JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
July 15, 1880. ] 
their buds. These should be pinched out as soon as formed, not 
deferring it too long or the plants will make very little second 
growth, which should be encouraged by supplying heat and 
moisture liberally. The latest-flowered plants should be en¬ 
couraged to make growth by keeping the house close and moist, 
and shading with some light material in bright weather only, the 
plants being kept near the glass and with as much light as they 
will bear, so as to secure good-textured leaves, wdiich are more 
persistent than thin foliage. Ked spider and thrips must be kept 
under, or they will soon destroy the appearance of the plants and 
interfere with the flowering.—G. P. 
FLUTE BUDDING. 
At this the season for budding Hoses and fruit 
trees the mode represented in fig. 13 may 
appropriately be submitted. It is often practised 
in France, and possibly there may be some 
amateurs who would like to try it in this country. 
The little cut pretty well explains itself. The 
bud or scion A is placed on the stock b in place 
of the portion removed at c, the bud being secured 
in its position with matting or worsted in the 
usual manner, and is preferably covered with a 
mastic, but this is not essential. If the bud is 
larger than the stock a longitudinal slice will 
reduce it to the right size. In carrying out the 
process the work should be done clearly and 
expeditiously. 
MAIDSTONE ROSE SHOW. 
Although sundry hints had been thrown out that the Maidstone 
Rose Society was at the point of death, yet with so good a Secretary 
as Mr. Bensted, and so warm and generous a supporter of the Rose as 
Mr. Hollingworth, it was not to be expected that the Society which 
has had to record so many brilliant successes would be allowed to 
collapse, and this expectation was fulfilled. A considerable amount 
of energy was pirt forth, and as a result a most excellent Exhibition 
was held on Tuesday last the 6th inst. The Exhibition was held in 
the Concert-room, and attracted not only many good growers but 
also a considerable number of visitors. The challenge cup for 
amateurs was won for the third time by Mr. Burnaby-Atkins of 
Halstead Place, Sevenoaks, with eighteen blooms, he also obtaining 
the silver medal of the National Rose Society for the best box in the 
Show. The varieties shown were Etienne Levet, good ; Capitaine 
Christy, Madame Charles Wood, very good ; Baronne de Rothschild, 
Madame Caillat, Marie Baumann, very fine ; Charles Lefebvre, good ; 
Annie Wood, La France, a very fine bloom; Auguste Rigotard, 
Senateur Vaisse, very bright; Henri Ledechaux, Mons. Boncenne, 
excellent; Marquise de Castellane, Dr. Andry, Mons. E. Y. Teas, veiy 
good ; and Duke of Edinburgh. 
In the class for twelve some excellent stands were staged. Mr. W. 
Wakeley was first with very fine blooms of Capitaine Christy, Fisher 
Holmes, Cheshunt Hybrid, Marie Baumann, La France, Duke of 
Connaught, Thomas Mills, Lord Macaulay, President Grevy, Mdlle. 
Eughnie Verdier, and Camille Bernardin. The Rev. H. B. Biron ran 
veiy close with excellent blooms of Naomi, a very dark flower to 
■which I have already alluded in my account of the Canterbury Show. 
Capitaine Christy, Xavier Olibo, a magnificent bloom which obtained 
the bronze medal of the National Rose Society as the best Rose in 
the Show ; E. Y. Teas, Baroness Rothschild, Louis Van Houtte, La 
France, Marie Baumann, Reynolds Hole, Marhchal Vaillant, Fisher 
Holmes, and Madame Lacharme. In the class for six Lewis A. 
Killick, Esq., of Mount Pleasant, Langley, was first with Wilson 
Saunders, Monsieur Noman, Senateur Vaisse, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Baroness Rothschild, and John Stuart Mill—a stand of very neat 
blooms. In the class for twelve Teas or Noisettes Mr. Knight of 
Sittingbourne was first with Homere, President, Hippolyte Jamain, 
Marie Van Houtte, Catherine Mermet, &c. Mr. F. Warde was a good 
second. In the class for six Teas Mr. J. Wakeley of Rainham was 
first with good blooms of Madame Margottin, Madame Berard, Sou¬ 
venir d’Elise, Jean Ducher, and M. Cecile Berthod. In the class for 
twelve blooms, six Teas and six Hybrid Perpetuals, Mr. Warde was 
first with some excellent blooms of Triomphe de Rennes, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Star of Waltham, Adrienne Christophle, Mardchal Niel, 
Robin Hood, Belle Lyonnaise, Madame Berard, Alfred Colomb, &c. 
In the class for six of any one variety Mr. Wakeley was first with 
excellent blooms of Alfred Colomb ; Mr. J. Wakeley second with La 
France, very good ; Mr. Burnaby-Atkins and the Rev. J. M. Fuller 
equal third with Etienne Levet and Marechal Niel. 
The borough Members gave a piece of plate as a challenge cup, to 
be competed for by ladies for a table decoration. This brought out a 
spirited competition, and the prize was won by Mrs. Biron with a 
tastefully arrayed stand, in which of course Roses predominated. 
