JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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[ March 29,1883. 
my own garden here in Wiltshire Old Golden Pippins as good as 
they possibly can be in shape, appearance of skin, and also in 
size and flavour. There is one point in Golden Pippins which 
they share with the Summer Golden Pippin—viz., niceness of 
shape, and these two in pleasingness of form excel to my mind 
every other Apple. There are no offensive ribs, and no squattiness, 
as in some Apples. The portraits—for there are three Golden 
Pippins represented on a branch—are among the best. 
Plate ii. of this part represents five Pears, the most noticeable 
being Chaumontel (would England were warm enough to grow 
it well!) and Napoleon, of which a most accurate portrait is given. 
This is a Pear which is more juicy than rich in flavour, and is 
now excelled by many November Pears. The next plate (xxxix.) 
is of Apples—Red Hawthornden, which beautiful fruit we owe to 
Richard Smith & Co.; Sleeping Beauty, a Lincolnshire Apple ; 
Schoolmaster; The Queen, once called The Claimant, a name 
judiciously dropped ; Gravenstein, which I can thoroughly recom¬ 
mend for the southern and western counties at least, and Rymer. 
Plate xi. is of Pears, and though most of them are neither of 
particularly pleasing shape or colour, are well done, and an im¬ 
provement upon those in Part iv. The larger of the two British 
Queens is an instance of this. 
Plate xli. is one of Apples—Barcelona Pearmain, handsome 
and useful; Scarlet Nonpareil, which ought to be on all dessert 
dishes at Christmas time ; Margil, small but pleasant eating ; 
Cornish Aromatic ; and last of the five, Cornish Gilliflower. 
There is an idea even in Cornwall that this Apple is dying out, 
and a belief that in other parts of England it will not fruit. Both 
of these are mistakes. It is to be bought when wanted, and its 
not fruiting is owing to that pertinacious pruning of pyramids 
which I hope is going out of fashion. If you closely prune 
Cornish Gilliflower you cut away the fruit buds, as it blossoms 
like Irish Peach, only on the end of each shoot. It is beyond all 
winter Apples in distinctness of flavour, and it bears well, though 
not every year, perhaps, in North Wilts. The plate that follows 
(xlii.) is one of the best of all, witness the accuracy of two of 
its portraits—Bishop’s Thumb and MarCchal de Cour, improperly 
printed here under the fruit Mardchal dele Cour ; this Pear is 
among the best twenty Pears known. Bishop’s Thumb is an old 
favourite near Bath. In the remains of the once famous orchards 
which existed between the Great Western Railway station and 
the city many a well-grown standard of Bishop’s Thumb reared 
its fine head ; and now, though the orchards are to a degree built 
over, yet behind some small villa you will find in its little back 
garden a handsome standard of this kind of Pear. In my curate 
days I had one outside my then residence, and hoped devoutly 
never to have the Bishop’s thumb on me, but only on my house !' 
Eight cooking Apples are represented on Plate xliii.—Hoary- 
Morning ; Gooseberry Apple, which nurserymen will not send you, 
but in its place Gooseberry Pippin, a little eating Apple, whereas 
Gooseberry Apple is large and a very late keeper. N.B.—I wish 
nurserymen would only supply fruits true to name, and not 
supply another in the place of one ordered. I wish this N.B. 
would be particularly observed, for many of us amateurs are 
sufferers in this way. I have sent to distant parts of England 
aud been so disappointed. Lemon Pippin, rightly named from 
its Lemon-like shape, is No. 3 ; Green Woodcock and Striped 
Monstrous Reinette follow, and then two of the very best—viz., 
Northern Greening and Yorkshire Greening, neither of which can 
be too highly praised. 
A very pretty Pear plate is No. xliv., leaves and fruit being 
well done. The little Citron des Cannes, the richly-coloured Beurrd 
Capiaumont, pleasant-shaped Colmar d’Ete, Beurrd de l’Assomp- 
tion, in regard to which the section and the portrait of the whole 
Pear do not at all agree, the section being very inferior in shape 
and size. Fondante de Cueine, “a Pear superior in flavour to 
Beurrd Giffard” says Dr. Hogg, which indeed it can easily be. 
Plate xlv. gives us some cider Apples. 1, Joeby Crab, a queer 
name, said to be a corruption of “jovial.” When a Hereford¬ 
shire labourer becomes merry from too much cider it is a rural 
pleasantry to say to him, “ Ah ! you’ve been in the sun, you be 
soon got joby,” hence “Joeby” Crab makes, or is supposed to 
make, strong cider. Next “ Cuming,” another queer name, though 
there is a place of that name in Radnorshire. 
Next follows the well-known Somersetshire cider Apple, King¬ 
ston Black, or, as it is more commonly called, Taunton Black. I 
have seen between Taunton and Bridgwater whole orchards of 
nothing but this Apple; the trees large in size and very shapely, 
each tree alike, and the fruit abundant, and in good years larger 
in size than the portrait here given. The exceedingly rich and 
unusual colour of the Apple is very striking, so deep a crimson on 
one side that there is some excuse for its being called “black.” 
I have never seen any cider Apple so large. Next is another 
Somersetshire cider Apple, the Cadbury or Royal Wilding. There 
are two Cadburys in Somerset, North and South, near Castle Cary, 
and a hill called Cadbury near Congresbury, and in that neigh¬ 
bourhood these Apples used to be, and perhaps are now, grown 
in the hedgerows. Two other Wildings fill the page, Wilding 
Bittersweet and Green Wilding, but neither has a history. 
