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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Arar 13, 1895, 
nd, 
g , were shown most by Mesers. Barr & Son 
Street, Covent Garden, in whose collection 
King 
they appeared with blooms of Anemones, Scillas, 
and oth Irvi 
Scoticus, princeps, 
obvallaris, Horsfieldii, Telamonius plenus, Empress, 
considerable numbers. 
ronium dens-canis roseum majas 
armena rubra were also included (Silver Banksian 
M 
al). 
ory r. Thos, S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten- 
ham, ataged a capital 
plants in flower, amongst which 
as P. denticulata pong a te ag a 
iu 
e pure white Trillium 
— 2 with others in capital condition (Silver 
Flora 
Some interesting seedling Daffodils were con- 
— 
affected by 3 but the perianth was con- 
siderably paler than N. cyclamineus, and the petals 
name of an 
nearly white. Gre me e 
enlarged seedling it self-fertilised N. minor, being 
a much sino flowe — way. A seedling 
Golden Spur ? and cern has a perianth larger 
than either of the 88 and ari slightly 2 
coloured than the pale us. 
the 88 was also 3 and eee; 
as of much St. Brigid 
Mrs, 
2 Killiney, Dublin, also showed flowers of 
Two large baskets of Neapolitan Violet roots 
were shown by Mrs, Crawford, Gatton, gr., 
e roots were very well 
of Richardia æthiopica, of an 8 
large size, ane contributed by F. „ Esq, 
Farnbam Chase, Slough (gr., Mr. A. J. Reid), who 
showed a dozen spathes; and also 
Esq., The Grange, Wallington (Vote of Thanks), 
lant of og ey imbri 
A pl bricata platifolia, a form 
with unusually broad leaves, was exhibited by 
Messrs, Paul & Son, Cheshunt. 
Committee. 
been recorded. The 
Flora Medal. Sir 
Tre owed the fi ee g ge 
x Bleui nobilior (vexillaria * Roezlii), wh 
lossum dian vio- 
and petals, ae 
purplish lip; Masdevallia 
leontoglossa, 9 x Endresio-Wallisii, and 
Eulophiella Elisabeth 
Baron Sir “Bebroder, The Dell, Egnen poa 
specimen was — Ys 
ith very beautifully — and three fine 
of Cattleya eee viz., the crimson - 
pa s which 5 not uncom ; the pretty C. L. 
with 1 ot a ’ soft rose; and 
L. Vinekel, which has lavender-coloured sepals and 
petals, and dull purple, or slate-blue lip. The two 
eat are unique 
sers. Jas. b page & Son, Royal Exotic Nursery, 
, 
Roezlii = aai 
Hon, ‘Lord nee tring Park, Tring 
Hill), showed the tiful Lelia flava 
antiaca, whi vit had 
nge colour 
singular 9 um tetragonu ith numerous 
insect-like flowers; a fine form m: Cattleya guttata 
Prinzii, and the pretty little neg aE scurra pie 
trated in the Gardeners’ tele, n i., 304), wi 
dense racemes of whitish — with g — B 
a 18 oe very fragrant species. 
M F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, received a 
Silver Beukilan Medal for a very fine group of 
Orchids. one en i 
assamicus, and the singular green and purple Cyrto- 
podium Woodfordii. stage, the principal 
plants were their new pure white Bollea Schroderiana, 
very rare and singular whi ndrobium 
boinense, D. veratrifolium, D. di hum, D. Bry- 
merianum, Spathoglottis aurea and S. plicata, some 
ontoglo 
toglossums, Eulophiella Elisabeths, Cattleya — — 
dere, Oncidi dium varicosum Rogersii, the pretty 
S a very richly- 
* e (gr. 10. 
Mr. S. Cooke), again showed bie very fine Odon 
. Lionel Crawshay, which is — 
of the finest forms of O. triumphans 
wW 
previously received an Award of Merit, and on this 
occasion a First-class Certificate was Po T . 
E 
H 
. 
e 
g 
8 
8 8 
2 8 
„ heavily-marked sepals als, 
broad shield-shaped lip have wide differences — 
the ordinary 5 r. Crawshay also 
ontoglossum gloriosum, Rosefield var., cream- 
white with brownish- le 
ple spo 
5 8 Raphael, Esq., Castle Hill, Englefield Green 
(gr., M . Adams), sent the best spike of Eulophiella 
Elizabetha which has yet been — 
with three irregular rows 
h tatter 
chester (gr., Mr. R. J knon. hee the "R 
Lælio-Cattleya x Pallas superba i crispa X 
eee The original received a Fi 
tificate to the raisers, Messrs. ä Sons, in 
ill more impro ved its beauty. 