The fault which marked the same lady’s stand at Canterbury had 
been avoided—too much crowding, and hence her success. The other 
stands were well arrayed, one especially by Mrs. Killick would have 
stood a fair chance of taking first instead of .third, but the base was 
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poor, the Roses employed being only buds. There were some excellent 
button-hole bouquets, the first prize being taken by Mrs. Bensted, the 
mother of the very excellent and energetic Secretary of the Society, 
to whom its members are so much indebted for the success of the 
Exhibition.—D., Deal. 
P.S.—With regard to the Rose mentioned above as Naomi I send a 
letter I have received from the Rev. H. B. Biron who exhibited it:— 
“ Mr. Bunyard of Ashford has satisfactorily cleared up the mystery 
of my Rose of uncertain name. In the year 1876 he purchased a 
Rose called Eugene Furst from Soupert et Notting, which exactly 
answers to the description of Naomi. On his Rose book Naomi, an 
old pink Rose, stood No. 111. This Rose he ceased to cultivate, and 
put the new one (Eugene Furst) to Naomi’s number. His foreman 
seeing the No. Ill gave me the name of Naomi with the Rose, and 
hence my error. The Rose Eugene Furst is described in the French 
catalogues as follows :—■ FI. tr. gr. pi. bien faite bombee, rouge 
cramoisie veloutd ; nuance de pourpre fonchj; tres belle.’ It threw very 
small blooms with me at first, but I was so pleased with the colour 
that I took great pains with it, and it improves yearly, and will I 
believe come to stand high on the Rose list. I am glad to know the 
real name. Perhaps the English nurserymen have the Rose; if not 
they ought to be made aware of its possible excellence.” 
HARDYj FLOWER”BORDERS. 
This has been an unusually good year for gay flower borders 
with hardy plants ; and as some of your correspondents seem at 
a loss what plants to use for permanently planting on showy 
borders, the recital of a few items culled from a pretty large 
practice here may possibly be of use, and is offered accordingly. 
For early flowering, after the Crocuses, we rely upon Daisies, 
Aubrietias, Alyssums, and Cheiranthus, mostly in the front line of 
the borders, to be followed by Violas. Doronicum caucasicum is 
also a most useful early yellow, and should be largely used in every 
garden. The larger Doronicums come later, and are not so suit¬ 
able, but are useful for cutting and for^back borders. Trollius 
europseus, T. asiaticus, and other forms are very beautiful and 
last a long time in flower. With them can be associated the 
Centaureas, blue, white, and pink, but they are coarse growers, and 
should be freely cut back as they go out of flower. The next 
group of flowers still go with the Violas and self Pansies ; we use 
Pinks of the old pink and white seifs very largely, and the old- 
fashioned mule Pinks. These alternating at every 3 or 4 yards 
with yellow Violas make a most gay margin, and when backed 
by clumps of purple and blue Violas and Pansies are very beauti¬ 
ful indeed. In the same bed we have Pyrethrums, single and 
double, red, white, and yellow ; Delphiniums, both light and dark 
blue ; Aquilegias, Pmonies, Sweet Williams, Rockets, and many 
other similar tall-growing flowers, and as these pass we rely upon 
Roses, Phloxes, Pentstemons, Antirrhinums, Geums, and the lovely 
Anemone Honorine Jobert. These flowers will produce a very 
complete succession throughout the early and late summer, and 
when bulbs are judiciously intermixed will form a lovely effect at 
all times. We employ bulbs largely, commencing with the 
Daffodils, Narcissi, and Tulips, followed by the English and other 
Irises, and later again by the Liliums (English and Japanese), and 
the Gladioli, &c., to any extent. We also rely a good deal upon 
annuals for autumn bloom, as herbaceous plants are over by the 
middle of summer, and it is just at this time that annuals are at 
their best in this district.— Brockhurst, Didsbury, 
NEWCASTLE SUMMER SHOW. 
July 7th and 8th. 
The Botanical and Horticultural Society of Durham, Northumber¬ 
land, and Newcastle-on-Tyne held their summer Show in the Leazes 
Park, Newcastle, on the above date—a place in many ways adapted 
for an exhibition of such extraordinary magnitude as the Newcastle 
Flower Show has now grown to. The hitherto almost unprecedented 
exertions of this Society has been more visible and striking in the 
present Exhibition than any other of its predecessors. The Committee 
have offered this year a much better schedule, including classes for 
groups of miscellaneous plants, which were the most striking features 
of the late Exhibition. In every class and department of the Show 
there was a marked improvement from that of last year or the year 
before, and it was considered by many as one of the best shows held 
in England this year. 
Referring at once to the schedule, we commence with the classes 
which were open to all. In the chief, class a silver cup value £12, 
and the Royal Horticultural Society’s medal, were won by Mr. Cypher, 
nurseryman, Cheltenham, with some very fine examples of Ixora 
Williamsii 5 and 6 feet, and regina, both plants admirably flowered. 
Allamandas nobilis and grandiflora were excellent both in colour, size, 
and freshness of flower. Mr. Cypher had also an excellent Erica tri¬ 
color. a good Dracophyllum gracile, and a very large-spathed An- 
thurium Schertzerianum. Mr. Tudgey, gardener to J. F. G. Williams, 
Esq., Henwick Grange, Worcester, was second with plants somewhat 
