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JOUBHAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ February 17, IcTt). 



the Society, will be transported thither, and the old garden 

 will be maintained jnst in such a condition as to keep every- 

 thing in proper order at the lowest possible expense. It is this 

 assurance by the Council that a new garden will be provided 

 that reconciles a large portion of the Fellows to the course that 

 has been determined upon, and we trust that no unnecessary 

 delay will take place, so that many who are incredulous enough 

 to believe that no new garden will ever be made, will have 

 their fears dispelled, and their allegiance to the Society doubly 

 strengthened. 



Fruit Committee, February lGth.— G. F. Wilson, Esq., P. U.S., in 

 the chair. Mr. Thomas Bray, gardener to E. A. Sandford. i 

 head, Wellington, Somerset, sent a bundle of forced Asparagus of 

 very superior quality, to which a special certificate was awarded. 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son sent specimens of the Egyptian Red 

 Beet, a small Turnip-rooted variety, well adapted for growing on shal- 

 low soils. These were grown broadcast like Turnips. The colour in 

 some of the specimens was excellent, but there was an evident tendency 

 in others to go back to the Bassano. With careful selection this may 

 be brought to a more fixed character, and thereby prove a valuable 

 variety. The Wellington Long Red Beet was of excellent quality, 

 and was considered an excellent stock. A letter was read from Messrs. 

 Eutley & Silverlock calling the attention of the Committee to a de- 

 cision come to last October, that the Bedfordshire Champion Onion is 

 a good stock of the Globe. Specimens were exhibited at this meeting, 

 and after considerable discussion the Committee decided that they 

 saw no reason to rescind the decision formerly come to. 



Mr. Meredith, of The Vineyard, Garston, near Liverpool, sent a 

 basket of very handsome Grapes, consisting of Muscat of Alexandria, 

 Alicante, and Lady Downe's, to which a special certificate was awarded. 

 He also sent an enormous bunch of a seedling Grape called Child of 

 Hale, raised by crossing Syrian with Muscat of Alexandria. It has 

 all the appearance of Syrian. 



The Rev. George Kemp offered two prizes, one of £3 for the best. 

 and one of £2 for the second best three dishes of each, winter dessert 

 Apples and Pears, for which there was strong and close competition. 

 Mr. Parsons, of Dauesbnry, obtained the first prize with Flat Nonpareil, 

 Wyken Pippin, Cockle Pippin, Ne Plus Meuris, Josephine de Marines, 

 and March Bergamot; and Mr. Garland, of Killerton, Devon, was 

 second with Sturmer Pippin, Eoyal Russet, Hubbard's Pearmain, 

 Winter Xelis. Glon Morreau, and Bergamotte Esperen. The other 

 competitors were Mr. Sidney Ford, of Leonardslee :* Sir. Gardiner, of 

 Eatington Park ; Mr. Cox, of Redleaf : and Mr. Earley, of Digswell. 



The Society offered prizes for the best three dishes of dessert Apples, 

 for which there was also a strong competition. Mr. Ross, of Welford 

 Park, took the first prize with Scarlet Nonpareil, White Nonpariel, 

 and Carraway Russet ; and Mr. Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston, at 

 Hedsor, was second. The other competitors were Messrs. Saul, of 

 Stourton : Gardiner, of Eatington Park ; Ford, of Leonardslee ; 

 Garland, of Killerton ; Wallis ; Parsons, of Banesbury ; and Cos, 

 of Redleaf. For the Society's prize for the best three dishes of 

 dessert Pears, Mr. Wells, of Holme Lacy, was first, and Mr. Gar- 

 land second. The other competitors were Mr. Cox and Mr. Ford. 



Floral Committee, February 16tti— Rev. J. Dix in the chair. 

 Owing to the coldness of the weather there was on this occasion a 

 smaller show than usual, still there was a better display, especially of 

 Orchids, than could have been expected under the circumstances. 

 Prizes were offered for six Chinese Primulas, for three Dielytras, and 

 for six Lycastes. Of Chinese Primulas two sets of six were exhibited, 

 the one by Messrs. F. & A. Smith, of Duhvick, the other by Mr. A. 

