May 27, 1869. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. 



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In Class ""I'l, for Silver TricolorH, Mr. C Turner v/na firHt with Misa 

 Steveufl, Itfilia Unita, Kxcolleut, laioy, Mabol MoitIh, and Hon. Mrs. 

 FalcouL'r; Mtsssrs. K. (i. Henderson X; Co. second with Silver Cloud, 

 Charniiu;^ Bride, Glen Kjre, Beauty, Italia Unita. Caroline Loiif^fi old, 

 and Silver Star. Messrs. F. A; A. Smith were third with Pori, Ludy 

 of the Lake, C'aroliue Louf;lield, Sec. I have already noticed some of 

 these, and, whilo all are very beautiful, it must bu borne iu mind that 

 they are not no effective out of doors as iu pots. 



The Bicolors were verj fine, Messra. Downie, Laird, & Laing taking 

 first with llrd King, Crown Triuce, Prima Donna. Mrs. Alan Lowndes, 

 Staustead lifunty, and Harrison Weir. Those wore all admirable 

 plants, exhibiting both the dark snd light forms of /one; the former 

 most effective for the liouse, the latter for out-of-door wnrlc, and were 

 all raised by the exhibitor, most of them being s'^nt out this spring. 

 Messrs. Carter tt Co. wore second with Southern Belle, Ada, Danao, 

 Cleopatra, Black Prince, and Egyptian (Jlueen ; Messrs. F. it A. Smith 

 third with Tom Browr., Arab, Sybil, Criterion, The Moor, and Han- 

 nibal. Both these collections wera eseellrnt, and, indeed, it is very 

 dithcult to say which are the best. I incline to Southern Belle in 

 Messrs. Carter's and Sybil in Messrs. Smith's, but all are fine. 



Messrs. Downie, Laird, it Laiug's Nosegays were very largo and 

 grand plants, comprising Emmeline, Duchess of Sutherland, Countess 

 of Strathmore. Koso Stella, King of Nosegays, and Mrs. Laing ; wnile 

 Messrs. Standisli it Co. had enormous plants of Gloiro de Nancy, 

 Capitaiue L'Hermitc. and Madame Lemoiue, doubles. 



I have bnt little space loft to say anything about Roses, but assuredly 

 Mr. Turner is to be congratulated that he has attained the very top of the 

 tree, beating those who have so long been iu the field. His plants 

 were perfection for the style. Charles Lawson was gi*and in the 

 €xtreme, each flower tit for a boK of cut blooms, and bo exquisitely 

 fresh. The s^amo may be said of Souvenir de la Malmaison. Anna 

 Alesieff was good, so was Souvenir d'uu Ami. He had, besides, Victor 

 Verdier, Vicomte \ igier, Marechal Vaillant, Paul Perras, and 

 Juno. 



There are one or two other matters about which I may have a say 

 next week. — D., Deal. 



Although the leading features of the Show were the Zonal Pelar- 

 goniums of various sections, and the Koses, wliich are above rejiorted 

 on, there was a large and very interesting display of other plants, in- 

 clnding numerous novelties submitted to the Floral Committee. 



The President's prize for the best nine Azaleas was? taken by Mrs. 

 Glendinniug & Sons, of the Chiswick Nurseries, with large plants in 

 fine bloom, among which were Extranei, Optima, Madame Miellez, 

 Iveryana, Eulalie, Duke of Devonshire, and Petnni.Ttlora. Extra 

 prizes were awarded to Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, and Mr. Wilkie, 

 gardener at Oak Lodge, Addison Koad, Kensington, for well-bloomed 

 specimens of Broughtoni, Coronata, Elegaus superb, Magnificent, 

 Duke of Devonshire, and other well-known soils. 



Of groups of fiue-foliaiied and liowering plants, the best came from 

 Mr. Turner, of Slouf^h. In this there was a fine specimen of Charles 

 Lawsou Kose, but far from equal to the dazzling plant of the same 

 variety in the collection of nine, with which he gained the President's 

 prize. He had also Iveryana Improved Azalea, in fine bloom, and 

 among fine-foliaged plants large specimens of Aralia palmata, Pan- 

 dauns utilis, and Draciena anstralis. Mrs. Glendinniug it Sons were 

 second, and had a tine bushy Pimelea spectabiiis. and a handsome 

 Theophrasta imperialis. Mr. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. Goldsmid, 

 Bart., M.P., Regent's Park, and Mr. AVilide, also exhibited neat groups 

 in this and the class for six flowering stove and greenhouse plants, in 

 which they were respectively first and second. 



