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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST, 
August, 
purple spotting and broad white ground of the dorsal 
sepal; the figures, especially that of the var. Maulei, 
which is very correctly given in the Floral Maga¬ 
zine [i., t. 57], from the original plant, are not 
very happy portraits. Kahnia latfolia [pi. 343], 
from a drawing made by Mr. Bond, of Walcot 
Gardens, in 1830, when employed under Mr. Aiton, 
at Kew. Pescatorea Klabochorum [pi. 344], one of 
our modern group of fine showy Orchids, related to 
the Huntleyasand Bolleas. Fpigcea repens [pi. 345], 
a charming North American trailing shrub, w ith tufts 
of pretty ericaceous flowers, which are tubular and 
fivo-lobed, with whitish tube and rosy pink limb ; it 
is not generally found easy to cultivate, but pre¬ 
fers a shady sheltered situation, such as that 
afforded by a wood where the soil consists largely of 
decayed leaves, with a basis of sandy peat. 
L’Illustration Horticole (6 liv.), figures 
Azalea indica gardeniceflora , Lind. [t. 452], a very 
useful variety raised from seed in Mr. Linden’s 
establishment; the flowers are compactly double 
like those of a Gardenia, moderate in size, white 
with a tinge of green in the centre ; a good decorative 
plant. A Town Garden [pi. 453], from a design by 
M. Lasseau. Anthurium Scherzerianum maximum 
[pi. 454], a large variety, with spathes upwards of 
8 inches long by about 4 inches wide, the spadix 
being large in proportion. 
Journal des Boses (July) has a figure of the 
Tea Rose Safrano, a charming variety, raised by an 
amateur rosarian, M. de Beauregard, of Angers, in 
1839. 
Garten-Zeitung (July) contains a coloured plate 
of Papaver umbrosum , which appears to be a garden 
name for P. commutatum of Fischer and Mever; it 
is too near P. Bbceas, but is said to differ in the 
large and more central black spot on each petal, and 
its green pollen; introduced in 1875 (or possibly 
1873) by Mr. W. Thompson, of Ipswich. 
Eevue Horticole (July 1—16) figures Acaly- 
plia Macafeeana , a handsome variegated-leaved stove 
plant from the South Sea Islands; and Amaryllis 
Rougieri, a showy flower of the Aulica type, intro¬ 
duced from Bahia. 
Bevue de l’Horticulture Belge it Etran- 
Gere (July) figures the pretty hardy ornamental 
shrub, Cratcegus Pyracantha Lalandei, for a notice 
of which see p. 122. 
Bulletin d’Arboeiculture (June) gives a 
coloured figure of the Chancellor Peach , a well-known 
September variety. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
LB I HE thirty-ninth Anniversary Festival of 
(||lf the Gardeners’ Boyal Benevolent 
Institution took place on June 29th, 
at the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate Street. The 
Lord Mayor of London, Sir J. Whittaker Ellis, Bart., 
occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance 
of visitors, including the Belgian horticulturists who 
have lately honoured us by a collective visit to some 
of our exhibitions, and to various garden establish¬ 
ments public and private. In proposing “ Continued 
success and prosperity to the Gardeners’ Bojal 
Benevolent Institution,” the Lord Mayor said the 
importance of this toast was evidenced by the num¬ 
bers and social status of the company present. The 
objects of the charity were, he thought, remarkably 
deserving of the attention of the gardeners of Eng¬ 
land, and by gardeners he meant not only those who 
did the actual digging and delving, but all who de¬ 
lighted in the beautiful art of gardening. They 
talked of the arts of painting and sculpture; but 
what were they compared with the art of gardening ? 
What was more delightful than to roam through a 
lovely garden P IIow many poets had derived their 
inspiration from contemplation of its flowers and its 
trees ? Their object on that occasion was to en¬ 
courage this art, and those who pursued it. Look¬ 
ing over the papers which had been placed in his 
hands, and observing that the society existed for the 
whole of England, he was surprised to see that no 
larger amount than £1,200 was able to be collected 
annually. He would have imagined, had he not 
seen these figures, that fifty times that amount might 
he collected from the masters and employers of gar¬ 
deners in England. He was sure that with the exer¬ 
tion of a very little energy on their part they might 
secure the pecuniary support of many thousands of 
employers by representing to them that it was to 
their interest to become members of this society. 
He hoped that his successor in the chair of president 
would be enabled to announce that the renewed 
efforts of the society had resulted in a great increase 
in the funds, and that they had been able to assist 
not ninety-three, but nine hundred and thirty-three, 
distressed gardeners. The subscriptions announced 
by the Secretary amounted to over £600. 
— 5Tiie Show of the National Carnation 
and Picotee Society (Northern division) is to 
take place in the New Town Hall at Man¬ 
chester on August 18th, under the presidency of 
Bichard Gorton, Esq., of Eccles. The Schedule of 
Prizes has been printed, and may be had of the 
Honorary Secretaries, the Bev. E. I). Horner, Kirkby 
Malzeard, Ripon, or W. Bolton, Esq., "Warrington. 
— Che New Copper-coloured Rose W. A. 
Richardson, which has been exhibited at the 
metropolitan rose shows, by Mr. House of 
Peterborough, is a very interesting and attractive 
variety, with a beauty of its own which in the bud 
state is scarcely surpassed in loveliness by any variety 
in cultivation. It bears hut a small flower, and 
lacks altogether the qualities of a show variety, but 
if amenable to cultivation, it is a rose every one will 
be bound to grow for the sake of its charming copper- 
coloured buds, the beauty of which, being altogether 
unique, will render it in great request for cutting, 
whether to be used for flower stands, or bouquets, or 
button-holes. 
— Inspecting the Trentham Early Fill- 
basket Tomato lately figured by us, Mr. J. 
Douglas writes ( Gard. Chron., n. s., xviii., 
14) :—“ I have no hesitation in recommending this 
variety as being the most useful in cultivation. It 
is one of the earliest of Tomatos, and very free- 
bearing; the fruit is of good form, and the quality 
first-rate. I do not know any other variety that is 
so continuously prolific. We grow our Tomatos in 
pots—a system of culture which has a tendency to 
cause a production of fruit in plenty for a short 
period, but not in succession; and yet the variety in 
question continues to bear wherever growth is made. 
I have not tried Early Eill-basket out-of-doors, but I 
fancy it would be well adapted for market garden 
purposes. Certainly I do not know any variety to 
surpass it for pot-culture under glass.” 
— SSJhat is called a Hardy Cauliflower 
has lately been mentioned in the Gard. 
Chron. (xviii., 47) as growing in the garden of 
Joshua Dickson, Esq., at Winslade, Exeter. Mr. 
Craggs, the gardener, claims for this variety that it 