A plate, No. xlvi., of perry Pears naturally follows. Butt Pear 
and New Meadow and Parsonage, old but unhistoric. Aylton 
Red, Pint Pear, and Pine Pear equally without a history ; while 
Arlingham Squash is no doubt from a village of that name in 
Gloucestershire near the Severn. We return in plate xlvii. to 
Apples Benoni, Fearn’s Pippin, Trumpington, the first and last 
of supposed American origin, but why the last with its English 
name, a name of a village so well known to all Cambridge men, 
should be supposed to be American I can scarcely comprehend. 
Pearson’s Plate, Ord’s Apple, and Lucombe’s Pine are all of 
undoubted English origin. These six Apples are all highly 
coloured though small. 
Now we come to the last picture, last and one of the best. We 
have in it five fine Pears—Urbaniste, from Malines or Mechlin in 
Belgium, as also Deux Soeurs, a Pear which sprung up in the garden 
of two sisters, and hence received its affectionate name. De 
Maraise and Belle Julie, both raised by Yan Mons : the latter Pear 
has this great recommendation, “ it is a great and certain bearer.” 
The last figured and described in this part of the “ Pomona” is 
Jewess, raised at Malines, and fruited in 1843. It received its 
name from growing against a w r all which bounded the street 
called “ Rue des Juifs.” Such in little is a description of the 
“ Herefordshire Pomona.” Naturally enough the letterpress is 
different and not quite so interesting as the former parts, but in 
usefulness it is not excelled by any part that has yet appeared.— 
Wiltshire Rector. 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 
March 28th. 
The first spring Show of the present year was held in the con¬ 
servatory and corridor at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park, 
on Wednesday last, and though the exhibits were not quite so 
numerous as on some previous occasions, yet in the majority of cases 
the quality was all that could be desired. A very bright and 
interesting display was produced, and the arrangement was tasteful, 
the corridor being particularly attractive. 
Bulbs .—The competition in the classes for these was not very keen, 
but the plants shown were generally of good quality. For twelve 
Hyacinths Mr. J. Douglas, gardener to F. Whitbourn, Esq., Great 
Gearies, Ilford, Essex, was first with handsome examples of General 
Havelock, Grand Lilas, Yon Schiller, Lord Derby, Yuurbaak, Fabiola, 
Ida, Marie, La Grandesse, Koh-i-Noor, Grandeur 4 Merveille, and 
King of Blues. Mr. H. Eason, gardener to B. Noakes, Esq., Hope 
Cottage, North Hill, Highgate, was second with a good collection 
but with smaller spikes. The last-named exhibitor-was also first with 
twelve Tulips in the amateurs’ class, being closely followed by Mr. 
J. Douglas, who also gained the first prize for the only collection of 
twelve Narcissi, healthy and well flowered. Messrs. Cutbush & Sons, 
Highgate, had the best twelve Tulips in the nurserymen’s class, 
Messrs. H. Williams following in that class, but taking first with 
twelve Hyacinths, and being followed by Messrs. W. Cutbush >fe Son3 
and R. J. Wood. 
Amaryllises .—In the open cla«s for six Amaryllises Mr. E. Baxter, 
gardener to W. S. Parker, Esq., White Lodge, East Barnet, won the 
first prize with Empress of India, The Baron, Foxhunter, Crimson 
King, Lizzie Brooks, and Novelty; healthy strong plants with large 
flowers. Mr. J. Wiggins, gardener to H. Little, Esq., Uxbridge, and 
Mr. R. Butler, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., St. Dunstan’s, Regent’s 
Park, were second and third respectively with good plants. 
Cyclamens. — Several good collections of these were staged, the 
first-prize and twelves in the amateurs’ and open class from Mr. 
Wiggins being particularly vigorous and well-flowered. Messrs. 
Clarke and E. Baxter followed in both classes, the former with very 
satisfactory specimens, healthy, and bearing very large flowers. 
Mr. J. Douglas was placed first in the open classes for nine hardy 
Primulas and the same number of herbaceous plants, the former in¬ 
cluding plants of Primula nivea, P. cashmeriana, P. marginata 
coerulea, and P. rosea; the others Comprising specimens of Pul- 
monaria virginica, Fritillaria Meleagris alba, Muscari botryoides, 
Sanguinaria canadensis, and Narcissus Princess. Mr. G. Wheeler, 
gardener to Lady L. Goldsmid, St. John’s Lodge, Regent’s Park, for 
hardy plants, Solomon’s Seal, Spiraeas, and Pulmonaria officinalis 
being notable. Azaleas were not largely represented, and the plants 
generally were not so good as usual. In the amateurs’ class 
Mr. A. Ratty, gardener to R. Thornton, Esq., The Hoo, Sydenham, was 
first with healthy specimens ; Mr. E. Baxter second, and Mr. Wiggins 
third. In the nurserymen’s class for six Mr. H. James, Castle Nursery, 
Lower Norwood, was first with very neat specimens. Messrs. H. 
Williams, J. Douglas, and R. J. Wood, Haverstock Hill, were the 
prizewinners with Lilies of the Yalley, showing large potfuls bearing 
numerous flowers. 
