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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
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along the side of our Rose beds, wtrre they have plenty of room to in¬ 
crease, and they also hide the bareness of the beds in the summer time 
with their beautiful green foliage. In the month of April we lift the 
old plants, lib?rally manure the beds, and fork them. All the young 
runners with roots are selected and dotted through the beds at a distance 
of 2 or 3 feet. By the 1st of September they are in full bloom, and they 
keep on bearing great numbers of deliciously fragrant flowers till the 
frost becomes very severe. Prior to this, however, some of the best 
plants have been lifted with good balls of earth attached, and placed 
along the inside border of an unheated Peach house, where they bloom 
freely quite unchecked, those left in thj open supplying us with blooms 
during the milder periods and giving us fresh plants in the spring. I 
may mention that the variety we grow is Victoria Regina, which has a 
particularly hardy constitution.” 
- The same correspondent observes, “ I quite agree with your 
correspondent Mr. Murphy regarding the great utility of Rose Gloire 
de Dijon. We have many plants of this Ross grown for indoor deco¬ 
ration which we struck about two years ago, they being now fine bushy 
plants in 6-inch pots. Early in spring this year they were covered with 
blooms and were admired by everyone. After flowering they were deeply 
plunged in the open ground in their pots, and they did not require a 
drop of water the whole summer. About three weeks ago they were 
hous d, numb rs of fine healthy buds being upon them, and they are 
now again in full bloom. I am quite aware there are many Roses with 
finer blooms, yet for floriferousness, hardiness, and adaptability to cir¬ 
cumstances, I do not think there are any to equal the Old Glorie 
Rose.” 
- It is announced that the Eccles, Patricroft, Pendleton, 
and District Chrysanthemum Show will be held in the Town Hall, 
Eccles, on Friday and Saturday, November 25th and 26th this year. 
This Show is the first held in the district, and is under the auspices of 
the Patricroft Linnean Botanical Society. Priz?s are offered in twenty- 
six classes, ranging from £2 10s. to 2s. 
- Mr. Joseph Mallender sends his usual Summary of 
Meteorological Observations at Hodsock Priory, Worksop, 
Notts, for September, 1887. Mean temperature of the month, 
52'4°. Maximum on the 3rd, 67'5°; minimum on the 28th, 30'2°. 
Maximum in the sun on the 18th, 122'1° ; minimum on the grass on 
the 28th, 25'2°. Mean temperature of the air at 9 A.M., 54'0°. Mean 
temperature of the soil 1 foot deep, 54'5°. Nights below 32° in shade 
one, on grass ten. Total duration of sunshine in month, 95'7 hours, 
or 26 per cent, of possible duration. We had one sunless day. Rain¬ 
fall total, l - 80 inch. Maximum fall in twenty-four hours on the 14 th, 
0'29 inch. Rain fell on eighteen days. Wind average velocity, 8'4 
miles per hour. Approximate averages for September :—Mean tempe¬ 
rature, 55'8°. Rainfall, 2'51 inches. Sunshine (six years), 110 hours. 
The coldest September for ten years. The deficiency of rainfall since 
January is about 6^ inches, while the mean temperature for the same 
period is 1^° below the average. 
- Mr. W. Jupp, Violet Lane, Duppas Hill, Croydon, sends 
us flowers of a seedling White Tuberous Begonia remarkable 
for their size, abundance, good form, and purity. Good varieties of 
these useful plants are now so numerous that it is not uncommon to 
obtain several fine forms from a packet of seed, but so many have been 
named that it is hardly safe to bestow new titles without comparing 
them with a large collection. 
- If any readers of this Journal have noticed any instances this 
season of the Destruction of Ripening Grapes by the Cater¬ 
pillars of a tortrix (presumed to be angustiorana), an entomological 
correspondent would be glad to have particulars of the attack. 
- Gardening Appointment. —Mr. Frank Orchard, late gardener 
at Abington Hall, near Cambridge, has been appointed head gardener 
to John Fraser, Esq, Fleet Leas, Thorpe, near Chertsey. 
_ A Kendal Celery Show. —Mr. C. A. Lewthwaite, 8, Far 
Cross Bank, Kendal, sends us the following note :—“ I venture to ask 
you to insert a few remarks on a Show of Celery with special prizes 
given for Red Cabbages and Spring Onions. The culture of Celery is 
the all-absorbing occupation of cottage gardeners in Kendal. Celery 
Shows, and the good and valuable prizes offered, give an impetus to the 
growth of this valuable vegetable which is quite astonishing. Very 
seldom will you find a piece of ground (or even small plots of spare 
ground which has been considered waste, and in one of the latter cases 
I have known the first prize carried off in an entry of nearly a hundred), 
without its rows of Celery with paper collars to guard its tender stems. 
