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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, September 18, 18G0. 
marrow flavour—its only drawback at all times, and especially 
this season, being its extreme height, ten feet being nothing 
uncommon; Cauliflowers small and firm; and large and yet 
compact Cabbages—everything to be desired ; Turnips of every 
size and shape, but all fresh, clean, and without a spot—a creamy, 
yellow, somewhat flat one being unknown to me, and might not 
be useful if we did, unless cooks and consumers can see quality in 
any colour but white; Potatoes round, without deep-sunk eyes, 
and Kidneys almost as large and flat as shoemakers’ lapstones, 
quite free from aspect of disease, which I hope is the case with the 
crop in that neighbourhood; Onions clean, and some of immense 
size, without thick spongy necks, or seemingly any artifice to 
hide them ; Parsnips I cannot say how long ; and Carrots short, 
clean, and dumpy, of the Horn breed ; and others, so long and 
clean, might warrant our host at. Daventry again to tell a green¬ 
horn who was urgent in his inquiries as to the “how and the 
why,” that old sawpits were filled with light sandy soil, on this 
the Carrots were sown, and, when wanted, no means could, be 
devised for getting them up their full length but tying the top of 
each Carrot to a donkey’s tail, and starting off the said donkey 
into a canter. 
To Messrs. Lane, as has been already noted ; to Messrs. Perry, 
of Banbury, not only for fruit trees in pots, but for a large 
collection of useful plants of new bedding Geraniums, Verbenas, 
and Fuchsias—few of which, however, were named; to Mr. 
Perkins, of Northampton, for large collections of Roses, Ferns, 
Begonias, and Conifers, which I cannot find space to name, and 
for a group of Fuchsias smothered with bloom, and having but 
one stick in the centre, showing the absurdity of the forest-of- 
stiek system ;—to these and others the Society were much in¬ 
debted for the fine massive display. 
All, however, might have been unavailing in promoting the 
more-than-general satisfaction without the able and indefatigable 
exertions of Mr. Booth, gardener to Lord Pomfret, at Easton 
Neston; the unceasing and extra courteous endeavours of Mr. 
Jephson, and the other members of the Committee ; their extra 
liberality in awarding from £30 to £40 in extra prizes alone; 
and though last, not least, the kind and hospitable conduct of 
the townspeople in inviting their country friends to meet them 
that day. I believe, though every inn was crowded, there were 
few private houses in which, towards evening, there was not 
heard the clinking of extra tea-cups in unison with happy human 
voices. Our heartiest wish is that the next annual fete may, if 
possible, be attended with even more joyous happiness than the 
last. R. Fish. 
P.S.—There were some fine floral designs and plans of flower 
gardens planted, but no justice could be done to them without a 
lengthened description. 
[At the particular request of Mr. Fish we have inserted the 
above, but it must not be taken as a precedent. Our pages are 
to give information interesting to the public generally. A country 
show, however good, is interesting only to its immediate neigh¬ 
bours. —Eds.] 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Fruit Committee. —A meeting of the Fruit Committee was 
held on the 11th inst. Mr. Edmonds in the chair. 
In consequence of the very unfavourable state of the weather 
and the lateness of the season, there were no competitions for 
the prizes offered for collections of Peaches and Nectarines. Mr. 
Ferguson, of Stowe, sent several dishes of well-grown Peaches 
and Nectarines from under glass, several of which were unnamed. 
Mr. Salter, of Hammersmith, sent a dish of a Seedling Peach, 
which bears considerable resemblance to Bellegarde , but the 
leaves had kidnev-shaped glands. The flavour was not quite 
what could be desired, and it was, therefore, requested that it be 
sent again another season. 
Messrs. Backhouse, of York, sent two bunches of a Seedling 
Grape raised by J. B. Faviell, Esq., of Stockeld Park, Wetherby, 
but they were not sufficiently ripened ; it being evident that the 
variety requires considerable heat. 
Mr. Thompson, gardener to Earl of Stamford and Warrington, 
sent fruit of Dolichos sinensis, which was in the form of long 
terete pods thirty-three inches long. 
Floral Committee. —A meeting of the Floral Committee 
was held on Thursday last. 
Mr. Kelly, gardener to Mrs. Rcdway, Bolton, Lancashire, 
sent a very handsome new Gymuogramma, which received a 
First-class Certificate. 
Mr. Dodds, gardener to Colonel Baker, Salisbury, exhibited 
Seedling Dahlia Marquis of Bowmont. It is of large size, and 
very handsome shape, of a rosy-lilac colour. It received a 
First-class Certificate. 
Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, sent seedling Dahlia Masterpiece, a 
fine-rosy purple, which was Commended. 
Mr. Turner, of Slough, sent Dahlias Kora Creina, a fine 
orange and yellow- tipped with lilac; and j Elegance, which is 
white, tipped with lilac, and flaked with dark crimson. Both 
received Certificates of Commendation. 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, of Wellington Road, sent a 
new Bouvardia Hogarth, with small rosy flowers, and several 
plants of Biantlius Heddewigii, Balsams, Fuchsias, &c. 
TRADE LISTS RECEIVED. 
List of Bulls and other Flower Boots, <^c., Ig F. G. Hender¬ 
son Sf Son, Wellington Road, St. John's Wood. —This is a capital 
catalogue extending to sixty pages, and contains every imaginable 
bulb to be had in the trade. Of what are called “ Dutch Flower 
Roots,” such as Hyacinths, Tulips, Polyanthus-Narcissus, Ra¬ 
nunculus, Anemones, Crocuses, &e., there is a very large assort¬ 
ment ; the bedding Tulips alone numbering 190 varieties of all 
shades of colour. Every variety is fully described, and the 
catalogue is interspersed with several useful and instructive 
remarks. 
Descriptive List of New Pelargoniums, Cinerarias, Fuchsias, 
Pansies, Sfc., by John Dobson f Sons, Lsleworth, W. — The 
Messrs. Dobson are essentially florists, and in this catalogue 
we have excellent descriptions of the best varieties of florists’ 
flowers, by those who arc most competent to furnish them. 
A Catalogue of Strawberries cultivated at Fgglescliffe near 
Farm, by W. J. Kicholson. —Two hundred and ten sorts of 
Strawberries! for such is the number contained in this list. Of 
these there are fifty-seven Mr. Nicholson considers “the cul¬ 
tivator cannot err in choosing.” Most of the varieties have 
descriptive notes attached to them. 
Autumn Supplement to Carter § Co.'s Gardener's Fade 
Mecum. —This is a supplement of 48 pages of the size of the 
“ Gardener’s Yade Mecum,” and consists, to a great extent, of 
Bulbs, to which are added choice Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, 
Exotic and Hardy Ferns, &c. The information supplied on the 
various subjects is as usual very good and practical, and the col¬ 
lections are at once extensive and select. 
Autumn Catalogue of Dutch and Cape Flowering Bulls, by 
Butler fp McCulloch, South Row, Covent Garden. —The only 
regret wc have about this otherwise-excellent catalogue is, that 
Messrs. Butler & McCulloch should have discontinued the usual 
handsome octavo size and adopted an inconvenient and not 
handsome quarto, thereby precluding us and their customers 
from binding it up along with those already issued of the same 
size. Nurserymen and seedsmen are apt, without giving it a 
thought, to alter the size of their catalogues, or to adopt any 
fanciful shape that may for the time please them; and they may 
not know that by doing so they effectually prevent the catalogue 
being stored up and becoming permanent references. We would 
recommend in all cases a uniformity of size and shape; so that 
such catalogues as Messrs. Butler & McCulloch and some other 
houses usually issue might be bound together in a volume and 
preserved, of which they are well worthy. But all the different 
sizes and shapes with which our table is loaded render the trade 
lists little better than a pile of waste paper. After this digression, 
we must say that Messrs. Butler’s is, notwithstanding its shape, 
an admirable catalogue. 
Catalogue of Flower-roots, by Francis Sf Arthur Dickson and 
Sons, Chester, is also an excellent catalogue, very neatly got up, 
but is, like Messrs. Butler’s, in the objectional quarto form. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Name of Poplars (TV;.—' Those proving about the Courts of Bucking¬ 
ham Place, are the common Lombardy Poplar, Populus fastigiata. 
Clubbing ( IF. Keane).— Only three weeks ago, in our No. 022, page 
328, we gave a full account of the club root and its prevention. Alix 
abundance of limy rubbish, drift sand, and coal ashes with your heavy soil; 
do not grow Cabbageworts successively on the same plot, and water the 
seedlings frequently with liquid manure. 
Summer Pears (A Constant Subscriber). —The best summer Pears are 
the following— l)oyennc d'JEte, Jargonelle, Beurre Goubault, Summer 
Rose, Williams' Bon Chretien, and Beurrc Giffard. We cannot re¬ 
commend nurserymen, hut refer to those who advertise in our columns. 
