May 25/1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



[supplement.] 



XL 



include Mrs. J. Thornton, Empress Marie, and 

 Mrs. Peter Blair, the latter faintly tinged with 

 pink. 2nd, Messrs. T. S. Ware, Feltham. This 

 group contains many exquisite examples, includ- 

 ing King George V (orange -scarlet), Lady Cromer 

 (pink, shading to white), Countess Cadogan 

 (orange-apricot), Mrs. W. L. Ainslie and Fred C. 

 Bland (both fine yellows), Patrick Ainslie (very 

 deep crimson), H. R. Whitelaw (scarlet), and 

 many others. 



Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 Enfield, are awarded the 1st prize of a Silver-gilt 

 Medal for an exhibit of Gerberas occupying 50 

 square feet. The display embraces a fine lot of 

 plants, in which the deeper-red colours are pre- 

 dominant. There are also specimens of white, 

 yellow, pink, and orange varieties. 



Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. are also awarded 

 the 1st prize for a collection of greenhouse 

 plants, arranged in a space of 200 square feet. 



Messrs. Seagrove & Co., Lane End Nurseries, 

 Gledless, Sheffield, are placed 2nd for a small 

 group of ivy-leaved Pelargoniums, the varieties 

 including Ciiingford Rose (pink), Millfield Gem 

 (pale pink), J. T. Hamilton (scarlet), &c. 



The Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House, 

 Elstree (gr. Mr. Beckett), is awarded the 1st 

 prize, a silver cup, in the class for 150 square 

 feet of scented and Cape Pelargoniums. The 

 varieties include capitatum, radula, quercifolium, 

 Blandfordianum, umbellatum, filicifulium, the 

 curious square-stemnu d tetragonum, and nume- 

 rous varieties. 



For a group of Zonal Pelargoniums (variegated 

 excluded), Mr. Philip Ladds, Swanley, secures 

 the 1st prize, a Silver Cup, for 100 square feet 

 of plants. The varieties include White Queen, 

 Paul Crampel, Champion (pink), Salmon Paul 

 Crampel, Jacqueri (crimson), and others. 



Mr. W. H. Page, Tangley Nurseries, Hamp- 

 ton, is awarded the 2nd prize for conical mounds 

 of His Majesty (a brilliant scarlet-crimson 

 variety), Fiscal Reformer (salmon-scarlet), Winter 

 Cheer, Lady Roscoe (a beautiful delicate pink 

 sort), Maxima Kavalesky (fiery scarlet), and Bar- 

 bara Hope, like Lady Chesterfield in colour but 

 not such a Strong grower. 



For 25 double-flowered tuberous-rooted Be- 

 gonias, Mr. W. S. Edwardson, Elsdon, Hather- 

 Tey Road, Sidcup, secures the 1st prize, a Silver 

 Cup. The varieties are unnamed, but contain 

 some fine whites, yellows, crimsons, oranges, and 

 apricots. 2nd, Air. F. I) wis, Wollashill, Pcr- 



ahore. 



For 50 double-flowered tuberous-rooted Be- 

 gonias, Messrs. Black moke & Langlxdn, Bath, 



are awarded the 1st prize, a Silver Cup. Due hen 

 of Cornwall (deep and brilliant crimson), Mar- 

 garet Gwillim fbright yellow). Pink Pearl (deli- 

 cate shell pink), and K- liiurlev Rumford (rich 

 Orange-apricot) attracted out* notice especially. 



Messrs. Blackmoke & Langdon are also 

 awarded the 1st prize for a group of 50 tuberous- 

 rooted Begonias. In this case the varieties are 

 single-ilowered, and include several that { sseii 

 exquisitely-trilled, crimped, and crested petals. 



For 20 herbaceous Cal olarias, Mr. Henry 



Buckston, Sutton-on-the Hill, Derby, obtains the 

 1st prize, a Silver-gilt Modal. he plants aro re- 

 markably well grown, many of them being over 

 2 feet across, while the individual " pouches M 

 were more than 3 inches -across in many cases. 

 No two plants are alike in colour; they vary 

 from bright yellow with deep-maroon spots to 

 deep wine-reef with almost black spots. 



For 24 pots of Lilv of the Vallev. Mr. Carlton 

 White, 53, New Bond Street, obtains the 1st 

 prize, a Silver-gilt Medal. The plants are 

 growing i n 5-inch pots, being well flowered and 

 clean in colour. 



t For a ( ection of Gerberas, only one exhibitor 

 is showing, viz.. the Etabltj i mknts Horticoles 

 du Littoral, Cap d'Antibes, France. About 

 9 square yards of cut bloom represent the collec- 

 tion, and the flowers are of shades of scarlet, 

 orange, crimson, mauve, white, apricot, salmon, 

 and yellow, some of the individual heads being 



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incnes across. 



