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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[June 22, 1912 



The Liverpool Horticultural Company 



were awarded a Bronze Banksian Medal for a 

 group of pretty Laelio-Cattleyas, chiefly with 

 yellow sepals and petals and crimson labellums. 

 Also good specimens of L.-C. Canhamiana, Cypri- 

 pedium bellatulum, &c. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Vale Bridge, Haywards 

 Heath, staged a small group in which were 

 Ccelogyne burfordiensis, with two spikes; 

 Cattleya Mossiae Reineckiana " Vale Bridge 

 variety/' a good white, with pink flush on the 

 lip; C. M. King of Siam, with slate-blue vein- 

 mg on the lip ; Cattleya Mendelii The Queen, 

 white; Brasso-Cattleya Corona (B. Digbyana x 

 C. Schilleriana) ; and other hybrids. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. 

 Mr. G. E. Day), sent Odontoglossum percultum 

 Clarksonii, a fine flower, heavily blotched with 

 chocolate-purple ; 0. crispo-Wiganianum, canary- 

 yellow ; two plants of O. Goodsonise ; and 0. 

 Eleanor. 



Mr. W. A. Manda, St. Albans, sent Cattleya 

 Warscewiczii Manda iana, a curious light form. 



Monsieur Mertens, Ghent, showed two Odon- 

 tiodas and Odontoglossums. 



W. Waters Butler, Esq., Southfields, Edgbas- 

 ton (gr. Mr. Jones), showed Lselio- Cattleya Mar- 

 tinettii, " Southfields variety M (C. Mossi?e 

 Arnoldiana x L. tenebrosa), a charming flower, 

 with lemon-yellow sepals and petals, and light- 

 coloured lip, with dark claret disc and veining ; 

 and L.-C. Ganymede (L. Latona x C. Schro- 

 derae). (See Awards.) 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Lcelio- Cattleya Baroness Emma (L.-C. eximia 

 X C. Hardyana), from Baron Bruno Schroder, 

 The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). 

 A grand hybrid, of fine size and form, all the 

 segments broad and well displayed. Sepals and 



Eetals silver white, tinged and veined with 

 right rose-pink, the broad front of the lip 

 purplish crimson, the tube white and yellow, 

 with dark lines from the base. 



Odontioda Cooksonice "Fowler's variety" (see 

 fig. 198) (0. ardentissimum X C. Noezliana), 

 from Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. In effect, 

 this noble hybrid resembles a deep blood-red 

 Odontoglossum eximium, though the Cochlioda 

 is evident in the colour and form. The ~epals 

 and petals are deep blood-red, with a slight 

 pnrple shade, the tips and a very narrow margin 

 being whitish. The labellum, which shows 

 Odontoglossum Pescatorei, derived through 0. 

 ardentissimum, is white, with a large red blotch 

 surrounding the yellow crest. 



Awards of Merit. 



Miltonia Bleuana Rising Sun, from Baron 

 Bruno Schroder (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill). A very 



large, clear-white flower, with brownish-orange, 

 ray-like disc to the lip. 



Odontoma St. Alban (Miltonia Warscewiczii 

 X Odontoglossum Pescatorei), from Messrs. 

 Sander & Sons, St. Albans. A very pretty 

 hybrid, with a branched spike of flowers re- 

 sembling O. Pescatorei in shape. The flowers 

 have a pure-white ground evenly spotted with 

 dark claret-red. 



Led io -Cat tley a X Ganymede " Southfields 

 variety " (L. Latona x C. Schroderce). from W. 

 Waters Butler, Esq., Southfields, Edgbaston 

 (gr. Mr. Jones). A very bright flower, with 

 chrome-yellow sepals and petals, and ruby-crim- 

 •on to the undulated front of the lip. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



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

 Messrs. J. Cheal, J. Willard, E. Beckett, Wm. 

 Pope, A. W. Metcalfe, F. G. Treseder, A. Grubb, 

 H. Markham, P. D. Tuckett, A. Bullock, W. H. 

 Divers, Owen Thomas, W. Bates, W. Hum- 

 phreys, J. Davis, and A. R. Allan. 



