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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Mancn 30, 1895, 
D. nobile Statterianum, a large light form; D. n. 
ulum, D. n. nobilius, D. n. ee 
8 Barberianum, D. Wardi giganteum, 
neworthii vara. Kc. (Silver Banksian Me yrs 
Fr., 
i ade a 5 
dulum; the grow he — 
sxe ie Odonto- 
(ae of Merit) ; Fade a spotted fi 
eT crispum, nam 
R. I e Esq., 9 Lodge, Camber- 
well (gr, M r. a showed a new 
bellatulum , cilio. d), 
with saw endl! 
tals dotted, 
and the upper sepal lined with purple (Award of 
nite T. Cayler, Esq., Ivy Mount, Leigham Court 
Streatham (gr., Mr. H. Poulton), snowed two 
fi „ Phaius grandifolius, grown in an 
ordinary plant- house. 
W. C. Parkes, Esq., Llanberis, Lower 3 
re a arepa form ‘a Cattleya Trianzi, with 
wer and richly-coloured lip (Award of 
Merit). 
m. R. Lee, Esq, B eech Lawn, Audenshaw, 
Manchester (gr., Mr 
echianum X nobile 
nobilium) with handsome rose-tinted flowers (Award 
of Meri 
De B. Crawsh ay, Esq., e pes Sevenoaks (ares 
Mr. S. Cook e), showed Odontoglossum X Ruck 
num “Jano,” a e form with mao Pa A 20 
r, Esq., Winch- 
Cyp neræ (? Selligeram majus X 
Carta) afine fi flower of the C. x Youngian 
and C. Rothschidian 
e and 
uteo-purpureum, of which O. l.-p. 
ee a fine large form received an Award of 
eo Rev. E. Handley, Bath (gr., Mr, Kerslake) 
showed a three · flowered i 
mx ?, insigne q), a very effective ge almost 
wholly ofa seas Taaa yellow Le r. 
Bennett, The Gardens, rton-on- 
Trent, showed Cypripedium x * bellatalo- apa 
which somewhat 8 C. Xx Marshallianum 
ruit Committee. 
Present: P. N Esq, a the chair; and 
Messrs. T. F. W. Wilk J. Pearson, 
G. W. RR J. Cheal, G. T. Miles, J. A. Laing, 
W. Bates, W. Farr, T. Glen, J. Hudson, G. Wythes, 
pi 45 Ene H. Balderso erson, J, Smith, W. H. Divers, 
n arl Percy, Syon House, pe piek (gr., Mr. Geo, 
a). exhibited a dish 
(Vote of Thanks), an 
from 
phos John Figs 
a bundle 71 . s 
Lecture on Tree-lifting. 
In the pg mend a lecture, by Mr. Thos, Crasp, on th 
“ Lifting of La Trees, was read by Mr, Weathers ia 
43 
the wee . Ora P observed that when 
ter thin sith. which thus aden n 
a sacri oat many of t ive sys 
of lifting. Again, shee — r e the 
ire to acquire an immediate effect could be 
by the transplanting of large tr d shrubs, much larger 
ual 
ly empləyed. It frequently happened that 
those us 
such trees were available from a different part of the same 
absolute need of 
e, Mr. Crasp said me were rin e 
few that co 1 be so treated. Conifers and uous 
es alike 800 20 to 50 feet high, had bai mo 81 ann 
er only mentioning one (Abies re which 
was doubtful, this tree often failing unaccountably. The 
utumn was the carry out the operation, and it 
wi us 3 to wait until the leaves had fallen 
ok earth 
n ry 
Mr. Crasp said that an exaggerated idea in this respect was 
prevalent 4 to. 8 feet „aequare wap euer . ae e for 
almost any tree. thro out a 
trench 4 feet wid 
wall ne 
the roots, and taking care whilet — to pre- 
serve as many of the Toots as p: ossible, When this trench is 
comp ple te! d. Bore 
3 feet from the surface, under the centre of the tree, leaving 
pillars of soil at each corner. 
the earth removed, planks should be passed ba ai bri 
and raised oa brick amg until . er- 
ing or securing 
the ball for t 8 was next epg d, and the syst 
oderate-sized tr illustrated in fig. 54, 
as far as was required. At the 
J 7 $s $ 
conveniently, should have been hare dug out e roots 
outside the ball should be s d out carefully, ond the soil 
8 firm under and scat 5 — ball, eer it w. tely 
essential that plenty ot water should be given io e 
earth. For this purpose it was some- 
to bore holes in the balls by means of 
the case of aba aber species or deciduous ones, 
lif ted » when in in ne leaf, an sional spray of water over the 
Mr, Cheal (C (Chairman) pp ee e Phe ae e ef 0 
practical remarks u “ere 1 e of which he 
it with fresh so 
Barron, some years 2 
r, by Mr. 
