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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[OcTOlSBB, 
and after a short time to allow them to be fully 
exposed or removed to the open air. The 
plants, however, should never be allowed to 
flag or suffer for the want of water. This is 
a practice followed by some cultivators which 
is calculated to seriously injure the plants. 
The Production of Fruiting Vines in Tiro 
or more Years. 
The treatment required in regard to these 
is practically the same as that required for 
the one-year old vines, with this difference, 
that instead of “eyes” to be propagated, 
there are young plants to be dealt with. In 
winter these young vines should be cut down 
to one or two eyes or buds, and in January or 
February the pots should be placed in heat. 
As soon as the eyes have started, the plants 
should be repotted, the old soil being all 
shaken out and new soil applied. The smaller 
the pot that will contain the roots, the better. 
These should be pluDged in bottom heat, and 
potted on, &c., as required, and as already 
directed. These “cut-back” vines, having 
somewhat the start of the “ eyes,” generally 
form the largest and strongest plants. They 
may be, and are sometimes, grown to a great 
size, and potted into the largest pots, when 
they produce enormous crops, some 25 or 
30 bunches on a single plant, notable 
examples of which have been often exhibited 
by Messrs. Lane & Son, of Berkhamsted. 
Some of these large vines may be fruited in 
pots for several years.—A. F. Barron. 
NATIONAL CARNATION AND 
PICOTEE SOCIETY. 
N continuation and completion of our re¬ 
port of the three exhibitions of this 
Society (pp. 129 to 134) we append 
the following notes on the novelties ex¬ 
hibited, which were in print, but of necessity 
withheld from want of space last month. 
Thanks chiefly to the efforts of Mr. Dodwell, 
Mr. Simonite, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. Hewitt, 
great progress has been made in the develop¬ 
ment of the Carnation during the last four 
or five years. In the premier class of Scarlet 
Bizarres, Admiral Curzon (Easom) and Bread- 
nought (Daniels) were the only varieties which 
before that time could be depended upon to 
give flowers of the highest class, but now we 
have varieties equal to either of them in 
quality, and possessing strong constitutions. 
For two seasons, seedlings of Mr. Dodwell’s 
have gained the highest awards as the best 
flowers shown— Fred in 1881, and Egbert Lord 
in 1882. These are grand Scarlet Bizarres. 
Other fine sorts of the same raiser are James 
McIntosh, extra fine, which disputed the 
premier prize with Robert Lord; George, 
Arthur Medhurst, Edward. Adams, Philip 
Thomas, Rayner Johnson, and John Hines. 
This year Mr. Dodwell has another flower of 
the same class, named Alfred Hudson, which 
gained the 1st prize in its class as a seedling, 
and also the award of a 1 st-class Certificate ; 
it is a large, full flower, with the richly-coloured 
petals of Dreadnought, the guard petals broad 
and of fine form, the white pure, and the 
maroon and scarlet very rich. Master Stanley, 
raised and exhibited by Mr. Dodwell, received 
the 2nd prize ; it is well-formed and full, 
with good petals, but lacks the rich colour of 
the other variety. 
In the Crimson Bizarre class, W. M. 
Hewitt, a fixed sport, from rose flake James 
Merryweather, was exhibited by Mr. Douglas. 
It has the good qualities of the rose flake, 
with the rich colour of Simonite’s J. D. Hex- 
tall, and received the 1st prize and the award 
of a lst-class Certificate. Mr. Douglas was 
awarded the 2nd prize with Mephistopheles 
(Dodwell), a richly-coloured flower, which does 
not please the fancier, owing to the impurity 
of the white, but it will be very popular with 
the general public. Of flowers which having 
been brought into commerce could not contend 
for these seedling prizes. Master Fred (Hewitt), 
in this (the c.b.) class, was grandly shown both 
by Mr. Turner and Mr. Dodwell, and is un¬ 
doubtedly the finest of the high-coloured 
varieties of this most beautiful section. 
In Pink and Purple Bizarres the 1st prize 
and lst-class Certificate were awarded to 
William Shining (Gorton), exhibited by Mr. 
Douglas; the blooms were of large size and 
grand quality, the pink and purple being evenly 
distributed, and the white good. Mr. Dodwell 
was awarded the 2nd prize for Thos. Moore, 
Jim., a fine flower worthy of a high place ; it 
is almost a crimson with rich purple, regularly 
disposed on broad, well-formed petals ; the 
flower forms a high symmetrical crown. 
