JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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[ September 9, 1880. 
that no hybrid Odontoglossum has been raised. Can anybody 
tell me whether Cattleya Mossiie or C. Loddigesii was the seed¬ 
bearing parent of C. Manglesii ?— Single-handed. 
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The following are the Royal Horticultural Society's 
arrangements for 1881 :—Certificates will be awarded to de¬ 
serving new fruits, vegetables, plants, and flowers; and medals, 
supplied by the Davis Fund, will be awarded for meritorious 
productions exhibited at the meetings. The Fruit and Floral 
Committees will meet on January 11th, February 8th, March 8th, 
March 22nd, April 12th, April 2Gth, May 10th, May 24th, June 
14th, June 28tb, July 12th, July 2Gth, August 9th, August 23rd, 
September 13th, October 11th, November 8th, and December 13th, 
the chairs being taken on each occasion at 11 A.M. The Great 
Summer Show will be held from June 3rd to June 7th ; the Rose 
and Pelargonium Society’s Show June 28th and 29th ; and the 
Exhibition of the British Bee-keepers’ Association July 26th to 
August 1st; the Artisans’ and Cottagers’ Show August 1st; and 
the Evening Fete on Tuesday, June the 28th. 
- On Monday afternoon there was a slight but welcome 
shower of rain in London, the first that has fallen for twenty- 
nine days. The heat since the commencement of the month has 
been very oppressive, and on gravelly soils in the south of the 
metropolis the grass has quite a brown and burnt appearance. 
Red spider has also increased to an extraordinary extent on 
several forest trees, notably on Limes and Willows, and several 
trees of the former have lost all their foliage. The weather has 
been highly favourable for maturing the wood of fruit trees, but 
now that the harvest is secured a copious shower would be of 
great benefit to both farms and gardens in the south of England. 
- “ W. B.” writes, “In Croxteth Hall Gardens there are now 
flowering in two beds Tigridia pAvonia grandiflora and 
conchiflora, and the effect is gorgeous. These beautiful plants 
are admirably adapted for planting in shrubbery borders and in 
large beds in the pleasure grounds. The Plum trees in a house in 
the same garden, which generally do well, are again laden with 
a heavy crop of extra fine fruit. Pyramid Pear and Plum trees 
in pots, which have set the fruit indoors and afterwards been 
plunged outside, have a good crop of fruit.” 
- Messrs. James Carter Sc Co., 237, High Holborn, 
request us to state that they will offer the second and third prizes 
in the open class A at the International Potato Exhibition to be 
held on September the 22nd and 23rd. The class is for twenty- 
four distinct varieties, nine tubers of each. Notice of a desire to 
compete must be given to the Secretary, Mr. J. A. McKenzie, 
Tower Chambers, Moorgate, London, E.C., before the 14th instant. 
-We are informed that the Royal Horticultural Society 
of Ireland held their autumn Show on Thursday the 2nd inst., 
in the grounds of Mr. Cecil Guinness at Dublin. The weather 
proved very favourable and the attendance was large, which with 
the satisfactory condition of the exhibits rendered the Show very 
successful. Plants were well shown, particularly those remark¬ 
able for their ornamental foliage, Ferns being represented by 
many handsome specimens. The chief exhibitors in these classes 
were Lord Ardilaun, St. Ann’s, Clontarf ; Sir Edward S. Hutch¬ 
inson ; Lord Justice Deasy ; Messrs. Watson, Westby, Jury, Riall, 
and Wilson. Among the exhibits not in competition a fine group 
of plants from Messrs. Rodger, McClelland, & Co., Newry, was 
noteworthy. Cut flowers were also numerously shown, the chief 
prizes for Dahlias being obtained by Mr. Leland, Mr. C. Hamilton, 
and the Rev. Frederick Tymons. Other exhibitors in the cut 
flower classes were Messrs. Guilfoyle, Berry, Comyns, Lindsay, 
Campbell, and Jonathan Hogg. Messrs. Alexander Dickson and 
Sons, Newtownards, also staged a fine collection of Rose blooms. 
Fruit was not comparatively quite so well represented as the 
other classes, but several exhibitors had good examples of Grapes, 
Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, and Pears. The chief prizes were 
awarded to the Countess of Charleville (Mr. Roberts), Lord 
rortarlington, and Mr. Nathaniel J. Powell. 
- In the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden at Chiswick 
a number of Capsicums are now being grown for trial, a great 
variety of forms being represented. Among those with long 
narrow fruit two of the best are Red Cayenne (Yeitcb), and Long 
Yellow (Yilmorin et Cie.), the fruits of both being somewhat 
similar in form, 4 or 5 inches in length, and freely produced. 
Among the varieties bearing rounded fruits the most noticeable 
are Cherry Red, Yellow Tomato-shaped (Leroy), Yellow of 
Nocera (E. G. Henderson), certificated at the last meeting of the 
Society, Yellow Cherry (W. Paul & Son), and a very large-fruited 
variety named The Monster (E. G. Henderson). Of the small- 
fruited forms, Tom Thumb (Sutton & Sons) is the best; it is of 
dwarf habit, and bears a great number of diminutive fruits, the 
plant being really attractive in a decorative point of view. 
- Referring to the letter, page 207, on sound and 
diseased Potatoes, Mr. Luckhurst writes: —“ Had ‘ W. G.’ 
taken up the crop of Myatt’s Prolific as soon as the tubers ceased 
growing, he would have saved it from disease. To leave this 
early variety to be lifted with Magnum Bonum—a late variety, was 
decidedly wrong, and the result is precisely what might be expected. 
If the early, intermediate, and late varieties are taken up separately 
in succession as the growth of each section ceases there will be 
much less risk of loss by disease.” 
- The same correspondent writes as follows on Tropzeolum 
speciosum :--“This charming little South American climber has 
long been established in the open ground at Messrs. Woods’ 
nursery near Uckfield. It is planted at the foot of a hedge some 
G or 7 feet high, over which its growth rambles every year, and is at 
the present time laden with clusters of its rich crimson flowers.” 
- The very distinct and showy Dahlia Juarkzii is now 
flowering finely at Mr. H. Cannell’s nursery, Swanley, Kent, and he 
has recently exhibited flowers of it at several exhibitions, where they 
have invariably been greatly admired. Especially was this the case 
at the Alexandra Palace on Friday last, when they were shown 
with the brilliantly coloured Tigridia pavonia and bouquet Dahlias. 
The colour is so bright, and the starlike form of the flowers so 
attractive, that it deserves the attention of all who patronise the 
beautiful genus in which it is included. A botanical com¬ 
mendation was awarded for it by the Floral Committee of the 
Royal Horticultural Society on September 16th, 1879. 
- The Southern Rcport-er, describing a tour of the members 
of the Associated Chamber of Commerce, contains the following 
relative to the Tweed Vineyards :—“Arriving at Clovenfords the 
whole party inspected the Tweed Vineyards, which had been 
kindly thrown open for the day by Messrs. William Thomson and 
Sons, the proprietors. No visitor to this district should miss this 
sight, of which there is perhaps none similar in Great Britain, and 
certainly not in Scotland. The Vineyards are very large, and if 
the houses were placed in a line they would extend to the length 
of half a mile. An idea of their extent may, however, be much 
more easily gained when it is known that the annual production 
of Grapes is 15,000 lbs. or a little over 7 tons ! Through the 
houses there run five miles of hot-water pipes, heated by twelve 
