f 
Lawren 
Ме very fine and йоча " variety 
; rba, 
DecemserR 14, 1895.) 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
Orchid Committee. 
isnt: Harry J. Veitch, Eeq., in the je and M 
ry), Dr. Maxwe 
С 
, А. Н. Smee, Н, 
Н. J. Chapman, W. Н. Whi җе Е, Ashworth, Т. В. 
and R. Brooman- White 
The last DER ot t the year brought а good attendance 
ot the members of the Committee, and the exhibits, for the 
season, were 550 and interesting. 
Sir TREVOR LAWRENCE, Bart. (gr., Mr. W. H. White) as 
usual, contributed some N pen the же admired 
i ndrobium 
dw en Bul eia lun die лы bore 
short spikes, bearing together twenty-three large rose 
flower ith dark crimson base to ihe! lip. The 
First-class Cortitioate, and a Cultural 
the grow 
ens beirg M. to 
smaller species, Sir TREVOR LAWRENCE also showed the rare 
des Lawrenceanum ( Lindenia, t. 215), (Botanical Certi- 
ficate); a giant variety of Masdevallia m ra (Award of 
em Sir Н. SCHRODER, The D 
Ballantine), se 
Üypripedium s, 
and for which a Silver 1 Medal was 
, W the two yellow Cy iet Modi m insigne 
Sandere and С, і. Sand 1 Ж former yet far and away the 
best of е к С. x outbgatei, C. x T. B, Haywood, 
‚©. : 
Dell, Egham (gr. Мт, Н. 
nta most beautiful collection of cut flowers of 
warded. Of the 
Aiusworthii, c. 
enbac 
en plant it is еза dis. 
р" aculatas are over. 
ewood, Cheshunt, staged a 
J. Т. BENNETT-POE, а very 
arrangement 
Em Гол Lady Rothschild (С. Noe wiezii $, Lelia 
) made its début, and sec 
* VEITCH was the pure white — х Harrisi 
pa), the rare Cymbidium Traceyanum, and 
several * (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs, F. SANDER & Co., St. Albans, staged a very effective 
their various new winter -flowering OCalanthes, 
haio-Calanthe x Arnoldiana, Lelia anceps 
alba, Helcia рн» Restrepia a 2 Odonto- 
roderianum, О, 
Schro о, 
en. — numerous hybrid Зоо СИ (Silver 
Banksian Me 
Mesrs, B. -i WILLIAMS & Son, Victoria and Paradise 
Nurseries, Up r Holloway, N., showed a good collection of 
Cypripedi which we noted the noble C. x Pitcher- 
among 
lanum, Williams' var., and others 
Тноз, 8 SrATTER, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester 
(gr., Mr. в, Johnson) sent the dsome ripedium x 
num superbum, C. Xx num giganteum grandi- 
(perhaps t the larges est of the C. x Leeanum), C. X 
— X Niobe splendens, C, x Rufus (a richly-tinted 
Coda m cross), C. x Ariadne, Lelia x elega 
; Leelio-Cs ttleya 
апа supe 
H, Тате, EA Aile n Beeches, Allerton, Liverpool (gr., 
fora, tore. sent pripetium insigne DES Ж; The 
appeared in uL midst o Messrs, 
Е. Sander & Co. in 1892, whien luc 3 Bars пар: x together. 
ї, On which there were two flowers, is remarkable 
the upper and lower — alike, and the usual 
ines and pure white ak he ordinary variety's dorsal 
9n both upper and low 
E Ghd rndean m hene 
g 
Oypripediums 
Swinburnei, with nin 
magnificum, whose massive — 
a tha 
4. 
, Staged н — grou 
Among which were the E — 
кезле ©. x Swinbarnei 
Tett known to bs 0 the tty О. x Indra 
— ak х Leeanum and C шыу, O. Spiterianass 
но 
pretty group, of which the ciim was formed by a very graceful 
tof fine spikes them 
nobilis, 
y T 
CHRONICLE. 721 
flowers; the very eres and зын X Lady The committee а be congratulated on the result 
of 
Ec ee x Fitchianum), а le flower, in е respects their mempr hens — " is hoped that the show will become & 
— reh —— ЕЕ Permanent fixture е fruit shown was very good, and 
coloured — and incurved lobes of the lip of the sam indeed, exhibi gene were у. 
clea € colour One feature of the was & ion of Orchids 
esars . HUGH Low & Co., Clapton, arranged a group of  exhibi by E. „Es q., field Hall, Wilmslow 
Orch ds, in which were two fine varieties of Cymbidium (gr., Mr. E — which was much admired. A smaller and 
giganteum, Vid chlorochilon, and others select collec 3 sho Dr. HopGxmmon, The Grange, 
w. R. Esq., Percy Lodge, Wi абі Hin gro Wilmslow n. — J. Worre). 
re Geo. Sarg, showed Lelia rubescens, Oncidium pre Messrs, CLIBRAN & Sons, of Алайла, tent plants and 
tum, and a Cypripedium Charles worthii, with curiou — cut flow tion of fruit; Messrs. JOHNSON & 
twisted sepals, 
Sno RELAND BALL, Esq., Earlscliffe, Bowden, Cheshire, 
than it has before appeared ; | Cypripedium insigne Sander, 
"D. with " 
form, wi 
ыс рше white —X to the dorsal sepal, on whieh were 
in С Ch 
Mess L. LEWIS & Co. ean showed Cypripedium 
x Ashton eiliolare superbum X selligerum majus) a stately 
flower, resembling the C, x Al fred Hollington (Award of 
Meri) 
D. B. CRAWSHAY, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr., P 8. 
баш. e a fine form ch Oncidium tigrinum (Award of 
Merit); an E, Esq., Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Glasnevin, 1 25 blin, телер Oncidium pictum 
Fruit Committee. 
resent: Philip Crowley, Esq., in the chair; and Mess 
marsb, W. Wilks, P 
A. H. Pe 
Wythes A, Bal a. 
