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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
[ January 18,1887. 
W. Blackwood, Esq., Gogar Mount, Corstorphine. Mr. Joseph Ruther¬ 
ford, late foreman to Lord Kinnaird, Plaistow Lodge, Bromley, Kent, as 
head gardener to H. Bicknell, Esq., Cavendish House, Clapham Common, 
S.W. Mr. J. Clement, twelve years gardener to the late E. G. Carew, 
Esq., has been appointed gardener to Mrs. Carew, Halswary Manor, 
Taunton, Somerset. 
- The Weather has been very changeable during the past week, 
frost and thaw alternating with occasional snow. Much damage was 
caused in several districts last week by the snow, and it is said that a 
vast amount of damage has been caused to the Plum trees in the exten¬ 
sive orchards of the fruit-growing country situate in the triangular area 
between Tring, Dunstable, and Leighton Buzzard. There are but few 
orchards that have not suffered severely, but the older ones especially 
have felt the effects of the weight of snow, as evidenced by the numbers 
of branches broken away. In many cases trees have been snapped 
asunder by the combined weight of the snow and the forco of the wind. 
This, following upon the severe strain put upon the trees by the immense 
quantity of fruit of the past autumn, causes growers to have gloomy 
forebodings for the next fruit season. On Saturday last a remarkably 
heavy snowstorm visited Derbyshire, said to be the most severe that has 
been experienced in the past thirty-five years. 
“A. M. B.” sends the following note on the weather:— 
“ Hitherto this part, Mid-Lincoln, though visited by severe frosts, has 
not experienced any deep or severe snowstorm. The last two days, 4th 
and 5th, have brought a fall, still, fine, and deep, one of the mo6t beau¬ 
tiful of snowfalls, but one it is feared which from its weight must do 
damage to shrubs and trees. Thaw set in late on Saturday night, then 
gentle rain ; snow gradually going, but yet signs of more frost, so change¬ 
ful is the weather.” 
Veitch Memorial Prizes. —At a meeting of the Trustees 
held at South Kensington on Tuesday, the 11th inst., it was decided that 
a prize of £5 and medal should be offered for competition at the shows of 
each of the following Societies :—York Gala, Liverpool, Birmingham, 
Leicester, Oxford, Derby, Royal Horticultural Society, May 24th (Cypri- 
pediums). Also at the National Dahlia Show, to be held in September, a 
prize of £2 10s., and a medal should be offered for each of the following 
classes Self show, parti-coloured show, Pompon, decorative, and 
single. And, further, at the National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show in 
November a prize of £3 3s, and a medal should be offered for twenty- 
four incurved Chrysanthemums, distinct ; a similar prize and medal 
for twenty-four Japanese kinds, distinct; also a prize of £2 2s. and a 
medal for each of the following :—Twenty-four reflexed, twenty-four 
large-flowered Anemone, twenty-four Japanese or hybrid Anemone 
flowered, and twenty-four Pompon, including Anemone flowered. The 
object of the Trustees in the two latter competitions is to make the exhi¬ 
bitions as complete as possible by inducing exhibitors to bring together 
specimens of all the best sections of Dahlias and Chrysanthemums in 
cultivation. The number of prizes offered during the year are therefore 
seven special prizes, five Dahlia prizes, and six Chrysanthemum prizes, or 
eighteen in all, each prize being accompanied by a medal. These prizes 
are open to competition amongst amateurs only. 
The frontispiece of the Rosarian’s Year Book for 1887 
.Bemrose k Sons) is an excellent portrait of Mr, George Prince of Oxford, 
which is accompanied by a sketch of his life by the Rev. H. H. 
D Omorain. A “ Symposium on the Orange Fungus of Roses ” (illustrated) 
is contributed by Messrs. W. G. Smith, D. T. Fish, J. Burrell, W. J. 
Grant, and the Rev. J. A. Williams. The other articles are “The Best 
Show Roses, by Mr. B. R. Cant; “ The Rose and National Rose Society 
in ,1886,” by the Editor; “ Single Roses,” by Mr. T. W. Girdlestone ; 
‘Roses in New Zealand,” by Mr. R. Trigg ; “Eight Years’ Experience 
of Rose Growing in the Perthshire Highlands,” by Mr. A. Hill Gray; 
and “The Rose Weather of 1886,” by Mr. E. Mawley. There is much 
that is interesting an d useful to Rose-growers in all these chapters, but 
as our rosarian readers will probably have something to say on the matter, 
we leave it in their hands. 
