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we are to have Roses, Ko., exhibited so that we 
can see them to the best advantage, I do not 
think there is any p'an that can affect this 
object so well as the present style of exhibiting, 
formal though it be. 
But then it will be said, this may be all very 
well for those who are exhibitors, but the general 
public do not care for it. But does the general 
publio care much for perfection in any of 
these things? The general public go to a cattle 
show or a poultry show, and their presence is very 
of stock feeding or poultry breeding? and 
after all it is the experts, or would be experts, 
who form the back-bone of all such pursuits. 
But, again, there is one point on which I hold 
a somewhat anomalous, or, as some would say, 
contradictory opinion, viz., that the exhibition 
Rose is one which does not lend itself readily to 
t of decoration. Take half-a-dozen 
exhibition blooms of Marie Baumann, of Mer- 
veille de Lyon, and Gabrielle Luizet, put them 
into the hands of the most expert decorator, give 
him or her a vase of any shape or character you 
like, and I think it will be a puzzle to them to 
arrange them effectively. I think the same may 
be said of all these regular double flowers; we 
cannot so utilize the double Dahlia, or the 
inourved Chrysanthemum, or the various double 
forms of Aster. With regard to the Chrysanthe- 
mum, I did not see in any of the stands set up 
for decorative purposes at the Aqaarium a single 
incurvedflower, They were all Japanese, rough and 
irregular, and much better suited for this purpose 
the present method of exhibiting exhibition 
varieties is not likely to be improved upon, I 
think we must look in other directions for the 
purpose of giving variety to our shows, It has 
been asked by some of your contemporaries why 
does not the National Rose Society take this 
matter up? has done so for a great many 
years, and prizes were formerly offered for 
stands, vases, or baskets of Roses, but the result 
was most disappointing, never more than three 
that some exhibitors had an advantage in 
consequence of the receptacle used for their 
G. Paul 
certain space with a decorative 
adopted at all three exhibitions, 
was not so satisfactory as was 
ga enough, at Halifax, from 
was wed, no one appeared t 
aoa. , p o compe 
THE GARDENERS’ 
There is one drawback in connection with the 
exhibition of garden Roses at both the metro- 
politan and northern shows, viz, that with 
many of them their time for flowering 1s gone 
by. Itis very difficult to catch such lovely flowers 
as the Austrian Copper, the Austrian Yellow, 
Macrantha, and others of the sin gle-flower species 
after June, except perhaps in some cold district or 
in some very backward season ; and as the Society 
has its members in all parts of the kingdom, 
they have the opportunity of making use of 
their advantages, There is another thing to be 
considered, and one of considerable weight with 
small amateurs, and that is the difficulty of 
transport; first, they are cumbersome and take 
up considerable room, as they must be cut long, 
while if they are laid down in the boxes and 
exposed to the tender mercies of railway porters, 
a considerable number of the flowers will be 
shattered before they arrive at their destination. 
To the owners of big battalions and long purses 
this may be a matter of indifference, but 
it does deter smaller men, and if an exhibitor 
has, beside his garden Roses, stands of exhibi- 
tion flowers to look after, he will find his 
difficulties very much increased, now some- 
thing of what it is in exhibiting Gladioli, and 
oan, therefore, quite understand the amateur’s 
difficulties. 
Rose Society may give still more encouragement 
to the decorative side of the subject, especially 
to amateurs. Although I suspect that no great 
originality will be developed, what are called the 
old Garden Roses, such as Blairii No, 2, Paul 
Ricaut, Paul Perras, Chénédolé, Juno, and 
others of a similar character, will not be of much 
use for this object 
A movement has now been inaugurated by the 
Royal Horticultural Society for drawing up 
suggestions for judges, and I know of nothing 
more likely to embarrass judges at the Rose show 
than having the flowers mixed up together—the 
present system of showing them in green boxes 
is one which no judge would like to see abolished. 
How could he possibly judge by points unless 
the flowers were put plainly before him, and 
were easy to beexamined? Sothat on the whole 
my verdict would be, do not meddle with the 
present arrangement as far as exhibition-flowers 
are concerned, but do what you please with the 
non-exhibition varieties. Wild Rose, 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS, 
ASPIDIUM (LASTREA) BASIATTENUATUM 
mesic Jenm, n. sp, j 
Srırıres tufted, } to 1 inch 7 
channelled, clothed with a ee 3 ; 
fronds 3 to 6 inches long, 1 to 14 inch wide, bipin. 
nate, base gradually dwindling, the upper part 
tapered to the finally entire or semi-lobed 
green, with a fine gray pu ce, th 2 
c lled rachis and other vascular part x slender 
imidiate ones free the 
rest 
nected, ł to 1 line wide, 1 to 2 lines lon 
e 
ted, th 
rrently con- 
somewhat crenulate; y a 
with the conterminous 
8 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fzpevary 2, 1895, 
Lycaste SKINNERI, MADAME STEINMETZ, n, var, 
Under the rules laid down by the Select Com: 
mittee appointed by the Royal Horticultural Soei 
forthe regulation of “the naming of Orchids for 
garden purposes,” it would be perfectly admissible ty 
give a botanical varietal name to such a very distinet 
form as this, but a wise custom of giving these du- 
tinct variations which are so numerous among 
Orchids, and which often appear in but one example, 
has prevailed, and they are now generally named in 
out of a batch of imported plants. James 
SOME OF THE EPIPHYTES 0f 
AMBOINA.~ 
ially of the island of ina, After a 
twelvemonths’ in va, the author bal 
an opportunity of visiting the group namei, 
d i y the striking 
rast between the two coun fered 
cont 
by the 
the natural and cultivated condition, feeling bin- 
self, as he expresses it, transported into a 1 
world.” Epiphytes abound in the driest as well # 
in the most humid parts of the island, and represi 
described and figured, beginning with a Livermott 
belonging to the genus Dendroceros, characterised 
by being covered with bladdery excrescences, Next 
come two species of Trichomanes—T. Itatum aad 
T. Motleyi—both desirable for cultivation; t 
I believe neither is to be found i gardens 
to, * 
sorbifolium, is one of the most remarkable 1 
Indeed, Mr. * 
= 
11 
j ith 
length, simply pinnate spreading fronde "iyi a 
entire pinnules, are produced, a0 occasion 
Morphologische und biologische , 
einige Epiphytenformen der Molukkea, von 
xii , pp. 117—195, t. 13—19. 
offered 
inhabitants, and by the vegetation, both it 
