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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 29,1888. 
- The second Show of the Bolton Chrysanthemum Society 
was held in the Town Hall, November 23rd and 24th, and, despite the 
unfavourable season, the Show was a very creditable one, the main 
features being the groups in the miscellaneous class. Thomas Wilkin¬ 
son, Esq., (gardener, Mr. John Pountain) won first honours with a well- 
arranged collection. Mrs. Shaw (gardener, Mr. Charles Jones) was a 
good second ; John Heywood (gardener, Mr. George Pawson) being third. 
In the class for groups of Chrysanthemums there were five entries, J. C 
Ormrod, Esq. (gardener, Mr. E. Smith) being first with a well arranged 
collection. Mrs. Knowles (gardener, Mr. Thomas Hand) was second 
with dwarf well grown plants, but packed together too closely. Of cut 
flowers the twelve incurved and twelve Japanese from Arthur Knowles 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. George Corbett) were decidedly the best, and were 
first in both classes. Good Grapes were also shown by Mrs. Cross (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. E. Herd). 
- The Wakefield Paxton Society.—A t the usual weekly 
meeting of the members of this Society, held at the “ Saw Hotel,’’ 
Councillor Milnes, the President, occupied the chair, and Mr. Arthur 
Goldthorpe, one of the Vice-Presidents, the vice chair. There was a good 
attendance. Mr. West of Eotherham read an exceedingly interesting 
paper entitled “ Insects Parasitical on Plants.” Mr. West, who is a 
skilful gardener and a clever naturalist, pointed out in a very clear and 
iitelligent manner those insects which are specially injurious to plants, 
dwelling more particularly on the caterpillars, moths, and butterflies, a 
collection of which he exhibited. A discussion followed the lecture, in 
which Messrs. A. Goldthorpe, G. Gill, W. Calvert, G. Parkin, T. Garnett, 
and others took part, and at the close a very hearty vote of thanks was 
awarded to the essayist on the motion of Mr. A. Goldthorpe, seconded by 
Mr. G. Gill. A pressing invitation was given to Mr. West to pay 
another visit to Wakefield, and he acceded to the invitation. 
-Torreya myristica,—I n any collection of Conifers the above- 
named deserves a place, not so much on account of its appearance as a 
tree, for as such it cannot be compared with many of the beautiful Pines 
and Piceas, but it is worth planting for the sake of its curious appearance 
when in fruit, especially from July to the end of October. A plant in 
the collection here, about 20 feet in height and the same in diameter of 
branches, has borne fruit regularly the last eleven years, some years 
more abundantly than others ; but this year I have never seen it better, 
many hundreds of its curiously Nutmeg-shaped fruit, about 14 inch long, 
having been produced near the extremities of the branches, giving the 
tree a quite distinct appearance from any other Conifer. A thick husk 
similar to a Walnut encloses the solitary fruit, and when ripe peels off 
in the same manner. This husk has an unpleasant and peculiar smell, 
and has, no doubt on that account, been called the Foetid Yew. It is a 
native of California, and is said to attain a height of 40 or 50 feet. It 
thrives well with a gravel subsoil, and is very hardy, our winters not 
appearing to injure it at all. Its wood seems hard and durable like the 
Yew, but the trunk is small in comparison with the spread of branches. 
—A. Harding, Orton Hall, Hunts. 
- Cider and Perry Fruits in Paris. — The Exhibition in 
connection with the manufacture of cider and perry, which is now being 
held at the Palais de l’lndustrie in Paris is drawing to a close, and 
the jury have just finished their labours in the section for fruit, as well 
as that for cider and perry. Among the awards Devonshire gets a fair 
share, for Messrs. Eobert Veitch k Son of the Eoyal Nurseries, Exeter 
have gained the gold medal and diploma (first prize) for cider Apples’ 
while the second prize for cider has been won by Mr. Charles Ham of 
Exeter, a minor prize for Apples also going to Mr. Ham. The sorts 
shown in Messrs. Veitch’s collection are those mostly grown in Devon¬ 
shire orchards for cider making, and include such varieties as Slack-my- 
girdle, Tom Putt, Pound Apple, Sweet Albert, Hanwell Souring, Sweet 
Alfred, Farmer’s Glory, and other well known cider fruits. There were 
fifty-one dishes in all, and were a good representative collection. 
The report will be published later on, when, no doubt, some infor¬ 
mation will be forthcoming as to the comparative merits of British and 
foreign fruit for manufacturing purposes. In the meantime it is a 
matter for congratulation that the county of Devon, so famous for its 
cider, has maintained its prestige as an Apple-growing county. 
-The English Arboricultural Society'. — The annual 
meeting of the above Society was held on Saturday last in the Victoria 
Hall, Carlisle, Cad waller Bates, Esq., in the chair. The accounts were 
examined and passed. Sir John Lubbock was elected President, E. J. 
