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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ August Hi 1887. 
desirable property of continuing in flower until stopped by cold, and 
does not, like the Primula section, give up on account of a hot August. 
Princess of Wales is the prettiest white variety we have tried. We have 
this very good this season.” 
- “ Those who care for a good plant for lines in flower beds will 
find in TeopvEOLum Mbs. Ellice a decided acquisition. Of the same 
type as the now well known Tropaeolum Vesuvius, this sort has a 
leafage of a prettier shade of green, being very much lighter in tint. 
The colour of the flowers is a soft orange scarlet, and the flowers are 
most freely produced. It is in all respects a most desirable variety.” 
- “ How is it no one has been found to say a good word for the 
variegated Ficus ELASTICA ? We have a pair of plants in 5J-inch 
pots about I feet high, and I do not think it would be easy to surpass 
them in beauty. The variegation in most of the leaves is almost a pure 
white, much better than we have seen it. The plants are grown in a 
stove and shaded from sun, but witli plenty of light. During winter 
they stood in a cool Orchid house. I do not think it would be safe to 
keep them so cool as the green form. Though difficult to reproduce, I 
believe by rooting the tops of strong plants shoots are formed at the 
axil of the leaves, which when big enough also strike well.” 
- The Brighton and Sussex Floricultural Association 
will hold their thirty-fifth Exhibition in the rooms of the Royal 
Pavilion on Wednesday and Thursday, September 14th and loth. The 
schedule enumerates eighty-two classes, in which first, second, and 
third prizes are offered, varying from £8 to 2s. 6d. Plants are well 
provided for both in open and local classes, cut flowers and fruit also 
have several classes devoted to them. The London, Brighton, and South 
Coast Railway Company have made their usual liberal arrangements to 
convey exhibits to and from Brighton free of charge. The Secretary is 
Mr. Edward Carpenter, 96, St. James Street, Brighton. 
- The fourth annual Exhibition of the Ramsbottom Floral 
and Horticultural Society will be held on Saturday, November 
19th, this year, in the St. Paul’s School Rooms, Ramsbottom. Most of 
the classes are devoted to Chrysanthemums, but there are also some for. 
stove and greenhouse flowers, Orchids, table plants, Primulas, and Ferns 
Mr. B. Markland, 57, Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, is the Secretary. 
- Mr. W. Young, Baston Gardens, Kintley, Berks, writes :— 
“ Being invited by Mr. A. Hankney, Inkpen, Berks, to inspect his Rasp¬ 
berry Lord Beaconsfield, I must say it is wonderful, considering 
the dry weather we have had, how well they look ; the berries are large 
and the crop is very heavy. It was late in the afternoon when I 
arrived, the pickers had been over them, and so the enclosed are small 
berries.” Owing to the fruit being packed in such a fragile box and in 
cotton wool it arrived in a very bad condition, and it is impossible to ex¬ 
press any opinion on its merits. 
- Mr. A. Pettigrew, writing from Cardiff Castle Gardens, 
observes :—“ The Drought is beginning to get rather serious in this 
district. I understand that the water supply for Cardiff at present in 
the reservoirs will not last much more than fifteen days if we have no 
rain, and we are now put on short allowance. The annual rainfall in 
the gardens here averages about 41’inches, and up to the present time 
(from the beginning of January) the fall has been only KP63 inches, dis¬ 
tributed as follows January, 2-98; February, P35 ; March, 2'58 ; 
April, 1'43 ; May, 19 ; June, 61 ; July, 1*47. Fruit and other crops are 
suffering for the want of rain, and if it does not come soon many of 
them will be complete failures.” 
- Gardening Appointments.—M r. Andrew Smith, who has 
been foreman with Mr. Pettigrew at Cardiff Castle for the last seven 
years, has been appointed gardener to Col. Hill, C.B., M.P., Rookwood 
Llandaff. Mr. T. Whillan, the well-known Orchid grower of Balhamj 
has been appointed gardener to the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim. 
- WE are requested by Mr. F. Hopkins to state that the prizes 
for white Grapes and Cucumbers at Esher were won by Mr. A. S. 
Hookings. 
- At the recent meeting of the members of the Wakefield 
Paxton Society Mr. Henry Oxley presided, and Mr. Arthur Gold- 
thorpe was in the vice-chair. Mr. J. G. Brown, gardener to Mr. J. B. 
