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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ August 14, 1890. 
wick, on or before Wednesday, October 8th, stating the classes in which 
they intend to exhibit. Colonial and foreign exhibitors should make 
early arrangement, either directly or through a London agent empowered 
to act on their behalf. Schedules can be obtained from the Secretary of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, 117, Victoria Street, Westminster. We 
regard this as a very important exhibition, and trust it will be as exten¬ 
sive, diversified, and successful as the project deserves. 
- Mr. A. Young sends the following six notes from Abberley : — 
Celosia pyramidalis. — Occasionally a note is seen in the 
gardening press of good specimens of the above being seen, and then 
someone follows with notes on culture. The details are carefully 
carried out, but the end is only failure. To secure good specimens of 
Celosia pyramidalis it is necessary to procure a good strain, and this is 
the secret, as then, with ordinary culture, there is no difficulty in pro¬ 
curing good plants. 
- Repotting Adiantum cuneatum.—I think these are 
repotted oftener than is necessary, the advice genera lly being to repot 
in February, just previous to the plants starting into growth. This 
checks them to a considerable extent and prevents free growth. We 
grow a few hundreds, and the best plants are those which have not 
been repotted during the past three years. We have several upwards 
of 2 feet across in 6 and 7 inch pots, and these are very healthy and of a 
dark green colour. The plants are watered liberally, and have an 
occasional dressing of Clay’s fertiliser. These plants are grown in a 
large and dry conservatory, where stone and marble predominate. 
Good fronds are useful in most establishments, the demand often 
being greater than the supply, so probably this brief note may be 
acceptable to those who have failed through constant repotting. The 
drainage in the first place must be free. 
- Dimorphantiius mandshuricus. — This handsome deci¬ 
duous shrub cannot be very well known, or more specimens would be 
seen in gardens. We have several in the grounds here, and they have a 
very imposing appearance ; in fact, they impart rather a tropical 
grandeur. The foliage is very distinct and handsome. 
- Deutzia crenata fl. pl. —This Deutzia has been very 
effective this season, being literally wreathed in blossom. It appears to 
be indifferent to soil or position, and is effective in shrubberies in the 
summer. 
- Spir.ea ARliEFOLlA. —We have a very handsome specimen of 
this elegant Spirrna in bloom, in fact it is almost the same every season. 
It is especially adapted for planting in shrubberries. It must be very 
hardy, as in our case the situation is much exposed. 
- Rhodochiton volubile. —This quaint old-fashioned green¬ 
house climber is rarely seen nowadays, but what could be more effective 
at this season ? We have it now in bloom, and it will continue growing 
and flowering until far into the autumn. Visitors always stop to admire 
it, and wonder what it is. There used to be a plant in the temperate 
house at Kew which covered a large space. It may be there now. 
- At the Leek Show, to be held on September 5th and 6th, the 
silver medal of the Royal Horticultural Society is offered for six 
Orchids, and the silver medal and two bronze medals are provided 
for cut flowers exhibited by amateurs and cottagers. 
- Veronica spicata corymbosa. — This hardy herbaceous 
plant is now in full bloom. It bears slender spikes of deep blue flowers, 
closely set together, and blooms from the bottom upwards. Bushy 
plants of it are conspicuous at a distance.— E. D. S. 
- July Weather in Nottinghamshire.—T he following 
summary of meteorological observations for July at Ilodsock Priory, 
Worksop, Notts, is sent by Mr. Joseph Mallender : —Mean tempera¬ 
ture of the month, 59 0°. Maximum on the 13th, 74’2° ; minimum on the 
12th, 41‘6°. Maximum in the sun, on the 26th, 134'4° ; minimum on 
the grass, on the 12th, 34-5°. Extreme range, 32'8°. Mean tempera¬ 
ture of the air at 9 A.M., 59 - 5°. Mean temperature of the soil 1 foot 
deep, 58‘5°. Sunshine—total in the month 149 hours, or 30 per cent, 
of possible duration. The brightest day was the 24th, and we had no 
sunless days. Total rainfall, 2T2 inches. Rain fell on nineteen days. 
Average velocity of wind, 9 4 per hour ; velocity exceeded 400 miles on 
two days, and fell short of 100 miles on three days. Approximate 
averages for July—Mean temperature, 6'12°. Sunshine, 160 hours. 
Rainfall, 2 36 inches. A cool, showery, and cloudy month, with an 
absence of any really warm weather. 
-July Rainfall in Hants.—I send you the amount of rain 
which fell here last month, as the amount was so much above the average 
of any corresponding month for years. On the 17th of the month 3.04 
inches fell in twelve hours, and of this amount L40 inch fell in one 
hour and a half. The total amount for July was 4'92.—A. J. L., 
Stockbridge. 
