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SOCIETIES. 
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FEBRUARY Ф —The meeting at t| nd 
ек Drill Hall, We riri on this date, 
a quite good d and inte resting one, and the 
exhibition was fairly extensive and attractive. 
The Floral Committee granted three out 
of Merit and eight Medals. The Narcissus ue a 
ndatio 
mittee gave a Cultural Comme the 
it and Vegetable Committee made a pro- 
visional Aw; the Orchid Committee granted 
one First-class Certificate, a" eres of Merit, 
and five Medal ep iden f the extensive and 
сой display of Orchids Pos this occasion. 
n the ram ds Capt. A. ИШ gave. a lecture 
E The Care of Our Soldiers’ Graves. 
ui Committee. 
Present: Messrs, H. B. May (in the сюе, 
E. A. dtr s. Morris, Joba Gre 
Darlingten, G. Reuthe,' W. 
Cranfield, R. S „Коон, "R. Ач Wallace, John 
yey J. W. Moo an, J. W 
F. McLeod, Тр T Bai 
Arthur Turn urner, С. Fielder, W. Howe, C. 
Dixon, Ja John Dickson, P. H. Jenkins, and Chas 
ARDS OF MERIT. - 
Freesia Rose Beauty. “Тыв „variety has flowers 
of 
of medium size, 
rose-li 
a an ж «Віно “under artificial light. 
wn raise е JOSE , 
Whitcharch, y v. PH JACOB 
Freesia Merry Widow. SA yay large-flowered 
form,  free-flowerin a 
= 
rose with a 
deep orange eye. 
and ШП, as in -— forms of ШЫ” imula 
coides shown Messrs. J. Cart 
ROU 
of r аа Саа ifiers shown is Mr. 
we уш Ан ттс ag сеа 
Arctro! „doni: sel 
arp 
icillata, and Tor 
interesting ‘collection. 
Mr. J. В. Боз direi. Qf r^ s 
‚ Drac God- 
апа, Nidularum princeps, the. beautiful Leea 
amabilis, end Smilax argyrea., (Silver Flora 
‘The’ finest bit of colour in the hall was pro- 
vided by a batch of Salmon py. 1 Cycl. 
M roas Low anp 
essrs, 
Co. (Silver Flora Medal.) right Daffodils 
nd Tulips, tog 
amd 
and the 
nze е 
lacked 
Frederici-Au gusta. (Bron 
eem 
rock and water ie irent 
something in fni but the pa: 
and C. Atkinsi 
Medal). E J. CHEAL AND Sons had a 
реш little exhibit k — denticulata, an хам 
alba, backed b w shrubs bonae 
Ba diste Medal). 
A Mens red MN contribubtion from Messrs. 
Herrert CHA was generally admired. Here 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. _ - 
were seedling Daffodils, ote of the new and 
€ -— r rm у а as in 
colou everal 
Ме theretrom оше lo Medal) Hardy 
pee greenhouse p mula 
iie E mee ae a а e piles cie ws 
H. B. May and Sons (Silver Flora 
le 
Narcissus and Tulip — 
Present : Messrs. E. A. Bow e ч chan) 
Geo. Monro, jnr ise V; ка W. 
ee Peter R. Barr, W. Poupart, б. w. 
‚ G. Reu vore ^ pman, C. H. Curtis 
then sec.), а v. J. Jac ‘ 
srs. Pme CHAPMAN, Б staged ап 
Leedsii Datiodil named Scout- 
foremg variety and 
ES 
master.  "4nis is quód 
err - кш Alfred x Minnie Hume parent- 
‚ but as shown it is d vey free flowering. 
lwo pedir ot Narcsisus J. Bennett Poe, 
shown by the same firm iced a Cultural Com- 
E were clean gly peers 
Еги! d Уе; ms qunm 
Present : мна его. Nix (in air), 
Jos. Cheal, Owen Thomas, W. Bates, Pu mn 
N, E- Barnes Divers, J. bs п, 
A. Bulloc @ Е. ‘Tinley, A 
W. Wi lis 
1 12 Ponpari Е. Jordan j A. М. Ме tcalfe, 
ucket 
м co G A Nix exhibited several interesting 
well-known Potato KEdgecote 
Ti xton, Bros., showed Lax- 
a handsome, fi nely-flavoured 
late mi ач aS Committee thought 
KEF The trees are to ected, and if 
abit sd fruitfulness are in ET with the 
quality be anticipated. 
Orchid Committee. 
Present: Sir Harry J. Veitch (ın the chair), 
and Messrs. Jas. O' Br hon. secretary), Arthur 
e, R. A. Rolfe, William Bolton, С Lucas, 
Brooman-White, Frederick J. Hanbury, W. J. 
