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JOURNAIi OP HOBTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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fnl, and fully accomplish the objects adverted to in your 

 address." 



Accompanied by a flourish of trumpets the Lord Lieutenant 

 then declared the Show open. 



PLA^-TS AKD FLOWERS. 

 Sto-i-e and Greenhouse Plants.— Of these there are nume- 

 rous collections, though in general the plants are not so large 

 as those usually exhibited at the metropolitan shows. Messrs. 

 E. Cole & Son have in Class 1 (collection of twenty), a very well 

 bloomed group, running for the most part about 2 feet in dia- 

 meter, and containing excellent specimens of Vinca rosea alba, 

 I.xora amboynensis, the white Ixora Colei, Clerodendron Bal- 

 fouriauum, AUamanda Hendersoni, Azalea Extrauii, Erica Can- 

 dolleana, Erica eximia superba, and E. ventricosa tricolor. A 

 first prize was awarded. 



In collections of nine (Class 2), Mr. Morse, gardener to W. P. 

 Baker, Esq.,Brislington, Bristol, sends fine specimens of Azalea 

 Lateritia superba and Barciayana, Dipladenia amabilis, very 

 good ; a fine specimen of AUamanda Hendersoni, a large Ixora 

 amboynensis not yet at perfection, also a large Ixora amboyn- 

 ensis superba and Pimelea Hendersoni, 4 feet in diameter and 

 quite a mass of bloom. The last two, besides forming part of 

 the group, are also shown for the Veitch Memorial prize for the 

 best specimen stove and greenhouse plants respectively. Mr. 

 W. C. Drummond, Weston Road, Bath, also sends a group, in 

 which are good plants of Stephanotis floribunda and GenetylUs 

 Hookeriana; whilst from Mr. Cypher, Queen's Road Nursery, 

 Cbeltcuham, come Dipladenia amabilis trained on a cylindrical 

 wire trellis and in tine bloom, AUamanda gi'andiflora with 

 numbers of its yellow flowers, though these are not individually 

 large ; a very good Geuetyllis tulipifera well flowered, but a 

 forest of sticks ; an Ixora, and a good specimen of Anthurium 

 Scherzeriauum. Mr. Morse is first, Mr. Cypher second, and Mr. 

 Drummond third. 



In Class S, groups of six, Mr. J. E. Marsh, gardener to J. 0. 

 Bacchus, Esq., Norwood House, Binswood, Leamington, has 

 capital specimens of AUamanda Schottii, Stephanotis floribunda, 

 Kalosanthes coccinea, Phtenocoma prolifera Barnesii and Clero- 

 dendron Balfouriauum, both weU grown and well flowered. Mr. 

 T. King, gardener to R. Valentine Leach, Esq., Devizes Castle, 

 and Mr. W. Carmichael, gardener to H. W. Tugwell, Esq., 

 Crowe Hall, Bath, also send groups. From Col. Taylor comes 

 a group, in which we noticed the white Echites boliviensis, 

 well furnished with its orange-throated, white, Convolvulus-like 

 flowers. Mr. Marsh is first. 



For the local special prize for the best specimen stove plant 

 Mr. Baines, gardener to H. MichoUs, Esq., Southgate, exhibits 

 a specimen of AUamanda cathartica, some 4 feet through. 

 BougaiuviUa;a glabra, clothed with its rose-coloured bracts, is 

 shown by Mr. Gale, who takes the first prize ; while Mr. A. Morse, 

 gardener to W. P. Baker, Esq., is second with an Ixora, and Mr. 

 J. BrickeU, gardener to J. Orred, Esq., Marshfield, Chippenham, 

 is third with Euphorbia splendens. An equal second prize was 

 awarded to Mr. Baines. 



In competition for the prizes for the best specimen greenhouse 

 plants Mr. Baines sends a splendid plant of Phcenocoma proli- 

 fera, blooming to perfection, and beautifully furnished to the 

 base ; from Mr. Gale, gardener to W. Dobson, Esq., Oakwood, 

 Bath, comes a remarkably good specimen of Genetyllis Hooker- 

 iana ; and from Col. E. L. Taylor, Fern Lodge, Weston Road, 

 Bath, a good plant of Pimelea diosmsfolia. Mr. Baines is first, 

 Col. Taylor second, and Mr. Gale third. 



