.February 10, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



91 



high esteem 

 florists, and 

 in evidence 

 the North 

 these grand 

 their day," 



Antirrhinum. — Some years ago the named 

 varieties of striped Antirrhinums were held in 



by both amateur and professional 

 , as exhibition flowers, were much 

 on the show bench, especially in 

 of England and Scotland. But 

 old-fashioned varieties, " giants of 

 have, like many other old florist 

 flowers, been supplanted in favour by the newer 

 bedding sorts, now so much used in public 

 parks and large gardens. The popularity of 

 the bedding varieties has increased gradually, 

 but during the last few years they seem 

 to have advanced further into public favour, 

 and none will dispute their right to the 

 position they now occupy, for they are amongst 

 the grandest and most floriferous of bedding 

 plants, flowering, as they do, from early July 

 until checked by frost. Three distinct classes 

 have been selected — dwarf, intermediate, and 

 tall. All are fairly reliable as to height and uni- 

 formity of habit, and each type can be depended 

 upon as a first-class bedding subject, capable of 

 producing a wealth of flowers. The dwarf or 

 Tom Thumb class is invaluable for ribbon bor- 

 ders, or for edging beds of the intermediate 

 type. With the probable exception of the white, 

 yellow, and crimson sorts, this section is not 

 quite so fixed as the taller classes, therefore, if 

 a colour scheme is intended it is advisable to 

 propagate the plants from cuttings. The inter- 

 mediate section, which varies in height accord- 

 ing to the variety from 15 inches to 24 inches, is 

 decidedly the most striking, and, when massed in 

 large beds, the plants present a remarkably fine 

 eilect. Some of the best and most popular varie- 

 ties are :— Yellow Queen, Crimson, White Queen, 

 Orange King, Pink, Scarlet, and Coral Red. In 

 the tall varieties, which average about 3 feet, all 

 the coloup mentioned in the intermediate 

 section, with the addition of Cottage Maid a 

 beautiful rose and white; Moonlight, apricot- 

 yellow, flushed red ; and Striped, make up a fine 

 selection For summer-bedding, Antirrhinums 

 do best treated as half-hardy annuals. Seed 

 may be sown in February and March in a 

 temperature of about 70°, and should be covered 

 very lightly with soil. When the seedlings are 

 large enough they should be transplanted into 

 boxes or frames, and, after they have been 

 hardened off, planted in their flowering quarters 

 about the beginning of May. In America Antir- 

 rhinums are grown in large numbers under glass 

 tor furnishing cut blooms. The customary Jrac- 



Xi he J e IS , 1 *° sele ^ th * best colours from 

 "™ f flings. The stock plants are potted 

 UP, and in February and March they provide 



Eots wh°/ CUt VT' a**;"* P° tted frS small 

 and SS r ° f d * i The Plants are ke P t P inched 



SantS Hh?S y Un r t[1 ?** when ** are 



planted in the open. In the month of Seotem- 



l\lt^ T bfted and ^ferred to pots! and 



a e rldv &X ^ their ^weringquarters 

 are ready for their reception. Some growers 



t ! P enches such as are use * ^r growing 

 Koses and Carnations. In the TTnfoLl i q * g 



Antirrhinums usually follow ^ StateS 



mum crop. /. /}. M. 



the Chrysanthe- 



SOCIETIE 



ROYAL HORTICULTUEAL 



aufhT^d^n haVe , beC ° me accustomed to 



^sp^sl jr^ 2, -"= 



but n ^ ]t r ^ b .er fo, 'some considerable time, 

 the ORcmn PL, °" Were P lenti ful, and 



CertSe a S MnTEE A gra 5 ted ° ne F ^stcla SS 

 v^eiuncate and one Award of Merit Th* 



Me°Ht AL thls M h MITTEEgranted ° n] y --Award 7 " 



CaStii ThWT/ " CFimSOn varie ^ of 

 n*ti™ r, i Chief flow ers were Roses Car- 



"<£S r: hT ?Z U %?% Azaleas > CameKS; ^nd 

 portan'ii • httIe to do ' the only exhibit of im- 



Islands V ~- "■ *• - 



I'hurn. 



and 



Floral Committee. 



Present: Henry B. May (Chairman); 



Messrs. Charles E. Pearson, E. H. Jenkins, G. 

