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JOURNAL OP HOETICDIiTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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the foliage of tliis plant was not much enlivened by its white 

 variegation. 



Messrs. Backhouse, York, received a first-class certificate 

 for a new bright blue Hepatica aneriilosa, the flowers and 

 foliage much larger than the usual form ; and for Phycella 

 sp. (Hippeastrum?), with small, intensely bright orange 

 and scarlet flowers, valuable for hybridising purposes. 



3Ir. Bull exhibited several new and rare plants, the gem 

 of his collection, and, indeed, of the whole Exhibition, was 

 a superb specimen of Bertolonia margaritacea. This plant 

 is one of Mr. Weir's collecting, some few plants of which 

 were ballotted for a few yeai'S ago, and we regret to learn 

 that nearly all have been lost. As a fine-foliaged plant it 

 cannot be sui-passed; requiring the gi-eatesi care and the 

 protection of a stove it must remain scarce for some time. 

 A special certificate was awarded for this fine specimen, 

 which had received a first-class certificate in 1862. Poly- 

 stichum ordinatum, also from Mr. Bull, had a second-class 

 certificate, and from the same exhibitor came Acrophorus va- 

 riegatus; Ai-alia heteromorpha,with various forms of leaves; 

 Cupania undulata, requested to be seen again ; two seedling 

 Petunias, Polygonatura verticillatum argenteo-striatum, a 

 most beautiful variegated form of Solomon's Seal, exhibited 

 in 1862, by Mr. Standish, as P. oppositifolium, when it was 

 awarded a first-class certificate ; Polygoiiatum verticilla- 

 tum aureo-striatum, the plant too small for determining its 

 merits ; and Adiantum robustnm with one frond. Mr. Bull's 

 collection contained fine specimens of Camellias, Imanto- 

 phyllum, ttc. and received a special certificate. 



J. J. Blandy, Esq., sent two large boxes of cut Camellias ; 

 some cut specimens of a dull red Camellia with a blue me- 

 tallic tint, supposed to be an Italian variety, but the name 

 could not be ascertained ; also some cut specimens of Salvia 

 Eegla, with bright scarlet spikes of medium-sized flowers, 

 useful as a decorative plant. The seeds of this Salvia were 

 sent to the Society by their collector, Mr. Hartweg, twenty- 

 five years ago, and was considered one of the good things 

 of former days. Mr. Pilcher, gardener to S. Eucker, Esq., 

 sent several valuable Orchids. First-class certificates were 

 awarded to Cypripedium concolor, a new and distinct form 

 of this genus, a dwarf-growing plant, pale yellow flowers, 

 minutely spotted, with broad oblong wings; Odontoglossum 

 Lindleyanuro, one of Mr. 'Weir's collecting, dull yellow 

 flowers with large brownish markings; Chytroglossum ma- 

 nicije-leonis, a miniature form of Orchid, both rai-e and new, 

 bearing a graceful little spike of greenish flowers, the wings 

 strongly marked with white lobes : this plant received a 

 certificate as a botanical curiosity. John Day, Esq., sent 

 several fine Orchids, and first-class certificates were awarded 

 toOncidium amictura, Odontoglossum gloriosum, very hand- 

 some and worthy of its name ; also Dendrobium lituiflorum, 

 which received a first-class certificate in 1863. Among the 

 collection were Leptotes tenuis, Brazil, with singular Kush- 

 lite foliage, and an Orchid from Assam with brown and 

 yellow flowers on an erect spike, very distinct, and appa- 

 rently not known. Mr. Jay, JTorwich, sent a seedling Cine- 

 raria, Queen of the Beauties ; and Mr. Williams, Holloway, 

 received a first-class certificate for Colocasia longiloba, the 

 ■white stem beautifully marked ■n-ith fine black lines, a dis- 

 tinct variety in this numerous and variously-named family. 

 Mr. Williams also sent Phal»nopsis amabilis, a distinct and 

 fine variety, dark spotted centre, and very dark green foliage, 

 the flowers more circular in the outline than the usual form ; 

 and an Azalea, Alexandra, a white flower with too green a 

 centre. A special certificate was awarded for the general 

 collection, which contained fine specimens of Yucca filanien- 

 tosa variegata, Pandanus refleius, Dasylirion acrotrichum, 

 Hcmerocallis Kwanzo flore pleno, Pandanus elegantissimus, 

 and Xantliorrhoea australis. Mr. Turner sent cut ppecimens 

 of two splendid new Hybrid Perpetual Eoser, both of first- 

 rat* quality, Pierre Notting and Madame Victor Verdier. 



■W. W. Saunders, Esq., again contributed largely from his 

 valuable collection of plants. First-class certificates were 

 awarded to Miconia flammea, one of Mr. Weir's plants, fine 

 handsome foliage ; Cinchona nobilis, an interesting medical 

 plant, and one of those from which quinine is prepared, 

 which we regret (though doubtless unintentionally), was 

 not taken notice of. Pelargonium filipendulifolium, with 

 very curious, long, cut leaves, most useful for covering 

 hanging-baskets, was awatded a special certificate. Among 



other curious plants in Mr. Saunders's collection was a spe- 

 cimen of Dorstenia fi-om Old Calabar, with singular green 

 inflorescence. Mr. Hooper sent a seedling Amarylhs Hooperi, 

 as good as Amaryllis Sweetii, which it too much resembled. 



