THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



it must be torne in mind that my plan is only part of a 

 12 years 1 rotation of kitchen garden cropping, y. r,, 



Stok 



5>Qrietie$ 



June 7- — 



excellent, 



HORTICULTURAL; GaRDEK EXHIBITION, 



The leading feature of this, in all respects 



Mi lsummer Show, being: touched upon in another 



column, we shall, as before, confine ourselves here 



strictly to details. m „ _. 



r« LwiflM of 20 Stove and Greenhouse Plants, 



was awarded to Mr. May, gr. to Mrs. 



the 



first prize 



another, equally large and fine, of 



Lawrence, of Ealing-park, for a group whose excellence 

 has never before been approached, even in England 

 itself It contained a specimen of Polygala acuminata 

 quite 7 feet in diameter, beautifully flowered, round and 

 well-proportioned ; 



Piraelea speetabili-s which was the admiration of every- 

 body. This was literally one mass of white, fresh, and 

 beautiful fiowers. These were in wooden tube, the 

 largest sized pots being too small for them. Associated 

 with them were the rosy-flowered Pimelea Hendersoni, 

 an admirable specimen of a somewhat slow-growing 



Eriostemon buxifolhnn, rather past the best ; 



tricolor rubra, wonderfully 

 Azalea 



variegata ; two 



Chorozema 



rubra m ; 



line ; Pimelea 

 of the best 



Henchmanni ; 



Leschenaultia 



plant. 

 Erica 

 decnseata ; 



varieties of Aphekxis ; 

 the graceful Coleonema 



formosa, and the blue variety ; the Cavendish Heath ; 

 the glowing Azalea ma^ninea ; the exceedingly 

 handsome Dipladenia craasinodn, beautifully flowered : 

 the Scarlet Ixora, and a large and finely manage 

 Bpacris grandiflora. The second prize was awarded to 

 Mr. Cole, gr. to II. Colyer, Esq., of Dartford, for an 

 exhibition of finely grown plants, tliough for the most 

 part much inferior to the magnificent specimens pro- 

 duced from Ealing-park. It comprised Polygala cordi- 

 folia, Pimelea decussata, a finely blossomed Stephanotis 

 floribunda, Dipladenia splendens, with three clusters of 

 glorious Howers ; the Gledstane Azalea, three Ever- 

 lastings, a handsome Pimelea Hendersoni, the Caven- 

 dish Heath ; an Azalea, composed of Iateritia, Gled- 

 Btanesi, and variegata, all worked together on one stem, 

 the different colours effecting a charming contrast ; the 

 Scarlet Ixora, beautifully bloomed ; a well-cultivated 

 Franciscea acuminata, Sphenotoma gracilis, a useful plant | 

 for cutting from ; Leschenaultia formosa, the Showy 

 Ttondeletia, a variety of the Three-coloured Heath, and 

 Eriostemon cuspidatum. — A third group was con- 

 tributed by Messrs. Fraser, of Lea-bridge. It con- 

 sisted of Epacris grandiflora, the showy Clerodendron 

 Krompferi, bearing two great paniclesof flowers; Polygala 

 acuminata, the handsome Azalea prrestantissima, Erica 

 perspicua nana profusely bloomed, Coleonema rubrum, 

 the Saffron Ixora, the Box-leaved Eriostcmon, the 

 yellow blossomed Hibbertia Cunninghami, the Blue 

 Lesehenanlt, Pimelea Hendersoni, the Cavendish Heath 

 Chorozema variurn nanum, Azalea variegata, an Ever*-' 

 lasting, the Scarlet Ixora, Boronia serrulata, the snowy 

 white-flowered Sphenotoma gracilis, and Pimelea decus- 

 sate— Mr. Stanly, gr. to H. Berens, Esq., of Sideup, 

 Kent, communicated Zichya inophylla, a white Azalea, 

 Lewhenaultia formosa, the purple- blossomed Chironia 

 glutinosa. Erica Cavendishii, the sweet- smelling Ste- 

 phanotis floribunda, the Large- flowered Epacris, Clero- 

 dendron K.ernpferi, the White Vinca, the free flowering 

 Erica perspicna nana, Polygala oppositifolia, and one of 

 the best varieties of Aphelexis. 



