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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
May 2, 18^. 
Rose Show Fixtures for 1895. 
June 19th (Wednesday).—York.* 
„ 20th (Thursday).—Colchester. 
„ 25th (Tuesday).—Isle of Wight (Cowes). 
„ 2Gth (Wednesday).—Richmond. 
., 27th (Thursday).—Gloucester (N.R.S.) and Canterbury. 
„ 28th (Friday).—Exeter. 
„ 29th (Saturday).—Windsor. 
July 2nd (Tuesday).—Diss and Sutton. 
„ 3rd (Wednesday).—Brockham, Croydon, Ealing, Farningham, 
Lee,f and Sittingbourne 
„ 4th (Thursday).—Eltham and Norwich. 
„ 6th (Saturday).—Crystal Palace (N.R S.). 
„ 9th (Tuesday).—Westminster (R.H.S.), and Wolverhampton.* 
„ 10th (Wednesday).—Chelmsford, Hitchin, and Redhill (Reigate). 
„ 11th (Thursday).—Helensburgh, Woodbridge, and Worksop. 
„ 17th (Wednesday).—Derby (N.R.S.). 
„ 18th (Thursday).—Halifax. 
,, 20th (Saturday).—Manchester. 
„ 23rd (Tuesday).—Tibshelf. 
„ 24th (Wednesday).—Chesterfield and Newcastle-on-Tyne.* 
„ 25th (Thursday),—Trentham. 
* A show lasting three days. f A show lasting two days. 
I shall be glad to receive the dates of other Rose shows than those 
named above for publication in future lists. — Edward Mawley, 
Roselanli, Berlihamsted, Herts. 
Perpetual Cluster Rose. 
On his return from the battle of Waterloo a soldier brought with 
him to Blantyre a blush Monthly Rose, which bloomed in clusters during 
the winter. I remember seeing the Rose as it grew near the window 
where the old soldier lived, and near my house. I saw it in bloom 
about Christmas, but a gardener, who grew and propagated it, says it 
bloomed in the severest winters. Is this Rose known in England or to 
the trade ?—W. T. 
Roses and the Frost. 
Mr. Wilkins’ suggestion on page 318 might be followed with advan¬ 
tage. At the same time, one should give a word or two on the situation, 
soil, and state of their Roses before the hard winter arrived. In connec¬ 
tion with this subject I find a few curious records on page 318. For 
example, “ B.” states that Aim^e Vibert is not nearly so hardy as Celine 
Forestier, nor L’Ideale so frost-withstanding as W. A. Richardson. Now, 
I have both of these, in many forms and all sorts of postions. L’Ideale. 
Aimee Vibert, and Kaiserin Frederich are three of the hardiest Roses I 
grow. 
I can fully sympathise with Mr. Wilkins and “ W. R. Raillem,” for 
almost all of my standards and half-standards are gone. Not more than 
10 per cent, of the buds worked last year on these stocks, and which 
were full of promise in the early part of the winter, are now alive. Mr. 
Wilkins and “ W. R. Raillem ” protected, and, nevertheless, seem to have 
suffered equally as bad. In one bed of Teas on the Briar I find only 
three varieties that are not killed outright; and, singular to say, all of 
these are Hybrid Teas—Viscountess Folkestone, Caroline Testout, and 
Triomphe de Pernet pere. 
“ B.” apparently did not protect, and he certainly gives a more 
hopeful account than the others. So often have I seen those protected 
suffer worse, if any difference, that to my mind it is waste of time. 
Dwarfs may be earthed up to advantage, and are then safe as regards 
the most valuable bottom eyes. 
I was glad to see a farther comment on the Messrs. Cocker’s plan of 
non-protection. When “B.” mentions his loss with Roses planted in 
December, may we not also ta’xe a further hint, and never plant in the 
dead of the winter 1 I would rather wait until spring than plant after 
the ground has got cold. Even during an ordinary winter, December 
and January planted Roses have frequently failed to turn out so satis¬ 
factorily as those moved at a time when new growth would be soon 
commencing. I can confirm “ B.” as regards the great hardiness of 
Rosa rugosa, also Mosses, the Scotch, and other Briars ; I have not a 
single loss among Hybrid Sweet Briars, both in plant and bud. Another 
exceptionally hardy Rose is the old York and Lancaster. 
As a commencement of Mr. Wilkins’ suggestion, I may say our 
soil is an ordinary loam with a little lime, the main positions two open 
fields on the summit of a hill, facing due north and south. Both in the 
open and in sheltered beds on the southern sides of hedges our standards 
and half-standards are a failure. Old and young plants, as well as 
dormant buds, have been terribly hit on this stock, and once more 
do we see the great advantage of dwarfs over standards in any form.— 
A. Piper, UcT<field, 
TBE PROMISE OF HARDY FRUIT. 
