SEPTEMBER 14, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
307 
This expense was not the only loss suffered, since, 
in spite of all — taken to collect and destroy the 
pest, considerable damage was done before it was 
——: T since, while sffecting nearly 
all the Pin the colony, it was especially 
numerous in nita localities, where many plants 
„ and (growing on poor soil) 
eventually died from it, 
Although less — than those of former 
his report is 20 far erm apad in that the 
difficulties mentioned in it are now surmounted, so 
bat, granted a few favourable seasons, the gardens 
will, “in — and financial мазам soon regain 
their former standpoint, 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTIC а — 
5.—A meeting of Fruit and 
Vegetable Committee was held at Chiswick " the 
above 
сд M J. Wright, in the chair; and Messrs, 
man, J. A. Laing, G. Wythes, W. Far т, W 
Commins, A, Dean, an Е.В „Seer 
others ve; isease was found rapidly deci- 
mating the leafage in all varieties, and in some others, owing, 
no doubt, largely to the excessively porous nat of the soil 
to be much affected h di ы e, in, especially 
the um type, of which there still seem 
ised, had e, through su * ami 
lected for cook - 
ing, and later these, dmirably served in their coats, 
were tasted, and th owing ived th marks :— 
2 Seedling, „white, grower, 
rs having a mealy Regent-like quality; Syon House Pro- 
ie, pu strong A on ghe apital quality; Birmingbam, 
andsome—excellent; Sutton’ 
— now pre My wer—very 
p кий Pride u Tonbridge (Webber), 1 ‘flattish- round, rough 
a 83 of seed 
were — wi 
; Leed 
ally коой MF market field 
avery green pointed- t 
ght wonderfully well; and St. з Day, th 
i е a Colewort е best. 
orms of flat or Drumhead Cabbages, each iod 
three arks, Thi is latter i isa specially valuable 4 kro 
won of the 
Red — the on large and the: r Dwarf 
garded the fatter | as et the 
he Erfurt B 
worthy of note, too, in 
t many highly lauded 
elsewhere, when tried at Chiswick seem to be very much of 
eed with other varieties, 
SzrrEMBER 10.— On Tuesday last a vegetable exhi- 
bition by the Royal Horticultural Society, which was 
lace at Chiswi ld 
arranged to tak ck, was held after 
efforts to such au exhibition under other 
auspices had failed, The weather was decidedly 
more pleasant on other occasions at Chiswic 
and the show of vegetables from the t of view 
of quality was factory, even if the number of 
competitors w ller . 
the ырайы themselves were looking well, and there 
cellent of and 
y^ aa thirgs, the visit to Chiswick was an —— 
one. For further remarks on this exhibition, see 
р. 900, 
Committee. | 
Present: W. Marshall, Esq., in the chair; and 
Messrs. Chas, E. ice ey Chas. Jeffries, J. Н. Fitt, 
alker, Turner, 
J. Jennings, Geo. Paul, 
J. T. Bennett Pos, Ed, Mawley, and J. D, Pawle, 
* 
Ino. Fraser, He Herbst, : 
essrs. BARR & бор, Jn Street, Covent gien, 8 
ard 
Phloxes, a 
ardo da Vinci, a 
RR & SON had 
ntioned, 15 is called Queen of the 
Some garden Roses in miscellaneous variety were from 
Messrs, WM. PAUL & Sons, Waltham Cross Nurse 
pes а іп the bud, and like ely 
25 ем л Medal). 
ower клещ Stoke Park Favourite, 
Hu Park Gardens, 
umo 
x Road, 2 Norwood, e meis collection of 
tall Fre and c double flowers of Zinnia 
2 beside a оен} dole n of hardy flowers, including 
Asters iety, Violas, rien igle ssis, Dianthus, Dahlias 
ун ida vet things (ver Banksian СТЕ 
Miss Hupson, Gunnersbury Hou ardens, warded a 
Silver Banksian Medal for a Tomis exhibit ч t Dahlias, and 
- vod medal — Mr. A. WATERER, ut nap * 
near Woking, who exhibited scme "^ 
phar ii blue Spruce, ум pungens arge 
DAHLIAS, 
collections of Dahlias 
The filled a an portion 
of one of the tents 
with their brilliance, r. T. S. WARE, 
ange-rcarle 
er, and Counte 
ompon varieties! there were charming 
es of y Hopper, — pees West, Tommy 
Keith, Virgina Stanley Ford, Sunshine, Mary Kirk, Hector, 
ifred, and Florence Woodland. &c, (Silver- gilt Banksian 
). 
very excellent collection of 144 blooms of poset M edd 
Dobis am am Mr. 8. MORTIMER, Swiss 
eading flowers, ыр” re i4 igh айу. 
were seen in м. Gla dstone, Mrs. Morga р, Colo- 
nist. 
