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JOtniNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ April 11, 1885- 



the fii-st prize was given to a good black vai'iety, and the 

 second prize to a very inferior blue one. 



Tlie tivst prize for the best new double Hyacinth -was 

 awarded to Xo. 205, a dirty white variety, so utterly wretched, 

 that how the Jury could possibly have awai'ded it we are at 

 a loss to understand. The second prize went to No. G6, 

 a semi-double red, of good colour, but also a very poor flower. 



We were much disappointed with the Hyacinths shown in 

 these two classes, as there were none worth introducing 

 into England. 



In the class for collections of 100 pots of Single Tulips; 

 seventy-five varieties, three plants in a pot, the fii-st and 

 second prizes were given by lot to the two collections, 

 as they were considered b.v the Jury of equal merit ; 

 but we considered that exhibited by Messrs. Byvoet as 

 decidedly the best. The sorts were very good, but they 

 were none bloomed so fine as we see them at the shows in 

 England. Proserpine, Koi Pepin, Vermilion Brilliant, Cottage 

 Maid. Keizerlcroon, Grootmeaster van Maltha, Standai-d 

 Koyal, Kose Gris de lin, Geele Prins, Globe do Higaut, and 

 Beaute Frappante were amongst those that struck us as 

 being the most desirable. 



In the class for Late Tulips the plants were well grown, 

 considering the great diiBculty there is in forcing them. 

 The Tulips were planted three bulbs in each pot, and occu- 

 pied about GO yards of staging, there being over 4000 bulbs 

 exhibited. 



In the class for 200 pots of Crocuses, five plants in each, 

 and at least fifty varieties, there were three line collections 

 shown, containing many new and fine varieties. 



The Hyacinths exhibited in glasses were all well grown, 

 certainly superior to any we have seen grown in England 

 in the same way ; and as the Hyacinth requires from five 

 to six years to raise flowering bulbs from seed, and then 

 many years more before a sufficient stock of any sort can 

 be produced for sale, there is little prospect of many new 

 good sorts for some years to come. The growers are now 

 quite alive to the necessity of improving the sorts by hy- 

 bridisation, but the result of their labours cannot be ascer- 

 tained for a long time. The Hyacinths were staged from 

 five to six rows deep, and occupied a space of about 80 yards, 

 and the general effect was pleasing, there being altogether 

 about 2000 bulbs exhibited. 



We add a list of the Hyacinths bloomed in glasses, to 

 show our readers what can be accomplished in this mode 

 of cultiviiting thera : — La Belle Blancheuse, white; Agnes, 

 pink; Lord Wellington, French white; Parelbod, pale 

 blue ; Alba Superbissima, white ; Louis Napoleon, crimson ; 

 Madame Marmont, white shaded with pale blue; Sii- Lytton 

 Bulwer, French white ; Van Speylc, pale blue ; Emmeline, 

 pale pink ; Lord Anson, French white ; Kouge eclattante, 

 crimson ; Lady Franklin, pale pink ; Prince Albert, dark 

 violet; Tubiflora, French white; Cynthia, pale crimson; 

 Heroine, straw colour; Willhelm de Ersk, pale violet; 

 Mirandoline, white ; La Prophi-te, pale pink, dark centre ; 

 Charles Dickens, blue; Von Schiller, dark pink; Grand 

 Lilas, pale lilac ; La Tour d'Auvergne, ivory white ; General 

 Havelock, dark purple; Conrjuest, straw; Dame du Lac, 

 pink; Mammoth, white; Prince Albert, dark purple; 

 Garrick, dark blue; Prins van Waterloo, white; La Keine 

 de Jacinthes, rosy crimson; Emma Levray, dark straw; 

 Haydn, dark lilac ; Noble par Mcrite, pink ; Couronne de 

 Celle, pale blue ; Solfaterre, pink ; Grandeur :i Merveille, 

 Prencli white; Grande Vidette; pale porcelain blue; 

 L'TTnifjue, dark lilac ; Grande Vidette, white ; Amy, rosy 

 pink; Ida, pale straw; Argus, violet, with white centre; 

 Alba Maxima, white; Macaulay, pink; Von Hiimlioldt, 

 darkest purple ; Jaune Supreme, straw ; and Orondates, 

 pale porcelain blue. 



The best of the Hyacinths were — 



Dovlle Reds. — Noble par Mi'rite, Susannah Maria, Louis 

 Napoleon, Orncment de la Nature, Lord Wellington. 



I)oul)le lilue. — Van Spcyk, Garrick, Laurens Koster, Blocks- 

 berg, Comte de St. Priest, Madame Mannont. 



D'rtthlc WMU. — La Tour d'.Vuvergne, Prins Van Waterloo, 

 La Vest.'ile, Sir Bulwer Lytton. 



Birvjle ReiU. — Macaulay, Von Schiller, Amphion, Mons. 

 Faesch, Le Prophi-te, Victoria Alexandrina, Solfaterre, Kobert 

 Steiger, Cavaignac, Milton, La Dame du Lao, Cosmos, 

 Princess Clotbildc, Princess Charlotte. 