 Reuthe, John Green, W. J. Bean, J. Jennings, 

 J. F. McLeod, J. Dickson, Charles Dixon, R. C. 

 Reginald Nevill, A. Turner, Herbert J. Cutbush, 

 W. P. Thomson, Jas. Hudson, W. J. James, 

 Chas. T. Druery, E. A. Bowles, Wm. Howe, and 

 R. Hooper Pearson. 



An imposing group of forced shrubs was shown 

 by Messrs. R. & S. Cuthbert, Southgate. In 

 centre of the collection was a bold group of 

 Magnolia speciosa, having large petals with claret 

 colour on the outside. Other Magnolias shown 

 well were M. Lennei, M. conspicua, M. stellata 

 Halleana, and M. alba superba. Beside these 

 there was a wealth of such showy plants as 

 Azaleas, Lilacs, Wistarias, Forsythia suspensa, 

 Pyrus Malus floribunda, and Staphylea colchica. 

 (Silver-gilt Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, again 

 made a large display with forced shrubs, green- 

 house plants, Carnations, and Alpine plants. The 

 shrubs and greenhouse plants intermingled were 

 very beautiful, notably the Magnolias, M. 

 speciosa being especially attractive. Lilacs, 

 Rhododendrons (including Azaleas), Pyrus Malus 

 Scheideckeri and Xanthoceras sorbifolia. Bulbous 

 Irises were the most conspicuous subjects 

 amongst the Alpines, there being large patches 

 of I. Tauri, I. histrioides major, I. Danfordiae, 

 and I. Sind-pers. The Carnations included most 

 of the popular varieties in cultivation, in addi- 

 tion to seedlings. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, 

 Hertfordshire, showed a collection of Camellias 

 in flower. The plants were very healthy and 

 well bloomed. A number of cut blooms arranged 

 along the front and relieved with a row of Aralia 

 Sieboldii, made the exhibit more attractive. 

 Notable varieties were alba simplex, Jupiter^ 

 single, rose-coloured ; Mercury, semi-double, rose- 

 coloured ; Alba Plena, Minerva single, pink ; and 

 The Swan, single, white. (Silver Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. H. B. May & Sons, The Nurseries, 

 Upper Edmonton, displayed, on a white ground,' 

 fronds of 12 species of Ferns and 58 variations 

 from the same species. The exhibit was one of 

 the most interesting in the exhibition, and of 

 great educational value. The species were N. 

 exaltata, N. Pluma, N. tuberosa, N. daval- 

 lioides, N. phillipiense, N. acuta, N. cordifolia, 

 N. rufescens, N. pectinata, N. Duffii, N. ensi- 

 folia, and N. Barteri. The more numerous 

 varieties were derivatives of N. exaltata 

 and N. rufescens. The first break from N. 

 exaltata was the beautiful varietv Pear- 



variety 

 Fosteri. 



was delivered 



and other South Sea 

 by Sir Everard im 



was 

 sonii, closely followed by N. Fosteri." Sports 

 from these have given about 20 distinct varieties, 

 of which Marshallii compacta is the latest and 

 most beautiful. It was a difficult matter, in such 

 a -diversified collection, to select the handsomest 

 varieties, but N. Fosteri compacta appeared to be 

 unrivalled in beauty. Others that were conspicu- 

 ously fine were N. exaltata Rooseveltii, with un- 

 dulate, dark-green pinnae; N. rufescens Mayi 

 cristata, N. cordifolia splendens, N. rufescens 

 canaliculata and N. exaltata dissecta. (Silver- 

 gilt Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., King's 

 Road, Chelsea, made a great feature with Rho- 

 dodendron indicum (Azaleas) in a group which 

 included Camellias, Lily-of-the-Valley, the 

 double, rose -flowered form of Amygdalus persica, 

 Acacia Drummondii, Prunus sinensis fl. pi. alba 

 and Orange trees in fruit. The plants 

 of-the-Vallev were exceptionally good. 

 Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. Geo. Mount & Sons, Ltd., Canter- 

 bury, showed exquisite blooms in the bud state 

 of the beautiful rich red Rose Richmond. (Sil- 

 ver Banksian Medal.) 



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

 Enfield, showed Carnations in great variety. 

 The following varieties were the more notable : 

 White Enchantress, Beacon (scarlet), Carola 

 (crimson), Rival, Baroness de Brienen (salmon- 

 pink), and Lady Alington. As a separate exhibit, 

 this firm showed Hyacinths in pots and pans of 

 Cyclamen latifolium. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Allwood Bros., Wivelsfield Nur- 

 series, Haywards Heath, showed Carnations of 

 the perpetual-blooming type ; La Rayonnante is 

 the finest yellow variety of this type. (Bronze 

 Flora Medal.) 



of 



Lily- 



(Silver 



Carnations were also exhibited bv Mr. H. 