Davidson, Haydon Bridge, Secretary and Treasurer, and Mr. J. Baldwin, 
sea., Dilston, and Mr. Bernard Cowan, South Shields, Auditors. In the 
interest of the Society it was deemed advisable to hold the summer 
meeting at Windsor in the week of the Eoyal Agricultural Society, and 
the annual meeting at Darlington. Mr. Wilson, Leazes Park, New¬ 
castle, was awarded the bronze medal of the Society for an essay on 
Suitable trees for various soils and situations.” An interesting dis¬ 
cussion was initiated by the President on the planting on barren and 
waste lands, which was ably carried on by Mr. J. Watt and Mr. Wm. 
Clark. Mr. J. Watt paid Mr. J. Baldwin, jun., a well deserved com¬ 
pliment on the able paper he had read before the Society on tree plant¬ 
ing as one that was of national importance. This was further elucidated 
by the Secretary, who stated that the Greenwich Commissioners had some 
land thirty years ago that would not let for 2s. an acre. This had been 
planted, and the timber recently cut had yielded a net profit of nearly 
£60 per acre. The meeting concluded with a hearty vote of thanks to 
the retiring President. 
-Eoyal Meteorological Society. —The first monthly meeting 
of this Society for the present season was held on Wednesday evening, 
the 21st instant, at 25, Great George Street, Westminster, Dr. W. Marcet, 
F.E.S., President, in the chair. Senor A. Arcimis, Mr. J. W. Gray, Dr- 
J. L. Green, Mr. E. T. Morgan, Mr. C. E. Mumford, Mr. E. S. Oxenham, 
F.E.G.S., Dr. A. M. Eobertson, Dr. E. Seaton, Mr. J. N. Sidebotham, 
and Dr. T. C. Squance were elected Fellows of the Society. The following 
papers were read:—l,“Besultsof an Investigation of the Phenomena 
of English Thunderstorms During the Years 1857-59,” by Mr. G. J. 
Symons, F.E.S. This paper was written nearly thirty years ago ; it has 
now been communicated to the Society at the request of the Thunder¬ 
storm Committee. The paper contains a summary, chiefly in statistical 
form, of some of the results of an investigation into English thunder¬ 
storms and the accidents produced by lightning during the years 1857-9. 
The author found that in sheet lightning the most prevalent colour is 
white, then yellow, blue, and red. In forked lightning the order is 
nearly reversed, blue being more than twice as frequent as any other 
colour, then red, white, and most rarely yellow. Sheet lightning was 
seen about twice as often as forked. 2, “ Notes on the Meeting of the 
International Meteorological Committee at Zurich in September, 1888,’’ 
by Mr. E. H. Scott, F.E.S. The Committee recommended certain rules 
for the publication of data by travellers, &c., so as to ensure their being 
useful for the advancement of sound climatological knowledge. The 
proposals for an international cloud nomenclature, as recommended by 
Mr. Abereromby and Prof. Hildebrandsson did not commend themselves 
to the Committee, who suggested that the subject should be further 
studied. At the conclusion of the meeting the Committee was dissolved. 
3, “ On a Method of Photographing Cirrus Clouds,” by Dr. A. 
Eiggenbaeh. The author exhibited some photographs of cirrus and 
other fine clouds which had been obtained by using the surface of a 
lake as a polarising mirror. Mr. A. C. Stratten exhibited some models 
of very large hailstones, spheres about 2\ inches in diameter, which fell 
at Montereau, about forty miles south-east of Paris, on August 15th, 1888. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 
We have again to express our thanks to many correspondents who 
have favoured us with brief reports of shows, some of which, however, 
we have been compelled to still further abbreviate. We have also re¬ 
ceived newspaper reports of the following Shows Pembroke, Lyrning- 
ton, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Loughborough, Highgate, and Chorley, 
for which, unfortunately, we cannot find space. 
CLONMEL.— November 13th. 
This Show was held in the large Assembly Eoom of the Courthouse, 
Clonmel. Notwithstanding the generally unfavourable season, and 
that almost all the local growers lost someof their finest blooms through 
premature damping-off, the Show must be pronounced an unexpected 
success. Much of this is due to the tact and energy of the courteous 
and efficient Secretary, Mr. Thomas Phelan of Spring Gardens, and the 
other members of the Committee, but especially Messrs. Frederick Clib- 
born, Anner House, and H. S. Boyd, Suirmont, who were indefatigable 
in perfecting the preliminary arrangements. 
The requirement for admission into the group section was that com¬ 
petitors were each to furnish a sufficient number of plants to occupy a 
space of 60 square feet, and the prize was to be awarded only to that 
collection which should best illustrate quality and effect. All the col¬ 
lections were highly meritorious, the prizes going ultimately to Mrs. 
Malcomson, Minella, Clonmel (head gardener, Mr. John Crehan) ; second, 
Thomas Phelan, Esq., Spring Gardens (Mr. Halpin) ; and highly com¬ 
mended, Dr. W. H. Garner (Mr. O’Shea). Conspicuously good in the 
first were Golden Queen, Balmoreau, Criterion, and Val Andore, and in 
the second Cullingfordi, La Ifrissure, and Soeur Doroth6e Souille. The 
next class was six plants in pots—old plants being disqualified—grown 
on a single stem. The first prize went to Mr. Phelan, and second to 
