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of Whinhams Industry Gooseberry, presumably an American variety. 
The sprays aro heavily clustered with large fruit so crowded together 
it might be gathered in handfu’s. When ripe it is red. At present 
it is quite green, and whatever the quality may be when fully deve¬ 
loped, such examples as those before us clearly indicate the great pro¬ 
spective value of the variety for gathering green for market purposes, 
as it appears to possess the coveted properties of earliness, size, and 
extraordinary productiveness. 
- The Committee of the Primula Conference announce that the 
Exhibition will take place in connection with the National Auricula 
Society, April 23rd and 24th, the following provisional programme having 
been drawn up :—Class I., The Auricula ; II., The Polyanthus ; III., Varie¬ 
ties of Primula Sieboldi; IV., Varieties of Primula sinensis ; V., European 
species and varieties of the genus Primula; VI., Himalajan species and 
varieties of the genus Primula; VII., Chinese and Japanese varieties of 
the genus Primula ; VIII., American and Japanese varieties of the genus 
Primula ; IX., Species and varieties of Primula not included in the above ; 
X., Plants allied to the genus Primula ; XI., Specimens, models, and 
drawings illustrative of the structure and mode of growth of the Primu- 
laceous plants. The meeting and reading of papers and discussion will 
take place on April 24th, 1886, the following being the programme as at 
present arranged:—1, The origin of the florists’ Auricula; 2, In what 
directions should efforts be made with the view of improving the florists’ 
flowers belonging to the genus Primula; 3, The nomenclature of Alpine 
Primulas ; 4, Culture of hardy Primulas ; 5, Root, structure, and mode of 
growth, as affording indications of the probable best culture. 
- The following is the Summary of Meteorological Observa¬ 
tions at Hodsock Priory, Worksop, Notts, in June, as recorded hy 
Mr. Joseph Mallender :—Mean temperature of month, 56 5° ; maximum 
on the 4th, 80'9 ; minimum on the 27th, 33 5°; maximum in sun on the 
15th, 129-3°; minimum on grass on the 10th, 29 2°; mean temperature 
of soil 1 foot deep, 57’7°; mean temperature of air at 9 a.m., 58-4°. 
Warmest day the 5th • coldest day the 10th. Nights below 32° in 
shade, 0; on grass, 3. Total duration of sunshine 175-5 hours, or 35 per 
cent. Maximum duration in one day, on the 27th, 14 hours; four 
sunless days. Total rainfall, 3 65 inches. Maximum fall in twenty-four 
hours on the 7th, 105 inches. Rain fell on twelve days. The mean 
temperature was slightly higher than any of the last six years, which 
have been very uniform. Maximum temperature higher than in any 
June since 1878. Rainfall more than in any of the last ten years except 
1882. 2 4 inches fell on 6 th, 7th, and 8 th ; and l'O inch on the 23rd 
and 24th, the rest of the month being dry. Sunshine more than in any 
of the last four years. 
- A correspondent of an American contemporary thus refers to 
Mr. Jay Gould’s Garden at Irvington, New York Everyone 
has an idea that Mr. Gould has an exceptionally fine property. Few 
realise, however, that it is fast becoming a place which will eventually 
rank with some of the best of those in Europe. The grounds are very 
extensive—several hundred acres, and the portions near the house are 
beautifully varied in character. The immediate foreground slopes to the 
Hudson River, and Mr. Mangold, Mr. Gould’s superintendent, has intro¬ 
duced some particularly bold and effective groups of trees, which serve 
to heighten and emphasise the naturally bold character of,Jthe scenery in 
a particularly happy manner. Much of the planting and grouping is yet 
in a transition state. The magnificent new range of conservatories 
erected four years ago are now completely filled and yielding splendid 
results. The luxuriant health and high keeping of^every department 
speaks volumes for the thorough practical knowledge and executive 
ability of Mr. Mangold. In the Palm house he had collected over three 
hundred species of Palms, and by the use of stages the very large house 
is already completely filled. There are fifteen houses in the conservatory 
range, embracing four vineries, Peach houses, Camellia house, Rhodo¬ 
dendron house, Fern house, Orchid house Rose house, Pitcher Plants 
Crotons, and greenhouses. Beside the main range there is a range or 
smaller but indispensable houses ; in these are many of the gems of the 
collection, Lapageria alba, Ouvirandra fenestralis, Bertolonias, and 
hundreds of others. 
LORD NAPIER NECTARINE. 
If I remember rightly this variety was condemned as being useless 
either in an unheated house or the open air, and the fact of Mr. Hudson 
succeeding so well with it in an early house is no proof that Mr. Rivers’ 
introduction was wrongly disparaged. We, too, find it very productive 
and good in every respect when forced, being much superior to any other 
variety yet tried in an early house, but in an unheated house last season 
it was simply useless. The fruit were comparatively small and much 
scarred, the skin presenting a patchy dirty appearance, while the quality 
was anything but good. It is no fault of the house that the fruit was so 
poor, as the position could not well be improved upon. Neither do I 
think the treatment was much at fault, as other sorts, both of Peaches 
and Nectarines, perfected good crops. It may be a too free or a too late 
use of the syringe or engine has much to do with the disfiguring the 
fruit, as I observed that the fruit of Lord Napier in our early house were 
scarred wherever the water hung the longest, and an early discontinuance 
of syringing in the case of this variety will now be tried in the late 
house. I should be very sorry to have to discontinue the culture of this 
Nectarine in the unheated house, especially as the tree is growing and 
cropping most satisfactorily, but if it fails this season it will have to make 
room for a more reliable sort. If Mr. Hudson, or any other cultivator, 
will suggest the treatment that will insure the production in a cool house 
of fruit equal to or approaching in quality those easily obtained in an 
early house, he will confer a great favour on myself, and doubtless many 
other readers of the Journal of Horticulture .— W. Iggulden. 
