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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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and dwarf forms of the ^-uriegiitej Osmanthas iliciiolins, and 

 Ligustrom coriaceum. Jtlr. Ball's collection cousistod whoUy of new 

 Aacabas, mole aud female. 



Awards — For twenty : first, Messrs. Jackman &: Son ; second, Mr. 

 Staudish ; third, Messrs. Lee. For twelve (New) : first, Messrs. 

 Veitch ; second, Mr. Standisii ; third, withheld ; foai-th, Mr. Bull. 



Alpine and Herbackous PLANTb. — Messrs. Backhonse, of York, 

 exhibited a charming collection of Alpines, many of them very 

 interesting, and Mr. SiUter one of Tariegated plants, consisting of 

 Ftinkias, Sednmis, Coltsfoot, Arabis, Aubrietia. ttc, to the nnmber of 

 fifty. Both of these collections excited much interest, especially that 

 of Messrs. Backhonse, which seemed to be a particular favourite with 

 the ladies. First prizes were awarded to both exhibitors. 



Orchids. — The tent in which these were eshibit»^d was continDally 

 crowded — so much so, that it was not without difficulty and by the 

 exercise of t-onsiderable patience, that they could be approached. This 

 fact is snfficieut to prove that thev excited no small amount of 

 interest, aud thoy wore weU worthy ot' it. for nearly all the most orna- 

 mental genera were well repn-scnted ; and though the nnmber of 

 collections fell rather short of what might have been expected in a 

 country like this, wb(*re there are so many cultivators of this beautiful 

 tribe of plants, still they were sufi&cient to fill an extent of 4U(1 feet in 

 length. The only exhibitor in the class for tifty was Robert Warner, 

 Esq., of Broomtield, Chelmsford, who sent nnmerons varieties of the 

 beautiful Cattleya Mossiie, several of them remarkable for the size of 

 the blooms and their richness of colour; also Vanda tricolor with three 

 fine spikes ; its variety superba deeper and richer in colour, and with a 

 bright purplish crimson lip ; and V. enavis, remarkably tine. Of Tri- 

 chopilia crispa there was one of the finest examples we remember to 

 have seen, bearing at least a score of finely coloured flowers. Phal^- 

 nopsee -were well n'presentcd by P. amabilis, graudillora, Schilleriana ; 

 and Portei. white, with a rosy purjile lip, was very full of bloom. Of 

 Chysis Limmini;hii, Cypripcdinm barbatum superbum, C. Hookerip, 

 C. viUosnra, and C. hirsutissimum, there were Roiid examples, as well 

 as of La?lia ciunabarina. pnrjiurata, and Schilleriana, the Fox-brush 

 Aerides, aud Dendrobium nobile. 



In a collection of twenty from Mr. Bullen. gardener to A. Turner, 

 Esq., Leicester, were a tine pot of Cypripedium barbatum snperbum, 

 with fifty blooms, Odontoglossum Pt-scatorei, Cattleya Acklandite, and 

 Sldnneri, the latter very fine : Doutlrobium Parishii, Brassia verrucosa 

 a yard across ; L^elia pni-i)urata, and a remarkably fine specimen of 

 Oncidium ampliatum majus. From Mr. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, 

 Esq., came Vanda teres \vith five good blooms, Phalcenopsis amabilis, 

 Oncidium fiexuisum, and ampliatnm majus, with three long spikes, 

 Saccolabium Blumei, ^rith a spike about 15 inches in length, and 

 Dendrobium anosmum. with six good spikes ; and Mr. Peed, gardener 

 to Mrs. Tredwell, sent good Aerides, C^'pripediums, Oncidinm sessile, 

 with clear yellow fiowers^ Vandas, Deudi'obiums, and a highly 

 coloured variety of Lrelia purjmrata. Mr. Cullen, gardener to V>. 

 Weutworth Bnller, V^sq.. Slifte Raleigh, exhibited C^-jnnpedinm, or 

 as it is called by some Uotauists SL^lenijiedium, candatum with two 

 lai^e blooms, having " tails " nearly *2^ feet long ; Uropedium Lindenii, 

 another Orchid having .similar thoufjb shorter appendages ; the beauti- 

 ful new Phaljtnopsis Luddemanniana with three blooms, a branching 

 specimen plant of Oncidium bifoUum, with large blooms; the white- 

 flowered Bnrlingtouia fragrans. Cypripedinms Lowii and barbatum, 

 and Cattleya Acfclandiaj. none of them large, hut all well grown. Mr. 

 Robson, gardener to G. Cooper, Esq., Old Kent Road, also furnished 

 a collectiou, in which we noticed Aerides crispnm, with a good spike 

 upwards of a foot in length, aud several Onciiliums. 



