May 18, 1876. 1 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Esq., Peterborough House, Fulham, being second -with plants 

 potted from the lorder. In this group Narciasns poetarum was 

 very beautiful, and Saxifraga granulata plena (pure white) was 

 also effective. The third prize was awarded to Mr. Elliott, 

 gardener to L. Clark, Esq., Sydenham Hill. An extra prize was 

 awarded to Mr. R. Dean for a very chaste group. 



In Class 12, for eight Gold and Silver Tricolor relargoninms, 

 distinct (aurserymen), prizes of i'lO, £(5, and .i'l were provided. 

 Mr. H. Coppin, The Rose Nurseries, Shirley, Croydon, was first 

 with perhaps the finest plants ever exhibited. The plants were 

 mostly flat- trained and were 2 to 3 feet across, the foliage being 

 in perfect health and colour. The largest plant was Madame 

 Patti [Mrs. Eousby] ; the best formed plant— a semi-globe— 

 Mrs. Laing. These with Italia Unita and Mr. John Clatton 

 being Silvers ; the Golds being Plutarch, Mrs. Turner, Sir R. 

 Napier, and Countess Tyroonnel. Mr. Meadmore, Romford, 

 being second with compact highly-coloured plants; Mr. Mould, 

 Pewsey, Wilts, being third for smaller plants, and Mr. Burley, 

 Brentwood, commended. 



In the corresponding amateurs' class for six plants the prizes 

 were i'G, £i, and £i. The first place was secured by Mr. North, 

 gardener to H. J. Hill, Esq., Cornwallis, Brentwood, who had 

 Bemi-globular plants 18 inches in diameter. Carter's Prince of 

 Wales being the best of the Golds, and Countess Tasker of the 

 Silvers. Mr. J. Hinnell, gardener to T. A. Davis, Esq., Angle- 

 eea House, Norbiton, being second with not formally trained 

 but healthy well-coloured plants. Mr. Watson, gardener to 

 T. H. Bryant, Esq., Glencairn, Surbiton Hill, third. 



In Class 14, for twelve plants suitable for dinner-table decora- 

 tion, in pots not exceeding C inches in diameter (open), i;6, £i, 

 and £'6 were offered. Mr. Bull won first honours with very neat 

 and bright plants 18 inches high, comprising Croton spirale 

 and C. majesticum, Aralia elegantissima and A. leptophylla, 

 Cocos Weddeliana, Raphia flabelliformis. Thriuax argentea, 

 Dracffinas Cooperi and amabilis, Pandauus Veitchii, and Cyperas 

 alternifolias variegatus. Messrs. W. RoUisson & Sons had the 

 second place with rather smaller plants of nearly the same 

 sorts ; the third prize going to Mr. Wright, Florist, Lee, Kent ; 

 and an extra prize being awarded to Mr. T. Lambert, gardener 

 to H. W. Segeloke, Esq., Heme Hill. In Class 15, for twelve 

 new and rare plants (open), ±'12, ±8, and £3 were provided. Mr. 

 Bull secured the first honours with a formidable collection, 

 every plant of which was in the full gloss of perfect health. At 

 the back were the two grand Palms Pritchardia grandis and 

 Kentia Moorei, fine examples of Encephalartos Vroomi, and 

 Croton majesticum ; the front circle coHtaining Dracrana 

 Goldieana, Croton spirale, and Adiantam gracillimum, a fine 

 trio ; also Pandanua Veitchii, Croton volatum, Phyllotienium 

 Liudeni, Dracrena Shepherdii, and Paullinia thalictrifalia. Mr. 

 B. S. Williams having the second place also with a very fine 

 group, Zamia australis, Pandanus Veitchii, and Adiantam gra- 

 cillimum being especially noticeable. Araucaria Goldieana, a 

 fine Australian introduction, imparted a distinct feature to this 

 group, which also contained a good example of Kentia Moorei. 

 The third prize was awarded to Messrs. RoUisson for smaller but 

 good plants. In Class 16, for six plants (excluding Orchids) 

 never before exhibited in Europe, the prizes were £9, £6, and £i. 