At the St. Geor 6 e’s Temperance Celery Show the entries for Celery 
numbered seventy-seven. The first prize was awarded to Wm. Trough- 
ton, a weaver by occupation, and the stem measured 5 feet long from 
tip of leaves to the base with the root taken off; its girth was 13£ inches, 
and it was bleached 2 feet 10 inches in length. Several other competitors 
showed specimens closely approaching these dimensions. Some Leeks 
were also shown, not for competition, but out of the same row specimens 
have been staged twice before this season, and on each occasion won first 
prize easily, the Judges commending them very highly. On this occa¬ 
sion the largest measured 7§ inches in circumference, were bleached 
10 inches, and were much admired. We had also an Autumn Giant 
Cauliflower which weighed 10 lbs. The Show concluded with a capital 
tea and concert, which ended a day that is much looked forward to 
and thoroughly enjoyed.” 
- “Good Pear Fruits from Apple Stocks,” writes “F. W. B.,” 
“ have often been obtained in America, France, and also in England. 
In my ‘ Cultivated Plants,’ p. 485,1 give all records I could find up to 
1875, ami they are rather interesting in connection with your note 
(Journal of Horticulture , p. 271). After all, the intergrafting of Pears 
on Apple stocks is not more wonderful than the case of Garrya and 
Aucuba.” 
- “D. P.” considers Scutellaria Mocciniana “one of the 
finest of autumn and winter-flowering plants, and it should occupy a 
position in every stove. When the plants cease flowering remove the 
dead flowers, which will enable them to break freely. Insert the 
cuttings in January or February in a mixture of loam, leaf mould, and 
sand. They will root quickly. Pot them when sufficiently rooted, 
grow them on in a stove or Cucumber house, and they will make useful 
flowering plants by autumn—a time when their gay colour is very 
acceptable. I have found them do well in a Cucumber house, as they 
delight in abundance of moisture during their season of growth. Pinch¬ 
ing must be strictly adhered to at the commencement to form bushy 
plants, or they soon become drawn and unsightly, but this defect can 
be easily avoided with proper attention.” 
_ In reply to “ T. H. P.,” who inquires respecting the best 
system of keeping Walnuts, Mr. T. Record sends a description of “ a 
plan which has answered very well. If the nuts are ripe they will come 
out of their shells quite bright and clean, while others which are not 
ripe should be laid on a mat in the sun for a day or two, when they will 
split open and shell easily. The cleanest and best samples should be 
kept separate from the others, but all should be wiped, not washed, 
before storing, then get some large flower pots—I use No. 1, or the next 
size—stop the holes at the bottom with clay, then fill with the nuts to 
within an inch of the rim, lay a piece of brown paper over them, then 
take them to a south wall or shelter and dig a hole large and deep 
enough for the pot to go 6 inches below the surface, then cover securely 
with a large piece of slate or seasoned board, covering it with earth, 
banking it against the wall so as to throw off the wet, beating it firm 
with the spade. In this way I have found them keep fresh and sweet 
without the kernel wasting in the least degree. When any are required 
for use take out what are wanted a few hours previously, wipe them 
with a cloth and let them dry.” 
GARDENERS’ ORPHAN FUND. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee hela ’.5n Friday last, 
George Deal, Esq., in the chair, the following, who have accepted office 
as Honorary Local Secretaries, were appointed for the various districts 
in which they are resident. A sub-Committee w as appointed to select 
Local Secretaries for Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Several applications 
for the benefits of the “ Fund ” have already been received. 
Several of the trade wrote making proposals for the distribution of 
circulars with regard to the fund in their catalogues, which the Com¬ 
mittee highly approved of, and the Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. F. Barron, 
R.H.S. Gardens, Chiswick, will be pleased to receive the names of 
others. 
Bedfordshire. —Mr. Empson, Ampthill House Gardens. Ampthill. 
Berkshire— Mr. C. Howe, Benham Park Gardens, Newbury; Mr. 
J. H. Rose, Locking e Gardens, Wantage. 
Buckinghamshire. —Mr. G. T. Miles, Wycombe Abbey Gardens, High 
Wycombe. 
