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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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thousands of bulbs, and is more brilliant than even the Hyde 

 Park display ; but the Roueral effect is not so good, owing to 

 the vast number of varieties planted, and which do not corre- 

 spond so exactly in height as is desirable. Of these the most 

 noticeable are Sultaua, crimson; Violacea purpurea, violet 

 purple, pretty but small; Eoyal Queeu, dwarf, deep crimson; 

 Thomas Moore, orange buff; Silver Standard, crimson and 

 white; Golden Prince, yellow; Bride of Haarlem, cherry-cj- 

 loured feathers on a wltite ground ; Cottage Maid, white, 

 feathered with rose ; Feu d'Anvors, scarlet, resembling Ver- 

 milion Brilliant in colour, but of dwarter habit ; Tournesol, 

 double ; Golden Prince, one of the best of yellows ; Queen 

 Victoria, white, line cup; Couleur Cardinal, fiery scarlet ; La 

 Plaisante, purplish puce ; Brutus, bright orange scarlet, with 

 a narrow yellov border; Due d'Autriche, scarlet, with a broad 

 yellow belt ; V/ouverman, large, violet purple ; La Majesteuse, 

 deep crimson, with a narrow white edging ; Duchesse de Parma, 

 largo and very fine, red and yellow ; Proserpine, rather past 

 Its best, but still a tine rose ; and E isenkroon, crimson. 



Independently of tlie Tulips, Messrs. Henderson's lirge 

 houseful of Tricolor Pelargoniums is a sight of matchless 

 beauty, and from the multitude of varieties which it contains 

 m_all stages of development, replete with interest. 



in the Inner Temple Gardens Mr. Broome, less advanta- 

 geously situated as regards London smoke, has also several 

 i>eds of early Tulips in good bloom. 



ROYAL irOUTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WEEirrA- Show, .]/,„/ llh.—The fivat of the Saturday shows to ba 

 held durmg tins montli and next took place to-day, and the eoUection 

 hrought tosfllier was a very good ono. First, second, and third prizes 

 were offered for collections of three Pelargoniums (Amateurs) ; of six 

 plants misceUauoons (Amateurs) ; of three Azaleas (AmatenrM) ; of 

 miscDnnneons cut flowers, arranged in a basket (Open) ; aud for the 

 test exhibition of finit (Open). 



In the collection of tliree Pelargoniums the first prize was awarded 

 £0 Mr. A. W ilkie, crard-mer. Oak Lo,lge, Addison Road. KeusuiBtoa, 

 and the second to Jfr. W. Bartlett. Shaftesbarv Road, Hammersmith, 

 l-or six plants, miscellaneous, lilr. A. V,-ilkie was awarded the first 

 prize tor a hue plant of Doudrobium nobile. Azalea crisniliora. Erica 

 ■oandidissima, &c. Mr. W. Bartlett was awarded the second prize 

 ana also an extra prize for a collection of plants. Thor.i was oulv one 

 exhibitor 111 the class for Azaleas-riz., Mr. A. W'ilkie, who was 

 awarded a first jinze for Azalea varicgata, JIarie Vervaeuc, aud Coro- 

 uata. in the miscellaueous collection of cut flowers Mr. W. Earlcv 

 Sardener to F. Pryor. Es^., Digswell, obtained the first prize, Mr. W. 

 -Bartlett tlie second, aud the thu-d was yiven to Mr. A. Willric. Mr 

 W ; I^ynn, gardener to Lor.l Boston, Hedsor Gardens, Maidenhead, 

 gained the first prize for fruit. His collection consisted of a dish of 

 i'lgs a dish o. fine Sir Charles Napier Strawberries, and a collection 

 <)t B.ack Hambargli Grapes, &o. Mr. \V. Eariev. Digswell, olitamed 

 the second prize, and was also awarded un extra prizefor a collection 

 ot veget^ibles. An extra prize was also .^iveii to Mr. Morgan. Ball's 

 I. ^""f"^' fo!- a "iish of Keens' Seedling Strawberries and a box 

 ni cat Roses. 



An interesting collection of plants from Chiswick, consisting of 

 Roses, Lily of the Valley, Azaleas, Begonias, Pelargoniums, &c., made 

 a very pretty exhibition. 