In the Nurserymen's Class for twelve, Messrs. Veitch had a superb 

 ■example of Cj'^iripedium barbatum majus with about fiftj" blooms : 

 C. villosum with about thirty flowers ; Saccolabium gutt^itum with 

 remarkably fiue long spikes ; a splendid L«lia pni-purata, Odonto- 

 glossum Pescatorei, oue of the most beautiful of the family, and 

 O. naevium, each with about a score of flowers ; Cattleya Mossiic 

 elegans, and Vanda tricolor superbu. In the collection from Mr. 

 Williams were Phalfenopsis Luddemanniana with six blooms ; and 

 P. grandiflora ; Vunda teres, richly coloured ; a noble plant of V. in- 

 sagois ; Cypripedium Stonei with four fine blooms ; C. barbatum 

 anperbam, very fiue ; splentUd Cattleyas ; aud a verj good Sacco- 

 labium retusum. Among Mr. Bull's twelve were Cypripedium can- 

 datum, and the yellow Tiilip-like Angnloa Clowesii. 



In the Amateurs" classes excellent exhibitions came from Mr. 

 Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Regent's Park; Mr. Wilson, 

 gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., Enfield; Mr. Howard, gardener to 

 J. Brand, Esq., Balham ; and Mr. Fairbaim, Sion House. Among 

 the plants exhibited were remarkably fine examples of TriebcpUia 

 crispa, Phaheuopsis grandiflora, Dendrobium anosmum, D. Dalhonsia- 

 num, D. densitlorum album, and D. nobile ; Saecolabiunts, Cattleyas, 

 Lfclias, Oncidium sarcodes, Cattleya Acklandi« with eight richly- 

 coloured flowers ; and, lastly, Cypripedinms, particularly caudatum, 

 one of which from Mr. Wilson, had nine flowers with petals 28^^ inches 

 long, by far tht- finest specimen shown of that handsome species. 



Awards — For fifty ; fijrst, R. Warner, Esq. For twenty : first, Mr. 

 Bullen; second, M'r. Page; third, Mr. Peed; fourth, Mr. Cullou. 

 For twelve {Norservmen) : first, Messrs. Veitch ; second, Mr. Williams ; 

 third, withheld ; fourth, Mr. Bull. For ten : first. Mr. Penny ; second, 

 Mr. Wilson ; third, J, Stevenson, Esq. ; fourth, Mr. ^Vlxeeler, gardener 

 to J, Pbilpott. E»i|.i &i«iiiford Hill. For six: first, Mr. HoffAcdr 

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second, Mr. Fairbaim ; third, Mr. Young, gardener to W. II. Stone, 

 Esq., Havant; fourth, Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to .1. J. Blandy, Esq. 

 For six (Nurserj-meu) : first, Messrs. Lee ; second, Mr. Rhodes ; 

 third, withheld; fourth, Messrs. Jackson & Sous. 



In new Orchids, the first prize was awarded to M. Linden, of 

 Brussels, for Aerides japouicum with greenish white sepals and petals 

 barred with rose, and ha\-ing rose markings in the Up ; the second, to 

 Messrs. Veitch, for Angi'a-cum citratum with small white flowers 

 having a slight lemon tinge, closely set on what, for a new Orchid, was 

 a long spike. Messrs. Backhouse sent Oncidium concolor with large 

 yellow flowers ; MessTS. Veitch, Cypripedium lievigatum, a very orna- 

 mental species ; Mr. Williams. Vunda eristata superba; Mr. Warner, 

 Cattleya Mossire Marianaj, a ver)- beautiful variety ; also, Trichopilia 

 crispa marginata, in which the flowers are bordered with white. A 

 fine variety of Miltonia spectabilis, and Dendrobium tanrinum, were 

 shown by J. Bateunm, Esq., of Biddulph Grange. 



Fot the best specimen Orchid, the first prize was awarded to Mr. J. 

 Charles, gardener to R. Bamett, Esq., Blackheath Park, for Phala"- 

 nopsis Luddemanniana with nine blooms, some of which were ex- 

 ceedingly fine. The second prize went to Mr. Cullen, for a good 

 Phalanopsis amabilis ; the third, to Mr. Bullen, for an immense plant 

 of Dendrobium nobile, measuring some 4 feet acro.ss and in fine 

 bloom ; and the fourih, to Mr. Webb, gardener to J. W. Miles, Esq., 

 Kingswestou, for AnsoUia africana with three fine spikes. 



Miscellaneous Orchids comprised PhiUa-uopsis Luddemanniana with 

 four fiue blooms ; Trichopilia tortile; Aspasia lunata with a white lip, 

 and the sepals and petals green, marked with brown ; a verv handsome 

 and compact specimen of Dendrobium densiflornm, Saccolabium 

 gnttatum splendeus, and some others, from Mr. WlIsou. gardener to 

 W. Marshall, Esq. ; and Aerides vircns and a few others were shown 

 by Mr. Parkur. of Tooting. 



