186 THE GARDENER. [April 



■with beautiful pwre-wbite flowers, with a clear canary-yellow spot on the under-lip. 

 Messrs Veitch had a superb collection, comprising Orchids, Palms, Hippeastrum 

 pardiuum, Amaryllis, Pancratium fragraus, with a fine umbel of pure-white 

 flowers, and Lrelia Pilcheri, a hybrid between L. Perrinni and Cattleya crispa ; 

 also a new Orchid, Mormodes minax, introduced from Chiriqui ; the flowers have 

 narrow lanceolate sepals and petals, purple colour, densely spotted with dark 

 crimson. 



Mr B. S. "Williams had an effective collection, containing a fine Encephalartos 

 villosus, and Palms as a background, choice Orchids, and Amaryllis marginata, a 

 very beautiful variety. 



Messrs RoUison & Sons, Tooting, had a nice little group, in which was a re- 

 markably fine plant of Cypripedium villosum, and a distinct variety of Den- 

 drobium nobile, D. "Wallichianum. Odontoglossum Rossii from Messrs Backhouse, 

 and Cattleya Trian^i Lawrenciana from Mr Lawrence, gardener to Bishop Sum- 

 ner, Farnham Castle, were specially noticed. 



A charming collection of spring flowers from Mr Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, 

 Tottenham, was much and deservedly admired ; it contained Triteleja uniflora, 

 Scillas of sorts, Hepatica angulosa, with large beautiful lavender-coloured flowers, 

 and a pretty plant, to which Mr Berkeley directed special attention, Leucojum 

 vernum. 



Mr W. Paul had six boxes of Camellia flowers, one filled with alba plena, one 

 flower of Innocenza, pure white, distinct and good. 



Mr Knight, Floral Nursery, Hailsham, sent a new climbing hybrid perpetual 

 Rose, named Princess Louise Victoria ; it is said to be vigorous in growth, and, 

 it flowers profusely. 



FEUIT AND FLORAL MEETING AND FIRST SPRING SHOW, MARCH 15. 



A south-west wind, with continued fine weather for the previous three or four 

 weeks, changed decidedly for the worse on the night of the 14th, with a little 

 change of the wind to the south by east. At Ashridge the thermome- 

 ter fell to 19° Fahr. or 13° of frost ; at Fulham there was 7°, and at Ilford, 

 in Essex, the same thermometer showed 4° only. On the morning of the 15th 

 the snow fell in continuous heavy flakes, but as the day advanced it cleared oflF, 

 and a large number of visitors inspected the show. It was a grand show in 

 every respect. Miscellaneous groups of plants, as usual, formed special features 

 of the show. Orchids were well represented : the collection from Mr May, 

 gardener to Lady Louisa Ashburton, Melchet Park, Romsey, was simply magnifi- 

 cent. The beautiful East Indian Phal^enopsis Schilleriana formed a grand mass 

 of colour, and seemed to light up the collection ; there were three plants in one 

 pot with eight spikes, and, as stated by Mr Bateman, no less than 280 fully- 

 expanded flowers. The Dendrobium speciosum was also vei-y fine. The Lindley 

 medal, which is only awarded on rare occasions, was most deservedly awarded to 

 these plants. 



Mr Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, Grimston Park, Tadcaster, had 

 a prize awarded for a collection of Orchids : Lalia cinnabarina was conspicuous, 

 with its very brilliant orange-scarlet flowers. Mr Bull of Chelsea sent Orchids 

 intermixed with Palms, Cycads, and some nice little specimens of Aucuba, 

 densely covered with ripe berries ; and as Mr Bateman remarked at the General 

 Meeting, they are the very best shrubs for town gardens, but that, to have a 

 large crop of berries, the flowers must be artificially impregnated. Mr Cutbush, 

 of Highgate, sent a very distinct and beautiful variety, the centre of each leaf 



