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over £16 in favour of the Society, and this has induced them to increase 
the prizes and extend the classes. The Hon. Secretaries are Messrs. 
J. Sefton and J. Hicks. 
- Cement fok Garden Vase.—A correspondent thinks the 
following extracts from a London evening paper (the Echo') may he 
serviceable to “ A. P.—1, Isinglass 1 oz., distilled water C ozs .; boil to 
3 ozs. and add 1^ oz. of rectified spirit ; boil for a minute or two, strain, 
and add, while hot, firet half an ounce of a milky emulsion of ammoniac, 
and then 6 drachms of tincture of mostic. This is a splendid cement. 
2, Dissolve quarter ounce of best isinglass in 1 oz. of glacial acetic acid. 
Apply to the edges, letting each set for a few days before uniting the 
whole. 
- Gardening Appointment. —Mr. H. Kogers, gardener to Sidney 
Lawrence, Esq., Clapham Park, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Mill 
as gardener to Lord Kendlesham, Kendlesham Hall, Woodbridge, 
Suffolk. 
-The Maidenhead Horticultural Society will hold their 
tenth annual Show in the grounds of Braywick Lodge on Thursday, 
August 16th, this year. The Hon. Secretary is Mr. 0. King, Kay Park 
Cottage, Maidenhead. 
- Mr. W. Mowbray, gardener to the Earl of Leven and Mel¬ 
ville, in sending us from Fulmer Gardens a number of Cineraria 
blooms, writes ;—“ The plants are in 32-size pots, some of the heads of 
flowers being 20 inches across. They have been grown in a pit, not a 
house, and I hope the flowers will arrive in good order.” The blooms 
are among the finest that have been sent to us, some of them exceeding 
3 inches in diameter, with the florets overlapping to the extremities. 
The colours are also varied and good. Mr. Mowbray is to be compli¬ 
mented both on his culture of the plants and method of packing the 
flowers. A box, 2^ inches deep, was nearly filled with close wet moss 
and the blooms affixed in it. They arrived as fresh as when cut. When 
Cineraria flowers are placed in a box without any packing material, or 
are surrounded with dry cotton wool, they almost invariably arrive in a 
crushed and withered state. Mr. Mowbray is not a vendor of seed. Mr. 
J. A. Brown has also sent us some good blooms, but not equal to those 
above mentioned. 
- The schedule of the Kingston iand Surbiton Chrysan¬ 
themum Society for the present year gives the date of the twelfth 
Show as already announced (Nov. 6th and 7th). A fifth champion 
challenge vase, value 26 guineas, is offered under the same conditions 
as the previous ones, and the usual classes with liberal prizes are also 
provided. The balance-sheet for the past year shows a decrease in the 
receipts, owing chiefly to the unfavourable weather, but the expenses 
are moderate, though one item is rather alarming—namely, “Judges’ 
fees, dinners, and refreshments, £15 11s. lid.,” which would appear as 
if the five Judges had very remarkable appetites or were regaled in a 
sumptuous manner. Probably, however, they receive some assistance in 
the latter portion of their duties. The Hon. Secretary is Mr. G. Wood- 
gate, Warren House Gardens, Kingston Hill. 
- The Ancient Society of York Florists will hold their 
annual Exhibition of Chrysanthemums in the Fine Art Exhibition 
Building, York, on November 14th, 15th, and 16th of this year, and a 
comprehensive schedule has been drawn up, comprising two silver cups 
amongst the first prizes. Mr. John Lazenby, 8, Spurriergate, York, is the 
Secretary. It is surprising that the Committee should have so fixed 
their dates as to include the opening day (Nov. 16th) of the National 
Society’s provincial Show at Sheffield, especially as the dates of the 
latter have been announced for a considerable time. Very little care 
seems to be exercised in some cases to avoid the clashing of shows, which 
is unfavourable to the success of all Societies within a short distance of 
each other. 
FRUIT AT THE NEWCASTLE SHOW. 
When reailing Mr. Goodacre’s last contribution on the above sub¬ 
ject, together with that from “ One of the Judges,” I was driven to the 
conclusion that someone must have played a practical joke upon Mr. 
Goodacre. I am surprised at his credulity in matters of this kind. 
All through this discussion he has taken care to exclude the fact that he 
was an absentee from the show, and was relying entirely upon informa¬ 
tion supplied to him by an irresponsible party. Twice I have pointedly 
challenged the truthfulness of his assertions. Instead of meeting my 
challenge in a fair and straightforward manner he persists in plunging 
deeper into the mire, and declared the first prize collection contained 
“ one dish or peck of Tomatoes [a statement corrected last week], one of 
unripe Citrons, six dishes of unripe Pears, seven dishes of unripe Apples 
(mostly culinary varieties), two dishes of unripe Plums.” I unre¬ 
servedly say there is no truth in these allegations. The same remark 
is applicable to his comments upon the Citrons, Apples, and Pears in 
the second prize collection. But perhaps Mr. Goodacre is not aware of 
the fact that some so-called “ culinary varieties,” such as Cellini, Lord 
Suffield, Maiden’s Blush, and Peasegood’s Nonesuch when grown under 
glass are indeed excellent dessert Apples. I believe that all those ex¬ 
hibited from Lambton Castle and Hutton Hall were orchard-house- 
grown fruit. 
