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plants.  The  sorts  marked  with  an  asterisk  are  of  recent  introduction, 
and  are  arranged  alphabetically. 
Exhihition  ItosES. —  Hybrid  PerpetuaLs.  —  Light  Colon, red 
Varieties.  —  Mrs.  John  Laing,  Madame  Gabriel  Luizct,  iMarie  Finger, 
^lerveille  de  Lyon,  Baroness  Rothschild,  ’■■'Clio,  ’“'Marchioness  of 
Londonderry,  and  “■'iMr.s.  R.  G.  Sharman-Crawford.  Medium  Reds  — 
ririch  Brunner,  Dupuy  Jamain,  Comtesse  d’Oxford,  Snsanne  Marie 
Rodocanachi,  Camille  Bernardin,  Heinrich  Hchultheis,  and  'Hlelen 
Iv(dler.  Reds. — Fisher  Holmes,  General  Jacqueminot,  Mar'e  Baumann, 
Alfred  Colomb,  Maurice  Bernardin,  Dr.  Andry,  Duke  of  Edinburgh, 
Earl  of  Pembroke,  Victor  Hugo,  and  ®Captain  Hayward.  Dark 
Varieties — Prince  Arthur,  Charles  Lefebvre,  Duke  of  Wellington, 
Prince  Camille  de  Rohan,  Earl  of  Dufferin,  Louis  Van  Houtte,  and 
Duke  of  Connaught. 
Hybrid  Teas. — La  France,  Viscountess  Folkestone,  Captain 
Christy,  Caroline  Testout,  Grace  Darling,  Kaisetin  Augusta  Victoria, 
VTiite  Lady,  'Alarquise  Litta,  and  ®Mrs.  W.  J.  (frant. 
Teas  and  Noisettes. — Marie  Van  Houtte,  jMadame  Lainbard, 
Hon.  Edith  Gifford,  Caroline  Kuster,  Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Prince, 
Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Innocente  Pirola,  Anna  Olivier,  Madame  Hoste, 
Rubens,  Francisca  Kruger,  Jules  Finger,  *Coriana,  and  *Maman 
Cochet. 
Bourbon. — i\Irs.  Paul. 
Garden  Roses. —  Summer  Flowering. — Provence. — Common  or 
Cabbage.  Moss. — Common  or  Old.  Damas/r.  —  Rosa  Mundi.  Hybrid 
China. — Charles  Lawson  (climlring).  Austrian  Briar. — Austrian 
Copper.  Hybrid  Siveet  Briars. — Janet’s  Pride,  *Jeannie  Deans,  and 
■'^Lady  Penzance.  Ayrshire. — Bennett’s  Seedling  or  Thoresbyana 
(climbing).  Evergreen.  —  Felicite  Perpetue  (climbing).  Climbing 
Polyantha.  —  Claire  Jacquier,  Grandiflora,  and  “''i'urner’s  Crimson 
Rambler.  Autumn  Vlowerisg.— Hybrid  Teas.— Augustine  Guinois- 
seau,  Bardou  Job,  Camoens,  Gloire  Lyonnaise,  Gustave  Regis,  and 
’"’Madame  Abel  Chatdiay.  China.  — Old  Blush  or  Common  Monthly, 
Laurette  Messimy,  ’-'Madame  Eugene  Resal,  and  ’"Qiieen  Mab.  Teas  and 
Noisettes. — Gluire  de  Dijon  (climbing),  W.  A.  Richardson  (climbing), 
L’Ideal,  Reve  d’Or  (climbing),  “'Beaute  Inconstante,  ’-'Madame  Pierre 
Cochet,  ^Souvenir  de  Catherine  Guillot,  and  ’-^Souven'r  de  Madame 
Eugene  Verdier.  Bourbon. — Souvenir  de  la  Malmaison.  Polyantha. — 
iMadame  Anna  Maria  de  Montravel,  Gloire  des  Polyantha,  Perle  d’Or, 
and  ’-^Georges  Pernet.  Japanese. — Alba,  IMadame  Georges  Brnant, 
and  *Fimbriata.  Perpetual  Scotch. — Stanwell  Perpetual.  Two  new 
climbing  Roses  should  be  also  included,  ’--'Alister  Stella  Gray  (n.) 
and  ’-^Paul’s  Carmine  Pillar  (single  flowered). — E.  M.,  Berkhamsted. 
A  WELSH  VINEYARD. 
