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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ October 28, 1884. 
yellow at this season of the year, remain attached to the plant for a con¬ 
siderable time. The colours are extremely bright, surpassing the Ampe- 
lopsis Veitchi, and, though not so rapid in growth as that, it soon covers a 
good space. We recently noticed a good example of this plant at 
Leigham Court, Streatham Hill, where it is growing freely up the side of 
the house, 
- It is with unfeigned regret that we have received the intima¬ 
tion of the DEATH OF Baeon de Catees of Antwerp, which took place 
at his Chateau of Wouw (Holland) on the 12th inst. Baron de Caters 
was born at Antwerp on the 11th of June, 1811, and was consequently in 
the seventy-fourth year of his age. He was a familiar figure in all that 
pertaiued to the advancement of horticulture and agriculture in Belgium, 
being President of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, member of the 
Superior Council of Agriculture, and as a naturalist President of the 
Eoyal Zoological Society. Kind and amiable in his bearing to all, his 
genial smile and hearty shake of the hand will be missed by many whose 
privilege it was to meet him and co-operate with him in those pursuits in 
which he took so much interest. We sincerely sympathise with his 
affiicted family in the severe loss they have sustained. 
- Feuit and Vegetable Show. —We are informed that the 
Exhibition which will he held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 
next in the conservatory of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, being the 
last of the series of the most successful meetings which have been held 
in connection with the International Health Exhibition, will be of more 
than usual interest and extent. It has been decided by the authorities to 
allow ,it to remain open until the close of the “ Healtheries ” at 
10 o’clock p.M. on Thursday, the 30th inst. All exhibits to he removed 
on Friday morning, the 31st October. 
- Death op De, Eoden. —It is with much regret that we learn 
of the death of Dr. Eoden of Kidderminster, whose name will be 
familiar to our readers in connection with Strawberries that were raised 
by the diseased gentleman and figured in our columns from time to 
time. Dr. Eoden was a medical man of high repute. In 1836 he 
received the diploma of the Apothecaries’ Society, in 1842 he took the 
degree of M.A. at the University of St. Andrew’s, and in 1844 that of 
M.D. of the same University. In 1857 he became a Fellow of the Eoyal 
College of Surgeons, and in 1860 a Licentiate of the Eoyal College of 
Physicians, Edinburgh. He has also held various honorary positions in 
connection with medical associations. He was four times Mayor of 
Kidderminster, and discharged the duties of Chief Magistrate with zeal 
and ability. He took great delight in his garden, in which he worked 
Scientifically and successfully, and his contributions to the horticultural 
press were invariably suggestive, instructive, and met with general 
acceptability. Dr. Eoden died on the 12th inst., aged 70 years, 
- Catalogue op Eoses. —The second edition of the National 
Eose Society’s Catalogue has appeared in a considerably enlarged and 
improved form, with the addition of a catalogue of garden Eoses. It 
comprises five lithographed representations of Eoses to show the types 
of the groups, with 1, Cupped ; 2, Imbricated ; 3, Globular ; 4, Globular 
high centre ; and 6, Flat blooms, the varieties selected being respectively 
—1, Baroness Eothschild; 2, A. K. Williams ; 3, Pierre Notting ; 4, 
Alfred Colomb ; and 5, Souvenir de la Malmaison. The garden Eoses 
are arranged in two large groups — Summer Flowering and Autumn 
Flowering—the first including the Provence, Pompon, Moss, Miniature 
Moss, French, Damask, Hybrid China, Bourbon and Noisette, Austrian 
Briar, Scotch, Sweet Briar, Boursault, Evergreen, and Banksian Eoses. 
The other group contains the Hybrid Perpetual, Bourbon, China, Tea 
and Noisette, Hybrid Tea, Polyantheae, and Japanese Eoses. The date 
of introduction, farm of flower, colour, habit, and remarks on the general 
character, are given with each variety, rendering the catalogue of especial 
value. It is published by Charles Dickens & Evans, 24, Great New Street, 
and can also be obtained post free for thirteen stamps from either of the 
Hon. Secs., Eev. H. H. D’Ombrain, Westwell Vicarage, Ashford, Kent, 
and Edward Mawley, Esq, Lucknow House, Croydon. 
- Peoposed Testimonial to De. Alfxandeb Patebson.— 
A Committee of the leading inhabitants of Bridge of Allan, N.B., has been 
formed to obtain funds for a testimonial to be presented to Dr. A. Paterson 
in recognition of the services he has rendered as medical practitioner 
during forty years in that district. By his writings and personal influence 
he has also contributed greatly to the deserved popular! t)' of the place as a 
resort for invalids. To readers of this journal Dr. Paterson is well known 
as an enthusiastic and advanced Orchid grower, whose efforts to extend the 
“cool” system of treatment have been so successful. The Honorary 
Secretary of the Committee is Mr. Robert P. M'Cagie ; and the Honorary 
Treasurer, Mr. John Graham, Bridge of Allan, to either of whom letters 
may be addressed. 