Singh Blue. — Grand Lilas, Grande Vidette, Marie, General 

 Havelock, Prince Albert, Chaales Dickens, Orondates, Baron 

 A'on Tuyll, General Lauriston. Mimosa, La Nuit, Uncle 

 Tom, Argus. Pieneman, Admiral Coligny, Nimrod. 



Single Mauve. — L'Houneur d'Overeen, Haydn, Psyche, 

 L'Unique. 



Single Yellow. — Ida, Professor Blume, Koning Van Hol- 

 land. 



Single White. — Alba Maxima, Mont Blanc, Grandeur a 

 Merveille, Grande Vidette, Seraphine, Gigantea, Snowball, 

 Queen of Netherlands, Elfrida, Cloche magnifique, Mam- 

 moth, Nimrod. 



ORCHIDS. 



M. Linden, of Brussels, sent a well-grown collection of 

 fifteen : this was awarded the first prize, and contained the 

 very rare Vanda Cathcartii with five flowers well expanded. 

 It is much to be regretted that this valuable plant should 

 be so very rare. This plant was imported by M. Linden 

 along with Vanda Gibbertii from Assam. A good represen- 

 tation of Vanda Cathcartii is to be found in Hooker's " Hima- 

 layan Plants." This collection also contained Cypripedium 

 hirsutissimum with eight flowers, Ada aurantiaca, Brassavola 

 glauca, five flowers, MUtonia cuneata, not so well known as 

 it deserves to be, four varieties of Vanda tricolor, two of 

 Phalfenopsis, &o. 



M. Ambroise Verschaffelt, of Ghent, took the flrst prize for 

 a collection of ten Orchids, comprising, amongst others, the 

 rare Brassavola Digbyana finely in bloom, Cypripedium vil- 

 losum and hirsutissimum, Phalffinopsis grandiflora, Schiller- 

 iana, and amabilis, Dendrobium albo-sanguineum, a fine 

 strong plant, Cattleya Triantei, pale variety. 



Cypripedium villosum, with sixteen, flowers, from M. de 

 Cannaert d'Harmale, took the first prize. Vanda tricolor, 

 from M. Meulman, second for the best Orchid in flower. 



FKtrlTS. 



Of Fruits there were several large collections, some of 

 which contained a great variety of sorts, particularly of 

 Apjjles that are unknown among us. The Apples that ap- 

 peared to be in the best state of preservation were Court- 

 Pendu-Plat, with which we ai-e all famdiar; Court-Pendu- 

 Noii-, a variety similar in shape to the former, but entu'ely 

 of a dark mahogany colour ; Eeinette Montre, a good 

 solid Apple, that keeps well, and is not unlike our liymer, 

 but more ribbed and puckered round the eye, as much so as 

 the CalvUle Blanche. In the collection of 603 wo observed 

 a very handsome variety ; it is of the sine and shape of the 

 AVinter Pearmain, figured in the " British Pomology," and of 

 a very brilliant orange-scarlet colour, with hei'e and there 

 broad broken bands of yellow. Some of the fruit were not 

 so conical as others, and more like the Golden Reinette in 

 shape. It is a fine, solid, and good keeping Apple. The 

 name attached to it was La Bonne. In the same collection, 

 we saw the same variety, under the name of Pomme Corail. 

 Pomrae de Chataigno is also a good keeper, and a handsome 

 conical Apple. There were some good specimens of Calville 

 Blanche in almost all the collections, and in some cases, 

 there were special exhibitions of that variety. Zoete Veen 

 is a small flat Apple, about the size and shape of a Pomme 

 d'Api ; but a good deal covered with russet. It keeps well, 

 and is an ornamental little Apple for the dessert; but 

 the fl.ivour is sweet and mawkish. Mere de Menage we 

 found under the name of Napoleon. A good number indi- 

 cated an English origin ; but it must have been a long time 

 ago, for we have no such sorts now as Engel's Bellefleiu'. 

 There was a large firm-looking Apple, with every indication 

 of being an excellent sort, either for dessert or kitchen use. 

 It is large, and with angular conical shape, and a great 

 open eye like Blenheim Pippin. It is called Dubbeldo Wyker 

 Pippe. We were struck with a handsome medium-sized fiaiit, 

 an improvement in size on Pearson's Plate, and not unlike 

 it in appearance. The flesh is tender, yellowish, and richly 

 flavoured. It is a fine, dessert Apple, and is now (Api-U 7) 

 perfectly finn and solid, showing no appearance of shrivel- 

 ling. It is a pretty Apple, and is called Pepperappel. Its 

 shape is short cylindrical, flat on the crown, and with a 

 large closed eye. This was exhibited by IIG. In the 

 Jleinette de Montbron we recognised our Cockle Pippin, of 

 which the specimen was very good. Adorns' Peamiain were 

 also excellent. There wore some splendid dishes of Golden 



