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opinions expressed by correspondents.) EXHIBITION IN AID OF THE ben HORTI- 
CULTURAL R F-F 
cm in Plants (see 
—Since I wrote my mE E o ed ве т a a 25 and sn {һе sacred ouse of 
BE God ча old record ofthe ти of смеа tl J horticultural ty ie was has pes been 
on  dicotyledoncus plants. odi p М кор sea оп п the | < ems 
im iam T had fou = it dates in id of the нсана War Relief 
Б 2 
e, Sycamore, common Ash, 
i floribunda, S. pau con 
i os ` Fund which the Royal Horticultu ural БОЛЫУ is 
b Кшм. ‘Minin luteus, M. cupreus, : 
frute О. 
raising for he purpose of assisting French, 
Belgian, Serbian can Roumanian horticulturists 
Mm fru endi E nes Sel ao whose gardens танага and vineyards have been 
pisc tur. SCORE devastated | German soldiery during the 
Limonia  acidiss Td wi In addition to the erar ions of e show, 
cantha, Geum coccineum there: were considerable co 
a Stuartii. Occasionally the cotyledons ‘of for sale on behalf of u 
monia were alternate verticillate in threes. оғ the British Carnation and National Sweet Pea 
Trichosanthes the fi p : Societies made splendid con [ 
e firs ro leaves were o Societies id tributions cf blooms, 
днее or three in a whorl. I while various traders gave plants, and Messrs. 
iur suggestion of E. Ju Sage С. Mo td., gave a large and valuable coa- 
e least common multiple signment of: home- -grown and foreign fruits. 
umber of cu in leaves and flowers Besides these attractions and gifts there were 
ald | elucidate, but find somewhat conflicting е for. the Share m uS. fruits, жены, 
rm of the British Paris Stra whereat society ladies 
P 4 parts to th 
erries 
plus 4 ра the and bbs кыыс of ihe. theatrical see Puy 
tamens, and an ovary of 4 carpels. under the leadership of ly Newnes, dispensed 
least common multiple of these numbers BC ings at goodly prices. 
as en with 7 leaves, and four inel as a whole was a fine one, but there 
e first shows 7 leaves, ^ were es novelties and a lack of that horticul- 
perianth, 7 stamens and 4 tural enthusiasm which marks the gr чең 
east common multiple cn this case and: Holland House аети jig 
In the normal. form of Veronica Teu- fuste that the weather was distinctly iE ш. 
(syn. V. rupestris) there are 2 oppo- still more unfortunate that diring the galeon the 
ves, 4 ез, 4 lubed corolla, 2 stamens, 23rd inst., about 4.30 p.m., the large tent had 
е the least common multiple its ends torn. to Erek by iho дал, апі 5 
ut 5 Sepals. a often: present, giving 20 the wind getting un , the huge canvas 
te. I am of opinio rection was ripped and brought to the groun 
parts of a flower can у Ў ndependently Fortu tely, no om seriously hu ; but i 
another, and the leaves inde ndently Í was a traged: none less, becaus eautif 
wer leave: most, if not plants and flowers were overturned asn- 
posite, but the upper leaves canvas, knock by the swinging side 
bracts are alternate. The 1 2 poli es, and finally pressed d th рай 
olia, and some others І Һау tent. Many days’ ‘work was spoiled in a 
in whorls. of three: while moments, and we s mpathise err with thosé 
V. virginica are in. whorls of three to whose exhibits su ed. TU AE. Рие, Pasa 
flower of a Veronica show superintendent, 
ession of one sepal, one hard make the fite a ie pd w t 
rpels, we find all nave had а very bad an h 
ег азан, except іп tent came down, because they feared the other 
nts, now ‘force of the wind, might 
collapse also. However, all’s well th А ends well, 
—The remarks and we trust in our next issue we may have the 
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on fes р.з. ть pest уеге руеш. of recording a splendid edition to the 
peeing Here, on the a Wie we ar Relief Fund, FERE 
of the Jun as : Е р. 
the insect, for two seasons. year In th large tent the sid were effectively -` 
ed the Apples and Pears in Med filled by the Orchids, the exl fibus being quite 
D ing shaken from four-year-old equal to those at the promions Chelsea opat: 
on to mats smeared over though fewer in number. Five exhibitors в 
pearance of the chafér M i excellent groups varying pom poen pro 
our Apple and Pear trees with feet irontage, and all remarkably well sites MAE" 
ead, repeating the application after with graceful Palms forming the. background. 