Sunset (fancy), George Barnes (fancy), ra Wale. Novelty, 
Mrs. J. Downie (self, very fine), and Henry, Eckford, asa 
mson f. RTIMER also had ат 
Cactus and decorative varieties, chief among them being 
ta, y Pen a ha ley, Mayor Haskins, &c. 
(Silver Flora Medal), en there was lection of show 
ч п, and single Dahli J, CHE 
Cactus, Pompo: евзга. 
Sons, Crawley, about four dozen blooms of the show 
harming bunches of the following singles, Victoria, 
Phyllis, May 8 Miss C, Morland, sm bright orange- 
ve ; Evelyn, Dearest, v te; Lowfield 
i charming soft yellow ; Miss Ashley, 
ty, M. тїз, 
amber shaded with delicate becom and having a crimson rin 
round the eye; and Miss G К,а very selection of 
0 e pu Ao twenty- 
four bunch Pompons also, the choicest were Rosebud, 
le (A 
B 
. : v6 Mis. er 
and fifteen blooms . 
of Beatrice, bright rosy-pink with a slight flushing of mauve, 
very ctive; and some bunches of 
charr new, viz., Already. 
described (Award of Merit); Claribel, pale ground, suffused _ 
pretty ( of Merit); Pearl, white; Ruy Blas, Jason, 
maroon; and very bright and finely formed, 
North (Silver 
prend — 
ү light form her., Fr, 
Мат, A dis 
Oncidium Jonesianum. 
Messers. W. Wilks, Geo, Bu 
righ 
Mr. J. Т. WEST, Cornwalls, Brentwood, had some fine new 
ee varied such as Miss Annie Jones, brilliant scarlet, 
of the brightest of и Cactus t 
Miss — — ы 
true Cactus 
with rose, ae 
model —— of shape; and Miss 
Ethe 1, bright reddish. em - attractive, but not a 
Cactus type. 
Mr. W. BATORELOR, Harefield Park, Uxbridge, had d 
rative Willie — bright scarlet, with white — 
and tip, small and very pretty —— of Merit); and ет ag 
Gore La rather distinct, cer 
crimson, with a maroon ring round — eye (Award of enne 
Mr. С. TURNER also had new amber 
ground, suffused with salmon, the reverse of the petals slightly 
purple, very prc ; Ba self ; Shotes- 
ham Hero, tipped with bright purple; Roramond, pale ground 
with bright rosy-purple tip; and Dante, a small maroon- 
crim:on self, * 
Mr. G. Sr. PIERRE — Orpiogton, had Yellow Globe, 
hed promising p self, of fine petal and great depth ; 
то, ап Orange-red self; and tem ur pale ground, 
— splashed and striped with e 
hid Committe 
sent : T eitch, — in the Chair; 
d Messrs, Jas. O Buen (бене tary), Jas. Douglas, 
. J, Chap a Н. М, 
8 k seems to have but — — be for Orchid 
The s mall group of 3 Orchids staged by Messrs, Jas. 
VEITCH & Sons, Royal ursery, onl; 
important ex 
ot 
dy di resem c. idum 
—— 52 at the base, 
were very broad, and, ike the whole flower, of 
Wiczii, 
The 
mia (С. Gaskelliana 6, L. pumila 
plant of Sese dwarf — and large sate of 
labia iata type ; sepals and petals of а delicate light rose 
ple with slight lilac margin (Award of Merit). "n the mmo 
a: Sigmar a dp X Parysatis (L. pumila d. — 
iana 9), —— = 3 
* benc 
rov the flower a very striking 
ppear sepal is white, suffused with purple 
M base green, with on te'spots ; lower sepals yellowish, 
erald-gre en rest flower 
the 
denker with d megier tinge (Awardot Merit). — 
х Metis (philippinense g, 
ts flowers flushed with 
staminod 
Сашка i, 
of C, 
not the Xm r it. 
F. 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnev 
Dublin, — the pretty Maxillaria striata, with flowers p 
good size 
ellow, striped with purple, the 
ones reflexed ; pe milarly colcured, but 
curved back at tips; lip cream-white wi: 
and white apex (Botanical 
Hx. Esq 
Hardyana; and А. A. H. MILTON, Esq , 
pen Bank, на, Clifton (gr; Mr. А. 
Fruit Committee, 
Жы: Philip Crowley, Esq, in the chair; and 
Pope as, Cheal, Т. Francis Ri 
‚ Wythes, hea. Учай. and Alex, Dean, ти 
