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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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loam two parts, leaf soil and Mushroom bed manure one part each, 
with sufficient sand to keep the compost open. Equally good re¬ 
sults may be obtained in 5 or G-inch pots as in those of larger 
-dimensions. The plants should stand on a hard surface to prevent 
the ingress of worms. Plants raised yearly give better results than 
old plants cut back. When they have been gradually inured to the 
air the lights may be drawn off altogether, as they are greatly 
benefited by the dews ; but it will not be safe to leave them off 
after the middle of September. Keep the plants well syringed, and 
give an occasional surface dressing of artificial manure. Sturdy 
plants clothed with thick leathery foliage to the edge of the pot 
should be the aim of the cultivator. Without this condition large 
ibracts cannot reasonably be expected.—J. Cleare. 
Events of the Week. —To-day (Thursday) the annual meeting 
of the National Rose Society will be held at 3 p.h. in the “ Hotel 
Windsor,” Victoria Street, Westminster, Dr. Robert Hogg in the chair. 
The Society’s annual dinner will be held at 6 p.h. the same evening in 
the hotel named. The Royal Horticultural Society’s Fruit and Floral 
■Committees will meet in the Drill Hall, James Street, Westminster, at 
11 A.M. on Tuesday, December 11th, and the National Chrysanthemum 
Society’s annual dinner will he held in “ Anderton’s Hotel,” Fleet 
Street, at 6 P.M., on Thursday, December 13th. The usual sales of bulbs 
-and plants will be held by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris, Stevens, and 
Smail & Co. 
- Royal Horticultural Society.— The following notifica¬ 
tion has been sent to us :—It is anticipated that there will be six 
vacancies at least on the Council of the above Society to be filled by 
the Fellows at the annual meeting in February next. The following 
gentlemen have signified their wish to be relieved of the work, which 
during the present year has been very heavy—viz., Mr. Thiselton Dyer, 
Prof. Michael Foster, Dr. Hogg, Sir Edmund Loder, Mr. Harry Veitch, 
and Mr. G-. F. Wilson. 
- There are two interesting facts in relation to Rhododendron 
Fortunei, of which you published a very pretty figure in last week’s 
issue. They are —First, This is the only garden Rhododendron from 
China, whence it was sent by Fortune in 1859. Second, That the 
flowers have six, often seven segments in the corolla, and fourteen 
stamens, whereas the usual number are five of the former and ten of 
•the latter. There are some fine examples in the Rhododendron dell at 
Kew, which flower freely every year.—W. 
- The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution. —A 
legacy of £50 has been bequeathed to this Institution by the late 
Mrs. Cameron, who was the widow of the late Mr. George Cameron, who 
for many years was the respected head gardener to the Duke of Rich¬ 
mond at Goodwood Park, Sussex. He was a life member of the Institu¬ 
tion, and died in 1870. 
-The Kingston and Surbiton Chrysanthemum Society 
will hold their thirteenth annual Exhibition on Nov. 12th and 13th, 
1889. Mr. G. Woodgate, Warren House Gardens, Kingston-on-Thames, 
as the Hon. Secretary. 
- We are glad to learn that the first prize, consisting of a gold 
medal, has been awarded to Messrs. H. P. Bulmer & Co. of Here¬ 
ford for their noted Credenhill cider in bottle, shown by them at the 
.great Exhibition now being held in the Palais de l’lndustrie at Paris. 
- The Hereford Times says :—“ Le Cidre of the 25th Novem¬ 
ber gives an account of the International Exhibition of Cider 
and Fruit which has just been held at the Palais de l’lndustrie in 
Paris. In the class for cider, open to Switzerland, England, the United 
States, Canada, and Germany, the first prize medal was awarded to 
Messrs. Bulmer & Co. of Credenhill; the second to Mr. Ham, of Exeter ; 
third, Mr. Bosley, Lyde ; fourth, Mr. Watkins, Hereford ; and fifth, Mr. 
M. Jones, Hereford. For perry, Messrs. Bulmer &; Co., of Credenhill, 
took first prize ; second, Mr. Watkins, Hereford ; and third, Mr. Jones, 
Xedbury. For cider and perry fruit, Mr. John Watkins, Pomona 
■Gardens, Hereford, took the second prize of a silver medal; and Mr. 
Jones, Ledbury, third, 
- We have received the preliminary programme of an Inter¬ 
national Horticultural Exhibition, which is to be held at 
Berlin from the 25th of April till the 5th May, 1890. Judging from the 
number of classes, it is intended to be a very grand affair. M e should 
like to see a thorough good exhibition of German horticulture, and there 
is no better place for it than Berlin. 
