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[April 20, 1912. 



slight blush tint on the front of the lip, which 

 has a pale-yellow disc. 



Lcelio-Cattleya Bertram (L.-C. HopJcinsii X 

 Z.-C. Cappei), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., 

 Westfield, Woking. A richly-coloured, distinct 

 hybrid, with large, golden-yellow flowers, the 

 petals being veined with light crimson. The lip 

 is almost entirely of a deep ruby-red, the vein- 

 ing being darker in colour. 



Cultural Commendation 





to Mr. Stables, gardener to De B. Crawshat, 

 Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, for a plant of Odon- 

 toglossum Souvenir de Victor Hye de Crom, 

 bearing a spike 6 feet 4 inches in height, and 

 having 21 flowers and flower-buds. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



Present : A. H. Pearson, Esq. (in the Chair) ; 

 Messrs. J. Cheal, 0. Thomas, J. Jaques, H. S. 

 Rivers, J. Harrison, J. Willard, A. Bullock, J. 

 Davis, A. R. Allan, A. Grubb, A. Dean, W. H. 

 Divers, A. W. Metcalfe, and W. Humphreys. 



Two boxes of excellent fruits of Royal Sovereign 

 Strawberry were shown by Mrs. Bischoffstein, 

 Warren House, Stanmore*(gr. Mr. J. W. King). 

 The berries were especially good in a season when 

 pot Strawberries have fruited so indifferently. 

 (Silver-gilt Medal.) 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, again showed 

 an excellent collection of vegetables displayed in 

 the most attractive manner. The quality of the 

 produce was exceptionally good. In the centre 

 of the display there was a box of Mushrooms, 

 grown from " Twentieth-century " spawn; a 

 fine illustration of the prolific nature of this 

 spawn. On either side of the Mushrooms there 

 were baskets of well-hearted Cabbage Lettuces 

 Early Paris. Other good Lettuces included White 

 Heart and Golden Ball of the Cos type. The 

 collection also included splendid heads of April 

 Cabbage, Snow-white Broccoli, Satisfaction 

 Cucumbers, Tender and True Runner Beans, 

 Long White Turnips, Winter Beauty Tomatos, 

 good Asparagus, French Breakfast Radishes and 

 Mustard and Cress. (Silver-gilt Knightian 



Medal.) 



CORNWALL DAFFODIL AND SPRING- 

 FLOWER. 



April 11, 12. — The 16th exhibition of this 

 society was held on these dates in the great 

 Market Hall at Truro. The Hon. John Boscawen, 

 who has been hon. secretary of the society since 

 its inception, carried out the arrangements 

 with great success. The season being a very 

 early one and the show comparatively late, the 

 Daffodils were not present in such large quanti- 

 ties as usual, some of the winners in former years 

 not being represented. There were, however, 

 some excellent exhibits of spring flowers, and the 

 quality of the blooms was but little inferior to 

 what has been seen on former occasions. 



In the class for a collection of 30 varieties of 

 Daffodils, in commerce or not in commerce, the 

 1st prize w T as awarded to Mr. J. C. Williams, 

 who also gained it last year, with a splendid col- 

 lection of seedlings raised by himself. As in 

 former years, however, the majority of the 

 flowers were not named, but only numbered, 

 which somewhat lessened the interest taken in 

 them. Amongst the most striking of the flowers 

 were 401, with white perianth and bright 

 orange-scarlet cup ; 266, a slightly drooping 

 white trumpet; A. 12, a very large Incompara- 

 bilis variety with canary-yellow perianth and 

 deep yellow cup ; 47, white perianth and flat, 

 pale orange cup ; 142, creamy-white perianth with 

 spreading golden cup edged with bright orange; 

 184, white perianth with deep cup yellow edged 

 orange ; the two named flowers were Sonata and 

 Miss Clinch. Lady Margaret Boscawen won 

 the 2nd prize. In the class for a collection of 

 30 varieties of Daffodils in commerce, the 1st 

 prize was won by Mrs. Soltan-Symons, with a 

 choice exhibit which contained, amongst others, 

 Dorothy, Treasure Trove, Whitewell, Oriana, 

 Cresset, Salamander, Scarlet Eye, Eoster, Red 

 Chief, Coeur de Lion, Beacon and Ptarmigan. 



In 12 classes for Narcissi the price of the bulbs 

 was limited to 10s. each. In these classes the 

 varieties winning the prizes for single blooms were 

 as follow : — Magni-coronati : 1st, Mme. de Graaff ; 



2nd, Weardale Perfection. Incomparabilis : 1st, 

 Gloria Mundi ; 2nd, Consul. Barri : 1st, Red 

 Chief; 2nd, Ethelbert. Leedsii : 1st, Bianca ; 

 2nd, White Lady. Triandrus and Cyclamineus 

 hybrids: 1st, Dorothy Kingsmill. Poeticus : 

 1st, Horace; 2nd, Cassandra. 



