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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Juke 14, 1859. 
Windsor stood so too. Mr. Nye, gardener toE. Poster, 
Esq., had one kind under three names— Syren, Meteor, 
and Flora, three seedlings out of one pod, or might he. 
It was running out names so close by the florists for 
seedlings, which were hardly visibly distinct to the rest 
of the world, which brought disgrace and dismay on the 
Pelargonium, which, were it not for the Fancies and 
Spotted from the French, w r ould be cultivated by nobody 
at this day but by genuine florists. But Carlos, Viola, 
and Eugene Duval, were so distinct as to drown the error 
in placing Syren, Meteor, and Flora in one collection. 
Mr. Wiggins, who is gardener to E. Beck, Esq., the 
great florist, had his plants remarkably well set. They 
were very distinct—as Eclipse, Viola, Fairest of the Fair, 
Eose Leaf, and Governor- General; the two last to match. 
Seedling Pelargoniums. — Sarah Turner in the Fancy 
class, and Lord Clyde in the Large class, were the two 
best there, and both had first prizes. In the French 
Spotted, a seedling named Bracelet was the best; it is 
from Mr. Turner, and is after his Rifleman, which I 
mentioned last May. Bracelet had a prize, and so had a 
great many more seedlings, for “ points ” which I do not 
understand, nor have the smallest wish to learn. Sarah 
Turner is a love of a thing—the highest or deepest of all 
the Fancies, and as round as a cricket-ball, with a small 
light-shaded eye. Lord Clyde, one of Mr. Foster’s seed¬ 
lings, is the finest flower of the race; the three front 
petals are clean, clear, light orange scarlet. The large 
dark blotch in the upper petals shades off to a deep crim¬ 
son broad edge. Size and substance wonderful, and 
Bracelet is nearly as big. Another seedling by Mr. 
Foster, for which he probably expected no prize or 
notice, will be a great favourite with the ladies, and will i 
vie with Viola and Eugene Duval in distinctness; it is 
named Bijou. It is not a florists’ flower. The front 
petals are of clouded purple and lilac—a deep, dark 
upper. petal, as edged with a very thin edge of light 
lilac—a very peculiar flower, and a seedling from Viola:, 
ten to one. Mr. Kinghorn had six plants of his rosy-cheek 
Christina there, and several large plants of his Sheen 
Rival —the very best scarlet Geranium he ever helped to 
bring into this world. Mr. Hally had a kind like 
Countess of Bective, with a white eye. It is more of a 
house plant. Mr. Cutbush, of Highgate, had a lot of 
his best variegated Geranium, called Beauty; it is a clear 
orange scarlet flower. Mr. Veitcli had three plants of a 
darling little crimson, with equal-sized black spots on 
all the petals, for which he had a first prize. It is from 
the French Spotted breed, like Rifleman and Bracelet. 
The name is Mrs. Ponsonby Moore, and if it would bed 
out, the ladies woidd sell their crinoline sooner than go 
without it. D. Beaton. 
FRUIT. 
There were some very good dishes and specimens of 
fruic; but the collection altogether came far short of 
what we have seen at the Crystal Palace a few years ago 
at the same season. 
In the Miscellaneous Collections the best was ex¬ 
hibited by Messrs. Webber and Co., of Covent Garden; 
but not being their own growth it was disqualified, and 
the prize was taken by Mr. Dawson, gardener to Earl 
Cowper, Penshanger, for Prickly and Smooth-leaved 
Cayenne Pines ; May Dulce and Elton Cherries; a 
Melon; a dish of Grosse Mignonne Peach; a dish of 
Admiral Dundas Strawberry ; and a dish of Chasselas 
Musqud Grapes ; the last of which were not good. 
The Pines were magnificent. In Providence the 
first prize was awarded to Mr. Bailey, gardener to T. 
