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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
f March 27, 1890, 
aizoides ; Cyclamens Coum, ibericum, Atkinsi and repandum ; Brodireas 
uniflora and porrifolia ; Hepaticas triloba in variety and angulosa ; 
Kanunculus anemonoides ; Talipa Kaufmanniana ; Saxifragas Rochel- 
iana coriophylla, Boydi, oppositifolia, oppositifolia alba, Rudolpbiana, 
macropetala, luteo-purpurea, Malyi and imbricata ; Primulas birsuta, 
ciliata, denticnlata, denticulata alba, Fortune!, Palinuri, marginata, 
obconica, floribunda, and pubescens alba ; Chionodoxas cretensis, 
sardensis and gigantea ; Crocus many species and varieties ; Bulbo- 
codiums in variety. Anemone apennina alba, Scillas taurica and cam- 
panulata, Iberis saxatilis and gibraltarica, Korolkowia Sewerzowi, 
Linum arboreum, Fritillaria tulipifolia, Hyacintbus azureus, Sisyrin- 
chium grandiflorum, Daffodils in variety, Helleborus orientalis, &c. 
- Gakdexing Appointment. —Mr. James Findlay, foreman, 
Castle Howard Gardens, bas been appointed gardener to Sir Charles 
M. Palmer, Bart., M.P., Grinkle Park, Loftus-in-Cleveland, Yorks. 
- Me. George Paul writes— “ My bog garden has been a great 
success. I saw to-day in it most of the plants showing well, including 
Sarracenias, Orchis foliosa four or five sorts, double Marsh Marigolds, 
Primulas rosea and denticulata, Spirmas, the larger American Cowslips, 
North American Lilies, and a nice bed of Cranberries, the big common 
kind.” 
- On Tuesday evening, the 18th inst., there was a large attend¬ 
ance of members of the Croydon Gardeners’ and Amateurs’ 
Mutual Improvement Society to hear a paper by Mr. Lewis Castle 
on “ Hybridisation in Plants.” Mr. C. S. Bowman occupied the chair. 
A thoroughly enjoyable evening was spent, and several members took 
part in the discussion which followed.—G. W. C. 
- Winchester Horticultural Society. —Preparations are 
being made for a Summer Show of more than ordinary magnitude in 
the ancient city, to open on July 8th. The schedule comprises forty- 
seven classes—namely, ten for plants, twenty-four for Roses, and the 
remainder for fruit, decorations, and vegetables. The chief prizes are 
£10, £7, and £4 for twelve specimen plants ; £G, £4, and £2 for eight 
specimens ; £4, £3, and £1 10s. for forty-eight Roses, with substantial 
amounts in various other classes. Mr. Chaloner Shenton is the Honorary 
Secretary. 
- The Weather in the North has been unfavourable for 
sowing seeds. No sowing of any kind on farms has taken place yet, 
but the early seedtime does not always bring the earliest and best 
harvest. In 1827, the year following the “short corn year,” the 
memorable 3rd of March a heavy fall of snow took place, and another on 
the 23rd April, which lay till the 1.5th of May, being the first day seed 
was sown, while much snow was about. A'et that was one of the most 
bounteous seasons and early harvests on record. It is not the continua¬ 
tion of wintry weather that causes late and poor harvests, but fine 
weather early in the year succeeaed by extreme cold in May and June. 
—W. T., Lanarlisliire. 
- The Cardiff Chrysanthemum Society. — The annual 
meeting of this Society was held at the Black Lion Hotel, Cardiff, on 
Friday evening, March 21st, a large number of members being present. 
The Secretary reported that the Society was in a flourishing condition, 
the balance in hand being £59 lOs. lOd. The following were elected 
officers for the ensuing year :—President, the Maiquis of Bute ; Hon. 
Sec., Mr. C. R. Waldron ; Assistant Secretary, Mr. F. Searl; the old 
Committee was re-elected, with Mr. T. Malpass Chairman and Mr. A. 
Bishop Vice-Chairman. It was resolved that the Society be affiliated 
with the National Chrysanthemum Society, and decided to hold the next 
Show on November 18th and 19th, 1890. 
-National Chrysanthemum Society.—M ay I invite the 
co-operation of Chrysanthemum growers in the efforts that are now 
being made by the Special Committee of the National Chrysanthemum 
Society—viz., Mr. Lewis Castle, Hotham House, Merton, Surrey ; Mr. 
George Gordon, 1, Stile Villas, Wellesley Road, Gunnersbury ; and Mr. 