Mr. Salter, Hammersmith, exhibited six pots of Convallaria 

 multiflora variegata, for which a special certificate was 

 awarded. We cannot speak too highly of this beautifully 

 vai-iegated form of the Lily of the Valley ; there is an ele- 

 gance in the white-lined variegation peculiar to itself. This 

 ornamental-foliaged plant should be in every collection. 

 Messrs. Cutbush sent fine collections of Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 and Narcissi, each of which received a special certificate. 

 Messrs. Cutbush also sent three pots of well-grown forced 

 Solomon's Seal, and three new Hyacinths of 1865 — Hogarth, 

 a single shaded rose with white centre, a very promising 

 vaiiety, taking the place among the reds which Argus does 

 among the blues ; Cuvier, a fine, single, deep, shaded blue, 

 very good — first-class certificate; and La Franc^aise, a single 

 white faintly tinted with pink, a very &ne spike with large 

 bells — first-class certificate. Among the novelties of the 

 day we noticed a table liberally supplied by the Council 

 with refreshment for the members of the Committees, which 

 was most gratefully accepted by them. 



FntnT Committee. — G. F. AVUson, Esq., F.E.S., in the 

 chair. Although prizes were offered for dessert Pears, 

 dessert and kitchen Apples, and forced Strawberries, the 

 subjects for examination were very limited. Mr. Euffett, 

 gardener to Viscount Palmerston, had a first-class certifi- 

 cate for the ibllowing Apples — viz., Ashmead's Kernel, very 

 good, Claygate Peaimain, Pearson's Plate, not so flat as 

 usual. Old Nonpareil, perhaps the best flavoured of those 

 exhibited. Golden Harvey, and Sturmer Pippin ; in addition 

 to which he had fine examples of Scarlet Nonpareil and 

 Grange's Pearmain. To Mr. Cox, gardener to W. Wells, Esq., 

 Eedleaf, a second-class certificate was awarded. Among 

 his collection were Forniosa Pippin, Nonpareil, Court of 

 Wick, Eusset Nonpareil, Eibston Pippin, Hampshire Yellow, 

 Pearn's Pippin, Scarlet Pearmain, besides which there were 

 Brabant Bellefleur, a kitchen Apple, and an Apple called 

 Golden Harvey, but to all appearance not that sort. 



The only exhibitor of Strawberries was Mr. A. Ingram, 

 gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., E-eading, who had a good 

 dish of Keens' Seedling, for which he received a first-class 

 certificate, and he likewise contributed a dish of Ne Plus 

 Meuris Pears. A special certificate was awarded to Mr. 

 Chapman, gardener to His Highness Halim Pacha, Shoo- 

 brah Palace, Cairo, for a smaU collection of fruit, consisting 

 of two large and fine seedling Lemons ; a large, round, 

 and somewhat flattened Orange of a deep reddish orange 

 colour ; a green and white speckled fruit : and two kinds 

 of Nuts brought from Upper Egypt by Mehemet Ali, but 

 what these iruits were neither Mr. Chapman nor any of the 

 Committee could det-ermine. Mr. Chapman also sent Ash- 

 leaved Kidney and Eaily Handsworth Potatoes planted in 

 the end of last Novemlier, and taken up in the beginning of 

 February this year. The Potato, Mr. Chapman observed in 

 a letter to the Committee, was not cultivated in Egypt, but 

 from the specimens sent, which were very clean, healthy, 

 and well grown, there could be no doubt that it might be 

 Buccessfufiy grown in that country. 



A SCIENTIFIC meeting was held on the eame day as the 

 above Committees, J. J. Blandy, Esq., in the chair. 



The Chairman regretted to inform the meeting, that in 

 consequence of illness, the Eev. M. J. Berkeley was unable 

 to attend, but the Eev. Joshua Dix, and G. F. Wilson, Esq., 

 the chairmen of the Floral and Fruit Committees, would read 

 over the list of awards, and offer what remai'ks they might 

 think necessary, aft*r which Mr. Uateman would make some 

 observations, more especially with regai-d to Orchids. 



Mr. Bateman regretted that Mr. Berkeley had been laid 

 up, but a paper had been sent by that gentleman irith re- 

 ference to the Chinese Primulas exhibited at the last meet- 

 ing, and which would now be read by Colonel Scott. 



In this Mr. Berkeley stated that he had at the last meet- 

 ing called attention to a peculiar variety of Chinese Primroee 

 in the collection of Messrs. Windebank and Kingsbury, of 

 Southampton, which he had found to dill'cr from all the 

 monstrous forms described by Kramer. Each stamen iras 



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