The Langport and Somerton Herald states that “ On Tuesday 
evening, the 4th inst., the good feeling at this festive season was 
generously shown by Mr. Wm. Kelway (of the firm of Kelway & Son, 
of the Royal Nurseries, Langport), in welcoming to his newly 
built house, 1 Brooklands,’ the whole of the employes of the firm to a 
supper. After a hearty meal of good old English fare, which was 
highly appreciated, the usual toasts were proposed by the Chairman 
(Mr. Wm. Kelway), and were honoured by all heartily singing * God 
Save the Queen,’ and other appropriate songs. The vicar of the parish 
(Rev. J. Stubbs), who with a few guests sat at the head of the table, 
proposed the 1 Health of Messrs. Kelway k Son, and success and pro¬ 
sperity to the firm.’ Mr. Kelway in response stated that it was thirty-six 
years since he commenced business in that parish, and it was well known 
to what extent it had attained. This had not been brought about by 
accident or mere good luck, but by hard work, attention, and discipline, 
and the help of good foremen and men. In conclusion, he expressed 
the hope that trade would revive and that they might all have a pro¬ 
sperous year.” 
- An ordinary as well as the annual meeting of the Royal 
Meteorological Society will be held at 25, Great Geerge Street, 
Westminster, on Wednesday, the 19th inst. The following papers will 
be read at the ordinary meeting, at 7 p.m. : —“ On the Identity of Cloud 
Forms all over the World, and on the general principles by which their 
indications must be read ; ” by the Hon. Ralph Abercromby, F.R.Met.Soc. 
“ On the Cloud to which the name ‘ Roll-Cumulus ’ has been applied ; ” 
by the Hon. Ralph Abercromby, F.R.Met.Soc. These papers will be 
illustrated by pictures thrown on the screen by a lime-light lantern. 
The meeting will be adjourned at 8 p.m. in order that the annual general 
meeting of the Society may be held, when the report of the Council 
will be read, the election of officers and Council for the ensuing year 
will take place, and the President, Mr. W. Ellis, F.R.A.S., will deliver 
his address. 
- One of the best displays of Primula sinensis varieties 
seen at South Kensington was provided by Messrs. Sutton k Sons, 
Reading, on Tuesday last. Several of the varieties were novelties of 
considerable merit, as may be judged from the fact that the Floral 
Committee awarded no less than six first-class certificates for them, in 
addition to the silver-gilt Banksian medal accorded as a recognition of 
the whole group. The colours have been greatly improved and intensified 
by continued careful'selection and cross-fertilisation. Rose, crimson, 
purple, scarlet, and blue with pure white, are all represented, and there- 
are various forms with streaked or spotted flowers. There is also much 
diversity in the foliage, some plants having the ordinary roundish leaves, 
others of the Fern-leaf type, and still others with crisped or curled leaves. 
The plants afforded the best evidence of good culture in their robust 
habit firm leaves, and bold fresh-looking flowers. 
- Turner Memorial Prizes. —The money subscribed twelve 
months ago as a memorial to the late Mr. Charles Turner of Slough 
amounted to £182 18s. 6d. That amount was invested in Consols, and 
£20 will be available for prizes every year for a period of ten years. 
That amount will be given in prizes next season at the following Exhibi¬ 
tions :—The National Auricula (Southern Section) and Primula Society, 
at South Kensington, on April 26th, 1887, for six show Auriculas, to be 
competed for by amateurs who do not employ a gardener regularly ; the 
exhibits must contain at least one representative of each of the four 
classes—green, grey, white, and self-edged ; four prizes, 40s., 30s., 20s. 
10s. The National Carnation and Picotee Society, to be held at South 
Kensington on July 26th, 1887, six distinct Carnations and six distinct 
Picotees, to be competed for by amateurs who do not employ a gardener 
regularly ; four prizes, 40s., 30s., 20s., 10s. The Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Botanical and Horticultural Societies’ Exhibition, to be held in the 
Jubilee Grounds on August 30th and 31st; twelve distinct Roses, three 
prizes, 50s., 30s., 20s. ; twelve ditto Dahlias, three prizes, 503., 30s., 20s.; 
to be competed for by amateurs or gentlemen’s gardeners. 
NEWCOHBE HOUSE, CREDITON. 
The proposed testimonial to Mr. G. Lock, gardener to B. W. Cleave, 
Esq., Newcombe House, Credition, was recently noticed in this Journal, 
and in connection with a well deserved recognition of that cultivator’s skill, 
the following description of the gardens under his charge will be 
seasonable:— 
There is certainly a fair number of forcing and plant houses at New- 
oombe House, but it is only a good average accommodation and none but 
a skilled and persevering gardener could do so much with them. Th' y 
were not originally built specially for the production of large plants. That 
house in which the finest specimens, or some of the best of the country 
are grown, being first intended for a Peach house, but was found unsuitable 
by Mr. Lock after he took charge of the gardens. It is now utilised for 
the Crotons, and here the giants look remarkably well. The conservatory 
is also a fairly commodious structure, and this is kept filled with a good 
