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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
August  29,  1895. 
-  GrALTOXiA  CAXOICANS. — Wheu  on  a  receat  visit  to  the  exten¬ 
sive  nurseries  of  Messrs.  Smith  &  Co.,  St.  John’s,  Worcester,  I  noticed 
among  the  large  stock  of  hardy  herbaceous  flowers  an  imposing  array  of 
Galtonia  candicans,  and  its  pure  white  pendent  flowers  made  a  striking 
effect,  especially  in  connection  with  a  background  afforded  by  a  hedge 
of  the  American  Arbor  Vitae,  Thuia  occidentalis.  Considering  its  hardi¬ 
ness,  free  flowering,  and  altogether  unique  appearance,  the  wonder  is 
that  it  has  not  been  accorded  a  wider  recognition  amongst  growers. 
Planted  freely  in  groups — as  nearly  all  herbaceous  border  plants  should 
be — this  Lilywort  is  must  effective. — W.  G. 
-  Australian  Fruit. — At  a  time  when  fruit  was  considered  to 
be  a  drug  in  the  Bairnsdale  district,  says  the  “  Australasian,”  and  when 
some  growers  declared  that  they  could  not  give  theirs  away,  and  that  the 
industry  had  been  overdone,  Messrs.  Cameron  &  Cameron  decided  to 
send  an  experimental  shipment  of  Apples  to  London.  They  made  up 
thirty  cases  of  Eymers  from  their  own  orchard,  and  sent  them  through 
the  Direct  Orchard  Supply  Company  to  Messrs.  Duthort  &  Co.,  Covent 
Garden,  by  the  8.8.  “  Ophir.”  The  account  sales  gave  the  gratifying 
news  that  the  Apples  had  realised  an  average  of  12s.  6d.  per  case.  After 
deducting  all  expenses  a  profit  of  Gs.  9d.  per  case  was  made  out  of  the 
shipment.  To  the  growers  this  means  a  splendid  result,  being  a  return 
equal  to  £65  per  acre.  With  an  orchard  in  full  bearing  it  would  be 
equal  to  a  return  of  over  £100  per  acre.  The  expenses  of  the  shipment 
were  £10  ITs.  6d.,  the  receipts  for  the  first  twenty-nine  cases  were 
£18  2s.  6d.,  the  bonus  £2  18s. 
-  Potato  Culture  under  Glass. —  This  industry  is  under¬ 
going  considerable  development  in  Jersey.  In  the  first  week  of  the 
Jersey  Potato  harvest,  25  tons  were  sent  from  the  island,  and,  says  a 
contemporary,  in  the  second  week  40  tons  were  exported,  the  average 
price  of  the  first  week’s  shipment  being  £45  per  ton,  and  of  the  second 
week’s  shipment  £39  per  ton.  In  the  third  week  Potatoes  from  the 
•earliest  slopes  with  a  sunny  aspect  came  into  the  market,  and  sold  at 
the  very  satisfactory  price  of  £32  lOs.,  the  average  realised  for  660  tons. 
Potatoes  under  glass  pay  very  well  at  £30  a  ton,  if  not  at  £20,  as  they 
do  best  in  unheated  houses,  and  Tomatoes  are  set  between  the  rows  to 
stand  after  the  Potatoes  have  been  dug.  Indeed,  forced  Potatoes, 
although  they  sometimes  sell  at  Is.  a  pound  in  January,  do  not  pay  so 
well  as  those  raised  in  cool  houses,  the  yield  being  much  smaller,  and  the 
expense  much  greater.  The  late  Mr.  Bashford,  who  was  the  most 
extensive  grower  of  Potatoes  under  glass  in  Jersey,  estimated  his  average 
yield  at  the  rate  of  11  tons  an  acre. 
-  Wakefield  Paxton  Society.— At  the  meeting  of  the 
members  of  this  Society,  held  on  the  17th  inst..  Major  Taylor,  J.P.,  the 
President,  was  in  the  chair,  and  Lieutenant  H.  S.  Goodyear  occupied  the 
vice-chair.  There  was  about  an  average  attendance.  The  essayist  was 
Mr.  J.  G.  Brown,  Curator  at  the  Outwood  Cemetery,  for  many  years 
head  gardener  at  Hatfield  Hall,  and  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents  of  the 
Society.  Mr.  Brown’s  subject  was  “  The  Pea,”  and  on  the  table 
were  several  dishes  of  fine  specimens.  Mr.  Brown  read  a  most  inter¬ 
esting  and  thoroughly  practical  paper,  in  which  he  pointed  out  several 
of  the  best  varieties  of  Peas,  and  clearly  and  fully  explained  how  to 
successfully  grow  both  early  and  other  sorts  for  a  succession.  A  long 
and  very  interesting  discussion  ensued  on  the  paper.  Amongst  the 
varieties  of  Peas  which  were  most  highly  recommended  were  the  follow¬ 
ing  : — William  Hurst,  English  Wonder,  American  Wonder,  Duchess,  and 
Sharpe’s  Queen.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Brown  closed  the  meeting. 
