July 10, 1806. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



JCI.Y lilt. 



The last Show oi the season tool; place on Wednesday last, and 



though the weather was by do means favourable, there was a large 

 attendance of visitors, among whoni the fairer sex as nBUal greatly 

 predominated. Their pleasure, howover, in promenading the lawn 

 was greatly marred by the frequent eohl showers whieh made the tnrf 

 damp, and tho day throughout was vory nngeuial for that period 

 of the year whieh is usually the warmest. The plants did not appear 

 to be so numerous as at tho earlier exhibitions, nor did they on tho 

 whole exhibit that freshness and profusion of bloom whieh rendered 

 them so attractive in May; but fruit was shown in great abundance, 

 variety, and excellence, constituting, in fact, tho most important 

 featnre of the Show. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants. — Of these Mr. Peed, gardener to 

 Mis. Tredwell, Lower Norwood, exhibited a fine collection of ten, pro- 

 minent among whieh was a magnificent specimen of Ixora salicifolia, 

 a worked plant about 5 J feet high, and hearing in great profusion heads 

 of orange dowers from 7 to 8 inches in diameter. This was certainly 

 the finest plant of its hind that we remember ; and although somo 

 two or three years ago, Mr. Whithread exhibited a romarkablo speci- 

 men, we question whether it was equal to that shown by Mr. Peed. 

 Allamauda grandiflora and Oracophyllnm gracile from the same ex- 

 hibitor were also fine, and Rondeletia speciosa was likewise noticeable 

 in his collection. In that of Mr. Rhodes, Azalea Apollo was still in 

 very good bloom, and he had besides by far the finest Kalosanth in 

 the Show, a round-headed plant of coceinea, about a yard across, and 

 presenting a glowing mass of rich Bcarlet. Phrenocoma prolifera, a 

 large plant, with its rosy crimson everlasting Mowers quite as large as 

 a five-shilling piece ; a very good Ixora coceinea, and large plants of 

 Hedaroma fuchsioides, and Pimelea mirubilis, also came from Mr. 

 Rhodes ; and from Mr. Williams, a very fine specimen of Phamocoma 

 prolifera, 6 feet across and in profuse bloom, together with Bou- 

 gainvilliea glabra, Allamauda gramliliora, and Erythrina erista-galli, 

 whose showy red flowers are not usually seen at exhibitions. Mrs. 

 Glendinning & Sons sent Allamauda Aubletii in very good bloom, 

 but not so showy as A. grandiflora ; and inferior plants of it also 

 appeared in other collections ; also, a fine specimen of Yinca oculata ; 

 Mr. Baxendine, Guildford, had Rhyneospermum jasminoides and 

 Bignonia grandiflora, assorting well with an Allamauda near it, 

 though differing in being reddish orange instead of yellow. Mr. Kaile, 

 gardener to Earl Lovelace, had a vory good plant of Rhyneospermum 

 jasminoides ; and Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blaudy, Esq., 

 Reading, the beautiful purplish violet Pleroma elegans, in fine bloom ; 

 Ralosanthes coceinea superba ; Clerodendron Thomsonie, full of 

 flower; and Statice profusa. Mr. Ward,, gardener to F. G. Wilkins, 

 Esq., Leyton, took, however, tho lead in the Amateurs' class for six, 

 with, among others, Allamanda grandiflora, small but in excellent 

 bloom ; Statice macrophylla, with a profusion of its purplish lilac 

 flowers in dense corymbs ; Stepbanotis floribunda, and Phtenocoma 

 prolifera Bamesii. Mr. Kemp had the showy scarlet Clerodendron 

 Krempferi ; and Mr. Wilkie, gardener to I. McHeury, Esq., a very 

 good specimen of Dracophyllum gracile. 



Awards — For ten ; first. Mr. Peed ; second, Mr. J. Wheeler, gar- 

 dener to J. Philpott, • Esq. For eight (Nurserymen): first, Mr. 

 Rhodes; se.-ond, Mr. Williams ; third, Mr. Baxendine ; fourth, Mrs. 

 Glendinniug it Sous. For eight (Amateurs) : first, Mr. Kaile ; second, 

 Mr. G. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. Goldsmid, Bart. For six ; first, 

 Mr. Ward ; second, Mr. A. Ingram ; third, Mr. Wilkie ; fourth, Mr. 

 Kemp. 



