May 4, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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SOCIETIE 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



April 30. — There was a large attendance at 

 the fortnightly meeting of this Society on Tues- 

 day last, which took place in conjunction with 

 the annual show of the National Auricula So- 

 ciety. Orchids were not so numerous as usual, 

 but there were several novelties, and the Orchid 

 Committee granted two First-class Certificates 



to novelties. 



The Floral Committee found many exhibits 

 worthy of recognition. Roses were shown finely, 

 and a Gold Medal was awarded to Messrs. 

 George Mount & Sons for an exceptionally good 



exhibit of these flowers. Sweet Peas were shown 

 well from indoor plants, but Chrysanthemums 

 appeared most unseasonable. The Floral Com- 

 mittee bestowed 21 medals and nine Awards of 

 Merit ; the Saxifrages well deserved the honour, 

 a finer or more attractive collection has seldom 

 been seen. 



The Darwin Tulips, although a fortnight 

 before their proper season, w r ere exceedingly well 

 shown by many firms. The highest trade award 



of tho Narcissus Committee, which also passes 



judgment on Tulips, was given to Messrs. 

 Sutton & Sons for a fine display. A similar 

 medal was awarded to the splendid collection 

 exhibited by Sir Randolph Baker. The Nar- 

 cissus Committee granted two Awards of Merit 

 to Tulips. 



The outstanding exhibit in the fruit and 

 vegetable section was Messrs. Sutton & Sons 

 superb collection of vegetables, for which a Gold 

 Medal was awarded. This committee made no 

 award to a novelty. 



At the three o'clock meeting of the Fellows a 



lecture on 



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Rotates" was delivered by Dr. 



R. N. Salaman. 



Floral Committee. 



Present: H. B. May, Esq. (in the Chair); 

 and Messrs. C. Blick, J. Green, G. Reuthe, R. 

 Hooper Pearson, John Dickson, W. R. Cranfield, 

 R. C. Notcutt, J. F. McLeod, C. R. Fielder, 

 F. Herbert Chapman, W. Howe, R. C. R. Nevill, 

 C. E. Shea, W. Cuthbertson, Chas. E. Pearson, 

 W. P. Thomson, E. H. Jenkins, W. G. Baker, 

 H. J. Jones, Ed. Mawley, J. W. Barr, and E. A. 

 Bowles. 





Messrs. George Mount & Sons, Canterbury, 

 made an imposing display with an enormous 

 number of excellent cut Roses. Large stands 

 were filled with blooms of Ulrich Brunner, fine 

 deep-pink flowers on long, stout stems; the paler- 

 pink Mrs. George Shawyer contrasted equally 

 well with the rich-red Liberty on one side as 

 with deep-yellow Le Progres on the other side. 

 That popular red variety, Richmond, and the 

 beautiful Mrs. John Laing were also shown in 

 quantity. Stands of cut blooms contained Lady 

 Alice Stanley (pink), Mme. Ravary (yellow 

 shade), Mons. Paul Lede (apricot and rose), and 

 Gustave Grunnerwalde (pink), as fine as might 

 be expected in June. (Gold Medal.) 



Messrs. Frank Cant & Co., Colchester, staged 

 Roses in pots and cut blooms of same. Sprays 

 of the difficult yellow Banksiana bore plenty of 

 flowers. Veilchenblau, an uncommon but not 

 pretty shade of mauve, will doubtless find favour 

 with some growers. In boxes we noticed fine 

 blooms of Marechal Niel, Joseph Low, and Lady 

 Alice Stanley. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, again 

 filled one corner of the hall with well-flowered 

 pot Roses. The feature of this exhibit was the 

 new Roses President Vignet, a velvety-red H.T. 

 variety: Ellen Poulsen, a pale-pink cluster 

 variety; white Tausendschon and the gold and 

 pink Juliet. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. B. R. Cant & Sons, Colchester, staged 

 many fine Roses ; the new Rose du Barri, re- 

 commended for bedding purposes, was again 

 shown in fine form. Boxes contained many good 

 blooms, of which Avoca, Colcestria, Florence 

 Pemberton, and The Bride are a selection. 

 .(Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, ; Chelsea, again ex- 

 hibited a good selection of Cinerarias from their 

 Feltham nursery. The compact-flowered Antique 

 Rose, with its varying ishades of rose-pink, is a 

 very good form of this beautiful greenhouse plant. 

