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HORTICULTURE 



July 24, 1909 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The summer horticultural show of 

 the R. H. S. which took place on July 

 G and 7 was as usual well attended by 

 private cultivators of plants and by 

 the principal nurserymen of the south- 

 era parts of England and a few from 

 Ireland and Scotland. The visitors 

 were nunuicus and the exhibits ex- 

 ceedingly interesting to horticulturists 

 of all grades. It is my purpose in the 

 present letter to briefly touch upon the 

 novelties observed among the plants 

 and cut flowers, these being always 

 of the most interest to people at a 

 distance. Taking those shown from 

 Scotland first, I would direct attention 

 to fine varieties of pentstemons. de- 

 rived from P. gentianoides. a Mexican 

 species, hybridized, according to some 

 authors, with P. Cobaea and P. Hart- 

 wego. The flowers of the best varie- 

 ties excel the gesneras in the bril- 

 liance of their colors and freedom of 

 flowering. Mr. J. Forbes, who for 

 many years has paid attention to the 

 raising of new varieties, showed over 

 100 varieties. 



Orchids were shown as plants in 

 very large numbers. Messrs. Stuart 

 Low & Co., Bush Hill Park Nursery, 

 Enfield, exhibited Cattleya Schilleri- 

 ana; C. Hardyana, with a lip of a 

 beautiful purple color striped with 

 orange; the other parts of the flower 

 of a rosy buff tint; C. Mollis, a cross 

 of C. Gaskelliana and C. superbiens;' 

 Cattleya Canhamiana alba; Laelio-Cat- 

 tleya Lustre, a cross between a vari- 

 ety of C. speciosissima and L. Callisto- 

 glossa; L. C. fulvescens, a cross be- 

 tween Laelia Forbesii and C. aurea, a 

 striking fiower having a large con- 

 spicuous lip. From the gardens of 

 Mr. Menteith Ogilvie came, besides 

 many other superb orchids, some new 

 Odontiodas, viz.: Charlesworth and 

 Bradshawiae; Odoutoglossum Pesca- 

 torsi var. luteum, having lemon col- 

 ored blooms on short spikes, the for- 

 mer spotted with crimson at the back. 

 F. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, showed 

 Cattleya Mossiae Reineckiana amabile, 

 a flower having sepals, petals and ex- 

 terior of the tube white, and lip of a 

 rich color streaked with orange and 

 purple; Cattleya Mrs. Myra Peelers, a 

 cross between C. Gaskelliana alba and 

 C. Warneri alba; the flower pure 

 white, excepting the lower half of the 

 throat, which is pale yellow. Laelio- 

 Cattleya Martinetii possesses sepals 

 and petals of buff tinted crimson; lip 

 and tube purple. A variety of the 

 above named, "The Prince" is a high- 

 er colored flower. A first-class certi- 

 ficate was awarded this variety. 

 Messrs. Sander showed a Cypripedium 

 gigas Corndean variety, with im- 

 mensely large blooms and petiols 214 

 feet in height; and a plant Aerides 

 Houletiana, a white and lemon yellow 

 bloom, the sole representative shown 

 of a once favorite species. Jlessrs. 

 Charlesworth & Co. were the exhib- 

 itors of a bigeneric hybrid-Miltonioda 

 Harwoodii. the result of a cross of Mil- 

 tonia vexillaria with Cochlioda Noez- 

 liana. The plant carried one flower 

 about two inches in length, and having 

 sepals and petals of a cherry-red tint 

 and a lip bearing resemblance to that 

 of a Miltonia cuneata, milk white, with 

 pink markings. 



Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son. Stuart 

 Low & Co., Hobbies, Ltd.. and the 

 Dicksons were all represented by 



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 both sections were finely shown by J. 

 Veitch & Sons. 



Sweet peas were plentifully exhib- 

 ited. The novelties most noticeable 

 for coloring and size were of the Spen- 

 cer type shown by Messrs. Jarman & 

 Co., particularly the varieties Jlrs. 

 Townsend, a flower of a white ground, 

 with violet edges; Ida Townsend, 

 large, deep mauve; Mildred Townsend, 

 an improved America; and Mrs. Caw- 

 thorn, very large flowers of a pale 

 blush tint. Mr. Chaplin of the Joyn- 

 ings Nursery showed blooms of a pure 

 yellow sweet pea, not yet in com- 

 merce. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons showed 

 their tuberous rooted Begonia Wash- 

 ington, a variety of neat, compact 

 growth, having trusses of bright scar- 

 let blooms. 2% inches in diameter, 

 very double and abundantly produced. 

 This firm likewise showed bedding 

 Pelargonium Snow Queen, a dwarf- 

 growing variety with trusses of white 

 blooms and white variegated leaves, 

 and an acquisition for either outdoor 

 or indoor decoration. The firm showed 

 a large number of the new improved 

 strain of gloxineas with a half-droop- 

 ing pose in the blooms, and some 

 standard fuchsias with straight steniH 

 about 4 ft. in height and umbrella- 

 shaped heads covered with flowers. 



Messrs. Blackmore & Langden made 

 splendid show of tuberous rooted Be- 

 gonias with large frilled, single and 

 semi-double flowers, which have great 

 decorative value for greenhouse work. 

 Perennial herbaceous Delphiniums 

 with white and lemon colored flowers, 

 a new departure, were shown by 

 Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co. Ampelopsis 

 Lowi, a creeper, the foliage of which 

 in the autumn has pretty coloring, and 

 Bougainvillea W. K. Harris with green 

 and white variegated leaves, were 

 shown by Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., 

 Ltd., as were likewise some ripe fruits 

 of the Lowberry (Blackberry x Rasp- 

 berry), and the Bramble, Phenomenal 

 (Raspberry x Loganberry), both large 

 fruited novelties, good for the dessert 

 and preserving. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



Newport, R. I. — Oscar Schultz has 

 taken a lease of the Hodgson green- 

 houses on Bellevue avenue, and will 

 lun them in connection with his other 

 greenhouses and Broadway store. Den- 

 nis Leary, a former manager with the 

 Hodgson Co., will be in charge here. 



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