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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ October 10, 1887. 
Mb. Edw. Harland, Hon. Secretary of the Hull and East 
Riding Chrysanthemum Society, calls our attention to the fact that 
“ a slight error crept into our note accompanying the illustration of the 
challenge plate of this Society in the Journal of 13th inst. The cups 
will not be comj eted for on 16th November, as therein stated, but 
on the 17th.” 
- The sudden change in the Weather experienced recently 
with severe frosts varying from 10° to 15° has < ffected a great alteration 
in gardens, all tender jlants being killed, and the leaves of many 
deciduous tree; have fallen very quickly and early. Walnut and Mul¬ 
berry trees were completely denuded of their leaves in a single night- 
Almost the only trees that still retain their foliage fresh and green are 
the Elms and Planes, which present a striking contrast to the others. 
- Mr. G. R. Allis, Old Warden Park, writes:—“ We have 
had a first taste of winter. Snow fell early on the morning of 
the 12th inst.; the ground was cover'd at daylight, but it soon 
melted, except in a north shaded asj ect. The thermometer re¬ 
gistered 28°, or 4° of frost, slightly injuring Dahlias and other 
tender plants, but the following morning was still sharper, when the 
mercury stood at 24°, or 8° of frost, which killed Dahlias and other 
tender plants. Heavy showers of hailstones fell on the 13th, followed by 
a slight frost at night. The weather during the week has been very cold 
and stormy for so early in the month, with the wind chiefly blowing 
from the north-east.” 
- A correspondent at Hampton states that on October 13th he 
registered 15° of frost ; 10° on the 12th, and 7° on the 11th. 
- Writing from Cardiff on the 16th inst. Mr. Pettigrew observes : 
—“ We have had no rain to speak of, and scarcely sufficient frost to kill 
the Dahlias.” Mr. W. Wenman, The Gardens, Hickleton, Doncaster, 
also writes : “ We had 8° of frost here on the 12th, completely destroying 
Beans and Peas. We also had cold storms with hail and sleet. Some of 
the trees have quite lost their leaves.” 
- Gardening Lectures. — The Birmingham and Midland 
Counties Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement Association announce the 
following lectures to be delivered on Tuesday evenings at 8 p.M. in the 
Midland Institute, Birmingham :—October 25th, “ Tuberous and Winter 
Flowering Begonias,” by Mr. J. Lee ; November 8th, “ Remarks on the 
History and Nomenclature of Noteworthy Apples,” by Mr. W. Gardiner ; 
November 22nd, “ Plants for Room Decoration,” by Mr. C. R. Bick ; 
December 6th, *• Notes on the Narcissi and its Varieties,” by Mr. W. 
Spinks; December 20th, Discussion, and Election of Best Vegetables ; 
January 3rd, General Annual Meeting and Exhibition of Chrysan¬ 
themums. 
- The second annual Chrysanthemum Show at Leeds will 
be held in the Town Hall of that town on Tuesday and Wedn< sday, 
November 29th and 30th. Thirty-five classes are provided for plants 
and cut blooms of Chrysanthemums, together with miscellaneous plants, 
bouquets, and stands of flowers. The prizes range from £5 to Is. The 
Secretary is Mr. J. H. Clark, 15A, Briggate, Leeds. 
- On Monday, the 10th inst., Mr. William Heale died at 
Hereford regretted by many friends. Mr. Heale had been connected 
with several nursery firms, such as Messrs. H. Low & Co. Clapton, Cheal 
and Sons, Crawley, and later as manager to the Cranston Seed & Nursery 
Company, Hereford. He also assisted in the formation of the United 
Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society twenty-one years ago, and 
had taken much interest in its advancement ever since. 
- The Bedford Chrysanthemum Society will hold their first 
Exhibition in the Corn Exchange, Bedford, on Wednesday and Thursday, 
November 23rd and 24th, this year. Prizes are offered for groups, specimen 
plants, cut blooms, together with fruit and vegetables in ninety-eight 
classes, the amounts varying from 2 guineas to Is. A show of pigeons, 
rabbits, and cage birds will be held in connection with it. The Hon 
Sec. is Mr. J. Sanders Clarke, 49, Linden Road, Bedford. 
