428 THE GARDENER. [Sept. 



The best Picotees were Christie, Admiration, ]\rr8 Fisher, ^liss Turner, Mr Sutton, 

 Purity, Gem of Eoses, Empress Eugenie, Lord Valentia, Master Norman, Mor- 

 ning Star, Mrs l>rown, Prince Arthur, William Ingleton, and Miss Davies. 



The ^Metropolitan Floral Societies' prizes were equally divided between Mr 

 Norman and Mr Pizzey, gardener to E. Perry, Esq., Slough, the former being 

 first for Picotees and the latter for Carnations, Miscellaneous collections con- 

 tained some really handsome specimens and the best of the new plants. Messrs 

 Yeitch of Chelsea had the following very line Cypripedium dominyanum, a cross 

 between C. caudatum and C. Pearcei ; it was, as shown, exactly intermediate between 

 the two ; Grammatophyllum Elisianum, with thirty-two fine flowers on its pendent 

 spike ; Dracaina amabilis allied to D. Guilfoylei, with broader leaves and more 

 attractive colour. Mr B. S. Williams had a splendid pot of Cypripedium super- 

 biens (Veitchii) and other specimen plants, Messrs E. G. Henderson & Son had 

 in their collection the best Caladium I have yet seen ; it was named Prince Albert 

 Edward ; it has the leaf colour of Belleymei, but with crimson midribs. Mr 

 Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, had a splendid specimen of Oncidium 

 macranthum, with a spike 10 feet long ; the flowers were of large size and highly 

 coloured ; twenty-nine were fully expanded. 



Fruit Coinmlttee. — ]\Ir Bradley of Littledale, Halam, Notts, received a first-class 

 certificate for a new Strawberry, "The Amateur," of large size, obovate, slightly 

 cockscomb in shape, of a bright crimson colour and, delicious flavour. The same 

 award was given to Messrs Standish & Co. for Ascot Citronelle Grape ; the bunch 

 and berries are medium-sized, berries round, greenish white, and a delicious 

 piquant Frontignan flavour. Messrs Rivers of Sawbridgeworth sent a small 

 branch, with fruit, from a pot-tree, of a new large black Cherry, very handsome 

 in appearance, and of good flavour, named Bigarreau Noir de Schmidt ; it received 

 a first-class certificate. Messrs Carter & Co. offered prizes for a collection of 

 vegetables. Mr Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, was the 

 only exhibitor, and took first prize with a large collection. 



Flotrd Committee. — The Floral meetings have been rendered highly interesting 

 this season, from the numerous fine plants sent by the foreign exhibitors. M. 

 Jean Verschafi'elt of Ghent sent a dozen Agaves ; one of them was a very distinct 

 and handsome sort named A. elegautissima ; this, and A. Regeli macrodonta, 

 A. Mescal foliis striatis, and A. sp. nova, received first-class certificates. The 

 highest award was also given to M. VerschafFelt for Zamia sp. nova, from New 

 Caledonia ; Encephalartos Vroomi, a really noble species ; and a new Dicksonia, 

 from St Catherine's, Brazil. The same award was given to M. Makoy & Co., 

 Liege, for Tillandsia (platystachys) complanata. M. Wendland, the Royal 

 Gardens, Herreuhausen, Hanover, sent ^Echmea Marie Regina, with large rose- 

 pink bracts ; this is really magnificent in appearance, and well deserved the first- 

 class certificate awarded. The following also received first-class certificates : — 

 Lobelia speciosa. White Perfection, from ]\Iessrs Lee, Hammersmith ; a dense 

 mass of pure-white Lobelia erinus, "Brilliant," dwarf, deep blue, and "Celestial 

 Blue," of the primula section, pale slaty blue, very free flowering, from E. G. 

 Henderson & Son ; Rose Comtesse d'Oxford and Louis Van Houtte from Messrs 

 Paul & Son; Fuchsia "Sunray"from Mr Milner, Bradford, a distinct variety 

 with yellow and pink variegation ; Picotee, Morning Star, and ]\[rs Brown, from 

 Mr Norman, and one of the second class for Lady Helmsdale from the same 

 exhibitor. 



Fruit and Floral Meeting, and Show of Zonal Pelargoniums, August 

 2. — All the diflferent sections of Tricolors and plain-leaved varieties were repre- 