The 1st prize in the class for 15 varieties 

 in commerce or not in commerce was won 

 by Mr. P. D. Williams, with splendid 

 flowers, including the varieties Princess, Or- 

 molu, Madrigal, Susan, Snow King, White 

 Wax, Moonbeam, and eight unnamed seedlings. 

 In the classes where the price of bulbs was un- 

 limited, the prizes for single blooms were won as 

 follow : — Magni-coronati : 1st, Diogenes. Incom- 

 parabilis : 1st, Wagtail; 2nd, Noble. Triandrus 

 and Cyclamineus hybrids : 1st, Dorothy Kings- 

 mill. Poeticus : 1st, Cassandra. 



Nurserymen showed some very fine Daffodils, 

 Messrs. BaAr & Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, 



who received Awards of Merit for the varieties 

 Ruby and Florizel, had a very fine non-competi- 

 tive exhibit, the choicer varieties being Marie 

 Louise, Cceur de Lion, Cossack, Cingalee, Will 

 Scarlett, Snow King, Cleopatra, Falcon, Peter 

 Barr, Sheba, Snowsprite, Red Prince, Socrates 

 and Cassandra. 



Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin, Kid- 

 derminster, also staged a fine collection 

 of Daffodils, and received an Award of Merit 

 for the variety Nemesis. Among their flowers 

 were King Alfred, Robert Browning, Fusilier, 

 Neptune, Circlet, White Nectarine, Glory of 

 Leiden, Giraffe, Plenipo, Southern Star, Fairy 

 Queen, Ben Avon, Heroine, and White Star. 



Rhododendrons were shown better than ever at 

 Truro, and magnificent trusses were exhibited. 



For a group of Rhododendron blooms the 1st 

 prize was won by J. C. Williams with a stand 

 consisting principally of seedlings. 



Exhibits of flowering shrubs were, as usual at 

 this show, superb, though the severe frost ex- 

 perienced early in February killed numbers of 

 tender shrubs. 



The 1st prize for 20 varieties of hardwooded 

 flowering shrubs was won by Mr. R. Fox with 

 Cytisus racemosus, Pieris (Andromeda) japonica, 

 P. formosa, Acacia diffusa, Daphne indica, 

 Azalea carminata splendens, Camellia, Pitto- 

 sporum eugenioides, Magnolia Soulangeana, 

 Daphne laureola, Staphylea colchica, Em- 

 bothrium coccineum, Erica mediterranean Ber- 

 beris Darwinii, Erica Veitchii, Magnolia stel- 

 lata, Cerasus Watereri, Grevillea sulphurea, 

 Erica australis and Cytisus albus. 



For six varieties of flowering shrubs the 1st 

 prize was won by Sir Arthur Vivian, who in- 

 cluded Embrothrium coccineum, Viburnum 

 rugosum, Cerasus Watereri and Acacia Riceana 

 in his exhibit. 



The 1st prize for a collection of 12 

 hardy spring flowers was won by Mr. P. D. 

 Williams, whilst the 1st prize for six varieties 

 of spring flowers was won by Mr. T. B. Bolitho. 



The 1st prize for the best three bunches of 

 Anemones was won by Mr. R. Fox with very 

 large specimens of crimson A. coronaria, who 

 also staged 30 vases of this flower not for compe- 

 tition, for which an Award of Merit was 

 granted. 



For six vases of Roses the 1st prize was 

 awarded to Lady Margaret Boscawen ; whilst 

 for three vases of Roses the 1st prize was won 

 by Mr. G. J. Cookson. 



Mr. J. D. Enys showed Myosotidium nobile, 

 Embothrium coccineum, Cerasus japonica. 

 Magnolia Lennei, M. "Osaka/' M. "Alexandra/* 

 M. stellata, Prunus sinensis flore pleno, Daphne 

 Genkwa, Rhododendrons, Ericas, Azaleas and 



Myosotis. Lady Falmouth and Mrs. John 

 Williams showed branches of Camellias ; 

 Messrs. R. Gill & Sons, Falmouth, staged a 

 very attractive stand of Auriculas and Primula 

 Winteri. Rev. A. T. Boscawen showed Prostan- 



thera rotundi folia, for which he obtained a First- 

 class Certificate, also vases of Gladiolus tristis. 

 Mr. J. C. Daubuz and Mr. H. Williams staged 

 collections of Apples. 