Taking all kinds of fruit into consideration I think the promise of a 
crop is most favourable. Apples generally are well set with fruit buds, 
though there are exceptions. The trees exhibit a scarcity of promise. 
I allude more particularly to those which have been planted from three 
to five years. Trees of Warner’s King of the age indicated are almost 
bloBsomless, whereas established trees are thickly clustered with plump 
flower buds. Other varieties might be named that are behaving in a 
similar way, notably King of the Pippins and Lady Henniker. The 
reverse is the case with Ecklinville and Cox’s Orange Pippin ; while 
Keswick Codlin, Lord Suffield, Worcester Pearmain, Lane’s Prince 
Albert, Golden Spire, Hawthornden, and Alfriston are covered with 
blossom buds. Of the newer kinds Bismarck, Grenadier, and Lord 
Grosvenor promise well. Although it is a pleasing sight to see the trees 
wreathed in bloom, I do not always find that such trees yield the best 
crops of fruit. 
Pears are not so abundant in their promise of fruit as last year, still 
taking them on the whole a fairly good Pear year may be expected. 
Plums, in spite of the heavy crops borne last year, bid fair to give satis¬ 
factory results. The trees are now expanding their flowers, and fine 
weather only is required to insure a full yield of fruit. Cherries in this 
neighbourhood never fail to give abundance of fruit, and this year is 
not expected to prove an exception to the rule. Peaches have flowered 
freely, and are setting well; but the continuance of rain, with the 
absence of sun, is making itself felt in the paleness in colour of the 
leaves. Trees growing in heavy, retentive soil quickly exhibit traces 
of this defect. 
Gooseberries and Currants promise well, the trees of the former as yet 
showing no signs of red spider attacks. Raspberries have suffered very 
much from the severe frost. Many of last year’s canes are injured and 
some killed down to within a few inches of the ground. It is surprising 
to see how well the Strawberry fields look in such a short time after the 
severe winter. A month ago many of the Strawberry plantations looked 
as though they were killed outright. Where the plants were neglected 
in trimming off the old leaves for some months after the fruit was 
gathered they appear to have suffered the most. Such an occurrence 
should answer as a guide in future. Early trimming of the leaves not 
required has much to recommend it, especially when followed by such 
weather as that experienced.—E. Molyneux, Hants. 
TROP^OLUM TUBEROSUM. 
1 SEND you tubers of this Tropaeolum thinking you might like to 
plant them. The plants are well adapted for trailing over trellises or 
archways in any sunny position. The bright orange and scarlet flowers 
are very conspicuous in the autumn. What the Flame Plant, Tropmolum 
speciosum, is to the north this species is in the south, only the former 
requires a cool aspect and the latter an open sunny position. They do 
best in light rich soil, and grow very rapidly, reaching a height of 8 or 
10 feet, or they look well trained over som e Pea boughs, when they will 
interlace and form a dense bush. The tubers should be taken up in the 
autumn and stored in sand secured from frost. Although in the island 
here they remain in the soil as a rule, yet they are not safe in such a 
severe winter as the past one has been.—0. Orchard, Bembridge, Isle 
of Wight. 
[We are obliged by the tubers, which are in themselves attractive, 
as will be seen by the engraving of one of them, associated with a 
flowering spray. We have often answered inquiries in reference to this 
old plant, which seems to be worth trying in suitable positions as 
suggested by Mr. Orchard. According to the “ Gardeners’ Dictionary ” 
Tropaeolum tuberosum was introduced from Peru in 1836. It seems 
to have been first grown in a spindling manner in pots in green¬ 
houses, though it may have been a year or two sooner, as we find 
recorded in “ Paxton’s Magazine of Botany ” that “ in the early part 
of the summer of 1837, Mr. Young of Epsom, from a laudable 
desire of ascertaining the true habits and disposition of this plant, 
caused a number of tubers to be placed out in a bed in the open 
ground. As soon as they began to grow a few bushes were placed 
in the ground round each plant, and in the course of the summer 
they grew so vigorously and luxuriantly as completely to cover the 
bushes which had been placed for their support, and each plant 
formed a dense mass of verdure, 4 feet high, and full 6 feet in 
diameter; This, compared with the weak and stunted manner in 
which they had grown while kept in pots, was considered perfectly 
astonishing; still not the slighteit disposition to produce flowers was 
discovered. However, about the latter end of September the flowers 
began to exhibit themselves from the axil of each leaf, and in the 
month of October each plant was most profusely studded with its 
elegant blossoms. It is worthy of remark that Nature seems to 
have furnished this plant with long flower stalks for the purpose of 
displaying the flowers, for every flower protruded itself beyond the 
leaves and branches, and stood out boldly and advantageously to 
