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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[July 28, 1888. 



again shown here, and double and single Delphiniums> 

 in variety, also Achillea aurea, A. millefolium rubra 

 Thalictrum flavum, Spircea astilboides, S. palmata' 

 and S. p. rosea, both very fine ; Tropajolum speciosum, 

 Campanula pelviformis, full of flower ; C. YValden- 

 steina, Cistus algarvensis, C. crispus, were also to be 

 seen. 



Bignonia Carrieri, the flowers of which have a tube 

 of yellow with bright rosy-lake lobes, was sent by 

 Mr. F. Ross, Pendell Court Gardens, Bletchingley, 

 who showed also Veronica salicifolia and Sweet 

 Williams. 



Oreocome Candolei was awarded a Certificate, it is 

 an elegant umbelliferous plant of tall habit, suitable 

 for a wild garden. Shown by Mr. C. Noble, Bagshot. 



Orchids. — A specimen of Ltelia AmesianaX, with 

 nine flowers on three spikes, came from Baron 

 Schroder's garden, The Dell, Egham. It was well 

 flowered, and obtained recognition from the com- 

 mittee. The rarely seen but beautiful Saccolabium 

 cceleste, a plant with two spikes of its blue and 

 white flowers, was shown by Mr. B. S. 

 Williams. Plants of Anguloa Ruckeri retusa, 

 a flower smaller than the type, and greatly 

 compressed at the sides ; and Odontoglossum 

 cristatellum, were shown by Mr. II. Adams, gr. to 

 It. B. Lemon, Esq., Moatbridge, Beckenham ; Mr. 

 Cowley, gr. to F. G. Tautz, Esq., Studley House, 

 Shepherd's Bush, showed Miltonia vexillaria superba, 

 a rather small flower, of deep rose colour, and rich 

 brown starry patch towards the base of the lip ; Mr. 

 W. White, gr. to C. Dorman, Esq., Lawrie Park, 

 Sydenham, exhibited Anguloa Ruckeri alba, a 

 finely-scented species ; and Epidendrum vitelli- 

 num majus, with robust spike and large blooms. 

 From Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, were 

 Bollea Wendlandiana, a flower pale yellow, base of lip 

 a deeper shade of colour, and hood white. Another 

 rare plant was Lcelia Eyermaniana, (see fig. 12, 

 p. 100), a probable natural hybrid between majalis 

 and autumnalis. Cypripedium Stonei acrosepalum, 

 a flower pressed into the form of a flattened canoe, 

 was shown by Messrs. Seeger & Tropp, of Lord- 

 ship Lane, East Dulwich. The two lateral sepals 

 are here disjoined. 



Messrs. AV. & J. Birkenhead, of Sale, near Man- 

 chester, staged a very fine collection of Ferns, which, 

 while being one and all fine examples of good 

 culture, contained several quite new and many 

 exceedingly rare species ; indeed, it may safely be 

 said of them that seldom if ever has such a varied 

 and interesting group of these elegant and graceful 

 plants been staged at a London show. The group 

 was made up of over 1000 plants, many of them 

 extra-sized specimens, and contained over 100 British 

 and 250 exotic species and varieties. In the fine 

 selection of British Ferns staged alongside the more 

 tender kinds the fact was demonstrated that our isles 

 give varieties which are in every particular worthy 

 of association with the exotics. Few Ferns can 

 exceed the beauty of the finer forms of our Athyrium 

 Filix-fcemina, such as A. F.-f. acrocladon, A. F.-f. 

