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second, third, and fourth with Brunette and J. B. Bryant. Mr. Turner 
being fifth with the latter variety. Red Light-edged. —Mr. Douglas was 
first, second, and third with Mrs. Williams ; Mr. H. Hooper fourth 
with Grande Duchesse ; and Mr. John Hines fifth with Clara. Purple 
Heavy-edged. —Mr. Douglas was first with Zerlina ; Mr. Turner second, 
third, and fourth with Mrs. A. Chancellor; and Mr. E. S. Dodwell 
third with a seedling. Purple Light-edged. —Mr. Turner was first and 
second with Her Majesty, third with Clara Penson, fourth with 
Baroness Burdett Coutts ; and Mr. Dodwell fifth with Ann Lord. 
Rose Heavy-edged. —Mr. Turner was first, third, and fifth with Mrs. 
Payne, second and fourth with Royal Yisit and Fanny Helen. Rose 
Light-edged. — Mr. Turner was first with Mr. Allcroft and fourth 
with Lucy ; Mr. J. Hines second with Mr. Allcroft; and Mr. H. 
Hooper third and fifth with Beauty of Bath. Light-edged on Yellow 
Grounds. —Mr. Turner was first with Miss Abercrombie, third with 
Lady Biddulph, fourth with Meteor, fifth with Lightning ; Mr. 
Douglas second with Princess Beatrice. 
In Class I, for twenty-four blooms not less than twelve varieties, 
of Selfs, Fancies, or yellow grounds, Mr. C. Turner was first with 
Constance, Little Harry, Bertram, Mrs. Matthews, Gem, Duchess of 
Connaught, Zerlina, Field Marshal, Eurydice, fine ; Lord Eosebery, 
Eosa Bonheur, Florence, Elysian Beauty, Martial, Captain Dalgety, 
Phoebus, Cupid, handsome ; Elegant, Flirt, Ann May, Duke of Con¬ 
naught, and Brighton Gem. Mr. Douglas was second, Mr. Hooper 
third, and Mr. T. S. Ware fourth. 
In Class K, for twelve dissimilar blooms, the prizes were obtained 
by Mr. E. S. Dodwell, Mr. A. Medhurst, Mr. H. Catley, Bath; and 
Dr. Abercrombie, Cheltenham, in the order named. 
In Class L, for twelve plants in pots, including Carnations and 
Picotees of distinct varieties in bloom, there were only two exhibitors, 
Mr. Charles Turner gaining the chief prize with healthy well-flowered 
plants of Queen of Summer, Mr. Payne, Louisa, Lord Chelmsford, 
Mr. Smart, Juliana, Lady Boston, Mr. A. Chancellor, Lothair, Her 
Majesty, and Bifleman. Mr. Douglas was an excellent second with 
Brunette, Prince of Orange, Fanny Helen, Her Majesty, Lothair, 
Mr. Eivers, J. B. Bryant, Lord Lewisham, Falconbridge, Clipper, 
Bifleman, and Cleopatra. 
In the classes for seedlings Mr. Dodwell took four first and six 
second prizes. Mr. Douglas obtained one first and one second prize ; 
and Mr. Turner was awarded five first and two second prizes. 
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N0TES»GLEPNGS. 
At a General Meeting of the Eoyal Horticultural Society 
held on Tuesday last, Col. E. Trevor Clarke in the chair, the 
following candidates were elected Fellows of the Society—viz., 
Sidney Eeynett Brown, E. H. Cardwell, Henry Lee Corlett, 
George Deal, Miss Gowan, Captain Thomas Bridges Heathorn, 
Mrs. J. E. Hoare, Charles W. Pridham, and Ernest William 
Eogers. 
-Writing to us on galvanised wire, “W. A. B.” has 
found a thick coating of paint prevent the leaves and growths of 
Vines being injured, but where the paint was thin the result was 
nearly as bad as with no paint at all. We shall shortly publish the 
results of some experiments with this and other wire that will 
not be devoid of interest to our readers. 
- We have received the schedules of the two following 
Chrysanthemum Societies —Kingston and Surbiton, which 
will hold its Exhibition on November ISth and 19th in the Drill 
Hall, Kingston, when in addition to liberal prizes in numerous 
classes, the twenty-five guinea challenge vase will be again offered. 
