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JOUBNAIi OF HOPXICOLTUBE AND COTTAGE GAKDENRR. 



453 



'';,test, and in the hnnds cxf mgemons borticaltarists may, he thinks, bo 



-/.turned to good practical accoant. 

 Mr. Wills, Hnntroytle Park, Burnley: On sports produced 



• ' from Mrs. Pollock and other Pelargoniums. 



Tlic author is of opiniou that the varieties of variegated plants can- 

 not he perpetuated from Beed, hut only by propagation of sports. 



' kQtAij HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 June I^th. 



Competition* for Prizes Offered by Fellows. — Tbo subjects 

 irought forward in competition for these prizes constituted a special 

 show, which, though neither Tery brilliant nor esteusive, was, never- 

 theless, of considernblo interest. A greater proportion of lloweriug 

 plants and cut blooms would have rendered it much more attractive. 



XuE President's Phizes. — The lir^st prize, offered by the Duke of 

 Buccleuch, for the best uine plants Bcut out iu 1SG5, was taken by 

 Messrs. Veitch, with Adiautum colpodea, somewhat resembling A. ca- 

 pillus- Veneris, but with the young fronds tinged with copper colour ; 

 Verschaffeltia aplendida, a beautiful Palm ; Alteniauthera Bpathulatfl, 

 with rod foliage of various shades, and which if suthcieutly hardy may 

 be useful for edgings, but it is a native of Brazil ; Peperomia maculosa, 

 with thick, silvery-veined, concave leaves ; Dieffenbacliia Weirii, with 

 deep greeu leaveji, conspicnonaly blotched with pea green ; Dracaena 

 nigrescens, with very dark foliage ; Bertolonia pubcscens, with olive 

 green leaves broadly edged vnih bright green ; a Juniper from the 

 north of China ; and Ciymnogiamma flexuoaa. an elegant kind, with a 

 shining black rachis. The second prize, which in this as in the other 

 classes was added by the Council of the Society, went to Mr. Bull, 

 who exhibited Verschaffeltia splendida, Dractena uigrescene, the white- 

 variegated variety of Selaginella Marteusii ; Tcrminalift elegans, with 

 leaves resembling those of Pavetta borbouica, but trifoliate : Coprosma 

 Baueriaua variegata, with obovato leaves variegated with cream- 

 oolour ; Cycas plumosa, with rush-like foliage ; Saurauja sarapigiensis, 

 with handsome leaves ba^'ing reddish brown midribs ; Aucuba japo- 

 uica iVtmina elegans, with the foliage marked with creamy blotches, 

 sometimes occupir'iug three-fourths of the entire loaf ; and Asplenium 

 jnyriophyllum, a slender epecieb, with fincly-diWded fronds. 



The next class was fur tbo best nine plants sent out in 1864 and 

 18G5. Hero Mr. AVilJiams was first with Aiithuriuni Scherzeriauum 

 and cordifolinm or magnificiuu ; variegated Pampas Grass presenting 

 much the appearance of Gardtner's Garters ; Calamus Impcratrice 

 JVIarie, a graceful Palm, with, ivory spines on the under side of the 

 petiole ; variegated New Zealand Flax ; a good ^dant of Agave Schi- 

 digera ; Phalaiuopsis Luddeuianniana, ■\\'ith nine blooms ; Dieffenbachia 

 Baraquiniana, with white leaf^talksi. And Dracama Coopori. Messrs. 

 Veitch were second with Bieffenbachi^piTeirii ; Dracaena nigreseeus and 

 Cooperi ; Anthurium cordifulium and Scherzerianum ; Cypripedium 

 Pearcei, with two blooms, having short tails ; Gymnogramma Pearcei, 

 s. graceful greenhouse speciea ; Paudanua ornatns, with glossy green 

 leaves varying in intensity of colour according to their age ; and 

 Prnmnopitya elegaud, a Conifer having glossy Yew-like foliage. From 

 Ml'. Bull, to whom an extra prize was awarded, came Zamia cycadte- 

 folia, Antborium cordifoJium. Pandanus omatus, Dractena Cooperi, 

 JUaranta Van den Heckei, handsomely banded witli white ; Podocarpus 

 macrophyUns variegatns, having dark greeu leaves variegated with 

 white, intermixed with others wholly white ; a large green-leaved 

 female Aucuba ; Zalacea Wagneri and balpichlieua volubilis, with 

 large, deep green fronds. 