- Ham Green Favourite Tomato. —“ T. H.” writes “ This 
Tomato has be=m grown at Ham Green for the past four y ars. It was. 
raised by the present gardener, Mr. Crocker. He has a small span-roof 
house, 25 feet by 10 feet, with about thirty plants grown on the single 
rod system, and each plant carrying from ten to twelve trusses of fruit 
each, having from twelve to fourteen excellent fruits in different stages. 
The house is worth making a special journey to see. I remember seeing 
a house of it last April equally as good as the present one, and Mr. Crocker 
assured me he had been cutting all through March. It is the finest 
variety I ever saw, and the flavour is good. It has b en grown at Chis¬ 
wick this year and received a first-class certificate.” 
- Gardening Appointment.—M r. George Fisher, late gardener 
to the late J. C. Richardson, Esq., J.P., Glanbrydan Park, Manordeilo,. 
Carmarthenshire, has been appointed gardener to Arthur J. Williams, 
Esq., M.P., Coedymuster, Coycnurch, near Bridgend, Glamorganshire. 
- A gardener of considerable note in northern Britain, Mr, 
George Johnston of Glamis Castle Gardens, died on the 30th 
ult. at the age of fifty years, leaving a widow and five children. Mr, 
Johnston was widely known and much respected for his cultural skill, and 
during the twenty-one years, in which he had charge at Glamis he. 
maintained the gardens in high condition, and became especially celebrated 
for fruit culture, particularly Grapes, and it is said that he won over 
£300 in prizes at the chief northern shows since 1868. Mr. Johnston 
was born on October 31st, 1837, at Fingask, Kirkill, Inverness, and 
served in several good gardens, including Castle Kennedy, before obtain¬ 
ing his appointment at Glamis. 
- Autumn Raspberries. — Mr. J. Lyon, Riddings Court, 
Caterham Valley, Surrey, sends us some remarkably fine Raspberries, 
and remarks that “ They were gathered on October 17tb from my garden. 
We are 550 feet above the level of the sea, and the garden where they 
were gathered faces the north-west. Two nights last week we had 8°‘ 
of frost.” There are several varieties which usually ripen their fruits in 
October, and some will last far into November in favourable seasons- 
but it is not often we see such fine fruits as those sent at this time 
of year. 
- We are requested to state that Messrs. W. Wood & Son, 
Wood Green, N., have arranged to stage exhibits of four dishes cf 
Potatoes for competitors for their silver cup and other prizes at South 
Kensington on the 25th inst. 
- A general meeting of the members of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society will be held at the “ Old Four Swans,” 84, 
Bishopsgate Str>et, City, on Monday, October 24th, the chair to be taken.' 
by the President, Mr. E. Sanderson, at 7 P.M. The Floral Committee 
will meet in St. Stephen’s Hall, Westminster, on October 26th, November 
9th and 24th, and December 7th at 1.30 p.m. each day, except November 
9th, when the hour of meeting will be 12 noon. 
-An Exhibition of Apples and Pears at Manchester, 
was opened on Friday last in the main avenue approach to the Royal 
Jubilee Exhibition, and continued on Saturday and Monday. Large 
numbers of fine fruits were staged, the Apples being especially good 
In the nurs- rymen’s classes the chief prizes were won by Messrs. J. 
Watkins, G. Bunyard & Co., Cheal & Sons, Cranston & Co., and A. J.. 
Thomas of Sittingbourne. In the amateurs’ classes the successful com¬ 
petitors were Messrs. Goodacre, S. Barlow, P. Thelusson, R. C. Naylor, 
Col. Wingfield, and F. Smith. Several classes were devoted to amateurs, 
residing within twenty miles of the Manchester Town Hall, in which 
the leading exhibitors were Messrs. Upjohn, W. Nield, and Alfred Jones 
of Marbury Hall Gardens, which is within half a mile of the largest salt 
and chemical works in Northwich. The non-competing exhibits com¬ 
prised groups of plants and flowers from Messrs. Dickson & Robinson^ 
F. and A. Dickson Sc Sons, S. Barlow, and H. Heine ; Mr. H. Merry weather,. 
Southwell, Notts, being awarded a first-class certificate for Bramley 
Seedling Apple. 
- A work on “ The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, &c., of- 
India and Ceylon,” by Brigade-Surg on E. Bonavia, M.D., of the 
Indian Medical D partment, is about to be issued. Th ± writer’s object 
is mainly practical and economical, but he deals also with some ques¬ 
tions of purely scientific interest. His researches have brought him 
into contact with every variety of Citrus in India 'and Ceylon, and he- 
