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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, September 13, 1859. 
they did it capitally. Mr. Oubridge was third, and Mr. 
Rhodes fourth. 
Then variegated and fine-leaved plants in high order, 
great sizes, and good setting, with nothing new. First 
prize for variegated to Mr. Young, gardener to W. H. 
Stone, Esq., Dulwich. Second, Mr. Bunny. 
Then stove and greenhouse plants in collections of six 
plants. They were the best-looking that ever were exhi¬ 
bited so late, as also were the same in collections of ten 
plants. In the latter Mr. Baxendine was first, Mr. Kaile 
second, and Mr. Green third. The first had Allamanda, 
Dipladenia splendens, Stephanotis, Crowea, Clerodendron 
Kaempferi, JEschynanthus grandiflorus, two Heaths and 
Vincas. Mr. Kaile had a fine Pleroma, two Vincas, 
Franciscea, Statice Oldfordii, and Clerodendron Kcempferi. 
Mr. Green had Bochea falcata, with four spikes, Ericas, 
Allamandas, Ixoras, Lisiantkus, Tetratheca, and Cattleya 
violacea. And Mr. Peed had a fourth prize for a pair of 
Vincas, a fine Crowea saligna, Cyrtoceras, two Dipla- 
denias, Aphelandra cristata, very early for it and others. 
A specimen plant of Ixora Lobbii from Mr. Green. Then 
the sixes, which began with Mr. Page getting the first 
prize for Cyrtoceras, red and white Ixoras, Pleroma, 
Allamanda, and Erica retorta. Second, Mr. Rhodes, 
with Hoya carnosa, Lantana crocea, Dipladenia crassi- 
noda, Cyrtoceras, and Erica retorta major. Third, Mr. 
Reid with Pentas carnea, Vinca, Begonia odorata —an 
old white sort, and hardier than usual, Allamanda, and 
Plumbago Capensis. Fourth, Mr. Chilmau, two Vincas, 
two Clerodendrons, Cyrtoceras, and others. 
Cockscombs and Balsams endless, and hardly a bad- 
grown one among them. Cockscombs prodigious. The 
two best collections of Balsams on a par with first-rate 
country growth seven years back, but by far the very 
finest ever shown near London. First, for Cockscombs, 
Mr. Savage, gardener to Miss Guilloneau, Lower Ed¬ 
monton. Second, Mr. Titchmarsh, gardener to E. 
MMurdo, Esq., Lower Edmonton, also. The two were 
all but a tie. In Balsams, the first was Mr. Brown, 
gardener to .1. C. Thurn, Esq., Dulwich; and second, 
Mr. Green. 
In twenty specimens of British Ferns, Mr. Sims, of 
Foot’s Cray first, as usual. Mr. Lavey, second. He had 
a large Trichomanes radicans under a hand-glass. Third, 
Mr. Baily. He also had the same Trichomanes in the 
same way. Passing over heaps of things now, to stop at 
Vallotta purpurea minor from Mr. Carson. Eight large 
bulbs in one large pot, all in fine bloom. 
A new Begonia from Bex, and much finer, called Mar- 
shallii, after the owner thereof, the well-known horti¬ 
culturist of Leeds, with whom is Mr. Franklin, once of 
the Lawrencean collection. The leaf is all grey, except a 
green star in the centre, and a green Vandyke-like margin. 
A noble plant. 
Collection of double Petunias, of fancy Begonias, 
brought me to a large collection of new, winter-flowering 
plants, the collection of new Achimenes, which Messrs. 
Milne, Arnott, and Co., are now advertising. They are 
really a fine-habited race, with a profusion of bloom, 
and had a first-rate prize; as also had several new things 
from Mr. Veitch, his Pteris argyrea is just what he says 
it is. His Selaginella Lobbii is like some drooping 
CypresL Selagenilla airo-viridis is also very fine. A 
new specimen of Cissus, and lots of others which had 
prizes. Here stood a new Bicliardia or Calla, alba 
punctata, of Hooker; I believe it had a yellowish flower, 
is from Upper Egypt, and has stood out in England, at 
Raby Castle, last winter, without protection. A fine 
thing introduced in 1858. 
Heaths in sixes. First, Mr. Peed. Second, Mr. Rhodes. 
Exotic Ferns, fine plants. First, Mr. Bunny. Second, 
Mr. Wooley. Third, Messrs. Milne, Arnott, and Co. 
Fourth, Mr. Halley. 
