3S4 THE COTTAGE GARDENEK AND COUNTEY GENTLEMAN, September 25, 1860. 
Class 12.—24 Roses, distinct varieties, single blooms (Amateurs only).— 
First, T. Blake, gardener to E. H. Green, Esq., Sprangewell, near Ware, 
Herts. Second, T. H. Cooper, Slough, Bucks. Third, W. Kaile, gardener 
to the Right Hon. Earl Lovelace, East Horsley Towers, Ripley. Fourth, 
H. Thonneycroft, Floore. 
HOLLYHOCKS. 
Class 13.—24 Hollyhocks, distinct varieties , single blooms, —First, W. 
Chater, Nurseries, Saffron Walden. Second, H. May. Third, Rev. S. W. 
King, Saxlingham, Norwich. 
Class 14.—12 Hollyhocks, distinct varieties, single blooms (Amateurs 
only).—First, Rev. S. W. King. Second, H. Glasscock, Bishop Stortford, 
'Herts. Third, T. Bailey, gardener to T. T. Drake, Esq., Shardeloes, 
Amersham, Bucks. 
SEEDLING HOLLYHOCK. 
A certificate of merit was awarded to Mr. W. Chater, Nurseries, Saffron 
Walden, for “Regina.” 
VERBENAS. 
Class 15.—24 Verbenas, distinct varieties, five trusses of each variety .— 
First, C. J. Perry. Second, C. Turner. Third, J. Smith, florist, Hornsey 
Road, Islington. 
GLADIOLUS. 
Class 16 .—For the best collection. —First, J. Standish, Royal Nurseries, 
Bagshot. Second, Messrs. A. Paul & Son. Third, Mons. Loise, Grainier 
Fleuriste, Quai aux Fleurs, 3, Paris. Extra prize, Messrs. Youell & Co., 
Royal Nurseries, Great Yarmouth. 
PHLOX. 
Class 17.—18 Spikes, distinct varieties. —First, C. Turner. Second, J. 
Standish. 
Extra Prize, 10s. 6 d., fora design for a flower garden, by Mr. T. Varney, 
gardener to W. Smith, Esq., Upper Norwood. 
EEUIT. 
Class A .—Collection of eight dishes, distinct kinds. —First, T. Bailey, 
gardener to T. T. Drake, Eso., Shardeloes, Bucks. Second, A. Henderson, 
Trentham, Staffordshire. Third, T. Dawson, gardener to Earl Cowper, 
Pansliauger. Hertford. 
Class B .—Collection of six dishes, distinct kinds.— First, A. Henderson, 
Second, T. Bailey. Third, T. Frost, Preston Hall, Kent. 
Class C .—Pine Apple, single fruit, any variety but Queen. —First, G. 
Cameron, Goodwood Gardens, Sussex. Second, — Surrnan, gardener to 
H. W. Dobell, Esq., Eltham. Third, J. Lowe, gardener to Messrs, Weeks 
and Co., Chelsea. 
Class D .—Pine Apple, Queen, single fruit, —First, S. Solomon, Peekham 
Rye. Second, W. Austin, gardener to Hon. R. Curzon, Tooting. Third, 
E. Spivey, gardener to J. A. Houblon, Esq., Hallingbury, Essex. 
Class E .— Grapes, boxes of 12 lbs.— First, G. B. Shoulls, Finchley; E. F. 
Harrison, Weybridge; W. Hill, gardener to R. Sneyd, Esq., Keele Hall, 
Staffordshire (equal). Second, T. Frost, Aylesford; P. Kay, Finchley; 
S. Solomon (equal). Third, J. Monro, Rabley, near Barnet. Extra prize, 
W. L. Childe, Kinlat, Worcestershire; H. Payne, gardener to J. Bedall, 
Esq., Bloomfield Lodge, Chelmsford. 
Class F.— Grapes. Black, two dishes, distinct kinds. —First, W. Hill. 
Second, C. Little, Stoke Court. Third, E. Sage, Atherstone. 
Class G.— Grapes, White, two dishes, Muscat or any other var 'ety .— 
First, T. Frost. Second, J. Roberts, gardener to the Hon. Captain Bury, 
Tullamore. Third, C. Little. Extra prize, T. Reid, gardener to T. N. 