Re мкА Jas. Smith, G. Norman, — Na. hae ial o з. 
A. Laing. 
Some fruits of the tree Tomato (Cyphomandra betacea) — 
sent by the South Devon Fruit Farm, Torquay (T. PEND 
M r). S W — —— lon, and so ih in 
February, 1891, and the plan a great heit € 
frait. After s shedding its — “the plant w. 
= то 12 feet long. The flowers are паста і 
е 
е its shown were about the si f a small hen’s egg, 
but were not quite ripe. Tce plant has always been ia а cool- 
17 "p is eg at the Ант t will never ripen 
f Wick, Lord Derby, 
ng upied the attention of the com- 
mittee, but no awards were given, thou gh D ittee are 
Mr. Cas, Ross, gr. at Welford Park, hi E a a small 
yellow fruit, in n like Golden Noble. Messrs. JARMAN 
& Co., Chard, S fruits of Crimson King Appia, . 
et sized fruit, “highly coloured, exhibite 
Е 
Мт. W. 7. EMPSO N, Ampth ill, Beds, exh rg Seed- 
ling and Easter Russet Pippin. — тз, Lax ROS., 
Bedford, had Laxton's Bedford Scarlet; and the Right Hon. 
Lord St. OSWALD, Nostell Priory, Wakefield (gr., Mr. Jno, 
Easter), showed) good di dishes of Queen Apple, Alexan nder, and 
Prince Albert се anks). 
Messrs. 
BIE & со Rothesay, N.B., gii was и rid 
well-grown anis d green Kales, to 
Vietoria Kale. They were very тне еба foc t the а 
curling of the leaves (Award of Merit). 
Messrs. H. CANNELL & Sons, Swanley, е; а few 
t, of rft d colour, 
d New =! 
Ял tion of Onions 
chiefly — field 3 but exhibiting 
t ripeness. Very 
ero, Cannell’s Globe, and 
variety, th ges ыт 
nevertheless, very large size and qe 
new forms were Lullington Park 
Onions, in about 8 dishes, shown by the 
ighelere Castle, Newbury её; 
voll worthy of remark by reason of 
and Rousham Par 
were of equal quality at least, and as convenient, 
There die two seedling varieties of uncommon 
most nearly like г Oranston's Excelsior, having в a large, almos 
№ 
ALDERLEY EDGE AND WILMSLOW 
HORTICULTURAL. 
NOVEMBER 29, 30,—A successful show ge in the Drill 
a Wilmslow, on Friday and Saturday. 
n most of the classes was good, and considering t the lateness 
ot a - fine blooms were exhibited. 
peni . the President, opened the show, and 
а мн wae visitors were present on both days. 
h to attrac tiv: of the show. 
Ia the local classes, w Brap- 
(gr., Mr. Geo. Heap), followed by R. B. LINGARD MONK, 
„J. WHITEHEAD, Eeq., Н. HE ‚ Esg., and G. HAR- 
W 
RISON, Esq. (gr., Mr. W. M. Williams 
HIGHGATE AND DISTRICT CHRYE- 
AN ae 
DECEMBER — The eleventh — dinner of this 
mer as ie on the € date at the Winchester Hall 
l, Archway Road, Hi 5 апа aee peres a a " 
б Preven, toca th d акс Тһеге 
members and fri 
Be chairman, in dren W whem of the evening—' ‘The 
Highgate and District Chrysanthem ety referred to 
- success of the recent show, which rar said was the finest yet 
hel 
, ear’s Presiden 
Hart, last у »The 
e Mr. Catling on 
Mr. Percival 
President and Chairman,” аа 
the su ссевв of his year of office. 
3 а а а ML 
manner in which the committee had worked throughout the 
rwards presented the 
National Chryeanth 
ety, to Mr. T. L. Turk, gr. to T. Boney, Esq., Highgate 
— twelve — of cut blooms 
ШАО А CHRYSANTHEMUM, 
DECEMBER 11.—As is usual at this, the s last meeting of the 
committee for rg only а few novelties were staged, but 
кичини Ti end eeting was consi derably enhanced by а 
interesting character, to which a small Silver Medal wes 
awarded, 
First-class Certificates of Merit were given to Japanese Mrs, 
urray ull white incurved 
bloomed, d 
as Certificated as a — 
r. & WHEELER, nurserymen, 
asked t Royal 
d tural on the previous day as Ashanti, but the 
pec ard apparently 2 it expedient to change the 
2 — bed to Mr. Thomas Bevan 
ач (А Floral Committee during 
the past year, . б was va vanity acknowledged. 
ignia dug ROYAL BOTANICAL. 
m nn IN THE GARDEN. 
Asystasia is a climbing plant vti is perhaps 
better known under the synonym of a 
is now flowering in one of the stoves. 
a height of 
borders is and 
ing shoots. In gardens it is uften seen under the name 
ee, ; 
um gumiferum.—A plant of this New Booth 
Wales d or tree (for it is said to attain the dimension of 