Collections of Ixoras. First, Mr. Carson, three scarlets 
and one Crocea. 
Orchids. First, Mr. Carson, also. Dendrobiunn for- 
mosum, Aerides suavissimum, Oncidium lanceanum, Ena 
leucostachya, Coelogyrie speciosa, and Zygopetalon maxil- 
lare, a dwarf free-flowering specimen. 
Dahlias, and they were the pride of the Show, and so 
crowded round that no one could judge them as they 
ought. Mr. Turner was first in fifty kinds. Second, Mr. 
Kimberly, near Coventry. Third, Mr. Keynes, of Salis¬ 
bury ; and extra prize, Mr. Legge, Edmonton. In the 
amateur’s class of twenty-four kinds, the Rev. C. Fellows, 
i of Norwich, was first; Mr. Dodds, of Salisbury, second ; 
Mr. Holmes, Brook Lodge, Norwich, third; and some 
extras. In fancy Dahlias of twelve kinds, Mr. Turner 
was first; Mr. Fellows second; Mr. Keynes third; and 
several extras. 
Messrs. Turner, Keynes, and Dodds, were strong in 
seedlings, and certificates were abundant. Mr. Keynes 
stood at one end: his Mrs. Wellesley Pigott, a splendid 
white, had a certificate ; Jjady Douglas Pennant, ditto, 
a fine lemon yellow ; William Dodds, ditto, a fine orange 
yellow ; Sir George Douglas, ditto, perhaps the best of 
them, orange very deeply edged with crimson, a splendid 
combination of the very richest colours ; and Neville 
Keynes, an orange tipped with peach. 
Probably Mr. Dodd’s Lilacina variegata will turn out 
to be the most popular Dahlia of them all, although it 
had no prize, being a true bedding kind. It is a charm¬ 
ing light lilac, and all the leaves are variegated ; is of the 
same size and habit as Profusion; and hereby I do stake 
my fortune on the fact that Lilacina will pay best of all 
the seedlings at this Show, although no prize or any 
judicial notice was taken of it. 
Some very pretty fancy ones from Mr. Rawlings had 
no prize either. The richest coloured in Mr. Turner’s 
seedlings were Purple Standard (but it had no prize) ; 
George Elliott, a rosy-purple, very pretty (had a certifi¬ 
cate) ; Harlequin, orange and crimson, ditto; Queen 
Mab, ditto, a light-tipped red; Pluto, ditto, a purplish- 
red, tipped light; Mrs. H. Vyse, a shaded deep, lilac 
ditto ; and Beauty, ditto. 
Cut Roses in fifty kinds, very good. Messrs. Paul 
first here, Mr. Francis second, and Messrs. Fraser third. 
There were also prizes for twenty-four or twenty-five 
kinds of cut Roses. Hollyhocks not so numerous as last 
year ; the first for spikes to Mr. Minchin, Hook Norton; 
second to Mr. Aylott, gardener to T. S. Tangueray, Esq., 
Hendon ; and third to Mr. Bragg. 
China Asters splendid. The same Mr. Sandford who 
took the first prize last year was also first now: he is 
gardener to J. Thomasset, Esq., Walthamstow. Mr. 
Francis second, and Mr. Kaile third, all in French kinds 
of twenty-four sorts. The Quilled or German Asters 
were perfection itself. First, Mr. Bealey, East Hendred, 
Berks ; second, Mr. Betteridge, Steventon, Berks ; third, 
Mr. Westbrook, Abingdon, Berks, also extras. 
Mr. Standish, of Bagshot, stood well with collections of 
new Gladioluses and Phloxes. Mr. Cutbush, Highgate, 
first in Liliums, Mr. Higgs second, and Mr. Reid third. 
D. Beaton. 
SIMPLE HINTS ON PROPAGATING BEDDING 
PLANTS. 
Verbenas. — Where there is no convenience of cold pits, 
frames, or hand-lights, the best plan is to lay young shoots in 
small pots, much in the same way as is done with Strawberry 
runners, and when the pot is full of roots, then sever the young 
plant from its older parent. All attempts to take up and keep 
old plants will end in disappointment. I would sooner have 
such a nice little healthy plant than a huge specimen that would 
fill, when taken up, a bushel basket. Such layering should be 
done in August, and the first fortnight of September. In looking 
along the shoots, choose the point of one in which you observe 
incipient roots on the lower side of the joints. 
Wherever there are conveniences of cold frames or pits, I 
prefer cuttings, and these I would commence taking off in the 
