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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[December, 
the late Mr. H. Sanderson, of Whalton, at the 
Newcastle spring show, and his treatment of 
them was of a very simple kind. I have tried 
to grow them in the same way and with very 
satisfactory results. 
The time of potting is the last week in 
July or the first in August. The plants are 
taken up from the open ground, and after 
being parted out by the hands into single 
crowns they are potted into five-inch pots, 
the small crowns being potted into a size 
smaller. I put the plants into a cold frame 
behind a north wall until they have rooted 
into the fresh compost; this they will do in a 
week or ten days. After that the best way 
is to place them out of doors in a cool place 
until the middle of October, when it is best to 
put them in a frame, so that they may be 
sheltered from excessive wet, which is in¬ 
jurious, although even that does not harm 
them so much as allowing them to become 
dusty dry. 
They stand well out of doors during winter, 
if they are planted out in the open ground. In¬ 
deed Mr. Sanderson never grew the same plants 
two years in succession in pots. His custom 
was to plant them out when they had done 
flowering, and not to disturb them for potting 
purposes for fifteen months. I saw a most 
splendid lot of plants in Mr. Brockbank’s 
garden at BrockhUrst, Didsbury, last April. 
The plants were planted out in a frame, and 
had made a very strong, healthy growth. The 
late Mr. Tom Mellor was also very successful in 
growing the Polyanthus planted out in frames. 
I fancy he kept them in frames during the 
summer as well as in the winter months. Of 
course it is easy to remove the lights at all 
times, replacing them only to shelter the 
plants from excessive wet. The plants like a 
compost rather heavier than that used for 
the Auricula, Their desperate enemy in the 
south is the red-spider. It is almost impossible 
to keep the leaves free from this pest during 
the summer months, and its attacks so exhaust 
the plants that they often succumb to them. 
—J. Douglas, Great Gearies, Ilford. 
&he fine Bellwort known as Campanula 
Van Houttei was raised some twenty years 
since by Dr. Rodigas between C. nobilis and 
C. grandiflora. It was at first called C. hybrida, 
and is a beautiful acquisition for our flower gardens 
PROVINCIAL APPLE SHOWS. 
Manchester. 
GREAT show of Apples took place 
at the Town Hall, Manchester, on 
November 2, and following days. It 
was a really large show, numbering 
some 3,000 dishes of fruit, which according 
to the labels included about 900 varieties. 
Of Culinary Apples, the leading sorts shown were 
the following: —Lane’s Prince Albert, a grand solid 
red-cheeked sort of very productive habit and a good 
keeper; Loddington Seedling or Stone’s Apple, a 
heavy and sure bearing sort, deservedly acquiring 
popularity; Ecklinville Seedling, a sure cropper 
everywhere, of large size and fine quality, and one of 
the most valuable of kitchen fruits; Winter Haw- 
thornden, excellent both in regard to productiveness 
and quality, as well as its keeping properties; Blen¬ 
heim Pippin, a universal favourite, both for its 
handsome appearance, and its combined utility both 
for culinary and dessert purposes; Royal Russet, 
the best of its class, generally a good cropper and of 
fine size, and like the last good for all purposes ; Tom 
Patt, a bright-coloured sort, very high in favour 
down West; Cox’s Pomona; Annie Elizabeth, a 
large fruit of good flavour, a late keeper; Kentish 
Eillbasket; Gloria Mundi, Erench Crab, a long 
keeping sort of great value for spring use; Warner’s 
King, one of the finest and most constant of bearers, 
and of large size also; Waltham Abbey Seedling, 
Alfriston and Cellini, three excellent leading sorts ; 
Norfolk Beefing and Striped Beefing, both late 
keepers ; Lord Derby, a popular produc' ive sort; 
Peasgood’s Nonsuch, a very handsome and large 
sized fruit; and Golden Noble, productive and 
strikingly handsome. There were of course many 
other excellent sorts shown. 
Of Dessert Apples, there were excellent samples 
of Ribston Pippin, Golden Pippin, Eearn’s Pippin, 
King of the Pippins, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Cockle’s 
Pippin, Keddlestone Pippin, Downton Pippin, Brad- 
dick’s Nonpareil, Scarlet Nonpareil, Golden Non¬ 
pareil, Northern Spy, Margil, Sam Young, Cornish 
Aromatic, and Cornish Gilliflower, Sykehouse Russet, 
Pineapple Russet, Claygate Pearmain, Lamb Abbey 
Pearmain, Royal Pearmain, and other popular kinds. 
The show was well attended, over 6,000 
visitors, in addition to the members of the Man¬ 
chester Botanical and Horticultural Society, 
under whose auspices the exhibition was 
organised, with Mr. Findlay’s usual success, 
having been admitted. 
Hereford. 
§§ HIS Exhibition, which was held in the 
Shire Hall, Hereford, on October 23— 
24, was very successful, some 3,000 
dishes of Apples and Pears being 
staged. We can only note a few of the lead¬ 
ing exhibits, as follows :— 
In the class for 24 Kitchen Apples Mr. Hay¬ 
cock, gardener at Barham Court, Maidstone, was 1st, 
his fruit being even finer than that shown at Chiswick, 
the best being Peasgood’s Nonsuch, Belle Dubois, 
Lord Derby, Alexander, Reinette du Canada, Lod¬ 
dington, Royal Russet, Mere de Menage, very large. 
