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The best gold-centred variety was Duke of 

 York, shown by Mr. T. M. Eglinton. 2nd, 

 Prime Minister, shown by Mr. E. Saunders, 

 Sparkhill. There were 20 exhibitors in this class. 



The best light-centred variety was Phyllis 

 Douglas, shown by Mr. W. M. Shipman. 2nd, 

 Phyllis Douglas, shown by Mr. E. Saunders. 



The best laced variety was a beautiful un- 

 named variety, shown by Mr. T. M. Eglinton. 



Mr. J. D. Williams excelled in a class for two 

 varieties, and in another class for three varieties, 

 open only to young amateur growlers. Mr. T. M. 

 Eglinton beat 12 competitors in the class for 

 three varieties reserved for local growers. 



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Seedling Show Auriculas. 





Mr. Richard Holding was awarded the 1st 

 prize in a class for two varieties, with Golden 

 Wedding and Robin Hood. Green-edged variety : 

 1st, Mr. W. M. Shipman, with Cleveley Gem. 

 White-edged variety : 1st, Mr. H. W. Miller, 

 with Queen of the Snows. Grey-edged variety : 

 1st, Mr. E. Danks, with Mrs. A. A. Johnston. 

 Self : 1st, Mr. E. Danks, with Raven's Plume. 

 The last-named exhibitor also lecl in a class for 

 four Alpine Auriculas. 





Premier Blooms. 



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Show Auricula Shirley Hibberd (green-edged), 

 shown by Mr. W. H. Parton. 



Alpine Auricula Charmer (gold centre), shown 

 by Mr. W. M. Shipman. 



Seedling Auricula Cleveley Gem (green-edged), 

 shown by Mr. W. M. Shipman. 



Seedling Alpine Auricula, Mrs. Neville 

 Chamberlain (gold centre), shown by Mr. 

 Richard Holding. 



First-class Certificate. 



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Alpine Auricula Mrs. Neville Chamberlain 

 (gold centre), from Mr. Richard Holding. 



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Special Medal Awards. 



The Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural 

 Society's Medals, offered to the two most success- 

 ful exhibitors, were awarded as follow : — Silver 

 Medal to Mr. W. M. Shipman; Bronze Medal to 

 Mr. C. Winn. 



The National Auricula Society's (Midland 

 Section) Silver Medal, offered to the most suc- 

 cessful local exhibitor, was won by Mr. C. Winn. 



The Brookes Silver Medal, offered to the most 

 successful exhibitor in the Alpine and seedling 



classes, was won by Mr. T. M. Eglinton. 



Honorary Exhibits. 



Messrs. Young & Co., Cheltenham, had a pret- 

 tily-arranged group of perpetual-flowering Car- 

 nations. (Silver-gilt Medal.) 



Messrs. A. R. Brown, Ltd., King's Norton, 

 contributed a collection of pot Roses. (Silver- 

 gilt Medal.) V 



W. Byng Kenrick, Esq., Metchley House, 

 Harborne (gr. Mr. J. Webb), exhibited a fine 

 strain of compact, profusely-flowered plants of 

 Calceolarias. (Silver-gilt Medal.) 



C - Winn, Esq., Selly Hill, Birmingham (gr. 

 Mr. T. T. Sheppard), showed a group of Schi- 

 zanthus. (Silver Medal.) 



Mr. H. N. Ellison, West Bromwich, exhibited 

 Jems and Gerberas. (Silver-gilt Medal.) . 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OP 



ENGLAND ORCHID. 



April IS.— Committee present: Z. A. Ward, 

 £sq. (m the Chair); Messrs. R. Ashworth, J. 

 «amber, C. Parker, H. Thorp, A. Warburton, 

 a t S^van, J - C yP her » J- Evans, W. Holmes, 



tt a xl 11 "^ D - McLeod, F. K. Sander, and 

 o.. Arthur (secretary). 



rS! her o } i edals were awarded to Messrs. J. 

 cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for a miscellaneous 

 group, and to The Liverpool Orchid Co. 



-Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), for a fine group 

 NpwM Cell u ne0US °*chid6; R- Ashworth, Esq., 

 celW UWh (gr ^ Ir - Gilden )> who s^ged an ex- 

 burn r°\ P r ; r ' J ' Rltt heRford, MP., Black- 

 f\+ti„, ; Lupton), for a mixed group of 



^ttleyas; and J. McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gr. 



of -Cattle 1 ? * gr ° Up consistin S Principally 



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hSS M , edal to A - Warburton, 



Esq., 



a fine 



Other exhibitors Were O. 0. Wrigley, Esq., 

 Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers) ; J. J. Holden, Esq., 

 Southport (gr. Mr. Johnson); J. Leeman, Esq., 

 Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Smith) ; Messrs. A. J. 

 Keeling & Sons, Bradford; Messrs. Stuart 

 Low & Co., Enfield; Messrs. Hassall & Co., 

 Southgate ; Mr. W. Shackleton, Bradford ; and 



Mr. J. Evans, Congleton. 



AWARDS. 

 First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglossum crispum xanthotes " Lady of 

 the Snow/' a well-grown plant, from R. Ash- 

 worth, Esq.; Odontoglossum eximium variety 

 " xanthotes, from A. Warburton, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 



Odontwda Hyeanum variety M Willie," 

 Odontoglossum crispum variety " George/' 

 Odontoglossum " The Moor M (luteo-purpureum 

 X Harryanum), from Z. A. Ward, Esq. ; Odonto- 

 glossum crispum Leeana " Ashlands " variety, 

 Odontioda Diana " Ash worth's " variety 

 (0. amabile x C. Noezliana), from R. Ashworth, 

 Esq. ; Odontoglossum eximium variety " The 

 Premier," from J. J. Holden, Esq. ; Sophro- 



Catfleya-Lcelia " Sandhage " (C. Enid x S.-L. 

 heatonensis), and Brasso-Cattleya Cliftonii 



11 Leeman's " variety (B.-C. Veitchii x C. 

 Trianae " Uplands " variety), from J. Leeman, 

 Esq. 



LINCOLNSHIRE DAFFODIL. 



this society was held on this date at the Drill 

 Hall, Spilsby. The number of entries was larger 

 than on any previous occasion, whilst the quality 

 of the exhibits was generally excellent. The 

 challenge cup, given by the late Mrs. Thompson, 

 of East Keal, competition for which is limited to 

 the Horncastle Parliamentary division, for 20 

 distinct varieties of Daffodils, not including 

 Polyanthus Narcissus, was won by Mr. C. 

 Miller, Spilsby. The silver vase offered in the 

 class for a collection of 30 varieties of Narcissi 

 was secured by Mr. H. Sharpe, of Spilsby. Sil- 

 ver medals were won by Mrs. A. M. Robinson, 

 Hundleby, for a Magni-coronati variety, with 

 Lord Roberts by Mr. T. Simpson, Spilsby, for a 

 Parvi-coronati variety, with Moscar ; and by Mr. 

 C. Miller for the best Medio-coronati Narcissi, 

 with Homespun. A pleasing feature was the 

 class which was open to children under the age 

 of 15 years, who had grown the bloom in their 

 own gardens, there being 14 entries. In the 

 class for table decoration Mrs. F. J. Walker, 

 of Spilsby, was successful, Mr. T- Simpson, of 

 Spilsby, being placed 2nd. 



Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin, Kiddermin- 

 ster, showed some novelties in Daffodils, includ- 

 ing the varieties Nemesis, Inga, Rudyard Kip- 

 ling, and Matthew Arnold, the two last-named 

 of the Poeticus type. Mr. Fred. Cross, Not- 

 tingham, exhibited table decorations. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



May 2. — A meeting of the above society was 

 held on this date. The first paper was by Miss 

 T. L. Prankerd, B.Sc., " On the Structure of the 

 Pahezoic Seed Lagenostoma ovoides, Will/' and 

 communicated by Prof. F. W. Oliver, F.R.S. 

 The second paper, by Dr. Karel Domin, commu- 

 nicated and read by Dr. Otto Stapf, Sec.,L.S., 

 was entitled : ' ' Additions to the Flora of 

 Western and North- Western Australia." The 

 account was drawn up from undescribed ma- 

 terial in the Herbarium of the Roval Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, consisting chiefly of collections 

 by Dr. E. Clement and Capt. A. A. Dorrien- 

 Smith. Beside many new varieties the author 

 characterises 14 new plants, one being Casuarina 

 Dorrienii, eight grasses, three being species of 

 Panicum, and five other Monocotyledons. 



The Rev. R. Ashington Bullen sent a box 

 containing cochineal insects for exhibition; he 

 expressed a fear that they would be dead before 

 they could be shown, which was the case. 