 Mr. Bull staged Dracfena nivalis, a green-and-white variety, 

 very good ; DieiJenbachia iUustris, dark green with creamy 

 blotches; Eucharis Candida, Eranthemum tricolor, bronzy 

 foliage marbled with red and green ; Katokidozamia Hopei, and 

 Pandanus princeps, and secured the first prize. 



In Class 17, for sixDracsouas (amateurs), £6, £4, and £3 were 

 provided. Mr. Legg, gardener to S. Ralli, Esq., Cleveland 

 House, Clapham Park, had the first prize for a splendid group, 

 comprising D. Shepherdii, C feet in height ; Frascrii, exceedingly 

 fine; Weismannii, Baptiati, Mooreana, and Toungii. No plants 

 could exhibit better evidence of superior cultivation than these. 

 Mr. Strahan, gardener to P. Crowley, Esq , Waddon House, 

 Croydon, being placed second. In the corresponding nursery- 

 men's class for twelve DracjBuas the prizes were i;i2, i'8, and 

 £6. Mr. Bull had first honours with a superior collection in ex- 

 cellent health and colour. It comprised;D. Goldieana, Rex, ferrea 

 variegata, imperialia, triumphaus, elegantiasima, amabilis, mag- 

 nifica, exoelsa, and the sorts named in Mr. Legg's collection ; 

 Mr. B. S. Williams being placed second for large plants, and 

 Messrs. KolUsson & Son third for bright, fresh, smaller speci- 

 mens. An extra prize was awarded to Mr. Wright, nurseryman, 

 Lee, Kent, who staged in his collection a flue example of 

 D. Shepherdii. 



In Class 19, for twelve stove and greenhouse Ferns (open), in 

 pots not exceeding 10 inches in diameter, £S, £o, and £3 were 

 offered. Mr. B. S. Williams was in usual place — first. His plants 

 were not large but distinct, including Polystiobum lepidocaulon, 

 Woodwardia radicius cristata, Lomariacycadoides, Platycerium 

 grande, &c. Mr. \V. Smith, gardener to A. Cooper, Esq., Park 

 Koad, Twickenham, was second, and Mr. Wheeler third for 

 smaller plants. 



In Class 23, for six Orchids (amateurs), the prizes were .£5, £3, 

 and £2. Mr. Ward, gardener to P. G. Wilkiua, Esq., was first 



with Odontoglossum Phalsonopsis, very fine; Oncidiura serra- 

 tam, Vanda tricolor, Lycaste Skinnori, Odontoglossum Pesca- 

 torei, and Cypripedium villosum, all very good. Mr. James, 

 gardener to W. F. Watson, Esq., Redlees, Isleworth, was second 

 with Cattleya Mossiro, a splendid specimen, with upwards of 

 thirty flowers ; Cypripedium barbatuin grandiflorum, very fine; 

 OdoutogloBBum Peucatorei, Oucidium cucuUatnm, Vanda tri- 

 color, aud Oucidium ampliatum major. Mr. Wheeler, gardener 

 to Sir F. Goldsmid, had the third prize. The prizes being of 

 the same value in the nurserymen's class for the same number 

 of plants, Mr. B. S. Williams having the premier place with 

 Vanda suavis, seven spikes ; Oucidium sphacelatum, eight fine 

 spikes; Odontoglossum Pescatorei, the same plants that were 

 exhibited at Brussels ; Cypripedium barbatum, with forty 

 flowers ; Saccolabium ampullaceum, and Anguloa Clowesiana. 

 Messrs. RoUisson & Son were second, their collection including 

 a good pot of Cypripedium niveum aud the beautiful Dendro- 

 bium Falconeri. 



For twelve bunches of hardy cut flowers the first prize was 

 won by Mr. R. Parker, Tooting. The flowers were arranged 

 in G-iuch pots of wet sand, the flowers being surrounded by 

 foliage. 'They composed Adysetum orientale, Scilla nutans 

 violacea and S. nutans rosea, Aponogeton distachyon. Orchis 

 foliosa, aud Irises being the most attractive pots in this charm- 

 ing group. The second piize was awarded to Mr. Roberts, 

 gardener to W. Terry, Esq., Peterborough House, Fulham. 

 Mr. Dean, Baling, also exhibited. 



