April  8,  1897. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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We  learn  that  owing  to  the  Palais  de  1’Industrie  being  in  course  of 
demolition  the  next  Paris  Chrysanthemum  Show  will  be  held  in  the 
Tuileries  Gardens.  The  show  will  be  opened  on  Wednesday,  the  10th 
November,  and  close  the  following  Sanday.  Having  regard  to  the  great 
activity  in  everything  relating  to  the  popular  dower  in  France  this  show 
should  show  a  decided  advance  on  all  previous  ones  held  by  the  National 
Horticultural  Society,  whose  headquarters  in  the  Rue  de  Grenelle  have 
long  been  insufficient  for  the  purpose. 
The  French  National  Chrysanthemum  Society  has  for  some  reason 
not  been  allowed  to  retain  the  title  “  National,”  and  will  henceforth  be 
known  as  the  “  Society  Fran$%ise  des  Chrysanth^mistes.”  The  sixth 
number  of  its  monthly  Journal  is  just  to  hand,  by  which  we  learn  that 
there  are  now  286  members,  including  nineteen  affiliated  societies.  The 
annual  Conference  for  1897  will  be  held  at  Orleans,  and,  like  the  one 
held  last  season  at  Bourges,  bids  fair  to  be  an  interesting  and  successful 
one. 
Members  of  the  Northern  French  Chrysanthemum  Society  are 
entitled  to  receive  a  copy  every  month  of  the  Society’s  official  organ,  the 
“  Nord  Horticole.”  It  is  a  neatly  printed,  bright  little  monthly  that 
has  dealt  most  liberally  with  the  flower  for  nearly  a  year  past.  As 
evidence  of  its  vitality,  and  I  might  add  vivacity,  it  actually  blossomed 
forth  into  a  special  double  Chrysanthemum  number  last  November,  of 
which  I  find  no  mention  was  made  at  the  time,  probably  owing  to  my 
absence  on  the  Continent.  Excellent  portraits  of  Messrs.  Cal  vat, 
de  Reydellet,  and  Louis  Lacroix,  with  short  biographies,  were  given,  and 
an  unparalleled  array  of  Chrysanthemum  literary  talent  was  summoned 
forth  by  the  editor.  _ 
Chrysanthemums  in  Portugal  are  becoming  of  some  importance 
there,  and  a  show  last  November,  in  the  Crystal  Palace  at  Oporto,  has 
already  been  noticed  in  a  contemporary.  M.  Henri  Cayeux,  of  Lisbon, 
the  author  of  the  only  Portuguese  treatise  on  the  popular  favourite,  was 
one  of  the  leading  prizewinners,  and  although  aware  to  some  extent  of 
the  esteem  in  which  it  is  held  in  that  country,  I  was  scarcely  prepared 
to  receive  such  an  imposing  catalogue  from  a  trade  grower  as  has 
recently  come  to  hand.  Its  size  is  12J  inches*  by  9£,  and  it  consists  of 
nearly  sixty  pages.  The  title  is  “  Catalogo-descriptivo  dos  Chrys- 
anthemos  a  venda  na  ca9a  Frederico  Daupias.”  The  compiler,  like 
several  of  his  English  colleagues,  favours  us  with  his  portrait,  a  budget 
of  selections  from  the  press,  and  about  twenty  large  sized  illustrations 
of  Chrysanthemums  of  different  types.  It  is,  indeed,  one  of  the  most 
imposing  catalogues,  either  English  or  foreign,  ever  published,  but  its 
large  size  renders  it  rather  unwieldy. 
Western  King  is  one  of  the  varieties  that  was  entered  in  competition 
for  the  gold  medal  of  the  American  Chrysanthemum  Society  on  the 
occasion  of  the  Jubilee  Show  of  the  N.C.S.  last  November.  Mr.  Elmer 
D.  Smith  has  recently  sent  me  a  charming  photograph  of  this  variety, 
showing  seven  beautiful  solid-looking  blooms  arranged  in  a  vase,  and, 
notwithstanding  the  colour,  every  petal  is  shown  as  perfect  and  as 
•clearly  defined  as  if  one  were  looking  at  the  actual  blooms, 
M.  Ernest  Cal  vat’s  new  catalogue  for  1897  is  again  a  tastefully  designed 
piece  of  work,  and  contains  several  photographic  reproductions  of  his 
novelties,  besides  having  an  inset  plate  in  chromo-lithography  of  his 
green-flowered  variety  called  Madame  Edmond  Roger.  If  I  were  asked 
to  make  a  small  selection  of  his  1897  seedlings  I  should,  judging  by  the 
condition  in  which  they  were  staged  at  Paris,  give  the  preference  to 
Czarina,  Fde  du  Champsaur,  Madame  Deis,  Madame  X.  Rey  Jouvin, 
Mdlle.  Laurence  Mdlle.  Lucie  Faure,  President  Nonin,  and  Surpasse 
Amiral. 