by Mr. Speed, of Edmonton, and Mr. Croxford, gr. to 

 H. Barnes, Esq., of Stamford Hill ; Mr. Speed's plants, 

 which were beautifully grown, consisted of a lovely 

 Dipladenia crassinoda, a well- flowered Clerodendron 

 fallax, Stephanotis floribunda, Coleonema rubrum, 

 the White Vinca, the Violet-flowered Tetratheca ver- 

 ticillata, the purple Chironia glutinosa, two charmingly 

 managed Cape Heaths, and Cyrtoceras reflexum.— Mr. 

 Croxford had a very nice Stephanotis floribunda, 

 Epacris grandiflora, Crowea saligna, insufficiently 

 advanced in flower ; Polygala acuminata, the brilliant 

 Epacris miniata, two Everlastings, the Cavendish 

 Heath, Pimelea Hendersonii, and the Swan River 



Chorozema varium. 



In the class of 6 Stove and Greenhouse Plants there 



were five exhibitors, all of whom produced creditable 

 collections. By far the best group, however, was 

 furnished by Mr. Kinghorn, gr. to the Earl of KHmorey, 

 who sent' Aphelexis humilis ; an admirable bush of 

 Azalea Gledstanesi and Iateritia, "worked" together ; 

 an excellent variety of Epacris miniata, the blue 

 Leschenault, a large Pimelea decussata, and a beauti- 

 fully blossomed Erica perspicua nana. — Mr. Watson, gr. 

 to Mrs. Tredwell, who was second, had Hoya carnosa, 

 Stephanotis floribunda, the useful Justicia carnea, 

 the violet Tetratheca verticillata, Pimelea decussata, 

 and Polygala Dalmaisiana. — A third group from Mr. 

 Hamp, gr. to J. Thorne, Esq., consisted of the Red 

 Coleonema, Pimelea decussata, the useful Sphenotoma 

 gracilis, an Everlasting, Polygala cordifolia, and 

 Acrophylla venosum. — Mr. Stuart, gr. to T. Huggins, 

 Esq., of Norwood, produced Pimelea Hendersoni, the 

 purple variety of Aphelexis macrantha, Erica depressa, 

 Polygala Dalmaisiana, Aotus linophylla, rather a pretty 

 p<ant,and Pimelea decussata. — From Mr. Williams, gr.to 

 C. B. JVarner, Esq., came Aphelexis splendens, the 

 free-flowering Erica ventricosa coccinea minor, the 

 Opposite-leaved Polygala, a neat well flowered plant of 

 the Fortune Gardenia, with large white waxy blossoms 

 just in perfection ; the showy Azalea fulgens, and 

 Boronia serrulata. 



Heltchrysums. — Collections were shown by Messrs. 

 Green (1), Cole (2), Watson (3), and Taylor (4). In 

 these we remarked Aphelexis macrantha purpurea, A. 

 spectabilis, sesamoides, and its large variety, humilis, 

 and Phsei ocoma proliferum. 



Orchids. — Fine as these were in May, they were 

 equalled both in quality and quantity on Saturday last. 

