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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Daoesr.ber 18, 1884. 
18 inches or 2 feet. These inclule Mdme. C. Audiguier (which needs 
cutting low, and then is uncertain for grouping, as it generally runs such 
a height before showing its bui). Jap inaise, Brronne de Frailly, Jeanne 
d’Arc, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Boule d’Or, Mons. Astorg, Bras Rouge, 
Mrs. Townsend, Empress (Anemone), Duchess of Albany (Jackson’s), 
Souvenir d’Amsterdam, Mdme. Berthie Rendatler, Mr. Bunn, &c. Toese 
varieties are of taller habit and run up higher before showing the flower 
bud, the heights of the back plants in the group ranging from 5 feet to 
fi feet ii inches from the top of the pot to the flowers. 
As soon as the cutting-down is finished watering is performed very 
carefully. A sprinkle overhead will suffice for the shortest batches, while 
the others will take more water. As they break out from the side or throw 
up strong shoots from the bottom, as the short ones sometimes do, they 
require very careful attention, thinning the shoots out to the required 
unmber, leaving from three to six. About three or four is a favourite 
number w ith me. I do not like more than that number, or it appears too 
massive for one colour. 
As soon as they have fairly started again to the extent of 3 or 4 inches 
the plants are transferred into their flowering pots. The tallest will be 
ready first ; this will be about the last week in June, and potting is 
generally finished about the second week in July. They are then placed 
out, the dwarfest in beds as before, the tallest in rows, so that they can be 
tied to a stretched wire fur support. They are placed apart as widely as 
space will admit, which is about 6 or 8 inches from pot to pot, 
to^ allow a circulation of air about them. The pots employed are 
8-inch, 9-inch, and 10-inch pots, according to the strength of the 
plant and the variety. All the Queen family and the other large- 
flowering varieties are placed in 10-inch pots, but P^re Delaux, To Kio, 
Tendresse, Duchess de Gerolstein, L’lle des Plaisirs, and other smaller- 
flowering varieties which are essential to grouping on account of their 
habit and colour, have 8 or 9-inch pots. 
The soil employed consists of two-thirds good mellow yellow loam or 
the top spit of a pasture well decayed, and about a third of cowdung and 
leaf mould with a good sprinkling of sharp sand. I rub the turf through 
a coarse sieve of about an inch mesh, and keep a sharp look-out for grubs 
and worms, and the manure through a finer sieve of about a quarter-inch 
mesh. If cow manure is not to be had in condition I use horse manure 
from an old Mushroom bed, and with a few half-inch crushed bones 
amongst the crocks as drainage. At all times when they are in small pots 
or in their flowering pots, I use weak liquid manure as soon as I know the 
roots are well round the sides of the pots. To these two points, and to the 
very careful and unremitting attention in watering at all times, I attribute 
the healthy and abundant foliage I obtain. 
Soot and cow manure are chiefly what the liquid manure is chiefly 
made^ with, besides a little of Clay's Fertiliser sometimes as a top¬ 
dressing. 
The dwarf plants are tied out to light hazel rods, 2 feet 6 inches to 
3 feet long, using a stick to each break. For the taller ones I use stouter 
sticks, using one only to each plant, but cut them off well under the 
flowers and tie^ a piece of galvanised wire to the stem to support the 
flower. Ihis gives them a much lighter effect. It is olSfensive to see 
flowers, as we do sometimes in groups at exhibitions, bound up in a cruel 
way to great unsightly sticks. The effect is spoiled, and the beauty of 
the flower is lost. 
Toe bud that I take is the one that shows on the top of the first shoot, 
which appears about a month after transferring the plants into the flower¬ 
ing pot8--viz., the second or third week in August. If any should come 
blind I nip out the top back to a side shoot and let the plant make a ter¬ 
minal growth and take that bud. It makes the plant taller and a little 
later, but they all come in useful. I do not know that I can add anything 
more. The arrangement of colours and the proper form and slope of 
groups is a matter of taste and experience, but if there is one form of 
showing the beauties of the Chrysanthemum more than another it is when 
they are in combination one with the other ; and, although there is still 
plenty of room for advance, I am pleased to see the steady improvement 
in the quality and style of the groups at exhibitions at the present day 
as compared with the tall and unsightly ones of a few years ago, an 
improyem^ent traceable to the encouragement offered by the various 
societies in the shape of prizes for exhibits in this natural style. The 
improvement that is traceable in the public exhibitions we may be sure 
is reflected in the conservatory at home.— C. Orchard. 
[The group represented is reduced from an excellent photograph taken 
by Messrs. Russell & Sons, Wimbledon, in Mr. Galsworthy’s conservatory 
at Coombe Leigh. It resembles the beautiful first-prize group at Kingston, 
arranged by Mr. Galsworthy’s gardener, the writer of the above practical 
notes, except that no Pompons were employed at Kingston. The plants 
were remarkable by their dwarf habit, rich foliage, and fine flowers. In 
no other manner of exhibiting can so many varieties be shown as in 
groups, and the plants are also admirably adapted for con'ervatory 
adornment.] 
LANE’S PRINCE ALBERT APPLE. 
In a somewhat extensive collection of Apples we find the above- 
named variety one of the best and surest cropping varieties we grow. 
