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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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warm. The growths must be well rippened, or they will not 
flower well. After plenty of roots are formed artificial manure 
applied to the surface is beneficial. From cuttings rooted now 
plants a foot high and as much or more through them can readily 
be produced in a season. 
Where small plants are needed in .3-inch pots the cuttings need 
not be rooted before the middle of May, and placed when rooted 
into the pots in which they are to flower, and from the time they 
are established they can be hardened and grown fully exposed. 
Mealy bug will infest these plants, and care is needed not to place 
them where these pests exist. Aphides also attack them, but these 
are readily destroyed by fumigating.—O. M. 
Events of the Week. —The Royal Society meet to-day (Thursday) 
at 4.30 P.M., also the Linnean Society at 8 P.M. The Quekett Club 
meet on Friday, March 20th, at 8 p.m., and the Royal Botanic Society 
on Saturday, March 21st, at 4 p.m. On the last named date a spring 
Show will be held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, in conjrrnction with 
the exhibition of horticultural appliances, and a competition of spraying 
machines and instruments will take place on that occasion. The Royal 
Horticultural Society’s Frui*', Floral, and Orchid Committees will meet 
on Tuesday, March 24th, in the Drill Hall, James Street, Westmins ter 
when also a paper on “ Hardy Bulbs and Plants,” by Herr Max 
Leichtlin, will be read at the afternoon meeting. 
- The Weather in the metropolitan district has 
become rather more seasonable ; the snow has rapidly disappeared 
under the influence of show^ers continued through several days. The 
temperature has been higher, but the days generally have been dull, 
and more sun is needetl. 
— The Late Snow Storm. —The storm which passed over the 
kingdom last week appears to have been of an extraordinary character 
especially in the south ami w'est of England. Railway lines appear to 
have been blocked for a week, and trains buried for .several days, animals 
lost in hundreds, and towns isolated. Much injirry has been done in 
pleasure grounds and plantations. In Mount Edgcirmbe Park, Ply¬ 
mouth, the seat of the Earl of Mount Edgeumbe, many magnificent trees 
were torn up by the roots. In the irlantations between Cawsand and 
Penlee hundreds of trees lie pmstrate. At Warleigh Wood at least a 
thousand trees have been destroyed, the wind making a’most a clean 
sweep of it, Cotehele House, CaLstock, another seat of Lord Mount 
Edgcirmbe, also suffered considerable damage, and hundreds of fine trees 
.surrounding the house were either torn up by the roots or snapped off 
shoi’t. The rookery in front of the house was levelled. At Maristowe, 
the seat of Sir Mas.sey Lopes, the storm did almost irreparable damage 
The grounds are described as being a scene of desolation. A beautiful 
avenue of Lime trees, about sixty in number, are all down, and there is 
.scarcely a tree or shrub which is not either levelled or mutilated. 
- Storm Damage in Sussex. —On the night of the 9th inst. the 
tornado .sw’ept over Sussex and caused great damage in Sir Francis Wyatt 
Tinscott’s garden at Oakleigh. A little more than three jmars ago Sir 
Francis erected a wall 15 feet high and 90 yards long on the north side 
of the kitchen garden, and furnished with a glass coping 2^ feet wide. 
The wall was shortly afterwards planted with cordon Pears by Mr. F. 
Dunn, the gardener, the trees being of the best both in character and 
variety that Messrs. Cheal & Sons could supply. The progress they 
made was in every way satisfactory, some of the fruit being honoured at 
the Guildhall Show last autumn and sent to the Queen. The wall was 
entirely blown down, breaking the trees off close to the gi’ound. The 
owner of the trees had watched their growth with much interest, and he 
had the promi.se in another year or two of having one of the finest cordon 
Pear walls in the kingdom. The disappointment experienced by Sir 
Francis cannot, as may be imagined, be otherwise than most acute, and 
is not less felt by his gardener who had managed the trees so well. 
- Hedges. —I hurriedly thank both you and “ Forester” for the 
information respecting hedges, and I believe that the subject if once 
started would awaken general interest, as the present neglected state of 
hedgerows in many districts is a very noticeable blot in the country. 
Owing to my recent change I cannot place my hands on the copies of 
Journal you mention, and a reproduction of the articles would be 
useful to many.— Crataegus. 
- Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution.—W e have 
much pleasure in announcing that at the annual dinner of this Institu¬ 
tion, to be held on the 8th July next at the Hotel Metropole, Whitehall, 
the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., who was prevented, through 
illness, from occupying the position in 1888, has very kindly consented 
to take the chair. 
- Gardeners’ Orphan Fund.—W e learn with pleasure th.at 
the Duke of Bedford has generously granteil the use of the Wholesale 
Flower Market, Covent Garden, for the purpose of holding a Floral 
Fete this season in aid of the Gardeners’ Orphan Fund, and a Meeting 
will be held at the Hummums Hotel, Covent Garden, on Friday, Marcli 
20th, at 9 P.M., to take the matter into con.sideration. 
- An internafonal Exhibition of Microscopy will be held 
at Antwerp during the months of Augu:t and September of the present 
year, supported by many of the most noted microscopi&ts in Europe, 
and in conjunction with it there will be exhibitions of vegetable 
products and of horticulture. M. Charles de Bosschere is the Presdlent 
of the executive Committee, and M. Charles Van Gceit, jun., tte general 
Secretary. 
- The Conned of the Photographic Society of Great 
Britain, 50, Great Russell Street, Blooa.sbury, request us to announce 
that an Exhibition of collotype printing (a process in which photo¬ 
graphy plays the part of the lithng.aphic artist, and a sensit’sed gelatine 
film that of the lithographic stone), by various Engl sh and foreign 
firms, w 11 be on view daily till Apr 1 14th, between the hours of 
2 and 9 P.M., at the above address. Admission on presentation of a 
visiting card. 
- Crimson Galande Peach.—T his is a small-flowered variety, 
and one of the best Peaches in cultivation tahing all points into 
consideration. Its only fault with us is a slight flatness in tiie shape 
of many of the fruits. If liberally treated it matures a large crop of 
very fine fruit of a good flavour, and with a colour not easily surpasse 1 
among Peaches. Your con’espondent “ R. P. R. ” therefore probably 
has the variety true to name. Although it is by no moans c.a.sy to 
obtain, at any rate it is not a large-flowered variety.— W. H. Divers, 
Ketton Hall Gardens, Stamford. 
- The Scottish Primula and Auricula Society's 
schedule states that the fifth Exhibition will be held in the City 
Assembly Rooms, Shore Terrace, Dundee, on Friday, May 8th next. 
Twenty-five classes are provided, with prizes from 203. to 2-., and 
special prizes are also contributed by Mr. William Kilgour of Blair 
Drummond and Mr. John Morris of Dundee. Auriculas of the various 
sections have classes, also Alpine Auriculas, Polyanthus, Primro-ies, 
Primula species, and Narcissi. The Hon. Secretary is Mr. William 
Stratton, Annfield, Broughty Ferry. 
_ At a recent meeting of the Croydon Gardeners’ and 
Amateurs’ Mutual Improvement Society an interesting paper 
on the cultivation of the Peach was read by Mr. W. B. Glasscock, 
gardener, Shirley Park. He referred at some length to the writings of 
Batty Langley, in his “ Pomon.a,” published in 1729, and detailed his 
practice, which is very similar to that adopted by gardeners of the 
present time. He thought it of great importance that a proper start 
should be made in the preparation of the .soil, which should be good 
pasture loam ; the ground should be trenched in October, and holes 
made 6 or 8 feet square, on the bottom of which should he placed a 
quantity of brickbats or slates to act as di-ainage, and also to prevent 
the roots from going down to the cold ungenial subsoil. The newly 
planted trees ought to be well watered and mulched in the spring. In 
planting care should be taken not to bury the roots too deeply, tire 
same attention to be given in spreading and arranging the roots as that 
given to the training of the branches and shoots. He described fully 
the method of pruning, training, and nailing, and advised fiequent 
syringing, especially during ilry weather to keep the trees clean and 
free from insects, and some protection should be applied early in tno 
season to guard the bloom buds from frost. He found ortlinary garden 
netting used double to answer the purpose very well. A good iliscussion 
followed, in which several membe-s took part, and questions arose as to 
the best manures and the best time to apply them, stocks for grafting 
he best sorts to grow, fertilising, &c. A pleasant and instructse 
