June 9. 
THE COTTxAGE GARDENER. 
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this there were several extraordinary fine plants, the 
best were Paul Perms, Coup cl'Hebe, Baronne Prevost, 
Comtesse de Mole, a variety seldom seen, Charles Duval, 
and Bouquet de Flore. Whites were scarce. Souvenir 
Fun ami had white edges, with a flesh-colonred centre, 
and Taglioni, a tea-scented, beautiful Rose, was as near 
white as possible. Mrs. Boscinquet was in fine condition, 
and pure white. I must not forget Adam, a fino fawn- 
coloured, double, tea-sccnted variety. These were the 
best, hut all were really finely-bloomed, and were the 
grand attraction of the day, excepting, perhaps, the 
Orchids. 
Pelargoniums. — These effective show plants were 
exhibited in large numbers, but excepting those shown 
by Mr. Turner, of Slough, were not so full of bloom as 
usual. The plants were well grown, and will bo fine at 
the next show. The best includes many of the good 
old varieties, as the following list will show :— 
Scarlet or bright crimson. — Magnet, Glowworm, 
Salamander, Prince of Orange, Rosa, and Magnificent. 
Light, with dark blotch. — Rowena, Rosamond, Star, 
May Queen, Bertha, Gulielma, and Arethusa. 
Dark, with maroon blotch. — Mochanna, Constance, 
j Cuyp, Chloe, Pride of the Isles, Nonsuch, Forget-me-not, 
j Negress, Conspicuum, Chieftain, Painter Improved, Am¬ 
bassador, Aladdin, Alderman, and Norah. 
Purple, upper petals that colour. — Ajax, Alonzo, 
and Princess Royal. 
White. — Virgin Queen, Ellen, Pearl, Blanch, Mont 
Blanc (No. 2), and Camilla. 
Pelargoniums (the lesser or fancy varieties).—These 
were, generally speaking, well bloomed. The best were, 
Advance (light), Formosissima (dark), Hero of Surrey 
(dark), Gipsy Queen (dark), Defiance (dark), Slabinsha 
(very dark), Plectra (light), Queen Superba (light), 
Cristine (light), Miss S. Sheppard (light), Gaiety (light), 
Richard Cobden (light), and John Bull (dark). 
Pansies in Pots were exceedingly well grown, and 
finely bloomed, quite equal, if not superior, to those 
grown in the open border. They were much and de¬ 
servedly admired by the visitors. 
Flower of the Day (a fine dark self, superior to the 
Dulce of Perth), Adela (a good yellow), British Queen, 
Marchioness of Bath (a fine flower), Alfred the Great, 
Sir John Cathcart, Marchioness of Lothian, Helen (a 
lino white ground with light purple margin), National, 
Mrs. Bell, and Sylvia. 
In Cut Pansies the following were the best— Royal 
Standard, Conqueror, Miss Talbot, Flower of the Day, 
Sovereign (the best yellow sell), Robert Burns, Sambo, 
Pandora, Sir R. Peel, Queen of England, Kate, and | 
Royal White. 
Cinerarias. — There were several collections, but 
none in very fine condition ; the best were Rosy Morn, 
Rosalind, Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Amy Robsart, and Lady 
Hume Campbell. 
Calceolarias. —One good collection, from Mr. Con¬ 
stantine, gardener to C. Mills, Esq., Hillingdon, was 
grown as Calceolarias should be. 1 understand they 
, were all seedlings raised by the exhibitor. Scarlet 
j King (a decided acquisition), Duke of Wellington (a fine 
! crimson), Defiance (a spotted variety), and Mrs. C. Mills, 
| were the best. 
Tulips, —These gay flowers were exhibited in con¬ 
siderable number, and in fine condition. Mr. Turner, 
of Slough, sent a collection of eighty-four, and Mr. 
i Milner, of Sudbury, another of ninety-six. I noted the 
i’ following as being really good— 
Whites. — Princess Charlotte and Groom. 