 Wilkie, Oak Lodge, Kensington. Messrs. F. & A. Smith, whose 

 varieties were all named, had well-bloomed plants of a double pale 

 flesh-coloured kind, opening white, and with handsome Fern-like 

 foliage ; two free-flowering, pretty, double, blush white varieties, 

 named Candidissima and Incarnata ; Rubens, double salmon pink, a 

 large and showy single lilac purple, with a yellow eye ; and a double 

 flower similar in colour but somewhat lighter. Mr. Wilkie sent single 

 white and purplish lilac varieties. The first prize was awarded to 

 Messrs. Smith, the second was withheld. Messrs. F. & A. Smith also 

 exhibited a collection of single and double varieties, including two of 

 the above, and one in which the margins of the lilac purple petals 

 were Btreaked with white. A white -flowered variety, called Purity, 

 also shown by Messrs. F. & A. Smith, had large, double, pure white 

 flowers, which are said not to change colour with age. The leaf-stalls 

 being red, it has probably originated from one of the red- flowered sorts. 

 Primula sinensis tilicifolia kcrmesina, with salmon red flowers, was a 

 fine, large-flowered, single variety, said to reproduce itself from seed. 

 Of Dielytras there was none shown, and of Lycastes only one collec- 

 tion, which came from Messrs. Veitch, to whom a first prize was 

 awarded. The collection consisted of Lyeaste alba, with beautiful 

 wax-like white flowers, the remainder being Lyeaste Skinneri gigantea 

 and other varieties of the same species, varying in the depth of 'colour 

 and markings, and having from five to eleven blooms. 



Mr. Stevens, of Ealing, sent a numerous collection of seedlings of 

 Cyclamen persicum, some of which had large and brilliant-coloured 

 blooms. From Mr. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, came a 

 small collection of herbaceous plants, consisting of baskets of Hoteia 

 or Spirasa japonica, a double yellow Wallflower, Iris reticulata, very 

 pretty, and Primula Fortunei or erosa. 



Mr. D. T. Fish, gardener to Lady Cullum, Hardwicke House, Bury 

 St. Edmunds, sent Myosotis dissititiora. which had been flowering 

 with him since the middle of January, but the specimens shown were 

 in a drooping condition. Mr. K. Ismay, gardener to the Hon. W. O. 

 Stanley, Penrhos, Holyhead, sent a new hybrid between Libonia flori- 

 buuda, also known as Abutilon vexillarium, and Sericographis Ghies- 

 brecbtiana. It was called Libonia penrhosiana, and its flowers have 

 the yellow mouth of the Libonia, and the scarlet tube of the Serico- 

 graphis, though not so bright, while the leaves are larger than those 

 of the Libonia, and smaller, and of a darker green, than those of the 

 other parent. 



From G. F. Wilson. Esq., Heatherbank, Weybridge Heath, came 

 cut flowers of Japanese Chrysanthemums to show how long they con- 

 tinue in bloom. Mr. Hubbert, gardener to 0. O. Wrigley, Esq., 

 Bridgo Hall, Bury, Lancashire, sent beautiful cut blooms of Lycastes 

 and Caelogyne eristata, and of Goodyera Bawsoni : also Sarraccnia 

 Drnmmondi rubra and S. purpurea nigra, the former having the ap- 

 pearance of being marbled with white on a blood red ground ; the 

 latter with a dark purple pitcher, more like that of a Nepenthes than 

 of a Sarracenia. Mr. Thomas Burnett, gardener to W. Terry, Esq., 

 Peterborough House, Fnlham, had a special certificate for a large and 

 beautifully-flowered specimen of Crelogyne eristata, whose fine racemes 

 of white and yellow flowers produced a magnificent effect. From Mr. 

 Lawrence, gardener to Bishop Sumner, I i.rnham Castle, came Cattleya 

 Trianae Laurenciana, a fine variety, and ethers of the same species. 



The great feature of the day was the grand display of Orchids 

 made by Messrs. Veitch and Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Londes- 

 borough, a display highly creditable to the courage of the exhibitors 

 in bringing their superb plants out in such weather. 



