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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
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With reference to the proposed revision and extension of the catalogue 
there was a short discussion, some members thinking a select list was 
required, and others, who appeared to be in the majority, thought it 
should be rendered as complete as possible. This also was iinally 
referred to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Castle, Gordon, 
Wynne, and Harman I’ayne, who will prepare a scheme for the consider¬ 
ation of the General Committee. 
It was decided that the representatives of affiliated societies should 
be entitled to only one vote whether they represent one or more societies, 
and Jlr. Rundell earnestly pressed for a deiinition of the term amateur 
that would admit a number of growers who cannot compete with any 
chance of success under the present arrangements. He thought an 
amateur might be defined as one who “ does not employ skilled labour, 
and who does not sell plants, cuttings, or flowers.” 
E03E3 FOR A COLD WALL. 
I WAS very pleased to see that the .Journal has devoted a s; ecial 
column to Rose-growing, and I should be obliged if some of our Rose- 
growing friends would give me a list of the twelve best Roses for planting 
on a wall facing east and north-east, somewhat exposed. I wish to 
have this wall covered with Roses soon as possible. Would your readers 
suggest any evergreen creepers as nurses to the Roses ? I enclose a list 
of eleven, and shall be glad to see opinions on them :—Bessie Johnson, 
Charles Lefebvre, Madame Berard, Belle Lyonnaise, Countess of Oxford, 
Aimh Vibert, Celine Forestier, Victor Verdier, Dundee Rambler, Gloire 
de Dijon, and Bouquet d’Or. —A. J. Brown. 
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE M. FRANCOIS LACHARME. 
M. Leveque, on behalf of the Committee in Paris and Lyons 
organised for the purpose of raising a memorial at the grave of this 
noted Rose grower, has asked me to distribute some circulars, inviting 
the co-operation of English Rose growers. Naming the request to some 
members of the National Rose Society it was suggested that it would 
be a graceful act if the contributions of the English growers took the 
form of a medallion with an English inscription on the tomb or monu¬ 
ment, and on conveying this suggestion to M. Leveque, he writes that 
they would gladly accept such a contribution, and would give the 
English m- morial a place of honour. Either Mr. D'Ombrain or I would 
be happy to receive any contributions to this fund, which I need hardly 
recommend, so well was Lacharme’s name known to all rosarians. 
SubscriptioHS of .os. to lOs. would suffice for all that is necessary.— 
George Paul. 
ROSES UNDER GLASS. 
If the unripe ends of shoots have not been removed from Marhchal 
Niel, Reve d’Or, William Allan Richardson, Reine Marie Henriette, and 
others of similar habit of growth that are trained under the roof of 
greenhouses and other cool structures, it should be done at once. 
Growths that are too weak to flower may also be removed, for they only 
h-vve a tendency to crowd the plants and no advantage is gained. Train 
and regulate the shoots, and, if aphides ex’st upon them fumigate the 
structure with tobacco until they are destroyed. If completely eradi¬ 
cated at this period they will not give much trouble when the plants 
come into flower. Red spider is also very likely to exist upon some of 
the old foliage, and if this is the case it must be destroyed, or it will 
prove troublesome the whole of the season. Annual attacks of this 
insect are often due to their existence on the plants at the commence¬ 
ment of the season being frequently overlooked, and with increased 
heat their injurious effects are quickly visible. Wash the plants 
thoroughly with a solution of softsoap one ounce to each gallon of 
warm water, in which has been stirred a 2-inch potful of sulphur. This 
can remain upon the plants, and will do them no harm until the season 
for syringing freely arrives.—B. L. 
BUDDING R03E3 ON THE SEEDLING BRIAR. 
I INTEND budding a few hundred Roses on the seedling Briar as 
recommended by Mr. Duncan Gilmour in his little work (“ Rose-Grow¬ 
ing”). The seed was sown the early part of January in the ordinary 
way, and the box was placed in a good position in the Rose house where 
the seed will germinate very gradually. The varieties which I wish to 
increase are chiefly Teas, and will be dwarfs for pot work ; and as I am 
not quite certain which is the best plan to adopt in getting the Briars 
in the best state possible by the time the operation will have to be per¬ 
formed, I should be glad if Mr. Gilmour would be kind enough to 
state in the column you devote to Roses whether the Briars produced 
from this seed if brought on under favourable conditions will be ready 
for budding by July next, and the best plan in managing the Briars, 
whether to gi’ow and bud them in pots or plant them out in well pre¬ 
pared ground, .and if planting the Briars out should be advised the most 
suitable time to h.ave the work done.—R. 
P£AS AND POTATOES. 