Speciai, PnrzE Snow-J/,..v 7rt.— Although nominally only one 

 of the minor Shows of the Society, this was in reality an extensive 

 and varied exhibition, filhug the conseryatory aud the greater part of 

 the two adjoining arcades, and from tho lirge numlier of noyeltiea 

 producea it was possessed of more than usual interest ; the day, too 

 was one of the hue-.t we have had this season. 



Class 1 wRs tor a special prize offered by the Duke of Buccleuch, 

 the i-resident. for tho nine best cultivated Azaleas, which was taken 

 by Messrs \eitch & Sons, notwithstanding their hayhiR so many of 

 their fiue=t spacimens of these and other plants at the Paris Exhibi- 

 tion, where the firm 1ms also taken the first prize for Azaleas. Those 

 shown at South b.eiisiugton, which aloue it is our province to notice 

 here, were magnificent specimens, standing from 6 to 8 feet lii-li and 

 the largest was 7 feet in diameter at the base, whilst the whole were in 

 profuse bloom, with l.cro aud there a few fresh ci-een leaves poepui" 

 iorth and giving relief to the blaze of colour. The varieties were— 

 lne.stantissima, salmon rose; Extrani. rosy crimson ; Criterion ; Roi 

 ijeopold ; rrotlenaua, ma',.euta crimson, s'plcndid ; Camea snperba 

 salmon rose ; liaguiiica, white ; DUecta, rose ; and Chelsoui, orange 



1 ^n '-^'^'^■'' ^°}' '^<^ ■"==' i^e Roses in pots, the prize was also offered 

 by the Duke ot Bncclcuch, and was taken by Messrs. Laue & Son, 

 with beautiful examples of Sonvenh: d'un Ami, Vicomtesse de Cazes, 

 yellow, Chei,edolc._ Anna Alexieff, Charies Lawsou, Paul Perras 

 Woire de Dijon, \ictor Verdier, and Conpe d'Hebc. Mr. ■\Villiam 

 f aol received an extra prize for another beautiful collection, of which 



the star was a most graceful plant of Souycnir d'nn Ami in splendid 

 bloom, with remarkably fine examples of Anna A^eueff, Paul Perras, 

 Paul Delameilleray, Victor Verdier, Madame C. Wood, Comtesse de 

 Chabrillant, Madame de St. .Joseph, and President. Mefsrs. Lane 

 and Son akso contributed several young plants of Mar cbal Niel. 



Prizes were also offered by Mr. G. F. Wilson, F.R.S., and the Duke of 

 Bnccleuch, respectively for tho best twenty new Roses, and tlie best six 

 Zonal Pelarcioniums, but no competitors came forward to claim either. 

 Mr. W.W'ilson Saunders offered prizes for the best ten Orchids and 

 the best six Show PelarKoniums. The former was taken by Mr. Penny, 

 gardeuer to H. H. Gibbs, Esq.. St. Dnnstau's, Re.jeiit's Park, with 

 Phalamopsis graudiflora with three tine spikes of large flowers, Cj-pri- 

 podium viUosnm in fine bloom, Saccolabium curyifolinm. and Laelia 

 cinnabariua, each with four spikes; Deudrobiuni primnlinum, with 

 s'.yeu spikes ; Vanda siiavis, V. tricolor snperba, the yeUow and brown 

 Oucidium sarcodes, and the Fox-brus'u .\crides. 



Mr. Saunders's prize for Pelargoniums was taken by Mr. Turner, of 

 Slough, with finely-bloomod plants of Patroness, Beacon, Desdemona, 

 Mdlle. Patti, Empress Eu2;euie, and Rose Celestial ; and Mr. Wiggins 

 received an extra prize for half a dozen plants which have been noticed 

 in a previous report ; Roseum was very showy. 



Major R. Trevor Clarke offered a prize for tho best collection of 

 fracrant-blossomed plants, but only one exhibitor came fonvard — Mr. 

 J. Reeves, juu., Carapden Grove Nnrsei-y, Kensington, and his plants 

 were small, though numerous enough. They consisted of Mignonette, 

 Stocks, Gardenia florida. Ixora acuminata, Stephanotis floribunda. 

 Daphnes, Boronia serrulata, Nerium splendeus. Orange free. Acacia 

 armata, Jasminum ligiistrifolinm, Heliotrope, Petnuia, Rose, Lily of 

 the Valley, and three or four other plants. 



