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“  Briaring.” 
I  have  had  my  say  on  Briar  standards,  and  am  tempted  by  its 
courteous  reception  to  have  my  say  about  “  Briaring,”  especially 
as  November  will  soon  be  in  sight.  “Briaring”  is  a  very  cheap 
and  x)leasing  way,  for  those  vho  can  take  it,  of  enlarging  one’s 
Hose  garden.  After  the  first  year  I  quite  gave  up  taking  out  a 
sx^ade :  a  very  small  and  handy  mattock  and  a  snrall.saw  I  found 
quite  sufficient.  Instead  of  hammering  away  at  huge  old  stocks, 
we  looked  cut  for  two-year  seedling  plants,  and  seldom  spent  time 
on  any  that  were  deeply  rooted.  1  say  “  wc,”  because  my  “  groom 
and  gardener”  factotum  was  equally  enthusiastic,  and  soon 
became  very  skilful.  He  had  knowledge  as  well  as  zeal,  which  is 
always  desirable.  “Have  you  shaken  the  post,  John?”  “No, 
,sir,  but  I  will !  ”  is  perhaps  zeal  without  discretion.  Nor  did 
that  other  cleric  fare  much  better,  who  forgot  the  alms-dish,  and 
sent  John,  who  was  also  verger,  into  his  study  for  it,  with  the 
result  that  he  took  the  silver  biscuit  tin  and  brought  it  ui)  to 
his  master  with  the  x^laintive  remark:  “Been  all  round  sir,  but 
they  won’t  none  of  them  have  any  ”  ( !) 
There  are  Briars  and  Briars,  as  has  just  been  remarked,  and 
a.  xioi'sonally  conducted  tour  of  the  kindly  lent  hedge  admits  of  a 
careful  and  needed  selection.  My  experience  was  that  the 
smooth-wooded  Briars  were  almost  invariably  very  inferior,  and 
that  the  more  x^rickly  the  stem  the  more  satisfactory  the  produce. 
One  other  plan  of  mine  I  will  mention,  as  neglect  of  the  x^i’^- 
caution  accounts  for  many  .sickly  and  dying  Rose  stocks.  After 
budding,  and  when  the  height  of  the  standard  was  absolutely 
decided,  I  used  to  apply  a  styptic  to  the  open  wound  at  the  top, 
where,  unless  the  bud  be  an  extra  strong  grower,  it  will  not 
bark  over,  and  is  liable  to  die  down.  I  give  my  recipe.  Styptic 
for  Rose-stock  wounds  : — 
9  czs  of  pitch  I  1  oz.  of  I  eesvvax 
1  cz.  of  I'eslu  I  1  oz.  of  tallow 
Put  in  a  glue  pot,  melt  together  over  a  slow  fire,  and  aioply 
hot.  This  mixture  is  also  useful  in  late  pruning  when  there  is 
any  tendency  to  bleeding. — A.  C. 
Briar  v.  Manetti. 
So  “  Briar  v.  Manetti  ”  has  not  lost  its  ancient  xiower  of  stimu¬ 
lating  correspondence  and  argument.  Well,  I  am  still  ready  to 
take  a  x^art,  as  I  was  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  I  did  not 
suggest  that  I  would  “  sweep  away  the  Manetti  from  the  face  of 
every  professional  Rose  garden,”  but  that  it  was  “  useful  for 
indoor  proxmgation  and  for  such  strong  growers  as  Crimson 
Rambler  and  Penzance  Briars,”  though  I  thought  it  should  not 
be  used  even  for  these.  The  Penzance  Briars  will,  I  sux^pose  (I 
have  not  tried,  as  I  do  not  grow  them,  considering  them  ridicu¬ 
lously  over-rated)  strike  as  ea.sily  from  cuttings  as  other  Briars. 
The  Manetti  is,  or,  at  all  events,  has  been,  of  enormous  use  to 
Rose-lovers  for  winter  grafting.  Without  it,  amateurs  would 
have  had  to  wait  much  longer  for  the  dissemination  of  new 
varieties.  I  have  also  seen  large  breadths  of  plants  budded  on 
it  in  Rose  nurseries,  but  have  generally  been  told  they  were  for 
Ainerica,  or  some  such  use. 
“  Hereford.shire  Incumbent”  gives  a  quotation  from  Mr. 
