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borough Aquarium and late secretary of the Whitby and Scar¬ 
borough Kailway, has been appointed assistant manager. 
-We learn that Mr. B. Simonite’s beautiful self Auricula 
Mrs. Douglas is about being distributed by the raiser. This 
variety was certificated at the Southern Show of the National 
Auricula Society in 18S0, and by its robust habit, fine truss, and 
rich violet purple colour it was much admired. It is not only a 
fine exhibition variety, but will be highly effective for decorating 
the front stage of a greenhouse or the margin of a conservatory. 
Mr. Simonite is sending out at the same time his beautiful light 
red-edged Picotee Mrs. Gorton. 
- Relative to the list of plants certificated at Chis¬ 
wick, published on page 117, we are informed that the Heliotropes, 
Pentstemon, and Tropseolum were not certificated, but recom¬ 
mended by the Floral Committee as excellent varieties worthy of 
culture. 
- A Sheffield correspondent informs us that he saw at 
Kiverdale the other day, the residence of C. H. Firth, Esq., one 
of the heaviest crops of Nectarines that has come under his notice. 
The fruits average six to the square foot, the variety being 
Victoria. The Grapes, as usual, are also excellent and finishing 
well. 
- The new Pea, Duke of Albany, raised by Mr. Abbot, 
the gardener at Riverdale, is described by the same correspondent 
as an immense cropper, with large well-filled pods of fine appear¬ 
ance, while the peas are of superior quality. 
- The National Dahlia Show, to be held on Friday 
and Saturday, September 8th and 9th, at the Crystal Palace, is 
expected to be one of unusual excellence, representing fully the 
several classes of Dahlias which are now cultivated both for show 
and decorative purposes. The time for making entries closes on 
Monday next, of which fact intending exhibitors should make 
a note. The entries should be sent to Mr. T. Moore, Botanic 
Garden, Chelsea. 
- Mr. Luckhurst states that he first saw Campanula 
hederaceA growing on the banks of a stream in a bog, and tried 
to establish Anagallis tenella and Parnassia palustris alongside 
it, but failed with both of them. Since then the Campanula has 
made its appearance in various parts of the lawn, and there are 
now several square yards of it in full bloom, some patches being 
specially left unmown. The shallow silicious soil is very retentive 
of moisture, which probably accounts for this lovely bog plant 
thriving so well in it. 
- Mr. Harker, Epsom, sends us the following note on 
WINTERING Echeverias “ All gardeners know the value of 
Echeverias for carpet bedding, and some find a difficulty in keep¬ 
ing them through the winter. The plan we adopted three years 
since has answered well through two sharp winters and one mild 
one. We use a three-light garden frame, and make up ridges of 
ashes from the furnace, such as you would make in ridging a 
piece of ground for the winter, then cut the Echeverias off level 
with the ground, and lay them on the ashes without soil or 
roots. Since adopting that plan we have scarcely lost a plant. 
We place a mat on the frame in frosty weather. About the end 
of March we take off the frame when we want it for Cucumbers, 
and water the ridges in April and May when the weather is very 
dry.” 
- The same correspondent observes relative to Dahlia 
hedges :—“ I do not know if it is generally known what a fine 
hedge they make in the garden. Last year we sowed a packet of 
single Dahlia seed from Mr. Cannell, and had four dozen plants 
from it, some of which were very good varieties. We selected the 
best of them, and stoied the roots in the usual way. In April we 
divided the largest roots and planted them 15 inches apart in a 
row in the kitchen garden, as a row of Potatoes would be planted. 
They grew strongly, and when they were about a foot high we 
placed bushy Pea sticks to them, as if staking Peas, but slanting 
them outwards wider than for Peas. Now we can gather flowers 
by the hundred, and if the plants were protected from early frost 
they would keep flowering for a long time.” 
- We are informed that the attendance at the Shrews¬ 
bury Show, which was fully reported last week, numbered 
forty thousand people in the two days. 
-The issue of the “ Iconography of Indian Azaleas ” 
for August contains coloured plates of the following varieties :— 
Sigismund Rucker, a well-known form, which it is stated origi¬ 
nated at Van Houtte’s establishment as a sporting branch on 
Rachel Von Varinhagen, and which has been fixed by grafting ; 
Concordia, a double deep red variety, raised from seed by 
M. Joseph Vervaene, and sent out in 1879 ; and Cordon Bleu, 
one of M. E. Vander Cruyssen’s seedlings, with large flowers of 
good form, and possessing somewhat of a violet-blue or purplish 
tint. 
- The ninth annual Exhibition of the BrACEBRidge and 
Boultham Horticultural Society took place on Wednesday 
last in Bracebridge Park, kindly lent by the President, F. J. 
Clarke, Esq. Boisterous weather prevailed, but the rain held off 
and the attendance was satisfactory. The horticultural exhibits 
were staged in three marquees, and the display was equal if not 
superior to former years. The principal prize for plants arranged 
for effect was awarded to N. Clayton, Esq., for a magnificent 
collection, the arrangement of which reflected much credit upon 
the gardener, Mr. A. Wipf. Mr. H. Greenham was second, and 
Major Ellison third. The latter was also a successful exhibitor 
of flowers. Fruit was a splendid show, the majority of the prizes 
falling to Mr. Clayton, the Mayor of Lincoln (W. J. Warrener, 
Esq.), Mr. A. Shuttlewortb, and the Marquis of Ripon. Messrs. 
Pennell & Son contributed a superior collection of Roses, 
Gladioli, &c. Vegetables were especially fine ; the Red Cab¬ 
bages, Onions, and, in fact, all kinds grown by Mr. Bentley on 
the Corporation’s Sewage Farm being of marvellous size and ex¬ 
cellent quality. 
■- In the last quarterly number of “ La Belgique Horticole ” 
we notice an illustrated verbatim translation of the lectures on 
“ Horticultural Buildings,” delivered by Mr. F. A. Fawkes, 
F.R.H.S., during the last winter session to the students of the 
Crystal Palace School of Gardening. 
- Agricultural depression would appear to have a wide 
field, for we find there are distressed tobacco planters. 
Owing, as it is said, to the low prices of tobacco in Europe the 
tobacco cultivation, once so flourishing in the island of Java, is 
rapidly declining, the planters being in consequence much dis¬ 
tressed. The Java Bode , a Dutch local journal, states that lately 
in the eastern portion of that island three estates were sold 
collectively for the trifling sum of 5700 guilders, though only 
three years ago a brick tobacco shed on one of them cost 400,000 
guilders. 
- We regret to announce the death cf John Dillwyn- 
Llewelyn, Esq., of Penllergare, near Swansea, at the age of 
seventy-two. Mr. Llewelyn died at Atherton Grange, Wimbledon, 
where he had taken up his residence during the last two years, 
having relinquished his residence at Penllergare in favour of his 
son, Mr. J. Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn, who is well known as an 
ardent florist and horticulturist, and as a member of Council 
of the Royal Horticultural Society. Mr. Llewelyn, sen., was a 
Fellow of the Royal Society, and one of the oldest surviving 
Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society. He took an active 
