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JOUKNAL OF HORXICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



May 30, 19S5. 



' Prizes. — For sixteen : first, Mr. Peed, s^ardener to Mrs. 

 Tredivell, Norwood ; second, Mi-. Wliitebread. gardener to 

 H. OoUyer, Esq., Davtibrd; tUird, Mr. Kailo, gf.avdenor to 

 Earl Lovelace. For ten (nurserymen): first, Messrs. Lee; 

 second. Mi-. Fraser; tliird. Mi-. Kbodes ; fourth, Mr. Baxen- 

 dine. For ten (amateurs): fir.^t.Mr.Chilman, gardener to Mrs. 

 Smith, Epsom ; second, Mr, Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., 

 Streatham; third, Mr. A. lagram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, 

 Esq., Keading : fourth, Mr. Oavson, g-.u-dener to W. E. G. 

 Farmer, Esq., Cheam ; fifth, Mr. Ct. AVheeler, gardener to 

 Sir F. Goldsmidt, Bart., Regent's I'ark. [''or six : lu-st, Mr. 

 Kemp, gardener to Earl Percy, Alhury Park ; second, Mr. 

 J. Wheeler, gardener to J. Phillpot, Esq., Stamford Hill ; 

 third, Mr. 0. Smith, gardener to A. Anderson, Esq., Lower 

 Norn-ood; fourth, Mr. Young, gardener to H. Stone. Esq., 

 Leigh Park. For fifteen fino-foliaged and flowering plants : 

 first, Messrs. Lee ; second, Mr. Williams. 



Okchids constituted one of the grand features of the 

 Show, a m.agnificent bank of these flowers filling nearly the 

 ■whole of one side of the great tent. It would be almost an 

 endless task to enumerate the species of which the nume- 

 rous collections were composed. Foremost among the col- 

 lections of twenty were Mr. Baker and Mr. BuUen. The 

 former had good Phala;uopses, including Schilleriana with 

 eighteen fine flowers, Sacoolabiums retusum and ciirvifolium, 

 the latter with ten spikes; a pan of Cypripedium barbatum 

 superbuni some 3 feet across, C. villnsum with half a dozen 

 blooms, fine Vandas, Trichopilia ci-ispa very fine, Lajlia 

 purpurata, Cattleya Mossioe, Dendrobiura nobile and Lind- 

 teyanum, and Sobralia macrantha splendens. Mr. BuUen 

 bad a splendid Dendrobium densiflorum upwards of 3 feet 

 across, bearing numerous beautiful spikes of its orange 

 bloom, by far the finest specimen in the Show; Cypripedium 

 Hookei-a;, C. barbatum superbum witli some forty blooms, 

 Saccolabium guttatum v.-ith eight spikes, V.andas, Calanthe 

 vei-atrifolia, Cattleyas, &c. Mr. Page sent, among others, 

 Cypripedium Stonei. the well-known I'endrobiuni nobile, 

 and the Large white-.and-orange-flowered D. formosum gi- 

 ganteum. In the other classes Mr. Penny sent Trichopilia 

 crispa very fine, Cypripedium eandatnin with three flowers, 

 the charming Odontoglossum phala?noiisis, and good Sacoo- 

 labiums ; and from other exhibitors came Cattleya Ack- 

 landiai, Chysis Limminghi, Cyrtopodium pnnctatum, good 

 Dendrobiums, Oncidiuras, and Saccolabiums, Cattleya 

 Mossia?, from Mr. Wilson, v.ith hirge flowers, very fine in 

 colour; and the new Phalajnopsis Liiddemanniana from Mr. 

 Wilson and Mr. Kobson — that of the latter with four good- 

 sized blooais. 



