May 5, 1870. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTCJBE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Of Herbaceous Calceolarias, Mr. James and Messrs. Dobson and 

 Son, each sent finely bloomed lota of six, taking equal first prizes, and 

 Messrs. Dobson & Son had in addition about a score net for compe- 

 tition. Of hardy Primroses two sets of six were shown, and these 

 came from Mr. Ware, of Tottenham, and Mr. Turner. A second prize 

 was awarded to the former. 



Among the collections exhibited in the miscellaneous class, Mr. Den- 

 ning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, Grimston Park, Tadcaster, had 

 one in which were three magnificent specimens of Vanda teres, to which 

 a special certificate was given ; and a like award was made fc r the yellow- 

 flowered Oncidium sessile. There were also in this collection nice 

 specimens of the white and yellow Dendrobium infundibulum, Chysis 

 Iiimminghii, and the pretty rose and white Acrides japonieum. Messrs. 

 Rollisson sent a collection, including most of the plants they exhibited 

 last week at the Regent's Park, and the purplish rose Saccolabium 

 ampullaceum monlmeinense, which received a special certificate. 

 Messrs. Standish sent a fine basket of Athyrium Goringiannm pictnm, 

 one of the most beautiful of the coloured-fronded Ferns ; Rhododen- 

 drons in fine bloom, among which Huntsman, purplish-rose, had excel- 

 lent trusses and very pretty in colour ; Primula cortusoides major, a very 

 fine variety, Genista precox, a pretty hardy kind with lemon-coloured 

 flowers, and Acanthopanax variegata, a Japanese plant with the leaves 

 much variegated with cream colour. Mr. Wilkie, Oak Lodge, Kens- 

 ington, had a collection of Heaths, fine specimens of Tetratheca hir- 

 suta and the beautiful Ptcris scaberula, besides Tree and other Ferns, 

 an Eriostemon, and other plants. 



Mr. W. Paul again exhibited the same kinds of Primulas as noticed 

 last week at the Regent's Park, Tricolor Pelargoniums, and Princess 

 Christian Rose. From Mr. R. Parker, of Tooting, came a number of 

 baskets of bedding Pansies, of which Cliveden Purple, Cliveden Blue, 

 and Cliveden Yellow were most effective. Messrs. E. G. Henderson 

 sent a number of seedling Mimuluses and Tricolor Pelargoniums ; 

 Spiraea japonica variegata, a very ornamental form with the leaves 

 Teined with cream colour ; Ageratum Tom Thumb, a dwarf form ; 

 Blandfordia Cunninghnmi. and Pansy Golden Beddec. a very showy 

 variety for bedding. From Messrs. "Veitch came nine bushy-headed 

 Azaleas, grown to a single stem and forming masses of bloom. For 

 these a special certificate was given. Roi Leopold, Reine des Roses, 

 Comtesse de Flandre, and Belle Gantoise were especially fine. 



Mr. Williams, of Holloway, sent a miscellaneous collection, in 

 which was Arpophyllum giganteum in fine bloom, Gyprip-eliums, Pha- 

 lxnopsis, and other Orchids ; Sarracenia fiava, Heaths, Azaleas, 

 a fine specimen of Gleichenia spelunca?, Magnolia Lenne, and Dra- 

 caena lineata. 



Messrs. Veitch, in addition to their other contributions, had a charm- 

 ing collection of Orchids, backed up with Palms and Dracaenas. Of 

 Oncidium sarcodes there was a spike G feet long ; and Oncidium Mar- 

 shallianuni, bright yellow and brown, with a fine branching raceme, 

 received a special certificate. A like award was made for a specimen 

 of Odontoglossum Phalamopsis, with a dozen flowers lesides buds. 

 In the same collection was the white-flowered Dendrobium Heyneanum, 

 the glowing Masdevallia Veitchii, Dendrobium infundibulum and 

 D. lasioglossnm, Brassia Gireondiana, Airides rubrnni, with an erect 

 spike of lilac flowers, and a fine basket of Anthurium Scharzerianum. 