 Mr. Rucker's gardener, My lam, again produced an ex- 

 cellent group. It consisted of Odontoglossum citros- 

 mum, finely flowered and wonderfully coloured ; a nice 

 bush of the Purple Camarote, the Sweet Vanda, the 

 Large-flowered Butterfly plant (Phaltenopsis grandiflora) , 

 the brown Oncidium crispum, in fine condition ; Aerides 

 virens and crispum, Anguloa uniflora, quite a mass of 

 white flowers ; small plants of the purple Saccolabium 

 ampullaceum and the singular-looking Odontoglossum 

 niveum ; Chysis bractescens, Lycaste Deppei, beautifully 

 blossomed ; the rare Dendrobium Dalhousieanum, the 

 curious rather than beautiful Coalogyne Lowii, the Three- 

 coloured Vanda, the showy Moss Cattleya, the yellow- 

 flowered Anguloa Clowesii, and the curious green- 

 blossomed Cycnoches chlorochilum. — The second prize 

 was awarded to Mr. Blake, gr. to J. H. Schroder, 

 Esq., of Stratford, for a splendid specimen of Phake- 

 nopsfe quite a mass of lovely blossoms ; Oncidium 

 ampliatum, finely flowered ; the charming Dendrobium 

 Vf _> - _ - , Devonianum, the Clowes Anguloa, a variety of the 



Mr. 1 amphn, of Lea- Aromatic Lycaste, Aerides affine and crispum, a laro-e 



Butterfly plant, Sob^alia^a^nTh. , - 

 Dendrobe. ■crantha, and ^ j_ 



Collections of 10 Orchids were ^^ 

 Carson, gr. to W. F. G, Farmer L^?**Wl 



* ered 



S5 



brachiata and verrucosa, the 'iZS uS** 

 the Spotted Saccolabe with fiv- -• ^* 



e nice 



Anguloa Clo^wesi insufficiently" in'nowerAe 9 ** 



• Ai 

 I 



the purple Epidendrum phoeniceura and » «5 

 Moss Cattleva.-Mr. Wooley pJSJ "+ 



«* 



n u-j ■ ii , iey P r °duced the au-l"" 



feristeria k elata, beautifully blossom 

 Oncidium flexuosum, Epidendrum 





spotted Saccolabe, the Moss andForbea" ^ 



3 and Vanda Rox 



„. . T . . ™«* communicate* bT^ 



Jvinjrnorn, Ivison. and Grepn tu~ r— '** 



latt 



Groups 



R oxbuirit 



I 



white Butterfly plant, bearing ajspike of Erttli 

 of 2 feet m length, the larger variety of OneS* 

 pliatum charmingly blossomed, Calanthe n22 

 producing six flower spikes, the IntennS5 

 Forbes' Cattleyas, and a neat Dendrobium ^^ ,l 



Mr. Ivison sent two nice examples, Oncidium 

 guttatum, and 0. altissimum ; Epidendrum 



l«k 





Box-Jeaved Eriostcmon, the Cavendish Heath, Polygala 

 oppositifolia, an Everlasting, Rhynchospermum ias- 

 mmoides, the brilliant Epacris miniata, Pimelea lanata 

 Oompholobram polymorphum, trained in the form of a 

 bush ; and an example of the Myrtle-leaved Eutaxia 

 In collections of 15 Stove and Greenhouse Plants 



Ar, robus, Bart of Cheam. In this group we remarked 

 well-managed plants of Ixora coccinea ; the clear yellow- 

 flowered Allamanda grandiflora, the Opposite leaved 



T\ SL? ilS °rn' the Wue an,i vM Leschenaults, an 

 fo V :t" "'I:,; 1 r^ m f ^ riom •--?* the neat rosy- 



Mr. Franklin, gr, to Mrs. Lawrence, obtained a third 

 prize for a charmingly-flowered example of the Moss 

 Cattleya, Oncidium flexuosum, beautifully managed; a 

 Phalcenopgis, the Roxburgh Vanda, the Twisted 

 Trichopol, Vanda teres, the Clowes Anguloa, bearing 

 four large clear yellow flowers; Sobralia macrantha, 



Brassia maculata, the Three-coloured VandiiJ? 

 pale variety of Cattleya labiata. Mr, Green contiii 

 Brassia Wrayae, Oncidium altissimum, Ep32 

 crassifolium, Oncidium divaricatum, a pretty^^ 

 and an Epidendrum. 



Mr. Cole showed a large plant of Dendroliara 

 laria as a single specimen, together with Santo* 

 tigrina, with two fine flowers on it ; and Jkasn. £ 

 derson produced Broughtonia violacea. 