Messrs. Veitch had, besides fine varieties of Lyeaste Skinneri, Odon- 

 toglossums, such as Rossii, Cervantesii, and cordatnm ; Oneidium 

 Phalaenopsis, 0. nubigenum, and O. cucullatum maculatum ; a finely 

 bloomed specimen of Dendrobium crassinode, the yellow and brown 

 D. heterocarpum, D. cueullaturn gigantenm, very tine ; Cypripedium 

 villosum, the scarlet-flowered Nasonia punctata, Aerides teretifolia, 

 Dendrobium moniliforme in fine bloom, and the beautiful Vanda ceeru- 

 lescens, the flowers of which though small are very pretty, pale blue 

 with a violet lip. 



Mr. Denning. Lord Londesborough's gardener, had a most remark- 

 able example of Bendrobium speciosum upwards of ?A feet in diame- 

 ter, and having some fifteen noble spikes of flowers ; a noble specimen 

 of Ccelogyne eristata, glorious in white and gold ; splendid cut spikes 

 of Phalamopsis Schilleriana, such indeed as we have never before 

 Eoen ; Odontoglossum Alexandra, very fine ; a very fine spike of a 

 Stanhopea, Epidendruin Karwinski, Cattleya Trianfe. Angraecum 

 citratum, Brassavola glauca, several Dendrobiums, Oneidium cuculla- 

 tum maculatum, Odontoglossum Cervantesii rosea with six fine flowers ' 

 and Oneidium splendidum, reddish brown barred with jeilow, with 

 a most conspicuous bright yellow lip. This is a noble species, and 

 will without doubt prove one of the finest of the genus, and a rival to 

 O. macranthum. 



Mr. Anthony Waterer, of the Knap Hill Nursery, sent Cupressns 

 Lawsoniana erecta viridia. a very striking and handsome variety, 

 almost as upright in its growth as an Irish Yew or eastern Arbor-Vita, 

 and which will certainly be most valuable in gardens. The same 

 exhibitor likewise brought C. Lawsoniana gracilis, well so named, for 

 it is of very graceful drooping habit. 



First-class certificates were awarded to Mr. Laurence for a cut spe- 

 cimen of Cattleya Triana? Laurenciana ; to Mr. A. Waterer for Cn- 

 pressus Lawsoniana erecta and gracilis ; and to Mr. Denning for 

 Oneidium splendidum. A second-class certificate was given to Mr. 

 Ismay for Libonia penrhosiana. Special certificates were awarded to 

 Messrs. Veitch for Dendrobium crassinode, and for their collection of 

 Orchids; to Messrs. F. & A. Smith for a collection of Primulas; to 

 Mr. Burnett for Ccelogyne eristata : to Mr. Denning for Odontoglossum 

 Alexandra?, Calogyne eristata, Dendrobium speciosum, and for his 

 collection of Orchids ; to Mr. Stevens for Cyclamens, and to Mr. Hub- 

 bert for cut Orchids. 



General Meeting, February 10th. — G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S.,in 

 the chair. Twenty-five new Fellows having been elected, the Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley remarked that he scarcely expected much variety on such a 

 day. but the meeting was greatly indebted to Messrs. Veitch and Lord 

 Londesborough for their exhibitions of Orchids. The latter had a 

 van warmed by hot water so that his Orchids might not suffer on the 

 road from Yorkshire to Loudon. Among those from Lord Londes- 

 borough were two which he believed had never been exhibited before 

 — viz., Oneidium splendidum and Stenia fimbriata. Vanda carules- 

 cens, exhibited by Messrs. Veitch. Mr. Bateman considered would 

 ultimately be very fine. It bad been described by Lindley many 

 years ago ; there was also Lyeaste alba, the most charming Lyeaste he 

 had ever seen. Among the cut Orchids a variety of Cattleya Triana?, 

 from the gardener to Bishop Sumner, had caught his eye by its beauti- 

 ful colouring, and in another collection of cut blooms Goodyera Baw- 

 soniana, which had been originally supposed to belong to the genus 

 Anasctocbilns, but which does not require to be kept nursed up under 

 a bell-glass like plants of that genus, though qu'te as beautiful. The 

 Sarracenias in the same collection were then noticed, and Mr. Berkeley 

 remarked that they were very charming plants, but difficult to cultivate, 

 though nothing could he more splendid than those grown at Dangstein. 



The hybrid between Libonia floribunda and Sericographis Glues- 



