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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Of course there may be other places where the same holds good, but I 
have not seen them. It is an improved variety of Telegraph, and the 
frmt I saw was hanging for seed, for which there is a large demand. 
Another noteworthy thing was the new Beauty of Bath Apple, which 
was certificated the other day by the Fruit Committee of the 11. H. S. 
It is evidently a seedling from the Irish Peach, apparently crossed with 
Ouarrenden. It has all the flavour of the former excellent Apple, but 
comes a month earlier ; it is very pretty, and will, I doubt not, become 
a favourite dessert Apple. In an old house here there were some ex¬ 
cellent plants of Marshal Niel, from whence immense quantities of 
bloom had been gathered, and also of Reine Marie Henriette, which is 
treated in the same way as the Marechal, and apparently with excellent 
results, the two colours forming a good contrast, especially if the 
brighter variety of Reine Marie Henriette can be obtained. Among 
Roses either new or unknown to me that I saw here were Florence Paul, 
a very bright coloured crimson Rose, very vigorous, and a good autumnal 
bloomer. It is said in Ketton’s list to be a good garden Rose, but as I 
saw it here it was also an exhibition flower. Countess of Limerick, 
this was a pretty yellowish Tea, of whose history I know nothing, and 
one I never saw before, although Messrs. Cooling think highly of it. 
Louis Richard (Tea), a Rose of 1877, but which I have never to my 
knowledge seen before. It is a mixture of copper and rose, and was 
as seen here a very taking flower. Laurette, another old, very old Rose, 
as it w r as raised in 1852 and sent out by old Victor Verdier. I have 
^ ex kibited except in Kent, where Mr. Wakley always 
exhibits it in good form. It may be described as a refined Homere with 
more yellow in it; it has the same tendency to come tipped on the 
w ■f'l ^ ,vas see *hat it was known in the west. Marshal 
r. W ilder is, I fear, nothing more than Alfred Colomb revived. One 
■would hardly suppose that the distinguished firm who sent it out had 
palmed off an old Rose for a new one, and it is possible a seedling may 
nave been obtained very like Alfred Colomb ; but it has a suspicious 
appearance of being simply a vigorous form of that fine Rose ; in wood, 
loiiage, and flower they are positively identical. I fear with the 
examples we have had lately of American Roses we shall have to be 
very watchful. There was another bright red Rose of which I have no 
Knowledge, Lucy Corbet, nor can I find it in the catalogues. There was 
also a grand lot of Asters, amongst them the new Washington Aster, very 
large, enormous, but I think somewhat coarse. 
There were other noteworthy things in this garden. A great deal has 
f e +u, Sai1 ^ anc ^ wr ^ en on the subject of Lettuces. We were in the home 
ol that fine old variety, the Bath Cos, and here Messrs. Cooling had a 
large breadth of seedling plants, the crop of which was just ripening, 
fie calls it the Leviathan Bath Cos, and the demand for it is very great, 
evidently we must be careful in condemning things from our own 
point of view alone. I had on the recommendation in the Journal 
procured the seed of Bossin Lettuce from Messrs. Vilmorin, but was so 
little pleased with it that I had determined not to grow it again ; but 
here it was highly spoken of as an excellent summer Lettuce, not 
having a tendency to run away in dry seasons. From this we went into 
DR. BUDD’S ROSE GARDEN, 
which immediately adjoins that of Messrs. Cooling. Dr. Budd is known 
to all rosarians as a successful and enthusiastic exhibitor, and has been 
of late years taking a very foremost place. His garden exhibits another 
proof of what can be done in a favourable climate. When Dr. B udd took the 
place it was simply a morass. He has had to drain and redrain it, to 
raise up his beds to get the plants out of the way of the wet, and the 
result, has been the success of which we all know. Nor has he gained the 
position he covets and means to have. Living so far south in an early 
situation he ought to be able to carry off the challenge trophy, and I 
hope that he will gain his object some day. He is also a very successful 
grower of Roses in pots, and generally takes the first prize for them at 
the Bath Show. His plants looked extremely vigorous and healthy, and 
I should find it difficult to prophesy whether he or Mr. Cater will carry 
off the chief honours next year. Many of the Hybrid Perpetuals, as well 
as Teas, in the open had abundance of flowers, some very good, and the 
greater portion of them not equal to the July standard, and with such 
experienced growers producing these results the absurdity of advocating 
autumn Rose shows is apparent. 
Since these notes were taken I have had the pleasure of attending 
the autumn Show at Bath, and was no way surprised that Alderman 
Chaffin's Grapes had carried all before them, or that Dr. Budd’s Roses 
obtained the premier place, or that Messrs. Cooling’s Roses and Asters took 
a like position, but the Exhibition clearly proved how strong is the love 
of horticulture in and around Bath, and with what success it is carried 
out.—D., Deal. 
