubs, the roots being somewhat 
cramped, evidently proving beneficial in inducing floriferousness. The 
soil has not been renewed for some years, and no manurial aid is given 
either as top-dressing or in a liquid form. Small plants in CO or IS-size 
pots are also useful for decorative purposes in the conservatory.—R. C. O 
- Liliums at Exhibitions. —It is a matter for regret that more 
encouragement is not given at local shows to growers of Liliums, as the 
plants are amongst the most beautiful of all that are grown, and have a 
very telling effect in an exhibition. This was particularly noticeable at 
the Reading Show last week, where two classes are provided for them, 
and the plants entered being all well flowered, they formed an admirable 
feature in the display. These were chiefly varieties of L. speciosum, the 
two most noticeable of which were the dark red and pure white forms. 
The last mentioned is well grown by Mr. Phippen, who states that he r( - 
ceived it under the name of monstrosum. It is remarkable for the 
number of flowers borne in a head, and it appears to be one of the 
fasciatum or corymbiflorum section, the flowers being large and pure 
white. Arranged in a group, with a few bright-coloured flowering plants 
and a due proportion of Ferns, this variety is most useful. All the forms 
of L. speciosum are, however, attractive, and classes might advantageou^ly 
be provided for them at all late summer shows. 
- The Stone Pine. —As the Oak is a tree typical of English 
landscape, so is the Stone Pine of that of Italy, varying somewhat in 
habit, according to locality, but always majestic and strangely impressive 
to a northern eye, whether in dense forests, as near Florence ; in more 
open masses, as at Ravenna ; in picturesque groups, as about Rome ; or 
in occasional single trees, such as may be seen throughout the country 
but rather more frequently towards the coast. In these isolated trees 
their imposing character can be best appreciated, the great trunk carry¬ 
ing the massive head perfectly poised—an interesting example of pon¬ 
derous weight gracefully balanced. The solid weighty appearance of 
the head of the tree is increased by its even and generally symmetrical 
outline, this especially in the examples near the coast, the mass of 
foliage being so close and dense that it looks like velvet, and in colour 
a warm, rich, golden olive, strangely different from the blue-greens and 
black-greens of our northern Pines. The character of such isolated trees 
is perfectly shown in some of Turner’s pictures in the national collection 
—the “Bay of Baim” and others of the same series. The Stone Pine 
bears very large cones whose seeds are edible. When quite ripe they 
are good and nut-like. Sometimes the Italians roast the barely ripe 
cone, dashing it on the ground to break it open ; but the ripe seeds of 
the older cone when it naturally opens are better worth eating. The 
empty cones are in great request for lighting fires. They are full of 
resinous matter, and burn with a cheerful crackle and a delightful 
fragrance .—(Irish Farmers' Gazette.') 
THE HALLAMSHIRE FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
The seventeenth annual Exhibition of this Society, held on the 18th inst., 
was in every way a great success. In the first place it was generally 
conceded to be the best Show yet held by the Society as regards the quality 
and quantity of the exhibits ; and secondly the Show was favoured by 
glorious weather and a large and fashionable company, so that the Com¬ 
mittee, and especially the indefatigable Secretary, Mr. Joseph Hancock, are 
to be congratulated upon the success which has attended their efforts. 
There was a good display of stove and greenhouse plants, the principal 
class for three foliage and three flow’ering plants bringing four or five 
competitors ; Mr. T. Shelley taking first honours with six fine specimens, 
consisting of Crotons variegatus and angustifolius, Draccena magnifica. 
Bougainvillea glabra, Clerodendron Balfourianum, and Begonia coccinea 
corallina. For a single specimen stove plant in flower the same exhibitor 
was first with a good plant of Dipladenia amabilis, having about thirty 
expanded blooms. For a single specimen greenhouse plant in bloom Mr. T. 
Foggin, gardener to 3[rs. G. Wilson, was first with a fine specimen of 
Lilium auratum carrying fifty flowers. 
Fruit and vegetables, especially the latter, were plentiful, and everywhere 
of very high quality. The principal prizetakers in these sections were 
Mr. D. Abbot, gardener to C. H. Firth, Esq., Mr. T. Foggin, Mr. T. Shelley, 
and Mr. J. Simmonds. Mr. Abbot showed splendidly finished Vines in pots, 
carrying heavy crops of good fruit, also first-class fruit of Grapes, black and 
white; Melons, scarlet and green-fleshed; Peaches, and Nectarines. Con¬ 
spicuous in nearlv all collections of vegetables shown was Mr. Abbot’s fine 
Pea Duke of Albany, which, as an exhibition Pea seems to be unequalled. 
A new seedling Scarlet Runner Bean by the same raiser also attracted much 
attention and commendation. I have seen this variety under cultivation in 
Mr. Firth’.s garden for several years past, and it appears to be much superior 
to any variety at present in commerce. I believe it is a seedling from Carters’ 
Champion, but produces even larger and longer pods than does that well- 
known variety. The pods also have not the roughness of that variety, but 
are more even and straight, and are altogether better suited for the exhibition 
table. The p'lant appears to possess a very robust constitution, and to be 
remarkably prolific. 
Cut blooms were a very good show, and some very fine stands of Roses, 
Dahlias, Asters, Marigolds, and Gladioli w’ere set up. Mr. Holland, 
gardener to Duncan Gilmour, Esq., had a stand of thirty-six blooms of Rose 
La France, which were very fine. These were not for competition. Groups 
of plants not for competition were also shown by Messrs. Fisher, Son and 
Sibray ; Mr. B. Crossland, Richmond Nurseries; and Mr. Sheridan, gardener 
to Mrs. Harmar, Ranfall, Ranmoor. The last-named exhibitor was a succestful 
competitor in most of the classes for stove and greenhouse plants and for 
Ferns. The group of plants from the Handsworth Nurseries contained a 
number of good Orchids in flower, also Tubirous Begonias very fine, and 
greenhouse Rhododendrons. In Mr. Crossland’s group was a large basket of 
a very fine variety of Cockscomb, very dwarf, with large combs, and of a 
