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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 14, 1885. 
being set apart for that purpose—all the varieties 
of American conifers obtainable, and arranged 
in climatic sequence, or geographical order. 
'With very many native trees, shrubs, and 
dowers, the area farther will be ornamentally 
laid out and planted to form attractive features, 
without which now no great exhibition can 
hope to be prosperous. 
As these shows, whether American or 
colonial, will not be for the purposes of trade, it 
cannot be averred of them that they will take 
money out of the country; whilst they will 
assist large sums now lying dormant freely to 
circulate. Still farther, they will lead to the 
visits of myriads of colonists and foreigners to 
England ; hence we have every reason to hope 
that they may help to resuscitate trade, and 
promote international prosperity. Let us hope 
that gardening may derive some little benefit 
from these gatherings, and to that end our home 
trade and profession must spare no efforts to 
attract the attention and custom of our cousins 
from all parts of the world. 
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GARDENING MISCELLANY. 
Chrysanthemum Shows for next week.— Tuesday, 
Manchester (two days), Lincoln (two days), Winchester 
(two days), East Grinstead, Devizes, and Yeovil. 
Wednesday, Birmingham (two days), Northampton 
(two days), Bristol (two days), and Burton-on-Trent 
(two days). Thursday, Taunton, Aylesbury, Hammer¬ 
smith, and Hull (two days). Friday, Sheffield (two 
days). 
Marie Louise Violets. •—We have received a few fine 
blooms of this admirable Yiolet from Mr. John Craw¬ 
ford, The Gardens, Coddington Hall, Newark-on-Trent. 
The flowers, deliciously fragrant, were, we are informed, 
gathered from plants growing in frames on gentle hot¬ 
beds, a system which certainly seems to suit them. 
Yiolet culture is such a failure in so many places, that 
we should be much obliged if our correspondent would 
give us further details of his method of culture. 
Chrysanthemums at the Exeter Nursery. —Devonians 
are most essentially a garden-loving people, and this 
trait of character is particularly distinguishable in the 
neighbourhood of Exeter, a fact evincible by the many 
well kept gardens and greenhouses to be met with there. 
In this respect, Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, & Co. are fortu¬ 
nate, for it is highly encouraging to promoters of 
horticultural as well as other shows, to be freely patro¬ 
nized by visitors. Although their Chrysanthemum 
shows of former years have been very good, yet, this 
season’s display eclipses any previous one ; not so much 
in point of number as in quality. About 500 specimens 
are on view, and these present a beautifully coloured 
floral bank of much splendour, the front row being 
composed principally of the dwarf Pompone-flowered 
sorts, and the unbroken mass of flowers and foliage 
rising gradually to 7 and 8 ft. in the back row. 
The Irish Farm, Forest, and Garden, which for ten 
years has been published by Mr. Thomas Moore, 67, 
Middle Abbey Street, Dublin, last week appeared in a 
greatly improved form, and reduced in price to the 
poj ular penny—the first penny agricultural paper 
published in Ireland. 
A New White Rose. —The American Gardeners' 
Monthly states, that Mr. John N. May, Summit, 
N. J., is the fortunate possessor of a new Eose, which 
is destined to make its mark in the near future in this 
flower-loving world. This candidate for public favour 
is a sport from the well-known Tea Rose, Catherine 
Mermet, than which there is no better shaped flower 
amongst the whole list of Roses, and its otf-spring is 
like it in every respect, excepting in colour, which is 
pure white. Strange as it may appear, this Rose origi¬ 
nated in two different establishments at about the same 
time, viz., Mr. Taplin’s, Maywood, N. J., and Mr. De 
Forrest’s, Summit, in the same State. Mr. May wisely 
secured all the plants from both the proprietors of the 
places where it, or they, originated. It is understood 
that the stock of both will be kept separate and 
thoroughly tested, to ascertain if there is any difference 
between them. Some persons may think that this 
procedure is not necessary ; but when we consider that 
Mabel Morrison, Marveille de Lyon, and White 
Baroness, all originated as sports from Baroness Roths¬ 
child, and as it will not involve much trouble to keep 
them separate, even if they should eventually prove to 
be identical, it will be infinitely more satisfactory to 
know that there is no essential variation between them. 