K Walter Cobb, J. Charlesworth, J. E. 
Si UA McBean, . Hatcher, S. Flory, 
ia Ralli, Chas Curtis, ton, 
t Low, and Gurney Wilson. 
iesu 
T-CLAsS CER 
Brasso- айу, Pics rose e Enid x 
B. C. Cliftoni nifica), from Messrs. CHARLES- 
WORTH AND Co., | Я yward’ Не. А trul 
t advance on the 
AWARD 
io-Cattleya bine чт. үле St Gothard x С. 
Mensis from iRLESWORTH AND Co. 
A very tty hybrid, preserving the 
Cattleya form, and having specially broad sepals 
and те are rose-colour with a slight 
gol Lip ate ped at the edges, rich purpl 
d fl 
with gout lines f 
Cymbidium уху аы (ebur neo-Lowianum 
x Woodhamsianum from Messrs. ARMSTRONG 
xp Brown, Orchidh urst, Tunbri ge Wells. A 
delicately“ "coloured hybrid, with flowers of large 
size, Р — ow, with slight pry lines on 
ls ense chestnut-red spotting on the 
ocho Cattleya Rex (L.C. Haroldia €: 
Tityus owe m Messrs, Don эхо Diae, 
d Nurser: А у wy and 
M зума id, 
The 
resy-anaitve; 13 ЖЕН ойды, lip is ruby-purp opie 
bán g Lp s aes extending from the base to 
mbil um albanense 
throstylum x insigne), 
McBean’s variety (ery- 
from Messrs. J. AND A. 
sho 
Mapas, Ce a да As shown, this is one of 
the oo and most ractive of hybri 
ntven white афа 
Gyms Thespike of s 
sights “finshed with lilac, arranged them 
rminal bouquet-like form. Lip white, potty 
ein ен dotted lines of purple. 
Dem i L e 
RAL COMMENDATION. 
E: aa, gardener to Sir Jer emiah 
Colman, Bart., Ga tton Pa rk, Surr 
strong specimen Ne rsd mprdiam Lowio- i- 
florum with twenty-nine lar flowers. 
ү ape the Dio ra which S Sir Geo. Holford 
warded a F irst t-class Certificate 
Gro 
MSTRONG AND ` Brow N, Orchidhurst, 
Tunbr er A Walls s, were awarded a Silver-Gilt 
[ыг Medal for an 7 
To Mr. 
greenish- yellow ha 
va su bad on the ae and С. 
flake (rosefieldien x glebelandense var. J. 
Jodi) ba spi ike of medium size br 
flowers. Л О, velties е * 
Doris бела variety (Os: 
pum) with han age айгай. flowers ; 
is) O. Nora Jeopardinium 
y blotched flowers; and Odon 
eg 
Da farmed rosy-lilac 
white tips. 
Manet CHARLESWORTH AND Co. were awarded 
a Silver- gilt rese Medal for an excellen e group, 
showy hybrids, the best new forms 
glossum аз (Solon x 
tes (Do тош 
Maillardianum), 0. Оте es (Dora x percultum), 
(Jasper x H ), all with good 
Ее features; and Odontioda Lydia (Ойт, 
Jasper ezliana), Oda. Alcides (Lam- 
beauiana x Ro em), arnet (Oda. Keigh- 
leyense m. eximium), . M 
ambeaniana X n um) and 
/alda (Odm. Louise x ec А 
e ie оо Low 
in! inter- 
veral oi 1А га e апа PE im: 
rted s now rarely seen. The hybrids 
re fine forms of Cattleyas, Laelio-Cattleyas 
and Odontogl ng the Cattleyas were 
several white s the pretty white- 
petalled С. Percivaliana Little Gem e те- 
markable Laelia anceps blingiana was also 
ow. Mes J. and A. McBean, Cooks- 
bridge, had a group of finely-grown Cymbidiums 
tog? of Odonto- 
and Odontoglossum;s, one fine 
mpsonianium hav purple flowers — 
glossum 
© ual in size to О. crispum. 
Mes 
a 
id 
flower, and a very bri Ad coloured hybrid 
an sin нату ad gak: ў 
Bart., showed Odonto- - 
5 (Queen of Gatton x 
lossum 
5 tehed hybrid and 
Dr. 
eximium), a inl. -blote 
drobium Pink Pearl. Miss 
Bryndir., ahi pton (Orchi id тз, Ж 
Robertson); ure Laco Cattleya GRN e ! 
fine form, with ri Г 
coloured lip. "яв Mei ive E. Л 
Den- . 
LN org : 
a, 
ite flow 
а ALL o 
FEBRU. 19, —The 
Edin high: ™ allotment Holders’ Associati 
held in the Causewayside ога 
ied by Mr. J. Cam 
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