NOX-COMPETITIV E EXH I HITS. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, make an ex- 

 cellent display around the ChillianwaHah Obe- 

 lisk of Cinerarias, herbaceous Cal. lariaa, 

 Chinese Primulas, Nicotiana Sander*, Calceo- 

 laria profusa. Nemesia, Schiaanthue, and 



Inrnula ol n.nca. The Obelisk is banked up 

 WltH Cinerarias of the stellat., tvpe, the whites, 



Diues, purples, crimsons, and" mauves being 



artistically grouped. Plants of Primula obconica 

 are magniticent, mostly in 5-inch and 6-inch pots, 

 with fine foliage, and trusses of large flowers 

 on stems often nearly 1^ foot high. The colours 

 range from pure white to intense crimson, passing 

 through lilac, mauve, rose and purple. The 

 Schizanthuses are mostly in 8-inch pots, and are 

 about 2 feet high, being one sheet of bloom. 

 Messrs. Carter & Co., Raynes Park, S.W., 

 furnish 100 feet run of space in the large tent 

 with masses of Cineraria stellata and the usual 

 florist's types. The latter are arranged in semi- 

 circular stands in tiers in bays, the pillars being 

 furnished with green lattice- work decorated with 

 Mrs. W. G. Flight Rose in full bloom, other 

 plants of the same being dotted about for effect. 

 The central portion of this exhibit constitutes 

 its chief attraction and charm. It consists of a 

 beautiful deep green and well-shown greensward 

 with a miniature fountain in the centre of a 

 small fish-pond, and surrounding this are four 

 circular beds of a brilliant rose-red Petunia, 

 " Queen of Roses.' ' These are flanked by a 

 bed of Petunia Crimson King on the right and 

 Purple Prince on the left, and beyond these again 

 a crescent-shaped bed of the bright-rose-coloured 

 Stock Queen Elizabeth, bedded in fibre, provid- 

 ing an excellent contrast. The background con- 

 sists of Lawson's Cypress and other Conifers, 

 miniature fountains, and hardy Ferns, while 

 hanging baskets of Schizanthus complete the 

 arrangement. 



On the right side of the main entrance a col- 

 lection of scented Pelargoniums flanking the 

 pathway is from the gardens of Mr. Leopold de 

 Rothschild, Gunnersbury House, Acton. The 

 specimen plants, trained as balloons, pyramids, 

 fans, &c., and grown in tubs, are nearly 2 feet 

 across, with the exception of some small plants 

 of " Little Pet " in 6-inch pots. The plants 

 present a rather sombre appearance, much to the 

 advantage of Messrs. Carter & Co.'s blaze of 

 colour immediately opposite on the left. The 

 large plants are chiefly Pelargonium radula and 

 P. capitata. 



Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, make a fine dis- 

 play of Rambler and Wichuraiana Roses, fronted 

 by plants of Crassandra undulaefolia with masses 

 of orange-salmon flowers, Dracaena Victoria 

 (broadly striped with gold and green), Dieffen- 

 f bachias, coloured Dracaenas, Phrynium variega- 

 tum, Aglaonema splendens, Crotons, including 

 F. K. Sander, Abutilons, Spiraea Arendsii and 

 Sansevieria zeylanica. 



Messrs. Godfrey & Sons, Exmouth, exhibit a 

 collection of about 40 baskets of fancy Pelargo- 

 niums reminiscent of old times with their bril- 

 liant shades of colour, striping and blotching. 

 ! Each basket contains a different variety, some 

 with very deep colours, but not one of pure 

 white. Constance, a white with crimson vein- 

 ing and blotch, is a distinct variety, and Cap- 

 . tivation, soft-pink, with deep maroon blotch and 

 red veining, is another choice variety. 



Messrs. Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, 

 have a collection of plants occupying about 400 

 square feet. There are numerous finely- 

 grown specimens of Callistemon speciosus 

 in sheets of scarlet '* brushes" beneath 

 tall specimens of Kentia Belmoreana, Hy- 

 drangeas, Ericas, Acacias, Azalea rosnflora, 

 Boronia heterophylla and B. polygalaefolia, soft, 

 rosy-lilac, flowers in great masses, a plant rarely 

 seen ; and Actus gracillima, with long, arching 

 sprays of orange and purple- spotted flowers. A 

 batch of the white-flowered Carpenteria cali- 

 fornica, Rambler Roses, including Crimson 

 Rambler, Hiawatha, Dorothy Perkins, &c, lend 

 a brilliant touch of colour to the group. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons' fine exhibit of 



