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and, therefore, rarely desirable to achieve the 

 construction otherwise than I have often de- 

 scribed and never seen practised properly with 

 anything but complete profit and triumph. I 

 cannot enter into the ultimate philosophy of the 

 moraine, but so the matter is — even in my own 

 wet-wintered climate. It is delightful for us to 

 think of Mr. Malby's star-spangled moraines 

 with their cemented bottoms, but it is even more 

 delightful for us, if possible, to realise that they 

 would probably be no less lavishly spangled if 

 the bottoms were not cemented at all. Let us, 

 therefore, wed simplicity with earnestness, give 

 thanks for the simple moraine, and go on and 

 prosper each our several ways. Reginald Farrer. 



SOCIETIE 



ROYAL HORTIO EJLTUKAL. 



May 14. — As was only to be expected, consider- 

 ing the nearness of the International Show at 

 Chelsea, the exhibits at this fortnightly meeting 

 were fewer than usual, though the attendance 

 towards the middle of the afternoon was 

 fully up to the average. The magnificent 

 collection of trophies shown by the Direc- 

 tors of the Royal International Exhibition 

 attracted a continuous crowd of admiring 

 visitors. The Orchid Committee awarded one 

 First-class Certificate and one Award of Merit. 

 The Floral Committee recommended four 

 Award of Merit. The exhibits of Darwin and 

 other May-flowering Tulips in the Narcissus sec- 

 tion were unusually fine. The Fruit and 



Vegetable Committee made no award of any 

 kind. 



At the three o'clock meeting of the Fellows in 

 the lecture room the seventh " Masters Memorial 

 Lecture" was delivered by Prof. I. B. Balfour, 

 F.R.S., his subject being " Gardening and 

 Drought." 



Floral Committee. 



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

 the Rev. Page Roberts, and Messrs. Chas. T. 

 Druery, W. J. Bean, G. Reuthe, C. Blick, J. F. 

 McLeod, N. F. Barnes, Geo. Gordon, Wm. 

 Howe, J. Jennings, C. R. Fielder, R. C. R. 

 Nevill, H. J. Cutbush, R. W. Wallace, C. Dixon, 

 A. Turner, W. Cuthbertson, C. E. Shea, Chas. E. 

 Pearson, W. P. Thomson, E. H. Jenkins, J. T. 

 bennett-Poe, W. J. James, George Paul, J. W. 

 Barr, W. B. Cranfield, Ed. Mawley, and R. 

 Hooper Pearson. 



Messrs. Geo. Mount & Sons, Canterbury, 

 arranged a group of magnificent Roses. Large 

 blooms of Frau Karl Druschki, Mrs. John Laing 

 and Ulrich Brunner were shown in large num- 

 f er ?> *" d th ere were the delightful single variety 



a i tT e g ance and the sweet-scented Juliet. The 

 dark blooms of Captain Hayward and the White 

 ^ularney were much admired. All the blooms 

 sftown were on stout stalks, which possessed 



Medan° f riCh green leaves ' (Silver-gilt Flora 



L-j&T* Frank Cant & Co., Colchester, ex- 

 hibited Roses in pots and cut blooms of many 



t? If' i Two desirabI e single-flowered varie- 

 H T » gl .? llmbln S R. sinica Anemone and the 

 finJ*, hhe *\ Wilson— attracted much attention. 

 W of "* double-pink cluster Rose Minne- 

 ™ bore large numbers of flowers. (Bronze 



beSfi' o D0BBIE & Co., Edinburgh, staged 

 co lmi Ul Sweet , Peas tastefully arranged ; the 

 £o!S W6r f en £ anced V the dead-black back- 



Btorrin! ^ ^ hlte P a P er which covered the 

 lin£ ill. Besid ? s several very promising seed- 

 Mauv/n 6 var * et j* s Melba, Thos. Stevenson, 

 S'nte Dobbie's Scarlet, Sunproof Crim- 



an a r ttr^ EADM0RE ' Winchester, also exhibited 

 R Hal W VC / et ° f Sweet P€ * blossoms : Mrs. 

 Mary &i Lavend £ r Geo - Herbert, Princess 



collection /?i and J reda Were the best ° f ^ 



Mesl vi^ Y n T Flora MedaL ) 

 d on, set tin . ( ? UTBU 1 SH & Son, Highgate, Lon- 



•Plendid P p ;. against , th ° back wal1 of the Hall a 

 La ^e tra,W P i hard ^ flowering shrubs. 



*<* hX*T«°& fl °^ ers ' The sterile Hvdran- 

 °fbl^ n S Mou ^ere" had immense "heads 



C ^nations ? Q ?, e P ara if exhibit, this firm showed 



10ns - (Silver Flora Medal.) 



