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- An extremely ornamental example of Euonymus lati- 
folius now attracts attention in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. 
It was Loudon’s favourite, who thought it finer than all other 
species. This tree shows he was quite correct. It has very large 
pendulous fruits in profusion, and the effect is enhanced by the 
orange-coloured seeds of the bursting capsules. The leaves are 
large, and just now are assuming the red autumn tint for which 
alone the tree is valuable. 
-A correspondent, Rev. A. Fitch, will feel greatly obliged 
if any of our readers can give the years in which the following 
varieties of Potatoes were introduced :—Fox’s Seedling, Rivers’s 
Ashleaf, Myatt’s Ashleaf, and the Lapstone. 
- An old but seldom seen plant—viz., Isotoma axillaris, 
an ally of the Lobelias, was recently flowering in the grounds 
devoted to herbaceous plants at Kew. It is dwarf, rarely exceed¬ 
ing a foot in height. The leaves are narrow, irregularly and deeply 
cut down the margin, and dark green in colour. The flowers are 
borne singly in the axils of the leaves on slender peduncles 
several inches long; the corollas are long and tubular, with a 
pale lilac blue limb of five spreading divisions. It is easily 
grown, and the delicate tint of the flowers is very distinct and 
pleasing. 
- A correspondent informs us that an Exhibition of 
cut flowers was held at Maidstone on the 8th inst. by the 
Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Society of that town. Asters 
and Phloxes were especially well shown, but Dahlias were not 
very abundant. The chief prizetakers in the classes for the two 
former were Mrs. Brook, Manor House (Mr. J. Godden) ; Miss 
Farmer, Leeds (Mr. R. Brown) ; Lady Lennox, Mereworth (Mr. 
Jeffery) ; Messrs. Hollingsworth (Mr. H. Exall) ; F. Pine, Esq. 
(Mr. Hepworth) ; and J. Moncton, Esq. (Mr. J. Mills). Grapes 
were shown by J. Whatman, Esq. (Mr. McLean), and by Messrs. 
Exell and Morris. The arrangements were conducted by Messrs. 
Frost and narrison. 
- Mr. Ewart of Apethorpe Gardens, Wansford, North¬ 
amptonshire, informs us that in April last he planted lbs. of 
Sutton’s Magnum Bonum Potato, and when the crop was 
dug on the 0th inst. the produce was found to weigh 231 Tbs., all 
sound table Potatoes. 
- An observant cultivator speaks in the following eulo¬ 
gistic strain concerning the Scotch Champion Potato :—“A 
friend of mine has at least 500 acres of this variety, and not a 
sign of disease among the whole of it. I, too, have grown the 
‘ Champion ’ to some extent, but not so largely as above noted, 
and I am of the opinion that as a disease-resister and bountiful 
cropper it is unrivalled. If anyone should ask me how we are to 
avoid the Potato disease I would answer—Grow the Champion, 
even though it cannot be lifted until November.” 
- A very common error in window gardening is that of 
attempting too much. Too many plants are crowded into the 
little space at command, so that it is impossible to give each the 
air and light it should have. Again, plants of too diverse character 
are brought together. It is no uncommon thing to see tropical 
plants, and plants from the temperate zone, if not even alpine 
plants, all crowded into the same window and subjected to the 
same temperature and treatment. Better far to have one healthy 
well-grown plant that will yield its flowers in perfection than a 
dozen sickly, feeble, wretched plants, that have no beauty either 
of leaf or blossom. 
- Reports about the serious damage done by last winter’s 
frosts to the Vines and fruit trees in Germany, the extent 
of which is now being realised, state that in the district around 
Fulda over fifty-five thousand fruit trees have been killed, being 
about one-fourth of all in the district. The Vines seem to have 
fared better. The stock has suffered in many cases, while the 
root is still vigorous. But the injury even to the Vines will be 
felt for some years. The Roses also have suffered greatly. The 
Tea Rose has almost disappeared throughout the Rhine valley, 
and even the common Dog Rose has been quite destroyed in 
many places. The deep valleys suffered most, while elevated 
slopes and open places escaped with minor losses. 
