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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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SCOTLAND. 
ROYAL En rr M 
CIETY: SPRING S 
Арві, 6 —This was held in the Waverley 
Тас вазона, As compared with some of the 
D cent meetings of the Society, there was a marked 
alling off in the general effect of the.show. Th 
pat: of үөү he exhibits was, Коўгө ги, quite 
the best that has been seen at former 
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pal 
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plants and Ferns. But the most attractive and 
interesting of all exhibits of this kind hi 
O 
spersed with Maidenhair j 
gh small, was in seit үкү апа гин ез- 
tablished, and the blooms in the freshest condition, 
Among the most notable were Odont toglossum 
crispum var. picta. To this was awarded a First- 
class Certificate, and it was a subject of interest to 
Orchid connoisseurs. Of Odontoglossum Ruckerianum 
т reral meritorious varieties, one 
ү ia a First-class Certificate, as y 
did О. Schillerianum, а nicely bloo 
med plant 
w ii attracted much attention. Among oM 
he numerous forms of C. Trianwi stood ou 
peerage there were also some forms of 
In the nurserymen's class of twenty-four Mr. Hugh 
Hanan, Bank Street, Edinburgh, easily obtained 
the Ist prize, with a very pe finished lot; and 
Messrs. R. B. Laird & Sons were 2d, with a stand 
which were many good оа, but lacking the 
evenness and balance that characterised the Ist 
prize stand 
Stove m greenhouse plants were thoroughly well 
done, those from Mr. Paterson, Millbank, which took 
the 1st prize, being splendidly bloomed. 
rchids were very good, a finely bloomed lot of 
six from Mr. Curror, Dalkeith, taking the 1st prize 
D. thyrsiflorum, 
fusely flowered. [^ the smaller classes for Orchids 
there was rather keen нбай, bat space forbids 
our particularising. 
Cape Heaths were very fine, though the entries 
Fic. 101.—VvERESPALAK, TRANSYLVANIA; A LOCALITY FOR CROCUS IRIDIFLORUS. (see Р, 520.) 
фейк нн condition, Indian Azaleas were fine, 
and fresh. 
well bloo 
"one rymen's tables for competition, се һауе 
always а а splendid feature of these WEB, were 
on thi asion conspicuous bj veg bsence 
et 
d the 1s 
small plants, greenhouse Rhododendrons, Ericas, 
Hyacinths, Narcissi, Lilacs, tastefully blended with 
th : 
Maidenhair and er Ferns, Palms, and other 
nts 
foliage pla: 
Nurserymen's collections, not for competition, were 
S 
ча 'Thomson, com- 
prising teresting lo Orchids and other 
flowering | ow, and a йе selection of foliage 
C. Mendelii, and the lovely and rare C. speciosa 
Ernesti. 
The Lawson Nursery and ав ee had a 
rese — of Conifers and o ergreens and 
we aad 
Sane and choice forms of Siew: The same firm 
also took the 1st prize in both the classes of Coni- 
fers, Messrs. Laird & Sons being 2d. 
nit & Sons made a very effec- 
ers, жыл forced stuff of 
box of 
e 
Maréchal 
we in considerable variety were e exhibited also by 
Dickson, of Belm н Belfas The 
i merg ‘Messrs, 
R. B. Laird & Sons took Ist нк were remarkable 
for their fine colour, size, and substance. Mr. John 
Paterson, Millbank, Edinburgh, and Mr. James Bald, 
Canaan House, Ed inburgh, were г 
most successful exhibitors in pot 
collections were well grown and well bio 
Hyacinths were quite up to the йат” Ra 
were not вур those from Mr. Paterson being, 
usual, 1st in the class of four. 
E? sa = Selaginellas made a p show. 
. Paterson, Mr. Grieve 
British Ferns staged by Mr. A. W. Paterson, Pilrig 
Model Buildings, an ateur, are worthy of special 
mention as samples of cultivation 
In the class for a table 
the fo nours wit 
y characteristic table, bristling with inter- 
fs erbaceous, and 
table was excellent as a display of spring-flow ering 
8 can only be 
flowered in spring by means of nba 
