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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ June fi, 1889. 
fld. ro. ; Seedling, A. 27 ; Mabel, fid. ro. ; Duchess of Sutherland, fll. 
byb. ; W. Wilson, biz. b.; Nimbus, fid. byb. ; Masterpiece, fth. biz. ; 
Seedling, ro. b.; Sir J. Paxton, fth. biz.; Talisman, fld. byb. ; Seedling, 
byb. b. ; Charmer, fld. ro. ; Mrs. Cooper, fth. byb. ; Alice Grey, byb. b. : 
the whole consisting of fifty-four blooms in the stands, besides twenty- 
six blooms of beautiful breeders. Messrs. Stuart & Mein’s exhibition 
consisted of forty-eight varieties, some of which were very good blooms ; 
others again were rather coarse and stained, and to these the second 
prize was awarded. Mr. Thurstan’s stands contained twenty-four 
broken flowers and twenty-four breeders, and they came in third. The 
premier honours all fell to Mr. Barlow, the premier flamed flower being 
Sir Joseph Paxton ; premier feathered Mrs. Cooper ; and the premier 
breeder Glory of Stakehill. 
For the benefit of the uninitiated it may be as well to state that the 
contractions made use of in the above report signify—b., breeder ; 
ro., rose ; byb., byblcemen ; biz., bizarre ; fld., flamed ; fth., feathered. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Messrs. Perkins & Sons, nurserymen, Coventry,were awarded a silver- 
gilt Flora medal for some lovely bouquets, wreaths, baskets of flowers, 
sprays, and buttonhole bouquets, all arranged in their well-known 
manner, and consisting of the choicest flowers. Mr. G. Newman, florist, 
Bromley, Kent, also exhibited well in thi3 class. A silver-gilt Flora 
medal was awarded to Mrs. Hodgkins, Burton Road, Withington, 
Manchester, for a group of skeleton leaves, flowers, and Ferns, arranged 
in cases. Messrs. James Carter & Co., nurserymen, High Holborn, 
London, occupied about 50 feet of table space with a very fine collection 
of herbaceous Calceolarias, which contained the first prize lot of 
twenty-five plants, well grown, dwarf, compact specimens, well flowered, 
and of good and varied colour. 
Mr. G. Braid, Winchmore Hill, N., staged fifty Pelargoniums of the 
market type, good varieties, the plants being densely flowered. From 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park Nurseries, Enfield, came a new 
Pelargonium named Bush Hill Beauty, a sport from Madame Thibaut, 
and from which it is distinct by the blooms being larger and more 
densely striped Messrs. Cannell staged a new Pelargonium of the 
Zonal type, named Souvenir de Mirande, having a white centre, the 
colour gradually deepening into a bright rose at the edges. The trusses 
were compact. An award of merit was given. Mr. R. Miller, South- 
down Nursery, Shoreham, showed cut blooms of a new Pelargonium 
named Pearl, The blooms were of the purest white and of good sub¬ 
stance. 
COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
Fruit Committee. —R. D. Blackmore, Esq., in the chair. Also 
present—Dr. Robert Hogg, Harrison Weir, J. Cheal, W. Denning, G. W. 
Cummins, T. J. Saltmarsh, W. Wildsmith, Arthur J. Sutton, G. Cliffe, 
F. T. Lane, G. Norman, G. Wythes, J. Roberts, J. Smith, H. Balderson, 
and J. Wright. Mr. T. Whillans, The Gardens, Blenheim, sent fruits of a 
large and handsome white-fleshed Melon, but its quality did not equal its 
appearance, and it was passed by the Committee. Mr. Palmer exhibited 
a good fruit of Thames Ditton Hero Melon, also stems showing its free 
setting character. It was overripe, and passed accordingly. A small 
Melon was sent by Mr. W. Belayers, gardener to Captain Capp, North- 
croft, Englefield Green, but was not in condition to merit an award. 
Mr. Charles Turner, Royal .Nurseries, Slough, staged four fruits of 
Lockie’s Perfection Cucumber—smooth uniform fruits a foot long—a 
model in shape and excellent in quality. A first-class certificate was 
awarded. 
