JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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bad one. The garden rests on a bed of gravel, and hence there is 
great danger of the plants suffering from drought in summer ; 
therefore infinite pains have been taken to make the ground. It 
is trenched to the depth of 3 feet. At the bottom is placed a 
layer of clay, then a layer of loam, then a layer of dung, then 
another of loam, and so on until the bed is finished. It will be 
seen that this is an expensive proceeding, but it is surely better to 
go to such an expense at first than to have miserable starved 
plants and to be obliged to continually replace them. And this 
I will say, that although I have visited this autumn many Hose 
gardens in various parts of the country, I have nowhere seen one 
that I can quite put equal to Mr. Baker’s. The plants are vigor¬ 
ous without being “ pithy,” and care has been taken to thin out 
all the small and useless wood, so as to allow full play for light 
and air through the plants. This insures the ripening of the wood 
—one of the most essential points for success in the following 
year—success either for a display of Boses in the garden or for 
exhibition. Mr. Baker is a strong advocate for very hard prun¬ 
ing, and most certainly his Roses do credit to his system of cul¬ 
ture. He also mulches very fully with old manure, except in the 
case of newly planted Roses, when he covers the surface of the 
ground with the decomposed lawn mowings, which has a certain 
amount of nourishment, but not too stimulating for the plants. 
WOODHATCH. 
Mr. Heywood’s garden at Woodhatch is another which has 
made its mark in the Rose world, and of all the places about 
Reigate that I have seen is the most beautifully situated. The 
view of Leith Hill and all the country round about is simply 
magnificent. The eye is never tired, especially on a fine day, 
when the effects of light and shade amongst the foliage near and 
far off are to be seen ; and no part of our island is more beautifully 
wooded than this part of Surrey, the greater portion consisting of 
gentlemen’s demesnes, where trees are ever appreciated—different 
from agricultural neighbourhoods, where trees are regarded as 
“ cumberers of the ground ” and hindering the growth of crops. 
The garden at Woodhatch is beautifully situated on rising ground, 
and here is to be seen horticulture successfully practised in all its 
branches. Nowhere, for example, have I seen such grand plants 
of Chrysanthemums as here, “feathered down to the toes ; ” and 
those from which the exhibition flowers are to be cut, some G and 
7 feet high, with splendid foliage. But here, too, the Rose has 
the place of honour. A house is specially devoted to the culture 
of Tea Roses, which were in a thriving condition, while borders 
and beds of Hybrid Perpetuals in a most satisfactory state were 
to be seen in every position. Mr. Heywood’s excellent gardener, 
Mr. Ridout, has a large number of budded plants in the kitchen 
garden, which is at some distance from the house, and here all the 
best varieties are budded in considerable number—thirty or forty 
of a sort—and doubtless from these some grand blooms are to be 
expected for the next season. Mr. Ridout is a strong advocate for 
the Briar cutting, of which Mr. B. R. Cant thinks so highly. 
Looking through all these gardens one could not but be struck 
with the number of plants which, by their abundance of flowers, 
thoroughly justified their title of being “remontantes,” or autumn¬ 
blooming Roses. Teas, of course, were in flower everywhere. 
Charming blooms of Marie Van Houtte, Madame Lambard, Inno- 
cente Pirola, Souvenir d’un Ami, and a host of others were full of 
flower, and splendid blooms were gathered every day. Amongst 
the lighter-coloured Hybrid Perpetuals in flower were Baronne de 
Rothschild, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Egeria, Comtesse de Serenye, 
La France, Auguste Rigotard, Mabel Morrison, Marie Finger, 
Capitaine Christy, Marquise de Castellane, Madame Sophie Fropot, 
Duchesse deMorny ; while amongst the brighter and dark-coloured 
flowers were Marie Baumann, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles Lefebvre, 
Marie Rady, A. K. Williams, Madame Victor Verdier, Duchess of 
Bedford, Dupuy Jamain, General Jacqueminot, Charles Darwin, 
Etienne Levet, Madame Victor Verdier, Maurice Bernardin, 
Hippolyte Jamain, and Fisher Holmes ; and, as far as my experi¬ 
ence goes, these may be relied on as good autumn-blooming Roses. 