New plants, as already reniarked, constituted a leading feature, 

 being shown in great nnmbcrs and beauty. In Clas^ 8, for the best 

 six sent out in 18li,5 aud ISlJG, Messrs. Veitch were first with Prunnla 

 cirtusoides amo?na, with rich rosy purple flowers as large as a two- 

 shilling piece ; tho beautiful Maranta roseo-picta, with deep green 

 foliage, crimson midribs, and a zone of the same colour, the under 

 side of the leaf beinij reddish purple ; handsome specimens of Maranta 

 Veitcliii, Verschaffcltia spleudida, Dieffenbachia V.'eii-ii, and Begonia 

 Pearcei with rich velvety dark green leaves veined with pale green. 

 Mr. Bull was second with Maranta roseo-picta, Verschaffeltia splen- 

 dida, the silvery- veined Fittonia argy-roueura, the rose-spotted Berto- 

 lonia guttata, Zamia villosa, a handsome graceful species, and An- 

 thnrinm resale, with large Caladium-like leaves of a bronzy green 

 colour ])rominently veined with pale greeu, a very effective species. 

 Mr. WiUiams, of HoUoway, sent the Variegated New Zealand Flax, 

 Dieffenbachia Wcirii, Draca-na s.anguinea, Maranta Liudeui, a pretty 

 Gleiehenia with the under side of the fronds silvery, and a panful of 

 Chrysauthemum Sensation, which, in general appeai-ance, would form 

 a good substitute for Lady Plymouth Pelargonium. 



In Class 9, for the best six plants sent out in the present year, 

 Messrs. Veitch were aRain first with Sancbezia nobilis variegata,"with 

 large obovate leaves with yellow bands radiating from a yellow mid- 

 rib, a^ very handsome oi-uamental-fidiaged plant ; Coluiis Veitchii, 

 from New Caledonia, with dark chocolate leaves edged with bright 

 green ; Panicum variogatum (also from New Caledonia), with rose, 

 white, and green foliage, and which will probably make a fine basket 

 plant; Dieffenbachia Pearcei, with large leaves having ]>alo green and 

 silvery markings ; Hypoe^■Tta brcvicalyx, from Ecuador, with nearly 

 orbicular silvery-yeiued leaves ; and Lomaria cihata, from New Cale- 

 donia. Mr. Bull was second with two Peruvian Dichorisandras, 

 named D. mosaica, with dark green leaves, lined transversely with 

 pale green, and brownisli purple on the under side ; and D. undata, 

 with undulated dark green leaves, louRitndinally banded with pale 

 green ; Agave macrocautha, with glaucous pale greeu leaves edged 

 with bold brown spines ; the handsome and robust-looking Adiantum 

 Lindeni ; Maranta illnstris ; aud Bitniouia ornata, from Rio Negro, 

 with broad-lanceolate leaves, which wheu young are of a bronzy hue 

 with a rosy band along the midrib, but which becomes silvery in the 

 older fohage, which is elsewhere of a deep green colour. 



In Class 10, for the best new plant shown for the first time in flower, 

 the prize was taken by Mr. Ball, with Dalecharnpia Roezliaua rosea, 

 with bright rose-coloured bracts. In the same class a scarlet-flowered 

 Begonia, from Bolivia, shown by Messrs. Veitch, and which promises 

 to be a great acquisition, received a first-class certificate ; a similar 

 award was made to Mr. Bull, for Ptychosperma regalis, a handsome 

 Ea.it ludiau Palm. 



Class 11, was for the best new plant with ornameutal foliage, and 

 in this the prize was taken by Messrs. Veitch. with a species of 

 Alocasia, from the East Indies, having nearly heait-shaped bright 

 green leaves, with dark chocolate blotches in compartments divided 

 by the veins. 



In Class 1'2, for the best new garden scedHns, the prize was also 

 taken by Messrs. Veitch with a jiretty hybrid Cattleya. 



Messrs. Veitch, in addition to their exhibitions in tho above classes, 

 contributed an extensive collection of recently introiuced and rare 

 plants, among which were Anthnrium Seher?;eriannm with three splen- 

 did spathes, Hippeastrum equestre, the beautiful Bertolouias mnrga- 

 ritacea and guttata, the red-veined Gymnostachys Pearcei. a panful of 

 Davallia alpina, the handsome Retiuospora jdumos'i. Micoiiia peru- 

 viana, with large and beantifal Spha-rof^-ne-like foliage. Palicourea 

 discolor, Maranta Veitchii, and Acalypha tricolor with coppeiy 