The first prize for single trusses of thirty-six Roses, including 

 varieties sent out iu 18G4 and IttGo, went to Ur. Turner; the second 

 to Messrs. Paul & Sou ; and in tho class for the best collection of new 

 Roses sent out iu the years just mentioued, the positions of the same 

 exhibitors were reversod. lloaes were generally not in good condition, 

 bat we remarked good examples of Olivier Delhomme, Leopold Haus- 

 burg, Charles Lefeb^re, Victor Verdier, Maurice Bernardin, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Gloire de Dijon, Exposition de Brie, a very pro- 

 mising sort; Joseph Fiala, Madame A. Halphen, Dr. Audry, James 

 Veitch, peculiar in colour, and liev. H. Dombraiu. A tine boxful of 

 .iladame Victor Verdier was shown by Mr. Turner ; and another of 

 -Princess Mary of Cambridge, by Messrs. Paul it Son. This variety, 

 about which some difference of opinion has existed, improves upon 

 acqnaintance, and wheu half blown is a pL*etty, pale T03e*coloared 

 flower. 



M?i. W. Wilson Sacsders's Prize for Exotic Econ"OMTC Plants. 

 -—The only competitor was Mr. Bull, who was adjudged a first prize for 

 healtky plants of tbo following : — Alligator Pear (Persea gratissima), 

 Allspice (Eugenia pimenta), Aniotto Dye Plant (Biia orellaua). Arrow- 

 root (Marauta arundiuacea). Balsam of Peru (Myroiylou Pereira)), 

 Bmaboo Cane (iiambusa arundinacea). Bark of Commerce (Cinchona 

 nobilis), Betle I'epppr (Piper betle). Black Pepper (piper nigrum), 

 Black Tea (Tbea Bohea), Cabbage Palm (Euterpe ednlis), Cardamon 

 (Amomum cardamomumj, Chinese Plantain Tree (Musa Cavcndishii), 

 Cocoa (Tbeobroma cacao), Cinnamon Tree (Cinnamomum verum). 

 Clove Tree (Caryophyllus aromaticusj, Coffee (Coffoa arabicu), Con- 

 trayerva Root (Dorstenia coutrayerva). Cotton Tree (Gossjpium her- 

 baceujtn), Croton Oil Plant (Crotou casoarilla), Cubebd Pepper (Piper 

 .eabeba rera), pate (Phui^uix dactyljfera), Gamboge (Xauthochjiaaa 



piotorias). Ginger (Zingiber oiBcinnlc), Grauadilla (Pasfciilora laori- 

 folia), Green Tea (Thea viridis), Grey Bark (Cinchona cordifolia), 

 Guttapercha Tree (Isonandra gutta), Indian-rubber (Ficus ela&tica). 

 Ipecacuanha (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), Jalap (Ipomteajalapa), Latanier 

 Pabu (Latania borbonicul. Lemon Grass (Cyiubopogon schcenanthas), 

 Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), Mango (Mangifera indica), Mangostecn 

 (Garcinia mangnstana), Manilla Hemp (Musa textilis), Mastic Treo 

 (Schinns moUe), Matiro (Artantho clongata), Nutmeg (Myristica 

 nioschata). Ordeal Bean (PhysoHtigma venenosum), PaliKsandra Wood 

 (Macha-rium finnum), Papaw Tree (Carica papaya), Paraguay Tea 

 (Ilex paragnayensis), Patchouli Scent Plant (Pogostemon patchouli). 

 Red Bark (Cinchona succirubra), Rico (On,-za sativa), SarsapariUa 

 (Sniilax sarsapaiilln). Soap Berry Tree {Sapindua Bai>onaria). Sugar 

 Cauti-, (Raccbarnm officinarum). Sugar Palm (Areuga saccbarifera). 

 Sweet Potato (Batatas ednlis), Sweet Sop (Anona squamosa). Tallow 

 Tree (Stiilingia sebifera), Travellers' Tree (Ravenalia madaga^- 

 cariensis). Vanilla (Vauilla aromatica), Violet Sugar Cane (Saccbarnm 

 violacenm). Besides the collection of the above plants shown by Mr. 

 Bull, a number came from the Society's garden. Among these wero 

 Sugar Cane, Tobacco, Peppers, Ginger, Peruvian Bark, Gamboge, 

 Lemon Grass, the Condle Tree, the Chocolate Tree, Paraguay Teo, 

 and the Alligator Pear. 



