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remained till it came into flower at the end of every shoot. There were twenty- 
six racemes of bloom on a plant 2 feet high, and as much through, and which 
was the admiration of all who saw it. One thing in favour of the Bougainvillaea 
is, it requires but little support—only one stick to keep the plant upright being 
sufficient. 
Elsenham Hall Gardens. William Plester. 
OUR MONTHLY CHRONICLE. 
Royal Horticultural Society. — The 
scientific meeting of the 25th of July was 
unusually interesting. The Rev. Mr. Dix 
called attention to a climbing Devoniensis 
Rose, of which Mr. Rivers had sent a speci¬ 
men, produced by budding a sport of the 
common Devoniensis on a strong-growing 
Hybrid China, itself budded on the Manetti 
stock. Buds taken from the blooming- 
shoots of the climbing variety so obtained, 
reverted, however, to the normal condition of 
the variety, if worked in the ordinary way, 
and the case was the same with cuttings. 
This discovery was of importance; for Mr. 
Rivers stated that Tea-scented and weak- 
growing Hybrid Perpetuals were much in¬ 
vigorated when treated in a similar manner, 
Gloire de Dijon making shoots 8 or 10 feet 
long in a single season. Dr. Hogg, before 
adverting to the subjects brought before the 
Fruit Committee, directed attention to the 
report of the early Peas grown this year at 
Chiswick. By this it appeared that Dillistone’s 
Early Prolific, Carter’s First Crop, Dickson’s 
First and Best, and Sutton’s Ringleader, 
having been all sown on the same day, and 
treated in all respects alike, were found to be 
identical, or so nearly so as not to be worth 
distinguishing. Dillistone’s itself was con¬ 
sidered by those well acquainted with Peas to 
be nothing but a pure stock of the old Early 
Kent. Of other Peas, Laxton’s Seedling was 
very similar to the Auvergne and Dickson’s 
Favourite ; Carpenter’s Express was the same 
as Sangster’s No. 1, and a number of others 
were synonymous with Yeitch’s Perfection. 
Princess Royal was considered to be an im¬ 
provement on the old. Dwarf Marrow, and 
Blue Excelsior was remarkably distinct. Dr. 
Hogg next called attention to a collection of 
Grapes from Mr. Rivers, belonging to what 
the French call “ Muscats,” and the English 
Frontignans, and which, though possessing a 
Muscat flavour, like the Chasselas Musque, 
do not crack like that variety, and, like 
it, ripen earlier, and in a colder tem¬ 
perature than the true Muscats. They con¬ 
sisted of Muscat Salomon, or Early Golden 
Frontignan, three weeks earlier than the Black 
Hamburgh, bunches from 12 to 18 inches 
long, golden or deep amber-coloured; Early 
Smyrna, or Muscat de Smyrne, a form of 
White Frontignan, not so early as the pre¬ 
ceding, but hardier, and probably capable of 
being ripened out of doors—at all events it 
would do so in an ordinary greenhouse ; Early 
Silver Frontignan, larger in berry, and eight 
or ten days later than Early Golden Fron¬ 
tignan, and as much earlier than the Black 
Hamburgh; and Black Bordeaux, or Muscat 
a gros grains, more sugary, and a month 
earlier, than the Black Hamburgh. Muscat 
Champion, from Mr. Yeitch, was stated to be 
a most valuable acquisition, having berries as 
large as those of the Mill Hill Hamburgh, 
with a strong Muscat flavour. The merits of 
a very large Raspberry, shown by Mr. Graham, 
of Cranford, could not be decided upon till 
it had been seen again; and of some Cherries 
sent by Mr. Rivers, Large Purple Gean 
cape in after the Bigarreaus were over, and 
Love Apple Cherry belonged to the Late Duke 
class, was an inch across, had colourless juice, 
aad was furrowed like a Tomato. Referring 
to two Apricot trees in pots, Dr. Hogg re¬ 
marked that they had been sent by Mr. Rivers 
to show that Apricots can be grown in pots, 
and that the ripe fruit may be transmuted to 
a distance on the trees. The whole secret of 
cultivating the Apricot in pots, Mr. Rivers 
stated in the communication sent along with 
them, simply consists in giving the trees plenty 
of ventilation whilst in bloom ; even 3° or 4° 
of frost will not injure them. On the other 
hand, if the orchard-house is kept close, there 
is such an amount of moisture in the air that 
fertilisation cannot take place. The subject 
of the Rev. Mr. Berkeley’s remarks on this 
occasion was a supposed hybrid Fern found 
on the banks of the Schuylkill, about eight 
miles from Philadelphia, surrounded by Carnp- 
tosorus rhizophyllus and A splenium ebeneum, 
and presenting some of the characters of both 
these. Mr. Berkeley remarked that the pro¬ 
duction of hybrid Ferns would be very pro¬ 
fitable, and pointed out the means by which 
success would probably be attained, stating 
that the subject would be more fully explained 
in the new Journal of the Society. 
A Show of Ferns and their allies was held 
on the 29th of July, and the number of speci¬ 
mens exhibited was considerable. Messrs. 
Ivery, of Dorking, and Stansfield, of the Yale 
Nurseries, Todmorden, had large and admirable 
collections of British Ferns, including many 
rare forms. 
