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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION.— July 15, 1856. 
had an extremely well-shaped hybrid Pelargonium, named 
Clarissa, a dark-topped kind, with white under petals. This 
appeared to be a cross between a fancy and a Cape, and 
had the perpetual blooming habit of the last-named 
sort. 
Of Calceolarias there were some pretty things in the 
shrubby way, botli from Mr. Turner and Mr. Cole, of St. 
Alban’s. The former had Orange Perfection, Goldfinder, 
Dropmore, California, Lemonade, and King of Sardinia. The 
last is a handsome reddish-brown kind. Mr, Cole sent St. 
Alban's Gem, a half-shrubby sort, with large dowers, brown, 
edged with yellow; Cloth of Gold, clear yellow; Golden 
Cluster, sulphur ; Snow-flake, white, but badly shaped ; Queen 
of Yellows, and Cassandra. 
Among Petunias there was little worthy of remark beyond 
the double white Imperial, which looks as if it would prove 
invaluable for cutting from. 
Verbena Belle of the Village, from Mr. Turner, is a pretty 
light kind, with a crimson eye, truss large, well-formed, and 
showy. 
Cut Roses were very abundant, and the day being cool, 
they retained their freshness well. The finest blooms came 
from Mr. Mitchell, of Piltdown, and among them the most 
striking were General Jacqueminot, a rich, deep crimson, with 
a broad, good petal, and well-shaped. Gcaut des Batuilles 
was also there in admirable condition. Messrs. Standish and 
Noble had a seedling which was much admired for its deep, 
rich colour. It was named Victor TruUiard. 
Fruit, as we have said, was abundant. The best collec¬ 
tion came from Mr. Tillyard, gardener to the Right Hon. 
the Speaker. He had Royal George Peaches ; Murray and 
Violette Hntive Nectarines; Black Jamaica and Queen Pine 
Apples; four Melons; Black and White Muscadine and 
Mill Mill and Black Hamburgh Grapes ; Trollop's Victoria, 
Goliath, White Bicton and Sir Harry Strawberries; Brown 
Turkey Figs; Late Duke Cherries, and Raspberries. 
Mr. Fleming, also, had a collection, in which there were 
very fine Black Hamburgh Grapes; Pine Apples; Coe's 
Golden Drop, and Brine Claude de Bavay Plums ; Noblesse 
and Magdalen Peaches ; Elruge Nectarines ; Black Tartarian 
and May Duke Cherries; Brown Ischia Figs; and Trcn- 
tham Hybrid and Cashmere Melons. In Mr. Constantine’s 
collection we noted some Stanwick Nectarines, small, how¬ 
ever, and not very well coloured. 
Pine Apples.— Magnificent specimens of Queens came 
from Messrs. Jones, Barnes, and Fleming. Some of Mr. 
Barnes' fruit were unexceptionable both as regards form, 
colour, and ripeness. We, however, could not learn their 
weights. Mr. Fleming and Mr. Dods had each a good 
Providence. Altogether there were about as many Pines 
as there were at the June Exhibition. 
Grapes were abundant, and the white kinds were in 
better condition than they were at the last Show\ The best 
basket of 131bs. of Black Hamburgh came from Mr. Hen¬ 
derson, gardener to Sir George Beaumont, Bart. Of col¬ 
lections of three sorts, Mr. Glendinning had most beautiful 
bunches of Grizzly and White Frontignaus and Black 
Hamburgh. Bunches of Black Prince, beautifully coloured 
and very fine, came from Messrs. Boyd, May, Turnbull, and 
Hill. Of Muscadines, Mr. Tillyard had good bunches; and 
Mr. Forsyth, Hutch Sweetwater. The best Muscats came 
from Mr. Clarke. They appeared to be quite ripe, and were 
well coloured. Messrs. Turnbull, Dods, and Taylor, also, 
had fine bunches of this variety. Mr. Forsyth had some 
well-fruited Vines in pots. A seedling Black Grape came 
from Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl De Grey. It had quite 
the flavour of a Muscat; the berries were oval, and 
the bunches large. Its seeds were rather large, and the 
skin a little thick; but the last might be the result 
of its not being quite ripe. Mr. Mitchell, of Brighton, 
also had a seedling Grape, large and showy in the bunch, 
which resembled that of the White Nice; but the berries 
were different in shape. This we did not taste. Finally, a 
new White Grape came from Mr. Carpenter, of Birmingham ; 
but this did not appear to us to be so good as Busby’s 
Golden Hamburgh, with which it comes into competition, 
and, therefore, little need be said about it. 