It has not yet been decided when this rare novelty will 
be distributed. 
Manchester Horticultural Improvement Society, —At 
the first meeting of the session 1885-6 of this Society 
held recently in the Memorial Hall, Albert Square, Mr. 
Bruce Findlay, the president in the chair ; there was a 
large attendance of members. The financial statement 
of ilr. Robert Tait, treasurer, showed that the session 
starts with a balance in hand of £4 2s. Id., as compared 
with £5 8s. id. last year. Mr. Findlay was re-elected 
president for the ensuing year, and Mr. Tait, treasurer, 
and Dir. William Swan, honorary secretary'. Mr. 
Findlay then read an interesting paper on the subject 
of the visit made last autumn to “ The Dukeries,” the 
substance of which will be found in another column. 
Leaves- —Some amateur gardeners have such a notion 
of tidiness in their gardens, that they will have swept 
up and thrown away every leaf that falls on then' 
garden walks or lawns. Surely this is a great mistake; 
it is so easy to make up a kind of bed in a spare corner 
where they can lie and rot, or, if this cannot be done 
without risking the tidy appearance of the garden, 
surely a kind of pit can be dug in which the leaves can 
be placed, so that they will not blow about. The 
leaves of trees, makes such a valuable fertilizing vege¬ 
table mould that it can be ill spared, especially in 
suburban gardens where it is difficult to procure fresh 
soil or manure. If no other resource is open, throw 
the leaves among other plants, and sprinkle a little 
soil over them to keep them from being blown away by 
the wind. 
Gishurstine. —Though we have been familiar since 
its first introduction with the merits of this admirable 
composition for dressing boots, we have not in these 
pages before called attention to it, and perhaps as it 
has become so popular among horticulturalists it may be 
superfluous to do so now. However, be that as it may, 
we have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a 
liberal supply from its manufacturers, Price’s Candle 
Co., Belmont Works, Battersea ; and while doing so, 
take advantage of the opportunity thus afforded of 
commending it to the notice of any of our readers who 
may not yet have used it, as the best water-proofing 
composition for boots that we have ever used. It has 
no unpleasant smell, and boots dressed with it, will the 
next day take a good polish with blacking with only 
the usual application of “ elbow grease. ” To those who 
appreciate dry boots, we say dress them, tops, welts, 
and soles occasionally with Gishurstine, and you will 
soon discover the potency of the application. Further¬ 
more, if you well dress new boots with it before using 
them, you will not have so often to trouble your 
bootmaker. 
The Proposed International Horticultural Exhibition 
of 1 887. —At the adjourned meeting, held on Tuesday, 
which was well attended, the chair was taken by Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, who, in opening the proceedings, 
briefly reviewed the proposals which had been made 
for the holding of an international horticultural exhi¬ 
bition in 1887. The Colonial exhibition to be held 
next year will be the last of the present series of 
exhibitions, and the Commissioners of 1851 were 
anxious that the buildings at South Kensington should 
be used in the way that had been suggested. Dr. 
Masters moved the following resolution : —“That in 
Mew of the great and increasing importance of Horti¬ 
culture, and in order to preserve the high reputation in 
which British Horticulture is held by other nations, it 
is desirable to hold at no distant date an International 
Show and Congress of Horticulture in the widest sense of 
that term; and that the year 1887, being the jubilee 
year of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, would 
be the most fitting time for such an undertaking.” 
This was seconded by Mr. DYatts and carried un¬ 
animously. Mr. ShirleyHibberd moved “that should 
Her Majesty’s Commissioners of 1851 be prepared to 
afford adequate facilities, such a Show and Congress 
would be most advantageously held on some part of 
the Commissioner’s grounds at South Kensington, 
provided that any use which the Commissioners 
propose to make of the rest of the grounds during 
the year 1887 be found to be in harmony with the 
character of the projected Show and Congress.” 