Mr. Statter also L. Cattleya Me deli Alexandræ, 
Cattleya æ splendens, Cypripedium X anna- 
mense 15 Wade nis expanzum x Numa), and C. 
ae atrorubens, 
Fred, Hardy, van, Tyntesfield, Ashton-on- Mersey 
(gr., Mr. T, Stafford 4), showed the rer e 
ossum rine (Award of Merit), 
and the fine O, polyxanthum, H s var. 
Messrs. W. pec Go, Chase Side, Sonth- 
of Orchids, which secured 
a Sil 2 M 
nksian al It was composed of Cat- 
tleya Mendeli, ossiæ, Odontoglossum crispum 
varieties, O, Andersonianum album, O. cordatum 
O. lævis, O, luteo-purp ers : 
pilia suavis superba, and the paesi ae 
ixi 5 
r having small blackish flo 
= ee. of es 
. T. Pitt, Esq.. Rosslyn, Stamford Hill 
Aldous), was 3 a Silver Tanais Ae for a 
wr pretty group of showy 
tesii as very 
some. In the back of his group, Mr. Pitt had some 
a Triansi, &c, 
and arranged with them were some well- oweredapeci: 
of Angræcu m sesquipedale, Lelia harpophylla, 
a very fine — = * various 3 of Miltonia Roenlii, 
ebulosam candidulum, and other 
fine 2 — Cattleya Schroders, Angræ- 
cum Sanderianum, &c. Messrs. W. 
Farnham, showed two forms of Cattleya Trica 
A. mee, Esq., Carshalton (gr., Mr. G. W, 
Cammins), show a fine plant of the rare C 
bidium Lowianum paims an (viride), with . 
yellow lip. 
General E. S. Berkeley, Spetchley, — Park. 
Southampton, showe endrobium Rolfe oseum, 
oyal Botanic Gardens, Glas- 
nevin, es of Cymbidium Davon- 
ianum, Cœlogyne lactea, Cattleya — Phaius 
— — and Masdevallia ludibunda (Botanical 
Certifi 
Fruit Committee. 
res wi F. Rivers, Esq., Chairman, and Messrs, 
J. Pear n, G. Goldsmith, G. W. Cummins, TI 4 
— J. Wright, A. De „W. Pave F. Green 
J. 1 . n, Norman, J Smith, d. 
hes. 
Earliest of ll Cab 
9 Asparagus - Kale, Veitch’s late 7 
routing Broccoli, Veitch’s Late 
Cattell’s Eclipse Broccoli, and Vei 3 Main Cron 
coli, warf Beans, Syon House and Ne Plus 
Milan anid Golden Ball 
Veitch’s Purple Se kal 
La Grosse Sucréa, of very fine qe 
(Caltural Commendation), and some fruits of Stra 
berry Royal Sovereign, &c. 
Mr. Goldsmith, Leonardalee Gardens, Horsham, 
sent a dish of an Apple called Barfield, a medium- 
escribed as a 
le, and por for dessert. 
had kept remarkably w 
The fruits 
Lecture on Campanulas. 
In the afternoon the Assi 
stall, The reece 3 
garden of Campanulas as, layin 
stress at the outse the detail when 
selecting a site for the culture o 
plants, of choosing one where the bn of noil 
and the whole environment would be con 
appreciation of the plants themselves, 
of the imaginary garden were then noticed and 
described, and the best positions for each indicated. 
At the close of = * practical lecture, Mr. 
onard, Chairman, offered a few 
to 
dia little in the attempt to properly classify and 
name the forms of Campanulas now known by such 
, by sending 
a part of their superabandance of stock to Chiswick 
Gardens, where the Royal Horticultural Society is 
attempting to form a complete collection, for the 
purpose above stated. 
ROYAL CALEDONIAN 
HORTICULTURAL. 
ArrIL 3.—The above Society opened its spring 
show in the Waverley ds . bog date, 
The weather, which in the 
he show, when com its, 
previous years, as yr s the number of f 
was thin, an immense building, which . 
large p to give ki a ‘fortitaked appe nen ok 
ness of t 
as the probable cause 
alluded eg “The large plants at 
e local nurserymen were this season 
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