The Devon Rosery Co., Torquay, received an 

 Award of Merit for an exhibit of Pyrus Malus 

 floribundus, double-flowering Almond, Lilacs, 

 Ericas, Palms, Acacias, Azaleas and some fine 

 Clematises in full bloom. This firm also showed 

 a large assortment of pot Roses. 



Messrs. Robert Veitch & Son, Exeter, were 

 also granted an Award of Merit for a collection 



of giants, and received a First-class Certificate 

 for Osmanthus Delavayi. In the collection were 

 Ericas, Cydonia " Knaphill Scarlet," Hybrid 

 Gerberas, Dracaena Draco, Eriostemons, Cytisus 

 kewensis, Myrtus bullatus, Pernettya ciliaris 

 Daphne Cneorum, Illicium religiosum, and Rho- 

 dodendrons. 



Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, Kent, staged interest- 

 ing plants and received an Award of Merit for 

 the rare Bryanthus erectus and Calypso borealis. 

 Among the other plants were the rare Narcissus 

 triandrus pulchellus, Iris bucharica, Genista 

 kewensis, and Daphne neapolitanum. 



Mr. H. E. Jephson showed Corydalis ochro- 

 leuca, Kleinia repens, Chrysogonum virginianum, 

 Hacquetia Epipactis, Daphne Blagayana, Ranun- 

 culus amplexicaulis, R. graminsefolius, Geum 

 pyrenaicum, and Corydalis Wilsonii. 



Awards of Merit were given to Mr. P. D. 

 Williams for Rhododendron Garnet; to Mr. 

 J. C. Williams for Rhododendron Augustinii ; 

 and to Mr. R. Fox for Rhododendron Lilianii. 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OP 



ENGLAND ORCHID. 



April 4. — Committee present: Rev. J. 

 Crombleholme (in the Chair), Messrs. R. Ash- 

 worth, C. Parker, H. Thorp, Z. A. Ward, J. 

 Evans, W. Holmes, A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, 

 and H. Arthur (secretary). 



Owing to the restricted railway service, the 

 exhibits were not so numerous as usual. 



A Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to Z. A. 

 Ward, Esq., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), 

 for a miscellaneous group; and Silver Medal* to 

 Col. J. Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. 

 Lupton), for a mixed group, hybrid Cymbidiums 

 being a feature; Rev. J. Crombleholme, Clay- 

 ton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. Marshall), who showed a 

 good batch of Cypripedium bellatulum and other 

 Orchids; J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gr. Mr. 

 Holmes), for a mixed group. 



Other exhibitors were Messrs. W. R. Lee, 

 Heywood ; J. J. Holden, Southport ; A. War- 

 burton, Haslingden; R. Le Doux, West Derby; 

 S. Gratrix, Whalley Range; J. Birchenall, 

 Alderley Edge ; and J. Evans, Congleton. 



AWARDS. 



Fikst-class Certificates. 



Catthya Osiris (C. Enid superba X C. Octave 

 Doin), Odantoglossum ardentissimum variety 

 "Plumptonense," both from W. R. Lee, Esq.; 

 Odontoglossum Prince of Wales (0. Wilckeanum 

 X O. Harryanum magnificum), from Z. A- 

 Ward, Esq. ; and Cymbidium Pauwelsn (U 

 Lowianum concolor x C. insigne), creamy 

 white, with colour in the lip, from Col. J- 

 Ktjtherfobd, M.P. 



Awards of Merit. 



Catthya Triance variety Iris and C. Schrddtra 

 variety (Enone, both from W. R. Lee, fcsq. , 

 Catthya Maggie (C. Warneri alba X Brassavoia 

 Digbyana) and C. Sehrodera variety Luminosa. 

 both from J. J. Holden, Esq. ; Odontoglossum 

 X Telemachus, from Z. A. Ward, Esq. ; uaw- 



to 

 A 



from 



qlossum crispum variety Madouxianum, 

 ... Warburton, Esq. ; and Catthya Tnan* 

 variety Ada le Doux, from R- Le Doux, asq. 





UNITED HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT 



AND PROVIDENT. 



Arril 15.— The usual monthly meeting of the 

 committee was held at the Royal Horticultur 

 Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on M0 '^ e 

 last. Mr. Charles H. Curtis presided.. * d 

 deaths have occurred since the last meet in , 

 the sums standing to the credit of toe J*, -est 

 bers were granted to their nominees, tne» e 

 amount being £62 4s. 6d. Several members ^ 

 60 years of age withdrew their ulter * s ^,: eW his 

 member, over 70 years of age, wi tna ^ 

 deposit account amounting to £130 os. ■> ■ ^ 



ing £10 in the society till de ath - The nS matter 

 sick pay for the month was £57 15s. . ^e 



of the Government Insurance Act as attecw e 

 society ia now in the hands of the actuary. . 