 From Mr. Bragge, of Slough, came two stands of Fancy Pansies, 

 and from Mr. Ware, of Halo Farm Nurseries, a large collection of 

 hardy plants in flower, and of others ornamental by their foliage. A 

 special certificate was given to Mr. Woodward, gardener to Mrs. Torr, 

 Garbrand Hall, Ewell, for four standard plants of Deutzia gracilis, 

 with heads '1 feet in diameter, on 5-leet stems, forming fine masses 

 of bloom. 



Florists' Flowers. — Amongst the Roses in pots we must charac- 

 terise as pre-eminently good Duke of Edinburgh, than which any- 

 thing more brilliant cannot possibly be imagined, fully confirming 

 my opinion that Mr. G. Paul may be warmly congratulated on having 

 sent out one of the best dark-coloured Roses in growth. It appeared 

 in both collections. The others were Adrienne Christophle, beautiful 

 copper-coloured Tea; Henri Ledechaux, a flower that has not been 

 as much grown as it ought to be ; Miss Ingram, very good ; Baronne de 

 Rothschild, beautiful light pink, the best in its class ; Monsieur Wool- 

 field, bright pink, very good; La France, very bright, but the petab 

 thrown about in rather too angular a manner ; Madame Creytou, a 

 good purplish Rose ; Clotilde Rolland, a very light pink flower. 



Among cut blooms from Messrs. Paul & Son there were Princess 

 Marie, an old Tea-sceuted, but good for pots ; Mar-chat Niel, 

 Marie Rady, purplish red, good ; Leopold II., good ; Paul Verdier, 

 fine. 



Of Auriculas there was but a very small display, partially owing to 

 the extreme lateness and coldness of the season. The same exhibitors 

 who contended, if contention it could be called, were present on this 

 occasion — Mr. Turner, of Slough, and Mr. -James. In t'.ie class for 

 twelve, Mr. Turner was first with Omega, a lovely white-edged flower 

 of great refinement and g}od properties, its only fault being a little too 

 light eye, 6till it is a first-rate variety. Exhibitor, Colonel Champneys, 

 Miss Geddings, very like Lovely Anne ; Chapman's Sophia, good in 

 colour ; Stapleford Hero, General Neill, good green edge ; Richard 

 Headly, fine grey : Galatea, Lancashire Hero, and Earl of Shaftes- 

 bury. Mr. James was second in this class with Emily, Beauty, John 

 Bright (coarse), Superb, Mrs. Smith, General Bolivar, Alma, Bright 

 Phaebus, too much colour ; Meteor Flag, washy ; Lancashire Hero, 



good. In six, Mr. James was the only exhibitor, his plants were 

 Superb. True Briton, Conqueror of Europe, Duke of Cambridge, very 

 small ; Lovely Anne, too little body colour; and Alma. On the whole 

 the Auriculas clearly showed the effects of the long protracted winter 

 we have had. 



Alpines made a fine show, Mr. Turner being the chief exhibitor, 

 who, besides his collection of twelve, exhibited a lame number of fine 

 varieties. Amy, The Clipper, Monarch, a beautiful soft, smooth 

 flower; Selina, Brunette, Etna, very dark, and Topaz, were con- 

 spicuous. — D., Deal. 



Fruit Committee— G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S. in the chair. Mr. 

 Carmichael, gardener to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, sent a box of 

 fine fruit of President Strawberry, large and beautifully coloured, and 

 a special certificate was awarded to it. Mr. Bray, gardener to E. A. 

 Sanford, Esq., Nvnehead Court, Wellington, sent two baskets of 

 Keens' Seedling Strawberry, also very well grown. Mr. Hallett, 

 Cossington, Bridgewater, sent a dish of Uvedale's St. Germain Pears, 

 a brace of Cucumbers called Hallett's Perfection, and a large fruit o£ 

 Citron ; to the last a special certificate was awarded. Messrs. Rollis- 

 son & Sons, of Tooting, sent a good specimen of the true Telegraph 

 Cucumber. Mr. Cadger, gardener to J. S. Leigh, Esq., Luton Hoo, 

 sent a brace of enormous seedling Cucumbers. The longest was 

 2 feet 8 inches, with a circumferen;e of 9 inches. A special certi- 

 ficate was awarded to them for size and symmetry. Mr. Osman, gar- 

 dener to R. Holland, Esq., Stanmore Hall, Middlesex, sent two baskets 

 of large Mushrooms. Mr. Hallett sent two varieties of self-protect- 

 in» Broccoli, neither of which was considered worthy of a certificate. 

