JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER . 
[ August 19, 1880. 
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keep them watered during dry weather till established, and after¬ 
wards give an occasional soaking with liquid manure. The crop 
obtained may be comparatively light, but it may also be very 
acceptable. Such was the case here last season, and may be again, 
as I intend putting out a number of strong Broccoli plants on 
grcund now occupied by the very latest Potatoes. The plants 
being rather tall will be laid in rather thickly, and I shall be 
deceived if we do not obtain a lengthened supply of useful heads. 
One of the best crops for planting at the present time is that of 
June or July-sown Cabbage or Coleworts, as, should they not heart 
well, they will be found useful as greens during midwinter, and 
the same remark applies to late-planted Savoys.—W. I. 
At a meeting of the General Committee of the National 
Rose Society, held on the 10th inst. at the Horticultural Club, 
it was decided that the invitation of the Sheffield Botanical 
Society to hold the Provincial Exhibition in that town in 18S1 
should be accepted. 
- The Pelargonium Society has entered on its seventh 
year, and the new schedule now in the printers’ hands will show 
that the managing body have abundant confidence, for the prize 
list is considerably augmented. At the annual meeting held a 
few days since some changes were made in the executive, certain 
of the more active officers being desirous of rest, while others 
filled with zeal for the Society’s welfare were found willing to 
take their places. The following is a list of the officers as now 
arranged :—President, Mr. W. B. Kellock ; Vice-President, Mr* 
Thomas Moore; Honorary Treasurer, Mr. H. Little; Honorary 
Secretary, Mr. Shirley Hibberd. To the Executive Committee 
were added Dr. Denny, Dr. Masters, and Messrs. King and Windsor* 
The schedule for 1881 will be precisely the same as that for 1880, 
save that, as remarked above, the prizes will in many instances be 
of greater value. The Exhibition of next year will be held in 
connection with the Conversazione of the Royal Horticultural 
Society on the 28th and 29th of June. 
- A correspondent writing from Penzance, Cornwall, 
informs us that Veronica Lindleyana is now in full bloom, 
and is very handsome with its pure white flowers densely packed 
in racemes. It is an evergreen shrub, about 4 feet high, and 
succeeds well there out of doors, though usually confined to a 
greenhouse. 
- In a small plant stove at Holme Lacey is a specimen of 
Allamanda Schottii that is bearing hundreds of fine blooms. 
It was planted last April in a compost of loam, charcoal, and 
half-inch bones, and the plant was allowed to ramble over the 
roof unchecked. 
- Some time ago we directed attention to the adaptability 
of Madame Plantier Rose for forcing, its profusion of white 
flowers being highly acceptable during April and early May. 
We have since had evidence of the great hardiness of this Rose. 
In a village in the north of England standard Roses are grown 
in many cottage gardens, the villagers having obtained Briars 
and budded them with the best varieties that were readily 
obtainable from the gardens of the squire and clergyman. Nearly 
all the plants were killed by the severity of last winter, but the 
variety that appears to have passed unscathed is Madame Plantier. 
It is now the solitary Rose in more than one garden, and the 
standards are covered with large clusters of pure white flowers. 
It is also one of the very few Roses that escaped the severity 
of the arctic winter of 1860-1861. Madame Plantier is not a 
show Rose, but is admirably adapted for garden decoration. 
- As an instance of the effects of the winter on forest trees, 
we have recently observed that nearly all the Lombardy Poplar 
trees are dead or dying in a district embracing at least two 
counties in the north of England. Grand specimens 60 feet high 
that two years ago were in excellent health are now nearly 
leafless, and many actually dead. Younger trees have also 
suffered almost to the same extent, and even the young stock of 
this tree in some nurseries that we have seen are in a most un¬ 
satisfactory condition. The frost following the mild season of 
1S79 so suddenly and severely is the cause of the damage, and it 
has also greatly injured many Oaks and Larches, the tops of the 
trees being dead, similarly to those of Apple trees in many places 
in the south. 
- For the fourth time in England the old French ceremony 
of Crowning the Rosiere was witnessed at the Alexandra 
Palace on Saturday last by thousands of spectators. This old and 
pretty custom was first instituted more than thirteen centuries ago, 
and its representation on the occasion in question was admirably 
carried out. It -was no mere burlesque or vain show, but the 
proceedings were conducted with an earnestness that impressed 
the visitors with a sense of unmistakeable reality. The procession 
of children with banners, the loud pealing of the organ, with the 
appropriate hymns sung by the choir, and the impassioned 
harangue of the officiating priest, rendered the ceremony highly 
imposing. The Rose Queen, a young girl of modest demeanour, 
was selected because of her excellent character and her devotion 
to her home and her care of an aged parent, and was crowned 
by the Rev. Father Nugee, of St. Austin’s Mission, Walworth, 
after which presents were given to her and her attendants. So 
warmly was the representation received by the vast crowd, that 
there can be little doubt that the festival will become an annual 
one at the Palace, which the spirited lessee, Mr. Willing, and 
his excellent manager, Mr. Jones, are making so popular and 
successful. 
- Trained to a wall in that portion of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Kew, devoted to herbaceous plants, is a specimen of the 
peculiar Clematis Davidiana, which is now flowering very freely. 
The leaves are trifoliate, each leaflet being roundish and very dark 
green. The flowers are borne in dense axillary clusters, and 
strangely resemble the single flowers of a Hyacinth. The sepals 
are light blue, the lower portion being erect, so that the calyx 
appears to be tubular ; the upper portion is reflexed. 
- The fine old climbing plant Eccremocarpus SCAber is 
too well known to need description, but rarely have we seen it to 
better advantage than we observed it in one of the college gardens 
at Oxford a week or two ago. A plant was trained to a wall 
with a southerly aspect, and in company with Cobma scandens 
was growing most vigorously, the clusters of rich orange-coloured 
flowers being produced in profusion, and, intermingled as they 
were with the purple flowers of the Cobasa, formed a charming 
covering for the wall. The Cobsea had been placed out in the 
spring, the position being sheltered and warm. 
- New offices, seed warehouse, and a manager’s residence 
are, says The Builder , being erected by Messrs. Webb & Sons at 
their extensive seed establishment near Stourbridge. The former 
comprise, on the ground floor, an entrance hall and staircase, with 
general waiting-room attached ; a ledger-office, 60 feet by 24 feet., 
with manager’s office at one end ; fireproof-room, cloak-room, and 
lavatory, and a private staircase to the upper floor, on which are 
arranged a suite of offices for the Messrs. Webb and heads of the 
several departments, together with sample-room, cashier’s office, 
and a spacious reading-room and library for the use of the em¬ 
ployes, which is approached from the entrance-hall by a staircase 
of polished pitch-pine. The seed warehouse is in continuation of 
