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Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H., Gatton 

 Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collier), showed Dendro- 

 bium acuminatum Colmanse with a handsome 

 spike of rose-tinted flowers. The plant was im- 

 ported from the Philippines as D. Lyonii Oakes 

 Ames, and it appears to be a local form of the 

 D. Treacherianum of Borneo, figured in the 



Orchid Album. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum 



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__.... Uro - Skinneri " Burford 

 variety/' from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 

 K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. W. H. White).— A 

 phenomenal form, with the broad labellum nearly 

 2 inches across, white beautifully freckled with 

 rose ; the greenish sepals and petals blotched 

 with chestnut-red. 



Cattle ya Schroderce Glebdands, from J. Gur- 

 key Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford 

 (gr. Mr. J. Davis). — A very handsome flower in 

 all respects. Sepals and petals of a delicate 

 peach-blossom tint. Lip for the greater part 

 rich orange-yellow, with a lilac-tinted margin and 

 tube. The flower shows a greater amount of yel- 

 low than is present in any other form. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



Present: G. Bunyard, Esq. (in the Chair) ; and 

 Messrs. A. H. Pearson, J. Cheal, W. Bates, 0. 

 Thomas, A. Grubb, J. Willard, H. Markham, A. 

 Bullock, W. E. Humphreys, H. Williams, 

 P. C. M. Veitch, J. Davis, A. R. Allan, E. 

 Beckett, W. Fyfe, G. Woodward, G. Wythes, 

 A. W. Metcalfe, A. Dean, J. Harrison, W. J. 

 Jeffries, and W. Poupart. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, excelled all 

 their previous displays of vegetables this season 

 in a remarkably fine collection comprising some 

 80 dishes. In the centre of the collection was a 

 group of dwarf French Beans in pots, well fur- 

 nished with pods. The varieties were Master- 

 piece, Early Forcing, and Plentiful. The pots 

 were 9 inches in diameter, and each contained 

 three or four strong plants. On either side of the 

 Beans were baskets, mounds, or dishes of Golden 

 Ball, Early Paris, and Tom Thumb Cabbage Let- 

 tuces, also superb heads of Cos Lettuce White 

 Heart. The collection also embraced Flower of 

 Spring and April Cabbages; Satisfaction Broc- 

 coli; Early Giant and Ideal Peas; Tender and 

 True, Princess of Wales, and Evergreen Climbing 

 French Beans ; and Satisfaction, Sutton's Market, 

 Reliance, and Pride of the Market Cucumbers. 

 Besides these were growing clumps of Mushrooms, 

 fine tubers of Potato May Queen; Aspara^ 

 gus ; Early Market, Satisfaction, and Princess of 

 Wales Tomatos ; various Radishes ; Mustard and 

 Cress; Cauliflowers; and Carrots. (Gold Medal.) 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons set up in the annexe 

 an excellent collection of 25 dishes of vegetables. 

 Cucumbers ; Mushrooms ; model Broccoli ; Early 

 Favourite, Early Dwarf Wonder, and Golden 

 Wax Pod dwarf French Beans; Cabbage Let- 

 tuces Petite Noire and Early Frame ; Victoria 

 and Champion Rhubarb ; Spinachs ; Asparagus ; 

 Turnips; and Radishes. (Silver-gilt Banksian 



Medal.) 



G. S. Berghen, Esq., Belsize Court, Hamp- 

 stead, showed large over-ripe fruit of Artocarpus, 

 the Jack Fruit or Bread Fruit. 



Seven dishes of Apples of very good quality 

 were shown by Mr. W. W. Worthington, Whit- 

 church, Shropshire. The best samples were 

 Dumelow's Seedling (Wellington), Mere de Men- 

 acre, and Bramley's Seedling. (Silver Banksian 

 Medal.) 



S. Heilbut, Esq., Holyport, Maidenhead, 



showed pods of home-grown Vanilla preserved in 

 a bottle. 



NATIONAL AURICULA & PRIMULA. 



(SOUTHERN SECTION.) 



April 30. — The annual show of this society 

 was held on Tuesday last in the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Westminster, in conjunction with the 

 R.H.S. fortnightly meeting. Owing to the un- 

 usual season, Auriculas and Primulas have 

 flowered abnormally early, and the show suffered 

 m consequence, but not so much as was antici- 

 pated. Alpine Auriculas were remarkably good, 

 but Prmulas were almost a negligible quantity. 