About sixty dishes of Apples were staged by Messrs. G. BunyariA Co., 
for which a silver Knightian medal was recommended. Sma^pr col¬ 
lections, but equally well kept fruit, from Messrs. J. Cheal and Mr. 
G. W. Cummins, gardener to A. H. Smee, Esq., were also staged, and silver 
Banksian medals recommended. A vote of thanks was granted to 
Mr. G. R. Featherby, Gillingham, Kent, for a dish of fine Tomatoes, 
and a first prize awarded in the class. Excellent Black Hamburgh 
Grapes were exhibited by Mr. J. Hollingworth, gardener to J. J. F. 
Campbell, Esq., Uttoxeter, bunches medium sized, berries good, uniform 
in size, and beautifully coloured ; as we think they were also staged 
for a prize one was probably granted, but we failed to see the card. 
Mr. George Munro, Covent Garden, exhibited a large and valuable 
collection of produce, including Melons, Grapes, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, 
Green Peas, and French Beans, large and fine, and baskets of Potatoes. 
Floral Committee. — -A goodly number of objects engaged the 
attention of the Floral Committee, but being staged in different parts 
of the building they were examined under some difficulty. The fol¬ 
lowing first-class certificates of merit were recommended by the Com¬ 
mittee :— 
Veronica Fairfieldi. —This looks like a fine form of V. Hulkeana. 
It was raised from seed by Mr. George Thomson, by whom it was exhi¬ 
bited, and sent to him by Mr. William Martin, Fairfield, Dunedin, 
Otago. It is an evergreen shrub, and may be regarded as hardy, as it 
has stood out of doors for two years in Mr. Thomson’s garden at Knags 
Hill. It produces what may be termed erect racemes of double flowers 
of a flesh-white colour, each flower being made up of a number of tiny 
cups. The foliage is small, and the habit of growth apparently com¬ 
pact. Mr. Thomson states that it lasts fora long time in a cut state. 
Pcconia officinalis lobata (page 463).—An old plant nearly lo 3 t, but 
again restored to cultivation, having large single Tulip-like flowers of a 
brilliant red colour, and with a cluster of golden stamens round the eye. 
From Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. 
Exacum mde rant hum (page 460).—A shrubby greenhouse plant, 
bearing brilliant deep-blue Lasiandra-like flowers, a plant that re¬ 
quires to be kept fairly warm in winter. From Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Burford Lodge, Dorking. This beautiful plant was found in Ceylon at 
an altitude of 6000 feet, and belongs to the Gentian family. 
Struthiopteris pennsylvanica recurva. —A very handsome form, the 
deeply toothed pinnae slightly recurved. From Messrs. W. & J. Birken¬ 
head, nurserymen, Sale, near Manchester. 
Begonia Rose Bud (double). —An exceedingly fine variety of a 
delicate pink colour, the flowers large, full, and as symmetrical as those 
of a Ranunculus. From Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, nurserymen, 
Swanley. 
Awards of merit were recommended to the following :—Begonia Sir 
W. C. Brooks, orange crimson, double flowers, not very large, but very 
bright in colour ; and to Begonia (double) Lady Harriet Cavendish, 
delicate salmon pink with white centre, very pleasing ; and to Pelar¬ 
gonium (Zonal) Souvenir de Mirande, a hybrid Zonal having the white 
centred flowers edged with the brightest carmine, very distinct and 
novel ; all from Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons. To Caladium Raymond 
Lemonier, a very handsome form, creamy in the centre, carmine, with 
dark midribs ; from Messrs. J. Laing & Co., Stanstead Park Nursery, 
Forest Hill, S.E. To Pyrethrum (single) Albert Victor, very bright 
magenta crimson, large broad petals, flat-and striking. To Pseonia 
arborea Leonard Kelway (double), pale ground flushed with purple ; 
and Agenovia, belonging to the same section, white tinted with pink and 
flushed with purple ; all from Messrs. Kelway & Son, nurserymen, 
Langport. To Athyrium F.-f. regale (Barnes) ; from Messrs. W. &. J. 
