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HORTICULTURE 



June 12, 190i> 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 Novelties at the Temple Show. 

 The great event of the year took 

 place on May 25, 26 and 27, the first 

 day being very discouraging for rain 

 fell heavily in the morning, although 

 the afternoon was sufficiently fine as 

 to induce an enormous number of per- 

 sons to visit the Inner Temple Gar- 

 dens, in which the exhibition, by per- 

 mission of the Benchers, was held for 

 the twenty-second time. Orchids have 

 for many years been the more inter- 

 esting flowering plants, and it has 

 been usual for many novelties of an 

 extraordinary character to be first ex- 

 hibited to the public in these gardens. 

 This year there were few startling new 

 species or hybrids although the space 

 filled was as targe as in former years. 

 One of the finest orchids shown and 

 the most striking was Odontoglossum 

 crispum var. Solum shown by F. San- 

 der & Sons, a creamy white flower of 

 good size, having a rich claret colored 

 lip, and a few spots on the sepals. It 

 was first seen in 1907, but in that year 

 the flowers were smaller. Placed near 

 the apex of Messrs. Sander's group 

 stood a splendid plant of Cyrtopodium 

 Saintlegerianum, and arranged around 

 it there were to be noted graceful 

 sprays of Odontioda Devassiaua, and 

 good specimens of Brasso-cattleyas. 

 There were also many cattleyas and 

 Laelio-cattleyas Including Niobe, with 

 flesh pink flowers; the entirely white 

 flowered C. Dusseldorfei Undine; L. C. 

 aumonier Menley, a pretty flower of 

 white, pink and purple; Sophro-Iaelia 

 Danae, a handsome hybrid, of low 

 growth, flowers pink and white; and 

 Miltonia Bleuana Mrs. F. Sander, a 

 white flower having lines of rose on 

 the lip. A fine group of orchids was 

 shown by F. M. Ogilvie, on which were 

 observed several Odontiodas, viz., 

 Bradshawiae, O. Charlesworthi, etc. 

 This group contained Trichopilia Back- 

 housiana, a striking white flowered va- 

 riety, aud a scarlet variety of Odonti- 

 oda Vuylstekeae. Bull & Sons showed 

 among their new plants Odonto- 

 glospum-erispuni Minoru, a white flow- 

 er having purple blotches; Odontioda 

 chelseiensis a white flower, having 

 suffused blotches of a pinkish lilac 

 tint. Armstrong & Brown had the fol- 

 lowing novelties: Odontoglossum Arm- 

 strongiaj, having white flowers that are 

 regularly spotted with violet; among 

 Laelio cattleyas a white variety named 

 Aphrodite alba with a lip marked with 

 a ruby tint ; Cattleya Skinneri Tem- 

 ple's variety, the best colored variety 

 of C. Skinneri. Charlesworth & Co. 

 showed a grand group in the best pos- 

 ition in the Marquee and out of the 

 fine array of species and varieties se- 

 cured a first class certificate each for 

 Laelio cattleya Eurylochus and Oncidi- 

 um Charlesworthii. The first named 

 possesses well-shaped flowers of a 

 bright orange tint shaded bronze, a 

 Up of ruby and a yellow tube, and the 

 latter is of the On. crispum type, 

 doubtless, a natural hybrid. The sep- 

 als and petals are of chestnut brown 

 tint, with waved cross lines and the 

 lip is bright yellow at the base and at 

 the fi'ont blotched with brown. M. 

 Chas. Vuylsteke of Ghent, received a 

 first class certificate for Odontoglos- 

 sum mirum Emperor of India, white 

 with dense purple blotches; Od. Agla- 

 on, in form like Od. Vuylstekese, with 



handsome shield 

 like lip of the lat- 

 ter species, flower 

 white as regards 

 the ground, t h e 

 surface nearly 

 covered with red- 

 brownish orange 

 blotches and 

 bright crimson in 

 some parts, the 

 lip of white with 

 red-brown blotch- 

 es; Od. Princess 

 Victoria Alexan- 

 dra with flowers 

 of a claret color 

 with a silvery 

 edging. 



Roses formed 

 an important por- 

 tion of the show 

 and five varieties 

 received awards 

 of merit, viz.: 

 Rosa Wichurai- 

 ana C o q u i n a 

 shown by W. Paul 

 & Sons and Hob- 

 bies, Ltd. The 

 plant has large 

 trusses of single 

 flowers much cup- 

 ped in form, of 

 a shade of pink 

 tipped with rose. 

 It is a variety of 

 vigorous growth. 

 Rose Margaret is 

 a large H. T. of 

 a delicate pink 

 tint, shown b y 

 \V. Paul & Sons. 

 Rose Mrs. Taft, 

 a Polyantha va- 

 riety, produces bunches of double blos- 

 soms on rigid shoots; the color is a 

 dark shade of pink. It was shown by 

 Hugh Low & Co. Rose Jessie, shown 

 1)y H. Merryweather & Sons, is a Poly- 

 antha variety of a crimson tint, dwarf, 

 and not differing much from Mad N. 

 Levavasseur. Rose American Pillar, a 

 variety having comparatively single 

 flowers of large size, a fine subject for 

 a pergola or as a pillar rose. The 

 color is pink and the base of the bloom 

 is white. 



Begonia Pink Pearl, shown by 

 Blackmore and Langdon, is a beautiful 

 variety of a tender salmon rose color, 

 of the type known as rose-centred. 

 FREDERICK MOORE, 



London. 



Violet Blue 

 Rose 



A Remarkable Novelty 



THE NEW Rambler (Violet Blue), 

 hailed by the German rose growers 

 as the forerunner of a genuinely corn- 

 flower blue rose, is a seedling of Crimson 

 Rambler, very vigorous and hardy. 



For descriptions of this great novelty, 

 as well as many others, send for Booklet. 



Ellwanger & Barry 



Mount Hope Nurseries 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



row were duly knighted in such num- 

 bers that the trees had to be cut down 

 to provide room for their tents and 

 pavilions. 



CARE OF HARRISII BULBS AFTER 



BLOOMING. 

 HORTICULTURE: 



Please let me know how to keep 

 Lilium Harrisii bulbs after bloom and 

 Calla bulbs and oblige. 



Yours truly, 



E. C. P. 



The Temple Gardens, where the 

 Royal Horticultural Society held its 

 annual show, have seen some famous 

 gatherings in their day. As early as 

 130.T the gardens were the scene of a 

 brilliant military spectacle. The news 

 of Robert Bruce's rising had just 

 reached London, and Edward I. re- 

 solved to knight the young men of 

 birth who were going to quell it. The 

 youths kept pious vigil all night in 

 the Temple Church, and on the mor- 



Lilium Harrisii bulbs after flowering 

 should be Uioroughly dried off (I do 

 not recommend the reforcing), and 

 then i)lanted in the ground where they 

 will flower again during the month of 

 August of the same year. Give slight 

 pi-otection during the Winter in region 

 of frost. 



Calla bulbs after flowering during 

 the winter must be thoroughly dried 

 off until all foliage is gone; then store 

 in a cool, dry place. Calla bulbs 

 should be replanted after a. rest of 

 eight or ten weeks, for if allowed to 

 remain longer they will commence to 

 grow and thus ruin the bulbs. 



J. T. BUTTERWORTH. 



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