The 1st prize for 12 Auriculas, dissimilar, was 

 won by Mr. James Douglas, Edenside Nursery, 

 Great Bookham, Surrey, in competition with 

 five other exhibitors. His plants were splendidly 



grown and well-flowered, and included the fine 

 varieties George Lightbody, Prince Charming, 

 Peggy Gibson, Eucharis, Acme, Shirley Hibberd, 

 A. Barker, Mikado, Favourite, Victor and 

 George Rudd. The 2nd prize was awarded to 

 Mr. J. L. Gibson, Silverwood, Leatherhead, Sur- 

 rey, whose best examples were Mikado, Acme, 

 Henry Wilson, Shirley Hibberd and Harrison 

 Weir; 3rd, Messrs. Phillips & Taylor, Brack- 

 nell, Berkshire. We noticed choice plants of 

 Mrs. Henwood and Geo. Lightbody in this col- 

 lection. 



There were seven exhibits in the class for six 

 Auriculas, dissimilar, and again Mr. Douglas 

 excelled. A notable specimen of Victor was ad- 

 judged the premier show Auricula in the exhibi- 

 tion. Very fine also were plants of Peggy Gib- 

 son, Harrison Weir, and Prince Charming. Mr. 

 Gibson again followed, showing Rifleman, Rev. 

 F. D. Horner and Smiling Beauty very finely. 

 3rd, Mr. W. M. Shipman, Altrincham. 



The best of three exhibits in the class for four 

 Auriculas, dissimilar, was shown by Mr. A. S. 

 Hampton, Tilehurst Road, Reading. The 

 plants were all of exceptional merit, and especi- 

 ally the varieties Mikado and Dinham. 



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Fig. 153. — odontoglossum uro-skinneri 



"burford variety." 



(Awarded R.H.S. First-class Certificate on Tuesday last.) 



Mr. F. W. Price, 55, Wickham Road, Becken- 

 ham, Kent, excelled in the class for two Auricu- 

 las, showing Mrs. Henwood and Shirley Hib- 

 berd ; 2nd, Mr. A. S. Hampton, Reading, with 

 Richard Headley and Dr. Kidd. 



Single Specimen Classes. 



Green-edged variety: 1st, Prince Charming, 

 shown by Mr. James Douglas; grey-edged 

 variety: 1st, George Lightbody, shown by Mr. 

 Shipman: white-edged variety: 1st, Acme, 

 shown by Mr. Shipman; self: 1st, Mikado, 

 shown by Mr. James Douglas. 



Mr. Gibson was the only exhibitor in the class 

 for four show Auriculas, open only to amateurs 

 who cultivate their plants themselves. His best 

 varieties were Daffodil, Amy Robsart and 



Umbra. 

 Mr. Douglas was easily 1st in the class for 2A 



Alpine Auriculas in not fewer than 12 

 distinct varieties, having # 



flowered, of Golden Eye, Muriel, Roxburgh, 

 Majestic, Prince of Tyre, Phyllis Douglas Claude 

 Halero, Duke of York, and others; 2nd. Messrs. 

 Phillips & Taylor, whose collection in- 

 cluded a splendid plant of Mars, which was 

 selected as the Premier gold-centred Alpine 

 Auricula in the show. Very fine also were Argus, 

 Empire. Her Grace, and Majestic. _ 



Mr Douglas led in the class for 12 Alpine 

 Auriculas, distinct, with a remarkably fine ex- 



grand plants, well- 



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hibit, a plant of Prince of Tyre being of out- 

 standing quality. The 2nd prize was awarded 

 to Mr. W. M. SHIPMAN, who showed fine plants 

 of Argus, Ilene, Lucrece and Bluebell. 



Mr, Price excelled in the classes for six and 

 four Alpine Auriculas, dissimilar, respectively. 



The best plant of an Ah tie Auricula with a 

 gold centre was Muriel, shown by Mr. Douglas, 

 and the best plant of a white or cream -centred 

 Alpine Auricula Phvllis Douglas, shown by Mr. 



