October  24, 1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Bandon  Hill. — Twenty-two  varieties  were  shown  from  here  which 
had  been  grown  on  Messrs.  Miller’s  farm  on  chalk  soil  without  any 
manure.  The  previous  crop  was  Lavender,  and  the  Potatoes  were 
planted  April  19th  and  lifted  October  2Qd.  The  following  were  selected 
as  being  suitable  for  the  above  soil  : — Colossal,  Satisfaction,  Chancellor, 
Prime  Minister,  Goldfinder,  and  Windsor  Castle. 
First,  Colossal,  very  good,  better  for  steaming  than  boiling  ; 
30  minutes  cooking.  Second,  Satisfaction,  good  takes  a  long  time 
to  cook.  Third,  Windsor  Castle,  good,  requires  very  careful  boiling; 
30  minutes.  Chancellor,  fair.  Prime  Minister,  bad  colour  ;  too  solid. 
Goldfinder,  rather  too  solid.  The  Canon,  good.  Miss  Hoare’s  remarks — 
'*  All  grown  on  this  soil  good,  if  carefully  cooked  ;  should  say  they  would 
all  steam  well.” 
Westfield,  Wohing. — From  this  plot  seventeen  varieties  were  sent 
which  bad  been  grown  on  a  black  sandy  bog,  light  and  poor.  The  land 
was  dressed  at  planting  time  with  chemical  manure,  about  5  lbs.  to  the 
rod.  The  Potatoes  were  planted  May  3rd  and  the  crop  lifted  Sept.  14' b. 
Selected  as  being  suitable  for  this  soil  were  The  Canon,  Surprise,  Duke 
of  York,  Challenger,  Chancellor,  and  Loveland’s  Kidney, 
First,  Challenger.  Second,  Chancellor  (same  as  No.  1),  requires  care¬ 
ful  boiling  and  a  long  time  ;  white  and  floury  when  first  cooked,  goes  a 
bad  colour  with  standing.  Third,  Duke  of  York,  30  minutes  to  cook  ; 
solid,  much  better  steamed.  Conference,  not  good,  bad  colour.  The 
Canon,  30  minutes  ;  floury,  but  not  a  good  colour.  Surprise  (Webb), 
45  minutes  ;  not  good  quality  or  colour.  Loveland’s  Kidney,  30  minutes  ; 
thin  skin,  floury,  but  goes  a  bad  colour. 
Englefield  Green. — Fifteen  dishes  were  sent  from  this  plot  which  had 
been  grown  on  very  light,  poor  sandy  soil,  dressed  at  planting  time  with 
chemical  manure  at  about  5  lbs.  per  rod.  The  tubers  were  planted 
May  11th  and  lifted  September  21st.  The  following  were  selected  as 
being  suitable  for  growing  in  the  above  soil : — Progress,  White  Perfection, 
Best  of  All,  Satisfaction,  Goldfinder,  Future  Fame,  and  Supreme. 
First,  Future  Fame,  30  minutes  cooking,  good  quality.  Second, 
Satisfaction,  ditto,  good  colour  and  quality,  but  dark  centre.  Third, 
Best  of  All,  rather  dark  in  colour.  Progress,  30  minutes  ;  rather  soapy, 
solid.  White  Perfection,  30  minutes  ;  rather  soapy,  not  a  good  colour. 
Goldfinder,  30  minutes  ;  solid,  not  a  good  colour.  Supreme,  30  minutes  ; 
not  good  in  colour. 
Borliing. — Twenty-six  kinds  were  sent  from  this  plot.  The  crop  was 
grown  on  poor  chalk  soil  with  a  rather  thin  surface,  and  dressed  at 
planting  time  with  chemical  manure  at  the  rate  of  about  5  lbs.  pei  rod. 
The  tubers  were  planted  May  10th,  and  the  crop  lifted  in  September, 
Selected  as  being  suitable  for  growing  in  the  above  soil  were  Windsor 
Castle,  Goldfinder,  Renown,  Congress,  White  Perfection,  Satisfaction, 
Triumph,  The  Bruce,  and  Chancellor. 
First,  Triumph,  26  minutes  to  cook  ;  good  quality,  floury.  Second, 
Satisfaction,  30  minutes  ;  good  colour  and  quality,  floury  all  through. 
Third,  Windsor  Castle,  30  minutes  ;  good  colour  and  quality.  Gold¬ 
finder,  30  minutes  :  good  colour  and  quality.  Chancellor,  30  minutes  ; 
eood  colour  and  quality.  Congress,  30  minutes  ;  good  quality. 
