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violet, of proper breadth ; paste good, circular ; eye pale yellow, which 
bleaches soon ; anthers hidden ; carries a well-shaped truss of nine. 
Foliage light green, of thin substance, but shapely and handsome. An 
immoderate breeder. 
Booth's Freedom .—Of tender constitution and very impatient of any 
neglect or mistake. Where number of pips are not regarded, or where 
sufficient may be obtained, and it seems that they may be obtained, 
this must still be admitted to be the hest green-edged flower. Pip cir¬ 
cular, sufficiently flat ; edge the purest and best of all the greens, con¬ 
trasting strikingly with the intensely black body-colour which is of 
sufficient breadth and boldness ; eye of proper size, greenish yellow, 
closed with the' stamens (not the anthers), has a weak small stem, and 
rarely produces more than four pips. Foliage veined, deep green, curled, 
not serrated. 
Buckley's Jolly Tar .—Pip full sized, broad petalled, tolerably flat, 
pointed ; edge vivid green, pure ; colour dark mulberry, much too 
narrow ; paste circular, of good substance, whiter than most, almost 
in excess; eye too large, orange, anthers above surface. Truss good. 
Foliage light green, handsome. May be admitted into the second- 
rates. 
Campbell's Lord Palmerston .—One of the immoderate breeders, with 
smooth glossy foliage of medium tint of green, and robust health. Pip 
flat and round but slightly pointed, and with petals too small ; edge 
apple-green, beaded ; colour nearly black, of sufficient breadth ; paste 
ever., well defined, too narrow ; eye lemon, large, round, closed by the 
stamens not anthers. A pretty second-rate flower, not unlike a bad 
Booth’s Freedom. 
(To be continued.) 
At a general meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, held 
July 12th, in the Conservatory, South Kensington, Maxwell T. 
Masters, M.D., F.R.S., in the chair, the following candidates were elected 
Fellows—viz., Duncan Gilmour, jun., Mrs. Lewis, Fred, John Potter. 
- At the meeting of the Royal Agricultural and Botanical 
Society of Ghent, held on the 20th of June last, Dr. Hogg was elected 
an honorary member of the Society, “ in recognition of the services he 
has rendered and still continues to render to botanical science.” Last 
year His Majesty the King of the Belgians conferred the honour of the 
Cross of the Order of Leopold on Dr. Hogg, but coming through the 
British Embassy at Brussels, he was prohibited from accepting it by 
regulations of the Foreign Office. 
- There was a considerable attendance at the Strawberry 
Fete at Chiswick last Saturday afternoon, and the day being hot the 
demand for fruit was so great as to almost over-tax the “ pickers.” A 
large marquee was erected for the comfort of visitors, and the boys’ band 
from the Duke of York’s school gave general satisfaction. The evening 
was enjoyably spent by those present, and Strawberries were getting 
scarce after seven o’clock. Sir Joseph Paxton, President, and Sir 
Charles Napier were the leading varieties, the first named being the 
finest in appearance, the last the best in quality. Among the newer 
varieties on trial, Countess is perhaps one of the richest in flavour, the 
frnit being of good size and deep crimson in colour. Wc may expect; 
however, that a report of the Strawberries will be prepared for publica¬ 
tion at some time, and it would be useful. 
- At the Oxford Rose Society’s Show on Tuesday, the 
12th inst., the National Rose Society’s gold medal for the best stand of 
Roses exhibited in the open classes was awarded to Mr. W. J. Grant, 
Ledbury, and the silver-gilt medal competed for by amateur members of 
the Society was won by Mr. Wm. Narroway, Headington Quarry, Oxford. 
The silver medals for the best H.P. and the best Tea or Noisette blooms 
were awarded, for the former to Mr. H. Evans, Marston, Oxford, for 
Mdlle. Marie Rady, and for the latter to R. Ramsden, Esq., Chadwick 
Manor, Knowle, for Marechal Niel. The two first-mentioned medals 
being given by the President of the Society, G. Herbert, Esq., Headington 
Hill Hall, Oxford. 
- Strawberries at Bath. —Prizes are offered for Strawberries 
in connection with the Bath Rose Show, but outsiders would not have 
been surprised if these had not been so keenly competed for as usual. 
As it happened there were more staged than usual, the competition being 
good in every class, and many of the dishes were very fine indeed. 
Several varieties, new and old, were shown, but all were eclipsed by the 
good old Sir Joseph Paxton, this being extra large ’and good, and no 
other variety much surpasses it either for firmness, travelling properties, 
or flavour. President and Sir C. Napier were also very good, and 
Eleanor, Newton Seedling, and Clipper were fairly well represented. 