ROSE SHOWS. 
THE NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY (NORTHERN SECTION). 
July 11th. 
This Exhibition was held on the date named in the large conservatory in 
the Botanic Gardens, Old Trafford, Manchester, when a really magnificent 
display was made. If not numerically so large as last year the quality of 
the flowers was certainly above that of previous displays, and all those con¬ 
cerned in it may be heartily congratulated upon the result. The exhibits 
were arranged on a central table and the side stages of the conservatory, 
which large amount of space was with the help of a few boxes of “ spares ” 
and non-competing stands well filled up. The central table was, indeed, 
handsome, as the numerous boxes of Roses were set off to the best advan¬ 
tage with excellent plants of Crotons, Dracaenas, and Palms arranged by 
Messrs. R. P. Ker & Son, Aigburth Nurseries, Liverpool. But to pay proper 
respect to the queen of flowers we unhesitatingly assert that indwellers in 
Cottonopolis who flocked to Old Trafford in such large numbers have never 
seen a finer lot of flowers. Evidently they were fully appreciated. Granted 
the leading exhibits were staged by southern growers ; yet stiU others not 
of the sunny south were of the first order. Between three and four thou¬ 
sand blooms were staged for competition, most of course by the trade, as 
most certainly there was not such keen competition in some of the amateur 
classes as could be desired. Messrs. Paul & Son maintained their honour in 
the large class for seventy-two blooms, and fine they were, very large, with 
scarcely a bloom too far gone, yet there was a rather coarse appearance in 
some. Both the Cants were somewhat below their usual standard of excel¬ 
lence. The Teas were weak, and many of the H.P.’s small, but all were of 
the best colour and very fresh. The Cranston Nursery Company came out 
well. It was a close run between them and Paul & Son, but the latter had 
the advantage of extra size. Mr. George Prince’s Teas were magnificent; 
they could hardly fail to win. They and the others of the same class were 
the admiration of the Show. The majority of the amateur classes were 
good in character—especially good were those staged by Rev. Joseph Pem¬ 
berton and W. J. Grant, Esq., while the Teas belonging to T. B. Hall, Esq., 
Rock Ferry, were simply perfection. A grand bloom of Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon was selected for the silver medal, and one of Lady Mary Fitzwilliam 
for a similar honour. 
The miscellaneous exhibits were not abundant but good. In addition to 
Messrs. Ker’s foliage plants we noticed a good box of the Rose Mrs. Allen 
Richardson, prettily arranged with Maidenhair Fern, staged by Mr. John 
House. A fine lot of Mrs. Caroline Swailes was shown by the raiser Mr. G. 
Swailes, nurseryman, Beverley, Yorkshire ; it is a beautiful deep blush Tea 
variety. A rich collection of species and varieties of curious Roses was 
shown by S. Barlow, Esq., Middleton, including Damasks, Fairy, Cluster, 
Single, and other kinds. Particularly showy were good bunches of Persian 
Yellow, old Crimson Damask, Paquerette, Crimson Moss, W. A. Richard¬ 
son, Mignonette, &c. We learnt previous to leaving that the number of 
visitors was much in excess of last year, the weather being splendid. Much 
is due to Mr. Bruce Findlay, the energetic Curator, for his management 
of the show. 
Nurserymen’s Classes. —In the premier class for seventy-two distinct 
varieties there were four magnificent collections staged, three of which vied 
closely with each other for the highest honours. Both of the Cants sta&id, 
but not in such strong force as usual. The Cranston Nursery Company, 
Hereford, and Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, had grand lots. The strongest 
competition was between Messrs. Cranston’s and Paul & Son’s stands, most 
of the blooms of each were of the highest merit. Some of them were weakin 
oint of size. The Judges, however, awarded the highest honour to Messrs, 
aul i Son, in whose collection the Teas certainly were very strong, some of 
them being unusually fine, especially Niphetos, Innocente Pirola, and Com- 
tesse de Nadaillac. The varieties staged were as follows :—Back row— 
Edouard Morren, La France, Franfois Fontaine, splendid ; Francis Levet, 
Due de Rohan, Capt. Christy, a magnificent bloom ; Ulrich Brunntr, Abel 
Carriers, Madame Eugene Verdier, Senateur Yaisse, splendid; Nipbetos, 
Mons. Alfred Dumesnil, Madame Isaac Carriere, Marguerite de St. Amand. 
grand ; Marie Rady, Innocente Pirola, Dr. Andry, Pride of Waltham, 
magnificent ; Franqois Michelon, Madame Lacharme, Sultan of Zanzibar, 
Hardchal Niel, unusually fine ; Marechal P. Wilder, and Queen of Queens, 
a splendid Rose. Middle row—Star of Waltham, Boieldieu, Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon, grand ; A. K. Williams, Koelle, Mdlle. Eugdnie Verdier, Maurice 
Bernardin, Marie Baumann, George Moreau, grand ; A. K. Williams, the 
best bloom we have seen this season ; Jean Ducher, Baronne de Medin, La 
Duchesse de Morny, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Louis Van Houtte, Catherine 
Mermet, Lady Sheffield, Merveille de Lyon, and Mrs. Baker, splendid. Front 
row—Emily Laxton, Jules Finger, S. Reynolds Hole, fine ; Madame CusIdr 
D uchesse de Caylus, Marie Cointet, Madame Prosper Laugier, Pi 