Renown,  30  minutes  ;  good  quality,  but  inclined  to  turn  black.  The 
Bruce,  30  minutes  ;  good  quality,  but  turns  dark  after  cooking.  White 
Perfection,  not  at  all  good  in  colour  or  quality, 
Milford,  near  Oodalming. — Fifteen  varieties  were  sent  from  here 
which  had  been  grown  on  soil  sharp,  deep,  loose  sand,  previously  dressed 
with  farmyard  manure.  Toe  Potatoes  were  planted  on  April  24tb, 
and  lifted  September  12th.  The  following  selections  were  made  : — Early 
Regent,  Chancellor,  Victoria,  Congress,  Onwards,  and  Renown. 
First,  Victoria,  good  quality,  floury,  white.  Second,  Early  Regent, 
30  minutes  to  cook  ;  good  quality,  not  a  good  colour.  Third,  Renown 
(Dean)  ;  good  quality,  good  colour,  but  too  solid.  Congress,  30  minutes  ; 
rather  solid.  Chancellor,  30  minutes  ;  not  good  quality.  Onwards, 
30  minutes  ;  good  quality,  but  inclined  to  turn  black. 
Cherts  y. — From  this  plot  twenty-four  varieties  were  sent.  The 
Potatoes  were  grown  on  strong,  stiff  loam,  rather  poor,  and  dressed  with 
chemical  manure  at  5  lbs.  per  roL  The  tubers  were  planted  April  25th, 
and  the  crop  lifted  September  19th.  The  following  were  selected  as 
being  suitable  for  the  above  soil  :  —Victoria,  Magnum  Bonum,  Stour¬ 
bridge  Glory,  Satisfaction,  The  Dean,  Chancellor,  and  Triumph. 
First,  Triumph,  30  minutes  to  cook  ;  good  colour  and  quality,  a 
little  too  solid.  Second,  Victoria,  30  minutes  ;  good  colour  and  quality, 
but  inclined  to  break  to  pieces.  Third,  Satisfaction,  30  minutes  ;  good 
colour  and  quality.  Magnum  Bonum,  30  minutes  ;  fair.  Stourbridge 
Glory,  30  minutes  ;  rather  yellow  and  solid.  Chancellor,  30  minutes  ; 
floury,  good  colour  and  quality.  Triumph,  30  minutes  ;  good  colour 
and  quality,  but  too  solid.  The  Dean,  30  minutes,  boiled  ;  good  quality, 
rather  dark.  The  Dean,  baked  ;  too  dark,  and  too  moist  inside. 
Richmond. — Twenty  varieties  were  sent  from  this  plot.  The  tubers 
were  grown  on  very  light,  porous  soil,  but  gave  very  bad  disease  results, 
fully  three  parts  being  worthless.  Tne  soil  was  dressed  at  planting 
time  with  chemical  manure  at  about  5  lbs.  to  the  roi.  The  Potatoes 
were  planted  April  22ad  and  lifted  September  DPh.  The  following 
selections  were  made  as  being  suitable  tor  the  above  soil  : — Chancellor, 
Puritan,  Renown,  and  Windsor  Castle. 
First,  Puritan,  30  minutes;  fl  mry,  good  colour.  Second,  Windsor 
Castle,  45  minutes  ;  good  colour,  but  too  solid.  Third,  Renown  (Dean), 
30  minutes  ;  good  in  colour,  a  little  moist  in  centre.  Renown  (^Webb), 
30  minutes ;  good  in  colour,  a  little  moist  in  centre.  Chancellor, 
45  minutes  ;  not  good  in  colour,  too  solid. 
Events  of  the  Week, — As  will  be  seen  from  another  paragraph 
the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  will  hold  a  meeting  on  Tuesday  next, 
there  also  being  one  Chrysanthemum  show,  the  dates  of  which  are 
given  on  page  392. 
-  Weather  in  London. — Almost  the  same  climatic  conditions 
have  prevailed  in  the  neighbourhood  of  London  in  the  past  week 
as  in  its  immediate  predecessor.  It  has,  however,  been  colder,  and 
during  an  incessant  rain  on  Tuesday  the  temperature  was  15°  under  the 
average  for  October.  On  Wednesday,  at  the  time  of  going  to  press,  the 
weather  was  dull  and  cold. 