William  Paul’s  “  Rose  Garden.”  Let  us  have  another — 9th 
Edition,  p.  167,  year  1888: — The  Manetti  is  desirable  for  Roses 
in  x>ots,  and  admissible  for  hardy  kinds  when  an  extremely 
vigorous  growth  is  desired.  It  has  been  recommended  for  kinds 
of  delicate  growth  wdiich  do  not  thrive  well  on  the  Dog  Rose,  but 
my  experience  does  not  uphold  the  recommendation.  If  a  change 
of  stock  is  necessary  for  such,  it  would  seem  that  one  of  a  finer, 
not  coarser  nature  than  the  Dog  Rose  should  be  employed.  That 
the  plants  grow  more  vigorously  on  the  Manetti  the  first  i/ear  we 
do  not  deny,  but  their  subsequent  decline  is  also  more  rapid.'’ 
The  italics  are  Mr.  Paul’s,  not  mine,  and  the  popularity  of  the 
Briar  cutting  as  opposed  to  the  Manetti  has  immensely  increased 
since  1888.  “  Herefordshire  Incumbent  ”  gives  another  quota¬ 
tion  from  a  writing  “in  the  beginning  of  the  60’.s.”  I  do  not 
think  Briar  cuttings  were  used,  at  that  time.  I  knew  how  to 
prune  a  Rose  then  as  well  as  I  do  now ;  but,  at  any  rate,  we  have 
learned  something,  I  hope,  in  the  past  foi'ty  years. 
I  am  much  surprised  at  the  statement  of  the  .foreman  at 
King’s  Acre  Nurseries.  Does  not  he  use  Briar  cuttings,  and 
raise  them  himself?  But  I  am  almost  inclined  to  think  that  my 
courteous  opponent  thinks  I  was  comparing  Manetti  with  the 
Briar  standard,  as  he  speaks  of  the  King’s  Aci-e  Nur.series  xjurchas- 
ing  stocks  ;  whereas,  of  course,  I  was  comparing  it  with  the  Briar 
cutting.  “  A.  C.”  and  I  do  not  purchase  our  standard  stocks,  but 
get  them  with  our  own  hands.  I  have  budded  .some  .standard 
stocks  every  year,  I  believe,  since  about  1874,  and  never  one  to 
the  best  of  my  knowledge  that  I  did  not  get  cut  of  a  hedge  Avith 
my  own  hand.s. 
Doe.s  “  Herefordshire  Incumbent  ”  read  the  Journal  every 
Aveek?  It  Avas  not  I,  but  “Surrey  Hills.”  avIio  “introduced  tlio 
subject  of  budding  on  the  Manetti  stock  four  inches  beloAv  the 
ground.”  I  admit  that  the  lAarallel  of  too-deexily  lAlanted  Roses 
XAutting  out  roots  on  the  shoots,  and  Vines  throAving  out  a.erial 
roots  is  not  .strictly  analogous.  He  may  call  it  a  hastily-Avritten 
and  ill-considered  simile,  but  each  is  an  effort  of  Nature  to 
remedv  Avant  of  health  and  an  unsatisfactory  state  of  things. 
And  “  the  conclusion  of  the  Avhole  matter  from  the  Avriter’s  point 
of  vieAv  ”  is  that  the  Manetti  is  not  an  “all  round  indisxiensable 
stock.”  Certainl.v  not  “all-round”:  I  thought  all  admitted 
that;  and  certainly  not  indispensable  for  amateurs,  for  I  haAm 
disx>ensed  Avith  it  for  many  .vears,  and  intend  to  continue  doing  so. 
I  haA'e  given  it  good  trial  ;  yes,  and  I  have  had  those  grand¬ 
looking  maiden  plants  on  it  Gft  high,  but  Avith  uncommonly  feAV 
good  blooms  on  them.  With  me,  as  Avith  IMr.  \\  illiam  Paul,  they 
did  not  form  “grand  cut-backs  next  year,”  but  tlieir  “decline 
and  fall  ”  Avas  more  notable  than  their  rise.  I  should  very  much 
like  to  shoAv  Ro.se.s  from  my  Briar  cut-backs  against  tho.se  from 
the  Manetti  cut-backs  of  m.y  brother  Incumbent  in  the  Vest; 
but  Rose  shoAvs  in  that  x^J^rt  of  country  are  too  far  for  me 
noAV. — W.  R.  Raillew. 
Kingswood  (Bristol)  Show. 
(See  llhistrafions  on  pages  21c,  217). 
The  KingSAvood  ShoAv  Avas  again  faA’oured  b.A^  good  Aveather  on 
August  20,  Avith  the  result  that  there  Avas  a  splendid  attendance, 
Avhich  must  in  itself  be  \'ery  encouraging  to  the  secretary,  Mr. 