There are others which perhaps may be classed with them, while 
there are some which are hopelessly only summer-blooming. Only 
in this latter number I was some time ago inclined to include 
Madame Gabriel Luizet, but I am happy to say I mal'goed her; 
and Mr. Cant, than whom we have no better authority, says, “ I 
hope when I can get strong cut-backs to find it much more free- 
flowering than at present.” 
Let me add that nowhere in the kingdom is there a more hearty 
and genial set of Rose-growers than at Reigate; nowhere is a real 
lover of the flower sure to receive kindness and hospitality ; and 
nowhere are there a “straighten” set of exhibitors. The definition 
of “an amateur,” which is now perplexing “committees,” would 
be no difficult matter if all amateurs were like our friends here. 
There are other gardens here which I was not able to visit at this 
time, such as Mr. Wollaston’s ; while from all I hear my excellent 
friend Mr. J. D. Pawle is likely to again enter the lists where he 
was once so successful a competitor. Altogether Rose-growing 
at Reigate is in a very flourishing condition, and I fully expect 
to see it coming to the front in the exhibitions of 1883.—D., Deal. 
A meeting of the General Committee of the National 
Rose Society was held at the Horticultural Club on Tuesday 
last, G. Baker, Esq., in the chair, at which it was determined that 
the Exhibitions for 1883 should be held at South Kensington on 
Tuesday, July 3rd, and at Sheffield on Thursday, July 12th. The 
idea of having a third show earlier than the other two at either 
Salisbury or Reading was also entertained. 
- We learn that the Exhibition op Chrysanthemums 
at Finsbury Park will be opened on Saturday the 21st inst. 
Of course, at present only a few of the early flowers have expanded, 
but the show of buds and excellent condition of the plants augur 
well for a finer display than in the two previous years, beautiful 
as they were. About 1500 plants are grown, representing all the 
leading varieties. 
- Mr. G. Goldsmith, The Gardens, Hollanden, Tonbridge, 
writes that his collection of Pears atJSouth Kensington last 
week comprised sixty dishes of Pears, distinct varieties, no Apples 
being shown. As remarked in our report, the majority of these 
Pears were unusually fine for the season—large,“handsome, and 
well ripened. 
- Mr. F. Orchard, late foreman at Warnham Court Gar¬ 
dens, Horsham, has been appointed gardener to[E. Barker, Esq., 
Abington Hall, near Cambridge. 
- Relative to the competition for the challenge cup 
at the Kingston Chrysanthemum Show, the conditions are 
that the three winners of the first challenge cup will not be 
allowed to compete for the second this year, but after this year 
they will be free to compete. This was not clearly stated in our 
note of last week. 
- In another column Mr. Shirley Hibberd appeals for sup¬ 
port with the object of providing for an Exhibition of Pinks, 
to be held in conjunction with the National Pelargonium Show 
next year. We readily publish this appeal, and shall be glad if it 
is responded to in such a manner as will enable the project to be 
carried out successfully. These chaste, sweet, hardy, and some¬ 
what neglected flowers are at least as well’worthy of encourage¬ 
ment as Zonal Pelargoniums, 
- Dahlia viridiflora, shown by Mr. Cannell at South 
Kensington on October 10th, and which is by some considered 
to be a species, is only a variety, the same as any other double 
Dahlia, and was raised from seed in 1852 by the late Mr. John 
Salter of the Versailles Nursery, Hammersmith, so well known by 
his extensive cultivation of the Chrysanthemum ; and it was then 
popularly called the Artichoke Dahlia, from the resemblance its 
green bracts gave the flower to the head of an Artichoke, 
- Writing on Vegetable Marrows, a skilled gardener 
observes:—“They are among the first vegetables to be affected 
by the frost, and when once the leaves are cut down the fruit will 
cease growing. It may not be convenient to protect all the plants, 
but one or two of the most fruitful should be covered before frost 
has done harm. If it is desired to keep them on bearing for as 
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