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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ September 8, 1892. 
Events of the Week. —One or two of the Shows which com¬ 
menced on Wednesday are continued to-day (September 8th); for 
instance, that of the National Chrysanthemum Society at the Royal 
Aquarium, Westminster, and that of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society, Edinburgh. Shows will also be held to-day at Paisley and 
Thame. On Friday, September 9th, an Exhibition of autumn flowers 
opens at the International Horticultural Exhibition, and will be 
continued on the following day. On Saturday, September 10th, there 
will be a Show of early Chrysanthemums and Dahlias at Leicester. 
On Wednesday, September 14th, the Kelso Horticultural Society’s 
Show will be held. Several auction sales will be conducted by 
Messrs. Protheroe & Morris, of which particulars are given in the 
advertisements. 
The Weather in London. —Colder weather has been experi¬ 
enced since our last note was written, although dry on the whole. On 
the 4th a strong wind prevailed, and the weather, though bright, was 
very cold. The 5th opened cold and somewhat foggy, but bright sun¬ 
shine later on rendered the surroundings warmer and clearer. On the 
6th the same conditions prevailed. At the time of going to press the 
wind is westerly, the glass somewhat depressed, and rain threatening. 
- Rock Plants at Chiswick.— The Royal Gardens, Kew, have 
made a munificent donation to the Royal Horticultural Society of 
upwards of 200 named plants for the rockery at Chiswick. Now that 
the public taste has set in in this direction this gift is particularly 
acceptable. 
-Peaches and Nectarines at Chiswick. — The outdoor 
Peaches and Nectarines in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens 
at Chiswick are now a splendid sight. The trees are trained to a south 
wall, and amongst the varieties carrying good crops are Frogmore 
Golden, Stirling Castle, Salwey, Yiolette Hative (particularly fine), 
Goshawk, Gregory’s Late, Early Louise, and Prince of Wales. 
- Apple Barchard’s Seedling.— This comparatively little- 
grown Apple is well worthy of an extended trial. In a large Kentish 
orchard some young trees promise remarkably well, for the variety comes 
into bearing very early, and gives good crops of handsome fruit. Some 
trees at Chiswick are carrying a heavy crop of the conical fruits, which 
are deeply flushed with crimson. It appears to bear the most freely 
towards the tips of young shoots, and close spurring should therefore be 
avoided.—P. 
Telekia SPECIOSISSIMA.— This fine perennial, sometimes 
known under the name of Bupthalmum, will succeed equally as well 
in the open border as it will in the shade, providing it has plenty of 
space and fairly good soil, indeed that is a necessity to bring out the 
true characteristics of both foliage and flowers. This hardy plant is a 
suitable object for growing on grass in an isolated position where the 
beauty of its bold foliage is seen, and it can have space to develop 
fully.—E. M. 
- Stephanotis Fruiting.— I have at present a fruit of Ste- 
phanotis which first showed itself twelve months ago last July, and is 
now ripe. It measures in length, from stalk to point, 5 inches, and is 
1\ inches in circumference at the thickest part; it is exactly the shape 
of an egg. Is it not rather an unusual size? I have shown it to 
several gardeners, but some have never seen a fruit before, and others 
only very small ones. Perhaps some of your readers may be able to 
enlighten us with regard to it.—C. E. 
■-- Dundee Flower Show.— The Dundee Horticultural Society’s 
Show at Magdalen Green opened under favourable conditions. 
Throughout the day it was largely patronised. In the forenoon, owing 
to the unsettled nature of the weather—which was showery, gusty, and 
cold—the visitors were comparatively few in number ; but in the 
afternoon, when the atmospheric conditions had hardened somewhat, 
the enclosure rapidly filled up. The throng, however, reached its largest 
dimensions in the evening. The Exhibition was an excellent one in 
every way. 
- Education in Gardening.—F or essays on the above subject 
one of the silver medals of the Journal of Horticulture has been 
adjudged to Mr. Thomas Garnet, St. John’s, Wakefield, and one to 
Mr. E. D. Smith, Walkley, Sheffield. These essays will be published in 
our columns in due time. 
