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An instance of this phenomenon is, however, 
figured and described in a recent number of the 
Revue Horticole (1882, 430, fig. 23). In this case, 
wherein Grapes were produced, without either leaves 
or tendrils, direct from the old wood, it appears that 
the greater portion of the wood was killed by frost, 
but that one portion remained alive, and from this 
portion the berries were developed. 
— iiftR. Wolley Dod, writing recently of 
Campanula Hendersoni in the Gardeners' 
Chronicle (p. 502), remarks that it seems to 
be a hybrid, which, without knowing its history, 
he suspects is the offspring of C. carpatica and C. 
pyramidalis, as it imitates the latter both in the 
shape of the flower and of the leaf. C. Hendersoni 
is one of the best of its genus for garden decoration 
—the good clear blue of the flowers, the profusion in 
which they are produced, and their long duration 
making it very ornamental. It is, however, easily 
lost, the whole plant often dying after flowering, 
and not being a very easy plant to divide. 
— Emong New Sorts of Potatos at the 
International Show, Beading Russet took the 
lead, taking first, second, and fourth prizes 
in the class for novelties. It is a beautiful pale 
round red, and was splendidly shown by Mr. Miller, 
who took the first prize. Reading Russet was 
originally called by its raiser, Mr. Fenn, Berkshire 
Rose, and under that designation has been often 
alluded to. Sutton’s Prizetaker, a pale long red 
kidney, known to be of good table quality, took 
third prize. Queen of the South, a white smooth 
kidney, not unlike small forms of Magnum Bonum; 
and Carter’s Cleopatra, a flat kidney, that very 
closely resembles King of Potatos, also won prizes. 
Other handsome kinds shown were Cosmopolitan, 
Queen of the Valley, and Adirondack, the two latter 
American kinds, reddish in colour, singularly hand¬ 
some, and very productive; Cosmopolitan being a 
fine long white kidney, that will be prominent when 
more widely grown. 
— ^The family of Eetinospora, or Japan 
Cypress, may justly be classed amongst the 
prettiest of coniferous plants. R. decussata 
has leaves of a greyish-green, changing in autumn to 
purple or plum colour, and forms, together with 
most of the family, a useful plant for the decoration 
of the greenhouse or the conservatory during the 
winter. R. obtusa forms a fine evergreen tree of con¬ 
siderable dimensions, and is perfectly hardy, while 
R. obtusa aurea is a very beautiful golden plant of 
free growth. R.pis fera is an evergreen tree of rapid 
growth with recurved plume-like branches, and R. 
pisifera aurea retains the free-growing properties of 
the species, and is at the same time of a fine golden 
colour, the true kind being especially beautiful. R. 
plwmosa is an elegant plant, with silvery-green 
foliage, useful as a pot plant or for winter bedding, 
&c. R. plumosa argentea and aurea are also very 
suitable plants for this purpose, and are perfectly 
hardy, and on account of their distinct shades of 
colour they may well be employed for the purpose of 
winter carpet-bedding, and as edgings to walks, &c. 
— ©f the new Californian shrub Phila- 
delphus microphyllus M. Max Leichtlin, 
of Baden-Baden, writes that it is of pigmy 
growth, and well adapted for planting on rookeries 
of limited extent. It proves to be quite hardy in his 
garden. The flowers are as large as a shilling, and 
deliciously scented, the scent, which is strong, being 
something like that of the strawberry. It has been 
introduced into Europe by Professor C. S. Sargent, 
of Harvard University. 
— tUhtE North Indian Hypericum oblongi- 
folium has good claim to rank amongst the 
handsomest of the outdoor shrubs which flower 
during the autumn season. It may well be called 
hardy, as it will withstand an ordinal English 
winter in the open shrubbery, and in favourable 
locations, at any rate, comes freely from the ground 
even after such severe winters as those of 1879-80 
and 1880-81. It is an evergreen with large blossoms, 
the concave petals of which are of considerable sub¬ 
stance, and of a rich, almost golden-yellow colour. 
In the Himalayas and Northern India it is found at 
elevations of from 6,000 to 12,000 feet. The cultivated 
form was collected on the Assam hills, and sent out 
by the Messrs. Veitch & Sons. 
— Et the Boyal Horticultural Society’s 
Meeting on October 10, the chief feature 
consisted in the fine samples of Kitchen 
Apples which were shown in the collections of 
Messrs. Veitch and Messrs. Lane. One of the finest 
and handsomest, says the Gardeners’ Chronicle, was 
Peasgood’s Nonsuch, truly a handsome Apple, and 
one not easy to select from good samples of Blenheim 
Orange, except when seen on the trees; the growth, 
however, differs materially, and the trees crop much 
earlier than do those of the elder kind. Beauty of 
Kent, a smooth conical Apple, eye much depressed, 
skin yellowish-green, was remarkably fine, but it is 
an awkward grower, and wants plenty of room. 
The samples of Winter Rawthornden were very 
handsome; this kind does not seem to differ from 
what is widely grown as the New Hawthornden, 
although no doubt the former appellation is the more 
expressive; it is a first-rate keeping Apple, flattish- 
round in form, handsome, skin yellowish, and in 
some instances much tinted with red. Frogmore Pro¬ 
lific is less known, but is another grand Apple, rather 
early, a great cropper, and is a kind that should be 
found in every market orchard; the fruits are broad, 
rounded, slightly ribbed, and much streaked with 
red. Stirling Castle is another coming market 
Apple; it is an early and very reliable cropper, 
and on dwarf trees turns out splendid samples; 
the fruits are handsome, roundish, skin pale green, 
quality first-class. Cobbett’s Fall Pippin is at Ful¬ 
ham found not to be the Reinette Blanche, as de¬ 
scribed in the Fruit Books, but rather a kind of 
Warner’s King ; indeed, taking these two, with the 
more recently named D. T. Fish, the Fall Pippin is 
found to be the best; the samples shown were large, 
somewhat conical, and ribbed on the top, skin pale 
green, and much speckled with russet. Alfriston is 
better known, and is indeed a grand late kitchen 
Apple ; its fine, somewhat square, conical form, deep 
green skin, much streaked with russet, aud distinc¬ 
tive appearance, enable it to be easily selected ; it is 
perhaps not the most prolific kind, but it is a longer 
keeper than many of the other large sorts. Lady 
Renniker is another large kind, the fruit conical, 
squarish built, ribbed, and somewhat streaked with 
red. Stone’s Pippin is a fine kind too, and has now 
become one of our most popular market kitchen 
Apples ; it is a free grower, and a heavy cropper, even 
on free stocks, but on the dwarfing stock the fruits 
come of great size, broad, conical, slightly ribbed, 
and coloured. Lord Derby presents a skin as yellow 
as that shown on Golden Noble, but the fruits are 