- Gardening Appointments. —Mr. T. Grant has resigned his 
situation as gardener to Major Murray, Ossemsley Manor, Christchurch, 
to take charge of the gardens and grounds at Silwood Park, Sunninghill, 
Ascot, for T. Cordes, Esq., who has lately purchased the above estate. 
Mr. J. Smart, late fiuit foreman to His Grace the Duke of Portland, 
Welbeck Abbey, Notts, has been appointed head gardener to Sir Ralph 
Tayne Gallwcy, Bart., Thirkleby Park, Thirsk, Yorks. 
- Grapes at the Liverpool Show.—A correspondent, who 
was not an exhibitor, desires to state that the Judges at the above Show 
awarded an extra prize for a basket of splendid Grapes ; but the Com¬ 
mittee, as they had power to do, overruled it, granting a certificate 
instead. Our correspondent thinks this might have been granted in 
addition to confirming the Judges’ award, as the latter would have 
assisted in defraying travelling charges to the Show. 
-The very pretty climber, Eccremocarpus scaber, is of 
vigorous growth, and if planted against a south wall it will endure the 
winter provided the roots are protected with some loDg litter or leaves 
It flowers from July to November. The orange scarlet corollas are very 
attractive and freely produced on the young growths. Seeds are ripened 
readily, which should be sown in pans on a hotbed. When the seedlings 
are large enough they may be potted singly into thumb pots placed in 
heat a few days until established, when they should be moved into the 
greenhouse-and shifted into larger pots as they require it until planting- 
out time in May. Any light garden soil will suit them admirably.— 
J. L.. Bishops Waltham. 
- It was noted a short time since that Mr. J. F. Duthie, 
Director of the Botanical Department, Northern India, had accompanied 
the recent military expedition to the Black Mountain country. The 
Black Mountain forms the northern boundary of the district of Hazara, 
which forms a long narrow valley, bounded on the west by Cashmir. 
Extending far into the heart of the outer Himalayan range, it is shut 
in on either side by mountains, rising to 17,000 feet. The flora is 
almost wholly unknown. But the time of the year was unfavourable 
for botanical collecting, and Mr. Duthie writes to Kew—“ I did not 
manage to find much of botanical interest on the Black Mountain; 
excepting the fine bits of forest, composed of Abies Webbiana and Pinus 
excelsa on the crests of the mountain, the country is barren in the 
extreme.” 
- The Rear Guard of Summer. —Mr. G. E. Aldridge, F.G.S., 
writes from Winscombe, Somerset: —“ It may interest many of your readers 
to know that during the last week or two the following flowers have 
been seen in cottage gardens on or around the Western Mendips — 
Arabis (white), Arbutus, Calceolaria (small yellow), Canary Creeper, 
Chrysanthemums, Dahlia, Escallonia, Eschscholtzia, Fuchsias, Gladiolus. 
Hollyhock, Honeysuckle, Hydrangea (pink), Jessamine (yellow winter), 
Laurustinus, Lobelia (blue), Magnolia (large buds just expanding), 
Marigold (common and African), Mignonette, Myrtle (buds large and 
healthy, here and there a flower), Pansy, Passionflowers, Peas (Sweet), 
Petunia (white and variegated', Phlox (tall lilac and dwarf red), Pink, 
Pyrus japonica, Roses (three or four sorts), Snapdragon, Stock, 
Tritoma, Valerian, Verbena (red), Veronica, Violet, Wallflower. This 
profusion of flowers is all the more remarkable, following, as it does, 
on a very cold October, a cold and rainy summer, and a generally 
cold period of fourteen months.” 
- At the ordinary weekly meeting of the members of the 
Wakefield Paxton Society, held at the “ Saw Hotel,” Councillor 
Milnes, the President, was in the chair, and Mr. Brown, gardener at 
Hatfield Hall, occupied the vice-chair. The subject for discussion was 
“ The Chrysanthemum,” and it was introduced by Mr. T. Garnett 
one of the Honorary Secretaries. He read a capital paper on the 
subject, and gave some useful and valuable advice to growers of the 
Chrysanthemum, of which he exhibited a dozen remarkably fine speci¬ 
mens. An interesting discussion followed, in the course of which it 
was mentioned that vast quantities of Chrysanthemums have been lost 
this season owing to the wet and almost sunless summer and the keen 
frost, which played sad havoc with the plants during the first week in 
