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a sportive faculty. The most valuable of all seems to be the white 
variety of Hebron or Duke of Albany.—A. D. 
Many years ago, before the old red Potatoes were extensive’y grown in 
Lincolnshire, but exterminated by the disease, I remember as a “ picker ” 
now and then taking a distinctly white Potato from a cluster of reds, 
American Reds I think they were called. Though I was engaged in the 
work indicated for three weeks at a time during three years, perhaps not 
more than half a dozen whi e Potatoes were found in any one season, 
but that they were produced there is no doubt whatever, and pulled 
from the same stems which bore the regular crop of red tubers. In 
those days white Potatoes were not much coveted by cottagers, as they 
did not yield so well as the reds, hence so far as I remember only in one 
instance were the albinos saved and planted. They did not grow so 
strongly as the reds nor yiekl so well, and during one terrible disease 
year not a tuber remained sound, hence the stock, never much prized, 
was lost. I think the white Beauty of Hebron originated in a similar 
wav.— An Old Picker. 
“ T. W.,” at page 254, asks, “ How do Potatoes sport ?” I cannot 
answer how or why they sport, but having made Potato growing and 
raising a specialty for about forty years I can tell him that it is a very 
common thing for some varieties to sport, while in others they appear to 
be‘'fixed” from the first. White Potatoes sport to red, and red to 
white and other shades, while they change in shape and character of 
skin, also in time of ripening. From one tuber in six years I had as 
many varieties. Sometimes the haulm assumes a different form, and 
the Potato improves, but not always. If “ T. W.” turns his attention to 
a plantation of Potatoes of one variety he will in a short time discover 
the haulm of one or more differing from the others ; marking these, and 
when lifting compare them with the others, and he will see the contrast. 
But sports are the best seen on paying attention to the tubers when 
lifting or overhauling. - W. T. 
FOLIAGE SCALDED. 
The following may be of service to many readers of the Journal, 
but I trust none may meet with the same misfortune as myself. Our 
plants were placed in cool pits and frames on March 12th. All the 
pots stood on boards with the exception of a single light frame full, 
which stood on fresh sifted ashes from the stokehole. At night the 
lights were closed and matted. Next morning when I went to give air, 
those in the small frame were scalded like the foliage of a Vine when 
in a young state through not being ventilated sufficiently early on a 
bright sunny morning for the escape of confined and condensed moisture. 
There had been urine among the ashes, and the ammonia did the 
mischief. I at once syringed the plants with tepid water and kept 
them shaded, promptly, however, removing the ashes and having boards 
in their stead. The varieties which suffered the most were H. Shoe- 
smith, Mrs. W. Halliburton, both seriously injured; Prince Alfr-d, Lord 
Wolseley, Princess Beatrice, Refulgence, Madame Baco, Antonelli, 
Martha Hardinge, Marsa, and Album fimbriatum. Meg Merrilies, Mons. 
J. Laing, and E. Molyneux did not appear to suffer in the least, but 
they were at the front of the frame, which may have saved them, or 
perhaps they are of stronger constitution. The plants are recovering 
fast, but 1 fear they will suffer from the check they received.— 
J. Doughty, Angley Park Gardens. 
FOLIAGE PLANT3 AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Having no accommodation for growing Ferns. Palms, Dracaenas, 
and others of that nature for associating with Chrysanthemums in 
groups, and not being able to purchase choice plants of the nature in¬ 
dicated, may I ask if there are any annuals which, if sown from now 
onwards, would produce plants of dwarf and medium habit with grace¬ 
ful foliage suitable for the purpose in question? I shall be greatly 
obliged if any readers of the Journal can give information on this sub¬ 
ject, which, I think, would be of service to many.— An Amateur. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS AND SCHEDULE 3. 
The schedules of the next autumn shows are now coming in rapidly, 
and amongst those recently received we have the following upon our 
table. The Rugby and District Society will hold their third annual 
Show in the Town Hall, Rugby, on Wednesday and Thursday, 
November 20th and 21st, prizes.being offered in forty-nine classes for 
Chrysanthemum plants and cut blooms, fruit and vegetables. The 
Secretary is Mr. W. Bryant, 2S, North Street, Rugby. The fifth 
Portsmouth Chrysanthemum Show will be held in the New Drill Hall, 
Landport, on November 6th, 7th, and 8th, the usual liberal schedule of 
prizes being provided. Eighty-seven classes are enumerated, the prin¬ 
cipal one being that for thirty-six blooms, eighteen Japanese and 
eighteen incurved, distinct, in which the first prize is a silver cup value 
£25 and £6 in money, the second prize £5, the third £2 10s., and the 
fourth £1. The cup must be won twice by the same exhibitor, but not 
necessarily consecutively. The Hon. Sec. is Mr. F. Power, 26, Queen 
Street, Portsea. The Market Harborough Chrysanthemum Show is 
announced for November 6th and 7th, fifty-seven classes being' 
enumerated, the prizes mostly of small amount. The Borough of 
Croydon Chrysanthemum Society’s Show is fixed for November 13th 
and 14th in the Skating Rink Hall, Park Lane, Croydon, when prizes 
will be offered in fifty-three classes. The Secretary is Mr. W. B. 