JUDGING AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 
Mr. Ward well merits the thanks of his fellow exhibitors of fruit at 
the Palace for the able manner he has taken up their case as well as his 
own. The judging has become most notorious of late years. Only a 
few years ago Mr. Coleman was disqualified because two dishes of 
Peaches looked very much alike in outward appearance ; but if the 
Judges had taken the pains to examine them the difference would have 
been as plain to them as it was to the uninitiated. Yet a year or two after 
the same Judges with greater experience could not distinguish genuine 
bunches of Grapes from those with false shoulders bunglingly tied 
on, but when the growers and exhibitors were admitted it was very soon 
discovered.— A Disheartened Exhibitor. 
Mr. Ward seems to be very proud of the Grapes he showed at the 
Crystal Palace. He would even represent himself (with a few of his 
bosom friends) to be better judges of Grapes than Mr. Barron and his 
colleagues. Mr. Ward may think so himself, but he has not gained the 
favour of the public so far as to make them believe it yet. I think Mr. 
Ward would be wise to be silent for the future when he does not get the 
award that he wishes, and take the decision of the Judges as final, the 
same as many as good a man as he has had to do before.— Scotchman. 
Allow me to ask my fellow readers which of the sets of names 
deserve most confidence, those given by you as judges, or those given by 
Mr. Ward as exhibitors and growers. I consider the sarcastic remarks 
of Mr. Barron quite uncalled for, and ought to be withdrawn. I regret 
to see that even this year is not to pass away without some unpleasant¬ 
ness, and these disputes serve no good purpose. It is generally under¬ 
stood that both managers and judges are often put to their wit’s ends in 
their endeavours to satisfy everyone, and it is no uncommon thing to 
find they fail to iplease anyone. They provide classes for all, from a 
four-dish up to a fifty-dish collection. A few years ago there was a 
couple of large exhibitors, but last year there were seven exhibitors, 
showing over 300 dishes, and filling a line of] tables the whole length 
of the transept allotted to fruit. This alone attracted more attention 
than all the rest of the Show. And well it might, as it was a sight 
perhaps never to be seen again. Then we see eighty bunches of Grapes 
staged in the twenty-bunch class. This shows that quite half the Exhi¬ 
bition was filled with these two classes, costing about £44 ; the other 
half, made up with smaller classes, costing £100. So let us hope that 
managers of shows will continue to encourage the large classes, but let 
them secure practical men for judges. This at least will satisfy 
ORCHIDS AT EASTWOOD PARK, THORNIEBANK, N.B. 
The scarcity of Orchids at our September exhibitions makes it 
very apparent that this is not a good month to visit gardens, unless 
the collections are of more than ordinary value. The collection at 
Eastwood Park is so large and varied that it well repays a visit at 
any time of the year. David Tod, Esq., the proprietor, is well 
known as a most enthusiastic orchidist, while his gardener, Mr. 
Ewart, is most successful in the culture of the splendid collection 
he has in charge. Cool Orchids are the favourites, and fill several 
houses, Odontoglossums very largely predominating. A large 
specimen of 0. Pescatori, carrying over 300 blooms on five spikes, 
is worth going a long way to see. This is a very distinct variety of 
a graceful drooping character. Dozens of smaller plants were in 
bloom, all of good forms, but more erect in spike than the large 
plant. O. tripudians was well represented ; sepals very dark, and 
base of lip pure white, a splendid variety. O. Ruckerianum, a 
large spike ; O. Uro-Skinneri, a very fine dark variety, several 
plants of which were in bloom ; O. Halli leucoglossum was very 
beautiful ; 0. Andersonianum, a fair variety ; plants of this have 
pseudo-bulbs 4 inches in diameter; 0. Coradinei, very fine, carrying 
two long spikes ; 0. ramosissimum with two large spikes ; O. 
grande, O. madrense, and 0. Lindleyanum, a particularly fine form, 
and many fine forms of 0. Alexandras, several spikes were showing 
fifty blooms each. A plant of O. Alexandra that bloomed here 
last summer had a spike with 120 blooms on it fully developed; 
a variety I measured had blooms 5 inches in diameter. 
Epidendrum vitellinum majus is largely grown. This is a late 
flowering variety, very distinct and beautiful. Among Cattleyas 
Harrisoniana and Gaskelliana were blooming. A dozen nice plants 
of the beautiful Laslia Dayana were flowering profusely. Meso- 
spinidum vulcanicum is largely grown in hanging pans near the 
glass, and looks very pretty. Flowering very freely were two huge 
specimens of Maxillaria grandiflora. Oncidiums macranthum and 
serratum were trained along the roof of the Odontoglossum house, 
the spikes being 10 feet long, and profusely covered with flowers. 
Masdevallias are a feature here too, but this is not the season for 
seeing them.—G. R. 
ORCHIDS AT WESTBROOK, SHEFFIELD. 
Numbers of very choice and rare Orchids are now flowering at 
this place, amongst them being a fine plant of the beautiful new 
Odontoglossum Harryanum, which has been in flower since August 
30th. Odontoglossum Alexandrse Eckhardti is also a very fine 
hybrid, singularly and beautifully coloured. Yanda Sanderiana is 
carrying a spike of eight flowers each 4J inches across, and is 
strikingly effective. Lailia elegans prasiata is a very distinct 