The General Secretary referred to the un- 

 fortunate experience of Carl von Linne, who had 

 laboured hard to procure living insects. When 

 at last they reached Upsala they were cleaned 

 off by the gardener, without the Professors 

 knowledge, to his deep chagrin. The anniver- 

 sary meeting will be held on the 24th mst. 



©Wtuam 



James Box. — We regret to learn of the death 



of this well-known nurseryman at the age of 72. 

 Early in life Mr. Box established himself at 

 Lindfield, and soon became known throughout 

 Mid-Sussex. Deceased excelled in the cultivation 

 of Begonias, and he was a large grower of her- 

 baceous plants, as well as a leading Sweet Pea 

 specialist. He exhibited hardy plants at the 

 meetings of the Royal Horticultuial Society, 

 and at the principal flower shows in the South of 

 England, where he was generally represented by 

 his son, Mr. Gibbs Box. 



William Morrison. — - The death is an- 

 nounced, after a very brief illness, of Mr. 

 William Morrison, who was for more than 30 

 years gardener at Huntly Lodge, Huntly, Aber- 

 deenshire. Deceased was a native of Old Deer, 

 Aberdeenshire. He was appointed gardener at 

 Huntly Lodge, in 1876, by the late Duke of 

 Richmond and Gordon, by whom his services 

 were highly appreciated. Mr. Morrison took a 

 warm interest in the affairs of the Strathbogie 

 United Free Church, where he was senior elder 

 for many years. The funeral was at Allen vale 

 Cemetery, Aberdeen. 



Alexander M Lean. — The death took place 

 on May 2, at his residence, Bothwell Cottage, 

 Dumfries, of Mr. Alexander M'Lean, manager 

 to Messrs. Thomas Kennedy & Co., Nursery- 

 men. Dumfries. Mr. M'Lean, who was 50 years of 



April 18. — The eleventh annual exhibition of acre 



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time 



rs. Imrie & Son, Ayr, and was afterwards 

 forest tree manager to Messrs. Dicksons, Ltd., 

 Chester, whence he was appointed nursery 

 manager to Messrs. T. Kennedy & Co. about two 

 years ago. 



Charles Newrock, — We learn from the 

 American papers of the death of Mr. Chas. New- 

 rock, florist, of New York. He was born in Eng- 

 land, and migrated to the United States when 15 

 years of age. 



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# * The Editors 

 consideration, large 

 subjects, suitable 

 Journal. 



will be glad to receive, for 

 photographs of horticultural 

 for reproduction in this 



Apples Diseased : E. F. H. The Apple shoot 



are affected with Apple mildew (Spheerotheca 

 mali). Cut off all the diseased shoots and spray 

 the trees in the vicinity with the Bordeaux- 

 mixture. 



Books : F. D. We append a list of the books 

 you would find valuable for your studies in 

 preparation for the R.H.S. examination: — 

 Elementary Botany, by J. W. Oliver; Primer 

 of Botany, by Sir J. D. Hooker, K. C.S.I. ; 

 The Chemistry of the Garden, by H. H. 

 Cousins; Profitable Fruit Growing, by J. 

 Wright, V.M.H. ; Thompson's Gardeners' 

 Assistant , new edition, by W. Watson ; 

 Paxton 9 $ Calendar of Garden Operations; 

 Primer of Horticulture, by J. Wright, 

 V.M.H. ; The Horticultural Note Book, by 

 J. C. Newsham; Farm and Garden Insects, 

 by W. Somerville, D.Sc. ; and Vegetable 

 Culture, by A. Dean. You will also obtain 

 much valuable knowledge from the Board of 

 Agriculture leaflets, which are sent free on 

 application to the Secretary, Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, 

 S.W. You may purchase the works mentioned 

 from our publishing department. 



Fasciated Tulips: H. W. This is a not un- 

 common occurrence with Darwin Tulips; our 

 attention is frequently drawn to flowers bear- 

 ing two or three blooms on the same stem. We 

 do not think you will be able to fix the abnor- 

 mality. 



Fig Trees in Pots : B. D. K. The pruning and 

 training of Fig trees in pots, as well as speci- 

 mens trained against walls and wooden fences, 

 should be deferred until the trees begin to push 

 into leaf, which in the southern counties is the 

 first week in May in ordinary seasons, and a 

 week or two later in colder districts. By 



