114 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ August 5, 1880. 
were several very good collections set up by Messrs. Kemp, Radmore, 
Whitmore, and Bluett, who were the principal prizetakers in the 
classes for twenty-four, eighteen, and twelve. Roses were fairly 
represented. Messrs. Curtis, Sanford & Co., Torquay, were first in 
the class for forty-eight distinct and also in the class for twelve; 
Miss Christy, Coombe Bank, Kingston-on-Thames (Mr. Moorman), 
was second, and Mr. Mitchell third. 
Fruit was numerously represented. The Earl of Devon exhibited 
the best Grapes, well coloured and finished. Peaches from the gardens 
of the Earls St. Germans and Mount Edgcombe. A very fine 
Queen Pine was exhibited by Mr. Allen, Ivybridge, who was worthily 
awarded the first prize, the Earl of Devon the second. The bush 
fruit exhibited was numerous and fine. 
Vegetables .—These occupied a table the whole of the length of the 
hall, and in many of the classes there were twenty competitors. 
Potatoes large, bright, and clean ; Carrots and Turnips were similar. 
The Exhibition this year was held in the new Guildhall, Plymouth, 
a most suitable place for such a display. The Show was well managed, 
and we congratulate the executive on their success. 
WHITE EAST LOTHIAN STOCKS AND DOUBLE 
TUBEROSES. 
What magnificent plants the white East Lothian Stocks are in 
early summer for various purposes—the adornment of the garden, 
for cutting, for bouquets, &c. I send you a plant which is no 
more than an average one from an early batch of this year’s seed¬ 
sowing. I could, had I not cut some of them, found a much 
better sample. The flowering shoots were much broken by the 
heavy rains recently. I think they are not sufficiently appreciated 
—that is, their beauty and usefulness when well grown does not 
seem to be considered, or we should see them more generally 
cultivated. 
Amongst choice white flowers perhaps there is not a more 
general favourite than the double Tuberose. Certainly the plant 
itself is not especially attractive, but those who have to maintain 
a supply of choice flowers will find the pure white exquisitely 
fragrant blooms of great value. I had yesterday a scape bearing 
no less than a dozen fine flowers. I have not had great experience 
in Tuberose culture, but I do not recollect having one with a dozen 
flowers open at one time before.—R. M. A. 
[The plant of East Lothian Stock we received was a very fine 
specimen, bearing nearly twenty dense racemes of fragrant white 
double flowers. The double Tuberose was also exceptionally 
beautiful, the individual flowers being of good form, and the 
fragrance most pleasing and powerful,— Eds.] 
LEEDS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
SUPPLEMENTARY SHOW. 
In consequence of the loss arising from the fine Show in June 
owing to a deluge of rain the Committee, having collected £200, 
resolved on another venture in the hope of reimbursing their finances ; 
hence they attempted another Show with other attractions for ensuring 
a large attendance of visitors. The Show was comparatively small, 
many who had entered failing to fulfil their engagements. The 
weather was fine until the afternoon, when drenching showers fell, 
and it is somewhat doubtful if the object of the industrious Com¬ 
mittee will be attained. 
The bouquets were the finest feature of the Show. The special 
prize of two guineas offered by Mr. Boston, fruiterer, Boar Lane, 
Leeds, for the best ball bouquet was won by Mr. Featherston, St. 
Ann’s Nursery, Leeds, for a highly finished arrangement free and 
chaste of Pancratiums, Bouvardias, white Lapagerias, Tea Rose buds, 
Tuberoses, and a spray of Orange blossom and a few nodding flowers 
of Rhodanthes ; Mr. Wright’s bouquet being highly commended. A 
similar prize for the ball bouquet was won by Mr.'Wright, gardener 
to Grosvenor Talbot, Esq., Southfield, Burley, Leeds, for one of the 
most beautiful bouquets we have ever seen exhibited, brightness, 
freshness, and freedom being combined in a very marked manner. 
The flowers employed were Pancratiums, Lselias, Miltonias, red 
Bouvardias, Stephanotis, and a spray or two of Oncidiums. The 
Society’s prizes for ball bouquets were won by Mr. Frankland, gar¬ 
dener to J. Barran, Esq., M.P., Chapel Allerton Hall, Mr. C. Rylance, 
Ormskirk, and Mr. Wright in the order named. Splendid white 
Lapagerias predominated in the first-prize arrangement, with Tube¬ 
roses, Pancratiums, and Stephanotis. It was rather small, but very 
clean and free. In the corresponding class for ball bouquets Mr. 
Wright, Mr. Featherstone, and Mr. Rylance secured the prizes in the 
order named in a very close and excellent competition. 
There was a moderate display of fruit. Mr. Clayton, Grimston 
Park, was placed first with a grand collection of fruit—two varieties 
°f Grapes, Peaches, Nectarines, a Pine, and Little Heath Melon, 
weighing 9 tbs. ; Mr. Clark, Studley Royal, following, Golden 
Champion Grapes being very fine. Mr. Clark was first in the class 
for four dishes. For two dishes of Grapes the prizes went to J. Pad¬ 
gett, Esq., Guiseley (Mr. Thompson, gardener) ; Geo. Gelder, Esq., 
Headingley (Mr. Tuke). J. Hardy, Esq., Grantham (gardener, Mr. 