-  A  Floral  Station. — Besides  its  well-built  and  well-paved 
streets,  its  sea  banks,  its  neat  park  near  the  Aquarium,  and  its  excep¬ 
tionally  well-gardened  Northumberland  Park,  Tynemouth  has  now  also 
one  of  the  prettiest  stations  on  the  North-Eastern  lines.  The  Directors 
have  furnished  a  light  and  airy  structure,  and  it  has  been  adorned 
florally  by  the  station  master  (Mr.  Lee)  in  a  way  that  makes  the  interior 
most  attractive.  It  is  to  be  questioned  whether  anywhere  else  so  large 
a  station  is  to  be  found  so  well  off  in  this  respect.  Mr.  Lee  has,  with 
great  taste,  overcome  the  difficulty  of  lengthened  space,  and  has  at  several 
parts  produced,  by  pendent  plants,  flowering  shrubs,  and  a  liberal  em¬ 
ployment  of  creepers,  effects  that  are  grateful  and  refreshing.  There  is 
especially  a  fine  bit  of  grouping  near  the  stairs  leading  from  the  booking 
offices  to  the  Blyth  and  Tyne  lines ;  the  platforms  everywhere  have  their 
quota  of  flowers  and  plants,  and  the  neat  design  on  each  bank  of  the 
station  bearing  the  name  “  Tynemouth  ”  is  one  of  the  tastiest  things 
that  has  been  effected  so  far  in  the  North.  The  latest  addition  is  a 
remarkably  fine  rockery,  with  many  flowers  in  bloom,  erected  at  the 
west  end  of  the  station.  Tynemouth  is  fortunate  in  having  so  skilful  a 
horticulturist  as  its  station  master. — ("  Newcastle  Daily  Chronicle.”) 
-  Montbretia  crocosmjeflora. — When  at  Madresfield  Court 
near  Malvern,  my  attention  was  drawn  to  a  mass  of  the  above  growing 
in  a  sheltered  spot  at  one  end  of  the  new  hardy  herbaceous  quarter. 
Some  idea  may  be  formed  of  the  splendid  display  when  one  is  informed 
that  the  larger  mass  of  plants  occupy  a  space  of  about  12  feet  long  by 
5  or  6  feet  wide,  whilst  a  smaller  mass  occupied  a  space  of  about  one- 
third  less,  and  both  aglow  with  hundreds  of  spikes  of  orange-scarlet 
flowers.  Mr.  Crump,  who  is  justly  proud  of  the  glorious  display, 
informed  me  that  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  recently  visited 
Madresfield  Gardens,  and  was  so  enchanted  by  the  scene  produced  by  the 
group  in  question  that  he  could  hardly  be  prevailed  on  to  quit  it. — W. 
-  Oil  from  Flowers.— The  oil  obtained  from  Violets  is  green 
in  colour,  and  its  odour  is  so  penetrating  as  to  cause  headache.  The 
perfume  is  rendered  agreeable  by  much  dilution.  The  yield  is  small, 
and  is  consumed  in  the  manufacture  of  the  finest  perfumery.  Ylang- 
ylang  is  from  the  flowers  of  a  tree  that  grows  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 
The  oil  has  an  exquisite  odour,  and  was  formerly  held  at  an  enormous 
price.  Orange  flower  oil,  known  commercially  as  “  neroli,”  is  also  very 
costly.  Perfumers  employ  it  considerably.  Also  they  utilise  an  oil 
from  the  flowers  and  leaves  of  the  Myrtle.  Lavenler  oil,  distilled  from 
the  blossoms  of  that  plant,  is  an  ingredient  of  expensive  “  waters  ” 
and  soaps.  Many  kinds  of  flowers  not  now  used  for  this  purpose,  such 
as  the  Hyacinth  and  Mignonette,  would  afford  valuable  oils, 
-  The  Annual  Vinca. — This,  says  an  American  contemporary, 
is  a  plant  that  is  not  made  as  much  of  as  might  be  done  with  advantage. 