- We learn that Mr. Matthews of the Royal Pottery, 
Weston-super-Mare, was awarded a large silver medal for a dis¬ 
play of terra cotta vases and garden pottery at the Wirral and 
Birkenhead Agricultural Society’s annual Show held at Birkenhead 
on the 8th and 9 th inst. 
- An American contemporary refers as follows to Mr. John 
H. Parnell’s (brother of Mr. Parnell, M.P.) Peach orchard 
in Alabama. This orchard is a field of 250 acres, con¬ 
taining about eighty thousand trees. In a good season Mr. 
Parnell sells one hundred thousand boxes, or a million and a half 
pounds weight, of Peaches. Our contemporary says that Parnell’s 
Peaches are renowned throughout the States, and that his ship¬ 
ments reach the most distant cities of the American Continent. 
EARLY HARVEST APPLE. 
I can fully confirm, if confirmation were needed, the recom¬ 
mendation in your correspondents’ column of last week, that this 
Apple should be grown in all collections. It is there stated to be 
adapted for dwarf and espalier training when grown on the 
Paradise stock. It is also, it may be added, equally well adapted 
for standards on the Crab stock, on which it grows healthily and 
freely in ordinary good soil. About fifteen years ago I planted 
several varieties of Apples, and none has given more satisfaction 
than Early Harvest. It is one of the finest trees of all now, and 
bears good fruit freely. Although not particularly handsome in 
appearance, the fruit is often above medium size, juicy and re¬ 
freshing, and is much esteemed in hot weather. I was not pre¬ 
viously aware that this Apple was of American origin ; that, how¬ 
ever, is no drawback, for it is now quite naturalised, and succeeds 
as well as any other early variety that I am acquainted with in 
English gardens. Those who want a few pecks or bushels of 
juicy and palatable table Apples during harvest cannot do better 
than plant trees of this useful and too little known variety.—• 
A. M. C. _ 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
September 14th. 
Dahlias constituted the most imposing portion of the exhibits at 
this meeting, the collection from Mr. H. Cannell being especially fine. 
Messrs. Keynes and Rawlings also contributed largely. Mr. J. Roberts’ 
group of dwarf Scabious attracted much attention. The ornamental 
Oaks from Messrs. C. Lee & Son, and the vegetables from Messrs. 
Stuart, Mein, & Co., were the other chief features of the meeting. 
Fruit Committee. —John Lee, Esq., in the chair. The fruits 
and vegetables submitted to the Committee were not very numerous. 
Mr. W. Crump, The Gardens, Blenheim, was awarded a first-class 
certificate for a seedling red-fleshed Melon named Blenheim Orange, 
a handsome fruit of moderate size, globular in form, finely netted, 
with a great depth of flesh and of good flavour. The seeds were stated 
to have been taken from a fruit that gained first prize in a compe¬ 
tition of over thirty fruits at the Royal Horticultural Society’s summer 
Show, June 8th, 1880. The form originated by crossing Read’s 
Scarlet-flesh with Hero of Bath. Mr. Crump finds it very prolific 
and quick in ripening. Mr. Roberts, The Gardens, Gunnersbury Park, 
sent a fruit of a seedling Melon that had been grown in a cold frame. 
It was of good size and fair flavour. Mr. Harrison Weir, Weirleigh, 
Brenchley, Kent, sent samples of Diamond Plum to show the effects 
of stock on scion ; the fruits gathered from the variety on the Sloe 
stock being much smaller than those from a plant on the Mussel 
stock, though there was no difference in flavour. Mr. George Bun- 
yard, Maidstone, sent a new Pear named Dr. Jules Guyot, a very hand¬ 
some Pear, but not quite ripe. Herr Ernest Benary’s Tomatoes, 
Turk’s Turban and White Apple, were shown from Chiswick, both in 
good condition. From the Society’s garden came also a dish of 
Malakovna Apples, a Russian variety of moderate size and rich 
crimson colour. Samples of Red Flat Egyptian Turnip Beet and 
Guernsey Half Long Parsnip, a variety sent to Chiswick by MM. Vil- 
morin, Andrieux, et Cie., Paris, were also exhibited. J. Southgate, 
Esq., Selborne, Streatham (gardener, Mr. J. Salter), sent eight fine 
fruits of a Cucumber named Selborne Rival, a cross between Marquis 
of Lome and Tender and True. It was characterised by the Com- 
