August 26 , 1880 . ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 189 
of Verbena and Zonal Pelargonium blooms in their customary bright 
condition. 
At a general meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
held on Tuesday last, Dr. Denny in the chair, the following gentky 
men were elected Fellows of the Society :—Frank E. Cheshire, 
Lieut.-Col. W. H. Moffatt, Charles Oetzmann, and Mr. Herbert R. 
Peel (of Hemel Hempstead). 
- There is now a handsome display of Dahlias in Mr, 
Charles Turner’s nursery at Slough ; Show, Fancy, and Pompon 
varieties being admirably represented. Of the two former the 
most noticeable are Mr. Spofforth, a grand, symmetrical, rich 
crimson bloom ; Thomas Goodwin, deep maroon ; Grand Sultan, 
rich crimson streaked with yellow ; John Bennett, very distinct, 
with yellow florets tipped with glowing scarlet; Helen Macgregor, 
fine pale purple, tipped with a darker shade ; and Lady Gladys 
Herbert, the florets tipped with warm crimson of a brighter shade 
within. Of the Pompon varieties the most distinct and attractive 
are the following :—North Light, fine bright scarlet; Lady 
Blanche, pure white ; Julius Kohler, fine purple ; Crimson Beauty, 
a deep crimson maroon ; Toby, rich crimson ; and Prince of Lili- 
putians, deep maroon. These and many more are now' in fine con¬ 
dition, the richness of the colours and symmetry of the blooms 
being all that could be desired. 
- The value of Bouvardias Hogarth and Vreelandi 
is well shown in the above Nursery, where these two forms are 
extensively grown. The former as a red, and the latter as a white 
variety, can scarcely be excelled in fioriferousness and general 
good constitution. Vreelandi is especially notable for the large 
clusters of long pure white flowers it bears, and in compactness 
of habit it can be favourably compared with the majority of 
varieties now' grown. 
- The Liverpool Horticultural Association have 
decided upon holding an Exhibition of fruit, plants, and Chrys¬ 
anthemums in St. George’s Hall. We hope under the manage¬ 
ment of this new Society, the Exhibition of Chrysanthemums once 
so familiar in Liverpool, will again be thoroughly established and 
w'ill number as one of the principal autumn shows of Great Britain. 
Schedules are being prepared, and as soon as the date is fixed it 
w'ill be announced in the advertising columns. 
- A fine old plant that is rarely seen at flower shows— 
namely, Gloriosa superba, was staged by Mr. Mould of Pewsey 
at the Reading Exhibition on Thursday last. The specimen was 
trained in globular form, was in vigorous health, and bearing its 
peculiar but attractive flowers in profusion. It is not often that 
a formally-trained specimen looks so well as the one in question, 
but when climbing up the roof of a stove it is extremely orna¬ 
mental, and is by no means so frequently seen in cultivation as 
might be expected and desired. 
- An experienced cultivator writing on the Weather v. 
Potatoes states that he has no remedy for wet weather, which 
causes the disease ; but what causes him surprise is the extra¬ 
ordinary manner in which people let fine weather pass away 
W'ithout taking advantage of it for securing the bulk of their 
crops. Like Mr. Luckhurst (see page 102) our correspondent has, 
by closely watching for the signs of the disease, and prompt 
action in lifting the crops, secured a fine yield of clean produce. 
-- A correspondent states that “ The Victoria regia in 
the Botanic Gardens, Manchester, is now in extremely fine 
condition, the leaves being of great size and completely filling 
the tank ; the flowers also are large and their fragrance most 
powerful. It has scarcely ever been in better condition, although 
the quadrangular tank is not well calculated to show it to the 
best advantage, as the leaves cannot spread equally from the 
centre. The health of this fine aquatic appears to be due to the 
fact that the house has a low roof, and the plant thus has the full 
benefit of all the light possible.” 
- A correspondent writing to us under the heading of an 
Extraordinary Espalier Pear, states that there is at* the 
residence of Edward Mewen, Esq., Northiam, Sussex, a Jargonelle 
Tear tree of very large size. The wall is about feet high, and is 
well and regularly clothed with boughs apparently in good health 
for a distance of 30 yards. The main stem of the tree is rather 
flatfish, and is fully 2 feet across. It bears sparsely, being 
exposed. 
- In one of the houses at Messrs. Sutton & Sons’ Nursery, 
Reading, some hundreds of plants of a New Tuberous Begonia 
are now flowering. The variety is the result of a cross, and 
evidently partakes to some extent of the Pearcei type. The 
flowers are very large, in several instances more than 3 inches 
in diameter, of a fine pale primrose tint when first opening, 
ultimately fading to nearly white, and they are produced in 
astonishing profusion. The foliage varies in colour and mark¬ 
ings ; the leaves on some plants being very dark green and finely 
marbled white, on others they are of a uniform green tinge. It 
is a remarkable circumstance that five hundred plants raised 
from seed borne by one specimen should resemble each other so 
exactly in every respect except the colouring of the foliage. It 
is a useful attractive variety, one of its most valuable qualities 
being the freedom and continuance with which the flowers are 
produced. The delicate pale yellow hue of the flowers was shown 
up to the best advantage by a row of Vallotas placed along the 
back of the stage. 
- An attractive hardy plant and one of the best of the genus 
is Monarda fistulosa purpurea, which, though not possessing 
the brilliant colour of M. didyma, is yet rendered very showy by 
the large terminal heads of bright purple flowers that are so freely 
produced. A good companion for the above variety is M. Rus- 
selliana, which has white flowers very faintly tinged with pink. 
There is also a white form of M. fistulosa. 
- In recognition of his valuable services as Manager and 
Secretary of Amies’ Chemical Manure Company, Mr. G. 
Neilson Tucker has been elected Managing Director of that 
Company. 
- A recent issue of the Irish Farmers' Gazette has the 
following concerning a monster Peach :—“ A fruit of Lord 
Palmerston Peach, grown in Col. Jones’ garden at Templeogue 
this season, was quite a wonder in its way. It weighed 17 ozs., 
and girthed somewhere about 11 inches. The tree, which is about 
four years planted, besides this mammoth fruit, bore a goodly 
crop of choice Peaches, each averaging from 10 to 11 ozs. Have 
any of our readers met with a Peach the weight of which was in 
excess of the above ?” 
- Those handsome herbaceous plants Anemone japonica 
and japonica alba are now in splendid condition in many 
gardens, but we never saw them finer than they are in a garden 
west of London. Two long beds about a yard in width were 
entirely occupied with the rosy-flowered species and its white 
variety, and they could only be adequately described as a mass 
of flowers. The white form was especially fine, the blooms being 
uncommonly large, of great substance, and of the purest white, 
with the exception of a slight orange-coloured ring in the centre. 
