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THE COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 
Novkmbeh 1. 
grape, \vliich .1 would call a iiioiistor Elack Prince ; the 
weight was '•) lbs. i) ozs., but the owner, Mr. Eutclier, a 
nurseryman at Stratford-on-Avon, told me tliat this 
grape would keep till late in tlio spring. 'J'hc name ol 
the grape is Ulach Jhirharosm. It had a medal, and it 
richly deserved one, still, as tiiis is a very little known 
kind, if the Society did not request to see a bunch or 
two of it in January and i'ebruary, or as late as it could 
bo kept fit for the table, they might just as well liavo 
thrown this medal over London-bridge. Scotland ex¬ 
celled in table Pears, and it was ])rovoking to bear the 
lecturer following up this triumph, by raking up the 
horrors of the winter of 1837-38, wdien many tender 
plants stood out “ over the borders,” that wore killed 
outright about Loudon ; and yet I often had a mind to 
tell Mr. Errington, that if he ever wanted to see pear 
and peach-trees in perfection, he would need to go into 
Fife, Perth, or Morayshire, for the sight. The island of 
Jersey never sent out finer pears than a pear at this 
meeting, called Grosse Calahasse, from Mr. Eobertson, 
gardener to Sir A. Hunibar, Bart., Dufus House, near 
Elgin, a day's journey beyond Balmoral, when I was 
last there. “ The Heart of Midlothian ” was also re¬ 
presented by splendid Pears from Jsxenford Castle, two 
hundred miles nearer Gretna Green than Flgin. After 
the Elgin Pears, the next largest wei-e Dncliesse d'An- 
goideme. Wo had also Apjjles, Plums, Morcllo Cherries, 
and Guavas.t: J). Beaton. 
GEEENHOUSE PLANTS SUn'ABl.E FOE 
POT-CULTUEE ON TEELLISES, &c. 
Plants iitted for this purpose should possess a climb¬ 
ing, twining, or trailing habit. "W^here conveniences 
exist, the last division would look most natural if the 
pot or basket was suspended, and the shoots allowed to 
fall gracefully over the sides. Alany of the others look 
admirably when twisting round an arch, or dangling 
from a rafter. But some are rather slow growing I'or 
tliis purpose ; and where a great love for such forms of 
beauty exists, only a small number could tlius be grown. 
When cultivated in ])ots, on trellises, a greater variety 
can bo obtained, more dense masses of bloom secured, 
and the plants can bo easily moved from place to place, 
and thus obtain the best position, as the varying cir¬ 
cumstances of the plants require. Of the many that 
might be selected, I shall to-day allude to the Kenncdya 
group, merely premising that all the strongest growing 
are also fitted for rafters, when planted out and grown 
in larger pots than would be requisite for trellises. The 
strongest growing will, therefore, be named first. 
The genus Kenncdya, consisting of pea-shaped flowers, 
is commemorative of Mr. ivennedy, of the late firm of I,oo 
and Kennedy. The plants are all natives of New Hol- 
I land, Australia, and the Swan Eiver settlement, hfuch 
i confusion exists in this group since botanists have 
divided it into other two allied generas— Ilardenheryia, 
commemorative of a sister of Baron Hugel, and Ziciiya, 
in honour of another German lady, a friend or relative 
of the same gentleman. Was this the projicr place, 
I do not think I could in every case draw a clear dis- 
' tinction between the three genera, as even in the most 
recent lists they seem very much commingled together, 
so much so, that beginners could not greatly err in 
calling the whole lot of them Kennedyas, at least, until 
one of our botanical friends will point out a clearly 
perceptible difference. In most cases, though not in 
Long Jonquil, but little known, from Mr. Everahed, market-gardener, 
of Godaiming, and Early Warwicks, grown by Mr. Smith, gardener to 
Mra. Reay, Wanated, were so good as to deserve an extra prize. Some 
foreign Peas were also e.\hibitcd, but these were in very bad condition. 