Pitcher Plants.— Messrs. Veitch sent a chr^. 

 collection, in which were noble examples of Nepali 

 Rafflesiana, sanguinea, he vis, distillatoria, phyUao4« 

 ampullacea, and albo-marginata ; together with $*& 

 cenia purpurea, flava, Drummondi, and variokk 

 Being fine specimens and neatly arranged, fa 

 attracted, and deservedly, a large share of attention. 



Azaleas were again produced by Mrs. Lawreoaai 

 Mr. Green, but their glory was evidently put ft 

 sorts consisted of decora, variegata, Minerva, optfc, 

 Rawsoni, Gledstanesi, alba superba, Iateritia, 

 punctata, and prrestantissima. 



Tall Cacti in flower were furnished in good edi- 

 tion by Messrs. Green and Falconer. The rcri 

 were Epiphyllum rubrum coeruleum, speeio^m, 1 

 elegans, Ackermanni, Jenkinsoni, Cereus Mallesoa,* 

 pale variety, and C. speciosissimus. 



Roses in pots, though greatly admired, were ht£] 

 so fine as they were in May. The gems of Mem 

 Lane's group, which was first, were ChenedoU, ben- 

 tifully blossomed, Celine, and Souvenir de la Malnaim 

 —Mr. Francis produced Coupe d'HeX Wm. J«, 

 Pauline Plantier, Sophie de Houdilot, Souverrr i 

 Malmaison, Belle de St. Cyr, Reine du Vierges, Mm 

 Prevost, Triomphe de Laqueue, Due de Cazes, i» 

 bernon, and Las Cazes.— In the Amateur's Clas 

 1st prize was awarded to Mr. Terry, gr. to Lady M*, 

 for nice plants of Persian Yellow, Robin Hood, Gap 

 d'Hebe, Sophie de Marcilly, Colonel Coombs, 

 Parfait, Mrs. Bosanquet, Souvenir de la MaJmai 

 Charles Duval, Cheuedole, Elise Sauvage,and BaroMe 

 Prevost.— Mr. Rowland, who was second, had exceuem 

 examples of Souvenir d' un Ami, large and sweet ; u 

 Reine, in good condition; Blairii, No. 2, &nd Chen* 

 dote— Collections, both cut and in pot?, yrew \m 

 contributed by Mr. Roser, and Mr. Francis dwj 

 the following yellow varieties in a cut 8We->)"»" 

 Double Yellow, Single Yellow, Yellow Banks*, urn 

 Sauvage, Harrisonia. and Smith's Yellow. , 



r.rZ Hi,a™ c ' W o«, nlpntifnl. well cultivated, «■ 



them to 



in tta 



Cape Heaths* were plentiful, 

 finely flowered. Prizes were awarded tor 



and 



Boronia .ervulata, the beautiful V«rf«S^S tneoS d Z V 'T"l' t^l J 1 ?"*"***', ™ beautiful con " 



