August 12, 1880. ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 141 
since by Mr. George Morrall, gardener to Mrs. Horsfall of Bella- 
more Hall, Rugeley.” 
-We are desired to note that the Atherstone Horticul¬ 
tural Society will hold their first Exhibition on August 25th, 
in Merevale Park, by the permission of the President, W. S. 
Dugdale, Esq. Numerous prizes will be offered for fruits, 
flowers, and vegetables. 
- “ W. B.” states that “ A gold medal was awarded to Mr. 
Joseph Bramham, Liverpool, by the Liverpool Horticultural 
Association, for his elegant and elaborate Rose Temple. It was 
the finest of its kind I have ever seen exhibited.” This award 
was made after cur reporter left the Exhibition, as also was a 
first-class certificate for furnace fronts and fittings to the same 
exhibitor. 
- A correspondent has forwarded a list of prepara¬ 
tions of the Phylloxera by Dr. Adolph Blankenhorn, of 
Karlsruhe. The preparations, which are intended for micro¬ 
scopical observation, lepresent both the leaf and root forms of 
the insect, all the stages from the egg to the full-grown insect 
being demonstrated. 
-We recently noticed a plant of Berberidopsis coral- 
linA flowering very freely in the greenhouse at Kew. The coral 
red flowers are borne in pendulous clusters, and the contrast 
between the brightly coloured flowers and the rich green foliage 
is very pleasing. We have also seen this handsome shrub trained 
to walls with various aspects in several gardens, and if the posi¬ 
tion be moderately sheltered it appears to thrive equally as well 
as in the greenhouse, and is rarely injured by frost. 
- A Manchester correspondent informs us that “ there 
is now an extremely beautiful display of Ranunculuses at 
Stakehill House, the residence of Mr. S. Barlow, near Man¬ 
chester. About two thousand plants, all of the Persian or florists’ 
type, are in flower, and their brilliancy is astonishing. Mr. 
Barlow possesses a large number of varieties including all the 
best in cultivation, and very ably does he grow them, for rarely 
are these fine old flowers to be seen in such healthy condition as 
under his care.” 
- We learn that Mr. Richard Kippist has retired from his 
post as Secretary to the Linnasan Society. The Council 
will appoint his successor in October. Intending candidates 
should apply by letter to Mr. B. Daydon Jackson, Burlington 
House, Piccadilly. 
- The charming Dendrobium Goldiei was recently 
flowering very freely in Mr. B. S. Williams’s nursery at Upper 
Holloway. A specimen which chiefly attracted our attention 
was bearing about five dozen of its beautiful mauve-tinted 
flowers. 
- The New York Tribune says, “ It is authoritatively an¬ 
nounced that the Peach CROP in America will not be a very 
large one, as erroneous reports have made it, but an average crop, 
probably as large as that of last year. As this means the ship¬ 
ment of about two million baskets to this city, New-Yorkers may 
still enjoy the prospect of having a few Peaches now and then.” 
-On Saturday last, as on several previous occasions, Messrs, 
Cranston & Co. of Hereford exhibited about ten thousand Roses 
at the Alexandra Palace. These weekly exhibitions appear 
to be growing very popular, and the rapidity with which the 
blooms are disposed of early in the evening indicates the demand 
existing for good Roses at moderate prices. 
- “A. Y.” states that “Dell’s New Hybrid Melon is a 
good green-fleshed variety, which sets its fruit freely, possesses a 
fine flavour, and averages about 34 lbs. in weight.” 
- One of the largest and most elegant specimens we have 
seen of the handsome Araucaria excelsa var. Napoleon 
Baumann is growing in the conservatory at Shirecliffe Hall, 
Sheffield. It is 8 or 10 feet in height, in vigorous health, and 
well indicates the distinctness and beauty that mark the variety. 
- A correspondent writes us that Marvel Pea is un¬ 
doubtedly a great acquisition to the list of good Peas. It is a 
strong stout grower, being about 3 feet G inches in height, and a 
most abundant cropper, having fine pods well filled with large 
peas of excellent flavour, each pod containing nine peas of a rich 
green colour. 
- At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on 
Tuesday last the flowers of LapAGERIAS rosea and alba exhi¬ 
bited by Titus Salt, Esq., Milner Field, Bingley, Yorkshire, 
attracted great attention, for rarely have they been seen so fine. 
The flowers had been cut on the Friday previous for a garden 
party, but appeared very fresh. Mr. C. Anderson, the gardener, 
stated in a letter to the Committee that a span-roofed house is 
entirely devoted to Lapagerias, the display of blooms being now 
extremely fine. The strongest shoots of those sent had from six 
to twelve flowers springing from a single node ; one of the largest 
sprays had when cut about seventy-nine flowers and buds. Both 
forms were uncommonly beautiful, but L. rosea was magnificent. 
The cultural commendation awarded by the Committee was very 
well deserved, for Mr. Anderson has evidently carefully studied 
the requirements of the plants. 
-Market Gardeners’ Grievances. —Last Tuesday a nu¬ 
merously attended meeting of the principal market gardeners of 
the suburbs was held at the Bedford Head Hotel, Covent Garden, 
under the auspices of the Market Gardeners, Nurserymen, and 
Farmers’ Association, to take into consideration their position in 
connection with future legislation affecting the cultivation of 
land. Mr. Decimus Clarke of Twickenham presided. Mr. M. 
Searle, the Secretary, produced a letter which he had received 
from Mr. Horace Seymour in answer to a request that Mr. Glad¬ 
stone would be pleased to receive a deputation upon the subject. 
The right hon. gentleman intimated through his secretary that 
he should much wish to receive from the Association a written 
statement of their general object, when he could then consider 
whether the time had come for oral communication. He fully 
recognised the importance and propriety of full consideration of 
this branch of the case, which, as he took for granted, would not 
escape the attention of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. 
The meeting unanimously resolved to appoint a committee to 
draw up a statement of the grievances under which market gar¬ 
deners were at present suffering, and to represent the same to 
Mr. Gladstone. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
August 10th. 
The meeting of the above date, though not an unusually large one, 
was well attended by exhibitors. The tables in the Council-room 
were occupied with the various collections of plants and flowers, 
Messrs. Yeitch’s Lilies, Mr. Bull’s new plants, Mr. Cannell’s Cocks¬ 
combs, Balsams, and Coleuses, and the Society’s Tuberous Begonias 
forming the chief feature of the display. Messrs. Carters’ collection 
of Tomatoes in pots in the vestibule also attracted great attention, 
and Mr. Harrison Weir’s Grapes were much admired. 
Fruit Committee. —John Lee, Esq., in the chair. The exhibits 
before this Committee were not very numerous. Mr. J. Walker, 
Thame, Oxford, sent a specimen plant of a new selected Pea, an 
extremely prolific variety. On a space of about 12 square feet the 
plant was bearing 30G pods, many flowers also being open at the same 
time. It was recommended to be sent to Chiswick. Mr. Reuben 
Fowler, Bedale, sent a dish of Peas, a variety with very large pods, 
but found to be deficient in flavour and sugar. Mr. Gray, gardener to 
C. Seely, Esq., Brooke, Isle of Wight, exhibited a dish of Apples, 
very handsome in appearance but deficient in flavour. Letters of 
thanks were accorded to Messrs. Charles Lee & Son, Hammersmith, 
for fruits of Henson’s Seedling Gooseberry, and to Mr. C. Lee, 
Hounslow, for a dish of Yicomtesse Hericart de Tkury Strawberries. 
