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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[May 18, 1912, 



Messrs. R. H. Bath, Ltd., Wisbech, exhibited 

 many good Tulips. The blooms of The Sultan. 

 which were on the point of fading, were very 

 dark in colour, and served to enhance the bright- 

 ness of the varieties Inglescombe Yellow and 

 Mrs. .Moon. Bartigan and Dom Pedro were also 

 well shown. (Silver-gilt Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. Alex. Dickson & Sons, Hnwimark 



Nurseries, Dublin, showed a large number of 



Tulip blooms. Flora's Ornament, Moralis, N. F. 



Barnes, and Sensation are typical examples. 



(Silver Flora Medal.) 



Messrs. J as. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, 



London, exhibited many cut flowers of Cottage 

 and Darwin Tulips from their Feltham nursery. 

 The yellows, such as Inglescombe Yellow and the 

 darker toned Bouton d'Or, were very showy. 

 Gala Beauty, with scarlet and yellow-flaked 

 petals, is also a noteworthy variety. (Silver 

 Banksian Medal.) 



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

 arranged cut blooms of Iris, Pyrethrum, Ther- 

 mopsis tabacea var. montana, and Tulip Mrs. A. 

 Clark, a rich yellow Cottage variety. 



W. Winans, Esq., Surrenden Park, Pluckley 

 (gr. Mr. E. Butler), showed a variety of Tulip 

 (Walter Winans), 4 to 5 inches across, of a deep- 

 rose colour w r ith a white centre, arranged with 



cut sprays of Larch. 



Messrs. J. Jeffries & Son, Cirencester, 



showed Tulips in variety. 



Orchid Committee. 



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

 Chair) ; Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Harry J. 

 Veitch, Gurnev Wilson, R. Brooman- White, 

 W. Bolton, de B. Crawshay, W. H. White, 



A. Dye, H. G. Alexander, J. E. Shill, 



W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, W. Cobb, A. A. 

 McBean, T. Armstrong, R. G. Thwaites, F. J. 

 Hanbury, C. J. Lucas, J. Wilson Potter, C. 



Cookson, and Sir F. Moore. 



Mr. H. A. Tracy, Orchid Nursery, Twicken- 

 ham, staged an effective group, for which a Silver 

 Flora Medal was awarded. With a good selec- 

 tion of excellent forms of Cattleya Mossiae, and 

 C. Mendelii were arranged the pure-white, large- 

 flowered C. intermedia Parthenia, C. Skinneri 

 alba, the rare, true C. dolosa, ith three flowers 

 on a spike ; various Laelio-Cattleyas, including 

 some unnamed crosses of Cattleya Schroderae ; 

 Dendrobium Kindlayanum ; Restrepia guttata, 

 R. trichoglossa, Masdevallia Schroderiana, M. 

 gemmata, M. Estradse, M. O'Brieniana ; also 

 good forms of Lselia purpurata, Laelio-Cattleya 

 Fascinator, L.-C. Cauhamiana, a good Belection 

 of Odontoglossum crispum. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. 

 Mr. Thurgood), was awarded a Silver Flora 

 Medal for a group comprised principally of 



varieties of Miltonia vexillaria, ^ including 

 gigantea, Kaiserin Augusta, chelsiensis, and 

 leucoglossa. Several fine species and hybrids 

 of Cypripedium, the white Dendrobium Dearei, 

 Oncidium Kramerianum, O. ©erratum, a good 

 selection of Odontoglossums, Chondrorhyncha 

 Chestertonii, Brassia maculata, B. Lawrenceana, 

 Masdevallia mucosa in several fine speci- 

 mens, Odontioda Bradshawise, O. Charles- 

 worthii from a batch raised at Rosslyn, and some 

 crosses of Odontoglossum Edwardii, also raised 

 by Mr. Pitt; Coelogyne pandurata, C. Dayana, 

 Epidendrum sceptrum, and Anguloa Clowesii. 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks 

 (gr. Mr. Stables), was awarded a Silver Bank- 

 sian Medal for a bright little group of Odon- 

 tiodas and Odontoglossums raised at Rose- 

 field. Odontoglossum Valeria (Edwardii x 

 Vuylstekei) had flowers almost entirely choco- 

 late purple ; 0. Volutella (elegans X Vuylstekei) 

 showed the influence of O. elegans, but very much 

 enlarged, white with dark blotching ; O. Honolulii 

 (Hunnewellianum x harvengtense) was uni- 

 formly spotted with brown. The fine set of 

 Odontiodas were of vivid tints of red and scarlet, 

 the most distinct being 0. Carmen (C. Noezliana 

 X 0. nebulosum), pale red with whitish lip, 

 tinged with salmon colour and well indicating 0. 

 nebulosum. 