Peaches and Nectarines were, upon the whole, good. 
The best came from Messrs. Clarke, Richards, Henderson, 
Turnbull, Frost, Davies, Fleming, and Booth. The sorts 
were chiefly Royal George and Noblesse Peaches, and Elruge 
and Violette Hative Nectarines. 
Plums. —Green Gage and Washington were furnished by 
Mr. Munro and Mr. Fleming, and the former had a dish of 
Moorpark Apricots. 
Cherries were very good. By far the best were Black 
Circassians, from Mr. Taylor, of Brentford. These were 
quite twice the size of ordinary fruit of this kind. In short, 
they were the admiration of all who saw them. Mr. Snow 
sent some well-grown white kinds. 
Strawberries were not plentiful. Mr. Tillyard showed 
Goliath, British Queen, Bicton Pine, and Sir Harry. 
Melons were not very good. The Beechwood obtained 
the first prize among green-fleshed sorts. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Rhododendron Falconeri (Dr. Falconer’s Rhododendron). 
It flowered this season for the first time in Europe, at 
Messrs. Standish and Noble’s, Bagsbot, and with Mr. Fairie, 
of Mosely Hall, near Liverpool. Its flowers are greenish- 
white. It is a native of Tonglo Mountain, in the Eastern 
or Sikkim-Himalaya, being found there at an elevation of 
10,000 feet .—Botanical Magazine, t. 4934. 
Rhododendron Hookeri (Hr. Hooker’s Rhododendron). 
“ From the garden of Mr. Fairie, of Mosely Hall, near 
Liverpool, where it flowered in April of the present year. 
It is one of the many new Rhododendrons which rewarded 
Mr. Booth’s researches in Bootan, and which have been so 
successfully reared from seed by the veteran botanist, 
Nuttall, at Nuttgrove, Rainhill, near Prescot.” Its flowers 
are rich crimson, and render it a brilliant species. “ It 
forms entire thickets upon the Oola Mountain of Bootan, 
on the north slopes of the Lablung Pass, accompanied by 
Finns excclsa ; elevation above the sea level 8,000 to 9,000 
feet, the frost and snow at that time (about December 30th) 
being very severe and continuous.”— Ibid. t. 4936. 
Collin si a verna (Spring Collinsia). 
Quite a new annual, the Collinsia veina of Don being the 
same as C. yrandijlora. Its flowers are coloured white and 
blue. Nuttall found it in West Pennsylvania in 1813, but 
it was first raised from seed by him in this country in 1855. 
“ The winter or autumnal young plants endure tire severe 
v’inters of Kentucky perfectly well, and there begin to 
flower about the 1st of April,” “Our plants flowered in a 
cool frame early in April, and continued blooming for a long 
time. Treated as a hardy annual, it will prove, when suffi¬ 
ciently abundant, a charming bedding-out species."— Ibid. 
1 . 4927. 
Rhododendron campanulatum var, Wallichii (Bell- 
Jlowered Rhododendron ; Hr. Wallich's variety). 
This native of the interior of the Sikkim-Himalaya was 
considered by Dr. Hooker to be a species, and named by 
him R. Wallioliianum. It proves to be only a variety of R. 
campanulatum. It bloomed at Kew in May, 1856. Its 
flowers are pale lilac, its leaves have no rusty down upon 
them, and the leaf-stalks are strongly tinged with red).— 
Ibid. t. 4928. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
GARDENING. 
SOIL FOR AND CULTURE OF POMPONE 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
“ Will you oblige me by saying what soil is most suitable 
for Pompone Chrysanthemums ?—M. L. T.” 
[Any good garden-soil, such as will grow Brocoli and 
Cauliflower, or the top of an Onion bed, will do well for 
Pompone Chrysanthemums ; or, if grown in pots, good yel¬ 
low or brown loam, with a sixth part of rotten leaf-mould, or 
very old, rotten dung, rather dry audfreefrom ■worms. Unless 