 Snowball a pure white, and Intermediate Wn> 

 are excellent companions to Antique Rose. The 

 17 varieties exhibited also included some of the 



smaller-flowered, but very decorative, forms, such 

 as Decorator (rose-purple), Cactus (light blue), 

 and many shades of Cineraria stellata. Alto- 

 gether this was a very attractive exhibit. 

 Against the side wall Messrs. Veitch showed ex- 

 cellent plants of the Dropmore variety of Anchusa 

 italica and equally good examples of the paler 

 variety Opal. In view of the Auricula Society's 

 show, Messrs. Veitch exhibited a large group of 

 Auriculas and species and hybrids of Chinese 

 Primulas, including the hybrid Unique. (Silver 

 Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Thos. Rochford & Sons, Turnford 

 Hall Nurseries, Brox bourne, exhibited novel 

 forms of Araucaria excelsa and Asparagus 

 Spreng§ri variegata. Besides a number of the 

 golden variety of Araucaria, which received an 

 Award of Merit, there were many specimen plants 

 of the variety Silver Star, in which the young 

 growths have white tips, giving the trees 

 an uncommonly attractive appearance. In the 

 background there was a tall specimen named 

 Mme. Storey, with dense, dark-green leaves. All 

 the plants shown exhibited good cultivation. 



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

 Middlesex, contributed well-grown stove 

 and greenhouse plants. Groups of profusely- 

 flowered Acacia pendula, A. cordata, and A. 

 armata stood out prominently. The bril- 

 liant Correa cardinalis contrasted well with the 

 varying shades of the large heads of Hydrangea 

 hortensis. Although not so fragrant as the com- 

 moner species, Boronia heterophylla is exceed- 

 ingly bright and desirable. This firm also ex- 

 hibited a meritorious collection of cut Carnations. 

 Besides many of the standard varieties, we 

 noticed La Mode, a small, purple-shaded bloom ; 

 Fireglow, a fragrant orange -yellow and red 

 flower; and Gloriosa, a hardy Pink of an attrac- 

 tive shade of mauve. 



Messrs. H. B. May & Sons, Upper Edmonton, 

 displayed several forms of Hydrangea hortensis, 

 (Mariesii being especially fine), Clerodendron Bal- 

 fourianum, the sweet-scented Jabernaemontana, 

 coronaria plena, Verbena Aurora Boreale (a good 

 scarlet varietv), and the popuhr pink variety Miss 

 Willmott. (Silver Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. Jas. Parker & Co., Whetstone, Mid- 

 dlesex, staged Pteris Parkeri, a strong-growing 

 form of P. major, with rich dark-green fronds, 

 which received an Award of Merit on March 5 



last. 



Messrs. John Peed & Son, West Norwood, 

 showed Caladiunis with beautifully delicate 

 leaves, also Gloxinias and Streptocarpus in good 

 strains. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, 

 filled a table in the annexe with profusely-flow- 

 ered fancy and Zonal Pelargoniums. The varie- 

 ties Lady Lansdowne, King George V., and 

 Purity, amongst the fancies, were very pretty. 

 The Zonals included Maxime Kovalesky, a fine 

 orange-crimson variety. (Bronze Banksian 



Medal.) 



Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, showed fancy 



Pelargoniums and Verbenas in round baskets; 



the plants bore large numbers of blooms. 



Mr. Philip Ladds, Swanley Junction, staged, 

 in Ambrosia (pink), Paul Crampel (scarlet), and 

 Salmon Paul Crampel, thre^e excellent bedding 

 varieties of Pelargoniums. East Lothian Stocks, 

 growing in 5-inch pots, were very fresh and fra- 

 grant. 



Mr. H. J Jones, Ryecroft, Lewisham, again 



exhibited a very, showy collection of cut Zonal 



Pelargonium blooms. 



Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Sons, Highgate, set 

 up large stands of cut Carnations. The bright- 

 crimson Lord Rothschild (a large-flowered variety 

 with a delicious perfume), Lady Elphinstone (flesh 

 pink, free-flowering, and also fragrant), and the 

 large-flowered Souvenir de la Malmaison variety 

 Lady Coventry are the pick of a fine collection. 

 (Silver-gilt Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Allwood Bros, Haywards Heath, 

 Sussex, again exhibited Carnations. 



Mr. G. Englemann. Saffron Walden, Essex, 

 staged such good varieties of Carnations as Tri- 

 umph, Scarlet Glow, Carola, and White Perfec- 

 tion. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, again staged 

 choice blooms of Carnations in many varieties. 