Mr. Course, Bedford, was awarded a Silver 

 Medal and a Card of Cultural Commendation for 

 an exhibit of three large bundles of Asparagus. 

 Although the shoots were unusually large they 

 were free from grossness, the edible portion 

 being exceptionally long. 



Messrs. Whiuclegg & Page, Chislehurst, 

 Kent, exhibited several exceedingly fine fruiting 

 growths of the Newberry — the cross between the 

 Kaspberry and the Loganberry — the fruits were 

 Tcry large, of good flavour, and coreless. (Card 

 of Cultural Commendation.} 



NATIONAL GLADIOLUS. 



June 18.— The Silver Medal for the best 12 

 varieties of early-flowering Gladioli, six spikes 

 of each, was awarded to Messrs. E/H. Whea- 

 don & Sons, La Couture, Guernsey. With the 

 exception of the variety Peach Blossom, the varie- 

 ties were of their own raising, the best being 

 Keepsake, Dauntless, and Acquisition. The 

 Bronze Medal was awarded to Mr. C. B. Blan- 

 pied, St. Martins, Guernsey. 



In the class for six varieties, six spikes of 

 each, Mr. Frank Lilley, Guernsey, received 

 the Silver Medal. He showed the brightly- 

 coloured variety King Edward VII in exception- 

 ally good form. Mr. Blanpied's collection won 

 the Bronze Medal. 



There was no award made in the class for 

 three spikes of any new variety either not in 

 commerce or not distributed earlier than the 

 autumn of 1910. 



In the similar class, restricted to varieties 

 not distributed earlier than 1911, Messrs. Whea- 

 don received the Silver Medal for the variety 



E. H. Wheadon, a bright-crimson flower with 

 purple flakes. 



Mr. Lilley was the only competitor to arrange 

 a group of Gladioli in a space of 6 feet by 3 feet, 



Fig. 198. — odontioda cooksoni^ 



"fowler's variety." 



and 

 The 

 and 



be deservedly received the Silver Medal, 

 varieties King Edward VII, King of Spain, 

 Queen Alexandra were especially fine. 



Aw'ards of Merit. 



Gladiolus Innocence. — An exceedingly good, 

 pure-white variety, raised by Mr. T. W. Le 

 Page, Guernsey. The flowers are much larger 

 than those of the well-known variety The Bri le, 

 and the purity of the colour is also a great ad- 

 vancement. 



G. Cardinal. — The flower-buds of this fine 

 variety are scarlet, and the fully-expanded 

 flowers are bright-salmon in colour, with white 

 flakes. Shown by Messrs. E. H. Wheadon. 



NATIONAL HAEDY PLANT. 



June 19. — The first exhibition of this society 

 was held at the R.H.S. Hall on Wednesday last. 

 In the absence of Mr. A. J. Macself, who has 

 undergone an operation, the secretarial duties 

 were performed by Mr. Richard Pinches. Some 

 of the exhibitors at the previous day's R.H.S. 

 Show re-arranged their collections, and these, 

 with additional exhibits, gave the Hall a very 

 attractive appearance. There were nearly 60 

 entries for the 19 classes. Many of the flowers 

 shown were very meritorious, the Delphiniums, 

 Sweet Williams, and Pinks being especially good. 

 There were 21 medals awarded to non-competitive 

 exhibits ; one First-class Certificate and five 

 Awards of Merit to novelties. 



Competitive Classes. 



The Gold Medal for the best exhibit in the 

 show was awarded to Messrs. F. Smith & Co 

 Woodbridge, Suffolk, whose collection included 

 good seedling Delphiniums, Iris aurea, Lilium 

 Hansonii and Polemonium Richardsonii alba. 



Mr. F. Bouskell, Market Bosworth, Nun- 

 eaton, was awarded the premier medal for the 

 collection of hardy herbaceous cut perennials ar- 

 ranged on a table space of 15 feet by 5 feet. Mr. 

 Bouskell showed, in Papaver Lady Roscoe, very 

 brightly-coloured flowers; his Delphiniums and 

 Iris Lord Rosebery were also noteworthy. The 

 Silver-gilt Medal in .this class was awarded to 

 Messrs. Bees, Ltd., Liverpool. 