wvl I oljg»laDahnai 9 wn a ._Mr. Carson, gr. to W F G 



Farmer, Ks f , of Cheam, se „t the uoxt W ~ in 



V h,eh were the Variegated , A«l«, a HnelyCan'ag 3 



v \ ^ J flnnlni,K,fl » Allamanda catharti a the 



Stephanotis 



coccinea, Franciscea 

 lenanltia formosa, Dipladenia 

 globnlar wire trellis; a good 



smell 



7 — — 'J 



ffraeili« a ™«h "" »-«"«»iiig Sphenotoma 



C i Sf*S ros y A ™l™ called Bella, the 



Anemone-leaved Boronia nml p n i v »„i„ rv i • • 



A .J,;«4 ^.^ T°ma, ana folygala Dalmaisiana 



colabium 



Epidendrum crassifolium, the handsome Odonto- 

 glossum hastilabium, the Long-tailed Angre<«, Brassia 

 Wrayje, the rare and beautiful Cattleya Ac!andi», Stan- 



i , ? P *?x,?. CU a ' and a hi # nl y-coloured Vanda tricolor - 

 Mr Williams, gr. to C. B. Warner, Esq., of Hoddesdon, 

 had a well-managed example of Dendrobium I'ierardi 

 major, Aerides odoratum, the singular Oncidium phv- 

 matoehdum, Cwlogj-ne Lowii, the charming Sac- 



guttatum, a Phal«mopsis, a variety of 

 Aendes crispum, the African Ansellia, a neat bush of 

 Dendrobium ccerulescens, a variety of Vanda Roxburgh! 

 Brasma jerrucosa one or two Aerides, the Bearded 

 Lady s Slipper, and a few other plants 



iv-?£ J N " rs , er . vraen, e Class of 15 Orchids, Messrs 



' l"!i Si? 1 **** * P roduced collections. The feS 



... group was furnished by* Mr TavioTTT'^ ! i ?? „ A macnu,t K «"• 10 large flowers on it- a 



J. Coster, Esq., of Streatham. fi c^ted Jp^'2 i beau i! fu % a bf ^somed Oncidium sphacelatum, the Nome 



ectabih,, Sphenotoma gracilis, W ■ SSSSh \iiSSL ?%L S SaCCO,a « OD ? !»«*«im», SSafcg 



d KS I C rl d * W V th r ee fP e «es of Aerides, the Moss Cattleya, 



the white 

 isson had a 



Dirt- 



Amateurs' Class to Mr. Smith, gr. to J. Q u ' lter ' 

 Norwood, and Mr. C61e,gr. to J. Collyer, W 

 ford. In the different exhibitions we remarked & 



icolor Leeana, t. Wilsoni, metulaeflora, derti«J 



Humeana, Shannoni, Alberti, y^JSST 

 rosee, Vernoni, gemmifera 



Henderson, of Pine-apple^place, showed a . ^ 

 called Grandis, which is disUnct, and promise* 



good red kind. m xt ^ rt ^p^ afl^* 



Single Specimens.— The best 



ceedingly handsome standard^ 



Chiswick-house ; 



Messrs. Veitch ; noble exan^. formosa? 



.Heath, Azalea formosa elegai 

 pinnata, the fragrant Steph«i« 



verj* 



-« , i hi etr s-pecies oi Aerides, the Mo* 

 pedmm barbatum^ Bframa caudata, and 

 rfly P l«nt (Phatenopri 8 )._Me88r8. Roliis 



5*8225 



from Mr. Edmonds, gr. to the Dufce 



a fine bush of Erica ™rr~**ti&% 



jrimeiea nenaersoni ana xj«w^«-* -• variety of ^ 



Mr. Kinghorn and Mr. Cole ; the larger > ^ Uf . 



blue Leschenaultia, from Mr. May, g B JJ Je c0Jl diua% 



rence ; and Clerodendron fallax, m a 



from Mr. Speed, of Edmonton. 



Nlw Plants.— Messrs. Veuw-— ~< - r itc 

 Calceolaria from Peru, Dendrobium^ ^ _ 



jarful 



Messrs. Veitch sent » J 1 }^^^ 



m 



ftEEXnouSB Plants vm r.,^^^ ow " J ' " 4U, r 11 ™ »pectaoiiis, a small idant of Buriiiigtonia 



opea oculata, the white 



a sp^ 

 Cantua dependens, Deutzia % e™} il X^e*A* * ( **% 

 ■brybiaf from New Zealand, w,t 1 \ c J^ Bet hunean^ 



~^ " eatum, ^ 

 came from Mr. Speed ; C 



Mesam, Henderson ; and Mr. v ; Ju ^;;: rieeat cd 

 i coccinea. w - - ! ^ ^marked a ^ u © 



Deutzia S^fX^held7o{ M 

 wjmm* iA u.» „*r, Zealand, wi th c ^^ thu 

 white Aster-like flowers ; Clerodendron 



toil** 



We also remar 