greenhouse plants, arranged on one of the centre 



stages, at once arrests attention and evokes 



admiration. ^ In the centre are 10 pairs of 



Fuchsias trained outwards to the pathway, the 



stems being about 10 feet in length and studded 



with masses of drooping blossoms beneath the 



foliage. On the table are masses of Strepto- 



carpus, including pure white, deep rose, 



purple, lilac and other varieties. Next to these 



is a grand display of Hippenst rums, with batches 



of Calceolaria Clibranii and stellata Cinerarias in 



the centra to relieve them. Next to these some 



excellent Schizanthuses, and on the other side of 



the table Gloxinias in many varieties, numerous 



Cinerarias, including a very distinct new break in 



a hybrid called flavescens, a cross between Sene- 



cio aurieulatissimus and Feltham Beauty. It is 



a dwarf, sturdy grower, with trusses of pale, 



straw -yellow flowers. Several fine deep red and 



yellow Cannas, several plants of Kalanchoe 

 riammea with scarlet flowers, many hybrid 

 Gerberas, and a neat little lot of Exacum 

 macranthum, with its deep-violet flowers, com- 

 plete a very attractive and highly-cultivated 

 group. 



. Alessrs. Webb & Sons, Stourbridge, have a fine 

 display of Calceolarias, Gloxinias, Schizanthuses, 

 Cineraria stellata, Primula obconica, Hippeas- 

 trums, all remarkably well grown and clear in 

 colour. The exhibit is arranged in enormous 

 banks set off with Palms and Ferns. The plants 

 exhibited by this firm are as near perfection in 

 growth, form and colour as they can well be. 

 Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, are 

 staging a fine mass of Cannas in a bank about 

 5 yards long, and consisting of some of the clearest 

 scarlet selfs and the brightest of yellows and 

 apricots, many of which are spotted and flicked 

 with carmine. The same firm has a glowing lot 

 of Salmon Paul Crampel zonal Pelargoniums. 



Adjoining is a fine exhibit of Pelargoniums 

 staged by Sir. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nurseries, 

 Lewisham, containing at least 30 distinct varie- 

 ties of Zonal Pelargoniums, many of them quite 

 new, delicate and brilliant in colour, and not yet 

 known to commerce. 



By " White Rose." 



There are few things in Rose growing more 

 difficult than training Roses for a show, and 

 the unusual amount of sunshine we have en- 

 joyed for the past few months has not ren- 

 dered the task any easier ; but British nursery- 

 men are accustomed to varying conditions of 

 climate, and if many of their best flowers were 

 over before the opening of the exhibition they 

 found others to supply their place, which can 

 leave little cause for regret. A first glance at 

 the Roses would make one regard the Inter- 

 national as a triumph of the^ Polyantha Rose, 

 whether of the dwarf or climbing section. Very 

 bright and attractive are these little Roses in 

 many of the groups both small and large, and 

 one's impression is that, under glass, as in the 

 garden, Mrs. W. H. Cutbush is hard to beat 

 as a pink, and Katharine Zeimet is almost equally 

 good in the white section. 



A little group of novelties from this group 

 is to be found in the French tent, of which the 

 two most w r orthy of notice are Maraan Turbat, 

 a pink not far from Mrs. W. H. Cutbush in 

 colour, with, perhaps, slightly larger flowers. 

 The other is a white, Yvonne Rabier by name ; 

 the petals are fresh and clean, and the freshly- 

 opened flower shows a centre of yellow snthers, 



which is pleasing. 



^ Probably every rosarian has lost but little 

 time in making his way to Mons. Pernet 

 Ducker's group, in the expectation of seeing 

 something new to the Rose world, an expecta- 

 tion which is not disappointed. 



At the corner of the group is a new yellow 

 of very clear colour, which is believed to have 

 come over without a name, but now k christened 

 Constance. Next to this is a Rose of the most 



remarkable colour of any in the large show, 

 Mme, Edou-ird Herriot, a Rose of which re- 

 port reached us from France last summer, and 

 which we see with great interest. The colour 

 is, perhaps, most nearly described as that of the 

 Lyon Rose, intensified with vermilion; it is 

 certainly highly attractive, and will no doubt 

 become a useful decorative Rose, and for showing 

 in bunches should become very useful. But at 

 the present it hardly seems to have either the 

 form or substance of the Lyon Rose, and its 

 colour must prove its power of establishing a 

 position among the Roses. The exhibit is re- 

 markably interesting, for two groups of the Ro.se 

 Sunburst, which was shown at the N.R.S. 

 shows last year, have been the subject of much 

 discussion. 



We have heard complaints that it has failed 

 to produce its wonderful colour in this country, 

 and Mons. Pernet Ducher has in this group 

 supplied the explanation. In one group he 

 shows the Rose grown on the first buds, where 

 we find nothing very remarkable in the matter 

 of colour, but when these first growths are 

 pinched back and secondary growths allowed to 

 develop their flowers, then we get the colour in 

 perfection, and very lovely it is. This is the 

 answer to the complaint, and it would apj ar 

 that the rosarian will have to practice ihe 

 methods of the Chrysanthemum grower in order 