The principal prizewinners were Messrs. T. Evrey, M. Tiley, W. Scott, 
W. G. Tilee, E. T. Hill, and E. Fisher. 
- The best Cauliflower in the Chiswick trials recently was 
Dean’s Snowball from home-grown seed. It is a carefully selected 
form of the Early Erfurt, and showed to great advantage by the side of 
a plantation from imported seed. The heads appeared as if resting on 
the ground, and the plants as uniform as if east in a mould. 
- Messrs. W. Lovell & Son, Strawberry Growers, Driffield, 
send us a box of Strawberries. They consist of Sir Joseph Paxton; 
Filbert Pine, President, and Dr. Hogg. We are told they were gathered 
from one-year-old plants put out on a bad after Potatoes, and which, in 
spite of the very dry weather, have yielded an abundant crop. The 
fruit is very fine indeed, particularly so under the circumstances. 
- Death of Mr. T. Hastie. — A Lanarkshire correspondent 
sends the following—“ It is with deep regret I have to announce the 
death of an old friend, florist, and bee-keeper, Thomas Hastie of 
Craigmill, Strathaven, which occurred on Monday the 4th current 
in his seventy-ninth year. For nearly seventy years he has been a keen 
florist, Pinks being his first fancy when a boy at school, and Auriculas 
were his favourites in his mature years. Mr. Hastie was a Justice of the 
Peace for a long period, was highly respected, and widely known. He 
read all the popular papers on horticulture, and encouraged all with 
whom he was acquainted, particularly youths, to fill up spare time by 
reading. In his early years he was associated with the late Mr. Petti¬ 
grew’s father. He leaves a widow to mourn his loss, but no family.” 
- “ D.” writes that “Lobelia Duchess of Sutherland is by 
far the best white Lobelia of the Erinus section I have seen. Messrs. 
John Laing & Co. have it planted out at their Forest Hill Nurseries, and 
it is just as free and good as the best strain of speciosa, and with snow- 
white flowers.” 
- Mr. R. P. Brotherston sends us from Tynninghame a shoot of 
Chrysanthemum Madame Desgranges, which has been in flower 
since May, and observes:—“We have had good bushes, and the bunches 
of bloom have been very serviceable for sending to London. These 
plants bloomed late last year out of doors, then after lifted and 
grown under glass, and now after flowering will be treated so as to 
furnish another crop at the ordinary season.” The stem had 
seven large pure white flowers, equal to those produced in the autumn, 
and the foliage was similarly fresh and healthy. They were packed in 
green Fern fronds, the common Bracken, and arrived as fresh as if just 
severed from the plant. 
-At a recent meeting of the Belgian Horticulturists in 
Ghent the following members were present: MM. Jules Hye, Ern 
Delaruye, Baudu, L. De Smet-Duvivier, Fr. Desbois, A. Rosseel, C. Spae, 
Raphael De Smet, Jules de Cock, and Em. De Cock, with M. Alexis 
Dalliere in the chair, and M. Victor Cuvelier as Secretary. Certificates 
of merit were awarded for Cypripedium Schrceleias, from M. James 
Bray ; Begonia Mr. Hardy, from MM. Fr. Desbois & Co.; Cypripedium 
Sedeni candidulum, and Cypripedium Schroederas, from M. Jules Hye ; 
Coleus Monsieur Lemoinier, and Spirea astilbo’ides, from MM. F. Desbois 
and Co. ; Odontoglossum vexillarium album, from M. L. De Smet- 
Duvivier ; Odontoglossum (Miltonia) vexillarium var., from MM. 
Vervaet & Co. ; Odontoglossum crispum, Cypripedium selligerum majus, 
and Oncidium macranthum hastiferum, from MM. Vervaet & Co. A 
cultural certificate was awarded for Adiantum dolabriforme, from M. 
Aug. Van Geert ; and honourable mention for Metrosideros floribundum 
rubescens, from M. B. Spae; Aralia Chabrieri, from M. le Comte Paul 
de Hempcinne ; Polygala Dalmaisiana, from M. Aug. Cornells ; Cypri¬ 
pedium Stonei, from M. Arth. De Smet ; Restrepia pardina, from M. 
Jules Hye ; Cypripedium Rsebelini, Tillandsia Siebokliana, from M. le 
Comte P. de Hemptinne ; Tuberous Begonia, from MM. Smeding & Van 
Exter; Cypripedium selligerum, Odontoglossum lyroglossum, Cattleya 
Mossise, from MM. Vervaet & Co.; and Genista racemosa, from M. 
Auguste Cornelis. 