Fine-foliaged Plants and Ferns were rather numerous, and 

 being judiciously placed in the bays between the flowering plants, 

 these were not overpowered, nor overpowering as they sometimes arc 

 by too much colour being impressed on the eye. Mr. Williams, Hol- 

 loway, had. in a set of ten, fino specimens of Cordyline indivisa, Cycas 

 circinalis, Draca-na lineata, Chamierops humilis, Cyathea dealbata, 

 and variegated Aloe-leaved Yucca, and in another collection Alocasia 

 Lowii in splendid condition, Drac.xna marginata, with the leaves 

 narrowly edged with red, a fine Latania borbonica, and Zaiuia pungens, 

 very thick in the trunk. Mr. Burley, Albert Nursery, Bayswater, also 

 sent various Palms and Alpinia nutans. Of Amateurs, Mr. Taylor, 

 gardener to J. Yates, Esq., Highgate, had a very fine specimen of 

 Sahal Blackburniana, Zarnia spiralis, Encephalartos latifrons, and 

 other Cycads, and a good plant of Littasa juncea. From Messrs. 

 Barnard, Gell, Glendinning, and Young, came the Date Palm, Rho- 

 palas, Spha?rogyne latifolia, Alocasia macrorhiza variegata, Dracienas, 

 Marantas, Pandanads, ono or two Caladiums ; Panicum sulcatum, 

 a broad-leaved Grass ; and Anthnrium cordifolium. 



Awards — For ten (Nurserymen) : first, Mr. Williams ; second, 

 Messrs. Glendinning ; third, Mr. Burley. For ten (Amateurs) : first, 

 Mr. Taylor ; second, Mr. Gell ; third, Mr. Y'oung. For six : first, 

 Mr. Taylor ; second, Mr. Barnard. 



Exotic Ferns from Messrs. Taylor, Williams, Barnard, and Young, 

 comprised good specimens of Cyatheas, Cibotinms, Dicksonias, Wood- 

 wardia radicans, Todea africana, Pteris cretica albo-lineata and 

 argyrtea, Phlebodiuni aureum, Adiantum trapeziforrne and formosnm. 



Awards — For twelve (Nurserymen) : first, Mr. Williams. For 

 twelve (Amateurs) : first, Mr. Taylor ; second, Mr. Barnard ; third, 

 Mr. Young. 



Of British Ferns, tho best twelve came from Messrs. Ivory & Son, 

 of Working, and consisted of Lastrea Filix-mas Ingramii. Athyrium 

 Filix-fo:mina Granting tho crested variety of tho Royal Fern, Poly- 

 stichnm aculeatum acrocladon, and angulare grandiccps, Trieli, annuel 

 radicans, Asplcuium trichomnnes Moulei, very pretty; Scolopendriura 

 vulgaro .-rispum latum, Lastrea montana Nowelliana, Pseuduthyrium 

 flexile, Blechnum spicant crispum, and Adiantnm capillus-Veneris. 

 Collections, including various forms of the above genera, also caino 

 from Mr. Kaile and Mr. Kemp, gardi ner I.. Karl I'. B . 



Heaths comprised line specimens of tho brilliant Parmenticriana 

 rosea, Savilleana, ventricosa Botlnvelliana and coceinea, lis, lor va- 

 rieties ; Aitoniana, Eassoniana, and Tunibulli, white ; obbata, Massoni 

 major, ampullacea major, eximia, nobilis, orange ; depressa, and 

 Caveudishii, the last two, howover, rather past their best. 



Awards — For eight (Nurserymen) : first, Messrs. Jackson & Sons; 

 sec, ,n,l, Mr. Rhodes; third, Messrs. F. ,1" A. Smith. For eight 

 (Amateurs) : first, Mr. Peed ; second, Mr. Ward ; equal third, Mr. A. 

 Ingram and Mr. J. Wheeler, gardener to J. Philpott, Esq. 



Orchids were not numerously shown, nor were they in the same, 

 fine condition as at the first Show. Mr. Bulleu, gardener to A. Tumor, 

 Esq., Leicester, had Trichopilia crispa with certainly not less than 

 thirty fine blooms, a fino spocimen of Acrides odoratum majus, 

 Saccolabium Blumei majus with five Bpikes, Cattlcya Acklandiffl with 

 three blooms, C. superba, very brilliant in colour; Cypripediuni 

 Veitchii with four fine blooms, and a good example of C. barbatum 

 superbum ; Mr. Wiggins had Cattlcya Wagneri, Cypripediums 

 Hookeri and Stonei, Odontoglossum hastilabium, Acrides, and a, 

 Vanda ; and Mr. Williams scut, among others, a fine specimen of 

 Acrides odoratum majus, also Acrides Lobhi, Phala nopsis grandiflora, 

 and Cvpripedinm barbatum superbum. From other exhibitors camo 

 Phalamopsis Lnddcmauuinna, Cattlcya Mossia?, the old Broughtonia 

 Banguinea, Calanthe masuca, Ladia purpurata, Odontoglossum hasti- 

 labium and cordatum, the pretty Miltonia spcctabilis, and Vanda 

 Batemanni. 



