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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[July 20, 



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plant : Lasiandra petiolata, a plant thrcr feet ID dia- 

 metrr. and producing very prety blue flojwfl ; 1 

 nocoma prolifrra. a very fine specimen; Cupl.ea Mi 

 villai, two Urge plants producing large scarlet flowers 

 tipped with given; I'entas car t. a dwarf and wrl!- 



bloomed plant ; Manettia eordifolie, vrry fine *\ 

 de-enbed in our lost report, but rather past tbeii best ; 

 Static* mscrophylla, with a fine spike of bloom ; S. stall- 

 ata, a neat plant; and a very pretty specimen of Mir- 



belia ilicifolia. 



In addition to the above, Mr. Robertson produced a 

 remarkably fine plant of Vine* rosea ocellata in perfect 

 bloom; Siphocampvlus betulifolius, a good specimen; 

 Achimenes grandiHora, a weil-gro*n and noble sperm d 

 in most profuse bloom ; two plsnts of Angelina Gar 

 neriana, prodecinf prt ly-tpotted purple flowers in 

 long spikes, and sgrest abundance of them; a remarkably 

 fine specimen, before noticed, of Lswihenaullia formosa ; 

 Atclrpias curassavica, a good specimen ; a nice plant of 

 Osbeckia chmensis, with roie-mloured flowe.s ; Clero- 

 deodrum calamitosum, a pretty specimen; with a beauti- 

 ful plant of Cassis corymbose, and a number of other 

 good plants. All that this collection required to render 

 it pei feet, HOtfislljf on a dull day, was a greater nuinbe. 

 of various coloured Mowers, as scarle', orange, and yellow ; 

 but under the present regulations, it is almost impotsibl 

 to introduce them.— The collection of pirn's from Mr. 

 Krsze , of the Lea-bridge-road, was particularly remark- 

 able f.-r line cultivation, and clean and excellent growth 

 Belter taste bad also been displayed in the selection oi 

 the colours, and also in their anangenuxt on the stage. 

 i BMMt n inarkable plant was a very fine specimen « I 



Kalosautbes coccinea, loaded with »U b right ■ Bil let 



flowers ; a very large and admirably-managed plant of 

 Vinca rosea albs, in exi client bloom ; Rocllu ciliaU, an 

 admirable plant, 1.". mi. in diameter, and nearly the 



same In height, snd covered with its beautiful pale 

 bl urple flowers ; Euthales marn.phyllu, s 



lovely plant, four feet high, snd the same In dia- 

 meter, densely covered with beautiful yellow flowers; 

 Angelonia Gsrdneriana, a very handsome plant ; 

 with ( rowea saligna I fine bloom, arnd good plants of 

 Vinca rosea, and Gardoquia llookeii, a plant which, 

 generally, is not blooming in good condition this season. 

 Mr. Fraser had also plants in excellent condition of 

 fioronia viminea and Lescbenaultia formosa. — Mr. Epps, 

 of the Bower Nursery, Maidstone, contributed a group 

 of 15 plants, among which were tome new things, and 

 well-grown specimens of Coleoneroa rubrum ; a fine plant, 

 well hloome. f Sollya heterophylla; Clerodeodrum squa- 

 matum, a very dwarf plant, with two spikes of bloom ; 

 an admirably-bloomed specimen of Achimenes multitlom; 

 and a tolerable plant of Achimenes grandifiora, apparently 

 from a le crown this aeasO".— Mr. Kppa sent a very 



pretty specimen of Brugmainna fl'>nbiimla, with orange 

 flower*; a neat plant of lilosvjnia Cartoni ; and go .1 

 plants in profuse bloom of Begonia parviflora, Torenia 

 •Cabra, and Vines rosea and rosea slba. For a new 

 beginner, this collection wss very creditable, especially 

 considering it had been conveyed upwards of 40 miles to 

 the place of exhibition. — Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. An- 

 trobus, Barf., and Mr. Redding, gr. to Mrs. Msrryat, 

 produced collections in the 15th Class, but neither were 

 particularly remarkable. Mr. Green's contained two 

 handsome plants, and these were Coleoneroa rubrum 

 and Stepbanotus floribundus. — Groups of six plants 

 were shown by Mr. Bruce, gr. to Boyd Miller, Esq , 

 of Mitcham, Mr. Slowe, gr. to W. R. Baker, Esq., 

 Bayfordbury Park, Herts, Mr. Stanley, gr. to 11. 