Of variegated Orchids, Mr. Williams contributed a fine collection, 

 in which Phalaeuopsis Schilleriana was conspicuous, besides which 

 Goodyera discolor, Ana-ctoehilns petola, Lo\^'ii, setaceus, xanthophyl- 

 lus, and others of the same beautiful genus were in great perfection. 

 A fii'st pri;ie was awarded to Mr. Williams, and a third one to Mrs. 

 Glendinning and Sons. 



Before concludmg our remarks on the Orchids it is bnt an act of 

 simple justice to Mr. Ormson to state that the whole of the immense 

 tent in which these are exhibited is heated by him, fi"ee of charge, by 

 one of his now wrought-iron multitubular boilers ; and to give an idea 

 of the magnitude of this undertaking, we wiU mention that 3'2()0 feet 

 of pipe aud 1760 gallons of water are employed to heat 400,000 cubic 

 feet of air, and this, be it remembered, not in a glass structure, but 

 in a tent, through the walling of which the keen east winds which w« 

 have lately experienced have been continually finding their way. 



Palms. — In the classes specially devoted to these there were tine ex- 

 amples of Phcenix dactylifera, Latauia borboniea, Verschaffelti, and 

 Jenkinsii, Thrinax elegans, Conqiha anstralis, Chamjcrops humilis, 

 aud excelsa, Seaforthia elegans,' the Oil Palm, the noble Stevensonia 

 grnndifolia, or Phcenicophorium sechellarum as it is also called, the 

 Cocoa-nut, Arocas, and Astrocaryum mexicanum ; and many others 

 were scattered through various classes. 



Awards — For six: first, Mr. Fairbaim, gardener to the Duke'of 

 Northumberland, Sion ; second, Messrs. Veitch ; third, M. A. Ver- 

 schaffelt, Ghent. For three : first, Mr. Williams ; second, Messrs. 

 Jarkson it Son ; third, Mr. Bull. For the Lirgest and finest : first, 

 Mr. Young, gardener to B. Barclay, Esq., Highgate ; second, Mr. Bull ; 

 thiid, Mr. Williams. 



Cycads. — M. A. Vcrschaffelt received the first prize for Zamia cy- 

 cadsfolia, Z. caffra with a trunk 15 inches iu diameter, and Z. Ver- 

 schaffelti. Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Yates, Esq.. Highgate, who was 

 second, had fine plants of Cycas revoluta, Zamia caffra, and Z. muri- 

 cata ; and Mr. Williams, HoUoway, was third -vnth Dion edulo, Cycas 

 revolnta, and Zamia pungens. Among those from Mr. Bull was Cycaa 

 Riuminiaua, a slendor-stemmed kind from the Philippines. 



Pand-IXADS. — Among these we noticed remarkably fine specimens of 

 Pandnnns javanicus variegatns, P.oraatus, and P. elegantissimus from 

 Messrs. Veitch : Freycinetia imbricata, and Pandanus utiiis, and ro- 

 flexus from Mr. Williams ; and Messrs. Jackson sent Pandanus imbri- 

 catns. candelabrum, and javanicus variegatus. A fiue specimen of 

 Pandanus utiiis came from Messrs. Veitch ; and Mr. Youug, gardener 

 to R. Barclay. Esq., and Mr. Donald, gardener to J. G. Barclay. Esq., 

 Leyton, respectively sent P. elegantissimus and P. javanicus v.<iricgatus. 



Awards—For three : first, Messrs. Veitch ; second, Mr. Williams ; 

 third, Messrs. Jackson and Sons. For a single specimen : fij-st, Mr. 

 Young; second, Mr. Donald; third, Messrs. Veitch. 



Febns and Ltoopods. — The grand tree Ferns exhibited by Mr. 

 Williams, the in-door Plant Superintendent at the Crystal Palace, 

 formed conspicuous objects from every part of the Exhibition. They 

 consisted of three plants of Cyathea medullaris, two of Dicksonia ant- 

 orctica, ond'two of Cyathea dealbata, averaged "24 feet in height, and 

 had spreading heads about IG feet in diameter. The largest spe.cimen 

 of Cyathea medullarifl was magnificent, being no less than 30 feet 

 hi"h. Of stove aud greenhouse Ferns several admirable collections 

 wwe exhibited by Mr. Williams, Mr. Barnes, Messrs. Veitch, Mr. 

 Bull, and others, containing fine examples of Cibotinm princepa. 

 Schiedei; Dicksonia antarctica; Gleichenia semivestita, flabellat»; 

 Alsophila anstralis ; Cyathea medulUris, dealbata, aud Coopen ; Phitj- 



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