 Burnett. Guernsey (Silver-gilt Banksian Medal) ; 

 Mr. C. Engelmann, Sahron Waiden, Essex 

 (Bronze Banksian Medal); \V. Wells & Co., 

 Ltd., Mertsham, Surrey; and Mr. Bertie E. 

 Bell, Castel Nursery, Guernsey. (Bronze Flora 



Medal.) 



Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, showed the 

 handsome Cerasus sinensis 4t J. H. Veitch " and 

 Prunus triloba, set in well-flowered Azaleas, of 

 which the delightful A. amcena Hexe was utilised 

 as an edging. Numerous well-berried plants of 

 Aucuba japonica completed a pretty exhibit. 

 (Bronze Flora Medal.) 



Inflorescences of Senecio Petasites, shown under 

 the name of S. grand if olius, were exhibited bv 

 Mary Countess of Ilchester. The flower-trusses 

 resemble those of the hardy S. tangutica. 



Messrs. Barr & Sons, King Street, Covent 

 Garden, showed hardy flowers in season, includ- 

 ing Crocuses, Narcissi, Iris Danfordia*, I. Tauri, 

 I. japonica, I. reticulata, Scilla bifolia, and 

 Snowdrops. 



Mr. F. H. Chapman, Rotherside Gardens, Rve, 

 showed seedlings of Cyclamen ibericum, including 

 a pale-flowered variety named album. 



Exhibits of hardy flowers were staged by the 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton-on-ThanKs ; Messrs. 

 Thompson & Charman, Bushey, Hertfordshire; 

 Messrs. T. S. Ware. Ltd., Feltham ; and Messrs. 

 J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, who had also models 

 of garden seats, pergolas, and other appurtenances 

 in woodwork. 



A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to Miss 

 Massee, daughter of Mr. Geo. Massee, 

 Kew, for a collection of floral paintings. Each 

 plate had tha characters of the species carefully 

 delineated, and in this respect were the best ex- 

 amples of the kind we have observed at these 

 exhibitions. 



Paintings of views in the Fiji Islands were dis- 

 played by Lady im Thurn, which were especially 

 interesting in view of the lecture on plants of 

 the Fiji Islands by Sir Everard im Thurn. 



A Bronze Banksian Medal was awarded to Mrs. 

 Swinburn-Hanham, Hampstead, for paintings of 

 wild flowers. 



■ 



Award of Merit. 



Carnation \* Triumph." — This new perpetual- 

 flowering Carnation has rich crimson flowers of 

 excellent form and build. The petals are 

 fringed, and the flowers have more perfume than 

 some varieties of this type. Shown by Mr. C. 



Engelmann. 



* 



Orchid Committee. 



Present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the 

 Chair); and Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), 

 Harry J. Veitch, R. Brooman-White, W. 

 Bolton, Walter Cobb, Gurney Wilson, W. H. 

 White, A. Dye, H. G. Alexander, J. E. Shill, 

 W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, T. Armstrong, A. A. 

 McBean, C. H. Curtis, F. J. Hanbury, R. A. 

 Rolfe, and Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 



Messrs. W. Baylor Hartland & Sons, Ard- 



cairn, Ballintemple, Co. Cork, were awarded a 

 Silver Flora Medal for a group of hybrid Odon- 

 toglossums and Cypripediums, the former con- 

 taining a dozen dissimilar forms resembling 0. 

 crispo-Harryanum ; a fine plant of the mauve- 

 purple 0. Groganiae, and others ; and the Cypri- 

 pediums, good varieties of C. Leeanum, C. 

 aureum Surprise, C. Mrs. Wm. Mostyn, some 

 good forms of C. insigne, including the yellow 

 C. insigne Sanderianum, C. callosum Sanderse, 

 and varieties of Cattleva Trianae. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, 

 K.C.V.O., Westonbirt, showed the beautiful 

 new Odontoglossum Merlin, which received a 

 First-class Certificate (see "Awards"); Cypri- 

 pedium Helen II "Holford's variety" (insigne 

 Harefield Hall x bellatulum), a fine eream- 

 white flower marked with purple ; and the very 

 richly-coloured Sophro-Lc-elio- Cattleva Mara- 

 thon var. Vesuvius, a glowing rose -red flower, 

 with a violet flush, and intense ruby lip, with 

 chrome base; the spike bore six flowers. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Banksian" Medal 

 for a select group, in which were noted the rare 

 Catasetum Randii, with a white-crested lip; 

 Vanda teres alba, of the best type ; Odontoglos- 

 sum crispum Xanthotes, home raised, a large, 

 pure white, with a few yellow blotches ; Odon- 

 tioda Charlesworthii, O. Bradshawiae, and other 

 hybrids. 