Drake, Esq., Shardiloes, and second to Mr. Floud, gar¬ 
dener to R. Fothergill, Esq., Aberdare. This specimen 
weighed 11 lbs. 3 ozs. The Queens were also very good, 
the best bein" those of Mr. Young, of Dulwich, and 
second to Mr. Bailey. The first prize for Pines of any 
kind was awarded to Mr. Scott, of Leigh Park, for a fine 
specimen of Black Prince, 
In Black Grapes the competition was a very close 
one. Mr. Hill, of Keele Hall, came in first with three 
magnificent bunches of Black Hamburgh. Black as jet, 
and “ hammered ” all over. Two second prizes were 
awarded to Mr. Tilyard, of Heckfield, and Mr. Frost, of 
Preston Hall, respectively. In both instances the berries 
were large, finely-coloured, and “hammered;” but Mr. 
Tilyard’s were the handsomest bunches. In this class 
Mr. Carpenter, of Barr Hall, Staffordshire, exhibited 
the large, round, and flat-berried Dutch Hamburgh for 
Champion Hamburgh, which is quite a distinct and very 
superior variety. The berries were large, but must have 
been badly packed, for they had lost all their bloom. 
In White Grapes, Mr. George Smith, gardener to 
H. Littledale, Esq., Liscard, Cheshire, took first prize with 
very excellent Royal Muscadines. In this class were three 
small bunches, very badly grown, of Golden Hamburgh, 
the stalks of which were decayed, and gave a very bad 
idea of what this excellent Grape is when in perfection. 
The Muscats were very poor indeed, and neither of 
them were worthy of a prize. 
In the class for 12 lbs. of Grapes, the best were those 
of Mr. H. Baker, Thurmaston, Leicester, and they were 
very good. 
The Royal George Peaches from Mr. Sage, gardener 
to Earl Brownlow, Ashridge, were very fine; as were also 
the Elruge Nectarines of Mr. Frost, and the Violette 
Hdtive of Mr. Hill, both of whom got first prizes. In each 
of these cases the exhibitions were very much admired. 
Mr. Snow, of Wrest Park, took first prize for Figs. 
They were very fine. 
In White and Black Cherries, Mr. Henderson, gar¬ 
dener to the Duke of Sutherland, at Trentham, had it all 
his own way. His Black Tartarian, Elton, and May 
Dukes, could not have been surpassed, and with difficulty 
equalled. 
In the collection of Strawberries, Mr. Smith, of 
Richmond Road, Twickenham, sustained his reputation 
with dishes of magnificent fruit of Sir Charles Napier, 
British Queen, and Keens’ Seedling. The British Queens 
were beautifully coloured. 
The Vines in pots were well done. The first prize 
was taken by Mr. Alderson, of South Lambeth, and the 
second by Mr. Summers, gardener to A. Mongredien, 
Esq., of Forest Hill.—H. 
VENTILATION—AIR-MOISTURE IN GLAZED 
STRUCTURES. 
The question of ventilation, or air-giving, like most 
other principles in gardening, has been pretty well riddled 
and tossed about during the last thirty years; and it is 
getting high time, after so lengthened an agitation, that 
the corn was extracted from the chaff and turned to 
account. 
In former days the glass was so green and thick, that 
there was little anxiety on this head. If a little burning 
took place, it was only through a clumsy bull’s-eye pro¬ 
tuberance here and there ; hut in later years, by the in¬ 
troduction of new characters of glass, we have heard of 
hundreds of cases of burning by wholesale. 
Unluckily for such matters in a transition state, it 
happened that the question of ventilation was over-ven¬ 
tilated about the period of the advent of our new kinds 
of glass, and theory itself rather overworked a few salient 
points. I allude to the opinion once promulgated, that 
over-ventilation was a most pernicious thing, and that 
gardeners in general would do better if their tether were 
more limited in this respect. In fact, not to give them a 
chance of riding their hobby too hard. 
From such considerations springs forth the idea that 
the lights of houses ought to be fast; and that it was 
amply sufficient to knock a few small holes in the back 
and front walls, wherein were placed little playthings 