Yellow and dark stripes. — Gloria Mundi, Duchess 
of Clarence, Polyphemus, Junius Brutus, Charbonnier, 
| Garten Leopold, Trafalgar, and Chelleston. 
Dark feathered byblomen. — Charbonnier noir, 
\ Diogenes, Globe Regan, and Aristides. 
Roses. — Ceres belieforme, Aglaie, Claudiana, Bion, 
Lord Colchester, Rose Astonishing, Lord Hill, Brilliant, 
Triomphe Royal, and a breeder broke into colour this 
season. 
Miscellaneous. —Under this head there was ex¬ 
hibited a good collection of Stove Ferns, from Mr. 
Williams; and Lycopods from Mr. Woolley; British 
Ferns, from Mr. Smith, Regent’s Park. Also an inter¬ 
esting collection of Alpine Plants, from Mr. Turner, of 
Holloway, most of them very well-bloomed, especially 
Veronica repens, Saxifraga granulata pleno, Alyssum 
saxatile, and Ajuga reptans pleno. 
Rhododendrons in Pots, from Messrs. Lane, of 
Berkhampsted; and Mr. Ivison, Sion House, were 
large, and well bloomed; gay in colours, from the 
the darkest crimson, to white spotted with purple. 
Fruit. —The Society did not offer any prizes at this 
Show for fruit, consequently very little was exhibited. 
There were, however, some good Grapes, growing on 
the trees in pots; some good Cut Grapes; two Melons; 
one dish of fine Strawberries; one dish of Figs; and a 
dish of ripe Apricots, a somewhat uncommon fruit at 
this time of the year. T. Appleby. 
PLANTING OUT CROPS IN SUMMER. 
When is the best time to plant the various kitchen- 
garden crops, that, from time to time, require removal 
from the seed-bed to the quarters where they are expected 
to remain for permanent use ? This is a question that 
has several times been asked, and is one to which any¬ 
thing but a general answer can be given ; for, although 
it is customary to say, “ plant out after rain,” the many 
| failures we see from so doing would seem to imply, that 
| the advice must be acted upon with caution, or, in other 
words, it must be qualified to suit the circumstances of 
the case. We have all seen nice young broods of 
Lettuces planted out to their final quarters, and dis¬ 
appear within a very few hours after; and beds of 
tender Annuals have sometimes suffered a like fate, 
more especially if they be margined by a considerable 
breadth of grass, which forms a lurking place from 
which foraging parties of their enemies make nightly 
sallies, and carry away all that is most valuable. Now, 
this drawback amounts, in some instances, to the entire 
loss of a crop, or several crops in succession; nor are 
protective measures so effective as could be wished: it 
therefore becomes the enquiring mind to weigh well 
the benefits of planting after heavy rains, and the evils 
to which the system is exposed. Wo have been so 
situated, as to find it almost impossible to save our 
Brussels Sprouts, Greens, &c., which it is customary to 
plant out early in June, if we planted them out in wet 
weather; we, consequently, adopted the other extreme, 
and planted them out when the ground, as well as the 
weather, was very dry, and usually with great success. 
The reason was obvious—a stiff, retentive soil is the one 
most favourable to the production of “ slugs,” the 
enemies of almost all young and tender vegetation ; 
while a soil of an opposite kind is one of the best anti¬ 
dotes to their increase—the sharp, gritty particles of 
which a sandy soil is composed being at variance with 
the locomotive powers of slugs, and they are less able 
to crawl about in search of food, and do not, conse¬ 
quently, exist in such number as in the more adhesive 
“ loams,” better known, in garden phraseology, as 
“ heavy soils.” 
Now, as the slug exists in the stiff soil to a more 
dangerous extent than in the dry, sandy one, we may 
reasonably infer that the planting operation ought to 
be done on the stiff soil in dry weather, in order that 
the plants may escape the ravages they would be sub¬ 
jected to were they planted out whilst it was wet, and 