The Silver Flora Medal for six new plants scut out in 18C7 or 1868, 

 ■was gained by Messrs. Veitch, with Dendrobium Bensonia?, a beau- 

 tiful Moulmein species with white flowers, having an orange lip ; 

 Retinospora filicoules ; Sanchezia nobilis variegata, one of the most 

 effective of variegated plants ; the true Vanda insignis, not that 

 which has hitherto passed under that name ; Dracrena regina, a hand- 

 Bome broad-leaved variegated kind ; and Alocasia Jenningsii, a fine 

 specimen, with the black blotches contrasting beautifully with the 

 green ground colour. The same firm alao took the Bronze Flora 

 Medal, or second prize, with a beautiful pan of Abutilon Thompsoui, 

 Begonia boliviensis, Nepenthes hybrida, Acalypha tricolor, a fine 

 addition to ornamental-foliaged plants, and of which a specimen was 

 exhibited in one collection of these at the last Regent's Park Show ; 

 Phormium Colensoi variegatum, with narrow leaves edged with white, 

 becoming red at the base ; and the pretty, small-growing Davallia 

 parvnia. 



Messrs. Veiteh were again first and second for six new plants sent 

 out in 18G9. Their first-prize collection consisted of Croton maximum, 

 beautifully veined and spotted with yellow, very handsome ; Maranta 

 tubispatha, very striking by its small regularly-placed reddish choco- 

 late blotches ; Davallia hemiptera, a charming little dark green Fern ; 

 Draccena Macleayi, with dark bronzy foliage ; D. nigro-rubra, with 

 red and bronze leaves ; and Croton HiUiauum. with foliage richly 

 marked with orange and crimson. Messrs. Veitch's second-prize 

 collection consisted of Darwinia fimbriata, with pleasing white Howers 

 tinged with pink on the outside of the bells — this received a second- 

 class certificate, a first being given to Leptopteris Will^siana ; Dieffen- 

 baclua Wallisii, with a white band along the midrib, and whit« mark- 

 ings; Maranta princeps, and chimboraceusis, two handsomely-marked 



kinds. oBpocially the latter ; and Croton ancubsefolinm, with the leaves 



marked with Pitiall yellow blotchew. 



Of a new plant shown for the first time in llowor in Groat Britain 

 there was only one exhibition, that of Messrs. Veitch, who took tho 

 iirHt prize, as well as a first-class certificate from the Floral Committee, 

 for Dendrobium Janiesianum, with largo white and orango flowers, 

 which, when it comes to be grown to a larger size, will, no doubt, bo a 

 handsome addition to this highly ornamental genus. 



Tho first prize for a new ornamental-foliaged plant shown for tho 

 first time iu Great l^ritain, was also taken by Messrs. Veitch with 

 Croton Hookeri, a magnificent plant from tho New Hebrides, with the 

 leaves of a most beautiful clear yellow in tho centre, edged with green. 

 Tho second prize was likewise taken by Messrs. Veitch with Draciena 

 magnificti. from the Stdomon Isles, with very broad brownish red 

 leaves. Butli the above plants received first-clafls certificates, as also 

 Canua Smithii, having yellow-variegated leaves, from Mr. Wimsett. 

 Draciena albicans, from Messrs. Veitch, iu which the leaves arc varie- 

 gated with white, was also shown in this class, hut it was not equal to 

 D. regina; also Alocasia Sedeni, a hybrid raised between A. Lowii 

 and A. metallica, having large handsome leaves of a metallic greyish 

 green on the upper side, and purplish crimson on tho reverse. A first- 

 class certificate was awarded to tho same firm for Drac:ena Chelsoni, 

 from Banks Island, with bronze leaves edged with lich rosy red. 



Messrs. Veitch were again first in the class for a new garden seedling 

 in flower, with Rhododendron Lady RoUe, a flower of fine outline, 

 white tinged with blush, with a blotch of cinnamon spots in the upper 

 petals. Mr. Wimsett was second with Pelargonium Willsii rosea, one 

 of the new hybrids between the Ivy-leaved and Zonal sections, having 

 large broad leaves resembling those of the former, and deep rose- 

 coloured flowers, with petals of fine outline. Both the above plants 

 received first-class certificates from the Floral Committee. Mr. Wim- 

 sett also exhibited Willsii with handsome foliage, but the flowers not 

 BO large, nor of such good form ; aud Mr. (iroom, of Ipswich, had also 

 a hybrid Ivy-leaf, but not equal to either of the i>receding. 