-  Weather  in  the  North. — The  changeable,  showery  weather 
of  the  first  half  of  October  was  suddenly  followed  by  frost  on  the  16th  ; 
4°  were  registered  on  the  17th  ;  5°  on  the  18th.  On  the  latter  day  17° 
were  reported  from  Dumfriesshire.  Sunday  was  very  disagreeable,  cold 
and  drizzly  all  day  ;  Monday  dullish,  but  fair ;  on  Tuesday  morning 
dense  rime  with  5°  frost.  The  higher  hills  have  twice  been  thickly 
covered  with  snow. — B.  D.,  S.  Perthshire. 
-  The  Barron  Testimonial  Committee. — We  have  received 
a  circular  in  which,  after  recounting  Mr.  Barron’s  services  to  horti¬ 
culture,  the  Committee  “  confidently  appeal  for  subscriptions  towards  a 
fund  for  presenting  him  with  some  tangible  mark  of  gratitude  and 
esteem.  In  so  doing  the  Committee  earnestly  desire  that  all  gardeners 
and  lovers  of  their  gardens  shall  have  an  opportunity,  according  to  their 
means,  of  participating  in  a  suitable  acknowledgment  of  the  life-long 
public  services  of  one  of  the  most  worthy  and  eminent  of  British 
gardeners.”  As  will  have  been  seen  by  our  advertising  columns  last 
week  a  good  reponse  has  already  been  made,  and  all  gardeners  and 
others  who  desire  to  co-operate  in  the  movement  should  communicate 
with  Mr.  B.  Wynne,  1,  Danes  Inn,  Strand,  W.C. 
-  Monstera  deliciosa  at  Coombe  Abbey.  —  When  on  a 
recent  visit  to  this  fine  and  historical  old  place  my  attention  was  drawn 
to  several  plants  of  this  Mexican  epiphyte  luxuriating  against  the  back 
wall  of  a  vinery.  Its  large  digitate  leaves  with  dolobrate  or  hatchet¬ 
shaped  segments  and  numerous  variously  oval  holes  distributed  over  the 
surface  of  the  leaf,  at  once  produce  a  novel  and  picturesque  effect,  and 
especially  in  contrast  with  the  noble-looking,  light  stone-coloured  fruit. 
The  granules  of  the  fruit  are  closely  arranged  around  the  spadix,  which 
is  enveloped  within  the  spathe.  There  are  a’so  one  or  two  other  kinds 
of  exotic  fruits  of  an  unusual  nature  grown  against  the  walls  of  the 
vineries  there,  including  the  Guava  (Psidium  Cattleyanum),  the  fruit 
of  which  is  about  the  size  of  a  small  Plum,  and  is  used  for  the  dessert 
and  making  jelly. — G. 
- Horticultural  Club. — The  first  dinner  and  conversazione 
for  the  session  1895  96  took  place  on  Tuesday  evening  last,  and  was  in 
every  respect  a  most  successful  commencement.  The  chair  was  occupied 
by  Mr.  Harry  J.  Veitch,  and  there  were  present  the  Revs.  W.  Wilks  and 
J.  H.  Pemberton  ;  Messrs.  P.  Crowley,  H.  J.  Pearson,  C.  E.  Pearson, 
James  H.  Yeitch,  H.  Turner,  0.  Thomas,  and  C,  E.  Shea.  A  very 
interesting  account  was  given  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Pearson  of  a  visit  recently 
paid  to  Lapland,  Nova  Zambia,  and  Kolgoney.  The  object  of  the  expedi¬ 
tion  was  in  the  first  instance  ornithology  ;  but  Mr.  Pearson  found  time 
to  make  a  goodly  collection  of  botanical  specimens  which  had  betii 
moat  carefully  and  tastefully  mounted  by  his  niece,  and  were  submitted 
to  the  inspection  of  the  members  present.  He  stated  that  the  Flora 
was  more  alpine  than  arctic,  as  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  such 
alpine  gems  as  Eritrichium  nanum,  perhaps  the  crowning  gem  of 
alpines,  is  found  in  large  quantities,  as  were  also  Gentiana  verna, 
Myosotis  alpestris,  Silene  acaulis,  and  many  other  plants  which  are  found 
in  alpine  districts ;  but  curiously  enough  in  the  whole  of  the  ramble.s 
he  did  not  find  a  single  Fern.  The  curious  geological  formation  of 
the  country  was  described,  the  absence  of  rocks  in  sitn  was  remark¬ 
able,  as  was  also  the  fact  that  enormous  boulders  of  various  formations 
were  to  be  found  in  large  quantities,  which  had  evidently  been  carried 
along  by  glacier  action.  The  discussion  which  followed  was  pariici- 
pated  in  by  most  of  those  present,  and  a  hearty  vote  of  thanks  was 
accorded  to  Mr.  Pearson  for  his  most  interesting  and  valuable  address. 
