Jury 5, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
1 
SOCIETIES. 
AL HORTICULTURAL 
ightly arge 
display of bus. жо у" еце. Del- 
-phiniums being v a Ate well represented. Orchids 
The Nation 
ere very рен, and filled 
de hall oth dr ance 
p al Commit 
H. B. May ps the пын 
 Presznt : 8: 
ајот Green, G. "еше, Ie a Hea 
J. Р 
Кү: Bes 
ie Wm. Howe, 
Ex Sy: ney Morris, R. C Noten. ie E. A. 
UE C. Dixon, J. W. Moor- 
W. Page, Herbert Cow- 
pe Bs Cranfield, W. G. Baker 
eviews 
a floor space the ALDER rng CoMPANY 
ums 
ery interesting collection of Liliu 
" Ж р еге "e well 
[n ilium giganteum and L 
illmottiae; the FER is a slend r Tiger Lily 
Hu and iant flowers. Not 
so showy, but аса eter. was the cross 
b EU L. Mart. and L. pardali The 
4 said to reach 
10 Ü feet i et in i height, bot i is ot p^ ni habit, bear- 
: gl flowers which 
e tips and 
iy orange at th are fairly 
D ot ith ate in the centres. 
Of the varfous shrubs bia speciosa was par- 
good. (Silver Banks Medal.) 
ums e shown great splendou 
E AND GDON, who h 
sd 
Tv char: 
ci, Mrs, Shir. 
(Silver 
ere prominent іп 
„Шарын shown by 
Mrs. Colin Mclve 
hades 
Son, of ed 
follo owing as enr unusu- 
: Noah Tuson, Viscount Mel- 
a 
B 2g of Langport nd ntess 
Flora Medal) The Misses 
EY also showed good spikes 
(Bronze Banksian Medal). 
collection 
th fi 52 ата, pe ens Rex 
ic A t Carnations in variety 
d oop Bros. 
COLLEGE, 
eran and m latter 
-Red x llflower. 
Delphinium | Шта Geor ode very large- 
ered variety o LOT d deep 
blue colour, Reis a white, d POEM centre. 
Tho flowers n 
flower are raih 
often 20 noies 
ies. 
by Messrs. BAKERS, Ee 
Begonia General Allenby.—A — double 
vari iy ee аш ий t form and gi The 
colour is deep, rich and glowing orange scarlet 
Be Kind ста гак the Belgians.—In this 
vy petals are of vie Sa 
size vad ре еши, ёге ng up ап nse 
bee: The colour is a lovely shade of alain 
gonia Snowdri, йш broad-petalled, white 
flower: of wonderfully regular form and fine 
substance. 
Begon ia Mrs. J. S. Bru variety 
ра Targo a and finely- тое double: ditur of a 
our. 
—In this variety the 
rounded and of great 
D Lane Twerto: 
р hybridus Elsie. K dwar 
f plant, and 
therefore suitable for the rock gar eden. It rarely 
ezceeds a height x 9 inches. e colour is pale 
ink, and the eye is 
lavender or light, soft rose 
dark yellow in the duh ung 
brown in the old flow 
owers, but purplish 
Orc mmi 
: Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the 
csi Sir H: J: Veitch, Messrs. Jas 
O’Brien (hon. secretary), W. Bolton, Arthur 
D S. W. Flor Pes PON PA; Fred Sander 
. Rolffe, and C. 
ds 
Muss -CLA 
Disa Bagn. rendere get x grandi- 
flora) from AND Sr Aog 
The lar nd. | hybrid eed 
paren as D. n dora: 
flowered inflor TA ol the eu show pem 
шоо ms ^ ae lar; Ager. than those 2 that 
sepals rich, 
o dal alea 1s се Sito; е С анаа 
or MERIT. 
with dr pi 
white flowers “tinged with lilac. Чан 
purple with raised lines of quM papillae 
the base. e sepals are four inches in length 
CULTURAL onem 
is bri LLIE (gr. to Sir Jeremiah 
Bart.) 1 for a le plant of Aerides 
ppa” album, with a spike of about forty 
pure-white flowe 
OTHER por 
L LAGROZE cur raR (Orchid 
Robertson), exhibited Laelio- 
sa Bryndir variety with a very 
fine bronze-oran and ана зй flower; and 
Odontóglossum La Paz, —— seed- 
ling of pum des. 1 the p aving the 
bekia markings d але of that variety. 
Messrs. FLORY wed a selection 
of their pono 
essrs. SAND Albans, were awarded 
a Silver Ваай. "Medal for a тоор of excel- 
lent hybrids, the best g two fine, deep- 
rose forms of Miltonia ‘Sinderae and the 
massive акеден Ач toglossum Triumph 
(tri aes gare КЫ 
co Понта, Stamford Hill (gr.. 
à 
small 
ur T чане ке dark 
aes Cypripedium St. Alban (Harrisianum 
Antigone 
Co., cp Sian 
Hen 
me CHARLESWORTH AND 
Heath, showed the beau in white 
glossum crispum Lady Newnes, я 
plant of the Xanthotes class, with е заль 
flowers; they also showed the fine Laelio 
Cattleya ee oy which had Becks received 
a First-Class Cer med павы d specimen 
of Cypri а iu schildia 
tts Vegetable Committ 
A, Nix par an) W 
RUE, 5 
Ма Ашок, 
тв. С. G 
ys GR. Tinley, - Be nolds, J 
F. Jordan, W. H. a TA 
hibited splendid Segre nicis 
Delicac and Improved Telegraph. 
T eady m wo First Sigh am 
confirmed by 
Ce ates the awards w. 
the озшш н on this occasion. 
MA D and Sons Ltd., 
ward I e 
ihe. plants and the waciety was recommend 
trial at Wisley. 
ientific е Committee. 
wles, 
17.—Pre. E» Bo 
д ` Hales, J. 
en of A, ` glabra trom a Tilston, Cheshire, 
a € locality for this s plant. 
Hybrid № also sent photographs 
of the ‘bulbs of N. Bul N. 
a P. refer уяту wit abe ам that, “Three 
years old plants have about p me cii 
averaging three feet in height, the best pe 
dozen whi 
grew to about ` ter Teet 
Plants causing irritation.— E cM. 
HOLMES mentioned a-case of wee irritation 
by handling the: ag ere = 
чаре 
n interes example of variegation in 
the Жы: i nl me > half M foliage leaf was 
yellow, the other half gr 
YAL AGRICULTURAL. 
JUN ium —The Royal Agricultural Society's 
оул Exhibition held at Cai — on these 
dates rc a In sectio pem 
In to t 
additio 
uded exhibits © 27 а 
farm pests, both dried and growing examples of 
forage ts, injurious weeds, eo oe 
features on the stand included Sweet Peas, 
Clarkias anes ue annuais. There were also fine 
dishes of matos, Peas, Beans, and other 
vegetables. 
rs. Dickson, Brow Tarr decorated 
their pavilion with see rg Roses | praem and 
F nd owed exam of their par- 
also mou 