Lady Dorothy Ne\txl's Prize for Exotic Fkuns. — The best 

 ten camo from Mr. "Williams, of Holloway, and consisted of handsome 

 specimens of Cyathea dealbata, Dicksonia antarctica and squarrosa, 

 and excellent examples of Cibotium princeps, Lomaria gibba, Todea 

 africana, Woodwardia radicans, Gleic}ieniasemi-vestita,and the Bird'a- 

 nest Fern (Neottoptcris vulgaris). The last was in splendid condition, 

 having fronds from 3 to 4 feet in length, and of which the bright 

 shining green formed a striking contrast with the purplish brown mid- 

 ribs. In Mr. Bull's ten, which were second, were fiue trees of Dick- 

 ponia antarctica, and Alsophila excelsa, Cyatheas, Alsophila australis, 

 Marattia elegans, Dicksonia cinnaniomea, and Gleichenias semi- 

 vestita and microphylla. Mr. C. Walton, Manor House, East Acton, 

 had an extra prize for smaller plants, among which were Pteris tri- 

 color, with a young frond finely coloured, several Adiantums, Pteris 

 serrulata, the long, narrow, grass-like divisions of the fronds of which 

 are so useful for floral decorations ; Pteris tremula, Woodwardia 

 radicans, and the glossy green Cyrtomium falcatum. 



MvjoR K. Trevor Claree'r Prize for Bromeliads. — This va^ 

 awarded to Mr. Williams, of Holloway, who was the only exhibitor- 

 His collection contained the variegated Ananassa ; Guzmannia graudis. 

 with pale green leaves mottled with dark green; G. tricolor; several 

 Nidulariums, two of the prettiest being N. Innocentii, and Meyeudorlhi, 

 both with red bracts, and the former having the reverso of the leaves 

 of ft metallic dark purple ; two species of Hechtia, with the spiny 

 leaves gracefully cuiTing do^mwai-ds ; Puja lecnrvata, a handsoiifto 

 plant ; and Dyclda remotiflora. .] 



2\'izej/ur fropicid and Snh- Tropical Fniiffi, Sfrairhrnr.^ in PoOi 

 and Fihny Ferns, were offered respectively by Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, 

 Dr. Hogg, Mr. G. F. Wilson, and ilr. Alexander Scrattou, but no 

 oompetitors came forward. 



Ladies' Prizes for In-door Plants.— These were offered by the 

 proprietors of the Gardrners' ('hronirIr,Rnd, as was tho case two yearLi 

 ago, the first was awarded to Mrs. Dombraiu. Deal, for a good healthy 

 plant of Adiantum cuneatum, which had lieen grown upwards of tw(> 

 years in a sitting-room where gas is burnt. The second prize went to 

 Mrs. Marshall, The Firs. Enfield, for Davallia cauariensis in excellent 

 health, though it had i)ceu kept five years in a sitting-room. Miss 

 Fisher, City Road, took tho third for another Hare's-foot Fern, which, 

 it was stated, bad been kept in a room nine years, and it, too, was w^ll 

 grown and in excellent condition. From Viscountess Doneraiht eame 

 j-Kchmea fulgens, Aspidistra hirida variegata, and Dracama Cooperi. 

 each of which had been kept in a drawing-room in Loudon since tho 

 beginning of April ; from Mrs. Hooke. Fulham, Cvpripedium bar- 

 batum majus with six good Idooms, and kept seven weelis in a drawing- 

 room ; and from Miss Willmms, Highgate. Dmciena grandis and 

 Rhyncospermum jasminoides, each of whi<;h had been six weeks in n, 

 room; also, Rhapis hnmilis, ten weeks. Mrs. Wyatt, Upper Tooting, 

 exhibited Louicera aureo-reticnlata, trained on a flat trollis to form.. a 

 window-screen ; and the same Honeysuckle, haHoon-traiucd. and inter- 

 mixed with 2»Iaurandva Barclayiiua, came fvom Lady Adeliza Norman. 

 Campden Hill. Mrs. Hill, Highgate, contributed two plants of Bip- 

 nonia iusignis, which had been growing for fifteen months in a wijidow 

 facing the north, and a plant of Richardia setliiopjcii, with excellept 

 foliage, which had been six months in a similar position. Miss 

 Baring, Surbiton, bad a silvery-leaved Begonia ; and Miss Bannerman. 

 Upper Tooting, a ^^-Indow- screen of German Ivy, and oniaraent^J 

 with Roses, Rhododendrons, and otbor cut flowers, aud Fcnia at the 

 base. 



Miscellaneoi's. — Extra prizes were awarded to Mr. Burley, Albert 

 Nursery, Bayffwatcr, for Palms, DrftCffinas, and Alpiuia nutans ; and 

 to Messrs. E. G. Henderson for tricolor aud variegntedleavedPolar- 

 gonioms, and for novelties, which, along with other subjects, are. sepa- 

 rately noticed in our Floral Committee report. From Messrs. Vmich 

 camo Lilium auratum, producing semi-double flowers, and from Mr. 

 Bull Maranta splendida, Liudenii, rosoo-picta. and Bertolonia margan - 

 tacea, all remarkable for the great beauty of their vanously-markod 

 loavee. Mr. Williams, Holloway, contributed variogated Orchids iu 

 beantiiol condition, especially An»cto«hiIas Lowii and intermedia ; Wr- 