Messrs. Hassell & Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an effec- 

 tive group, the back of which was composed of 

 handsome Odontoglossums, and the front of the 

 elegant white and lilac Oncidium pulehellum. 

 Others noted were good Odontioda Charles- 

 worthii, O. chelsiensis. Cypripedium niveum, 

 Cattleya Mossiae and its light variety Arnoldiana, 



Laelio-Cattleya Fascinator, L.-C. Olivia, and 

 Maxillaria Sanderiana. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streat- 

 ham (gr. Mr. G. M. Black), was awarded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal for a group of excellent 

 Odontoglossums, several of the large, white 

 forms of O. crispum being exceptionally fine. 

 Dia-Cattleya Sanderse, a pretty white flower 

 with rose front to the lip, some bright scarlet 

 Odontiodas, several of the graceful Odontoglos- 

 sum Clytie, Laelio-Cattleya Fascinator, and 

 Brasso-Cattleyas were also noted. 



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

 secured a Silver Banksian Medal for a small but 

 select group of very fine forms of Odontoglos- 

 sum crispum, arranged with good Cattleya 

 Mossiae, C. Mendelii and choice forms of Odon- 

 tioda Charlesworthii. 



Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam 

 (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), showed Odontoglossum 

 X Solon var. Roland, and a finely-blotched O. 



crispum 



AWARDS. 

 First-class Certificate. 



Wood hams ianum 



Fowler's 



Cymbidiutn 



ariety (eburneo-Lowianum X Lowianum), 

 from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, 

 South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis).)— This plant 

 is the finest Cymbidium of its class. The beau- 

 tiful flowers, which measure nearly 5 inches 

 across, have the sepals and petals of a clear 

 apricot yellow, wdth an old-gold colour tint, and 

 some faint bronzy lines on the veining. The lip 

 is white at the base, with red spots on the side 

 lobes, the front having a horseshoe-shaped band 

 of chestnut-red. 



Award op Merit. 



LceUo-Cattleya Apollo (C. Schroder 02 X L.-C. 

 Warnhamiensisjy from C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warn- 

 ham Court, Horsham. — A pretty flower of good 

 size. The sepals and petals are pale nankeen- 

 yellow. The lip has an orange disc, and is pink 

 in front with rose veining. 



Cultural Commendation 



to Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., for a fine plant of 

 Dendrobium Loddigesii. It is the D. pulehel- 

 lum of gardens, and D. Seidelianum of Reichb. f. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



Present : J. Cheal, Esq. (in the Chair) ; and 

 Messrs. C. G. A. Nix, W. Bates, A. Dean, E. 

 Beckett, E. Perkins, A. R. Allan, A. Grubb, A. 

 Bullock, P. C. M. Veitch, J. Harrison, J. 

 Jaques, 0. Thomas, H. Somers Rivers, J. Davis, 

 A. W. Metcalfe, and G. Keif. 



Mr. A. A. Humphrey, 120, Victoria Street, 

 Westminster, showed an ordinary doormat on 

 which was growing a dense crop of Mustard, 

 just ready for cutting as a salad. The Committee 

 did not look upon the practice with favour. 



Mrs. J. W. Wells, Rogate, Petersfield, 

 showed a bundle of Asparagus stems. 



The Superintendent sent from the Society's 

 gardens at Wisley six heads of Spring Cabbage 

 of the variety Maekinlay's Matchless, grown 

 from seeds sent by Mr. Mackinlay, West Park 

 Gardens, Ampthill. The heads were green and 

 conical, but not all were ready for cooking. 



ROYAL INSTITUTION. 



At the meeting of the Royal Institution, to 

 be held on the 24th inst., a lecture will be de- 

 livered by Mr. A. D. Hall on M Recent Ad- 

 vances in Agricultural Science — The Fertilitv of 

 the Soil." On the 21st inst. Professor W. 



will lecture on " The Studv of 



Bateson 

 Genetics/' 



PERPETUAL-FLOWERING 



CARNATION. 



Members of the Floral Committee of this 

 Society recently visited the nurseries of Mr. C. 

 Engelmann, at Saffron Walden, and awarded a 

 First-class Certificate to the variety Lady North- 

 cliff e. In accordance with a new rule, which 

 came into force at the beginning of this year, 

 varieties must be seen growing before a First- 

 class Certificate can be awarded. The variety 

 Lady Northcliffe is the first to receive this 

 award under the new regulations. 