During  the  present  year  an  international  exhibition  will  be  held  in 
Brussels,  and  in  conjunction  with  it  there  will  be  several  large  flower 
shows.  One  for  Chrysanthemums  will  take  place  on  the  6th,  7th,  and 
3th  November  next,  and  schedules  have  already  been  issued.  Fifty- 
eight  classes  are  provided,  and  medals  up  to  £8  in  value  each  are  offered 
for  competition.  Entries  must  be  made  before  the  15th  October. — 
C.  H.  P. 
THE  CONSERVATORY  AT  GROVE  PARK,  KINGSBURY. 
At  the  seat  of  W.  Walton,  Esq.,  where  Mr.  Dryden  is  gardener,  the 
houses  for  fruit  and  plants  are  twelve  in  number,  but  my  intention  is  to 
speak  only  of  the  conservatory.  It  is  a  lofty  old-fashioned  structure, 
with  a  dead  wall  on  one  side,  but  clothed  with  living  verdure — 
Selaginella  denticulata,  Rex  Begonias,  Ficus  repens,  and  Ferns. 
The  remarkable  feature  of  this  house  was  that  everything  had  been 
brought  on  in  a  greenhouse  temperature,  illustrating  what  may  be  done 
by  skill  in  an  inexpensive  manner.  The  pillars  and  cross  bars  were 
festooned  with  Tropasolum  Ball  of  Fire,  which  added  a  glow  of  colour, 
to  be  appreciated  in  the  dull  days  of  winter.  The  centre  of  the  house 
is  set  apart  for  large  plants,  stages  about  3  feet  in  width  along  the 
sides,  and  a  path  running  entirely  round. 
Occupying  the  centre  were  large  specimens  of  Dicksonia  antarctica, 
Cyathea  Smithi,  two  semi-double  Camellias — Maria  Tb^r&se  (white 
splashed  and  mottled  with  pink)  and  conspicua  (bright  red)  ;  two 
pyramidal  Azaleas,  a  mass  of  bloom — Fielder’s  White  and  Raphael 
(semi-double  white)  ;  several  plants  of  the  hardier  Palms — viz.,  Phoenix 
dactylifera  and  Chamserops  excelsa,  with  a  number  of  large  and  remark¬ 
ably  healthy  plants  of  Justicia  carnea  and  J.  coccinea,  bristling  with 
bloom  ;  a  large  standard  of  Tea  Rose  Madame  de  Watteville,  with  at 
least  two  dozen  expanded  blooms.  Other  Tea  Roses  in  flower  were 
The  Bride,  Niphetos,  Safrano,  Grace  Darling,  and  Perle  des  Jardins. 
Around  the  sides  of  the  house  were  arranged  in  a  light  and  elegant 
style  several  dozens  of  Deutzia  gracilis,  remarkable  for  cleanness  of 
growth  and  profusion  of  bloom  ;  several  plants  of  Libonia  floribunda 
2  feet  high  and  bushy  in  proportion,  literally  covered  with  bright  flower ; 
intermingled  were  Blood  Red  and  Belvoir  Castle  Yellow  Wallflowers 
in  6-inch  pots,  great  bushe3  a  mass  of  bloom  ;  Hyacinths  in  large  pots, 
so  as  to  make  effective  masses  ;  Tulips,  Polyanthus,  Narcissi  Grand 
Monarque  and  gloriosa  superba ;  Cinerarias,  a  strain  free  from  those 
magenta  colours  which  destroy  others  ;  Primulas  and  Cyclamens,  several 
fine  plants  of  Streptosolon  Jamesoni,  Celsia  cretica,  autumn  sown ; 
and  Carnations  Madame  Arthur  Warocque,  the  crimson  Malmaison. 
In  fact,  the  house  was  a  charm  throughout  of  beauty  and  fragrance,  and 
was  most  creditable  to  the  head  gardener,  Mr.  Dryden. — T.  Street. 
THE  LATE  DR.  HOGG. 
I  CAN  claim  to  be  one  of  Dr.  Hogg’s  oldest  living  acquaintances.'  It 
was  early  in  April,  1838,  that  I  went  to  lodge  at  Mr.  Wheatley  s,  and 
Mr.  Robert  Hogg  kindly  consented  to  share  his  room  with  me.  Tuis 
was  at  Brentford  End.  We  had  a  charming  view  from  the  sitting-room 
(which  was  over  the  shop)  of  all  the  passers-by.  The  Queen  always 
went  that  way  to  Windsor  Castle,  and  nine  mail  coaches  passed  every 
evening  to  the  West.  Mr.  Robert  Hogg  (who  was  then  at  Mr.  Ronald’s) 
had  been  lodging  there  for  some  time. 