Miscellaneous collections were very numerous. Mr. Bull took the 

 lead with a large group of new aud rare plants, of which the following 

 received first-class certificates — viz., double Pelargonium Madame 

 Marie Lemoine ; Nnthochlieua Candida, a pretty silvery Fern from 

 Central America ; Hyophorbe Verschaflelti, a handsome Palm ; Acer 

 polymorphnm palmatifidum, with handsomely-cut foliage ; Encepha- 

 lartos grandis, and Latania rubra. Besides these, Mr. Bull had a 

 large number of other interesting plants, as Da^monorops Lewisianus, 

 Iresine acuminata, a promising plaut, Ence])halartos Scottiana, Guz- 

 mannia fragrans, ifcc. Mr. Williams, of HoUowaj', likewise sent an 

 excellent collection, including Cypripedium caudatum, Dendrobium 

 deusiflorum, Vandas, Cattleyas, Cypripediums, and other Orchids ; 

 Metroiideros floribuuda, covered with its crimson flowers, rare Yuccas, 

 Beaucarneas, Zamias, Dracaenas, and beautiful examples of Todea 

 snperba and pellucida. Messrs. Paul & Son sent a number of boxfuls 

 of cut blooms of Roses, a fine collection of Roses in pots, aud cut 

 Rhododendrons aud Ghent Azaleas. Mr. Noble, of Bagshot, contri- 

 buted baskets of Rhododendrons, including Tho Queen and Duke of 

 Cambridge, also Clematis Duke of Buccleuch, shown at tho meeting of 

 the previous Tuesday, togfther with a number of older kinds. Mr, 

 W. Paul sent numerous boxes of cut Roses ; one of the varieties, 

 called Princess Christian, a new Hybrid Perpetual, a fine, full flower, 

 of the colour of the Maitieu's Blush, was awarded a first-class certi- 

 ficate. Mr. William Paul also contributed a large collection of 

 Tricolor and Bicolor Pelargoniums ; and Waltham Kride, a silver- 

 variegated variety with white flowers, had a first-class ceriificate. Mr. 

 Mann, of Brentwood, sent a collection in which Duchess of Abercom, 

 a large salmon rose flower of fine outline, and Illuminator, bright 

 orange scarlet, of fine form, were awarded first-class certi&cates. 

 Messrs. Standish (t Co. and Messrs. Carter had each similar awards 

 for double Pelargoniums Madame Marie Lemoine andWilhelm Pfitzer. 

 The former firm sent likewise several seedling Rhododendrons, includ- 

 ing Beauty, which had a second-class certificate at the meeting of the 

 Floral Committee on the previous Tuesday; while Messrs. Carter had 

 golden and silver Gymnogi'ammas, supposed to be hybrids, the one 

 between G, calomelanos and G. Laucheana, the other between G. tar- 

 tarea and snlphurea ; also a group of Amaryllis and Tricolor Pelar- 

 goniums. Messrs. E. G. Henderson sent also a large group of Tri- 

 colors and Bicolors, and had a first-class certificate for Marie Lemoine, 

 double-flowered. Mr. Pearson also sent some fine bedding varieties, 

 as Reynolds Hole, Thomas Speed, and E. J. Lowe, but, unfortunately, 

 much damaf'ed by their long journey ; also Tricolors Edith Pearson, 

 a beautiful variety, but not in good condition. Major Ellison, Miss 

 Locker, and W. Sandy. Corporal Brown, R.E. Ordnance Survey Office, 

 St. George's Road, Pimlico, was awarded a special certificate for two 

 baskets of window plants, containing varieties of Tricolors of his own 

 raising, one of which was the Hon. Mrs. Le Poer Trench, which he 

 exhibited two years ago. Corporal Brown, by the excellent condition 

 in which his plants were shown, has proved that ho is as good a gar- 

 dener as a soldier, aud that on more than one occasion. Mr. Turner, 

 of Slough, besides a fine collection of Tricolor Pelargoniums, sent 

 several Show and Fancy kinds, of which Heroine, Herald, Agrippa, 

 and Excelsior received first-class certificates, and a similar award was 

 made to him for Rose Mrs. Woolfield, a pleasing, large and full rose- 

 coloured variety, with a glow of bright salmon rose in the centre. 

 J. H. Arkwright, Esq., also had a first-class certificate for climbing 



