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THE GARDENERS 9 CHRONICLE. 



[May 4, 1912. 



Mr. G. Keuthe, Keston, Kent, contributed 

 Rowering shrubs and Alpines. The golden, pen- 

 dulous flowers ot Edwardsia tetrapbera formed 



an interc ; feature of this collection of uncom- 

 mon plants. 



Messrs. John Peed & Son, West Norwood, 

 arranged a low, infoi Lai rockery well furnished 

 with flowering plants and small Japanese Maples. 



.Mr. Geo. Jackman & Son, Woking Nurseries, 

 staged an attractive collection of hardy flowers. 

 Iris Fichieri, I. excelaa, Isatis glauca, and th 



forms of Alyssum saxatile were very showy. 

 Messrs. Phillips & Taylor, Bracknell, 



Birks., exhibited Primula Sieboldi H Brilliant,'' 



d varf Phlox, and floating spiked of Apunogeton 



I'istachyon which attracted many visitors. 



Messrs. Dobbie & Co.. Edinburgh, have taken 

 time by the forelock, tor not only have they 

 already exhibited fine Sweet Pea blooms, but 

 have included in Dobbie's Scarlet, Brunette, In- 

 spector, Thos. Stevenson and Lavender varieties 

 not yet in commerce. Messrs. Dobbie also showed 

 fine spikes of Antirrhinum. (Silver Flora Medal.) 



Mr. Chas. Breadmore, Winchester, also 

 showed cut blooms of Sweet Peas. The well- 

 coloured blooms were borne on surprisingly long, 

 stout stalks. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Wells, Merstham, exhibited Chrysan- 

 themums, which appeared very much out of 

 season. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cheiranthes mutabilis H Keeleys variety" — A 

 bushy, florifarous Wallflower, with blooms which 

 when first open are puce colour, but soon change 

 to purple. From Mr. R. W. Richards, Usk 

 Priory. 



Lewisia Howell it. — A herbaceous perennial 

 suitable for growing in the rock-garden. The 

 plant forms a rosette of undulate coriaceous 

 leaves. The yellow flowers, which have faint pink 

 stripes, are li inch across. Shown by Mr. 

 Maurice Prichard. 



Krhiiun tru in otum . — Thr large spikes of this 



Canary Island plant bore quantities of blue 



flowers with pinkish filaments; the contrast was 

 not pleasing. Shown by W. Astor, Esq., Clive- 

 den. 



Gtltia cretica M Cliveden variety. 1 ' — A very 

 <{ irable form of Selsia. The spikes shown were 

 well furnished with large golden-coloured flowers, 

 which have purple centres. Also shown by W. 



ASTOR, Esq. 



Cineraria, Pompadour strain. — A compact 

 strain of Cineraria; the flowers have various 

 ground colours, and all are striped with blue. 

 Shown by Messrs. Jas. Yeitch & wSons. 



Deutzia longifolia. — A bushy, free -flowering 

 shrub from China, with pale lilac flowers, show- 

 ing yellow stamens. The species is perfectly 

 hardy and it forces well. Shown by Miss Will- 

 mott. 



Saxifraga Mrs. J. T. Tottenham. — A hybrid 

 Saxifraga, which produces plenty of large white 

 flowers ; the flower-buds are pink. 



8. " Comet." — A similar hybrid to the fore- 

 going; in this plant the large white flowers are 

 borne on taller stems. These are very excellent 

 rockery plants. Both shown by Mrs. Lloyd 

 Edwards. 



Arauearia exrelsa elegant i<si ma aurea. — A 

 Norfolk Island Pine, in which the young growths 

 are yellow and the mature leaves are paler than 

 those of the species. A very pretty, graceful form. 

 Shown by Messrs. Rochford. 



Narcissus Committee. 



Present: E. A. Bowles, Esq. (in the Chair); 

 Miss E. Willmott, Messrs. W. Poupart, C. 

 Bourne, J. D. Pearson, P. R. Barr, Joseph Jacob, 



F. Barchard, G. W.Leak, W. T. Ware, and Chas. 



Curtis (secretary). 



Sir Randolph Baker, Bart., M.P., Ranston, 

 Blandford (gr. Mr. A. E. Usher), exhibited a 

 very comprehensive selection of Darwin and other 

 May-flowering Tulips, attractively staged. The 

 blooms were fine and fresh, betokening good cul- 

 tivation and artistic selection. (Silver-gilt Flora 

 Medal.) 



Messrs. W. T. W t are, Ltd., Bath, contributed 

 cut Tulips arranged in wicker-covered vases. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, filled a 

 stretch of staging with cut blooms of Tulips, 

 attractively arranged with Adiantum Ferns in 

 small pots. N As elsewhere, the Darwin varieties 

 were most in evidence, and of the many varieties, 

 Bronze Queen, Feu Ardente, The Sultan (whose 



names sufficiently indicate their colours), Pride 

 of Haarlem (a vivid pink), Faust (dark maroon), 

 and the mauve and purple Erguste were the 

 best of a fine selection. Amongst the Cot- 

 tage Tulips we noted Picotee, W hue Swan, and 

 Golden Eagle. A group of Phlox Drummondii 

 erecta Sutton's Purity at one end of the Tulip 

 display was very good. (Silver-gilt Flora Medal.) 

