472 THE GARDENER. [Oct. 



more for collections arranged for effect, and new and rare kinds. Messrs E. Cole 

 «fe SoQS secured the premier prize for twenty specimen foliage and flowering 

 plants, Mr Tudgey staging a collection but slightly inferior. The Di[)ladenias, 

 Ixoras, AUamandas, Ericas, and Lapagerias, were noteworthy in these collec- 

 tions. The groups of plants arranged for ellect were particularly attractive, 

 both nurserymens' and amateurs' classes being well filled. In the former, five 

 firms were represented, all meriting the prizes awarded, a fifth prize being 

 given. The group arranged by ]\lessrs II. P. Ker & Sons, which secured the 

 premier award, was very tastefully arranged, and included many well-grown 

 choice plants. Messrs E. Cole & Sons were awarded the second prize. In the 

 amateurs' class Mr G, Smith, Stretford, secured premier honours for a very 

 tasteful arrangement ; Mr C. Paul, Bowdon, following very closely. Orchids 

 were not extensively shown, and were not remarkably good. Mr B. S. Wil- 

 liams, Holloway, exhibited the best group in the nurserymens' class, his most 

 noteworthy specimens being the Oncidium macranthum, Saccolabium Blumeii, 

 Cattleya crispa, Laelia elegans Turnerii, Dendrobium Pierardi, and Vanda 

 suavis. Mr J. Hill, Teraperley, staged the best group in the amateurs' class ; 

 Mr Perry, Penpole, Bristol, and Dr Ainsworth, Broughton, taking the re- 

 maining prizes. Crotons were quite a feature in the show, the many well- 

 grown and comparatively novel varieties attracting much attention. Most 

 OQsnicuous was the premier prize group, staged by Messrs Ireland & Thom- 

 son, Edinburgh. This included grand plants of C. Princess of Wales, Etna, 

 fasciatus, Weismanni, angustifolius Disraeli, majesticus, interruptus aureus, 

 pictus, and Queen Victoria. Mr B. S. Williams and Mr Cypher followed with 

 remarkably attractive groups. Messrs Ker & Sons' Dracaenas, consisting of 

 beautifully grown plants of picta, Hendersoni, amabilis salmonea, Gladstonei, 

 Bausei, speciosa, regina, recurva, and Goldieana, secured that firm the premier 

 prize ; Mr B. S. Williams and Messrs Ireland & Thomson following with 

 specimens but slightly inferior to the foregoing. The best Palms in the nur- 

 serymens' class, staged by Mr B. S. Williams, consisted of Kentia australis, 

 Geononia Seemanni, Cocos W^eddelliana, Chamserops Fortunei, C. humilis, 

 and Kentia Belmoreana ; Messrs Cypher and James Dickson & Co. following 

 with well-grown specimens. The principal exhibitors of Palms among ama- 

 teurs were Messrs Lingard, Hammond, and Tudgey. Ferns -were also exten- 

 sively and creditably shown. Messrs B. S, Williams, E. P. Ker & Sons, and 

 J. Cypher, were the principal exhibitors of new plants ; the former being first 

 for both twelve and six varieties, and also for a single plant in flower, staging 

 in the latter instance Angrajcum amabile, a very sweet-scented, neat-growing 

 Orchid. In the corresponding class for a new fine-foliage plant not in commerce, 

 Messrs Ireland & Thomson took first place with the remarkably showy Croton 

 Thomsonii ; Mr B. S. Williams following with Asplenium horridum. Messrs 

 Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, also exhibited a considerable number of novel- 

 ties, but not for competition, to several of which certificates were awarded. 

 Three of the most generally attractive of these were the specimens of the 

 hybrid Rhododendron Duchess of Connaught, Ixora Westii, and Asparagus 

 plumosus nanus. Several certificates were also awarded to Mr B. S. Williams 

 for new plants, and similar awards to Messrs Ireland & Thomson for Croton 

 Thomsonii ; and to Mr J. Anderson, for Cattleya gigas superba. For the 

 Veitch Memorial prizes for single plants the competition was not very keen. 

 The best specimen Orchid (not made up) was the Saccolabium Blumei majus, 

 bearing two spikes of flowers, staged by Mr Pvoberts, Gunnersbury. A beauti- 

 fully flowered specimen of Dipladenia hybrida won Mr Tudgey the prize for 