days, but unfortunately in that . Sir JEREMIAH Corman, Bart., Gatton Park, 
had done an immense Surrey (gr. Mr. J. Collier taged у fine 
found the second gro with his-famous forms of endrobium 
S they е left the sprayed trees and illustre at the , the centre being hand- 
of Rasp! кое Жуз һу, ргас some Cattleya Laelio-Cattleyas arranged 
у nother orchard with Odontoglossums, and the sides mainly of 
{ = not spray Miltonias апа. richly-coloured Odontiodas. А+ 
to labour shortage, and the pests flocked the ends were sel ai S curious species, in- 
а d two I noticed swarms cluding the quaint Nar e slender 
Starlings settling on these trees, and, to m white ‘Platyolinis corte, “the elega nt orange 
prise, they practically cleared "the trees of Physosiphon Loddige sii and | d ic: теве 
st week in May of thi lark green ы roue eg ar a Lr or 
а: returned, but dhis timo Plants were Ocon toglossum себш hly- 
i EE di ton Prince, one of the la noe ani Frage! richly- 
ed ruri: aud Mad) ho coloured Odontoglossums. of the charming 
ei sen бос OU Trade á prayec white and purple Cattleya Tbe] Sander Gatton 
> 
think Mr. Divers puts it rather Park variety ; ps 
p ; burfordiense 
rd the attack is chiefly ж aS 
Haywards 
nately, last year the Heath, had one of ‘the y 5e Sog best gr oups, 
Perse their attention to the fruit when the centre being of Laelio-Cattleyas arranged 
: us about the size of eberries with = bg sr ae! arg э” forms of Odonto- 
ruin 
th Ing the crop devoured the foliage. gloss noble, specimens of Laelio- 
$ continued drought tkis season the Cattleya "жабы in iront. The sides were 
attacked Roses, but I have not inly of the "famous Miltonia Lyoth, including 
them ing the Rose foliage. Phyl- eu handsome M. Char! гараг still the Beat. 
тран to infect certain places Тє ends were of scarlet Odontiodas and hand- 
d this district; yet T know of others not ^ some hybrid Odontoglossums, a good selection 
where the pest has not yet а flowering for the first time, were also 
rince Fi 
> Dorking. rranged in. the front line. Special novelties 
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were the new Catt:eya Hentschelii (Warsc cewiczii 
x Duprean: a), with noble flowers superior to 
both parents, the broad sepals and petals being 
bright rose Жу ge lip aem crimson with 
a light yellow, bilobed disc as in C. Warscewiczii ; 
ünd Odontonia Corona (Miltonia Warscewiezii x 
Lie gm um larryanum), wi chocolate 
ar 
a E eile lip with a ruby-red basal half. Effective 
species were the scarlet Habenaria rnodocheila 
and the bue Vanda coerulea. 
Messrs. ARMSTRONG & Brown, Tunbridge 
Wells, staged a very fine and effec tively- 
P! 
with white Cattleyas ang hybrid Odontoglossums, 
and the ends of t Odontiodas and show 
з : 
on ; 
Mary, chaste in tint, and fine in бой: the sae 
М. Ў ’ Gurney Fowler, and others flowering from 
the of seedlin two fine whi 
same batch 3 
Cattleya acer and the Mee е scarlet Orchid- 
hurst variety f Odontioda Madeline. 
On the за пег sid К of the tent Messrs, Srvanr 
Cattleya Aphrodite, L.-C. Canhamiana and 
L:-C. . Dominiana, 'and ‘the elevated e 
of scarlet Odontiodas and  Renanthera Im- 
schootiana arranged with the large риге 
White Moth Kis, i dcn ones ee 
imestadiana central 
areas were well E. with "splendid forms of 
Ca NUN M pere э white апа dark coloured, 
and ous Dendrobiums and ‘other 
g AER. Ra MawsELL & Ha 3 
Rawdon, Yorks, had a very effective group, the 
centre front being of many hite forms of 
nivi and e- closely-allied 
hybr it, each em Me. mime purple 
spotting of the typ of Laelio- 
Cattleya, and bs Caiena. БаР) wit 
Vanda teres, and the orange-red hybrid. Laelias 
contrasted pleasingly with the PAM cand 
. coloured a das and Odontogloss dis- 
.played "with them. 
Several Orchidists sent by den of cut flowers, 
erts greatly assisted in the department arranged 
r their в ale. 
Mr. ELISHA pon 5 exhibit of Roses: was 
Lern fine one, and png x tall filare 
Rose blooms, А. six fee above = 
лу bowls and standa of fresh, ge bloom 
Quite nea y Mr. Hicks showed his чое, 
Bridge, Mrs. de Hicks, Chas. E. 
ilars of American Pillar, Cu je er 
tent eger (a very uble, 
Wichuraiana variety), Mrs. C. Saw ЖР Scag 
Mrs. O. G. en, Jersey Beauty, M E. 
Herriot, moschata alba an anae. Men G. 
W. Burcu were exhibitors of Borea. “and 
showed stands and boxes of exhibition 
ooms of Gorgeous, Miss зы, tt. St. Helena 
Mrs. Foley Hobbs and other: 
Messrs. A. DICKSON AND а brought over.a 
charming lot of Irish grown Roses, and con- 
most conspicuous variety; Pax and Moonlight 
were shown in fine сойи among other good 
їп ты 
Messrs. CHAPLIN ВВОТНЕВЗ staged а 
sheaf of LM a hundred red Mower rs the 
new. white H.T. Rose Edith Cavell, in 
their poer f Roses. Paul's. 0 влке Climbé 
Ophelia, Lady P irrie and Red Letter Day wére 
other varieties admirably shown. Messrs. B. R. 