- National Cheysanthemum Society. —The second meeting 
of the Floral Committee of this Society was held on Thursday evening 
last at the Old Four Swans Hotel, Bishopsgate; E. Sanderson, Esq., 
presiding, and with only one exception all members were present. A 
number of very fine blooms of Chrysanthemums were exhibited, and first- 
class certificates were awarded to Colonel Mallack for Japanese 
Chrysanthemums Monsieur Astorg and Monsieur Tarin. A sport bloom 
from a Japanese variety was also exhibited by Mr. Penfold, Leigh Park, 
Havant; hut it was decided to defer any award until the sport was 
thoroughly fixed. The next meeting will be held on Thursday evening 
October 30th, and growers (whether members of the Society or not) are 
invited to send specimens of new or rare varieties for inspection. 
- Apple To web of Glamis. —An Iiish paper gives the follow¬ 
ing “ In the gaiden of Mrs. Hamilton, Bayview, Caw, there is an 
Apple tree which has this season produced fruit of extraordinary size. 
One of the Apples grown on the tree weighed 17f ozs., and seems to be 
quite sound, though not perfectly shaped. The frutts were few in num¬ 
ber, but they all weighed from 12 to over 17 ozs. Mr. William Orr is 
the gardener, and the produce of the orchard does him credit.” 
- Pine Apple Cultuee in Beazil. —The American Cultivator 
thus describes the method adopted with these fruits :—“ As the fruit 
ripens in January the young suckers from the roots are taken off in 
April or May and planted in newly cleared fields at a distance of 1^ to 
2 feet apart, the strongest producing fruit the following year. These 
seldom weigh above 3 or 4 lbs.; but the later ones grow very large, and 
their fruit often weighs from 10 to 12 lbs. Slovenly growers allow the 
old hills to continue fruiting, but the best results are obtained by annual 
plantations.” 
ROSE-COLOURED NYMPH^EAS. 
Questions are from time to time asked regarding the hardiness of the 
rose-coloured variety of our common Water Lily, and also the variety 
rubra of N. odorata, not on’y north of the Tweed, hut many lovers of thi 
beautiful aquatics in the south are not at all sanguine of its success out¬ 
side. That they are hardy enough even far north there can he no doubt, 
suflicient time having elapsed since their first iutroduction into cultivation 
in our gardens ; and where the anxiety to have them has overcome the 
doubt of their hardiness they have surpassed all hopes, and within the 
last half-dozen years their capacity for standing even the hardest winters 
has been thoroughly tested. With them, however, as with many other 
aquatics that adapt themselves to our trying climate, planting near the 
surface of the water should in all cases be avoided—from 2J feet to 
1 j foot at the very least being about the depth usually recommended, as deep 
planting not only serves to protect the crowns from frost were they likely 
to be injuied, but it also, I find, serves as an inducement to freer flowering . 
Nymphsea alba var. rosea, which is confined to Sweden, was first in¬ 
troduced into this country about the year 1872, and since that time has 
been cultivated with, I believe, unvaried success in several places where 
aquatic plants are a speciality ; indeed, wherever the N. odorata, N. tube- 
rosa, and N. alba can be grown there will be no trouble with the rose- 
coloured variety in question. 
Of N. odorata var. rubra much the same may he said, and as they 
both form quite a novelty in the way of hardy aquatics, we may yet hope 
to see our lakes made beautiful with a colour that unfortunately has been 
too long associated with glass houses and hot-water tanks. 
In the matter of soil they are not fastidious. Strong loam, to which has 
been added a good half of cow manure and rough sand, will be found a good 
mixture in which to grow them ; and, instead of lifting or disturbing the 
plant when fully established, preference may he given to a good top-dress¬ 
ing for the first two or three years, or until a failing is detected.— M. S. 
LEONOTIS LEONURUS. 
At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society last week, Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, exhibited several specimens of an old but 
little known plant from the Cape of Good Hope, which bears the botanical 
name given above, and the popular title of the Lion’s Tail. The plants 
were shown in pots, fine bushy specimens 3 or 4 feet high, and bearing a 
profusion of bright orange-C' loured flowers in dense whorls in the axils 
of the branches. They -were very strong in appearance, the flowers being 
tubular, slightly curved, and 3 or 4 inches long, suggestive of their near 
relative the genus Phlomis, or in some degree of the stove Aischynan- 
tbuses. The plants had been grown throughout the season in the open 