F. W. Price. 



Mr. Price won the Silver Medal offered by 

 Mr. James Douglas to the amateur exhibitor 

 obtaining the highest aggregate number of 

 points in the smaller class- s. 



.The Silver Medal offered by Mr. 

 Morton for the best exhibit by an amateur of 

 six Alpine Auriculas was awarded to Mr. 



G. E. W. Herbert, Streatham. 



The Douglas Memorial Cup, offered for the 

 best exhibit in Classes 1, 2, 13 and 14, was won 

 by Mr. Shipman, who also secured the R.H.S. 

 Silver-gilt Medal offered by Mr. Douglas to the 

 exhibitor securing the highest aggregate number 

 of points in certain specified classes. 



First-class Certificates were awarded to the 

 following Auriculas : — Mars, a gold centred Alpine 

 variety, shown by Messrs. Phillips & Taylor; 

 Cleveley Gem, a green-edged show variety, ex- 

 hibited by Mr. W. M. Shipman ; and Mrs. W. 

 H. Parton, a gold-centred Alpine variety, shown 

 by Mr. W. H. Parton. 



MIDLAND DAFFODIL. 



April 25, 26. — The 14th annual exhibition of 

 this Society, held in the Botanical Gardens, Edg- 

 baston, on these dates, was smaller than usual. 

 The quality of the flowers, too, was below the 

 Birmingham standard. Owing to the exception- 

 ally early season, several prominent Daffodil 

 raisers and exhibitors were not represented, but 

 non-competitive exhibitors of miscellaneus plants 

 and flowers helped to compensate for the defi- 

 ciency. Although the weather on both days was 

 unusually warm, the glass-covered hall in which 

 the flowers were displayed was delightfully cool, 

 owing to the roof being shaded, and as the floor 

 was damped down both morning and evening, 

 the flowers kept wonderfully fresh. 



There were only about 30 exhibitors in the 

 competitive classes, and it is doubtful if the 

 m iber of entries equalled the number of prizes 

 offered. Competition for the various cups and 

 trophies was weak. There were three exhibi- 

 tors against six last year for the Bourne Cup; 

 two compared with four for the Herbert Chap- 

 man trophy of a year ago; and one against five 

 for the Walter Ware Challenge Cup. Last year 

 there were four contestants for the Cartwright 

 Challenge Cup. On the present occasion there 

 was no exhibit. 



In the evening of the first day of tne show 

 Mr. Robert Sydenham entertained to dinner at 

 the Grand Hotel the principal exhibitors and 

 visitors. After the dinner, which forms such a 

 pleasant part of the Birmingham meeting, a dis- 

 cussion on the effects of the weather on daffo- 

 dils was opened by the president, the Rev. G. H. 

 Engleheart, and continued by the Rev. Joseph 

 Jacob, the Rev. T. Buncombe, and Messrs. 

 Rudolph Barr, Adams, Waveren, Batson, 

 Hawker, Bourne, Mallender, and ethers. 



Cut Flowers (OrEN Classes). 



The leading class was one for 50 varieties of 

 Daffodils fairly representing all sections. There 

 were three contestants, namely the Rev. Joseph 

 Jacob, Whitewell Rectory, Whitchurch ; Messrs. 

 Cartwright & Goodwin, Kidderminster; 

 and Mr. John Pope, Kind's Norton; and 

 the prizes were awarded in the order named. 

 The specimens in the 1st prize collection were 

 of good size, beautifully fresh, and nicely ar- 

 ranged. Some of the best varieties were Comus, 

 Horace, Cassandra, Rosalind, White Lady, High- 

 land Marv, Steadfast, Whitewell. Hoar Frost, 

 Lucifer, Puritan, Asoasia, White Ensign, Orange 

 Cup, Eoster, Candidata, Mars, Nance Bromley, 

 Sunny Jim, and several unnamed seedlings. 

 Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin had good 

 flowers of Oliver Goldsmith. Mrs. Betteridge, 

 White Ladv, Moonbeam, Barcarolle, Genial 

 Star, Princess, Ena, Matthew Arnold and Epic. 



Mr. W. A. Milner, Sheffield, and Mr. J. 

 Mallender, Bawtry, were the only exhibitors 

 in a class for 12 varieties of Trumpet Daffodils, 



