THE GARDENERS’ 
SOCIETIES. 
HORTICULTU 
Mar —In spite of tterly cold 
weathe wa good attendance at the 
London Scottish Drill Hall, Westminster, on 
the occasion of the R.H.S. meeting on the 
above date. The principal floral features were 
Rhododendrons, Saxi- 
Orchids, Azalea mollis, 
fragas, ‘and Daffodils. 
The Floral Committee granted two Awards 
shi Morni and Medals; the Orchid Committee 
end а єт two ns 
acis 
e 
the "Nan ее 
zranted two Scania of Merit жыл yos Medals; 
the рна and Vegetable Committee made по 
afternoon mi 
delivered ы Mr. оа White, was “ 
tudy of Жоо Botany and the ре Мон 
ess ы it Offer: 
bere Committee, 
Pre B. May (in the 
chair), W. F ng a Morris, È. C. m 
utt, E. H. Jenkins, H. Cowley, W. B. 
geous ee this firm used t 
ital at Temple 
show 
A few standard Fury bre 
AY 
and Cinerarias " ‘Silve r Banksian 
PEED / D Sons exhib- 
Medal). Rhododendrons 
from Mes GILL AND Son gave evidence of 
warmer, weather at Falmouth than in London. 
Wit e R. eum varieties and the large- 
flowered Himalayan hyb were branches of 
Magnolia conspicua, a arborea and t 
Fic. 66.—ODONTIODA CYCLOPS 
(See awards by the 
field, John Green, John Heal, ре Reuthe, С. В. 
Fielder, W. ‘Howe, A. Irela аы Ste even- 
son, J. if tus cLeod, J. М. W.-H. 
Page, C. Апап ur Pu. John Dickson, 
E S. Hazel P. Thomson. Chas. Nt 
T Page reca H. R. Darlington and J. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. Е 
Free Pinkie.—Th:s new variety has neat, 
dés. | flowers f modest size, coloured 
soft, bright pink, with some Tu in the in- 
terior of the paler tube and onally a small 
yellow mark on one of the segments. We vitem 
ot detect an y fragrance in the үре —Sho 
by Rev. J. Jie. 
ifr lilacina.— i p 
belonging to the encrus its densely 
lustered tiny leaves resembling little mounds 
of grey-green rock. flowe singly” 
on short stems, are 4 $ of an across, 
and of a rich, rosy-lilac colour. The species 
р 
арреагз to flower quite freely, and it is cer- 
y bsg effective.—Shown by R. TUCKER 
AND Sons 
Pss 
The colouring s uL of Azalea oes 
усен. exhibited es Messrs. В. and С. CvrH 
ry fine and reminiscent of the gor 
Orchid Committee.) 
йш Andromeda japonica Flora 
edal). 
wattle drifts of Saxifraga Burseriana Gloria, 
seff, > ы S. Me 
Primula ‘denticulat Мо; a уро: шше 
a charmi 
(Silver 
RER 
Messrs. R. UCK 
capita al det of S a 
Berto S. lilacina 
hrvingii, t the ey '8. kew 
S. Griesbachii, very fine, were some of t 
Ht Lp er Flora Medal). 
W. R again displayed spri ng 
and showed Polyanthuses 
ange of colo oning. with Daffodils, 
Hepaticas ame Crown | Impe (Bronze Ban k 
sian Medal). 7 EAL AND — 
Rhodode 
ососса humilis, pi 
1 EUTHE stag are 
whet Jk e a Cotoneaster in growth; and Vac. 
cinium Mortinia (Bronze Бый Medal 1). 
Present: Sir Jeremiah Colm Bart. (in the 
chair), Sir Harry J. Veitch, Messrs, = O’Brien 
(hon. secretary), W. Bolton, W. White 
Arthur Dye, C. J. a ета 
тоа 
CHRONICLE. 
formed a 
[Mancu 29, 1919, 
W. H. Hatcher, E. R. Ashton, Pantia Ralli 
T. Armstrong, А McBean, y^ Sand der, “Walter 
Cobb, Stuart IU S. W. ory, Frederick J: 
Hanbury and R. A. Rolfe 
F MERIT. 
о, сайат poe Marie (L-C. Gold 
ode mpress Frederick), from Sir 
ER зын байам, Bart., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. 
g к 
with brig ght red, the yellow showing 
throu mx the-se segmerits in wavy fies rh the 
blotchin Ls i 
dontoglossum Vardar (mirificum X exi- 
mium), pdt Messrs. FLORY AND BLACK, Slo 
distinc 
S 
bia argin bei early defined i 
which is gest pes broad, = purple mark- 
ings in’ front of the yellow cr 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATION. 
ontoglossum Pallas Mire spin 
x 
p Brack. The 
own by 
e flov 
ver BON greater и i their eren with 
n white lines showing between the 
blotches. 
то a (see fig. 66) (Oda. Brad- 
Оал Мат), from Messrs. ARM- 
‘white margin. 
in front of. on 
band of purple 
ДАКЕ Hare jon margin. 
OTHER EXHIBITS. 
Sir JEREMIAH * COLMAN Bart., Gatton Park 
"- Mr. ier 
x li 
rightly-coloured үле o! YO- 
м id ilus Hartmarnnii were T. онан) 
large and uie blotch ed flowers, and the best 
Odontioda Schréderiana (Oda. 
x Odm. crispum) yet. show 
pi ae large and of por shape, 
parts of the segments being orange 
wn; 
the ded 
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а 
Ф 
3 
5 
О, 
В, 
.8, 
m nci 
selection of Dendrobiums and 
Mes decet: Cookebridge, v 
Medal 
were aW A ma 
of sho 
tied: ык: including 
hybrids, the new Odontioda Rajah, having large: 
dark violet flowers with slight white ma: 
and the rare and pretty Odontoglossum naevium. 
