ford (Cultural Commendation 
5 TT ’ 
Mar. 18,1886. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 627 
ple dots, with spotting between them, — these lines and E. Gilman), showed of the celebrated Dragon tree of va, destroyed 
petals prevail over the whole surface of the creamy-white Ritching’s st prey and — 1 The fruit was of aE a storm in pyi This was * of the moat 
em colour. lip which is large, is m greenish-white fair size, and had white flesh n the Annale o t natural i 
the under, and rose-parple on the upper-side ; the stami- Mr. J. F. 2 sa to J. P. M AN, Esq., Dover House, ps was firet read ae b navigators in 
nod The handsome, broad, vigorous foliage — had a bundle of —— Asparagus (Vote of art of the Af th y the — 4 b 
roclaims ita free doer, as it certainly showsa triumphofthe Thank — 4 oth centary, a was supposed y 
hybridist, and was maraya eserving of the First-class A aun of fine ripe Amsden June P. am t an ers xtreme 
nauimouel Low also sho the Wythes, gr. to the Earl iare Syon } — tb specimen at Kew was any years ago, and 
urious littl zy 
a — essrs, 
e bi * 8 strongylanthum (Botanical 
Cert tificate), | two pretty, light-coloured Lelia p 
w. Ne 30N, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Steff. (gr., Mr. 
W. Steven“), showed the fiae white Odon crispum 
urpurata, ani 
pu rple spots on the pe ; e 
richly-spotted o. 55 — 
alba. The small grou 
D rarai field, Sevenoaks r . 8. 
Cooke), s a few very pr Orchids, of which the D tad 
was Oattleys Mandell Princess of Wales, a grandly- 
flower of exquisite e and named = atin he wage 
Royal Highness. pals and petals a 
pearly- Pink tint, and ‘the front lobe of the oy 2 
crimson 
retired an Award of Merit. Mr. Crawshay also showed the 
a a deautifal form of 0. — 5 a 12 008 0. B Halli 
H. GRINLING, Esq , Harrow Weald House more (gr., M 
Rapley), ent . fine — . onder’ Wallisii and 0. 
3 
URES, = , Cambrid, 
good 
ted lip, The 
ne 
Mendeli, and a grand varety of C. intermedia 0 
Olaesiana). Mr. n TERRY, e Park — Koute 
ford, fl on and a magnificent form 
of Oncidium varicos um Roge 
Sir CHAS W. STRIC 
shire, sent three plants of C 
which closely approached som or t 0. froyæ 
p nce. W. Sw a E, Esq., Cornd Hall 
near Cheltenham (gr., Mr. Rendell), sent Cypripedium 
x Corndeanii (supposed x Sedeni) 
bat which, while bearing g evidence of C. La 
ive parent trace of C. x Se ſenii. 
J. RN ET FOWLER, Esq.. Glebelands, Woodford 
(gr. * Mr. J, eons showed Cattleya Mendeli, *' Gle! 
var.,” a grand white form, with a fine carmine-crimson tinted 
lip, besides other varm e! 
HORSMAN, „ sho a singular Odonto- 
ester wed 
am, ener: goby ween O. cordatum and 0. 
na „ with 
faked with 
Little Ha sho two well-cultivated 
wr a ie Piston which has been shown as P. 
secured is Occasion a Cnltural 
URTON, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden, showed a 
prus Eea, 3 
a Mossi , Dulcote ~ ot a 
en lip. Mr. . WICKENDEN, Heathfield, New 
Southgate. sent 7 eya + Loddigesii A. H, SMEE, Esq., The 
ing Cu 
— — a een 
ed b y Messrs. ER, DEMPSTER & Co., Livet- 
These st Mer 3 8 and Tomatos, and a 
very large a and heavy bunch Bananas 
tnar Tad 
several secu 
Vert’s Improved Favourite, a 4 4 —— “useful-looking fruit, 
M EITCH & S 
essrs. Jas. otic Nursery, Chelsea, 
exhibited a large e ir 8 riety named Allen’s 
Fa vouri e. And f Mr. S. MORTIMER, Swiss N i 
Rowledge, Farnham, aeg seng variety 
Marvel; these fruits w i even in size, 
14 inches long, smooth, rs 9 colour. 
The Earl of SUREWSEURY, Ingestre Hall, Stafford (gr., Mr. 
w 
). 
, Bedford, e their new Stra w- 
essrs. LAXTON BROS 
berry. Leader, 3 ie our * fruits were even 
finer than those sent to us, and t — aall r brisker and bet ter. 
There is a decided —— in it of Lo or Elton Pine 
that is very refreshing (First-class Certificate 
Ag 
from Messrs. B. S. Wir- 
LIAMS & Son, Paradise and Victoria Nurseries, Holloway. 
Lecture. 