No'iV so many are busy preparing their seed lists perhaps a few 
words in addition to the contributions of Messrs. Iggulden, Muir, 
and IMurphy in the last two issues of our Journ.al may be accept¬ 
able. Regarding Mr. Muir’s selection of six Peas, I cannot find 
fault with Lightning and Prodigy, for I have grown neither, but I 
certainly think Duke of Albany is preferable to Telegraph. I have 
grown both for several years, and have now discarded Telegraph as 
being not so good a be.arer, not so good quality, and also not so good 
looking as Duke of Albany, which I have found succeed both in 
heavy and light soils. Another thing to be considered also is that 
Duke of Albany is a better show Pea. AVordsley AVonder I am 
trying this year, and am glad to find Mr. Muir bears out what I 
have heard from others as to its good qualities. Veitch’s Perfec¬ 
tion is indeed a good Pea, but is surpassed to my mind by Sutton s 
Satisfaction. The Peas are truly immense, and when cooked make 
a very good looking dish, and they do not belie their appe.arance or 
name. I wanted to harvest some seed, but I could not save them 
from the pot, for no other Pea would satisfy the household powers. 
Another Pea which I found to be a great bearer with high quality is 
Duke of Connaught, early, and it continues a considerable time in use. 
Mr. Iggulden likes Village Blacksmith Potato, but I can see 
nothing good in it. I have grown it on light and on heavy land, 
and liked it on neither. Its appearance is not in its favour, and if 
cooked in their jackets the Potatoes are very apt to fall to pieces 
when taking off the very thick skin. I have not found it a great 
bearer, although the haulm has been rampant. I must say a word 
for my favourite A’^icar of Laleham, for I have always found it of 
good quality, and it suits me better than any other because, 
although floury, it does not break, and I never knew it to be 
diseased. Cole’s Favourite I do not know, and perhaps Mr. Iggul¬ 
den will favour us by telling us where it is procurable, and I shall 
then be pleased to try it on his strong recommendation. Rexding 
Russet is a good Potato in all points, but I have found it some¬ 
times crack very badly indeed, as noted by your correspondent 
‘•E B.” 
Mr. Isigulden ignores three of the best Potatoes—Victor, which 
I have found best of .all for frame culture and early wmrk ; a 
kidney with a beautiful skin, short haulm, and of good quality. 
Beauty of Hebron, which I always find of good quality (and its 
price in the London markets, although it has a coloured skin, shows 
how it is appreciated), is also a great bearer, and the haulm not 
being too strong does not exhaust the land The third Potato, to 
which I would draw Mr. Iggulden’s attention as worthy of a trial, 
is Duke of Albany, which has the advantage over Beauty of 
Hebron of a white skin. It is a seedling from that variety, and is 
in all points identical except of better quality. Sutton’s Nos. 36 
and 4-1, now Satisfaction and Masterpiece, were very satisfactory, 
and the latter being very late in starting into growth will be found 
very useful for late.planting without a loss of vigour. 
I strongly agree with what Mr. Thomson says as to size in 
Potatoes. I stronvly object to large Potatoes, and alw.ays choose 
medium-sized, I might say small. Potatoes for my table, finding the 
smaller the Potato the better the quality. AVhat is wanted is a 
variety that will bear a heavy crop of medium-sized tubers with few 
chats, having a dwarf but not tender haulm. This is what I want 
to obtain, but what so far I have found unprocurable.—H. S. 
E.vsty. 
OXERA PULCHELLA. 
From Pendell Court Gardens, Bletchingley, specimens of rare and 
beautiful plants are occasionally sent to the meetings of the Royal 
Horticultural Society at South Kensington, but no exhibit from that 
establishment recently has attracted so much attention as the flowering 
shoots of Oxera pulchella shown on January 10th this year. There was 
no hesitation on the part of the Floral Committee in awarding a first- 
class certificate for it, and the honour was so well merited in this case that 
it could not be subjected to the criticism sometimes considered neces¬ 
sary. New flowering plants of really sterling merit are too seldom 
brought into notice now outside the numerous Orchids, and such an 
addition as this is therefore all the more welcome. 
Oxera pulchella is a handsome climbing plant of the natural order 
A'^erbenace®, related to the Clerodendrons, and is a native of New 
Caledonia, where it was found during La P^rouse’s voyage. A plant 
w.as flowered at Pendell Court in December, 1880, and this has flowered 
freely again this year, .as the specimen exhibited well indicated. The 
plant is a strong climber with smooth bright green elliptical opposite 
leaves, and the flowers are borne in dense pendulous axillary cymes. 
The corollas are white, broadly funnel-shaped, with two long stamens 
and a greenish white calyx of four sepals. 
