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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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puscule, lilacy rose, with stripes of carmine and violet, very fine 
variety ; Dalila, a very telling and good sort, rose ; Daubenton, a 
peculiar shade of rosy lilac ; Diamant, not a good show variety, but 
as fine in its marking and effect as an Orchid, very light ; Didon, 
nearly white, very fine ; Gloire de Fontainbleau, carmine rose, white 
lines in middle of petals, long spike, fine ; Hesperide, a beautiful 
coloured sort, salmony rose on pure white, rather wanting in texture, 
v-^i + e V Zander, lilac, of a telling shade, very fine ; L’Unique 
Violet, deep violety and carmine, extra fine ; Mabel, a very fine 
sort of the white and carmine shaded class ; Ondine, a most lovely 
white kind with a small violet spot on the lip ; Opale, very delicate 
rose, fine ; Orphee, rosy carmine, one of the finest ; Pactole, a good 
yellow ; Panorama, lilacy rose, very prettily marked ; Penelope, 
flesh, most useful kind ; Pepita, yellow ; Psyche, light rose, prettily 
marked ; Shakespeare, white with rose spot, one of the most useful; 
Sylvie, a very taking light variety ; Tamerlane, very dark variety 
and one of the best; Jacqueminot, a very beautiful sort, orange 
salmon and scarlet spots and stripes. 
Of later flowering varieties Africain, a most distinct kind, slaty 
brown and scarlet, with lines of white ; Aramis, fine, a mixture of 
rose, cherry, carmine and white ; Atlas, long spike and good sort, 
u-a 6 an< ^ ^ ac ’ Benvenuto, very long spike, brilliant orange red, 
white spot ; Cameleon, slate, with white lines in middle of the 
,9 a P r * ce j very beautiful, fresh rose and white ; Dictateur 
(1886), lilac, carmine and white, fine ; Eugene Souchet (1884), a 
most beautiful kind in the way of Teresita and Orphee, one of the 
very best ; Grand Rouge, scarlet, a most magnificent variety ; 
Horace Vernet, very brilliant red and white spots, a really grand 
old sort; Jupiter, deep red, and stripes and spots of darkest carmine, 
fine ; Le Vesuve, brilliant red, long spike, very fine ; Madame 
Hesportes, an old and beautiful white kind, tender ; Matador, red, 
M aj 8 ’ ^'chael Angelo, crimson, extra fine when it does well; 
M. Ad. Brongniart, rosy orange, very fine and distinct ; Murillo, 
cherry, fine ; Octavie, clear rose spots and lines of white, fine ; Par- 
mentier, a very lovely deep rose, with carmine and white spots ; 
Phoenix, cherry, fine ; Phidias, purple and violet, good ; Rayon 
a Or, yellow and carmine, very pretty ; Titania, salmon, long spike, 
lhese late varieties are, as a rule, much richer in the colouring and 
generally more effective than the earlier ones. Starting the corms 
as recommended should suit these well where they do not flower and 
finish their growth naturally.—B. 
The storm, which appears to have raged so furiously in various 
parts of the country early in the week, was only slightly felt in the 
metropolitan district, and we have not heard that any material damage 
was done to buildings, trees, or gardens in or near London. 
•- The National Chrysanthemum Society’s General 
Committee held a meeting on Monday last at the “ Old Four Swans,” 
Bishopsgate Street, the President, Mr. E. Sanderson, in the chair, and 
there was a good attendance of members. Several new Fellows and 
members were elected. The Hon. Sec., Mr. W. Holmes, was empowered 
to make some necessary arrangements for the forthcoming Show at 
Westminster. A discussion took place respecting the special prizes, as a 
continental grower had not forwarded the prize money at the time pro¬ 
mised. Assurances were, however, received, that the prizes announced 
would be duly paid. 
—*— There is an unusually fine display of Pitcher Plants in 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons’ Nursery, Chelsea, at the present time, 
and numerous as the “ pitchers ” have frequently been, we do not 
remember observing so lar 6 e a number before. Over 20'JO “pitchers” 
in different stages are borne by the plants in one house, and these 
represent forty species or varieties, greatly diversified in form and 
colouring. Nepenthes Mastersiana is very handsome, some plants in 
moderate sized baskets having thirty-three well formed dark c loured 
pitchers. The peculiarly beautiful N. Northiana, N. bicalcarata, the large 
N. Rajah, and N. Veitchi at once attract attention. Then there are the 
old N. Rafflesiana and N. Hookeri, which retain their pitchers so long ; 
the brightly coloured N. Morganife, the curious green N. cjlindrica, 
N. Chelsoni, richly mottled ; N. sanguinea, N. Wrigleyana, one of the 
best of the numerous hybrids ; N. Sddeni, N. Curtisi, and many others. 