Dr. C. M. G., Aw t Director, Roy: 
po i 2 gave an interesting lecture on the 
Plante and Gardens of the Canary — ; a 
ng his remarks w The 
9 — a summary of the — — 
ary Islands are sixty miles off the N. W. 
coast of ret hee lat. 28° N. They have a mild and 
equable temperature, which asn —— in winter, 
below 55° to 60° Fah 
climatic conditions are n 
of a is presented by the soak G or — 
format 
vegetation of the coast becomes m 
* 
e sin a (Spartium), and 
glaucous-leaved Violas, a Cheiranthus, and gras 
sof H t, the vegetation of the 
Canary Islands has afforded interesting facte and 
figares connected with ng distribution of plant life, 
The plants themselves = 0 * ics 4 
habit exhi — special daptation the 
pave — af — 
of iw Be 
e Dee re eee 
ist great heat, en 
ee 
tometimes s 25 
They e their energies by flowering at long 
intervala, bu y the inforescence when 
size, and composed of small and very 
— flowers. 
The lecturer mentioned many Canary- -plante se 
have long been cherished inh ore A of 
in this sl He described and illu 
pte N — - blood trees of T. 
native Date Palm (Phenix 33 
reous species of Sonchus, Statice, 8 and 
ps singular House tate (Sem m), some of 
ria Bread Bonk large rosettes of leaves 12 to 
in 
A vat fase 8 ng set of Canary plants in flower 
was shown from the Royal Gardens, Kew. Amongst 
these was a large handsome Battere 
ex. — 
owing to the discussion going on respecting its claim 
regar Be, ig f the cultivated 
oa. xg and th bby C. 1 
feaa ele and beautiful white flowers, 
tipped with, reddish-purple, Tbe habit and the 
graceful colours of these plants were much aie ired, 
Two 
sho 2 are 4 mA — in — country 
under name Daisies, 
a ssa Cary — green — leaves, while 
C. Broussoneti has fine e leaves. Cy 
canariensis and C. fili pes were 
l remarks so . 8 
— of the Canaries w 
nerally sapped, Th ee 
1 the 
likely o a peia 
paid ponies, y ‘it their 8 were more generally 
ecog Tne number of plants peculiar to the 
Islando 2 0 stated to be aboot 400. Of these more 
was represen the growing collec- 
thom at at Kew, A fact of historical interest mentioned by 
e rainfall is mall. The 
ost of 
it is is pro n the only portion 
new existing. [The o 
ia that given i 
2 1872. Ep } 
of the original tree 
nly authent’c figure of this 
n the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
ROYAL BOTANIC. 
1 15.—The summer exhibition of the Royal 
was held on Wednesday last in the 
— at Regent's a Park, The of the 
collection was, as 
mape ; 3 exotic Ferne, 
and N — 4 were totally unre- 
presented, and many Other classes were also 
without an entry. 
Roses. 
grand lot of Foses was staged for exhibition only, the 
that from Messrs, W. Par 
uded here, among th 
larly noticeable were H. P. Garden Favourite, Mrs. John 
Prone Ulrich aa Duke of Wellington, Magna Charta, 
1 Carrière, Victor Ve „ Crimron 
— Pr May, 'Bunset, Climbing Niphetos, &c, 
he standard Teas relieved hg ers ly, and 
Prams tha ciated in the 
yan and 
way. Olio (H.P.), — Eil C CT.) Sponser (H. p.), 
P Rely among the best of cut 
Mr. W. — gs Joyning’s Nurseries, Waltham Cross, wat 
the exhibitor of another large collection of pot plants cut 
blooms of Roses. The ts generally good, a 
H. P. variety named Mrs. Ru 
a rather flat and thin e 
pink colour and — foliage. 
sma! saan plants in 1 — was exhibited by 
Mr. Perry, gr. to 1.0. ASKER, Esq., Middleton Hall, —— 
wood. The * Was commendable as coming from 
MISCELLANEOUS, 
ON e Wark, Hale Farm Nurseries, near 
a considerable 
ng. 
Mr. W. Barrett, gr. to Mrs. Tonstox The ee eee 
Hill, staged half-a-dozen very well grown standard plants of 
ULIUS HANSEN, nurseryman, Penneburg, Germany; 
sent some flowering crowns (three years 25 of the — the 
Valley preserved in alcohol, presumably to show their 
stron aracter 
Mesers. PAUL & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, again 
ppeastrums, Cannas, Rhododen- 
dron flowers, ands spray yso Lilac, andin addition were plants 
in pots illustrating s me of the yeere 
An excellent dis aad 2 Viola 1 made by oe 
DOBBIE y. N.B, e blooms were so 
what drooping, — the. greater pa parts were aad -ooking ani 
brigh . N seedling 
with lilac m 
argin, and very pretty centre, — is almost 
pure white, with yellow eye. veral es of fancy 
Pansies N shown also, the be 3 
dark 
st being ti 
of pios 
Mr. 
plants, and htened by large specimen Caladiums, 
Begonias (tuberous), Gloxiaias, Orchids, Nepenthes, and a few 
well-coloured Crotons. 
Mr. Wh ans, 8 * ) Hi Fst bh . 
Bi m ‘Woodstock, showed rab Se of a new 
Carnation of the Souvenir de la Malmaison type; the flowers 
te, and flaked with lilac. 
Messrs, B. S. WILLIAMS & Son, Upper Holloway, London, N. 
were of a large Store 
In this were Palms, in- 
Greenhouse e capi 
— — the new species, Phosnix Robelini, 
an exceedingly useful, graceful, and tolerably small-growing 
