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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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inserted  in  a  russety  cavity.  The  crimson  colour  spreads  over  almost 
the  whole  surface  (award  of  merit).  ~ 
Begonia  Julius  (J.  Veitch  &  Sons). — Another  hybrid  resulting  from  a 
cross  between  B.  socotrana  and  a  tuberous-rooted  variety.  The  profusely 
borne  flowers  are  double  and  of  a  salmon  pink  colour.  The  plant  is  about 
12  inches  high  (award  of  merit). 
Cypripedium  Beckmani  (L.  Linden).— The  large  dorsal  sepal  is  bright 
green  with  large  brown  blotches.  The  petals  are  very  broad  and  of  a 
shining  chocolate  hue,  the  pouch  being  a  lighter  shade  of  the  same  colour 
(award  of  merit). 
Cattleya  Empress  Frederic  var.  Leonata  (J.  Veitch  &  Sons). — This  is  a 
grand  flower.  The  broad  sepals  and  narrow  petals  are  rich  rose.  The 
lip  has  a  velvety  crimson  central  blotch  and  rose  hued  margins.  The  side 
lobes  are  yellow  veined  with  crimson  (award  of  merit). 
Cattleya  lahiata  White  Queen  (J.  Barker). — Save  for  a  suspicion  of 
yellow  on  the  lip  this  is  a  pure  white  form  (award  of  merit). 
Chrysanthemum  Georgina  Pitcher  (W.  Wells).  —  A  grandly  shaped 
incurved  . Japanese,  with  very  broad  florets.  The  colour  is  pale  yellow 
(award  of  merit). 
Chrysanthemum  Julia  S'caramant/a  (W.  Wells).— liaised  by  Air.  Silsbury. 
This  is  a  long  floretted  .Japanese  that  builds  up  a  fine  flower.  The  colour 
is  deep  terra  cotta  (award  of  merit). 
Chrysanthemum  Mary  Molyneux  (N.  Molyneux). — An  immense  incurved 
.Japanese  with  twisted  tower  Horets.  The  colour  is  pale  pink  with  a 
silvery  reverse  (award  of  merit). 
Chrysanthemum  Mrs.  H.  Folkes  (H.  Folkes). — Another  addition  to  the 
many  white  Chrysanthemums.  The  flower  as  shown  was  somewhat  flat 
(award  of  merit). 
Chrysanthemum  Mrs.  F.  A.  Bevan  (W.  Wells). — A  fipe  reflexed 
.Japanese  of  a  clear  pink  shade  (award  of  merit). 
Grape  Directeur  Tisserand  (T.  Rivers  &  Son). — A  black  late  Grape  of 
much  promise.  The  skiit  is  thick,  and  the  flesh  is  very  sweet  and 
juicy  (award  of  merit). 
Lselia  Olivia  (J.  Veitch  &  Sons). —  A  lovely  hybrid,  resulting  from  a 
cross  between  L.  xanthina  and  L.  crispa.  The  sepals  and  petals  are 
pure  yellow,  and  the  charming  lip  is  yellow  with  purplish  crimson 
veins,  and  a  blotch  of  a  similar  shade  in  the  centre.  The  margin  pales 
off  slightly  (award  of  merit). 
Odontoglossom  Dayanum  (H.  Ballantine). — The  narrow  sepals,  petals, 
and  lip  of  this  Orchid  have  a  ground  colour  of  green.  The  numerous 
spots  are  brown,  of  which  colour  there  is  a  large  blotch  on  the  lip  (award 
of  merit). 
GRAPES  AT  BYFLEET,  SURREY. 
I  COULD  but  remember  with  jpme  amused  feeling  the  little  burst  of 
anger  made  evident  so  recently  over  a  R.H.S.  medal  award  to  a  few 
bunches  of  Grapes,  when  visiting  Mr,  G.  Bury’s  vineries  at  By  fleet,  and 
seeing  the  splendid  crop  he  has,  and  the  excellent  samples  he  has 
also  ;  and  this  fine  result  obtained  from  a  sheer  bed  of  sand,  and  from 
Vines  that  have  been— not  three  years,  but  ten  years  planting,  having 
during  that  time  borne  huge  crops.  The  houses  are  two,  336  feet  long, 
spans  of  25  feet  wide,  and  they  are  planted  in  equal  portions  of  Black 
Hamburgh  and  Muscat  of  Alexandria  in  one,  and  Black  Alicante  and 
Gros  Colman  in  the  other.  It  was  when  looking  at  these  latter,  noting 
the  handsome  bunches  and  their  grand  berries,  so  well  coloured  and 
finished,  that  I  was  reminded  specially  of  the  little  outbreak  referred  to. 