Those who imagine that Nepenthes are difficult to grow or not orna¬ 
mental enough to deserve a place in a stove should see the way in which 
the Chelsea plants flourish, and the varied character of their markings 
and colours. 
- Messrs. Perkins & Sons, Coventry, send a box of flowers, 
comprising a few samples of what is most in demand now for floral 
decorations, and conspicuous amongst them were the white and scarlet 
Bouvardias. Especially fine was President Cleveland, the most brilliant 
scarlet variety yet obtained, and possessing the additional recommenda¬ 
tion of compact habit and floriferousness. Pompon Chrysanthemums 
Rose buds, and double Zonal Pelargoniums were also included, and a list 
of the prizes won at exhibitions during the present year for bouquets, 
buttonholes, <fcc. It appears from this that seventy-four first prizes have 
been awarded to Messrs. Perkins & Sons at twenty-six shows. 
- The best of this year’s Chrysanthemums, flowering in Messrs 
Davis & Jones’ collection, is Mr. Garnar. It is a Japanese variety 
raised by Delaux. It is a broad shouldered bloom of the “ build ” of 
Edouard Audiguier, with roundish twisted florets of the richest yellow 
imaginable, in this respect being equalled by few and surpassed by none. 
The plant is a sturdy grower with large foliage, and promises to be an 
acquisition. The great majority of the new French varieties of this 
season, now flowering in the same collection, are worthless. Mr. Davis 
is disgusted with them, as well he may be, and no doubt most of them 
will be destroyed. 
- Mr. Henry Drake, Hon, Sec. Lewisham and District 
Floral Society, informs us that at the general quarterly meeting of 
their Society, on October 2(ith, Mr. N. Davis (of Messrs. Davis & Jones), 
Chrysanthemum Nurseries, Camberwell, kindly contributed a paper on 
“ Chrysanthemums, our Successes and Failures.” It appeared to give 
general satisfaction to the members, who attended in good numbers to 
hear advice from so experienced a grower. In a recent issue we stated 
that the Lewisham Chrysanthemum Show was to be held at the Lewisham 
Town Hall, it should be Lewisham Public Baths. 
- Gardening Appointment. —Mr. Louis Ware, late foreman to 
Mr. Norman, Hatfield House, has been appointed head gardener to 
Baron W. Von Schroder, The Rookery, Nantwich, Cheshire. 
- Messrs. Alfred Peel & Sons, horticultural builders, &c., 
High Street, Wood Green, London, inform us that they have been 
awarded a first-class medal at the Royal Yorkshire Exhibition, Saltaire, 
for their Paxton span-roof greenhouses. 
— Mr. R. P. Brotherston observes “ Dr. Hogg Pear fruited 
here this year for the first time. It is of a most delicious flavour, and 
by far the best in that respect of any early Pear we have. The 
handsomest autumn Pear is Flemish Beauty or Fondante de Bois of 
French catalogues. The flavour is not first-rate, but for large autumn 
parties one can dispense with that so long as there is something fine to 
look at. It is also a certain and heavy cropper, and a Pear worth 
growing.” 
- A correspondent writes :—“ Permit me to call attention to the 
exceeding beauty of Double Ivy-leaf Pelargoniums in Winter. 
A large plant of the scarlet Emile Lemoine, which had been placed in a 
warm house and bloomed there, first showed me the treat we might 
hope to expect from these. I shall be very much surprised if we do not 
find the newer sorts, which with finer fuller flowers have a dwarf 
habit of growth, quite commonly grown as winter-blooming plants. 
There is no shade in any flowers we have which can compare in softness 
of colouring with such varieties as Isidore Feral, Madame Thibaut, and 
Lemoine’s Galilee of this year.” 
- Messrs. John Laing & Co. send us from Forest Hill a flower¬ 
ing spray of the Nash Court variety of Lapageria rosea that 
they are now distributing. The blooms are 4 inches long, not measuring 
the stalk, and the colour a bright rosy scarlet. It is unquestionably a 
beautiful variety of a deservedly popular plant. 
-A Large Market Growing Establishment.—A visitor 
who has recently inspected the Brothers Rochford’s establishments at 
Broxbourne. Cheshunt, and Tottenham, writes :—■“ I was quite astonished 
to see the quantity of Grapes and Tomatoes. Two of the brothers said 
they each had been sending for some time about three tons of Tomatoes to 
market a week. One of them has a house that covers over half an acre 
of ground. It was erected this spring, and planted with Alicante and 