The best specimen of Anthurium Scherzerianum is that of 

 Mr. T. Baines, gardener to H. Micholls, Esq., Southgate, which 

 has fifteen fuUy-expanded spathes, and three more opening. 

 The second best is that of T. M. Shuttleworth, Esq., which has 

 thx'ee more, but not nearly so fresh. 



Mixed Groups or Flowering and Fine-foliaged Plants. — 

 These constitute the most striking feature in the great tent, the 

 plants shown by the two leading competitors, Messrs. Cole and 

 Mr. Baines, being of extraordinary size and merit. Mr. Baines 

 and Messrs. Cole have for several years stoutly contested at the 

 Society's country meetings the palm in the class for ten stove 

 and greenhouse plants in flower and the same number of fine- 

 foliaged plants, and always with honour to themselves, and often 

 it has been a matter of extreme difficulty for the Judges to de- 

 cide between their respective claims. On this occasion Messrs. 

 Cole have taken the lead with, of flowering plants, one of the best- 

 bloomed examples of Erica Massoui major we have ever seen, 

 and which is nearly 4 feet in diameter ; Dipladenia amabilis in 

 a 14-inch pot, with 120 trusses of flowers which are perfec- 

 tion in their freshness ; a grand plant of Genetyllis tuUpifera ; 

 the white-flowered Ixora Colei, 4i feet through ; Phcenocoma 

 prolifera Barnesii, even exceeding the last-named in size, and in 

 splendid bloom ; Erica CandoUeana, very fine ; Anthurium 

 Scherzerianum, with three dozen good spathes ; AUamanda 

 grandiflora ; scarlet Azalea BrUUant, 6 feet high ; Iveryana ; and 

 AUamanda grandiflora, in great beauty. Of flne-foUaged plants 

 Messrs. Cole have Cycas revolnta, 10 feet through, fruiting ; 



noble specimens of Phcenicophorium seycheUarum and Ver- 

 pchaffeltia spleudida; a remarkably fine specimen of Cocoa 

 Weddeliana ; a very large specimen of the variegated New Zea- 

 land Flax, Croton variegatum and C.pictum; Gleichenia flabel- 

 lata, a magnificent specimen; and Cyathea dealbata. Among 

 these we recognised several of the plants which formed part of 

 the Manley Hall coUection. Mr. Baines took the second place 

 with a group which has rarely been equaUed, among which were 

 remarkably fine specimens of Erica Shannoniana ; Franciscea 

 confertiflora in magnificent bloom ; Azalea Coronata, forming a 

 splendid mass of rosy crimson blossom ; Ixora javauica, very fine ; 

 a large and very fine plant of Phcenocoma prolifera, Ixora 

 coccinea, Sarracenias such as are only exhibited by him, Cocos 

 Weddeliana, Crotons, DasyUrion acrotrichum, and Ixora javanica 

 especiaUy fine. Mr. Baines was awarded the Veitch Memorial 

 prize for the most meritorious specimen stove plant for the fine 

 Franciscea in this group, and he took the corresponding Veitch 

 prize for the Phcenocoma. Mr. Nelson, Stapleton Place and 

 St. Michael's Hill Nurseries, Bristol, sends a fine Alocasia 

 metallica and Maranta roseo-picta, and very good examples of 

 Livistona borbonica, Clerodendron Balfouriauum, Pimelea mi- 

 rabilis, ttc. In groups of six Mr. A. Johnson, gardener to the 

 Marquis of Ailesbury, Savernake, is first with Dipladenia ama- 

 bilis, AUamanda Schottii, Alocasia meta'Uca, Alocasia Lowii, and 

 Maranta Veitchii very good. Second comes Mi'. T. King, gar- 

 denet to R. V. Leach, Esq., Devizes Castle, with a very good 

 group ; and third, Mr. Carmichael. 



Orchids. — Although there is not a very large show of these, 

 some of the specimens which we shaU have to notice are 

 altogether out of the common run, especiaUy those of Mr. 