This was seconded by Mr. Bruce Findlay and also 
carried unanimously. The third resolution was — 
“ That this Meeting requests the President and Council 
of the Royal Horticultural Society to take measures to 
ascertain the views of the Commissioners of 1851 on 
the matter, and assures the President and Council that 
should the proposals of the Co mmis sioners be of such a 
nature as to afford reasonable hope that the Show and 
Congress may be carried out in a manner worthy of 
British horticulture, no effort shall be wanting on the 
part of those present to secure the success of the 
undertaking.” This was proposed by Mr. DVm. Paul, 
and seconded by Mr. A. H. Smee, and Mr. H. 
J. Elwes, and Mr. John Fraser having addressed 
the meeting, this also was carried unanimously. 
Mr. Harrison of Leicester moved, and Mr. Cheal of 
Crawley, seconded the fourth resolution—“That this 
Meeting do now adjourn till such time as it shall be 
summoned by the President and Council of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, in order that the results of the 
negotiations with the commissioners of 1851 may be 
laid before it. ” This was also carried unanimously, 
and the proceedings closed with the usual vote of thanks 
to the chairman. 
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VANDA SANDERIANA. 
Had all the great gatherings of this superb Orchid 
made by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. and Messrs. Hugh 
Low & Co. survived, there would be none too many ; 
but, unfortunately, the plant is a bad traveller, and 
only just enough survived the journeys to make us long 
for more, now that its beauties become better known to 
us by seeing it in flower in most of our best collections. 
The flowers are borne on upright spikes, from six to 
twelve on each, and each full-sized flower measures 
about 4 ins. across and 5 ins. in length. The three 
upper segments are of a delicate rosy lilac tint, the two 
side ones being tinged with yellow and freckled with 
crimson near the column. The two lower segments are 
each about 2 ins. across, the ground colour a delicate 
fawn tint ; this is handsomely veined over with a 
crimson-maroon network. The column is greenish 
yellow and the labellum a dull crimson, the whole 
flower thus presenting an unusual combination of 
colours, the beauty of which is enhanced by their ap¬ 
pearing wax-like when seen before a background, and 
crystalline when viewed in the sun. 
Yanda Sanderiana is of very easy culture, and will 
grow well either in a pot or a basket ; but the latter is, 
perhaps, the safest. At present the plant is generally 
kept in the East Indian house, but ultimately it will be 
found to be quite at home with Cattleyas and the 
varieties of Y. tricolor ; and, indeed, some good examples 
have already been so grown. The flower from which 
our illustration was taken was from an immense spike 
produced in Sir Trevor Lawrence’s noted collection at 
Burford Lodge this year. 
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NOTES ON PEACHES. 
I was pleased to see the Thames Bank Peach brought 
under notice by Mr. "Ward in his notes on Tyninghame, 
and to hear that Mr. Brotherston thinks highly of it, 
for it is a favourite with us, and is undoubtedly an 
excellent late variety, ripening almost simultaneously 
with Prince of DYales. Although it appears to be little 
known we have grown it for years, and I am at a loss 
to account for its remaining in the background as it 
does, while several other kinds which are in season 
about the same time and are unquestionably its inferior, 
have become generally known, both by being pretty 
commonly planted and frequently exhibited. In appear¬ 
ance the Thames Bank Peach is one of the most 
handsome in cultivation, and many of its fruits when 
well grown attain to over 10 ins. in circumference. 
It is like an Apricot in colour, with a cheek flushed with 
crimson when exposed to the sun, and closely resembling 
Exquisite, but in my opinion is superior to that 
esteemed kind. Like Exquisite it is yellow-fleshed, 
and notwithstanding the fact that Peaches possessing 
flesh of this colour are by some authorities condemned 
as being badly flavoured, it is rich, and all that can be 
desired in this respect. 
We have to thank Mr. Rust, of Eridge Castle Gardens, 
for this variety, he having raised it when gardener at 
Broom House, Fulham, but it appears to be overlooked 
by nurserymen, for I have searched in vain to find it 
catalogued. The tree we possess, I believe, came from 
one of the Chester firms; I found it here when I took 
charge, planted as a supernumerary in a large house 