It  is  just  possible  that  at  the  .January  meeting,  when  Grapes  are  getting 
scarcer,  Mr.  Bury  may  send  up  some  samples  of  his  Grapes  for  the  Com¬ 
mittee  to  judge  of  the  fruit  products  of  a  deep  bed  of  sand.  Inside  the 
houses  this  much  resembles  walking  in  a  sandpit,  it  is  so  deep  and 
loose.  Probably  there  is  not  a  grower  of  Grapes  in  the  kingdom  but, 
asked  for  an  opinion  as  to  the  merits  of  the  soil  here  for  Grape  culture, 
would  have  condemned  it.  If  so,  certainly  a  look  through  these  long 
vineries  now  would  alter  that  opinion,  for  the  crop  has  been  again  this 
season  so  great  a  one,  that  it  is  really  marvellous  how  the  Vines  can,  year 
after  year,  go  on  producing  them. 
Mr.  Bury,  like  the  general  run  of  market  growers,  is  a  very  modest, 
unassuming  man,  and  makes  no  fuss  over  his  crop.  The  loss  of  a 
thousand  medals  or  prizes  would  not  disturb  his  equanimity.  No  one 
knows  better  than  he  that  he  has  had  a  first-rate  Grape  crop,  and 
if  prices  now  do  not  rule  very  high,  at  least  he,  in  common  with  other 
growers,  strives  to  make  up  that  deficiency  by  heavy  crops.  Generally 
these  market  men  go  on  year  after  year  producing  fully  double  the 
weight  that  private  gardeners  get,  and  they  have  fine  samples  and 
quality  also. 
The  Vines  in  both  houses  are  planted  on  each  side  at  about  4  feet 
apart,  and  on  each  of  the  four  sides  there  are  eighty-four,  or  a  total  of 
336.  The  rods  reach  to  an  average  length  of  11  feet,  and  as  there  are 
many  supernumerary  or  additional  rods  to  Vines,  the  actual  number  is  about 
400,  which  multiplied  by  eleven,  gives  a  total  length  of  4400  feet  run  of 
rod,  and  taking  a  further  average  of  twelve  bunches  to  a  rod,  a  very  low 
estimate,  that  would  give  for  the  season  some  4800,  and  doubtless  double 
that  quantity  in  pounds.  Of  course  these  vineries  are  only  small  ones 
amidst  the  vast  area  of  glass  devoted  to  Grape  culture  in  this  country, 
but  they  serve  to  show  how  immense  the  produce  must  annually  be  over 
the  entire  area. 
Gardeners  may  often  do  well  to  visit  one  of  these  market  places  and 
note  the  process  of  culture.  Mr.  Bury  feeds  chiefly  with  superphosphate, 
sulphate  of  potash,  and  gypsum,  occasionally  flooding  the  inside  border 
with  water.  Probably  we  should  hear  of  fewer  Grape  failures  were  more 
sand  employed  in  forming  Vine  borders. — A.  D. 
Events  oe  the  Week. — We  may  now  consider  ourselves  at  the 
end  of  the  I  hrysanthemum  season,  for  there  are  only  a  few  late  shows 
to  be  held.  Horticulturists  will  doubtless  welcome  the  little  rest  that 
follows  the  season  of  the  autumn  queen.  So  far  as  we  are  aware  there 
are  no  events  of  particular  interest  fixed  for  the  forthcoming  week  within 
the  metropolitan  area. 
-  Weather  in  London. — Since  our  last  impression  went  to  the 
machines  we  have  had  some  beautiful  weather,  the  sun  shining  brilliantly 
on  several  days.  Almost  every  morning  and  evening  has  been  more  or 
less  foggy,  Sunday  evening  and  Monday  morning  being  very  dense  and 
unpleasant.  It  was  almost  dark  throughout  Tuesday,  and  the  same 
conditions  prevailed  on  Wednesday. 