Valuable miscellaneous groups were staged, and extra prizes 

 were awarded to the following exhibitors : — Messrs. W. Cutbush 

 and Son, The Nurseries, Higbgate, f -r Azaleas ; Messrs. Osborn 

 and Sons, for Palms aud ornamental plants ; Mr. T. Pestridge, 

 Boston Park Road Nursery, Brentford, for Tricolor Pelargo- 

 niums; Messrs. W. RoUisson & Sons, The Nurseries, Tooting, 

 for a valuable mixed collection ; Mr. G. Toms, gardener to H. T. 

 Wetenhall, Esq., The Poplars, Seven Sisters Road, N., for stove 

 aud greenhouse plants ; Mr. J. Ward, gardener to F. G. Witkins, 

 Esq., Leyton, for ditto, very good ; Mr. B. S. Williams, The 

 Nurseries, Upper Holloway, for a large and excellent mixed col- 

 lection ; Messrs. H. Lane & Son, The Nurseries, Great Berk- 

 hampstead, for a group of Azalea mollis ; Messrs. Paul & Son, 

 Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, and Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Paul's 

 Nurseries, Waltham Cross, for Roses ; Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale 

 Farm Nurseries, Totteuham, for excellent Pansies in seventy 

 varieties; and Mr. Earley, Valentines, Ilford, collection of 

 Apples and Pears. 



First-class certificates were given to Mr. Bull for new Palms, 

 Pritchardia grandis and Kentia Moorei ; for Dracsena Goldieana, 

 D. Rex, D. triumphaus, and Katokidozamia Hopei, a fine Cycad ; 

 to Mr. Turner for Azaleas Flambeau, rich crimson scarlet, and 

 Jean Vervaene, salmon-flaked rose and white edge, fine ; also 

 for Roses Rev. J. B. M. Camm, J. Stuart Mill, and Jean Ducher. 

 To Mr. B. S. Williams for Aralia elegantissima and Araucaria 

 Goldieana, a distinct kind and highly ornamental by its pendulous 

 branchlets ; to Messrs. W. RoUisson & Sons for Trichomanea 

 Banorofci, one of the most charming ol Filmy Ferns; to Messrs. 

 Osborn & Sons for Pyrethrum aureum laoiniatum, highly dis- 

 tinct and novel ; to Mr. Dean for Primula cortusoides grandi- 

 dora maxima, a fine and large form of P. c. amoeaa ; and to 

 Messrs. Jackman for their splendid doable Clematis Countess 

 of Lovelace and C. Princess of Wales. 



BOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



M.iT 17th. 

 Fruit Committee. — Henry Webb, Esq., in the chair. Messrs. 

 Harrison & Son of Leicester sent specimens of Annie Elizabeth 

 Apple, which was certificated two years ago. A seedling Apple 

 was sent by Mr. Bland, Fordham near Soham, which was in 

 very good condition at this season. It is a medium-sized fruit, 

 somewhat conical, and was very acid in flavour. A brace of 

 Cucumbers was sent by Mr. Joha Porter, Freshfield, Liverpool, 

 which was recognised as Telegraph. Mr. F. Bates, gardener to 

 G. Moore, Esq., Appleby Hall, Atherstone, sent a brace of 

 Cucumbers called Appleby Favourite. It was considered coarse 

 and not equal to others in cultivation. Mr. James Batters, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Willis Fleming, Chilworth Manor, Romsey, sent 

 four varieties of vegetables grown in 9-inch pots on the shelves 

 of a cool house. They were much admired, and a cultural com- 

 mendation was unanimously awarded. The kinds were Potatoes, 

 Peas, Vegetable Marrow, and Broad Beams. Mr. J. OUerhead, 

 gardener to Sir H. Peek, Wimbledon House, sent a splendid 

 bunch of frait of Musa Cavendishi weighing 97 lbs. A cultural 

 commendation was unanimously awarded. Mr. Sage of Ash- 

 ridge Park Gardens exhibited the bine and fruit of Cucumbers 

 affected with the gangrene which attacks the plant. Mr. Horley 

 of Toddington, Beds, sent plants of a very beautifully varie- 

 gated Broccoli. The blade of the leaf is a pure white, and the 

 edge is dark green about half an inch wide. The Committee 

 thought it very ornameatal, and unanimously awarded it a flrst- 

 class certificate as a decorative plant. 



