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foliage and young fruit. Dwarf bushes and pyramids of both Apples and Peal’s here show 
more fruit than the trees on the walls. Both Gooseberries and Currants have been much in¬ 
fested with aphis, and the fruit is quite blackened on many bushes. Strawberries, where not 
well watered last year, showed the effects of the dry summer by not producing the usual quan¬ 
tity of blossoms in the spring. Some early low-growing sorts, such as Black Prince, Ingram’s 
Prince of Wales, La Constante, Empress Eugenie, and Sir J. Paxton, are bearing abundantly. 
Other kinds, as Marguerite, Jeyes’ Wonderful, Coxcomb, Lucas, Rev. Mr. Radclyffe, and Dr. 
Hogg, have grown much to foliage and runners, and the earliest ripened fruit have rotted in 
the beds. On the strong soil here the British Queen always does well in all weathers, and this 
year I have some of my best crops from that fine variety. In the orchards, Plums and Cherries 
have failed to a great extent, but Damsons and some other small late plums have an average 
crop. Altogether, the present summer, as far as it has progressed, is similar to that of 1860 
for wet and cold weather, and for the failure in the fruit crops.— William Tillery, Welbecfc. 
- 2Dhe Show of the Royal Horticultural Society at Nottingham was 
eminently successful as an exhibition, being the best and most effective show held in 
this country since the International of 1866. It was also a success financially. 
The receipts at the doors exceeded £1,900, and this, with some £600 for season tickets, made 
a total of £2,507 Is. 2d. from visitors to the show. Such a financial success was due partly to 
the splendid weather which prevailed during the greater part of the time the exhibition was 
open, and partly to the fact that the inhabitants of Nottingham are enthusiastic supporters of 
horticulture. 
-- ®he Royal National Tulip Show , held on May 26 and 27, at Man¬ 
chester, was one of the best ever held, although the season has been very 
unfavourable. Despite this, however, the number and the quality of the blooms 
were much above the average. Mr. Barlow, the hon. secretary, carried off the champion prize, 
a handsome silver cup, with a grand stand of 12 blooms, among which Ajax , Sir J. Paxton, 
Rutley’s Queen, and Talisman were especially conspicuous. The same gentleman also carried 
off the prize of three volumes of the Florist and Pomologist, presented by the proprietors, 
with a noble pair of flowers, Headly’s Demosthenes (feathered bizarre) and Willison’s Sir J. 
Paxton (flamed bizarre). Willison’s Sir J. Paxton was in fine style, and carried off the premier 
prize for the best flamed flower, Rutley’s Queen, which won the feathered premier prize, was 
an equally noble flower. The grand pair, Ajax and Talisman, raised by Dr. Hardy, of War¬ 
rington, were very fine. Lea’s Industry and Mrs. Lea were very good ; as also were Storeds 
Dr. Hardy and Orion, Headly’s Sarah Headly, Adonis, and Demosthenes; Ashmole’s Garibaldi 
and Lord Byron. The usual old standard favourites, as Aglaia, Heroine, Bacchus, Walker’s 
Duchess of Sutherland, Royal Sovereign, &c., were shown frequently and in fine condition. 
Among the newer and more promising flowers were Slater’s John Peacock, Martin’s 117 (both 
feathered byblomens), Rachel (feathered rose), Henry Steward (feathered bizarre), Martin’s 
101 (feathered byblomen), Mrs. Jackson and John Linton. Several very promising seedlings 
were also exhibited by Messrs. Barlow, Willison, Jackson, Burnett, Hague, Lea, and others. 
There were 33 winners of prizes, above 40 competitors, and 66 subscribers. After the judging 
43 members dined together, under the presidency of Dr. Hardy, and it was unanimously 
resolved that next year’s meeting should be held at Manchester. 
- ££he surplus subscriptions to the Rivers Testimonial , after securing 
the portrait of Mr. Thomas Bivers—which was the form of memorial proposed, 
and which has been made over to the trustees of the Lindley Library, and hung 
in the council-room of the Royal Horticultural Society—has been added to the funded stock 
of the Royal Gardeners’ Benevolent Institution. The sum thus invested amounted to £50. 
- £The Bev. W. Kingsley recently communicated to the Boyal Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s Scientific Committee some valuable remarks on the Early Maturation 
of Seedling Fruit Trees , of which we make an abstract:— 44 Everyone knows how 
very long is the time between sowing tho seed of a fruit tree and getting fruit from it, so that 
few men of 50 years of life have the courage to prop.agate seedlings. I believe the time may be 
shortened most materially. In expei’imenting upon a set of seedling Peaches, some were 
allowed to grow wild, some steadily pinched-in, some cut-in closely and pinched, and some 
trained as single rods; all these last fruited as soon as the shoot got beyond the thorny part of 