I am asked if I “ can get a couple of conscientious, disinterested, 
practieal gardeners to say in plain English that the awards were justly 
made and in accordance with the stipulated conditions of the schedule. ’ 
I have no difficulty in so doing, and therefore name Mr. Lewis Castle 
and Mr. Edwin Molyneux ; these gentlemen will in every way fulfil the 
desired conditions, and their opinion will command the confidence and 
respect of almost every reader of the Journal of Horticulture. They 
were both at the exhibition, and to my knowledge spent considerable 
time in thoroughly examining these Jubilee collections. Mr. Gootlacre 
can appeal to them if he likes. 
As Mr. Goodaere has not correctly quoted the stipulated conditions 
for the Jubilee prize, I herewith enclose the printed form as issued by 
the Society. If Mr. Goodaere is really in ignorance as to the naines of 
the gentlemen who offieiated as Judges he can easily obtain this in¬ 
formation from the Secretary at Neweastle. Assuming that Messrs. 
Castle and Molyneux will act as referees, I would in addition to Mr. 
Goodacre’s questions beg to submit the following ;— 
1st, Did Mr. Goodacre, as he alleges, exhibit in his collection eight 
distinct varieties of ripe Pears (see page 132) ? 
2nd, Did he exhibit a dish of ripe Doyenne d’Hiver ! 
3rd, Was one-half of his Gooseberries and Currants in a fit state to 
put on an exhibition table ?— An Old Hand. 
Under this heading a diseussion has been going on for some time in. 
the pages of the Journal. The collection of fruit from this garden has 
had a large share of attention and some condemnation from Mr. Good- 
acre. As a rule I do not.take part in such discussions, especially where 
the attack is made by an interested and disappointed exhibitor. In all 
my exhibition career I have endeavoured to stage produce that could 
speak for itself and stand criticism, and when defeated, as I have been, 
and expect to be again, I have bowed to the decision of the judges 
without protest. I would have refrained from saying anything in this 
case, especially when having to speak as to the merits of one’s own pro¬ 
ductions, which is better done by impartial persons, had it not been for 
the turn the discussion has taken and the remarks Mr. Goodacre has 
made, which exceed the bounds of fair criticism. As far as these re¬ 
marks refer to the premier collection of fruit they are, to speak plainly, 
inaceurate and misleading, and though some of them have been refuted 
by “ Old Hand,” yet they are still reiterated by your correspondent. I 
feel I shall be doing a service to your readers in giving not only a flat 
and final denial to these assertions, but in placing some facts and par¬ 
ticulars before them regarding ihe fruit in question. 
Here is the sweeping assertion Mr. Goodacre makes, “ Yet we find the 
first prize awarded to a collection not only deficient in the stipulated 
dishes, but containing at least one-third of unripe coarse fruits and some 
dishes that never would be fit for the table, as the following particulars 
will show—first, one dish or peck of Tomatoes.” I had not one in my 
collection, and never showed such as a dish of fruit in my exhibition 
career. “ Second, one of unripe Citrons.” These were gathered, or 
rather allowed to fall into a net about three months before the Show, 
and were kept under belLlasses in a cool fruit room, as my only fear 
was whether I could keep them, but they turned out a beautiful golden 
colour, of great size. Lemons were gathered in a similar fashion, and 
turned out perfectly ripe. The Pears were Beurr^ Diel, Durondeau, 
Beurr4 Giffard, Williams’ Bon Chretien, Brockworth Park, Pitmaston 
Duchess, Souvenir du Congres, and Marie Louise. The first was grown 
in a Peach house started in January, and the six fruits weighed^ 117 ozs. 
The Apples were White Calville, Cellini, Worcester Pearmain, Lord 
Suffield, Jeffierson, Ringer, Ribston Pippin, and Blenheim Pippin, 
“ Plums,” to use the words of your able reporter in the Journal, “ were 
fine.” Mr. Castle can also vouch for seeing the Citrons in our fruit 
room. Mr. Goodacre, in a former communication, mentioned my showing 
Warner’s King, which is untrue. My collection was not deficient in a 
single dish, as mentioned in the schedule ; nor short or above the quantity 
w'here stipulated, and every dish was ripe and fit for the table. These 
are facts your readers can place against the assertions of our critic, who 
has the audacity to pass judgment upon a collection of fruit which he 
never saw. 
My greatest difficulty was not in getting the fruit ripe but in keeping 
it, and for thirty days we had both Pe.ars, Apples, Plums, &c., placed 
away in an underground ice-house, and I lost some dishes of early 
Pears. All the Pears, Apples, and Plums shown by me were grown 
under glass, the trees were brought into heat at various times from the 
month of January, and grown in temper.itures varying from that of a 
cold pit to a Pine stove to suit the late and early varieties. I have 
under glass eighty-five varieties of Apples and sixty-seven of Pears in 
pots, besides an orchard house 324 feet long full of the finest varieties 
planted out and grown as cordons. Outdoor fruit cannot compete with 
the produce of such trees, especially at the end of August, when the 
Show was held. 1 could have placed twenty dishes each of Pears and 