Farquhar, Esq., Sydenham. 
Class H.— Grapes, the largest.bunch af any kind. —First, H. Payne. 
Second, T. Burnett, Brentford. Third, G. W. Shoulls, Finchley. 
Class I .—Peaches and Nectarines, four dishes, two kinds. —First, E. 
Robinson, gardenerto R. Benyon, Esq , M.P., Reading. Second, J. Morris, 
gardener to T. White, Esq., Weathersfield. Third, W. Kaile, gardener to 
the Right Hon. Earl of Lovelace, Ripley. 
Class J .—Peaches and Nectarines, two dishes.— First, J. C. Dwerrihouse, 
gardener to Viscount Eversley, Eckfield ; J. Smith, gardener to Coles 
Child, Esq., Bromley (equal).' Second, S. Solomon; C. Little (equal). 
Third, A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Bland, Esq., Reading; W. Reid, 
gardener to J. Hunt, Esq., Sydenham (equal). 
Class K.— Melons, green-fleshed, single fruit.— First, T. Bailey. Second, 
J. Pottle, gardener to T. B. D. Coloin, Esq., Woodbridge. Third, J. August, 
Beddington. 
Class L.— Melons, scarlet-fleshed, single fruit.— First, S. Elliot, gardener 
to F. Soames, Esq., Lee, Kent. Second, C. Little. Third, W. Humber, 
South Hall. 
Class M.— Figs, two dishes, 12 fruits each, distinct. —First, E. Robinson. 
Second, E. Spivey, gardener to J. A. Houblon, Esq., Hallingbury Park. 
Third, A. Email, gardener to Messrs. Trotter, Epsom. 
Class N.— Cherries, two dishes, in fifties.— First, T. Dawson, Hants; S. 
Snow, gardener to the Countess Cowper, Silsoe, Beds (equal). Second, E. 
Spivey. Third, A. Henderson. 
Class 0.— Plums, three dishes, distinct kinds, 10 fruits each. —First, S. 
Snow. Second, J. Smith, Bromley. Third, W. Kaile, Ripley. 
Class P.— Apples, dessert, six dishes, distinct varieties, 12 fruits each .— 
First, T. Frost, Preston Hall. Second, W. Holder, Eaton College. Third, 
E. Spivey. 
Class Q.— Apples, kitchen, six dishes, distinct varieties, 12 fruits each. _ 
First, R. Heather, gardener to R. Pulsford, Esq., Ember Road, Kingston. 
Second, J. C. Dwerrihouse, Eckfield. Third, J. Mortimore, gardener to 
Miss Brown, Carshalton. 
Class R.— Pears, six dishes, distinct varieties, 12 fruits each .—First 
C. F. Harrison, Weybridge. Second, J. Halley, Blackheath. Third, j! 
Holder, Reading. 
Class S.— Pears, three dishes, distinct varieties, 12 fruits each.— First, 
W. Rattray, gardener to J. Back, Esq., Cobham. Second, C. F. Harrison.’ 
Third, T. Frost, Preston Hall. 
Class T.— Pears, single dish, for weight. —First, C. F. Harrison. Second, 
T. Frost, Preston Hall. Third, J. Morris, gardener to T. White Esq. 
Weathersfield. 
Class U.— Pears, single dish, for flavour. —First, J. Hawes, Oxon. 
Second, J. C. Dwerrihouse. Third, C. F. Harrison 
ClassV.— Miscellaneous .—Prize £1 to each of the followingW. Hill 
Kecle Hall; J. Waters, gardenerto A. F. Moore, Esq., Sydenham; A.’ 
Henderson, Trentham; A. Lepere, Paris. Prize, 10s., to each of the 
following A. Scott, gardener to the Rt. Hon. Lord Sherbourne, Glouces¬ 
tershire ; C. Frisly, near Lincoln ; Messrs. J. Weeks and Co. Chelsea. 
Class W.— Best Dish of Snore’s Muscat Hamburgh Grape .—Prizes given 
by Messrs. Arthur Henderson & Co., Pine Apple Place, Edgeware Road. 