Ihe fruit is of good size and quality, and keeps m good condition until 
February. In comparison with several other well-known Apples the 
individual fruits are considerably heavier. This with persons who grow 
Apples for sale will be at once seen to be a most important advan’age 
in lie favour. In growth it has a tendercy to form a somewhat drooping 
pyramidal tree, and is not a very strong grower. Our tree, which is from 
sixteen to twenty years old and has not heen severely pruned for some 
years now, is not more than 12 or 13 feet in height. It forms fruit spurs 
freely, and is a healthy-growing variety. It blooms several days later 
than most other varieties of Apples, which doubtless assists it very much 
in producing more regular crops of fruit, seeing that it naturally to some 
extent escapes the late spring frosts which so frequently cause havoc with 
Apple blossom. One tree is worked cn the Crab stock, and is growing in 
a fairly sound loamy soil resting on magnesian limestone. Those of your 
readers who have not this variety already will, I feel sure, not regret 
adding it to their collections. It is necessary to get the true variety, as I 
am informed on good authority that there are two varieties grown under 
the name of Prince Albert. — H. J. ClAyton, Grimston Gardens, 
Tadcaster. 
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 
The annual general meeting of this Society was held in the rooms of 
the Horticultural Club, Covent Garden Hotel, 1, Heniietta Street, on 
Thursday, the 11th inst., and despite the extremely unfavourable weather 
there was a good attendance of members. It was generally known that 
the new bye-laws which had been drawn up by the Committee were to be 
submitted for discussion or confirmation, and this no doubt induced many 
to attend. The rules had, however, been very carefully prep''.red, and in 
consequence they needed little consideration, being carried almost unani¬ 
mously. This code will be a great advantage to the Society and to 
rosarians generally, as it will readily admit of the settlement of disputes 
that may arise either at the shows of the National Society or at those of 
societies affiliated to it. Another very important part of toe proceedings 
was that at the conclusion of the ordinary business, when the much-respected 
Honorary Secretary, E. Mawley, Esq., Addiscombe, Croydon, was pre¬ 
sented by Mr. C. E. Cuthell on behalf of the members of the S'^ciety 
with a handsome regulator clock and a gold half-chronometer watch. These 
valuable presents formed a very fitting and graceful acknowledgment of 
the services rendered to the Society by Mr. Mawley, who has worked 
indefatigably on its behalf since its commencement. 
In addition to the Chairman, Chas. Hart, E-q., Dorking; the Hon. 
Secretaries, the Rev. II. H. D’Ombrain, and Mr. E. Mawley ; and the Hon. 
Treasurer, Mr. Thomas Burt Haywood, the following members were 
present:—H. Appleby, Dorking ; R. N. G. Baker, Exeter ; G. Bunyard, 
Maidstone ; J. Burrell, Cambridge ; F. Cant, Colchester ; Captain Christy, 
Sidmouth ; John Cranston, Hereford ; C. E. Cuthell, Di rking ; Rev. T. N. 
Flintofl, Worcester ; Rev. F. H. Gall, Hitchin ; T. W. Girdlestone, Sun- 
ningdale ; T. Gravely, Horsham; C. F. Hore, Beckenham; J. Jefferies, 
Cirencester; E. B. Lindsell, Hitchin; G. Paul, Cheshunt; W. Paul, 
Waltham Cross; F. C. Pawle, Reigate ; J. D. Pawle, Reigate ; G.W. 
Piper, Uckfield ; Rev. F. Page-Roberts, Scole ; A. Slaughter, Steyning ; 
J. T. Strange, Reading; A. Turner, Slough ; H. Wallis, Brentwood ; 
E. Wilkins, Sutton ; and W. H. Williams, Salisbury. 
The business of the meeting was commenced at 4 P.M. by Mr. E. Mawley 
reading the notice to the members. The Chairman then proposed that the 
minutes of the last general meeting be taken as read, and Mr. D'Ombrain 
proceeded to read the new bye-laws, which follow :— 
Bye-law.? of the National Rose Society. 
1. —That this Society be called the National Rose Society. 
2. —That this Society consist of Members paying Annual Subscriptions of 
£1 or 10s. 
3. —That the Officers of the Society consist of a President, Vice-Presidents, 
Treasurer, and two Secretaries, to be elected each year by ballot at the 
General Meeting of the Society, and to be ex-officio Members of all 
Committees. 
4. —That a General Meeting of the Society be held annually in December to 
receive the Report of the General Committee, to pass the Accounts, to 
elect the General Committee and Officers for the ensuing year, and for 
the transaction of other general business. 
5. —Notice of any proposed alteration of these Bye-laws must be given in 
writing to one of the Secretaries at least two weeks before the General 
Meeting, and no Bye-law nor Regulation shall be altered except at a 
General Meeting of the Society. 
G.—That the General Committee consist of forty Members (exclusive of the 
Officers) to be elected annually by ballot at the General Meeting of the 
Society. Half the IMembers of this Committee to retire each year 
according to seniority, but to he eligible for re-election. All Local 
Secretaries to be ex-officio Members of this Committee. 
7. —That the General Committee meet tvice annually, once in January for 
the purpose of electing the Executiye Committee, and once in November 
for making arrangements for the Annual General Meeting of the 
Society. Special Meetings of the General Committee may be called on 
the requisition of any three of its Members. 
8 . —That the Executive Committee consist of eighteen Members (exclusive 
of the Officers), to be elected each year in January by the General 
Committ^'e. The Executive Committee to conduct the business of the 
Society. Any five Members to constitute a quorum. 
9. —That Members subscribing £1 be entitled to six tickets, and those 
subscribing 10s. to three tickets admitting to the Society’s Exhibitions. 
That all Members be also entitled to receive a copy of any publications 
issued by the Society as soon as they appear, and to have the privilege 
of exhibiting at the Society’s Exhibitions. 
10. —That Local Rose or other Horticultural Societies may, subject to Bye¬ 
law 11, become affiliated on a payment of an affiliation fee of IOk. (id. 
11. —That no Society be cons'dered affiliated until such affiliation has 
received the sanction of the Executive Committee of the National Ro.-e 
Society, and that no Society offering less than £15 in prizes for Eosi s 
be entitled to become affiliated. 
, 12.—That Affiliated Societies have the privilege of offering for comp'tition 