 plumosum,A.F.-f. p. elegans, and A. F.-f. todeaoides, 

 of which fine examples were exhibited. The crested 

 varieties of Polypodium vulgare were well represented ; 

 that most beautiful Filmy Fern like P. v. tricho- 

 manoides, and the crested and fringed P. v. grandi- 

 ceps, P. v. elegantulum, P. v. bifido-multifidum, and 

 P. v. Prestoni, which is like a massive form of P. 

 v. cambricum, a large specimen of which stood 

 behind it. Lomaria spicant had several interesting 

 crested and imbricated forms ; the pretty Lastrea 

 iemula also appeared in a crested form. Scolopen- 

 drium, many handsome and varied, the certificated 

 S. vulgare crispulatum being the most densely 

 crested, as also was the Lastrea montaua ramo-coro- 

 nans, which also received the honours of a First- 

 class Certificate among its section. The exotic 

 species were truly a representative group, in which 

 many of the genera were well arranged for compari- 

 son ; for example, over a score of Davallias were 

 staged, among them being fine specimens, from the 

 pigmy D. parvula and D. alpina to the noble D. 

 solida, D. retusa, and D. plumosa. A fine specimen 

 of Davallia tenuifolia Veitchiana was certainly one of 

 the most graceful, while I). Mariesei, D. M. cristata, 

 D. Tyermanni, D. bullata, and D. dissecta repre- 

 sented fine basket plants or for suspending. Glei- 

 chenias were well represented, and the climbing 

 Lygodium dichotomum was a noble specimen, L. 

 palmatum, L. microphyllum, L. japonicum, and others 

 appeared. Nothochlamas and Cheilanthes also had 

 representative groups of most praiseworthy culture. 

 The new Nothochlama Muelleri, with densely scaly 

 under, and scattered scales on the upper sides of the 

 fronds, received a First-class Certificate. Other 



noteworthy things in this fine group, over which 

 many an admirer lingered, were Gymnogrammaschi- 

 zophylla gloriosa. The collection of Adiantums, 

 Adiantopsis radiata, Onychium auratum, Doodia 

 media crispa, D. aspera multifida, Cheilanthes gra- 

 cillima, Lomaria fluvatilis, L. falcata bipinnatifida, 

 and the pretty little violet-scented Aspidium fragrans. 

 Now that Messrs. Birkenhead have broken the ice 

 let us hope the metropolis may see their beautiful 

 Ferns again. 



Fihst-class Certificates. 



To Mr. J. Douglas, for border Carnation Elaine. 



To C. Dorman, Esq., for Anguloa Ruckeri alba. 



To Messrs. W. Paul & Son, for Rose Duchess of 

 Albany. 



To Mr. B. S. Williams, for Saccolabium cceleste. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch & Son, for Rhododendron 

 Purity. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch & Son, for Stuartia species. 



To Mr. C. Noble, for Oreocome Candollei. 



To Messrs. Paul & Son, for Rose Paul's Cheshunt 

 Scarlet. 



To Baron Schroder, for Lania AmesianaX. 



To Mr. W. Gordon, for Iris Enterprise and I. 

 Kaiser Wilhelm. 



To Mr. R. Dean, for Carnation Scarlet Bedder. 



To Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, for Nothoclama 

 Muelleri. 



To Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, for Scolopendrium 

 vulgare cristulatum. 



To Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, for Lastrea 

 montana ramo-coronans. 



Medals. 



Silver-gilt Banlcsian— To Messrs. Paul & Sons, for 

 group of plants. 



Silver Banksian.—T!o Mr. B. R. Cant, for cut 

 Roses; to Messrs. B. S. Williams, for group of 

 Orchids ; to Mr. T. S. Ware, for collection of cut 

 flowers ; to Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, for collec- 

 tion of Ferns. 



Brome Banksiau.—To Messrs. Kelway & Sons, for 

 Delphiniums and Gaillardias. 



Fruit Committee. 



Present: II. Veitch, Esq., in the chair; and 

 Messrs. J. Lee, J. Cheal, It. D. Blackmore, J. Bur- 

 nett, G. T. Miles, W. Marshall, W. Denning, T. B. 