* The pears exhibited by Blr. Robertson, were Winter Ncilis, .Sinclair, 
. Marie Louise, Easter Beurre, Grosso Calabassc, Thompson’s, Euchesse 
I d’Angouleme, and Glout Morceau. 
all, the Kenncdya has trifoliate leaves, and the keel of 
the flowers longer than the wings; in Zivlrya, tlic keel 
is short, the leaves tril'oliate; in IJardcnheryui, the 
leaves are mostly simple and long. As a slight diller- 
euce will bo required in the management, i shall give 
a short list under the several genera. 
Kenncdya nigricans. — Flowers very deep purjile, 
green, and yellow.' This, a number of years ago, we 
had so strong as to threaten to monoi)olise the whole 
roof of a house, and when dangling down the flowers 
had a very singular ajijrearance in the si)ring months. 
Many of the Kennedyas are climbers, but this is such a 
twiner that it grasped an iron rod so tightly as xdti- 
mately to destroy itself. 
K. Marry atUe.- —I’ine scarlet flowers; blooms freely 
from February to June. 
K. ruhicunda. —Dark dull red ; blooming generally 
from May to July. These, when grown in pots, will 
require trellises from four to seven feet in heighth, 
and eighteen inches in diameter. If in a balloon sbu]:>e, 
the widest part may be a foot wider. The smallest trellis 
for the last-named. 
K. Comptoniana. — Blue lilac. 
Ilardenheryia nacropliylla (I.arge-lcavcd).—Scarlet 
flowers. 
H. nionopliylla (One-leaved).—Blush-purple. 
II. longirucemosa' (Long-clustered).— I’urpie-pinkish. 
II. ovala (Egg-shaped-leaved).—Burjdo. 
Many of these, if left to themselves, would have as 
much tendency to trail as to climb. The trellises should 
range from six i’cet to three. 
Ziclvya glahrala (Smooth-leaved).-—Orange flowers. 
/j. sericca (Silkly-leaved).—Scarlet; syu. Kendilatata. 
Z. inophhylla (Nerved-leaved).—Scarlet flowers. 
Z. heterojilvylla (Various-leaved).—Purple. 
Z. tricolor. —Yellow, red, and purple. 
These are pretty twining plants, requiring trellises 
from 3V to 2 feet in heighth, and from 30 inches to IK 
inches in diameter. 
1st, Propagation. —When seed can bo obtained, sow 
in February or March, in sandy peat, plunged in a 
sweet hotbed: steeping the seeds previously for a day 
in water at 90°; hardening-off the j)]ants gradually, as 
they get strong enough for pricking-out round the sides 
of a pot. By Guttings, choose firm, short, side-shoots \ 
from two to three inches long, early in s])ring, or after ; 
fresh growth in summer, when the base of the short { 
shoot is getting hard ; and insert them in silver sand, , 
over sandy peat, the })ot being three-pai’ts filled with j 
drainage, and kept close with a bell-glass; shade when ! 
necessary. Give a temperature rather higher than the 
plant enjoyed from whence the cuttings were taken; and ! 
in a month or six weeks plunge the pots, if necessary, * 
in a slight bottom-heat, 
2udly. Choosing young plants in a Nursery. —Fixujion 
the healthiest and bushiest at bottom. But, provided 
the plants are young and “vigorous, though they be ratber 
naked below, it will bo of less consequence thiin if you 
were purchasing bush plants, to which a good bottoming 
is everything. This will appear from 
3rdly. The mode of Training. —Wlien I used to grow 
such plants I practised two modes. First, I encouraged 
the plant to grow with a single stem until it w'as a little 
higher than the top of tlie contemplated trellis ; then it 
was stopped, and all side-shoots and buds on the stem 
were disbudded gradually, after the shortened top was 
beginniiig to push out fresh branches. These were 
allowed to dangle free of each other, or wore secured to 
any temporary jirop, so as to have a good beginning 
before the trellis was introduced. The main stem, by 
this means, became as clean as a whip-h,-indie, and, in 
fact, was never seen at all when once the trellis was 
covered ; besides, the sap was distributed more regu- 
1 larly than when the trellis was covered with rival 
