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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Ootober 27. 1887. 
though frost has cut ^plants badly in low-lying districts around 
Sheffield, in more elevated localities Dahlias are flowering freely, and 
bedding Geraniums are also still bright with flowers. Chrysanthemums 
are looking better than usual, and good blooms are expected. They are 
opening very kindly. 
- A correspondent, “ C. J.,” desires to know where he can get 
ordinary sized flower pots glazed on the outside, within reasonable 
distance of Croydon, Surrey. 
- The National Chrysanthemum Society held a general 
meeting on Monday last at the “Old Four Swans,” Bishopsgate Street, 
London, when in addition to the usual business forty-seven new mem¬ 
bers were elected and five Fellows. It was announced that £72 had been 
paid for prizes at the September Show, and that twenty-two silver 
medals, eighteen bronze medals, and sixty-eight certificates had been 
issued to affiliated societies. The prizes from the Yeitch Memorial 
Trustees have also been received. 
- Mr. R. P. Bhotherston sends ns a box of Spotted and 
Streaked Antirrhinum Flowers, exceptionally varied and beauti¬ 
ful.^. They range from nearly pure white with only a few streaks to 
heavily rose and crimson splashed flowers of bold appearance. The 
light forms are extremely delicate, and the others are proportionately 
bright. Our correspondent remarks—“ I do not think these are at all 
common, though they well deserve to be grown. This strain came 
originally from an amateur florist, and I think I have improved it con¬ 
siderably in the course of the years it has been in my possession. Four 
lines of it, each 120 feet in length, have been very attractive during the 
summer and autumn. The rose-coloured varieties with salmon orange 
and yellow throats are particularly effective.” 
- On the evening of the 18th Octob r, in the schoolroom at Carl¬ 
ton, the Carlton-in-Lindrick Rose Society (the Rev. Mr. Foxley in 
the chair) held a special meeting, to hear a paper read by Mr. Duncan 
Gilmour, jun., of Sheffield. The subject was “ Some Hints on Rose 
Culture.” There was a fair attendance. After the lecture many ques¬ 
tions were put by various members, and some information elicited. 
Among others present Mr. J. Mallender, the veteran Rose grower and 
able head gardener at Hodsock Priory, and his opponent, Mr. H. V. 
Machin of Gateford Hill, both large growers of Roses, added much 
interest to the proceedings by their remarks and queries. The meeting 
closed with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman and Mr. Gilmour. 
■-Planting Roses—A Word in Season.—“ I have no doubt,” 
writes Mr. D. Gilmour, jun., “ that thousands of people visiting ou r 
great and little flower shows this last summer registered a mental vow 
to plant Roses, so as to secure flowers in their own gardens as soon as 
the season came for so doing. Nine-tenths of these people, with minds 
full of good intentions, have made no preparation whatever towards 
having the ground ready, neither will they take any step in the matter; 
some from ignorance, but the greater number from that familiar way 
we, most of us, get into, of putting off until next week what we ought 
to do now. Truly is ‘Procrastination the thief of time.’ I am asked 
on the average at least once a day by somebody, ‘ What is the best time to 
plant Roses ? ’ My reply is, and I wish I could give it in a voice that 
should ring from one end of the kingdom to the other, 1 Now is the 
time ; ’ that is, now is the time for those who desire good flowers and 
satisfactory growth next season. But for those who can afford to wait 
about eighteen months after planting for flowers and growth, or who 
wish to look on at the struggles a Rose will make for dear life all 
through the summer after being planted late—who, in a word, do not 
mind wasting a whole year in this short feverish life of ours, the proper 
time will be in the spring, and the later the better.” 
- A Chrysanthemum Show at the People’s Palace, Mile 
End, is to be held on November 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th, under the 
management of Mr. W. Earley. A large display is expected, as assistance 
will be rendered by many amateurs in the south of London. 
- Mr. James Hicks, The Gardens, Ravenswood, Heaton, Bolton, 
one of the Secretaries of the Bolton and District Chrysanthemum 
Society, sends us a schedule of the first Show, to be held in Bolton 
Town Hall, on November 17th and 18th, and observes, “Although our 
prizes are not large, we hope to get a good collection of plants and 
flowers together.” We hope so too, and commend the prudence that is 
apparent in commencing on a moderate scale involving small risk of 
failure. 