Goddard), was first with black Grapes, with admirable examples of 
Black Hamburgh ; and the first prize for white Grapes was won by 
Mr. J. Stevenson, The Gardens, Farfield House, Armley, with large 
bunches of Foster’s Seedling. Mr. Clayton was first with a Pine, 
Mr. Clark with Peaches (good), and Mr. Goddard with Nectarines. 
Several good dishes of small fruit were staged. Mr. E. P. Dixon, 
Hull, sent a very fine dish of a seedling Raspberry, which was highly 
commended for its size and high quality. 
Plants call for little notice. In the 200 feet group Mr. Feather- 
stone was an excellent first with a free and bright collection ; J. 
Barran, Esq. (Mr. Frankland), a good second ; and Mr. Simpson, New 
Lane, Selby, third. The smaller groups do not demand notice. Mr. 
Barran staged the best fine-foliaged plants and Ferns ; Mr. Gelder the 
best flowering specimen; W. H. Gott, Esq., Armley House, Leeds 
(Mr. Meredith), the best Orchids, Cattleya crispa superba being good. 
Messrs. Mack & Son, Catterick Bridge, were the principal exhi¬ 
bitors of Roses, staging very fine blooms ; Mr. Samuel Hartley, 
Headingley Nurseries, closely following. Mr. Rylance had the best 
tender, and Mr. Hartley the best haidy cut flowers, both staging fine 
boxes. Mrs. Cowl, Burton Lane, York, had the best Carnations and 
Picotees ; and Mr. Rylance and Mr. Henry Clark, Rodley, Leeds, the 
best Dahlias, the blooms being of excellent quality. 
FRUIT-GROWING IN INDIA. 
I have to thank you for the book which you so considerately 
sent to save me time. It is a clear well-arranged manual, of 
which I am sure to be able to make some use. I have gone 
cursorily over it, and do not see any great difficulty in being able 
to follow its directions ; but evidently the author makes it a con¬ 
dition sine qva non of success that his dwarfs, pyramids, &c., 
must have complete rest for five or six months of the year. Now, 
our weather is so nearly uniform that I find it hard to determine 
without experimenting for some years which six out of the twelve 
months would be best suited to give rest to the trees. The time 
when they are at rest with you is the time here which most nearly 
approaches all the conditions for favouring growth, blossoming, 
and fruiting. Of the remaining period of the year four months 
(from June to September) are constantly w T et, leaving only 
October for rest, November being the month for starting, as March 
is with you. If I want to rest the trees at all I must do it in the 
four wet months, and of course that can only be done under glass. 
Any number of a few varieties of Peaches, Nectarines, and 
Apples can be had here from the hills, but they will be all seed¬ 
lings, no grafted or budded plants being procurable. Of course 
my plan must be to have some “ maiden trees ” on approved 
stocks of some of the most desirable varieties that you will kindly 
recommend. I will also get out pips and stones for raising seed¬ 
lings of the Quince and Paradise to serve as stocks for Apricots, 
Peaches, and Apples. 
Now, I shall thank you for advice—1, As to the necessity and 
time for giving rest; 2, Whether “ maiden trees ” can arrive here 
safely when packed in a state of rest; and 3, The proper people 
to go to for my purchases. 
Coming to another subject, I am glad to confirm all that Mr. 
F. Cheshire has said in the Journal as to the experiment of 
transporting bees to India, as I am the foreign correspondent 
referred to therein. I am very sorry my experiment failed, as we 
have here all the elements of success required for breeding bees. 
I have not yet tried the experiment promised in the concluding 
portion of the extracts given by Mr. Cheshire.—A Paksee. 
[1, The trees must have rest, but not necessarily for five or six 
months. After the fruit has been gathered, or towards what is 
your autumn, gradually withhold water from the trees in pots, 
and when the rainy season commences lay the pots on their sides, 
so that the soil is kept moderately dry. As to the duration of rest 
we can only say, Afford the trees all that your climate permits. 
2, Fruit trees are successfully sent from England and America to 
all parts of the civilised world. 3, We think you will do best by 
obtaining trees from America, requesting some good nurserymen 
there to send you those varieties that succeed best in the southern 
States. You might write to Messrs. P. J. Berckmans & Co., 
Augusta, Georgia ; or if there is not direct communication from 
there to Bombay, a good firm for you to apply to is Messrs. Ell- 
wanger & Barry, Rochester, New York. We shall be glad to hear 
the result of your experiments, and wish you much success both 
in fruit culture and bee management.—E ds.] 
Violets in June And July. —During June I gathered several 
flowers of Violet Argentseflora, and to-day (July 26th) I gathered 
enough blooms to make a bunch 6 inches in diameter from three 
dozen small plants. What I have long been desiring appears to 
have been obtained at last—viz., a variety that would supply sweet- 
scented Violets all the year round. Argentseflora appears to be a 