 Haywood, T. J. Saltmarsh, J. Willard, J. Smith, and 

 J. Roberts. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, showed a col- 

 lection of dishes, and also plants of Fig Negro Largo 

 in fruit, one of Knight's large red Currant, heavily 

 laden, but for size this variety is behind La Versail- 

 laise, of which a dish was shown ; also Raspberry 

 Superlative, large, and of good flavour ; Strawberry 

 Waterloo, a very large and handsome fruit; with 

 Cherries, Kenton, Hogg's Red, Gean, Elton, Black 

 Hawk, &c. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, sent a specimen of 

 Eliijagnus longipes in fruit ; and also a dish of the 

 fruitstewed ; itis extremely acid, and isnot likely ever 

 to become a favourite garden fruit in England. La 

 Versaillaise red and white Currants were well shown 

 by Messrs. Paul. A collection of eight varieties of 

 Strawberries were sent by Mr. W. Allen, gr. to Lord 

 Suffield, Gunton Park, Norwich, the fruits being 

 large and of fine appearance. The following varieties 

 were well represented :— J. Veitch, Crimson Queen, 

 Unser Fritz, British Queen, and Sir C. Napier. 



From the gardens of the Society at Chiswick came 

 several dishes of Currants— Defiance, large red ; Red 

 Cherry, do. ; White Dutch, and Champagne, pink, 

 being specially fine. The Waterloo Strawberry was 

 also shown well. 



The Commercial and Agricultural Co-operative 

 Society, Limited (D. Tallerman), showed Straw- 

 berries gathered twelve days before which had been 

 preserved by cold storage, and also a method of pack- 

 ing fruit for travelling, consisting of small cardboard 

 boxes packed in a wooden crate. Other minor 

 exhibits do not merit particular mention. 



National Carnation and Picotee Society 

 (Southern Section). 



July 24. — The late season, the wet dull weather, 

 and the sunless time, all operated to bring about an 

 exhibition of Carnations and Picotees that sufficed 

 to fill only a few yards of tabling. It was found 

 extremely difficult to make up a stand of twelve 

 distinct varieties, and it was only growers of large 



collections who could attempt to do so. The 

 flowers were uneven, rough, wanting in purity of the 

 ground, and in general refinement. But the growers 

 did their very best, in order to maintain the prestige 

 of the Society. 



Carnations. — There were but two collections of 

 twenty-four blooms in not less than twelve varieties, 

 and throughout the exhibition it could be observed 

 that the display was made up by a very few exhibitors. 

 Mr. Charles Turner was 1st, and in giving the 

 names the two twelves making up the stand were 

 taken separately, reading in lines from left to right ; 

 the flowers were — Sarah Payne P.P.B., Mars S.B., 

 H. K. Mayor C.B., Juno P.F., John Keet R.F., James 

 Douglas P.F., James Mcintosh S.B., Mr. Brown 

 R.F., Mayor of Nottingham P.F., William Skirving 

 P.P.B., Sir Garnet Wolseley P.P.B., E. S. Dodwell 

 C.B., Sybil R.F., Henry Cannell S.F., Jessica R.F., 

 Mrs. Perver R.F., Prince George of Wales P.F., and 

 Clipper S.F., a few of the foregoing being shown in 

 duplicate ; 2nd, Mr. James Douglas, gr. to F. Whit- 

 bourn, Esq., Great Gearies, Hford, with James 

 Douglas P.F., Sybil R.F., Matador S.F., Seedling 

 P.P.B., James Merryweather R.F., Sportsman S.F., 

 Thalia P.F., Seedling C.B., Admiral Curzon S.B., 

 Henry Cannell S.F., Squire Potts S.B., a very fine 

 and promising flower; President of Corpus P.F., and 

 Florence Nightingale P.F., with some of the fore- 

 going in duplicate and several seedlings. 