- Double Zinnias. —Mr. Turton of Maiden Erleigh showed at 
Reading one of the finest formed lots of double Zinnia flowers I have- 
seen. The blooms were not only of perfect form, but were very large. I 
saw the plants from which these flowers were gathered the following 
day growing on a south border in the kitchen garden at Maiden Erleigh. 
There were several hundreds of plants from Messrs. Sutton & Sons’ 
strain ; not one had single or inferior blooms, and in variety and colour¬ 
ing they were wondrously beautiful. Mr. Turton plants out after early 
Potatoes from small pots. He finds the finest blooms come from crown- 
flowers as a rule, but the side branches also give good ones.—A. D. 
- Baron Schrceder’s Baronetcy.—W e are for once glad— 
in fact very much delighted—in having been led from the line of 
strict accuracy. We had a paragraph in type announcing the well 
merited honour conferred by Her Majesty on the great patron of horti¬ 
culture, Baron Schroeder of Egham, but it was withdrawn in conse¬ 
quence of information received from a source which we could not treat 
otherwise than reliable ; and the same information was presumably 
supplied to at least one of our contemporaries, which made no comment 
on the subject. We have authority for stating that the popular Baron,, 
as the head of his family, must retain his German title, and he will be 
known, as heretofore, as Baron Schroeder. 
- The Shrewsbury Horticultural F£te. — Phenomenal 
success attended the August Exhibition, the revenue from all sources 
amounting to the great sum of £3700 for a two-days Exhibition. The 
weather was good on the first day, threatening until past mid-day on 
the second, then clearing off to fine, and 40,000 persons paid at the 
gates. With the holders of about £700 worth of tickets previously, and 
subscribers and assistants, not less than 53,000 persons were present on 
the second day. There was no hitch, and all went well. The judging 
was done in good time, and the arrangements were good ; but Messrs* 
Adnitt and Naunton, the Hon. Secretaries, with their eighteen years’ 
experience, know how to manage these big shows. 
- Flower Show Troubles, — We had the pleasure of seeing 
the wonderful Black Country Show atBilston, near Wolverhampton, last 
year, for wonderful it is, and we are informed that this year the record 
was beaten by a display of very superior excellence all round. The 
Judges, six in number, who always act there,unanimously declaring it to- 
be the best in quality of the twelve which have been held. But troubles 
of a very serious character awaited the Committee during the night of 
the opening day, for a severe thunderstorm with such an accompani¬ 
ment of lightning as we rarely see, followed by a terrific gale, blew down 
one large tent and played sad havoc with the exhibits, and one side of 
another very large tent was blown in and the exhibits sadly injured. 
A few days after, at a large Exhibition at the Moseley Botanic Gardens, 
Birmingham, a fierce and protracted gale tried hard to blow down a 
large tent 250 feet long, and but for extra strong ropes, tent pegs, and 
watching night and day it would have gone, but fortunately no damage 
was done. 
- Destruction of Insects by Oil. —Insects generally breathe 
through special pores in various parts of their body, and if these pores 
are closed by oil they are suffocated. Anyone may test this by dropping 
sweet oil on the thorax or back of a wasp ; it very soon dies. For this 
reason oil has been found one of the best things to use for the 
destruction of insects. Unfortunately it is difficult to spread it 
proptrly over plants. At one time oil was spread on with water, and 
the syringe made to draw up a little water and oil together as the 
syringe was taken from the vessel containing the liquid, but this has 
never had a great deal of practical value. It is not generally known, 
at least it was left to a correspondent of the “ Gardeners’ Monthly,” 
Mr. A . D. Brown of Princeton, N.J., several years ago to show that by 
the use of chalk or soap, or other substances, oil and water could be 
made to amalgamate, and in this way make a safe and effectual wash, 
although it still has to be stirred up continually while being applied. 
A wineglassful of oil to a gallon of hot water, with about one-half a 
glassful of softsoap mixed together, will make a wash of this kind. 
There is nothing better than this for scale on Lemon trees, Oleanders, 
and indeed, by the aid of a fine syringe, on almost any insect-infested 
plant.—(“ Meehan’s Monthly.”) 