 Messrs. Carter & Co., Holborn, sent three pots of Ash Champion 

 Kidney Bean. The Chairman submitted specimens of Neal's pyro- 

 silver knives for fruit knives, for use by the Committee to test their 

 merits. These are steel knives coated with silver through the agency 

 of fire, and are said to be less costly than plated, and very little more 

 so than steel knives. Major R. Trevor Clarke exhibited a seedling 

 Cucumber, raised from Sion House crossed by Telegraph. 



Floral Committee.— Rev. J. Dix in the chair. From Mr. 

 Williams, of Holloway, came Tillandsia Lindeni, with beautiful blue 

 flowers having a white eye, and measuring at least 2J inches in dia- 

 meter—one of the finest introductions we have had for several years, 

 and all the more valuable because the colour of its flowers is so scarce 

 a m on» stove plants. Moreover, it is said to be of easy culture. It 

 received, of course, a first-class certificate. A like award was made 

 to Mr. Williams for Cochliostema Jacobianum. with large manve and 

 deep violet flowers, and noble foliage. Mr. Williams also sent Lycaste 

 citrina, with pale yellow flowers ; Agave Verschaffelti and its variety 

 glauea recently noticed ; Amaryllis carminata, with flowers of a very 

 fine scarlet, and several other plants. 



Mr. R. Veitch, of Exeter, sent Adiantum Veitclm, a beautiful * em, 

 with the pinna? semi-circular, and of a coppery hue in the young state ; 

 Anthurium Scherzerianum giganteum, with the scarlet spathes much 

 larger than in the ordinary form, but. rather coarse-looking ; Geonoma, 

 pumila, a handsome Palm, which had a first-class certificate. Messrs. 

 Veitch, of Chelsea, had first-class certificates for Areca monostachya, 

 a dark green-leaved Palm, for Euterpe sylvestris and Carludojica 

 rotundifolia, with light green foliage, that of the latter very beautiful ; 

 also for Dickeria nobilis. 



Mr. Parsons, of Brighton, sent his new variety of Mignonette— Re- 

 seda odorata eximia, which has been before noticed, and received for 

 it a first-class certificate. From Mr. Parker, of Tooting, came \ lola 

 lute;, major, a very showy yellow bedding Pansy, for which a first-class 

 certificate was given. A similar award was made to Clematis Lord 

 Londesborough. which, though not so large as some other varieties, 

 was very beautiful in colour, being purplish violet with a rosy purple, 

 band up each of the segments. A Violet mottled with white, called 

 Viola obliqua striata, also came from the same exhibitor. Messrs. 

 E G Henderson, Wellington Road, St. John's Wood, received a first- 

 class certificate for Caladium Princess Alexandra, with leaves rose, 

 veined with green, and much marbled. The same firm exhibited 

 Azalea Bijou de Ledeberg, with white-edged leaves. Mr. R. H Bard, 

 St John's Wood Terrace, sent Trifolium repens anreum, with very 

 pleasing golden foliage, and which will probably be seen again in 

 better condition. 



Mr William Panl had a first-class certificate for Zonal Pelargo- 

 nium Avalanche, with white flowers and white-edged leaves, very 

 pretty. Several Bronze Pelargoniums were shown by Messrs. Downie, 

 Laird, & Laing, as Black Douglas and Reine Victoria, and which 

 well maintained the credit of the firm for the fine varieties of this 

 section they have already sent out; also Imperial Blue Bedding 

 Pansy, often shown before. Mr. Turner, of Slough, sent several fine 

 baskets of Tricolor Pelargoniums, including Mrs. Turner. 



Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., had a first-class 

 certificate for Pothos ventricosa, a very interesting plant with noble 

 dark green leaves, peculiar also in their fleshy petioles, and the in- 

 florescence consisting of a white spad.x and spathe, the latter enmson 

 at the base. A very remarkable Iris from Mr. W" 

 also received a first-class certificate. To what sp 



of Tottenha 

 B it belonged no 



one could say. 



Messrs. Carter & Co. sent nice specimens of Ivy-leaved Pelargo- 

 niums Elegans and Dr. Schomburgk ; Messrs. Rollisson Araucanas 