HORTICULTURAL CLUB. 



LECTURE ON THE ROSE. 



(Continued from p. Lj 



There is only one member of the Systyla 

 peculiar to the New World, and that is found in 

 R. setigera, otherwise known as R. rubifolia 

 sometimes called the Prairie Rose. This Rone \l 

 very effective when in flower, covered with its 

 large, pink blossoms. Its foliage is noticeable 

 from the fact that the leaves are, for the itimt 

 part, trifoliate, a peculiarity it shares with tl 

 Asiatic Rose R. anemomeflora. In the course of 

 the last century, there were many garden hybrids 

 of R. setigera introduced into this country. Mr. 

 Wm. Paul, in The Rose Garden, gives a list of 

 eight varieties, of which the best known was, 

 perhaps, Baltimore Belle ; but only one now sur- 

 vives, in Reine Olga de Wurtemburg, a hardy 

 climbing or pillar Rose, with nearly evergreen 

 foliage. It was introduced by Nabonnand in 1881. 



My last Rose from the Systylae group is not 

 referred to either by Crepin or Baker. It is R. 

 souliana, described by Crepin about 1896. The 

 colouring of stems and foliage is unique. 

 Its winter stems are of a curious greeny ^rey 

 colour, and the foliage has a bluish tinge, which 

 is very striking. It is relatively rather late in 

 flowering, and a great beauty when in full bloosn, 

 while its small orange fruits give it a new inter, 

 in autumn. It makes a fine shrub, some 6 feet 

 or more in height, and seems hardy enough at 

 Kew, though in my garden I have found it suffer 

 rather severely from frost. Still, the foliage is 

 so strikingly graceful and pleasing that it should 

 be grown by those who can afford it space for 

 development. 



In the Banksia group we have a beautiful 

 hybrid between R. sinica and R. indica in the 

 Rose called Sinica Anemone. I think it requires 

 a wall to grow it to perfection in this country, 

 but it makes huge growth, and many of my 

 friends have found it difficult to treat at pruning 

 time. The foliage is large and attractive, and 

 when it comes into flower in the late spring its 

 magnificent single blossoms, with petals of a 

 pale pink colour, and glistening, satiny texture, 

 are most decorative in the garden. 



Another wall Rose is to be found in the Brac- 

 tiatae. The Macartney Rose has bright, glisten- 

 foliage, clothing the wall like fresh green 

 Ivy, from which its single white flowers, with 

 bright-yellow stamens, look out in very attrac- 

 tive fashion. 



R. microphylla I must mention, If only for it 

 charming foliage. This is finely cut and most 

 graceful, the leaf consisting generally of some io 

 very small, tightly-packed leaflets, while its 

 curious fruits, almost like little Chestnuts m 

 appearance, are covered with little spikes, ami 

 nearly open at the top. It is a rather low-grow- 

 ing shrub, about 2 feet 6 inches with me, ana 

 it has a peculiar habit of casting its bark in 



places during winter. 



Coming now to the great group of the U™a 

 monies, we find here some of the most notable 01 

 decorative shrubs in the genus. R. cinnamomea 

 itself is a charming little plant, growing, wiw 

 me, some 4 or 5 feet high, with straight, up- 

 ight branches, and specially attractive at t* j 

 periods, the first in early spring, when covered 

 with its fresh, rather pale-green foliage, and the 

 second when the leaves have fallen in au tumi • 

 and it shows its smooth, bright-red stems, wluco 

 are as brilliant and striking as those otu 

 Siberian Cornus. In order to get the best emr 

 from the winter stems, it is desirable to > e 1 

 courage the greatest possible production of JJJj 

 wood, and to get this a judicious P» unl °f t 

 thinning out of the older wood immediate!} 

 the flowers are over is useful. , . -r ne 



R. macrophylla makes a useful shrub. 



leaves are very large, with 9 to 11 ^"i, 

 rather sombre green, with a slight redd ti ^ 

 which is, perhaps, even more noticeable o 

 bracts. The habit of the plant is very erect an^ 

 stiff, perhaps a little too much so to oe 



ful. The flowers are bright V^<°* than 

 ___., and the sepals very long, much ^f e ' [olh 



the petals, and twist about in a f™» **3h* 

 The fruits are of a very typical shape, 

 like an old-fashioned coffee urn, and 100 .^ 

 well when ripe and hanging on the ^Fg, di ffer 



are several varieties of this P ose ' * frepin' 8 

 but slightly in character, and pernap ,^ r be 

 R. Davidii, which he at first placed amon P 

 Systylae, ought to be referred here. 



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