Awards— For ten : first, Mr. Bnllen ; second, withheld ; third, Mr. 

 Peed. For six: first. Mr. Williams; second, Mr. Parker; third. Mr. 

 Rhodes. For six: first, Mr. Wiggins; second, G. Cooper, Esq;; 

 Old Kent Road ; third, Mr. Hill, gardener to R. Hauhury, Esq. ; 

 fourth, Mr. J. Wheeler ; fifth, Mr. Willcock, gardener to Dr. Pattison, 

 St. John's Wood. 



Fuchsias. — Only three collections were shown, and of these the 

 best came from Mr. Broclrwell, Edmonton, whose plants were from 

 G to 7 feet high and well-grown and flowered. Among dark varieties 

 were good examples of Sir Colin Campbell, Lord of the Isles, and 

 Sensation ; among light sorts, Wiltshire Lass, Minnie Banks, Reino 

 Blanche, and Schiller ; and among kinds with white corollas, tho best 

 were Madame Comelissen and Conspicua. 



Awards— For six : first, Mr. Broclrwell ; second, Mr. Weston, gar- 

 dener to D. Martineau, Esq., Clapham Park ; third, Mr. Filee, gar- 

 dener to J. Shutter, Esq. 



Pelargoniums were inferior both in the size of the plants and 

 bloom to those exhibited at the previous Show, when Mr. Bailey's and 

 Mr. Turner's plants attracted such general admiration. Mr. Frascr, 

 however, on this occasion had good plants of Favourite, Pericles, 

 Beacon, Mdlle. Patti, Ilesdemona, Caractacns, Leander, and Maiden 

 Fair. Mr. Nye, gardener to G. Foster, Esq., had fine specimens of 

 Fairest of the Fair, Perdita, Mdlle. Patti, and International ; also 

 Spotted Gem, Lord Clyde, and Pericles ; and Mr. Ward had Caracta- 

 eus, Lilacinum, Royal Albert, Desdemona, and Pericles. In tho 

 class for six varieties Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., had 

 good plants of John Hoyle, Eurydice, Diana. Album formosnm, Exhi- 

 bition, and Isabel. Of Fancy varieties, Mr. Frascr had good examples 

 of Zoe, Undine, Bridesmaid, Helen, Hebe, and Acme. Of Scarlets, 

 the best came from Mr. Windsor, Walthamstow, who contributed Sir 

 Robert Peel and Prime Minister, scarlet ; Virgo Marie, white ; Princess 

 and Eugenie Mczard, salmon ; and Highgate Rival, salmon scarlet, 

 all well grown. 



Awards— For nine : first, Mr. I'raser. For nine (Amateurs) : first, 

 Mr. Nye ; second, Mr. Ward ; third. Mr. Wiggins. For six Fancy : 

 first, Mr. Fraser. For six Scarlet: first, Mr. Windsor ; second, Mr. 

 Catlin; third, Mr. Hawes ; fourth, Mr. Logan. For varieties of 

 18G3-4 : first, Mr. Fraser ; second, Mr. Wiggins. 



Roses. — Messrs. Paul & Sou exhibited some very good plants in 

 pots, among which Dnc do Rohan, Comte de Nanteuil, Duchesse do 

 Caylus, Leopold I., Comtesse de Chabrillant, and Madame Victor 

 Verdier, were particularly fiue ; and of cut blooms, fine stands were 

 shown by Messrs. Paul & Son, Ingle, Chard, J. Hollingworth, Turner, 

 and Mailow, containing in addition to the above-named varieties fine 

 examples of William Griffiths, Gloire de Santenay, Seuateur Vaisse, 

 Gloire de Dijon, Maurice Bernardin, Madamo Bravy, Souvenir de Mal- 

 maison, and others. 



Awards— For fifty : first, Mr. Turner ; second, Messrs. Paul & Son ; 

 third, Mr. Fraser. For twenty-five: first, Mr. Ingle; second, Mr. 

 Chard ; third, Mr. Hollingworth. For twenty-four : first, Mr. Turner ; 

 second, Mr. Ingle ; third, Mr. Marlow. 



New Plants anb Seedlings were numerously shown. Messr3. 

 Yeitch had first-class certificates for the true Peperomia arifolia. 

 Davallia parvula very pretty, Drosera capensis, Nepenthes lanata, 

 Maranta Lindenii, Lomaria Belli, recurva, and ciliata ; Davallia 

 alpina ; a species of Adiantnm with copper-coloured young fronds ; a 



