May S, 1S73. ] 



JOUEXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABD'EMER. 



371 



character of the leaves, ■which shade the head from the effects 

 of light. 



Mr. Cole.5, gardener to W. K. Wigram, Esri., Tlie Chestnuts, 

 St. Margarets, Twickenham, sent a remarkably line dish of 

 Beurre de Bance Pears, well kept, well ripened, and of good 

 flavour. A cultural commendation was unanimously awarded. 

 Mr. Gardiner, gardener to E. P. Shirley, Esq., Lower Eating- 

 ton Park, Stratford-on-Avou, sent a collection of Apples, to 

 which a cultm-al commendation was awarded. Mr. Jones, Boyal 

 Gardens, Frogmore, sent dishes of Black Hamburgh and Buck- 

 land Sweetwater from pot Vines one year old. These were ex- 

 <;elleut esamj)les of early forcing, and received a cultural com- 

 mendation. Mr. W. S. Stevens, gardener to J. B. B. Elliott, 

 Esq., Chesterford Park, Essex, exhibited a dish of Strawberries, 

 to which a cultural commendation was awarded. A similar 

 -award was made to a dish of Dr. Hogg Strawberries, sent by 

 Mr. Hopper, gardener to E. D. Lee, Esq., Hartwell House, 

 Bucks, which were universally admired for the meritorious cul- 

 iaxe bestowed'upon them. 



Floh.il CojnriTTEE. — "W. B. Kellock, Esq., in the chair. 

 Messrs. Veitch exhibited a plant of the anxiously-looked-for 

 •Odoutoglossum vexUlarium. It had two spikes with toui- flowers 

 on each, of a lovely pale but pleasing rose, white at the base of 

 the lip ; flowers 3J inches long by 25 across. It is an introduc- 

 tion from Antioquia, and succeeds well with O. citrosmum, 

 •O. Phalienopsis, &c. The Messrs. Veitch expect to have a plant 

 with two spikes and six flowers on each for the first show in 

 -June. This received a first-class certificate, and is decidedly 

 the finest Orchid introduced of late years, though in intensity 

 of colour it must yield to the brilliant Masdevallias. From the 

 same firm came also Azalea Triomphe de Woudelghem, a free- 

 flowering variety with large semi-double salmon red flowers ; 

 this received a first-class certificate, as also did Phojnix rupi- 

 -cola, a species with handsome deep green recurved leaves. 

 Platyloma brachypterum, a smaU-growing species with very 

 neat, pale green, deeply-divided fronds, had likewise a first-class 

 certificate, as well as Platyloma bellum, a very nearly allied kind 

 with smaller fronds. To Sempervivum triste, a very neat semi- 

 tufted species with dull purple leaves red at the base, a firat- 

 •class certificate was likewise given. 



Mr. Deuning, gardeu'ir to Lord Londesborough, sent a very 

 fine form of Masdevallia Harryana, the flower rich glowing 

 crimson. It received a first-class certificate. 



Mr. C. Turner, The Eoyal Nurseries, Slough, sent six new 

 Azaleas. Apollo, a large waxy-white red-striped flower, received 

 a first-class certificate. The Eev. H. H. Lombrain, Westwell 

 Vicarage, sent Auricula C. E. Brown, raised by Mr. Headley, 

 and which is a very fine grey-edged flower. A first-class certifi- 

 cate was awarded. 



Mr. W. Bull sent the following, which had first-class certifl- 

 ■cates, Colax jugosus, creamy-white petals, the sepals and lip 

 densely spotted with bluish purple ; and Begonia Sum'ise, a 

 variety with rosy-red flowers. Besides the above he had Gon- 

 gora portentosa, and Polycycnis lepida, with very peculiar 

 spikes of flowers. Zonal Pelargonium White Clipper came from 

 Mr. Must. The flowers are well-shaped, and the trusses thrown 

 well above the foliage. It received a first-class certificate. Dr. 

 Denny, who exhibited the preceding for Mr. Must, sent two 

 splendid seedlings, the one scarlet and the other scarlet beauti- 

 fully tinged with magenta, having flowers 2 inches in diameter. 

 As these were not entered they had to be passed over. 



Odoutoglossum Phalienopsis was sent by Mr. T. Hubbersty, 

 Bridge Hall, Bury ; this was a magnificent specimen, which 

 received a cultural commendation. Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, 

 sent fine varieties of Odoutoglossum Alexandrse and O. Pesca- 

 torei ; a magnificent specimen of Epidendrum cnemidophorum, 

 and a particularly well-flowered specimen of Camarotis pur- 

 purea, which had twelve spikes of delicate rose-tinted flowers. 

 The plant was trained to an upright raft of teak wood. Athyrium 

 Fiiix-fcemina virgatum, a nicely tufted species, was sent by Mr. 

 -J. Chambers, gardener to . I. Lawrence, Esq.,Beddington, Surrey. 

 The same exhibitor sent a box of cut flowers. Messrs. F. & A. 

 Smith sent Pelargonium Digby Grand, a free-flowering variety, 

 which will be useful for cutting from. Mr. Webster, Gordon 

 Castle, sent a collection of hybrid Echeverias. .A collection of 

 the different varieties of Mignonette was sent from the Society's 

 gardens at Chiswick. 