C. Harman Payne (Hon. Sec ), GO, Thorne Road, London, S.W., in the 
preparation of an entirely new edition of the N.C.S. Catalogue ? The 
National Chrysanthemum Society have good reason to be satisfied with 
their last publication in 1888, both as regards the acknowledged advan¬ 
tages of its classification and other general information, and also the 
sale, which has considerably more than balanced the cost incurred ; but 
it is desired that this new edition should be even more improved, while 
several fresh features will be added. With this end in view I venture 
to ask for space for this note, in the hope that many who are interested 
in the work of the N.C.S. will lend us their assistance by offering sug¬ 
gestions, and specially by affording any information as to synonyms or 
errors, either of omission or commission, in the previous editions. Such 
information will be welcomed by either of the gentlemen forming the- 
Committee.— William Holmes, Frampton Parlt Kurseries, Tlaclineyy. 
London. 
-Birmingham Gardeners’ Association.—A t the fortnightly" 
meeting of the Association, March 18th, Mr. W. Stevens, The Gardens,. 
Walton Grange, Stone, read a paper on “ Odontoglossums, Varieties and 
Cultivation,” and contributed cut specimens of Odontoglossums Cer¬ 
vantes!, Andersoni, gloriosum, luteo-purpurea, Alexandra, Rossi, ice- 
It appeared to be a very interesting well thought out paper, and short 
cultural remarks with each of the various species of Odontoglots were- 
given. In reply to questions as to fumigating Orchids, Mr. Stevens did 
not particularly recommend smoking unless with dry tobacco paper,, 
and then not if they had been shut up in a close house for a week or 
more. He recommended for thrips the application of a little dry 
sulphur with a cameTs-hair pencil as a cure, and in dividing Orchids to 
smear the cut in the rhizome with dry charcoal dust to prevent bleeding. 
Much very useful information was given as to the best method of ven¬ 
tilation for Orchids, shading for cool Orchids, and the best materials. 
Amongst the latter, an application in very hot weather of flour and 
cold water, not too thick, and put on when the glass is dry, was- 
recommended. Mr. Powell, gardener to G. H. Kenrick, Esq., exhibited 
a plant in bloom of Dendrobium endocharis, one of Messrs. Veitch antP 
Sons’ hybrids, and the result of a cross between aureum .and monili- 
forme ; also a fine plant of D. Devonianum, imported in February 1887,. 
with seven leading growths 4 feet long, with fifty-seven expanded 
blooms upon it. Mr. Powell also sent a bloom of Amaryllis Favorite 
(Veitch), a flower rich in colour and grand in form. 
- Preston Spring Show.—T he Show, which was held on the- 
19th and 20th insts., was the best spring display that has been seen at 
Preston. Every class was well represented, but the principal feature of' 
the Exhibition was a magnificent bank of Orchids and Ferns set up by- 
Mr. George Beddoe, gardener to E. G. Wrigley, Esq., Howick House,. 
Preston. Too much praise could not be given to this excellent display. 
The plants in this exhibit covered a space not less than 70 feet by 
12 feet, the whole length of the orchestra. In previous years this space- 
has been admirably filled by Mr. Troughton of Preston with a choice- 
miscellaneous bank. The groups arranged for effect by nurserymen and 
gentlemen’s gardeners were never better. The specimen stove and other- 
plants were also excellent examples of high-class culture, Mr. Frisby of 
Worden Hall being the principal prizewinner in these classes. Mr. J. B. 
Dixon, however, ran him pretty close in a few of the leading classes.. 
Mr. Lamb’s table plants were admired by all. Hyacinths and other- 
bulbs were better than in some seasons. Primulas were very fine- 
indeed. The second prizetaker for the group of Orchids, Mr. Chas.. 
Baker, exhibited most creditably, .and when wm consider his disp’ay 
is the outcome of leisure hour culture, it speaks well for the great 
attention he must devote to them. He has been an exhibitor of 
Orchids in keen competition for many years. Mr. Payne of Fulwood 
w'as the most successful exhibitor in the nurserymen’s classes, and hiss- 
Azaleas have been for many years the admiration of all.—A. 'W. 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
[Read at a meeting of the Cardiff Gardeners’ Association by Mr. KettleweU.] 
(^Continued from page 839.') 
Rockeries. 
There are few gardens that do not possess a rockery, and I would’ 
venture to say that some of them are out of place. If there happens- 
to be a vacant shady place in a garden, that is at once a suitable- 
position for a rockery. The distinguishing element of all rockeries- 
should be rusticity. No fused bricks ^ scoriae should be used in its- 
construction, as is often seen in town gardens, but the materials and 
stones used should be of a conspicuously natural character, and should- 
never lie with their ends or points placed upwards, but flat, thus giving- 
an appe.arance of solidity and strength which is only in accordance with- 
what Nature teaches us. The surface of the whole cannot be too 
irregular or indented, and is in the gradual dying away, so to spe.ak, of 
rockery with a few loose masses of stone scattered here and there, rather- 
than in an abrupt ending, that the skill and observation of a landscape- 
gardener come into play. In a rockery Ferns are an essential requisite,, 
and to grow Ferns well shade is necessary ; but if a rockery be accom* 
panied by a small pool of water having a rugged margin, gold fish to 