 Messrs. Barr & Sons, Covent Garden, London, 

 staged an interesting selection of cut Tulip 

 blooms. The Darwin varieties predominated, 

 but there was also a number of the brillin"t- 

 coloured, quaint-looking Parrot varieties. We 

 noticed the decorative yellow Tulip retroflexa and 

 its superba variety. In spite of the daily Press 

 writers, the Black Tulip has not been resusci- 

 tated, although La Tulipe Noire, when casually 

 viewed, proves almost black. Queen of Spain 

 and Louis XIV., are other dark-coloured blooms 

 of the same class. The bright-pink Darwin 

 varieties greatly please the eye ; Salmon 

 King, Mr. Francombe Sanders, and Admiral 

 Togo are very good examples. The softer 

 shades of pink were well represented by Ingles- 

 combe Pink and Clara Butt, whilst amongst the 

 species of Tulipa, in addition to T. retroflexa, T. 

 Billietiana found many admirers. The " Cot- 

 tage " Tulips are already in flower. Fireblaze, 

 Merry Maid, Orange Globe, and Cassandra are 

 verv showy varieties. (Silver-gilt Banksian 



Medal.) 



Messrs. R. W t allace & Co., Colchester, staged 

 a collection of Tulip flowers, the Gesneriana 

 hybrids being very good. Amongst the " Cot- 

 tage " varieties, the orange-scarlet Coronia was 

 very striking. The " Darwins " included many 

 good blooms, such as Clara Butt, Mr. Francombe 

 Sanders, Viola, Zephyra, Wedding Veil, and the 

 Rev. H. Ewbank. This exhibit also contained a 

 fine selection of Iris, Primula pulverulenta, and 

 P. Forrestii. (Silver-gilt Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. R. H. Bath, Ltd., Wisbech, showed a 

 bright collection of Tulips arranged with 

 Ferns in pots. The yellow Parisiana, Wedding 

 Robe, Elegans alba, Bleu Aimable, King Harold, 

 and Mme. Krelage are a few varieties in a good 

 collection. (Silver Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin, Kiddermin- 

 ster, contributed some very fresh and brightly- 

 coloured cut blooms of Tulips. Julie Viriot 

 (flesh-pink Darwin), Ful^rens (red species), Ingles- 

 combe Yellow, and Will»am III. (a double red) 

 were especially noteworthy. (Silver Banksian 

 Medal.) 



Messrs. G. & A. Clark, The Nurseries, Dover, 

 staged a collection of Tulips. 



Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, Kent, 

 exhibited Tulips and rock plants. Iberis gibral- 

 tarica, I. Little Gem, and Phlox lilacina, amongst 

 the latter, were not worth v. The Tulips included 

 Cornuta chinensis, Zulu, Golden Crown, and sev- 

 eral good Parrot varieties. 



Awards of Merit. 



Tulip Velvet King. — A very fine, dark, glossy- 

 purple Darwin variety, with a white centre, and 

 borne on stout stalks. Shown by Messrs. Barr 



& Sons. 



T. Grenadier. — A very large orange -scarlet 

 bloom, after the style of T. Fosteriana, with a 

 yellow colour in the eye. Shown by Messrs. 

 W. T. Ware. 



Orchid Committee. 



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

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

 Harry J. Veitch, de B. Crawshay, Gurney Wil- 

 son, W. Thompson, Stuart Low, R. G. Thwaites, 

 J. S. Moss, F. J. Hanbury, F. M. Ogilvie, T. 

 Armstrong, A. A. MacBean, W. Cobb. J. Cypher, 

 J. Charlesworth, W. H. Hatcher, J. Wilson Pot- 

 ter, W. P. Bound, J. E. ShilL H. G. Alexander, 

 A. Dye, W. H. White, W. Bolton, J. S. Moss 

 and R. Broo man- White. 



Mr. S. Flory. Tracy's Nursery, Twickenham, 

 was awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an effective 

 and well-arranged group, which contained 

 some exceptionally good white forms of Odonto- 

 glossum crispum and several showy hybrids, in- 

 cluding a distinct form of unrecorded parentage 

 with the sepals and petals of a violet colour, with 

 white margins. 0. eximium, claret-red ; O. per- 

 cultum, 0. Pescatorei, with a fine branched 

 spike ; several scarlet Odontiodas raised between 

 Odontoglossum gloriosum and Cochlioda Noez- 

 liana ; Odontoglossum Charlesw r orthii, O. Brad- 

 shawiae, &c, were also shown. Also good 

 Cattleya Schroderae, Trichopilia Backhouseana 



and the rare T. oicophyllax, Cymbidium ebur- 

 neum, good Cattleya Mendelii and C. Schroderae, 

 and a pretty yellow Mormodes. 