-The Wimbledon and District Royal Horticultural 
and Cottage Garden Society will hold its autumn Show of 
Chrysanthemums and other plants and fruit in the Drill Hall, Wimble¬ 
don, on November 17th. Dr. George Walker and Mr. J. Lyne are the 
Honorary Secretaries. 
- Gardening Appointments. —Mr. Charles Deane, late gar¬ 
dener to C. P. Stewart, Esq., Silwood Park, Ascot, has been appointed 
gardener to the Earl of Essex, Cassiobury Park, Watford. Mr. G. Abbey, 
jun., recently foreman to Mr. Gilbert at Burghley, has been appointed 
to succeed the late Mr. Harding as gardener to J. D. Galpin, Esq., 
Bristol House, Putney Heath. 
- We have received the schedule of the Havant Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Society, the fourth Exhibition of which will be held on November 
3rd and 4th. Mr. N. Fuller, The Gardens, Idsworth, Horndean, is the 
Secretary. 
- Bouvardia President Cleveland. —Looking into the Bou- 
vardia house in Messrs. Yeitch's nursery at Chelsea, in which all the 
best varieties are represented, attention was at once rivetted on the new 
American introduction above named. It far surpasses in richness all 
others of the genus, the colour of the flowers being rich velvety scarlet, 
not brick red. Few scarlet Pelargoniums or Begonias are brighter than 
this new Bouvardia, which we believe is also to be found in other trade 
collections, and if we mistako«not it will find its way into every garden 
in which Bouvardias are grown, and also become a popular market 
favourite. The plant is a free c rower and trusses well, only being ex¬ 
ceeded in these qualities by the very floriferous and extremely useful 
Priory Beauty, which was distributed by Messrs. Yeitch a few years ago, 
and is in great demand for decorative purposes. 
- Begonia John Heal. —In the establishment above men¬ 
tioned we could not fail to be impressed with the unqu< stionable 
distinctness and great decorative usefulness of this new variety. It was 
raised in the nursery from B. socotrana crossed with a tuberous 
Begonia, and possesses the roundish foliage of the former, and the 
flowers, much reduced, of the latter parent. The plant is dwarf and so 
free that it commences flowering in 3-inch pots. The blooms are an 
inch or so across, rich rosy carmine in colour, and borne in loose panicles. 
They possess the merit of hanging till the petals decay, and are not 
easily shaken off the plants in the manner that is common to most forms • 
Plants a foot high in 5-inch pots are highly attractive and appropriate 
for various decorative purposes, and the flowers can be used in a cut 
state. This new Begonia far surpasses B. Ingrami and other dwarf 
varieties that flower freely in the winter. It was certificated when first 
presented to the Floral Committee at South Kensington, and the bright 
and elegant appearance of the plants now afford sufficient evidence of 
the honour being well merited. 
- Resting Amaryllises. —We entered the large house that 
presents such a magnificent effect in the spring to find the plants being 
dried off for the winter. They are grown in 5 and 6-inch pots, and root 
i over them into the plunging material early in the season. This induces 
strong leaf-growth, and the ripening process commences. No water is 
given after August, and a dry atmosphere is maintained. Eventually 
the pots are withdrawn, and the roots outside them allowed to perish, as 
having done their work ; the leaves gradually wither, and when changed 
in colour and limp are cut off as having then done their work also, the 
bulbs remaining as bare and as dry as Onions, but kept in the pots till 
the time arrives for taking them out, adding fresh soil and starting 
them in the spring. The old plan of preserving the foliage in the winter 
has been fairly and fully tried and found wanting—hence is discon¬ 
tinued, with what results visitors know who inspect the collection when 
the plants are in flower. The routine may be summarised thus—Steady 
growth with little water in early spring till flowering; warm, genial 
treatment, with sufficient water to produce quick and good foliage in 
the summer ; a roasting autumn, or all the sun possible ; and complete 
rest in winter. 
- Mr. W. Wenman, The Gardens, Hickleton, Doncaster, sends 
for our inspection a bunch of Myrie Louise Violets, and observes 
“ When we were lifting plants from the open ground and planting them in 
frames we had a few to spare, and potted them in 6-inch pots and 