There  are  three  varieties — namely,  the  type,  which  has  rose  purple  flowers, 
one  with  pure  white  flowers,  and  another  having  white  flowers  with  a  red 
eye.  Except  in  the  colour  of  their  flowers  all  are  identical,  and  the  one 
is  as  easily  raised  as  the  other.  They  are  of  neat  bushy  habit,  18  inches 
or  so  high,  and  bloom  uninterruptedly  from  June  till  frost.  They  are 
fine  for  cutting  for  table  flowers,  and  in  the  beds  have  not  the  formal 
appearance  that  bedding  plants  generally  have.  We  sow  them  early  in 
the  spring — say  February,  in  a  warm  greenhouse — for  coming  as  they  do 
from  Madagascar  they  like  warmth.  They  ripen  seeds  abundantly,  and 
self-sown  seedlings  come  up  freely  in  June  where  the  old  plants  were 
grown,  but  they  are  too  late  to  do  much  good.  Better  raise  them 
indoors  and  early.  The  plant  is  not  an  annual,  but  merely  grown  as 
such. 
-  Addition  to  the  Lincoln  Arboretum. — The  formal  cere¬ 
mony  of  opening  the  new  portion  recently  added  to  the  Lincoln 
Arboretum  took  place  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  August  14th.  The 
piece  of  land,  about  an  acre  in  extent,  was  purchased  by  the  late  Mr. 
Nathaniel  Clayton,  to  prevent  the  building  of  houses  overlooking  the 
mansion  and  grounds  known  as  Eastcliffe,  and  last  year  was  presented 
to  the  Corporation  by  Mr.  N.  C.  Cockburn,  his  grandson,  on  the  under¬ 
standing  that  no  building,  unless  it  be  a  lodge,  should  be  erected 
thereon.  The  land  has  been  handsomely  laid  out  with  flower  beds  and 
trees.  Inside  the  entrance  gate  is  a  granite  slab  setting  forth  that  the 
land  was  the  gift  of  Mr.  N.  C.  Cockburn.  The  cost  of  the  work  is  about 
£1000.  At  the  opening  ceremony  Mr.  G.  H.  Pacy,  Chairman  of  the 
Arboretum  Committee,  presented  the  Mayoress,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Hall,  with  a 
silver-gilt  key,  which  fits  the  lock  to  the  entrance  gate.  She  then 
declared  the  new  portion  open,  and  votes  of  thanks  to  the  donor  of  the 
land,  to  the  Mayoress  for  her  services,  and  to  Mr.  H.  E.  Milner  of 
Westminster  (who  furnished  the  design),  were  passed. — (“The  Yorkshire 
Daily  Post.”) 
-  Shanklin,  Isle  of  Wight,  Show, — The  sixteenth  annual 
summer  show  of  this  Society  was  held  in  the  beautiful  grounds  of 
Eylstone,  the  residence  of  Mons.  Sparteli,  on  August  22nd.  The  show 
was  one  of  the  best  the  Society  has  ever  held.  The  three  tents  were 
well  filled.  Mr.  Seal,  gardener  to  Mons,  Sparteli,  was  first  for  a  group, 
and  also  for  six  Ferns.  One  specimen  Fern  and  Begonias  Mr.  C.  H.  Snook, 
gardener  to  Madame  Scaramanga,  showed  well.  Collections  of  stove 
and  six  well-grown  Ferns,  Begonias,  and  Coleus  Mr.  T.  Altriss,  gardener 
to  Miss  Cass,  staged  well  grown  and  neat  table  plants,  Zonal  Pelar¬ 
goniums  and  Cockscombs.  Amongst  other  exhibitors  Messrs.  Morritt, 
Pruce,  Pinchon,  and  General  Harpur  showing  good  collections  of 
vegetables.  The  championship  belt,  open  to  Hants,  Wilts,  and  the  Isle  of 
Wight,  presented  by  Messrs.  H.  Cannell  &  Sons  for  the  best  collection 
of  fruit  and  flowers,  open  to  amateurs  and  cottagers,  was  won  by  the 
Shanklin  Society.  H.S.H.  Princess  Herman  of  Saxe-Weimar  and 
Princess  Olga  visited  the  show.  Miss  Carter  presented  a  shower  bouquet 
to  H.S.H.  Princess  Herman.  Mr.  M.  Silsbury  exhibited  two  seedling 
Chrysanthemums,  named  Emily  Silsbury,  after  the  style  of  M.  Th^r^se 
Eey. 