 Berens Esq., Sidcup, Kent, and Mr. Cox of Stock- 

 well. Mr. Bruce's plants were, a very admirable 

 specimen of Pentas carnea, said to have been giowi 

 in the open air ; Achimenes longirlora, the flowers 

 moat beautifully coloured ; Aphelexis humilis, a 

 lovely plant ; Clerodendrum squamatum, well-grown ; 

 and good plants of the old Phymatanthus or Pelargo- 

 nium tricolor, and Pimelea decussata. The best plants in 

 Mr. Slowe's collection were Bossisea linophylla, not quite 

 sufficiently in bloom ; Crowea saligna, a premising 

 plant ; Swainsona galegifolia ; Vinca alba ; and Cam- 

 panula Barrellieri.— Mr. Stanley had fine plants : Les- 

 chenaultia formosa, Gloxinia Alenzieaii, and Niphsea 

 oblonga ; but Begonia parviflora, Achimenes roaea, and 

 Vinca ocellata, in the same collection, were spoilt by the 

 injudicious use of sticks. — Mr. Cox's collection was not 



remarkable. 



Of Climbing Plants, only one collection was pro- 

 duced, and that came from Mr. Frazer. It contained a 

 very handsome specimen of Allamanda cathartica ; ex- 

 cellent plants, Sollya angustifolia and linearis, with 

 Manettia cordifolia, Hoya carnosa, and Stephanotus 



floribundus. 



From the Nursery of Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, 

 were a collection of Statices, consisting of S. sinu- 

 ata, a very pretty species ; Pseudo-armeria, a variety 

 with pink flowers, said to be hardy ; with S. Gmelini 

 mucronata, Dickensoni, arborea and incana.— Messrs. 

 Mountjoy, of Ealng, sent 12 very fine plants of Lilium 

 exiraium, in beautiful bloom, and 6 remarkably well- 

 grown specimens of Gloxinia rubra and maxima alba, 

 most profusely covered with bloom.— Mr. Dobson, gr. 

 to Mr. Beck, of Isleworth, sent 7 very fine plants of 

 Achimenes, but with rather pale flowers; and Mr. Cut- 

 bill, Nurseryman, of Camberwell, 10 beautifully grown 

 plants iisiantbus Russellianus, a plant for the suc- 



cessful cultivation of which he has been so long celebrated. 

 Among New Plants the most remarkable was a 

 specimen from Mr. Robertson, called Saurauja spectabilis. 



the bunch, and d- < eslf sweet-scented. Another 

 Htfioos new plant C hiococca racemosa. was produced by 



Mr. 1 vies, gr. to Sir George Larpeut. It had small 

 fellow flowers, which were »ibundsn»ly producrd. — Mr. 

 Gad, gr. to Thomas L*-no*. Esq., of Plaistow, Essex, com- 

 munica'ed a phnt of Brugmansia flonhuiida, in good 

 bloom ; Messrs. Mountjoy,a plant of Gloxinia cerina, with 



pak pink flowers, and said to be a half-bred fcinni a; 

 Mr. Stanley, a species of Thysanotu*, tbe flowers of 

 which open early in the day, but close towards noon : 

 and Mr. Jackson', a plant of Gesneria, with particularly 

 bright scarlet Sowers, which were profusely produced. — 

 Prom the Norse ry of Mr. Prase* was a plant of Gom- 



phoiobioei splrndeiis, with yellow flowers; and Mr. 

 Ayres, gr. to James Cook, Esq., not a plant of a hybrid 

 Achiui. s, said to h :ve been raised between A. rosea 

 and eoctinea, and called A. Beatoni. It was too near 

 A. roccinea.— Mr. Miller, of the Providence Nursery, 

 K.n.sgate, sent a large pleat of Petunia punctata, which 

 fully realised all that has be. n said of it. Tbe flowers 



open of a bsoith purple colour, but astheyadvai.ee in 



age become marked or blot d with white, and this 

 bangC l tinues until the flowers at last are almost 

 wi wily white. The plants, however, which we have seen 

 in the op. ■ borders, do not at present show any of the 

 spotted < hnractt-r, but continue a dirty purple until they 

 decaf ; so thai, though the plant may do as a curiosity 

 tor pot culture, it will never be of any use for bedding 



out; indeed, to make the roost of it, the spotted on. 