FuxEBAL Flowers in New Yobk. — In all our large cities 

 flowers form a large source of revenue to florists who make 

 bouquets, itc, a speciality. In New York, the aggregate sum 

 spent yearly on flowers is immense. Upon funeral flowers, 

 especially, large sums are expended. The following will show 

 the prices paid for leading sorts in winter : The price of a 

 handsome basket is from five to fifty dollars. Bouquets can 

 be made at from three to twenty-five dollars. Single Bose- 

 bnds cost twenty-five cents, and Carnations twenty cents. 



Smilax is sold at one dollar a yard, and Violets by the dozen 

 at twelve cents. One spray of Lilies of the Valley costs tweuty- 

 five cents. — [Horlkulturist.) 



MB. WILLIAM PAUL'S SHOW OP ROSES AND 

 HARDY PICTORIAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



As previously announced in our columns, this commenced on 

 Saturday last, and will continue open to inspection until the lOth 

 inst. The place of exhibition is this year not the Crystal Palace, 

 but the Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, at South 

 Kensington. There, in the large tent where the great summer 

 shows are held, is arranged the grandest collection of pot 

 Roses we have ever seen, and interspersed among these, and 

 elsewhere grouped, are Launistinus, Hollies, Yews, Golden- 

 leaved Oaks, Acer Negundo variegatum, variegated Elms, 

 pyramidal Ivies, here and there a Palm, in the centre circle an 

 Araucaria excelsa, and round the sides Euonymuses, Tricolor 

 Pelargoniums, Clematises, and Lily of the Valley, while at 

 various parts of the picture standard Rhododendrons and 

 Double Crimson Thorns come in with telhng effect. The 

 terraced turf banks never looked more verdant than they do now, 

 and the natural effect of the complementary colour to the many 

 shades of red, predominant among the Roses which form 

 the leading feature, is to enhance their brightness, though in- 

 deed they need no borrowed light, for never have we seen Roses 

 fresher and brighter. Roses there are in large specimens, such 

 as we are familiar with at the tournaments between the great 

 growers, and Roses in compact little bushes densely clustered 

 with blooms, or bearing fewer flowers of a size that seems al- 

 most incredible. Wo are not going to inflict on our readers a 

 long list of names, of which they will find ample store in 

 another report ; the old favourites and the new aspirants to 

 fame are both freely and well represented. 



Among the deliciously-scented Tea Roses, the rich yeUow 

 Madame Falcot, the delicately rose-tinted white and ever- 

 beautiful Alba rosea ; Mdlle. Cecile Berthod, sulphur ; Per- 

 fection de Montplaisir, pale sulphur yellow, blooming in 

 clusters like a Noisette ; Adrienne Christophle, yellow suffused 

 with coppery crimson ; and Madame de St. Joseph, another 

 deep-coloured Rose, are especially conspicuous. That fine old 

 Bourbon, Souvenir de M^almaison, is magnificently bloomed in 

 several examples ; while of Hybrid Perpetuals, Duke of Edin- 

 burgh, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, Lord 

 Napier, Marquise de Castellane, Marquise de Mortemarte, 

 Princess Christian, La France, Cceur de Lion, Etienue Levet, 

 Lyonnais, and many others there are numerous finely bloomed 

 plants. Princess Christian, which we beUeve we were the first 

 to call attention, is truly magnificent. It not merely maintains 

 all that has been predicted of it, it has surpassed all that could 

 have been conjectured. Mr. William Paul has brought a 

 garden of Roses to the very doors of the London dweller ; let 

 us hope that it will not be allowed " to blush unseen, and 

 waste its sweetness on the desert air." 



NEW PICOTEES. 



" WnAT a fine lot of new Picotees were shown this year ! " 

 So I wrote to one of our oldest florists, the Rev. C. Fellowes, 

 of Shottesham, near Norwich. "I'es," was his reply; "but 

 never, perhaps, again shall we have such a year for saving seed 

 as we had two years ago." Indeed, I think Mr. Norman, of 

 Woolwich, another very successful grower, said he had saved 

 that year nearly a pound weight of seed. Certainly never have 

 so many fine varieties been exhibited or received so many cer- 

 tificates, while to all appearance they are robust in habit. 



It is a great pity that this lovely flower is not more culti- 

 vated in the neighbourhood of the metropolis than it is. In 

 other p.arts of the country — at Oxford, Bath, and iu the north 

 — it is very extensively grown, but the growers of it in or near 

 Loudon are very few. Days are altered since the great com- 

 petitions that used to take place rivalled almost the northern 

 exhibitions, and the comparatively easier work of bedding-out 

 has eclipsed this and many another florists' flower. As it is 

 now a good time to obtain the new varieties, I would briefly 

 notice those which Mr. Turner, of Slough, is now sending out. 



Alliance (Fellowes). — A heavy bright purple-edged flower. 

 The petals are broad, the white pure, and the size large. 



Bertie (Turner). — One of the medium red-edged flowers. 

 Very fine, and a good grower. 



Chanticleer (Fellowes). — A flower of good substance, with 

 heavy purple edge. 



