THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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money far beyond the real value of these plants, be¬ 
cause the latter has plenty of money and the ambition 
of being talked of as having the best collection of 
plants in the country. We will further suppose, as we 
believe was the case, that Mrs. Lawrence buys the 
plants from Messrs. Fraser, and gets a gold medal at 
the next exhibition for them : but the Society’s prize- 
list having enhanced the value of Messrs. Fraser’s 
plants, they consider and believe that the Society 
has conferred on them even more value than their 
merits deserve ; they are, therefore, well satisfied with 
their bargain; Mrs. Lawrence is equally so with her 
gold medals and the congratulations of her friends, 
and the Society is all this time perfectly satisfied that 
this part of their patriotic exertions are well and 
legitimately carried out, and the country is benefited 
in its turn by every improvement in the arts and 
elegancies of every-day life. Now all this cannot 
apply to a country town, or village, having a horti¬ 
cultural Society, because such societies offer then- 
prizes only to those within their own circle ; and if 
any exhibitor goes beyond this circle to buy or borrow 
superior plants from growers like Messrs. Fraser, he 
is clearly defrauding the said Society, if he competes, 
under these circumstances, for their awards. There¬ 
fore, to do away with all fears or suspicion on the 
point, provincial Horticultural Societies have generally 
a standing rule, stating, that all exhibitors must only 
compete with plants after being in their own possession 
for a certain period. 
The highest prize the Society gives was deservedly 
awarded to Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence. 
This was a noble collection of large handsome plants, 
in excellent showing order. If any faidt could be 
found with it, it was that some of the plants were not 
so full of flower as might have been wished; yet there 
was a sufficient number full of bloom to justify the 
award. There were so many fine plants in this col¬ 
lection, that it is difficult to select a few particularly. 
Among them was a splendid specimen of the beautiful 
Pimelea spectabilis, in the best possible condition; 
also an immense plant of Epacris grandifiora, and some 
fine specimens of Boronia serrulala and Chorozema 
Henchmanni. 
The second prize (large gold medal 15 1. value) for 
thirty plants, was well-deserved by Mr. Cole, gardener 
to H. Collyer, Esq. These were beautiful plants, in 
fine condition. The judges must have had a difficult 
task to determine which of the two was the best, for 
although the first collection were finer plants in 
respect to size, yet the second were, upon the whole, 
better flowers. Perhaps the arrangement had some¬ 
thing to do with it. The best plants in Mr. Cole’s 
collection that we noticed were Aphelexis macrantha 
purpurea, a superb specimen, and lxora coccinea, with 
noble heads of scarlet flowers, also a well-managed 
plant of Hovea celsii and Chorozema henchmannii. 
Collections of fifteen stove and greenhouse plants .— 
The first prize (gold knightian medal, value 10/.) was 
ably won by Mr. Taylor. He had numerous excellent 
plants, but we can only notice Pimelea spectabilis well- 
grown and superbly flowered. Ixora coccinea, Aphe¬ 
lexis sesamoides, both superb, and Azalea indica phoeni- 
cea alba ; this last was an example of skill and taste. 
The second prize (gold Banksian medal) was 
awarded to Mr. Carson, who had in his collection 
some splendid Indian azaleas, a fine plant of Francis- 
cea macrophylla and F. latifolia. 
The third prize (silver gilt medal) was awarded to 
Mr. Green. He had fine specimens of Erica aristata 
major, Pimelea spectabilis, and Gompholobium splendens. 
Collections of six stove and greenhouse plants .—The 
competitors for these prizes were numerous, and each 
had some good plants. The first prize (silver gilt 
medal) was won by Mr. Jack. His best plants were 
Adenandra speciosa, Azalea indica splendens, and Fran- 
ciscea acuminata. 
The second prize (certificate of excellence) to Mr. 
Stowe, gardener to R. Baker, Esq. He had good 
plants of Leschenaultia biloba nana, and Aphelexis 
humilis. 
The third prize (large silver medal) to Mr. Stanley, 
gardener to H. Berens, Esq. He had Tropeolum 
jarrattii, a fine specimen. 
The fourth prize (silver Knightian medal) to Mr. 
Glendinning, nurseryman at Chiswick, for a collection 
of six rather small but well-flowered plants. 
The fifth prize (silver Banksian medal) to Mr. Hamp, 
gardener to J. Thorne, Esq. A silver gilt medal was 
awarded to the same party for six amaryllids. 
ROSES IN POTS. 
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Roses in Pots.— It is only but as if it were yes¬ 
terday that the happy idea of growing roses in pots 
systematically occurred to the Council of the London 
Horticultural Society, and no sooner thought of than 
with that liberality for which they are so much dis¬ 
tinguished in these matters, handsome rewards or 
medals were offered for the experiments, and we do 
not recollect of one single branch of gardening which 
flourished so rapidly under the auspices of this vene¬ 
rable society. In the course of three or four years 
the cultivation of roses in pots has reached a degree 
of excellence that the most sanguine of its supporters 
could hardly anticipate to see in double the time, and 
a most striking and novel feature in this branch was 
exhibited last Saturday. A beautiful large bush of 
the Yellow Banksian rose, having, by the magic hand 
of English gardening, totally given up its natural 
habit as a rambling climber, and assumed that of a 
neat growing shrub, by which it would appear, that 
its shyness to bloom, for which it is often discarded 
altogether, has also been overcome, for the plant in 
question was literally clothed with its clusters of clear 
yellow flowers. Although we have seen the tendency of 
climbing habit overcome in our plant stoves by means 
of cramping at the roots, and by a judicious course of 
stopping at every other joint during the whole grow¬ 
ing season, we were not prepared to understand how 
apparently easy it seemed to effect the same purpose 
by different means with our Yellow Banksian rose. 
There is now no question about the White Banksian 
rose being just as eligible for this purpose as the yel¬ 
low one, and as the flowers of the white ones are as 
sweet as mignonette, and a good substitute for it, we 
anticipate new sources of pleasure and enjoyment 
from the pot cultivation of the rose. We also saw' 
another yellow rose at this exhibition, and we were as 
much disappointed with it as we were surprised at the 
yellow Banksian ; but none of this fault rested with 
the cultivator, but simply from a flaming account we 
read of a splendid new yellow rose discovered by Mr. 
Fortune in China, and as we read Mr. Fortune’s name 