 Hre hut faded flowers. A number of other plants were 

 shown in th>s class, but. unfortunately for the exhibitors 

 they were . -niered wrong, and consequently no award of 

 :izes wss i c to tbern. 



Of Single Specimens, some remarkable plsnts were 

 exhibited, especially s large specimen of Gloiiosa 

 -nperba. Opwards of six feet h-gh, and in splendid bloom. 

 This was by far the best pot specimen of this plant we 

 ever saw, but through a mis-entry no prize was awarded 

 to it. — A very curious plant with pink flowers protrad- 

 ing from all parts of the old wood of the plant, even from 

 the surface of the pot to the extreme point, was sent by 

 Mr. Ilobei -Son, and called Medinilla erythrophylla ; he 

 had another beautiful and singular plant, called Le- 

 monia apcctabilis.— From the Nursery of Mr. Frazer 

 was s magnificent specimen of Crowes saliena, in excel- 

 lent health | and Mr. Hyde, gr. to B. Cotton, Esq., sent 

 a noble specimen of Lisianthus Russellianus, covered 

 with upward* of three hundred flower-buds.— Mr. Bai- 

 ley, gr to His Grace the Archbishop of ^ ork, sent two 

 exceedingly well-grown plants <»f Kulosanthesniiids, and 



raudiflora rainiata ; they were three feet bigb and three 



et in diameter, but tbe bloom was not in proporti to 



the size of the plants. They were, however, admirable 

 sp. in ns of cultivation, and deserving of all pr • — 

 Stattce sinuate, a lovely specimen, was communi. fed by 



lr. Jackson ; Achimrnes longitlora, remarkably good, 

 by Mr. Bruce ; and A. longirlora and grandifiora, super- 

 latively excellent, by Mr. Kobei tsen,— Sedum toituosum 

 came from Mr. Doran, gr. to Thos. Hawes, Esq.; and 

 LescJienaulfia formosa, from Mr. Poole, of Ley ton, 

 Essex. — A fine plant of Sollya linearis, was sent by Mr. 

 Hopgood, of Uayswater ; Tristania neriifolia, with yellow 

 flowers, by Mr. May, of Woodford ; Erica ampullacea, 

 a splendid plant, by Mr. Dawson, of Brixton Hill ; E. 

 tricolor superba, by Messrs. Henderson; and E. tricolor 

 elegans radiata, an excellent plant, and eximia, a fine speci- 

 men, by Mr. Robertson, who also sent a grand plant, 

 10 feet high, of Nepenthes distillatoria, the singular 

 Pitcher plant, which was covered with pitchers, and was 

 very much admired. The curious Erica tetragons, 

 and a tolerable plant of E. eximia, were sent by Mr. 

 Hudson. 



A number of Collections of Heaths were shown by 

 various persons, and among them were some admirable 

 specimens. — Mr. Robertson produced fine plants of Par- 

 men teriana rosea; gemmifera, in fine bloom ; depressa, 

 an excellent specimen, in perfect health and bloom ; viri- 

 diflora, with green flowers, a good plant ; cerinthoides 

 major, an excellent plant ; jasminiflora alba, a good 

 plant, in perfect bloom ; Cavendishii and ampullacea, 

 both good ; a nice plant of obbata, and another of am- 

 pullacea vittata. Mr. Robertson had, moreover, good 

 plants of a variety called Lannonii, with venfricosa rosea, 

 globosa, and superba ; and also eximia radiata, tricolor 

 elegans, and inflata alba. — Mr. Jackson's collection con- 



like the preceding, were principally plants in their second 

 year's growth, and bad been potted, for the most part, on 

 the "one-shift system." — Auothtr collection of 20 plaits 

 was sent by Mr. Green ; it contained good plants of 

 elegans and eximia, Cavendishii, ampullacea, Shannooii, 

 ventricosa superba, viridiflora, metulirtora bicolor, 

 tricolor elegans (a fine plant) ; inflata, Massonii, 

 well bloomed ; ampullacea vittata, with Coventryana, 

 parmenteriana rosea, depressa, and jasminoides. — 

 In the groups of 6 plants, Mr. Bruce sent a good 

 specimen of tricolor elegans ; princeps, very pretty ; 

