May 23, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



347 



THE 



§ arb emrs' CJ) mttttl r 



No. 1,326— SATUEDAY, May 25, 1912. 





CONTENTS. 



his- 



fi 



the 



Androsace Henryi 

 Carson, Mr. D. ... 

 Chelsea Hospital, 



tory of 



Clianthus Dampieri 

 Cox, Mr. Tom .. 

 M Finger and toe, 



treatment of 



Garden stuff, the use of, 



200 years ago 



Horticultural produce, 



the importation of, in 



UiJiAi ... ... ... 



Horticulturists, the 

 training of 



Insect stings, a remedy 

 for 



International Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition, 1866, 

 reminiscences of the... 



Lewisia Howellii 



Nepenthes, a new species 

 oi 



Obituary — 



Burton, F. M 



Farquhars on, Mrs. 



Marian Sarah 

 Smith, Charles 

 Ontario, co - operative 

 fruit associations in ... 



354 

 353 



353 

 356 

 353 



354 

 35$ 



354 

 353 

 353 



347 

 349 



353 



358 



358 

 358 



354 



Orchids, a sale of ... 356 

 Orchids in 1866 and 1912 348 

 Parks, the cost of 



London's 353 



Pear midge, the 356 



Plants, new or note- 

 worthy — 

 Cotyledon racemosa... 348 

 Rock gardens, develop- 

 ment in 355 



Royal International 

 Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion, 352, 357 and Sup- 

 plementary pages. 

 Schizocodon soldanel- 



loides 348 



Seeds and plants im- 

 ported into America... 354 

 Sunflower, the red ... 353 

 Tasmanian fruit-grow- 

 ing industry, the ... 853 

 Week's work, the — 

 Flower gaiden, the ... 850 

 Fruits under glass ... 850 

 Hardy fruit garden, the 351 

 Kitchen garden, the... 350 

 Orchid houses, the ... 351 

 Plants under glass ... 851 



"Who's Who" of the 

 Exhibition ... Supp. ii. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Alocasia Micholitziana... Supp, xvi. 



Androsace Henryi ... ... 354 



Brasio-Cattleya Digbyano M Westonbirt variety " Supp. vii. 



Ceratolobus Forgetiana Supp. xv. 



Cox, Mr. Tom, portrait of 353 



Dendrobium Apollo albens Supp. viii. 



Directors of the Royal International Exhibition, por- 

 traits of the (Supplementary Illustration) 



Henslow, Mr. T. G., portrait of Supp. iv. 



Japanese garden shown by Messrs. James Carter and 



PjJ- — Supp. xiii. 



Laelio-Cattleya Canhamiana Supp. vi. 



Laelio-Cattleya Gladiator Supp. ix. 



Laelio-Cattleya Salome Supp. x. 



Lewisia Howellii 349 



Schizocodon soldanelloides 848 



Stove plants exhibited by Messrs. James Vcitch and 



Sons, at the International Exhibition ... ... Supp. v. 



Thomas, Mr. Owen, portrait of Supp. iv. 



Wright, Mr. S. T., portrait of Supp. iv. 



THE INTERNATIONAL" 



OF 1866. 



PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. 



Flowering plants were very strongly represented, ceous plants, distinct. These were shown with 

 and some of the specimens excelled, in their own a quantity of fresh, young foliage, as was then 



genre, anything we see at the present day. 

 There were specimen pot Roses from Charles 

 Turner and William Paul (the " Company " was 

 not then in existence under the latter name), and 

 from Mr. Paul, of Cheshunt. I trust that all 



the custom, and they made a charming effect. 

 Near this exhibit were the Orchids, which, I 

 think, gave me more pleasure than any other 

 section. 



I had looked forward with the keenest expecta- 



these three firms are represented at the present tion to seeing the Orchid exhibits. Just at this 

 show ; but they will not exhibit the im- time, Mr. Robert Warner, of Chelmsford, was at 

 mense specimens which were then all the rage. the zenith of his fame as an Orchid grower, and 



his skill was well demonstrated on this occasion. 



also showing huge 



Mr. Charles Turner was 



plants of Azalea, and so were Messrs. Veitch, of His exhibit, which I remember quite well, was at 



Chelsea — and both exhibited splendid examples the northern end of the long tent in which the 



of cultivation. When I had feasted my eyes on Orchids were accommodated. He entered in the 



them, I turned to the Pelargonium section, and class for 50 kinds, and was the only competitor. 



gazed with delight at the 1st prize group of 10 



varieties, staged by Mr. Bailey, gardener to 



T. T. Drake, of Shardeloes. Mr. Bailey's son, and leafage — the latter down almost to the level 



who had charge of these plants, was keenly enthu- of the pots — having every indication of perfect 



siastic about them, and I remember reading health. 



There were some lovely specimens of Vanda tri- 

 color, V. suavis, and V. insignis, with flowers 



in the Gardeners' Chronicle his descrip- 

 tion of the plants. The 1st prize in the class 

 for 12 varieties was won by Mr. Charles Turner 



There were also eight plants of Phakenopsis in 

 five varieties, and of Cattleya Mossise 15 plants 

 in 11 forms. I think it was these latter which 



they were not quite so large as Mr. Bailey's, left the most definite impression on my mind oi 

 but very fine specimens all the same. The prize all that fine exhibit. 



for " Fancies " was carried off by Mr. John 



Mr. William Marshall, whom I had already 



Fraser, of Lea Bridge Road Nurseries, but Mr. met at the Summer Show at Brighton, exhibited 

 Bailey held his own in the amateurs' class. I in the class for 10 kinds, and was placed 2nd. 