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



staged many varieties of bedding Verbena free 



from mildew and bearing fresh blooms, the 



shrubby Allamanda neriifolia and Heliotropium 



Mme. Rodngues and Lord Roberts. (Silver Flora 

 Medal.) 



Mrs. Charrixgton, Broadoaks, West Byfleet 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. Hawthorn), exhibited Caladiums 

 and Gloxinias. 



..J? St. George's Nursery Co., Harlington, 



Middlesex, contributed many sturdy plants of the 

 florist's Calceolaria. The varieties displaved a 

 wide range of colour. (Bronze Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. W. & J. Brown, Stamford, Peter- 

 borough, exhibited Heliotropium Lord Roberts 

 in pots : the plants bore immense trusses of 

 bloom. Gaillardia Lady Rolleston and Dianthus 

 dehcata were also well shown by this firm. 



Mr. Chas. Turner, Slough, arranged many 

 varieties of Lilac, interspersed with sprays of 

 Tamarix africana, in tall Bamboo stands. The 

 uncommon Wistaria multijuga alba attracted at- 

 tention. There were many well-coloured dwarf 

 Japanese Maples in pots, and, at the front of 

 the exhibit, we noted ususuallv fine blooms of 

 Tree Paeomes. (Silver Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, 

 filled a corner of the Hall with an exhibit of 

 Lilacs. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. Philip Ladds, Swanley Junction, made an 

 attractive display with pot plants of various bed- 

 ding Pelargoniums, Erica magnifica, Stocks, and 

 Hydrangea hortensis in 5-inch pots, which bore 

 heads a foot across. (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. Vincent Slade, Taunton, Somerset, staged 

 a praiseworthy collection of single and double 

 Zonal Pelargonium blooms. 



Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, arranged an ex- 

 ceedingly fine collection of Carnations. The 

 blooms were borne on unusually long, stiff stalks. 

 Mrs. W. B. Clode, a salmon-rose-coloured variety, 

 which has such a delightful old-clove scent, and 

 the large-flowered Mrs. C. F. Raphael were' very 

 prominent. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Allwood Bros., Hay wards Heath, 

 Sussex, exhibited splendid blooms of Carnations 

 La Rayonnante, May Day and other desirable 

 varieties. ^ (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Carnations were also shown by Messrs. 



Young & Co., Hatherley, Cheltenham. (Bronze 

 Banksian Medal.) 



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

 Middlesex, included well-fbwered pot plants of 

 Fabiana imbricata and the pink Boronia poly- 

 galifolia in their attractive collection of green- 

 house plants. This firm also showed a good 

 selection of cut blooms of Carnations, the variety 

 Juliana being especially good. (Silver Flora 

 Medal.) 



Sir Walpole Greenwell, Marden Park, Sur- 

 rey (gr. Mr. Lintott), exhibited Dracaena " Mar- 

 den Gem." 



Professor I. Bayley Balfour, F.R.S., Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, exhibited a very 

 interesting collection of rare Primulas. These 



snowed 



plants 

 and form. 



a great diversity of size 

 Primula Bulleyana x Beesiana has 

 salmon flowers with an orange eye. P. deflexa 

 produces dense heads of small blue flowers on 

 tall slender stems. The inflorescence of this 

 species is very suggestive of that of Verbena 

 officinale. P. malvacea bears umbels of mauve 

 flowers of good size, somewhat of the appearance 

 of those of P. obconica. The tiny rosy flowers of 

 P. tibetica are at first sight quite un-Primulalike, 

 and the long-stalked spathulate leaves are very 

 distinctive. P. Reidii bears white, bell-shaped 

 drooping flowers. 



Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, Hants., 

 arranged vases of hardy cut flowers. The 

 varieties of Scilla nutans were very interesting. 

 Besides several shades of blue, there were Scilla 

 nutans rosea, S. n. Rosalind, and S. n. rubra with 

 flowers of different shades of rosy-mauve. These 

 are good varieties for naturalising. Tall spikes 

 of Eremurus himalaicus, E. himrob, and Verbas- 

 cum " Caledonia " made a good background to 

 this attractive display. (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Reamsbottom & Co., Geashill, King's 

 County, Ireland, staged exceedingly fine double 

 St. Briejid Anemones. (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. R. d'E. Day, The Nurseries, Sutton Scot- 

 ney, Hants., again contributed a magnificent dis- 

 play of Spanish Irises in distinct colours. (Bronze 



Flora MedaL) 



Mr. L. R. Russell. Richmond, Surrey, exhi- 

 bited a very good selection of cut flowers of 

 single and double Pyrethrums. 



Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield, Middlesex, made a 

 bright display with May-flowering Tulips. The 

 deep rose-coloured Darwin variety Europe and 

 the richer-coloured Rev. G. A. Ellacombe of the 

 same type were especially brilliant in colour. Mr. 

 Perry also exhibited many varieties of Iris in an 

 attractive manner, whilst at the end of the ex- 

 hibit there was a very showy set of Papaver 

 onentale. (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., Colchester, staged 

 an interesting collection of cut flowers of Iris. 

 Of the many varieties of German Iris shown, we 

 especially admired Queen of Mav, Ed. Michel, 

 and Albert Victor. Iris Susiana and some seed- 

 lings of I. pallida were also noteworthy. (Bronz3 

 Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. Carter, Page & Co., 52, London Wall, 

 London, exhibited cut flowers of various types of 

 Dahlia, Viscaria, Phlox Drummondii, "annual 

 Chrysanthemums, and other border flowers. 

 (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Mr. James Box, Lindfield, Sussex, staged 

 Ranunculuses and varieties of Paoaver orientale. 



Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech, showed cut 

 blooms of Pyrethrum Queen Marv and other 

 varieties. 



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

 dendrons in bloom and a collection of uncommon 

 hardy plants. 



Messrs. Phillips & Taylor, Bracknell, Berk- 

 shire, made a bright show with hybrid Rhododen- 

 drons, various dwarf Phloxes, Auriculas, and very 

 good blooms of Trollius Orange Globe. 



Hardy plants were also exhibited by Messrs. 



Thompson & Charman, Buahey, Herts. ; the 

 Burton Hardy Plant Nurseries. Christ- 

 church, Hants.; Mr. Greening, Richmond; 

 Messrs. John Peed & Son, West Norwood; 

 Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawlev; and the 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton-on-Thames. 



Awards of Merit. 



Tropceolum albiflorum.—A slender, climbing 

 species from Peru or Chili. The flowers are 

 whitish, lined and flushed with pink at the base 

 of the petals; the individual flowers are about 

 1| inch across. The small glaucous digitate 

 leaves are grey-green in colour. Shown bv Miss 

 Willmott. J 



Petun la Brown's Purple (strain).— The flowers 

 are very large and of a velvety violet-purple 

 colour. Shown by Messrs. W. & J. Brown, 

 Peterborough. 



Phyllocactus Coo per mannii.— -This is a beau- 

 tiful Cactus, having reddish-magenta flowers 

 fully 8 inches across. Mr. Worsley showed 

 two forms of a cros3 between P. Cooperi and the 

 Mexican species P. Ackermannii, and that which 



received the award was distinctly the finer 

 flower. 



Cereus amecamsis.—The large, pure-white 

 flowers of this Cactus are remarkably beautiful. 

 The flowers are produced on stout growths 

 which, like those of the Phyllocactus, evidenced 

 high cultivation. Also shown by Mr. A. Wors- 

 , Isleworth. 



Narcissus Committee. 



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

 Miss Willmott, the Rev. Joseph Jacob, and 

 Messrs. W. A. Milner, P. R. Barr, W. T. Ware, 

 W. Poupart, J. T. Bennett-Poe, C. Bourne, 

 G. W. Leak, and Chas. H. Curtis, secretary. 



Messrs. Barr & Sons, Covent Garden, London, 

 exhibited a varied collection of good Tulip blos- 

 soms just inside the entrance to the Hall. Besides 

 many of the varieties we noted a fortnight ago, 

 the scarlet and yellow English Tulip Goldfinder' 

 George Hayward (flaked purple and yellow), 

 Lady of the Lake (pure yellow), Nora Ware 

 (pale mauve), Don Pedro (rich maroon), and 

 Panorama (brick-red) were especially note- 

 worthy. (Silver-gilt Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. Hogg & Robertson, Mary Street, 

 Dublin, exhibited a magnificent collection of 

 Tulips. Under the influence of the glare and 

 heat of the Hall the blooms became fully - 

 expanded early in the day. Some of them, such 

 as those of the rose-magenta Baron von Goldstein, 

 measured 7 inches across. Ascania has a delight- 

 ful shade of mauve; Arizona is a large flower 

 with a deep vinous purple colour; Turenne, a 

 large May-flowering Tulip with a bronze-shaded 

 purple; Lutea pallida. White Queen, Europe, 

 Mrs. Moon, Bartigan, Gesneriana spathulata and 

 Bleriot are a few excellent varieties. (Silver 

 gilt Banksian Medal.) 