 Gurney. Mr. WiUiams, of HoUoway, is in the front in the open 

 class for nine, with a fine Vanda tricolor; Aerides odoratum 

 majus; Anguloa Clowesii, not arrived at its colour; Cattleya 

 MossiiB superba, fine ; Oncidium Philipsiannm, with a dozen 

 spikes ; Trichopilia crispa, &c. Mr. BuU is second ; Messrs. 

 Maule & Son, are third. 



The Veitch Memorial prize for the best specimen Orchid, also 

 the first prize for the same, went to Mr. Gurney Keele, gardener 

 to W. Gore Langton, Esq., Newton Park, Newton-St.-Loe, 

 Bristol, for Saccolabium guttatum with no less than twenty- 

 nine racemes of flowers, most of which are also unusuaUy fine. 

 Such a plant is a marvel ; such a plant we have never before 

 seen, and we rejoice that Mr. Keele wiU through it reap 

 something like a fair reward for his skill in its culture. The 

 second prize for the best specimen Orchid is for Odontoglossam 

 Insleayii leopardinum, k'om Mr. W. Ball, having sixteen flowers. 

 In the amateurs' class for six, Mr. Baines is first with a magni- 

 ficent potful of Cattleya MossIk, a beautiful specimen of Dendro- 

 bium densiflorum, D. Devonianum with eleven long racemes, 

 and a good Cypripedium barbatum. Second comes Mr. Gurney 

 with another specimen of Saccolabium guttatum with fourteen 

 racemes ; Aerides odoratum maximum, remarkably fine : Vanda 

 tricolor, good; and Saccolabium curvifolium, fine. Third, Mr 

 Perry, gardener to J. W. Miles, Esq , Shirehampton; fourth, Mr. 

 J. Howard, gardener to the Rev. J. G. Fussell, Frome. In 

 the nurserymen's class for six, Mr. B. S. WiUiams takes the 

 lead with a fine pan of Cypripedium barbatum superbum, 

 Thunia alba with nine flowers, Cattleya Mossise splendid, 

 Cypripedium Stonei with thirteen slippers, and a remarkably 

 fine Aerides Lobbi. Messrs. Maule & Sons, Bristol, are second; 

 and Mr. Drummond, Bath, takes a fourth prize. 



Heaths are far behind those shown at the London exhibitions. 

 The best six in the n>;^serymen's class come from Mr. Cj'pher, 

 Cheltenham ; the second best from Mr. Drummond, of Bath. 

 Among amateurs Mr. Baines is first for six with fine specimens 

 of E. smula, venosa, obbata, and others. Mr. King, gardener to 

 E. V. Leach, Esq., Devizes Castle, is second, and Col. Taylor 

 third. For nine, Mr. Carmichael, gardener to H. Vf. TugwtU, 

 Esq., is second. The best fom- are from Mr. Keel, gardener to 

 Col. Landon, WeUs Road, Bath. Second comes Mr. King, gar- 

 dener to R. V. Leach, Esq. In the class for the best specimen 

 Heath, a plant of the waxy-white Erica obbata, not, however, 

 as yet arrived at its fuU beauty, is shown by Mr. Baines. The 

 second best is a smaU plant of Cavendishii from Mr. Morse, 

 gardener to W. P. Baker, Esq., BrisUngton. 



Oenamental-foliaoed Plants. — In the class for nine fine- 

 foUaged plants, Mr. J. Cypher, of Cheltenham, who is first, has 

 a noble plant of Cycas revoluta, 8 feet in diameter, a fine 

 Phoenicophorium seycheUarum, Latania borbonica, and good 

 specimens of others. Mr. W. Drummond, Bath, is second, 

 showing among others a very good pyramid of Panicum varie- 

 gatum. For six fine-foUaged plants (amateurs) the prize went 

 to Mr. J. E. Marsh, gardener to J. 0. Bacchus, Esq., Binswood, 

 Leamington. The best specimen fine-foliaged plant is Sarraceaia 

 flava, one of the North American Side-saddle Plants, and one of 

 the finest specimens of the genus which Mr. Baines has ever 

 shown. Second comes Mr. Gale, gardener to W. Dobson, Esq., 

 Oakwood, Bath, with a magnificent plant of Alocasia metaUica, 

 of which every leaf is perfect. 

 Pa I tns.— There are but few of these shown in the classes 