Truebody,  and  his  committee,  avIio.  after  a  hard  fight,  have  suc¬ 
ceeded  in  establishing  an  annual  shoAv  in  this  rising  and  thickly 
XAopulated  suburb  of  Bristol. 
The  silver  cux)  x^resented  by  the  society  for  the  largest  number 
of  points  in  the  open  Avas  Avon  by  Mrs.  E.  Jefferies,  of  Clifton; 
and  a  gold  medal  for  the  highest  number  of  points  in  the  plant 
clas.ses  Avas  secured  by  Captain  Belfield,  of  Frenchay. 
The  competition  in  most  of  the  classes  Avas  very  keen,  prin¬ 
cipally  in  the  group  of  plants  arranged  for  effect,  the  premier 
aAA’ard  being  aAvarded  to  Captain  Belfield  (W.  Rye,  gardener)  for 
a  very  pretty  combination,  principally  yelloAv  and  blue.  The 
Dahlia  being  a  favourite  fioAver  in  the  district,  there  Avere 
numerous  exhibits,  the  judging  of  Avhich  had  to  be  taken  by 
points,  so  close  Avere  the  merits  of  the  blooms. 
The  fruit  entries  Avere  feAv,  and  the  fruit,  Avith  the  exception 
of  a  collection,  and  the  Peach  and  Nectarine  classes,  Avas  of  a 
A'ery  xroor  quality,  the  late  inclement  Aveather  liaA'ing  much  to 
account  for.  In  AA'alking  round  the  outlying  distiict  xneviou.s  to 
the  shoAV,  it  made  one  feel  melanchol.v  to  see  the  smallness  of 
the  crops  of  fruit  ;  just  one  Apiole  or  Pear  peeping  out  here  and 
there  among  the  leaves.  The  crox^  of  Plunrs  AA'as  totally  lacking. 
The  cottagers’  classes  Avere  decidedly  good,  the  exhibits  in 
many  cases  being  far  superior  to  those  in  the  open.  The  judges 
Avere  :  Oxoen  clas.ses,  Messrs.  Iggulden,  Smith,  Bannister,  Rye, 
and  GairaAvay. 
[Hereunder  our  reporter,  Avho  also  took  the  irhotographs  from 
Avhicli  our  illustrations  Averse  reproduced,  supplies  notes  on  the 
subjects  figured  at  pages  215  aird  217. — Ed.] 
Six  bunches  of  cut  floAvers.  The  Avinner  here  (class  10)  was 
R  Eat^er,  Eiq.  (gardener,  F.  CaA^e),  Northwoods,  near  M  inter- 
bourne”  Glos.  Mr.  Cave  had  Cymbidium  Lowianum,  (  attleya 
Harrisoniie,  Allamanda  Hendersoni,  Cattleya  granirlosa.  Epiden- 
drum  vitellinum,  and  Cypripedium  insigne.  Mr.  \\  .  Rye,  gar¬ 
dener  to  Captain  Belfield,  Frenchay,  near  Bristol,  was  second. 
This  is  the  first  occasion  for  ten  successive  years  tliat  Mr.  Rye 
has  been  defeated  in  this  class,  and  even  now  it  is  by  one  of  his 
old  assistants,  Avho,  if  I  am  not  divulging  a  secret,  rather  chuckles 
at  being  able  to  turn  the  tables  on  the  veteran  groAver,  Avhose 
stand  was  well  up  to  the  average,  but  a  staging  of  eMellent 
Orchid  blooms  carried  more  Aveight,  hence  his  deteM.  He  Had 
Pancratium  fragrans,  Anthurium  Andreanum,  A.  Fernerense, 
Gloriosa  superba,  Statice  profusa,  and  Eucharis  amazomca. 
Dish  of  Peaches.  For  a  Avell-coloured  dish  of  good  fruits 
(variety  Crimson  Galande)  in  class  24,  Mr.  E.  W.  Towell,  gar¬ 
dener  to  Mrs.  Gale  Coles,  Downend,  Avas  the  leader. 
For  a  coll-ection  of  fruit  in  class  21,  a  Mrs.  E.  Jefferies  AA-as 
foremost,  having  representative  samples  of  Moor  Park  Apricots, 
Noblesse  Peach,  Magnum  Bonum  Plum,  3Iiiscat  of  Alexandria 
SXTCl.  3i 
View  of  the  Ex>ergnes.  Though  the  photograph  is  not  ^ 
clear  as  we  should  like  it  to  be,  the  reproduction  on  page^2I7 
affords  a  fair  idea  of  the  decorated  epergne.i  (side  vicav).  Iney 
Avere  ouite  a  fine  feature  of  the  exhibition. 