 Irbyana, viridiflora, ampullacea, and a good plant 

 of eximia. — A Collection, consisting of small plants of 

 E. rubms, viridiflora. ampullacea, lrbyatiH, eximia, and 

 Jasminoides, was sent by Mr. Doran.— In tbe Nursery- 

 men's Class, Mr. Frazer produced E. lubens, eximia, 

 I'ririnenteriana rosea, Irbyana, Westphaiingia, snd ara- 

 pull-u-ea superba; Mr. Dawson, of Brixton, a splendid 

 E. Irbyana, Maetonti fine, with Snvilliana jasminiflora, 

 ampullacea major, and a variety miscalled infundiboli- 

 formis. Among others, Mr. Glendinnintr, of the Cliis- 

 wick Nursery, had ampullacea vittata, tricolor carnosa, 

 ventricosa breviflora, pulcberrima, infl-ota, and ampullacea. 

 Rosks in Pots were shown by Mr. Dobson, gr. to 

 Mr.l k ; and M t ssrs. Lane and Sons, of B.rkhampstesd. 

 They were not so good as at former meetings, while the 

 kinds were nearly the same ; and indeed tbe pot culture 

 of this popular flower has been confined too much to 

 those kinds which it was known would grow in pots, 

 while those kinds about the management of which there 

 is some doubt have been to a great extent neglected. 

 Another season we hope to see prizes for large collec- 

 tions, and also for (say six plants) of each class of Hybrid 

 China, Galliea, H. Bourbon, Bourbon, Moss, China, 

 Tea, &c. In this manner all the popular tribes will be 

 properly represented, and tbe cultivation will not, as is 

 the case now to a gicat extent, be confined to certain 

 popular varieties. The best of the '.kinds sent by Mr. 

 Dobson were Elise Sauvage, Barbon, General Allard, 

 Queen of the Bourbons, Highclere seedling, resembling 

 Devcniensis, Celimene, and Augustine Mayet. The 

 plants were healthy and clean, but the flowers rather 

 destitute of colour. Messrs. Lime's Collection consisted 

 of Psyche, Charles Duval, Elise Sauvage, Fabvier, Mira- 

 bile, Corate d'Osmond, Triomphe de Luxembourg, 

 Napoleon, Due d'Aumale, Emilie Courtier. Princess de 

 Mecklenberg, CramoUie superieure, Diana Vernon, Pro- 

 serpine, Taglioni, and Gouda. Some of M rs. Lane t 

 plants were not so clean as they might have been, but 

 generally they evinced good management. 



Of Cut Roses, those from Messrs. Paul, of Cheshunt, 

 were the facet, and were exhibited in Urge groups of a 

 dozen or more flowers, and being placed single had a very 

 fine effect. They consisted of Charles Duval, Jaune 

 Desprez, Bouquetk Flore, Crested Provence, Win. Jesse, 

 ' Lamarque, General Allard, Grain d'Or, Madame Des- 



' choulteres, Celimene, Amiable Queen, Icheymaker, Nan- 

 nette, Acidalie, Emilie Courtier, FelicitC perpe'tuel, 

 Edward Jesse, Eugene Beauhamais, Josephine Malton, 

 Aubernoir, African Black, Duchess of Sutherland, Mrs. 

 Bosanouet, Charles Sir, Niphets, a splendid kind, Ma- 

 dame Nerard, Louis-Buonaparte, Miss Elliot, Devonien- 

 sis, Perpetual Rivers, Paul Joseph Augustine Leheur, 

 Jaune, Comte de Paris, Madame Laffay, Bourbon Queen, 

 Proserpine, Fleur d'Amour, Lady Stewart, Marie de 

 Nerra, Pompone bicolor, Enchantress, and Ne plus 

 Ultra. — Messrs. Lane's varieties consisted of the fol- 

 lowing :— They were fine flowers, and arranged in rows 

 across tbe box, after the manner of Messrs. Lee at the 

 June fete; Devoniensis, General Christiana, Gran- 

 dissima, Duchess Montebello, Prince de Provence, 

 Blush Provence, D'Angrusseau, Due de Trevise, Charles 

 Duval, White Globe Hip, Belle de Uosny, Cynthe, 

 Chatelaine, Paul Joseph, Queen, Lafite, La Sedu.sante, 



Berrver, Gen. Foy, Boula de Nanteuil, Triomphe de la 

 guerre, Ohl, Eugene Barbot, Bizarre Msrbre. Q«*n of 

 Denmark, Madam Hardy, Lady A. Po , D "<* c " f 

 Sutherland, William Jesse, Prince of W ■ l «» A » bern r ?"; 