First, J. Bristow, gardener to G. Orme, Esq., Sussex. Second, P. Kay, 
Finchley. 
J udges.— OfFlotvers, Messrs. J. Edwards, W. Holmes, 
J R. Kingkorn, J. Robinson, C. Edmonds, and R. Ruffit. 
Of Fruit, Messrs. A. Stewart, L. Solomon, and L. M. 
Carson. 
GROWING FERNS IN BASKETS. 
As an amateur Fern-grower on a very small scale, I may 
mention that I have found the advantage of substituting (at a 
small increased expense), for common garden pots, basket or 
wicker-work, wrought in the same form or model as the pots. 
Not only do I think that the plants thrive better, receiving more 
nourishment from air, but, when painted, the baskets look much 
prettier, and I am sure will last many years. In watering there 
is an advantage, as I dip them nearly up to the rim for a minute 
or two, avoiding wetting the surface, the moisture entering 
abundantly and more uniformly at the root through the basket- 
work with ready drainage. I have tried pots of perforated zinc, 
but prefer the baskets.—T. 
DISTINGUISHING ORCHIDS WHEN NOT IN 
FLOWER. 
We have growing in a house to themselves some forty-five 
different species of Orchids. Will some correspondent kindly 
give me a few notes by which I may tell by the form of the leaf, the 
manner of growth, &c., under which class each comes ? The seller 
marks one an Oncidium, another a Maxillaria, &c., but why ? 
All belong to the order Monandria of class Gynandria, and 
natural order Orchidacece. With most English plants and Ferns 
a very cursory inspection suffices, though there may be neither 
flower nor fructification; and these Orchids with their very 
marked foliage ought not to occasion greater difficulty. Suppose 
some morning on entering the Orchid-house I find some half 
dozen with their labels gone—not an unlikely thing, as amateurs, 
whose (so called) gardeners are mere waterpots and spider- 
brushes, well know—how am I to know which is Cymbidium 
pendulum, which Dendrobium speciosum, which Maxillaria, &c. ? 
—M. Karl. 
[Orchids are not more easy to discriminate by their leaves than 
are the Grasses. Your query embraces a wide field of botanical 
knowledge, which to fully survey would occupy a volume. It is 
quite true, as you observe, that Linnseus has arranged Orchids 
under a class which he names Gynandria, and an order named 
Monandria, with also a small number in an order named Dian- 
dria, and all are placed in the natural order Orchidacese. The 
seller of your Orchids has named one an Oncidium, another a 
Maxillaria, and you ask the reason why. Now, to give you the 
reason why these plants have had such names given to them, and 
how you are to distinguish them, would take up too much space 
in our columns. The different characters by which each genus 
is known to botanists depend more upon the difference observable 
in the flowers than in the foliage or the pseudo-bulbs. In 
Oncidium, for instance, some species have two-feet-long, thick, 
fleshy leaves ; others have thin leaves of various forms, some not 
more than two inches in length. In the pseudo-bulbs there are 
equally as many vax-ious forms and sizes, whilst some have 
scarcely any pseudo-bulbs at all. The genus Dendrobium has, 
in general, very long pseudo-bulbs, but some species have very 
short ones. Maxillarias also vary, but not so much. 
To show you to what extent your query leads, to give you the 
desired information, read the following botanical description of 
the genus:—Trichopilia. Sepals and petals of the spreading 
perianth equal, linear, crisped. Labellum large, convoluted, 
parallel to the column, three-lobed, the intermediate one some, 
what two-lobed, flattish, naked inside. Column round, club- 
shaped, the clinandrium hooded, three-lobed, villous, fringed. 
Anthers one-celled, compressed, convex in front. Pollen masses 
two, furrowed at the back, adherent to slender wedge-shaped 
caudicles, gland very small. Plant with fleshy pseudo-bulbs 
clothed with spotted scales, one-leaved ; leaves leathery, fiat, or 
slightly folded ; flowers axillary, solitary. Such are the generic 
characters by which Triehopilias are known from any other 
genera ; and any Orchid that has these generic marks is a Tri¬ 
chopilia. 