This Yew is still flourishing. Illustrations were given i 
columns, May 1, 1889, pp. 564 and 565. 
DEVON AND EXETER GARDENERS’ 
ASSO JIATION. 
cond spring show of this 
overcoming the ce e of the past winter m- 
petition was con o mem ibe 
who had joined — January 1, 1895, NN of the 
prizes being special, and not in money 
The amateurs were well to the ts and as prize- 
kers in many of the denat, otable feature of 
the atio was the collection of di dessert Apples 
(not tition) alin by Mr. er George, late 
pe Sermo and who for the last years 
lec! for the Count: 
Council of Devon. fruit was in first-c = 
and had T _ well kept, 
8 p 5 uneven lot, 
and foliage plants should EL. best rat 
2 of Daffodils showed an im 
red 
3 
E 
1 8 
8 
zf 
5, 
8 
yello oss 
3 with the Daffodil 8 
esting c mparison was forced upon the visitor by 
usu 
n 
were manifestly superior to the Others, and it 
interested many gar hat pre e 
took lat with six Hyac grown in the Jadoo, 
while the painios (Colonel Rar r ak nn 
2ad in the same class. _ Jadoo „Limited, the 
had a great display of plants rown 
substance, ey c P entirely fe 
Certificate. Mrs. A. D. Sim 
Williams), 
0 
m, of Knowle (er, 5 
Cinerarias, and gre — 
fine D ot 
eenhouse plan 
Van Vondel and Ophi 
. e ok colour, firmness of oe and i 
ibit was backed by a large number o 
grown Palms. 
The ots ter Nurseries Co. (late Lucombe, Pines 
staged a very fine lot of plants for conserva- 
tory decoration, well-grown, and fall of flower, 
. Scots, Blackboy Road N 
nice 8 0 
a nservatorie n 
r A gelley, arranged an interesting 
stall of food exhibits, dried fruits, and other products, 
eco dy, s to flo 
in Exeter, There was a large attendance, oa the 
association is to be congratulated upon the 
of its exhibition 
A Silver Challenge Cup, offered by Mrs. Thornton 
West, for the exhibitor making the largest number 
of winning points, three i a Ist, two for a 2ad, and 
one for a 3rd prize, was won by Mr. ge of 
Cullompton, The Cap i is held fof a year. 
THE GREAT BULB EXHIBITION AT 
HAARLEM 
a, t.) 
m Our Special C 
H 22 to 26— The seventeenth ex hibition 
< lowes “ie and rade plants, which 
opene t arl 0 id closed 
uesday, was full of interest, and generally re- 
ard z = successful which the 
randa te Haar arlem ” 
hall of the Societeit Vereeniging is 8 
place for a flowe — One of the rues notable 
ac nnection with this year's display is the 
considerable falling ofi in the number of com 
or the awards offered neg Hyacinths, and a corre- 
Tulip entries. This fact 
ould seem to ste that the popularity of the 
Hyacinth is on 5 3 not only with cultivators, but 
also wit al public; e cartainly it is not on 
part of the 
yacinth itself, for n 
o have reached its highest point of 
The exhibition excited the widest in 
in an nd around z day the plac Sa eye Holland, and 
and importance do n 
understood in England, a and not e wad 
of Holland route, with the aplenty equiped atd 
through domestic ae e N 
ceremony was performed by Mr. Kruyff. 
Hracixras. 1 
The first twen comprised various collec- 
tions of a ds (in pots), o „ z 
gen y, um s exhibits 0 only all 
one hund 
twenty doable; a Silver-gilt 
enty-five distinct singh 
and 8 
of fifty varie 
single and fifteen double; 3 
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