We  are  sending  you  to-day  by  parcel  post  a  box  containing  three 
bunches  of  Grapes  picked  from  the  Vini-s  at  Swanbridge.  'I'hey  are 
typical  samples  of  the  crop  there  this  year,  which  is  very  great  — 
greater  than  any  previous  year.  As  you  see,  the  berries  are  remark¬ 
ably  well  coloured,  but  not  nearly  so  sweet  or  palatable  as  they  usually 
are  in  good  seasons,  the  leason  of  which  is  undoubtedly  the  protracted 
cold  weather  during  August  and  the  early  part  of  September.  Yon 
will  notice  they  are  exceedingly  juicy,  and  are  in  excellent  condition 
for  wine-making,  and  my  father  is  sanguine  of  a  vintage  of  twenty-five 
or  thirty  hogsheads  this  year  of  a  wine  that  will  not  depreciate  the 
high  reputation  already  ac«|uired  by  the  Welsh  wines. 
The  vineyard  at  Swanbridge  has  been  a  veritable  picture  fur  the 
last  fortnight.  The  rows  and  I'ows  of  Vines  in  long  unbrokim  lines, 
with  their  strong,  healthy  green  foliage  here  and  there  relieved  with 
high  colours  of  autumn  tints,  and  each  set  off  with  thick  clusters  of 
jet  black  Grapes,  has  created  a  scenic  effect,  the  uniqueness  fif  which 
in  these  parts  has  been  exemplified  by  the  numbers  of  I'eojile  who 
have  taken  advantage  of  the  fine  autumn  weather  we  are  now 
experiencing  to  visit  it,  and  see  for  themselves  a  real  vineyard.  To 
cyclists  of  both  sexes  it  has  proved  a  great  attraction. 
“  La  vendange  ”  commenced  on  the  8th  inst.,  and  the  first  Grapes 
were  put  through  the  egrappoir  in  tlie  afternoon,  one  large  vat  being 
already  full  of  fermenting  viniferous  matter.  It  will  be  Wednesday 
or  Thursday  next  before  all  the  Grajies  are  gathered  in.  Unfortunately, 
though  Castel  Goch  i)rotnised  wmll  in  the  beginning  of  the  season,  the 
mildew  completely  revesed  the  state  of  things,  and  the  result  is  nearly 
a  failure.  During  the  last  few  years  mildew  seems  to  have  claimed 
this  vineyard  peculiarly  as  “its  own,”  for  notwithstanding  frequent 
periodical  applications  of  the  Bordeaux  mixture  and  up-to-date 
continental  usages  for  combatting  it,  it  still  remains  the  unconq tiered 
foe  of  the  Castel  Coch  Vines.  The  ohi  Vines  are  the  wonst  afflicted, 
the  younger  ones  appearing  able  to  throw  off  the  malady.  Happily 
the  vineyard  at  Swanbridge  is  exempt  from  this  evil. 
I  am  desired  to  send  you  these  short  notes,  as  there  is  so  much 
upon  the  subject  at  present  in  the  daily  papers,  and  father  is  inun¬ 
dated  with  questions  from  persons  all  over  the  country  who  are 
interested  in  horticulture  requesting  information  upon  the  present  year’s 
results,  which  will  be  known  in  due  time. — Hugh  A.  Pettigrew. 
[The  bunches  rec.  ived  are  small,  densely  packed  clusters,  about 
half  a  pound  in  weight,  of  Grapes  as  black  as  Sloes,  and  |  inch  in 
diameter.  They  would  not  take  a  prize  for  flavour,  but  are  capable 
of  making  excellent  wine.  The  variety  is  presumably  the  Gammi 
Noir,] 
HARDY  FLOWER  NOTES. 
One  of  the  charms  of  a  well-furnished  garden  of  hardy  flowers  is 
the  variety  it  presents  as  the  year  goes  on.  Sameness  and  monotony 
there  need  not  be.  From  the  dawn  of  spring  until  frost  sets  its  seal 
upon  the  earth  a  constant  succession  of  flowers  will  come  to  give  joy 
to  their  OAvner.  Thus  it  i?  that  as  October  breaks  upon  us  we  are  still 
in  possession  of  many  flowers.  Spring  Leucoiums  may  yet  be  long  of 
coming,  but  their  fairy-like  sister  the  Autumn  Snowflake  still  hangs 
its  pendent  bells  from  its  chocolate  coloured  stalks.  The  grandeur  of 
the  si)ring  Crocuses  is  as  yet  hidden  ’neath  black  earth,  but  those 
which  nre  yielded  by  the  shortening  day  have  equal  if  less  voluptuous 
charms.  The  Tulip  has  yet  to  wait  awhile  before  it  opens  its  cup  to 
the  sunshine  of  May,  but  the  statelier  Gladiolus  has  not  yet  deserted 
us,  and  still  gives  us  more  than  passing  pleasure.  There  are  yet  many 
flowers  in  bloom  ready  to  smile  upon  us  until  bitter  winds  come  to 
steal  away  our  treasures  for  a  time.  Of  some  of  these  it  is  our  duty 
now  to  tell. 