Birkenhead ; and to Pelargonium (large flowered) Indian Yellow, pink 
lower petals suffused with yellow, dark top petals with broad edge of 
salmon crimson ; from E. B. Foster, Esq. A botanical certificate was 
awarded to the curious Aciphylla squarrosa. 
Other contributions included single Pyrethrums Princess Victoria, 
deep rose or amaranth ; Mr. Chamberlain, a very pretty soft pink ; 
Agnes Mary Kelway, bright rosy magenta ; and James Kelway, deep 
carmine, fine in colour. Also the following new tree Paeonies ^Con¬ 
stantine, rose and white ; Valparaiso, deep rose with white centre ; and 
Apol’on, purplish rose edged with white. Also the following seedling 
Delphiniums Lord C. Beresford, sky blue and rose, white centre 
Marquis of Salisbury, deep blue shaded with violet ; Mr. Balfour, deep 
blue and violet; Mr. Smith, dark blue, violet centre ; John Bright, 
In Memoriam, pale blue white centre ; Lord Brassey, shaded light blue, 
rose and white centre ; and William Kelway, cobalt blue, white eye; 
from Messrs. Kelway & Son. Begonia (double) White Globe, Sulphur 
White, and the following single varieties :—Gigantea, very large, bright 
deep rose ; Crimson Gem, bright crimson ; and Mrs. J. Chamberlain, 
blush margined with pale pink; and the following Caladiums :—Verdi, 
pale red with distinct margin of green ; La Loraine, pale red with dark 
veins ; Mrs. H. Veitch and Marquis d’Albertas ; all from Messrs. J. 
Laing & Sons. 
From Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead came Lastrea pseudo-mas fimbriata 
cristata; Polyslicnum angulare polydactylon (Jones) ; Athyriums 
F.-f. conglomeratum, and cristatum densum. From Messrs. W. Paul 
and Son, nurserymen, Waltham Cross, came Tea Roses, Corunna, blush ; 
and White Perle, creamy white. From Messrs. James Carter & Co., seeds¬ 
men, High Holborn, Mimulus moschatus compactus. From Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Anthurium Burfordianum, one of the Andreanum type. To Mr. 
W. H. Apthorpe, Cambridge, Coleus Beauty of Cambridge, a bold leaved 
variety, with dark spotting and a golden green edge. From Messrs. 
H. Low & Co., Clapton, Pelargonium (decorative), Bush Hill Beauty, a 
fine bright coloured sport from Madame Thibaut. From Mr. R. Miller, 
nurseryman, Shoreham, Pelargonium (decorative) Pearl, a pure white 
sport from Madame Thibaut, absolutely without any colour, and appa¬ 
rently very free ; and from E. B. Foster, Esq., the following new Show 
Pelargoniums : Enthusiast, Exquisite, Jacobin, Curtius, Carmine, and 
Conspirator, all fine and promising large flowered varieties. 
The attendance was good, especially on the second day, and we have 
the satisfaction of learning that the necessarily considerable outlay 
involved in preparations is more than met by the receipts, and if the 
Exhibition had remained open another day a handsome profit would 
probably have resulted. 
PEACHES ON OPEN WALLS. 
I AM glad to say that so far we have an excellent promise of fruit 
on our Peach trees on the open wall, which is 100 yards in length and 
contains twenty trees. All are healthy, with an abundant set. The 
heavy hailstorm which has caused so much destruction did no damage 
to the trees, partly from the westerly direction in which the storm, 
came, and from the wide coping. Insects have troubled us but little. 
We gave a washing of soapsuds before the blossom expanded, and two or 
three washings of “ Gishurst ” afterwards. The only fault we have to 
find with Peach trees on open walls is the quantity of fruit of 
good varieties which come in so near together. I am certain that 
Peaches may be grown successfully on open walls if care is taken to 
keep the trees clean and the shoots thin, so as to cause the wood to 
become early ripened. When insects are allowed to gain headway early 
growth is prevented, and it does not get properly ripened. In select¬ 
ing trees for planting on open walls I prefer a trained tree to start 
with, with five or six good shoots. These can be had one year from the 
maiden form. Some growers seem to think that if these trees were 
pinched early in the season whilst in the nurseryman’s hands they 
would be better, but I have proved otherwise, and can say that it is the 