It will be remembered that this class is for forty-eight distinct 
Chrysanthemum blooms, to include twenty-four incurved and 
twenty-four Japanese varieties, and is open only to subscribers 
of one guinea. The Birmingham and Midland Counties Society 
will hold its Exhibition in the Town Hall, Birmingham, on 
November 24th and 25tb, when numerous prizes will be offered 
for miscellaneous plants and fruit in addition to those for 
Chrysanthemums. 
-Several of the new French decorative Show Pe¬ 
largoniums are highly deserving of note. Mrs. Patton (Le- 
moine) is a fine light variety, with large excellently formed 
flowers, pure white, with very dark blotches. It is of the type 
of the very useful Kingston Beauty, but far superior, and can 
hardly fail to become popular. Madame Thibaut, of the same 
raiser, is very distinct, the flowers being semi-double, almost 
circular, the centre white, the remaining portion warm rosy 
pink. Both these have been certificated. Two nearly pure 
white varieties, Madame Charles Koenig and Lucy Lemoine, 
will be useful for affording cut flowers, especially for bouquets. 
- The value and usefulness of Verbenas in pots for 
decorative purposes could scarcely be better exemplified than is 
the case at Mr. H. Cannell’s nursery, Swanley, Kent, where there 
is a house about 100 feet in length entirely devoted to these plants. 
An immense number of varieties are represented, the majority 
bearing fine compact trusses of symmetrical flowers that vary in 
colour through numerous shades of blue, purple, pink, crimson, 
and scarlet, some also being striped with two distinct shades of 
colour. 
- A correspondent submits the following as amongst the 
best double Pyrethrums in cultivation:—Gloire d’ltalie, 
crimson ; Mdlle. Menier, pink ; Captain Boyton, scarlet, incurved, 
fine; Cleopatra, blush white ; J. N. Twerdy, carmine, fine ; Car- 
neum plenum, pink; Lady Derby, crimson, extra ; Mont Blanc, 
white ; Niveum plenum, white ; Marquis of Bute, bright crimson ; 
Minerva, deep rose ; Solfaterre, white, yellowish centre ; Captain 
Nares, crimson, fine form ; Lose Perfection, grand alike in colour 
and form ; Kreimhilda, pink ; Kembrandt, crimson, very fine ; 
Omar Pacha, crimson ; Emile Lemoine, carmine, tipped yellow ; 
Gustave Nertz, pink ; Princess de Metternich, white; and Kubens, 
deep rose. 
- A correspondent writes as follows on Dipladenia 
boliviensis at Cannizaro House, Wimbledon : — “ Eighteen 
months ago Mr. Jordan planted a newly-struck cutting in a bed 
of good soil in one of the stoves, allowing it to run up the rafters 
and along the side of the house. This plant is now producing 
hundreds of white flowers, which are most valuable when cut, and 
continue fresh for several days in vases. This is an excellent 
mode of growing this useful plant, and is worthy of notice. ” 
- In a recent part of Messrs. Cassell's] “European Ferns” 
is the following passage in reference to Ferns that are eaten : 
—“ The young shoots of a handsome Tree Fern, Angiopteris 
evecta, are eaten in the Society Islands ; the large rhizome is in 
great part composed of a mucilaginous matter, from which, when 
dried, a kind of flour is prepared. In the same islands the young 
fronds of Helminthostachys zeylanica are prepared and eaten in 
the same way as Asparagus. The young fronds of Alsophila 
lunulata, the ‘ Balabala ’ of the Fiji Islands, are eaten in times of 
scarcity ; and the soft scales covering the stipes of the fronds are 
used by the white settlers for stuffing pillows and cushions in 
preference to feathers, because they do not become so heated, and 
are thus a real luxury in a sultry tropical night. In New South 
Wales the thick rhizome of Blechnum cartilagineum is much 
eaten by the natives. It is first roasted, and then beaten so as to 
break away the woody fibre. It is said to taste like a waxy 
Potato.” 
- An experienced cultivator sends us the following note 
relative to the colouring of Grapes Grapes about colouring 
should have a thorough watering with liquid manure. A night 
temperature of 70° will be suitable with free ventilation whenever 
the weather permits. With a heavy crop more time for ripening 
will be required, and the night temperature in such case should 
be kept at 60° to 65°, allowing a free extension of the laterals, or 
the probability is the Grapes will shank. Muscats commencing 
ripening must have a minimum temperature of 70°, gradually 
rising to a maximum of 90° or 95° with abundance of air, which 