It  was  from  there  that  Mr.  Hogg,  I,  and  Miss  Wheatley — Mr. 
Wheatley’s  daughter — went  to  witness  the  procession  at  the  Queen’s 
Coronation.  We  took  our  stand  in  St.  James’  Street,  Piccadilly,  on  the 
west  side,  about  half  way  down,  where  we  had  a  splendid  view  of  all — 
I  might  say  perfect — both  in  going  to  and  returning  from  the  Abbey.  I 
have  still  a  very  vivid  impression  of  the  Queen’s  appearance.  In  igoing 
it  was  a  sort  of  nervous  flush  ;  on  returning  it  was  that  of  great  fatigue 
from  the  long  service  at  the  Abbey  and  from  the  constant  bowing  to  the 
cheers  of  the  spectators,  for  it  was  almost  without  intermission  from 
side  to  side.  It  was  the  turning  from  side  to  side  that  made  it  so  weari¬ 
some.  We  stayed  to  see  the  illuminations,  and  it  was  almost  midnight 
before  we  got  back  to  Brentford  End. 
It  was  while  Mr.  Hogg  was  there  that  he  brought  home  in  his  large 
botanist’s  tin  a  fine  snaked  which  by  some  means  got  out  in  our  bedroom 
at  night.  This  was  rather  an  exciting  experience.  The  women  folk 
were  afraid  to  enter.  The  room  was  searched,  as  we  thought  thoroughly, 
and  the  snake  could  not  be  found.  I  forget  how  many  days  it  was 
before  it  was  discovered ;  we  thought  it  must  have  made  its  escape. 
One  of  the  women  eventually  discovered  it.  1  had  a  very  large  leather- 
covered  trunk,  and  under  the  bottom  of  this  there  was  a  cross-piece  of 
wood  near  each  end,  so  that  the  bottom  was  a  little  raised  from  the 
floor  ;  it  was  under  this  that  it  had  got.  I  forget  how  we  killed  it,  but 
Mr.  Hogg  spent  many  hours  over  it  getting  the  flesh  off,  bo  as  to  have  ft 
perfect  skeleton. 
I  am  not  sure  of  the  exact  date  he  left  Mr.  Ronald’s,  but  some  time 
in  the  summer  of  1838.  The  then  Duke  of  Devonshire  engaged  him  to 
make  a  collection  of  indigenous  plants.  I  went  to  Chiswick  while  this 
was  being  done.  Mr.  Edmonds  showed  me  what  he  had  collected — all 
potted,  standing  on  coal  ashes,  all  labelled.  I  did  not  see  anything  of 
Mr.  Hogg  after  this  for  a  long  time  ;  but  in  1811  or  1812  I  went  to  the 
Bath  September  Show  and  there  met  with  him.  I  think  he  told  me  he 
was  with  Mr.  Gregory,  and  travelling  for  him  ;  but  he  had  begun  Tulip 
growing  (of  course,  more  as  a  hobby  than  as  a  commercial  affair),  but 
he  told  he  had  given  £90  for  a  bulb  of  a  variety.  He  told  me  the  name, 
but  I  do  not  remember  it.  Yet  I  do  remember  that  he  told  that  he 
had  got  an  offset  from  it  which  he  valued  at  £30.  I  joined  the  British 
Pomological  Society,  and,  of  course,  was  in  communication  with  him  on 
that  account,  and  I  often  used  to  meet  with  Dr.  Hogg  at  the  Council 
room  at  South  Kensington.  I  have  only  been  about  twice  to  the  Drill 
Hall.  *  .  t  . 
I  omitted  to  say  that  some  of  Mr.  Hogg’s  leisure  was  spent  in 
writing  Latin  Bynonyms.  I  cannot  tell  the  long  lists  he  would  have. 
One  was  “  Achillea,”  1  remember,  and  such  columns  as  he  had  searched 
up  astonished  me.  Many  students  were  making  his  acquaintance  even 
in  these  days,  young  as  he  was.  I  remember  Borne  gentleman  wanted 
to  introduce  him  to  the  then  Duke  of  Bedford,  who  was  a  botanist.  He 
had  written  and  illustrated  a  work  on  the  “  Tilia  ”  as  a  sort  of  recrea¬ 
tion,  so  this  gentleman  told  Mr.  Hogg.  I  am  a  little  over  a  year  his 
senior,  that  is  I  am  just  over  eighty.  I  ought  to  9ay  that  I  have  ever 
found  him  a  faithful  and  devoted  friend. — George  Lee,  Clevedon. 
