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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 4, 1880. 
similar. The flowers, however are rather larger and snow white ; 
stamens golden yellow. It cannot be too highly recommended. 
July until late in the autumn. Japan. 
A. nemorosa .—The beautiful Wood Anemone of our own island, 
Who does not look upon its charming flowers with delight during 
the early spring days, and hail it as a harbinger of brighter days to 
come ? Its beauties, however, are not confined to our ow y n land, for 
it is widely distributed throughout Europe. It grows from 6 to 
9 inches high, and is a charming plant either for border, rockery, 
or wild garden, being equally at home in all. The flowers are 
solitary, on long footstalks, white, sometimes tinged with reddish 
purple on the outside. In addition to the ordinary form there arc 
now two beautiful double-flowered varieties, which are charming 
companions to our woodland beauty—viz., A. nemorosa alba fl.-pl., 
flowers large, very double and pure white, and A. nemorosa rosea 
fl.-pl., a double rosy-red form, extremely handsome. March and 
April. Europe (Britain).—H. 
PLANTING POTATOES IN THE AUTUMN. 
Not only in the Journal but in the Times have letters recently 
appeared in praise of this obsolete plan. After giving it a fair 
trial by planting two or three acres in the autumn for a few 
years—I cannot be more exact than this—my father was obliged 
to revert to spring planting again because of the lateness of the 
autumn-planted tubers, the weakly growth from seed partly con¬ 
sumed by slugs, and numerous vacancies where the seed was eaten. 
This was about thirty years ago, and I have never seen it prac¬ 
tised since then. The land was a deep heavy loam. A heavy 
dressing of half-decayed manure was dug in, and the planting 
was done by inserting a spade quite G inches deep, lifting the soil 
slightly, and putting the Potato down behind the spade into the 
manure, which thus served to protect it from frost. 
Any notice of the letters bearing upon this subject would have 
been unnecessary but for the attempt of some writers to claim 
merit for it upon the score of its affording a heavier crop and 
immunity from disease. No wonder there is so much uncertainty 
about the disease and its remedy when such ideas are gravely 
advanced and actually acted upon. At the present time the 
whole of my seed is spread out thinly, and all the early varieties 
are laid singly upon shelves of open latticework. Already are 
the earliest varieties slowly making growth, each tuber having a 
stout shoot surmounted by its minute coronet of miniature leaves. 
Not one of them will be planted till next April, when the sturdy 
shoot, as thick as one’s finger, will already have rootlets, and the 
tuber with all its vigour intact will send its stem to the surface in 
a few days, and both haulm and tubers will grow with such 
rapidity, and come so early to maturity, as to render success a 
certainty.— Edward Luckhurst. 
The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society have announced 
that a Great International Fruit and Flower Show 
will be held in Edinburgh in 1882. More than an ordinary 
amount of interest will attach'to some of the classes at least, as 
the General Horticultural Company (Mr. Wills, manager) offer a 
prize of thirty guineas for the best six sorts of Grapes, two 
bunches of each sort, and a second prize of twenty guineas in the 
same class; also first and second prizes of the same value for 
collections of twelve sorts of fruit. Thus one hundred guineas 
are provided in four classes, which ought to stimulate cultivators 
to produce displays of unusual excellence. 
- Referring to the prospects of the Chrysanthemum 
season a successful exhibitor informs us that from observation 
in several districts he expects the exhibitions to be uncommonly 
fine this year. The number of growers increases annually, and 
considerable skill is now brought to bear upon the culture, 
rendering the competition much closer and more exciting. The 
plants, too, are ’generally in good condition, the wood stout, 
foliage vigorous, and buds large and abundant. 
- The Municipal Council ofJParis recently forwarded t 
the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Francis Truscott, an enormous 
bouquet in acknowledgment of the courteous reception accorded 
to the members of the Council on their visit to the City a short 
time since. This bouquet measured nearly 9 feet in circumference, 
and was chiefly composed of Rose buds, White Lilac, Gardenias, 
Bouvardias, the bright blue Cornflowers, a few yellow and white 
Chrysanthemums, with a large outer circle of Cypripedium insigne 
backed up with Fern fronds. The arms of the city of Paris and 
the motto were cleverly delineated on the surface of the bouquet 
by an arrangement of red Rose buds and Cornflowers, every part 
being very clearly shown. 
- On the question of keeping Black Hamburgh Grapes 
the views of our correspondent “ J. H. M.” receive confirmation 
in an excellent article in the Gardener , which arrived after our 
correspondent’s notes were in type. “There is,” says our contem¬ 
porary, “no doubt at all about the desirability of lengthening the 
season of Hamburghs as much as possible ; for nine-tenths of 
those who own vineries for their own private supply, if polled on 
the subject, would vote for the Hamburgh as long as it can be had, 
and for the other sorts referred to as short a time as possible, 
consistent with a supply. We have seen good late Black Ham¬ 
burghs after the middle of February ; but say that a month is 
cut off that, and to have them till the end of January is easily 
attainable ; and we know of no point more desirable than that 
Hamburghs should be grown with this end in view, and that 
fewer late varieties should be planted.” 
- Further experience with Gilbert’s Cabbage Broc¬ 
coli enables Mr. Muir to say that this is a valuable addition to 
choice vegetables. The flavour of it is delicious, surpassing that 
of any Cabbage he has tasted, and equal to that of Broccolis. It 
comes perfectly true from seed, and hearts freely and firmly under 
the same culture as any ordinary Cabbage. The Cabbage Broccoli 
is no doubt an excellent vegetable. Air. Iggulden has sent us 
some heads, which when cooked were tender, sweet, and delicate 
in flavour. 
-A correspondent writes—“ Among neglected plants few 
are finer than Chrysanthemum lacustre. It will probably 
become as popular as Pyrethrum uliginosum has already done. 
The flowers are similar, but have the advantage of growing on a 
plant only about 2 feet high, requiring no support. The leaves 
are broad, strongly serrated, and very distinct from those of the 
plant with which comparison has just been made. In the Cam¬ 
bridge Botanic Garden it flowers just before that species, lasting 
several weeks. With liberal treatment it becomes very beautiful.” 
-A Totato grower writes as follows :—“According to the 
evidence of Mr. Henry Thompson before the House of Commons 
Committee, it appears that he professes to have discovered a 
remedy for the Potato disease. He does not state what it 
is nor the mode of application, but he is so confident of its efficacy 
that he is willing to undertake trials in any position north or 
south of London and with any varieties, and if the crops are 
injured he will pay for the damage and give his time for nothing. 
This seems fair, and I think it would be well if the opportunity 
were afforded him of proving whether the scheme really possesses 
any merit.” 
- The exhibition of Chrysanthemums in the Inner 
Temple Gardens, which we briefly referred to a week or two 
since, is now open to the public, and there are sufficient flowers 
to make a fair display, though they will not be at their best for 
at least a week. Several Japanese varieties have good repre¬ 
sentative blooms, those particularly noteworthy being James 
Salter, Gazelle, Cri Kang, Gloire de Toulouse, and the com¬ 
paratively new Bouquet Fait, with large blooms, yellowish in 
