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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
May 20. 
We have now brought our labours on Orchid Culture 
to a close; it has been a pleasant task, and why? 
because the culture of orchids is our pleasant occupation 
and delight, and because we have felt that the instruc¬ 
tion imparted would be useful to young beginners, and 
not be thrown away upon even old practitioners. Our 
Captain has appointed us another almost equally in¬ 
teresting branch of plant culture to write upon, and we 
trust that our labours in that part of the field will be as 
useful as the one in which, for nearly three years, we 
have been so delightfully occupied. T. Appleby. 
ELORISTS’ FLOWERS AT CHISWICK. 
There was a fair sprinkling of Florists’ Flowers at 
Chiswick, and there would have been more if the society’s 
committee would only give a fair share of encourage¬ 
ment to these universal favourites. Decidedly the best 
classes and gems of the show were Mr. Turner’s Pelar¬ 
goniums and Pansies in pots, and about the Rose tents 
there was no mistake; these were really finely-grown, 
well-bloomed, in high colour, and with every point of merit 
in perfection. Amongst the Roses we noted the following 
as being more excellent than the rest, and we are happy 
to find they are mostly what we recommended lately as 
being well adapted for the purpose: Coup d' Hebe, a 
large bush, four feet high, with numerous very large 
flowers, in excellent condition; Paul Perras, equally 
good, with large flowers of a deep colour; Niphetos, not 
so full of bloom, but they were very fine and exceedingly 
beautiful; Sufratio, not profusely bloomed, but each 
flower was very fine, of a beautiful fawn colour; Souvenir 
(Tun Ami, rich salmon, and very full of bloom; Mrs. 
Bosanquet, a charming blush-white rose, full of bloom ; 
Chencdolle, extremely fine, and very high-coloured; 
Duchess of Sutherland, in fine condition, and a large 
plant, four feet high, and thickly covered with bloom ; 
Baronne Prevost, a fine specimen—this is one of the 
largest roses in cultivation, one of them on this plant 
measured five inches across; Win. Jesse, plant not large 
but well-flowered—a crimson-rose tinged with purple. 
Dark roses were scarce at this exhibition, hence this 
variety and Chencdolle were the more conspicuous; 
Moiret, pale yellow, well-bloomed. 
The following are not in our list (see page 64), and, 
therefore, may be added to it by the collector, as they 
were admirable on this occasion :— Souvenir de Mal- 
maison, a blush rose of exquisite beauty, large, and well 
bloomed ; Blairii, No. 2—this is a fine large double 
variety, deep rose ; it was profusely bloomed ; Emperor 
Probus, a rich rose, covered with bloom; ComtesSe Mole, 
blush, well-bloomed. 
Pelargoniums. —With the exception of Mr. Turner’s 
collections, the day of exhibition was evidently too early 
for the rest. The gem of the day was Mr. Turner's 
Magnet (Hoyle). This variety sustains its high cha¬ 
racter ; every grower must procure it. In shape it was 
excellent, and in colour splendid, and the plant was 
finely grown. The next best was Chieftain (Hoyle), 
also richly coloured. The Ajax (Hoyle) was fine in 
every point; and Fouquet’s Magnificent was not far 
behind. Pride of the Isles (Luff) is a good geranium, 
with goodly-shaped flowers and beautiful colours, as 
also was Moclianna (Hoyle). The old Arnold’s Virgin 
Queen, a light variety, proved on this occasion, as usual, 
the best of its class. Beck's Rosamond is a pretty 
variety, and was in the best order. 
In Fancy Oeraninms there was nothing very fine, ex¬ 
cepting Hero of Surreg. 
Cinerarias. —These were shown in quantity. The 
best were Marianne (Henderson’s), Lady Hume Camp¬ 
bell (ditto), Madame Meillez (ditto), Pauline (ditto), 
Adele Villiers (ditto), Lady Gertrude, Grandis, Rosy 
Morn, St. Clair of the Isles, and Mr. Sidney Herbert. 
A seedling from Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of Wellington- 
road, St. John’s Wood, named Prince Arthur, was exhi¬ 
bited in the seedling tent. It is a good crimson self, 
with broad petals well filled up, and the least notch in 
the world. This will be sought after by the growers; 
habit good, dwarf, and a free bloomer. In Mr. Gaines’s 
collection there was a variety named Favorite, with a 
dark disc surrounded with white, and each petal broadly 
tipped with porcelain blue, very flat and circular, a fair 
size, habit good. It is worth inquiring after, as we 
know none other like it. 
Pansies in Pots. —The collection from Mr. Turner 
showed what cultivation can do. Each pot was a pic¬ 
ture ; foliage large, blooms also large and numerous. 
They were quite as fine as if they had been grown in 
the open border. We noted the following as being the 
best— WidnalTs Ophir, Duke of Perth, Bell's Climax, 
Hale's Pompcy, Campbell's Robert Burns, and Prince 
Arthur (Silveriock’s). These pansies were the admira¬ 
tion of everybody. There were other two collections, 
but one was badly grown, and the other, though well 
cultivated and well bloomed, was composed of old indif¬ 
ferent varieties, showing that cultivation alone will not 
do, there must also be varieties in the lot of sterling 
good properties, or all the labour for exhibition purposes 
will be thrown away. In the seedling tent, Mr. Turner 
exhibited his pansey Sir John Cathcart; form excellent, 
upper petals bronze shading off to purple, centre deep 
golden-yellow, lower petals bronze; it is of a good sub¬ 
stance. This is a really good variety. 
Seedling Mimuluses. —There were some good varieties 
shown of these dashing flowers. One came from Mr. 
Gaines, and was named Eximius. It has a yellow 
centre, with crimson spots on the lip, and each petal 
had a large, well-defined, rich crimson spot on it; a 
decided improvement, the flowers being so large and 
well formed. Mr. Sims, Florist, of Foot’s Cray, Kent, 
sent a seedling Mimulus, No. 18 ; the ground colour 
pure white with bronze spots, flowers large and well¬ 
shaped; desirable and pretty. He had, also, one curi¬ 
ously spotted and blotched; but the branch on which 
were the blooms had drooped so much that we could 
not pronounce an opinion of its merit. We should like 
to see it again. 
Calceolarias. —There were one or two collections, but 
though tolerably grown, the flowers were small and not 
well-shaped. There is room for great improvement in 
this class of flowers. A bloom or two of a desirable 
seedling was sent by Messrs. Sharp and Cole, from 
Birmingham, that promises well; it was named Fulgens. 
T. Appleby. 
ROSES IN POTS FOR EXHIBITION. 
(Continued from page 102 .) 
GENERAL MANAGEMENT TN SUMMER AND IN WINTER. 
Summer Treatment. — Such plants as have finished 
blooming in May should at once be placed in the pit, 
where they should have abundance of air night and day, 
unless frost intervenes, when they should be protected 
from its ill effects. It must be remembered that they 
are much more tender than plants that have not been 
forced, and if exposed to the full air and light at once, 
they would suffer greatly, both for that season and the 
following one; but if they are gradually inured to the 
change no harm will accrue. If there are no pits or 
frames to spare, they must be set out-of-doors, and pro¬ 
tected by hoops and mats. The mats should be placed 
over them at night for three or four weeks, aud also 
during the day, in bright sunny weather, but on cloudy, 
showery days expose them fully to these benign influ¬ 
ences. If the wood becomes ripe, and the leaves fall, 