 (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. John Waterer & Sons, Bagshot, 

 Surrey, set up a group of Rhododendron Pink 

 Pearl. The plants were magnificently flowered, 

 and the trusses made a striking display. (Silver 

 Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Piper, Bayswater, set up an at- 

 tractive exhibit in the form of a pool .surrounded 

 by old paving stones and with a low, dry stone 

 wall at the back. Various lowly-growing plants 

 were disposed between the flagstones, and the 

 wall was brightly planted. Huge Toadstools in 

 concrete were very incongruous, otherwise the 

 exhibit was of a pleasing nature. (Silver-gilt 

 Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. C. Elliott, Steven je, arranged a low 

 rockery, planted with a profusion of rock plants 

 in large breadths, making an effective display. 

 (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



The Burton Hardy Plant Nursery, Christ- 

 church, Hants., arranged an attractive rockery, 

 well filled with choice Alpines, such as 

 Silene Hookeri, Androsace Chumbyii Brilliant, 

 Asperula tuberosa, Saxifraga lingulata, Primula 

 pedata bicolor, and Primula sikkimensis. A 

 profusely-flowered Primula Auricula with double 

 yellow flowers and Corydalis tomentosa were also 



noticeable. 



Mrs. E. Lloyd Edwards. Bryn Oerog. Llan- 

 gollen, exhibited a choice selection of many Saxi- 

 frages. The rose-coloured hvard VII, Queen 

 Mary (white), Novelty (pink and white), Trevor 

 Giant, and Sanguinea superba are the best of a 

 fine collection containing many varieties. (Silver 

 Flora Medal.) 



Mr. Maurice Prichard, Cliristchurch, 

 Hants, designed a good rockery. Amongst the 

 many suitable plants we noted Primula japonica 

 splendens, the dwarf Delphinium nudicaule, 

 Scutellaria japonica, Viola pedata, and Aubrietia 

 " Lavender' ' with very large, showy flowers. 

 (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. H. Hemsley, Crawley, also exhibited 

 rock plants and hardy shrubs, the latter includ- 

 ing Veronica Hulkeana, Pentstemon Scouleri and 

 P. Roezlii three desirable species. 



Messrs. G. and A. Clark, Ltd., The Nur- 

 series, Dover, arranged a collection of cut border 

 flowers, including Anchusa " Opal," Geum Mrs. 

 Bradshaw, many kinds of Irises, Lupins, and 

 Tree Pseonies. (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, made a 

 low rockery which they backed with cut sprays 

 of flowering trees and shrubs bearing abundant 

 blossoms. (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



The Misses Hopkins, Shepperton, arranged a 

 very pretty rockery with a pool. 



Messrs. Barr & Sons, Covent Garden, set up a 

 neat and well-furnished rockery in the annexe. 

 Mvosotis Alpine Blue exhibited a rich, dark 

 shade of colour. Lychnis alpina bore a quantity 

 of purple flowers. Aubrietia Lavender, which 



bears large flowers, is appropriately named. 

 Several plants of the interesting Primula in- 

 volucrata occupied a niche in the rocke 

 (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, arranged an 

 attractive rockery containing Alpines and flower- 

 ing shrubs. 



Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, dis- 

 played in a cork rockery a fine group of Daphne 

 Cneorum major, Mertensia primuloides (a dwarf 

 form of Mertensia bearing attractive blue and 

 purple Forget-me-not like flowers), and Silene 

 Hookeri with flowers of a pleasing pink shade. 

 At the end of the rockery this firm staged many 

 profusely-flowered hardy shrubs, such as Cytisus 

 precox alba, Lilacs, Laburnum Vossii and 



Wistaria. 



Mr. L. T. Greening, Richmond, set up a small 

 dripping well or stream planted with Ferns, 

 Veronicas and Alpines. 



The Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery 



staged interesting hardy plants, chiefly growing 

 in small pots. 



Messrs. Wm. Fells & Son, Hitchin, arranged 

 a low rockery planted with Alpines and dwarf 



shrubs. 



Messrs. Reamsbottom & Co., Geashill, Kings 

 Co., Ireland, staged an exceedingly fine collec- 

 tion of cut blooms of St. Brigid Anemones em- 

 bracing many colours. 



Messrs. W. H. Rogers & Son, Ltd., R*d 

 Lodge Nursery, Southampton, arranged Rhodo- 

 dendrons in bloom and a selection of cut sprays 

 of other hardy shrubs. 



Messrs. Whitelegg & Page, Chislehurst, 

 Kent, again set up an attractive low rockery in 

 the annexe. The breadths of Leptospermum 

 Heavenly Blue, Primulas, and mossy Saxi- 

 frages made a good show. 



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