- The Weather Last Month.—J uly was a rainy month 
without any settled weather, and very bad for haymaking and keeping 
the land clean. The total rainfall was 2 - 65 inches, which fell on seventeen 
days, the greatest daily fall being 060 on the 2nd, when we had a heavy 
thunderstorm. The barometer varied much. The highest reading was 
30-28 inches at 9 A.M. on the 20th ; lowest 29 - 26 at 9 A.M. on the 1st. 
Highest shade temperature 75° on the 13th, 17th, and 23rd ; lowest 
42° on the 12th ; lowest on grass 42° on the 4th, 10th, 12th, 20th, and 
29th ; mean temperature of the month 61-46. Wind in a westerly 
direction twenty-six days, the garden spring running 18 gallons per 
minute on the 31st.—W. H. Divers, Ketton Hall Gardens, Stamford. 
- Clitoria ternatea. —Referring to your notes on this plant 
in last -week's Journal, I had not seen Paxton’s opinion of it before, 
and regret to say I have not found it so easy of cultivation as he con¬ 
sidered it to be. A gentleman who called here some three or four years 
since kindly gave me a few seeds of it which he had collected in India, 
and told me at the same time what a beautiful flower it was as seen 
growing out there. The seeds were sown and gave us two plants, 
which were grown in a stove all the time, but only produced two or 
three flowers, and then dwindled away. At no period of their growth 
did they show any vigour, and they left me wdth the impression that it 
is by no means easy to cultivate them in this country successfully. If 
any of your readers have good plants of it the particulars of their mode 
of culture would be interesting and useful. Another plant said to be 
remarkable for its beauty (Antigonon leptopus), obtained in the same 
way, has not flowered, and grows very weak and thin, but has 
managed to survive to the present time.—W. H. Divers, Ketton Ilall 
Gardens, Stamford. 
- The following is a Good Selection of Dahlias.— 
Show Dahlias : Muriel, yellow ; Mrs. William Slack, light lilac ; Mrs. 
Dodds, deep purple ; Gloire de Lyon, pure white ; Flora Wyatt, light 
bronze ; Harrison Weir, primrose yellow ; Mrs. Langtry, lilac, tipped 
with purple ; Louisa Neate, delicate pink, centre creamy white ; Bur¬ 
gundy, deep purple ; Eclipse, bright orange scarlet ; John Bennett, 
deep yellow, tipped with scarlet ; Joseph B. Service, deep yellow. 
Bouquet, Pompon, or Liliputian Dahlias :—Forstmeister Gschwina, 
crimson, shaded amber and white ; Garnet, orange scarlet; Catherine, 
yellow ; Red Gauntlet, deep red ; Little Wag, light purple ; Little Bride, 
white ; A. Hubner, bronze and yellow ; Rosetta, purple ; Prince of 
Liliputians, maroon ; Coquette, light bronze; Fanny Weiner, deep 
orange ; Leila, reddish buif, tipped with white ; Profusion, dark crimson ; 
Lilac Gem, deep lilac; Rosalie, pale yellow, tipped faintly with rose; 
Little Bobby, crimson ; Catherine Folkman, white ; Iolanthe, orange ; 
Don Juan, maroon, small and beautiful flower; Brunette, red; Pure Love, 
lilac rose ; Golden Gem, yellow, tinted deep red. The above arranged 
in threes on a stand, covered with a bed of fresh green moss, are very 
attractive and beautiful.—E. D. S. 
- Frome Flower Show. —Although scarcely so good in some 
respects as its predecessors, this was yet a great success, and never before 
has the attendance of visitors been nearly so satisfactory. Fine-foliaged 
plants were well shown by Mr. E. Wilcox, gardener to Mrs. Sinkins ; 
W. Iggulden, gardener to Lord Cork ; Ferns by Mr. E. Brown, gardener 
to Mr. C. Baily, and Mr. W. Iggulden ; Fuchsias by Mr. J. Edwards, 
gardener to Mr. J. Knight, and Mr. W. Strugnell, gardener to Mr. A. R. 
Baily; groups by Mr. H. Wright, gardener to Mr. Haley, and Mr. 
Strugnell, the competition in these and several other plant classes 
being good. The principal prizewinners with cut flowers were Messrs. 
Iggulden, Strugnell, Wilcox, and Brown ; and wdth Roses Messrs. 
Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury ; G. Cooling & Sons, Bath ; and Dr. 
Budd, Bath. Fruit was shown in fairly large quantities and of good 
quality. Mr. Iggulden took the first prize for a collection of six dishes, 
staging good Black Hamburgh and Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, Melon 
The Countess, Peach Sea Eagle, Nectarine Lord Napier, and Apricots, 
all good. Mr. Strugnell was a very creditable second with a very 
similar collection, and Mr. R. Phillips, gardener to Mr. John Baily, third. 
These exhibitors, and Mr. W. Bridgman, gardener to Mr. E. R. Trotman, 
were the principal prizewinners in the other fruit classes. A capital lot 
of vegetables were shown, and Tomatoes, notably Carter’s Perfection, 