One  of  the  most  satisfactory  of  the  autumn  flowers  is  that 
distinct-loo  king  Helenium  which  is,  unhappily,  under  a  cloud  so  far 
as  its  nomenclature  is  concerned.  This  is  the  one  first  called 
H.  grandicephalum  striatum,  and  which  the  Rev.  C.  Wolley-Dod 
considers  may  be  H.  nuditlorum.  I  am  still  inclined  to  think,  that 
it  may  be  as  well  until  we  learn  more  about  it  to  retain  another  name 
— i.e.,  H.  autumnale  striatum.  This  is,  however,  by  the  way,  and 
my  purpose  now  is  not  to  elaborate  this  point,  but  again,  as  has  been 
done  before,  to  draw  attention  to  the  plant’s  distinctness  and  decorative 
value.  It  is  now  fairly  well  known  to  many,  but  would  find  more 
accep'ance  did  it  always  presimt  the  deeper  colouring  it  assumes  in 
some  gardens.  Although  the  size  of  the  flowers  is  to  some  extent 
reduced,  I  am  of  opinion  that  the  colour  of  this  Helenium  is  intensified 
by  being  grown  on  a  comparatively  poor  soil  instead  of  a  richer  one. 
The  same  treatment  has  also  the  effect  of  reducing  the  height  of  the 
plant — a  decided  advantage  in  many  gardens. 
Still  effective  are  the  Kniphofias,  and  they  are  all  the  more  so  from 
the  distinct  appearance  they  present  in  the  garden,  where  there  are  at 
this  season  C.imposites  in  great  profusion.  As  I  have  remarked  before, 
beautiful  as  are  some  of  the  newer  yellow- flowered  hybrids,  we  have 
less  of  these  this  season  than  of  the  scarlet  varieties.  The  beauty  of 
some  of  these  yellow  varieties,  such  as  Lachesis,  can  hardly  be  gainsaid, 
but  we  do  not  desire  to  see  the  garden  overwhelmed  with  this  colour 
at  any  time.  To  some  it  is  no  recommendation  to  a  plant  to  say  that 
it  comes  into  flower  early  and  blooms  on  for  a  long  season.  They  say 
they  prefer  something  of  more  short  lived  beauty,  which  will  not  pall 
upon  them  before  it  ceases  to  bloom  for  the  season. 
To  these -and  they  are  comparatively  few — Kniphofia  Rooperi  can¬ 
not  be  recommende-J,  but  to  those  Avho  like  a  ]dant  which  will  yield 
them  a  long  succession  of  flowers  it  will  be  found  worthy  of  its  room 
in  t'  e  garden.  There  are  some  with  larger  and  more  brilliantly 
coloured  spikes,  but  there  is  none  of  more  prolonged  blooming  habit. 
It  comes  into  bloom  ofren  in  June  and  continues  until  frost  comes. 
In  mild  localities,  such  as  some  parts  of  Ireland,  I  am  told  that  this 
Torch  Lily  is  rarely  out  of  bloom.  With  the  usual  precautions 
K.  Rooperi  is  hardy,  and  it  will  not  be  long  until  we  have  to  take 
these.  Tying  the  leaves  together  to  form  a  cone  so  as  to  throw  the 
rain  off  the  crown  will  be  found  beneficial,  and  this  ought  to,  be  sup¬ 
plemented  with  a  little  broken  or  dry  litter.  K.  Rooperi  has  been 
introduced  for  more  than  forty  years.  It  comes  from  British  Caffraria. 
Although  it  is  said  to  grow  only  2  feet  high  it  really  considerably 
exceeds  that  height. 
Last  year  in  going  through  a  nursery  having  an  almost  unique 
collection  of  hardy  flowers,  I  saw  among  the  Asters  one  bearing  the 
name  of  “  F,  W.  Bnrbidge.”  I  observed  to  my  guide  “that  this 
should  be  a  good  one.”  His  reply  was,  “  and  it  is  a  good  one.”  The 
result  was  that  a  plant  was  booked,  and  this  is  now  in  bloom.  It  is 