Charleswortli. J.P., of Hatfeild Hall, read a thoroughly practical paper 
on “The Pea, of which there was a large number of dishes of speci¬ 
mens of many varieties on the table. Mr. Brown, who is a Kentish 
man, gave his fellow Paxtonians the result of long and extensive expe¬ 
rience as a grower of the best kinds of Peas for culinary purposes, 
named some of the best varieties to grow to keep up a succession from 
early to late in the season, and clearly and fully explained the best 
mode of planting, sticking, &c. In the course of his remarks he spoke 
highly of the variety known as “ Pontefract Castle,” which, he said, is 
very similar to the well-known Ne Plus Ultra. He also referred to 
“ Arthur Lupton ” as a good useful variety. After a few questions had 
been put to Mr. Biown and replied to by him, a hearty vote of thanks 
was accorded to him for his essay, and also to the exhibitors of speci¬ 
mens, particular mention being made of a grand lot of varieties sent by 
Mr. Hemming, of Leeds. The motion was proposed by Mr. A. Gold- 
thorpe, seconded by Mr. T. Garnett. Mr, B. Whiteley proposed that 
Mr. Alan Willis (Messrs. Leatham, Tew, and Co.) should be elected 
Treasurer in the place of the late Mr. Turner, and this was seconded by 
Mr. T. Garnett and carried, and the vacancy created on the Committee 
by Mr. Willis’s appointment as Treasurer was filled by the election of 
Mr. B. F. Glover of Alverthorpe. 
- An important botanical periodical is about to be issued by the 
Delegates of the Clarendon Press, says Nature. It will be entitled 
Annals of Botany, and will be edited by Prof. Bayley Balfour of the 
University of Oxford ; by Dr. Vines, Reader in Botany in the University 
of Cambridge; and by Prof. W. G. Farlow of Harvard University, 
Massachusetts, U.S.A. The papers, adequately illustrated, will be on 
subjects pertaining to all branches of botanical science, including 
morphology, histology, physiology, palaeo-botany, pathology, geographical 
distribution, economic botany, and systematic botany and classification. 
There will also be articles on the history of botany, reviews and 
criticisms of botanical works, reports of progress in the different depart¬ 
ments of the science, short notes, and letters. A record of botanical 
works in the English language will be a special feature. With regard 
to the last point, the editors direct attention to the fact that many 
important contributions to botanical science are not at present brought 
before the botanical world with that promptitude which their merit 
deserves, and many are frequently entirely overlooked, owing to the fact 
that the periodical in which they appear is not readily accessible to 
botanists generally. An attempt will be made in the Annals of Botany 
to remedy this state of affairs ; and it is hoped that it may be possible to 
make the record fairly complete, embracing works published not only 
in Great Britain and Ireland, but also in India and the colonies, and in 
America. To enable them to carry out this intention the editors appeal 
to the secretaries of local scientific institutions, societies, and clubs in 
all parts of the world to send them early information of the publication 
of papers relating to botany in any of its branches. 
SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Annual Excursion. 
By gracious permission of Her Majesty, the annual excursion of the 
Scottish Arboricultural Society took place this year to the woods and 
forests of Balmoral. Such a privilege was very heartily appreciated by 
the members, who turned out in larger numbers than they have for 
some years past. The company, indeed, was large and representative, 
over seventy gentlemen being present from different parts of England 
and Scotland. Not a few of the English members were attracted at this 
time to the North by the prospect of seeing Her Majesty’s Highland 
home. The larger part of the company travelled from Edinburgh on 
Wednesday afternoon, and spent the night at Aberdeen. The whole 
company left Aberdeen on Thursday, July 28th, at 7.45, arriving at 
Ballater about half-past ten o’clock. Among others present were Dr. 
Cleghorn of Stravithy; R. V. Kirk of Penywern, Wales ; Professor 
Boulger, London ; Messrs. James Watt, Carlisle ; Dunn, Dalkeith ; 
Alexander, Edinburgh ; Milne, Edinburgh ; M’Corquodale, Scone ; John 
M’Laren, Hopetoun ; W. Rajson, Chelsea ; J. B. Kidd, Dornoch ; D. 
Scott, Darnaway; R. D. Ker, W.S. ; Crawford, San Francisco ; W. 
Erskine, Edinburgh ; T. Waugh, nurseryman, New Zealand; James 
Barton, forester, Hatfield ; John Davidson, Haydon Bridge, Secretary of 
the English Arboricultural Society ; D. Dewar, Beaufort Castle ; James 
Kay, Bute ; R. Lindsay, curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh ; 
James Rutherford, Yorkshire ; W. Christie, Fochabers ; I). A. M’Quorco- 
dale, Carnoustie ; R. Baxter, Dalkeith ; J. Mitchell, Aldie Castle ; D. P. 
Scott, Monifieth ; D. R. Falconer, Lasswade ; R.G. Swan, Duns ; George 
Dodds, Wentworth ; and C. E. Ballater. The party were met by Dr. 
I’rofeit, Her Majesty’s Commissioner, who exerted himself in every way 
to add to the pleasure of the day. Mr. Michie, forester, Balmoral, who 
made the social arrangements for the excursion, was also present, and 
acted as guide. Taking the way up Glen Muick in half a dozen 
carriages, the party had a look at the Old Knock Castle, and then drove 
through the woods of Birkhall, the property which was acquired two 