 Robin Hood, Madame Laffay, and Miss ^! ll0lt -'" 1 ° c 

 kinds sent by Messrs. H. and C. Cobbett ^™£jm« f 



listed of E. ampullacea and a. rubra ; cerinthoides, a fine 

 plant ; Westphalingia, in fine health and bloom ; jasmini- 

 flora alba; Jacksoni, a fine plant; Massoni, in good 

 bloom ; tricolor superba, fine; and a seedling variety, 

 equally good ; ventricosa Bothwelliana and purpurea, both 

 very large ; with inflata, priuceps, eximia, and gemmi- 

 fera, in good health. Mr. Jackson also sent a large 

 plant of E. jubata, 4 feet high, and 4 feet through, very 

 fine; a seedling from Shannonii, a good variety; and 

 also ampullacea vittata, in good bloom. Most of these 

 plants were large, and some of the collection a little past 

 their best. — Messrs. Fairbairn, Nurserymen, of Clapham, 

 sent a collection ol very prettily grown small specimens : 

 the oest <f them were j -miniflora alba, ampullacea, a. 

 vittata, eximia, cubica major, inflata, Irbyana, Shan- 

 noniana, princeps, procumbene, tricolor (Lee's), tricolor 

 elegans, impulsa, sanguinolenta, and the pretty little 

 Savilliana. These plants were in excellent health, 

 and promise to make admirable specimens. — From Mr. 

 Epps, of Maidstone, the plants consisted of tricolor; 

 tricolor (Lee's), a good plant, Savilliana, ventricosa 

 superba, carnea, globosa and rosea, gemmifera, eximia, 



■pcciuicuiiuui i.i..» VU v.. avu ,v. j--^^«*w«.o. jubata, jasminiflora alba, inflata, metuliflora bicolor, 



It had large, thick, rusty-looking leaves, and flowers in [ Templeana, ampullacea, and ampullacea rubra. These, 



Victor Hugo, Bouquet uc rwc, *-»-- j ■•—- >,,„,! 



mosa, Acidalie, Madame Desprez, Fdl.cite perpet-dj 

 Village Maid, Madame Marana, Genera Allard, • 

 Elise SauvPge. The arrangement of this Collection was 

 rather confused, and many of the kinds v*™ "™ 1 ?^ 

 flowers.-From Mr. Francis, Nurseryman, ot Her , 

 were a collection of twenty-five good Roses, co 08 "" 8 

 of Jaune Desprez, Augustine Lelieur, 1 Rose du , 

 Belle Marie, Lamarque, Madame Laffay, Q»« en °' " 

 mark, Triomphe de Plantier, Latifoha, Louis-D 

 parte, Madam Newman, Will am Jesse, General i- 

 marque, Devoniensis, General Soytz Leopold, Chat 

 laine, Beauty of Billiard, Elise Sauvage, I nnce 

 Helene, Lady Fordwich, Queen of Bourbons. «£ 

 Comte de Paris. - Mr. Cripps P™"^*^ 

 collection, and the best flowers *f™ ^^v^ 

 Nelly, New Village Maid, Triomphe oes ^^fT-y, 

 dence Roeser, Armide, Jaune Desprez Madame W -J. 

 Bourbon Queen, Leopold, William Jesse, W ^^ 

 L'Anglaise, La Pactole, Daphne, and L* u-c 

 braine.— Moss Roses were produced by we ferk)r 

 and Cobbet. but the latter were cert, dy ^^ 

 Messrs. Lane's consisted of Crimson, Woum , uinttr 

 Perpetual White, Prolific, Luxembourg , * ^ 

 White Bath, Common, Eclatante, and asp » ? ^ 

 the best of Messrs. Cobbett's were ^niq ** u 

 litre, Luxembourg, Blush, and Mousseuse I 

 But few collections of Roses were produced j 