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

 were awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 effective group of Cattleya Mendelii, C. Mossise, 



C. Schroderae, Renanthera Imschootiana, and' 

 other showy Orchids. Among the Dendrobiums 

 were D. infundibulum, D. Jamesianum, and a 

 very fine form of D. Donnesiae, which appears to 

 be intermediate between D. formosum giganteum 

 and D. Jamesianum ; also D. secundum, Cym- 

 bidium Devonianum, Cattleya intermedia alba, 

 and various Brasso-Cattleyas. 



Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a group of 

 very good varieties of Cattleya Schroderae, C. 

 Mendelii, and C. Mossise. A good feature in the 

 group were several excellent specimens of Den- 

 drobium albo-sanguineum, good D. thyrsiflorum, 



D. lituiflorum, D. secundum, and other Dendro- 

 biums. The white Trichopilia Hennesiana, Cirr- 

 hopetalum caespitosum, Oncidium pulchellum, 

 Polystachya bracteosa, and other interesting 

 species were noted. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Hay wards 

 Heath, staged a select group, for which a" Silver 

 Banksian Medal was awarded. On each side 

 were pans of the clear-yellow Laelio-Cattleya G. S. 

 Ball, and with them Laelio-Cattleya Wellsiana, 

 L.-C. Dominiana, various Brasso-Cattleyas, Gon- 

 gora atropurpurea, G. leucochila. the white- 

 lipped Miltonia vexillaria Cobbiana, several 

 forms of the very finely-coloured Odontoglossum 

 Aireworth, the new Laelio-Cattleya Pelias (L.-C. 

 Fascinator x C. Warneri alba), with a pretty 

 blush-white flower with purple markings on the 

 lip. 



Messrs. J. & A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, se- 

 cured a Silver Banksian Medal for a group having 

 a distinct yellow-petalled Laelio-Cattleya high- 

 bur yensis at the back, with fine C. Mossise. C. 

 Skinneri of the true old type, C. Schroderr , and 

 some excellent Odontoglossums, Lycaste Den- 

 ingiana and fine scarlet Odontiodas were included. 



Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, were 

 awarded a Bronze Banksian Medal for an effec- 

 tive group of Laelio-Cattleya G. S. Ball, L.-C. 

 Fascinator, Brasso-Cattleya Mme. Chas. Maron, 

 and other Brasso-Cattleyas ; Brasso-Laelio- 

 Cattleya Triune (B.-C. Digbyano-Schroderae x 

 L.-C. Hyeana), several forms of which were 

 shown with finely-shaped pale-lilac flowers with 

 purple lines on the lip, Odontoglossums and 

 Odontiodas. 



Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, received a 

 Bronze Banksian Medal for a group of hybrid 

 Odontoglossums, including varieties of 0. Jasper, 

 O. eximium and others. Miltonia vexillaria 

 Cobbiana, M. Roezlii rosea, Trichopilia Back- 

 houseana, Dendrobium Bronckartii, and other 

 Dendrobiums were good in this group. 



J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford (gr. Mr. J. Davis), showed a small 

 plant of Odontioda Royal Gem (0. Vuylstekeae 

 X O. ardentissimum), with good white flowers 

 tinged with lilac and bearing effective red spot- 

 ting, the rare Cymbidium tigrinum, and the very 

 handsome Cattleya Schroderae Glebelands variety. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Bur- 

 ford (gr. Mr. W. H. White), sent Brasso-Laeho- 

 Cattleya Triune (L.-C. Hyeana splendens X B.-C. 

 Digbyano-Schroderae), a pale-lilac flower of good 

 shape with purple markings, and Odontoglossum 

 Uro-Skinneri magnificum (see Awards). 



Mrs. Gratrix, West Point, Whalley Range, 

 Manchester, sent Odontoglossum crispum Mary 

 Gratrix, a grand, clear-white form of fine shape. 



W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Hey wood, 

 Lancashire, sent Odontioda Leeana (0. crispum 

 X Harryanum x C. Noezliana), a very fine, deep- 

 red flower like a large 0. Charlesworthii. 



F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford 

 (gr. Mr. Balmforth), sent Odontoglossum 

 Lambeauanum Vallerie, a good, dark flower; 

 and the handsome Cypripedium Mary Beatrice. 



F. P. W t alker, Esq., Heatherwood, Putney 

 Heath (gr. Mr. MacGregor), showed Odontoglos- 

 sum Royal Purple with violet-purple flowers and 



white front to the lip. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield (gr. Mr. 

 Hopkins), sent Cattleya Mendelii Chief Justice, a 

 good white flower with light violet front to the 

 lip, veined with silver-white; Cattleya Mossiae 

 Lady Northcliffe with two spikes, each of four 

 flowers; and the richly -coloured Laelio-Cattleya 

 Mrs. Henxiques. 