Beckett, 273, Portland Road, South Norwood. The Kent County Chrys¬ 
anthemum Society will hold their annual Show at the Rink, Black- 
heath, on November 6th and 7th, prizes being contributed in forty-nine 
classes. The Secretary is Mr. H. A. Needs, 85, Ringstead Road, 
Catford, S.E. The autumn Show of the Ancient Society of York 
Florists will be held on November 20th, 21st, and 22nd, a representa¬ 
tive schedule being provided, and comprising classes for Chrysanthe¬ 
mum plants, cut blooms, fruits, and vegetables. The Secretary is Mr. 
John Lazenby, 13, Feasegate, York. 
HOT-WATER PIPES LEAKING. 
According to my experience, “ S. H.” appears to have put the cart 
before the horse. When a pipe is cracked it leaks most when the pipe is. 
cool, and not when it is hot as indicated on page 241. The heat of the 
pipe causes it to expand, and it in consequence presses closer until the 
leak is practically stopped, but when expansion ceases the crack gradually 
opens and the water rushes out. Not a dropof water has escaped in some 
instances from hot pipes, while it has run out freely when the pipe was 
cold. Leaks of this nature can be stopped for months by binding firmly 
a piece of sack round the broken place, into which white or red lead has. 
been well rubbed, placing an eighth of an inch of lead over the place 
that leaks. The best of all methods, and one that will last for years,, 
is to get a blacksmith to make a clip that will fit round the broken 
portion, placing a good layer of red lead between this and the pipe, then 
securing firmly by two or four bolts.— Wm. Bardney, 
GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The annual Spring Show of this Society was held in the City Halt 
on Wednesday, 27th March. Bulbous plants and Azaleas were of muck 
the same quality as those shown last year. A very marked advance 
was, however, made in the number of Orchids as compared with previous- 
spring shows. Many excellent examples of the genus were interspersed 
among foliage plants in the collections for competition, which added 
greatly to their appearance. The platform was decorated by Messrs. 
Austin & McAslan with a large and varied assortment of spring-flower¬ 
ing plants, Palms, Crotons, and Dracaenas forming the groundwork. 
Messrs. Smith & Simons filled a large table, Azalea mollis in fine colours 
being in great quantity. Mr. Johnson, Renfrew, had a large stock of 
his teak Orchid baskets and tubs, very well made. 
In the nurserymen’s class, for a collection of bulbous plaids, table 
12 feet by 6 feet, Mr. Peter McKenzie, 65, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, 
had the first prize, his being the only lot staged. For eighteen. 
Hyacinths, distinct varieties, Mr. John Sutherland, Lenzie, had an easy 
victory. Old standard varieties had a prominent place in his collection. 
The spikes were moderate in size, but evenly and well finished. Some 
of the best were Mont Blanc, Alba maxima, a superb La Grandesse, 
King of the Blues, King of the Blacks, Ida, Obelisque, a deeper shade 
of yellow than Ida, but not so close in spike ; a grand General Have- 
lo -k, spike being 10 inches long ; Grandeur a Merveille, Gigantea, Lord 
Macaulay, Czar Peter. Chas. Dickens, and Lord Derby. Mr. Peter 
McKenzie was second with a good lot, but not so well finished. 
For a collection of stove and greenhouse plants to fill a table 12 feet 
by 6 feet, Mr. George Meston, Murcia House Gardens, Langside, had tha 
first prize. Some fine Dendrobium noble and D. Wardianum, Odonto- 
glossums, Coelogynes, and Lycaste Skmneri were its best features. Mr. 
David Wilson, Westmount gardens, Kelv'.nside, was a good second, his 
plants being smaller in size but of a superior quality. Mr. Thos. Hogg, 
the Gardens, Aitkenhead, Cathcart, gained the first prize for three speci¬ 
men Orchids, a magnificent pot of Ocelogyne cristata, 3 feet across and 
densely flowered, Dendrobium Wardianum very fine, and Cypripedium 
villosum. Mr. Donald McKenzie, Muirend Gardens, Cathcart, w T as a- 
good second, his plant of Masdevallia Lindeni attracting much notice. 
For three Azaleas Mr. Hogg was agaiu first with good examples of 
Criterion, Iveryana, and Duchesse de Nassau ; Mr. A. Walker, Ga leflat 
Gardens, Rutherglen, was second. Mr. Hogg was offered no opposition- 
in the following classes : - Six stove and greenhouse plants, one specimen 
Azalea amoena, three stove or greenhouse plants, six blooms of Camellias, 
three hardy Rhododendrons, two greenhouse Rhododendrons. He had 
the first prize for three Amaryllises. Mr. Hugh Millar, Auchenraith 
Gardens. Both well, second. Toe most notable plant in Mr. Hog's col¬ 
lection was a Rhododendron Counte-s of Haddington, certainly the most- 
meritoriou- plaut in the Exhibition. Although be had little opposition 
the excellence of his exhibits could hardly have been surpassed. 
In the gardeners’ class for Hyacinth 1 *, Mr. D. McBean, Craigend 
Gardens, Johnstone, was the most successful exhibitor, gaining first for 
the best twelve and six plants for the third year in succession, althougb 
the competition in these classes is very keen. Mr. C. Carnegie, the. 
Gardens. Gartshore, had the best six doubles. Mr. Geo. Irvine, Pollok- 
shield s , for three pots, three roots in each, was easily first Tulips wera 