Messrs. G. & A. Clark, Dover, received the 

 Gold Medal in the class intended to represent a 

 hardy flower border. In this exhibit a bright 

 strain of single Pyrethrum was the outstanding 

 feature. The second award was given to Messrs. 



Whitelegg & Page. 



The collection of Iris which won the Silver 

 Medal for Mr. Bouskell contained some good 

 varieties. Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon were 

 the winners of the 1st prize for a collection of 

 Delphiniums, and Messrs. R. H. Bath were a 

 close 2nd. 



The 12 vases of Pinks (Silver Medal) exhibited 

 by Mr. R. Morton formed a very interesting 

 collection of these charming little flowers. Mr. 

 Norman won the Silver Medal for the best 

 collection of cut blooms of hardy herbaceous 

 flowers; 2nd, Mr. Brodie-Henderson ; and Mr. 

 Morton also exhibited the best collection of 

 Pseonies. Mr. J. Bostock, who received the 1st 

 prize, exhibited some good Violas, and was closely 

 followed by Mr. A. M. Sharratt. The 1st prize 

 for six vases of Pinks was awarded to Mr. R. 

 Morton. The best four vases of herbaceous 

 flowers were those shown by Mr. Brodie-Hen- 

 derson ,• 2nd, Mr. R. Morton, and, in a similar 

 class, Mr. Brotherstone was 1st, and Mr. 

 Brodie-Henderson 2nd. 



Non -competitive Awards. 



Gold Medals were awarded to Messrs. Black 

 more and Langdon for Delphiniums; Mr. M. 

 Prichard, for hardy herbaceous flowers ; Messrs. 

 W. Cutbush & Sons, for flowers of Nymprueas 

 and border plants; Messrs. Barr & Sons, for a 

 collection of herbaceous perennials; Mr. Amos 

 Perry, for Nymphaea blooms and border flowers ; 

 Messrs. Piper & Sons, for a rockery. 



to Messrs. 



Ferns ; 

 Ware, 

 and to 



Silver-gilt Medals were awarded 



H. B. May & Sons, for a collection of hardy 



to Messrs. W. & J. Brown, Messrs. T. S. 



and Mr. J. Box, for herbaceous flowers; 



Mr. G. Reuthe, for a collection of hardy 

 plants. 



Silver Medals were awarded to Messrs. Carter, 

 Page & Co., for Violas; Mr. W. J. Godfrey, for 

 Canterbury Bells ; Mr. F. Bouskell, for a collec- 

 tion of Verbascum varieties; Messrs. Kelway 

 & Sons, for Paeonies and Delphiniums ; Messrs. 

 J. Cheal & Sons, for a rockery; and to Messrs. 

 Gibson & Co., Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., 

 Messrs. Baker, Ltd., Messrs. R. H. Bath, Ltd., 



and Mr. V. Slade, for collections of hardy border 

 flowers. 



First-class Certificate. 



WaTilenbergla vincceflora. — . 

 dwarf, herbaceous perennial. 



A. free flowering, 

 The sky-blue 

 flowers are borne on slender stalks. Shown by 

 Mr. Reg. Prichard. 



Awards of Merit. 



Foclgersia tabular is. — A Chinese species which 

 produces dense heads of sweetly-scented flowers. 

 Shown by Mr. Amos Perry. 



Delphinium Lavanda. — See R.H.S. Awards in 

 present issue. 



D. Dusky Monarch.— See R.H.S. Awards in 

 Gardeners 9 Chronicle, June 8 last. 



Lithospermum Frcebellii. — A dwarf, compact 

 plant, with Rosemary-like leaves and deep-blue 

 flowers on erect stems about 9 inches high. 

 Shown by Mr. Reg. Prichard. 



Gladiolus Queen Mary. — An early-flowering 

 Gladiolus; the salmon-pink flowers have white 

 flakes and are larger than is usual in this class. 



Shown by Messrs. Barr & Sons, 



Certificate of Merit. 



Lavatera Olbia. 

 present issue. 



See R.H.S. Awards in 