In the class for twelve blooms, dissimilar varieties, 

 there were but two competitors, Mr. J. Douglas 

 being again 1st, with James Douglas P.F., Sybil 

 R.F., Mrs. Gorton C.B., Thalia R.F., Seedling P.P.B., 

 Matador S.F., Florence Nightingale P.F., John Ball 

 S.F., Sportsman S.F., Seedling C.B., Admiral Curzon 

 S.P., and Due d'Aumale C.B. ; 2nd, H. W. Head- 

 land, Esq., The Firs, High Street, Leyton, with 

 William Skirving P.P.B., Diana R.F., Harrison Weir 

 C.B., :Miss Gorton C.B., Thalia R.F., Sarah Payne 

 P.P.B., Sybil R.F., Fred S.B., Sportsman S.F., James 

 Douglas P.F., Florence Nightingale P.F., and 

 Matador S.F. In the class for six blooms, dissimilar, 

 there were four entries, Mr. C. Phillips, Hamilton 

 Road, Reading, being 1st, with Tom Pouce S.B., a very 

 fine variety raised by Mr. E. S. Dodwell ; William 

 Skirving P.P.B., Thalia R.F., James Douglas P.F., 

 J. D. Hextall C.B., and Mrs. W. H. May R.F., 2nd, 

 Mr. C. Henwood, Hamilton Road, Reading, with 

 W. Skirving P.P.B., James Douglas P.F., Thalia 

 R.F., J. D. Hextall C.B., Mayor of Nottingham 

 P.F., and Clipper S.F., 3rd, Mr. MartinRewan, Manor 

 Street, Clapham ; 4th, Mr. Startup, Bromley. 



Single Blooms. — In the class for single blooms 

 there were comparatively few flowers ; the best were 

 scarlet bizarres : — 1st, Admiral Curzon, from Mr. J. 

 Douglas ; 2nd, James Mcintosh, from Mr. C. Turner ; 

 3rd, Arthur Medhurst, from Mr. H. W. Headland ; 

 4th, Admiral Curzon, from Mr. J. Douglas ; 5th, 

 Fred, from Mr. H. W. Headland. 



Crimson Bizarres : 1st, W. M. Hewitt, from Mr. 

 J. Douglas, and 2nd, do., do. ; 3rd, Mrs. Whitbourne, 

 from Mr. H. W. Headland ; 4th, W. Wardill, from Mr. 

 C. Phillips ; 5th, J. D. Hextall, from Mr. H. Startup. 



Pink and purple bizarres. — 1st, H. K. Mayor, from 

 Mr. C. Turner; 2nd, Isaac Scott, a new Newcastle 

 flower from Mr. J. Douglas ; 3rd, H. K. Mayor, from 

 Mr. C. Turner; 4th, Mrs. Gorton, from Mr. J. 

 Douglas ; 5th, Harrison Weir, from Mr. H. W. 

 Headland. 



Purple flakes. — 1st and 2nd, James Douglas, from 

 Mr. J. Douglas ; 3rd and 4th, Juno, from Mr. C. 

 Turner; 5th, James Douglas, from Mr. M. Rowan. 



Scarlet flakes. — 1st, Matador, from Mr. J. Douglas ; 

 2nd, Sportsman, from do. ; 3rd, Sportsman, from Mr. 

 H. W. Headland ; 4th and 5th, dipper, from Mr. M. 

 Rowan. 



Rose flakes. — 1st and 2nd, Sybil, from Mr. James 

 Douglas ; 3rd, John Keet, from Mr. C. Turner ; 4th, 

 Thalia, from Mr. C. Phillips ; 5th, John Keet, from 

 Mr. C. Turner. 



Premier Carnation. — The Premier Carnation 

 selected from the whole show was Tom Pouce S.B, 

 in Mr. C. Phillips' stand of six varieties. 



Picotees. — There were two stands only of twenty- 

 four varieties, not less than twelve dissimilar. The 

 Picotees were greatly wanting in purity of the 

 ground-colour, and while some blooms were stale 

 enough, others required few days' longer develop- 

 ment. Mr. J. Douglas was 1st with Her Majesty 

 L.P.E., Favourite L. Rose E., Mrs. Sharpe H.S.E., 

 Brunette, H. Red E., Miss Russell L. Rose E., Prin- 

 cess of Wales H. Red E., Constance Heron, H.S.E., 

 John Smith H. Red E., Muriel H.P.E., and several 

 seedlings. 2nd, Mr. C. Turner, with Juliette P.E., 

 Favourite L. Rose E., Rival Purple H.P.E., Mrs. 

 Nicholav L.P.E., Robert Scott L. Red E., Her 