—  Victoria  Medallists  of  Honour. — With  the  issue  of  the 
Gardeners'  Magazine,  dated  November  20th,  was  presented  a  large  plate, 
comprising  portraits  of  the  sixty  medallists.  We  congratulate  our 
contemporary  on  the  admirable  manner  in  which  it  has  carried  out 
what  must  have  been  a  tedious  and  extremely  difficult  operation. 
-  The  Postal  Authorities  Score. — In  the  way  of  curious 
addresses  this  probably  deserves  a  place  : — 
Dobies  Seedsman  and 
Plorist 
Scotland 
i  know  no  other 
Address  kindly 
find  them. 
The  communication  came  from  Nuneaton,  and  was  successfully  delivered 
in  Rothesay  without  delay. 
-  Origin  op  Campanula  isophylla  alba.— Mr.  L.  Castle, 
in  his  notes  on  the  Cambridge  Botanic  Garden,  in  your  issue  of 
November  4th,  refers  to  this  plant  in  connection  with  my  name,  and 
since  practically  nothing  al)Out  it  is  known  it  may  be  useful  if  I  place  on. 
record  the  origin  of  so  very  popular  a  plant.  In  the  year  1870  I  took 
charge  of  the  herbaceous  department  at  Kew,  and  soon  after  raised  this  as 
a  chance  seedling  from  the  type.  The  type  itself  was  then  new,  having 
been  introduced  to  Kew  by  Mr.  .1.  T.  Moggridge,  and  the  white  variation 
was  obviously  at  once  choice  and  good  for  distribution.  Por  this  purpose, 
therefore,  I  got  up  a  stock,  and  by  about  1872  or  1873  it  was  in  the 
hands  of  the  leading  nurserymen  who  were  interested  in  herbaceous 
plants.  Personally  there  is  a  good  deal  of  interest  in  having  been  instru¬ 
mental  in  preserving  so  useful  a  variation,  and  there  is  also  a  great  deal 
of  interest  in  the  fact  that  so  popular  a  plant  originated  at  Kew. — • 
R.  Irwin  Lynch. 
- National  Amateur  Gardeners’ Association  (Liverpool 
Branch). — On  Thursday  evening  a  large  attendance  of  members  met 
at  the  monthly  meeting  held  in  the  Common  Hall,  Hackins  Hey, 
Liverpool,  the  President  (Isaac  C.  Glover,  Esq.)  in  the  chair.  The  exhibits 
consisted  of  Chrysanthemums,  the  quality  of  whi'^h  was  decidedly 
improved  in  every  way.  For  twelve  cut  blooms  Japanese  IMessrs. 
Cangley  and  Geo.  Chappell,  jun.,  were  so  close  as  to  warrant  the  first 
and  second  prizes  being  divided.  The  blooms  were  fresh  and  well 
coloured.  Mr.  Baddeley  was  awarded  third  prize.  Mr.  Ardran  was 
given  first  prize  for  siv  very  pretty  Japs.  Mr.  A.  Cooper  took 
second  for  six  incurved,  Mr.  Hoskyn  full  points  for  a  charming  basket, 
and  Mr.  Robins  for  a  hand  bouquet  in  yellow-and-white.  Other 
flowers  were  put  up  tor  points,  the  exhibits  altogether  being  very 
much  admired,  and  the  interest  taken  by  all  present  being  sufficient 
guarantee  of  much  good  work  in  the  near  future.  The  paper  of  the 
evening  was  by  Mr.  Cliffe,  head  gardener  to  H.  Lawson,  Esq.,  of 
Blundellsands.  Mr.  Cliffe  is  well  qualified  to  speak  on  the  culture  of 
Chrysanthemums,  having  at  the  late  show  at  Blundellsands  carried  off 
both  the  silver  cups  for  his  exhibit  of  this  popular  flower.  His 
remarks  were  listened  to  with  great  attention,  and  a  large  number  of 
questions  as  to  pinching  and  bud-taking  were  put  to  the  lecturer. 
The  paper  was  generally  pronounced  to  be  one  of  the  most  practical  and 
useful  of  those  read  before  the  branch.  A  very  cordial  vote  of  thanks 
terminated  the  proceedings. 