was not keenly interested in the other classes for 

 soft-wooded greenhouse plants, but the specimen 

 hard-wooded stove and greenhouse plants kept me 

 enthralled. Here Mr. Thomas Baines 



The large marquee in which the Orchids were 

 arranged was 500 feet long and only 40 feet wide, 

 much too long and narrow to lend itself to 



was artistic staging. The only arrangement possible 

 pre-eminent in the large amateurs' class ; he was to bank up the flowers on each side, and 

 was then gardener to H. L. Micholls, of leave a broad walk down the middle. The mar- 

 Bo wdon. Amongst other plants, I remember quee was heated with hot-water pipes, a plan 



fine specimens of Heaths, Ixoras, Azaleas, Acro- 

 phyllum venosum, and Boronia phinata. Messrs. 



which is being followed this time. There were 

 only four jurors for the Orchid classes. One 



J. & C. Lee, of Hammersmith, won the 1st prize was Professor Reichenbaeh, of Hamburg, whose 

 in the nurserymen's class ; they showed a plant many contributions to the Gardeners 9 Chronicle 

 which was then only beginning to be known as a will be long remembered. 



specimen, namely, Darwinia tulipifera, then called 

 by the generic name Genetyllis. This I found 



As the day on which I visited the show was 

 one of the later ones, much of the perishable fruit 



extremely attractive. They also staged another and vegetable produce had been removed. I re- 



plant which is very difficult to cultivate, Boronia 

 serrulata, and good specimens of Dracophyllum 

 gracile and Acrophyllum venosum. Mr. James 



member, however, some excellent pot vines shown 

 by Lt.-Col. Lloyd, of Hawkhurst, whose gardener 

 at that time was Mr. Record. Of vegetables, I 



Cypher, then gardener to Miss Savage, Tetbury recollect some remarkable exhibits of Cucumbers, 



Lodge, Cheltenham, was amongst the exhibitors, 

 and it is interesting to note that the present firm 

 at Cheltenham— -J. Cypher & Sons— will be well to 

 the fore this year. I stood for a long time admir- 



and, incidentally, I may note in passing that in 

 the class for a brace of Cucumbers there were no 

 fewer than 44 entries. 

 As I have remarked before, the exhibition 



ing the specimens of fine foliage plants, especially made a very deep impression upon me, and 

 the two beautiful groups arranged by Messrs. J. & tau S ht me a great deal. At that time I knew 

 C. Lee, in which Alocasia Lowii was conspicuous. bu ^ * * w of the exhibitors— I have already men- 



T is difficult to describe the mingled feelings Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons were showing Pandanus tioned Mr. Wm. Marshall, and I also knew Mr. 



with which I have regarded the prepara- 

 tions for the International Exhibition 



Veitchii, then quite a new plant. There was one 



u Croton 



plant of Codiaeum pictum (or 



>> 



as 



B. S. Williams very well. Mr. Baines I did 

 it not meet until years afterwards, but the older 



they have awakened so many old, long-dormant was called), which I bi\ieve to be the same readers of the Gardeners' Chronicle will remem- 

 memories of the International Show of 1866* 



London 



as one which I myself gi «w later on, and was 

 able to exhibit. 



great exhibition was an all-important event in The amateurs' classes excited keen com- 



ber him by his almost weekly contributions to 

 its pages. Mr. Ben Peed was an old friend of 

 mine — he was already at that time a celebrated 



the life of a young gardener, long anticipated 

 and remembered for many a year. The day of 

 my first visit to the 1866 show is still fresh in my 

 mind— the long wait outside the gates for the 



In the class for six varieties, no gardener. 



petition. 



fewer than 12 competitors entered ; but the finest 

 plants were to be found in the class for 12 

 varieties, and here Mr. Baines was again 1st with 



It is startling to think that Mr. Harry Veitch 

 was a junior member of his firm, and that an- 

 other youthful representative of horticulture 



opening, the expectant crowd, the little stir of a really remarkable collection. I well remember was Mr. George Paul, of the Old Nurseries at 

 excitement when two tall visitors were pointed his beautiful plants of Theophrasta imperialis, Cheshunt. These gentlemen are still on the 



rarir the Thomson Mothers, of Scottish fame 

 (William Thomson, of Dalkeith, and David 

 Thomson, of Archerfield). These thoroughly 

 competent and successful men were then at the 



They were both on 



zenith of their careers. 



Wry, and I well remember my awe and 

 aam^atxon f these experts in the profession in 

 w nich I was a humble beginner. 



«v« laS ? the gates were °Pened, and the crowd 

 streamed in, I among it. 



good^and g T ^ arnmg€ment was extremely 



Dasvlirion acrotrichum, and Gleichenia speluncae. 

 Ferns, both hardy and exotic, were shown in con- 

 siderable numbers, but I was not particularly in- 

 terested in these plants. Three large specimens of 

 Eucharis grandiflora held my attention for some 



these were shown by Mr. Howard, then 

 gardener to J. Brand, of Balham. I had never 



so profusely 



time 



seen 



or 



The general effect 



was breathless with admirat 



any specimens so fine 

 flowered. Another group which took my fancy 

 greatly was that of Mr. John Salter, of the Ver- 

 sailles Nursery, Hammersmith. It consisted of 

 50 plants of hardy variegated alpine and herba- make up for them. James Hudson. 



active list, and, indeed, foremost among those 

 who have worked for the present exhibition. 

 Time has dealt leniently with both, and I trust 

 they may long be spared to the profession. 



Looking back on the outstanding features of 

 the last exhibition, we miss, to some extent, the 

 fine examples of stove and greenhouse plants 

 then shown. However, there can be no doubt 

 that, in other directions, 1912 beats 1866 ; the 

 honorary exhibits, which are a most interesting 

 feature of the present exhibition, more than 



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