Prizes. — For twenty : first, Mr. Baker, gardener to A. Bas- 

 sett, Esq., Stamford Hill; second, Mr. Bullon, gardener to 

 A. Turner, Esq., Leicester; third. Mi-. Page; fourth. Mr. 

 Peed. For twelve : first, Mr. Penny, gardener to H. Gibbs, 

 Esq., Eegent's Park ; second; Mr. Wilson, gardener to 

 V/. Marshall, Esq. ; third, Mr. Young, Leigh Park ; fourth, 

 Mr. A. Ingram. For six (nurserymen) : first, Messrs. Jaet- 

 8on, Kingston. For six (amateurs) : first, Mr. Wiggins, 

 ffardener to W. Beck, Esq., Jsleivorhh; second, Mr. Wheeler, 

 gardf-ner to J. Phillpot, Esq.; third, Mr. Chilman; fourth, 

 Mr. Kobson, gardener to G. Cooper, Esq. 



Heaths. — .'Vmong these were nice specimens of the sho^'y 

 scarlet Westphalingia, ventriuosa magnifica and ventricosa 

 coccinea mianr, elegans, tortulieflorii, tricolor fiammca, | 

 AlbcrtuB, buff, Sindryana, denticiilata moschata, remark- i 

 able for the flowers coming mostly in fours united at the 

 base, Victoria, eximia superba, the pretty blush white jjer- 

 spicua nana, and many others. 



Prizes. — For ten : first. Mr. Khodcs; second, Messrs. .Tack- 

 son ; third, Mr. Baxendine. For eight: first, Mr. Peed; 

 second, Mr. Page. For six: first, Mr. Chilman; second, Mr. 

 Wheeler, gardener to J. Pliillpot, Esq. ; third, Mr. C. Smith, 

 Norwood, and Mr. A. fngram ; Extra, Mr. Wheeler, gar- 

 dener to Sir F. Goldsmidt. Bart., ;ind Messrs. F. & A. Smith. 

 A/ALEAH wiTe not so cloat-ly trained in as last year, when 

 they had too much the appearance of monster crinolines, 

 and the flowers being relieved by a little foliage, and not too 

 rauch, the effect was altogether more jdeaKing. Mr. Veitch's 

 magnificent plan's put all other competitors in the shade in 

 the claSH for eight. They were from to 7 feet high, some 

 were 7 feet in diameter at the base, and tho whole were pro- 

 fusely Het with bloom. The kinds were Gledatanosi, Cri- 



terion, Eosea superba, Trotteriana, Chelsoni, very fine, 

 Variegata, Mrs. Fry, and Extrani. In the class for si.x Mr. 

 Turner was first with plants w-hich, though not on the whole 

 so large as those of Mr. Veitch, were nevertheless extra- 

 ordinary specimens of cultivation. They were Barclayana, 

 Coronata, Arboroa purpurea. Gem, Illustris Nova, and 

 Juliana. Good collections were also shown by Mr. Fraser, 

 Messrs. Lane, and others. Among the new kinds those 

 which v.'ore finest were Louise von Baden, largo pure white 

 and apparently free-flowering. President, rosy salmon, large, 

 and very fine in form and substance, Kinghorni, rosy lilac, 

 also of fine form and groat sub.^tance, and Mars, orange 

 red. The above were shown by Mr. Turner. 



Prizes. — ^ For eight (nurserymen): first, Mr. Veitch; 

 second, Mr. Fraser ; third, Mr. Ehodes. For eight (Ama- 

 teurs) : first, Mr. Carson ; second, Mr. J. Wheeler ; thii-d, 

 Mr. Page ; fourth, Mr. Whitebread. For six (nurserymen) : 

 first, Mr. Turner ; second, Mr. Veiteh ; third, Messrs. Lane ; 

 fourth Mr. Fraser and Mr. Williams. For six (auia.teurs) : 

 first, Mr. Penny; second, Mr. Todman; third, Mr. A. 

 Ingram ; fourth, Mr. If -aile ; fifth, Mr. Chilman. Prizes 

 were also awarded to Mr. Turner for his new Azaleas, and 

 to Messrs. Lane for their collection. 



Roses were shown in splendid condition, especially Messrs. 



Lane's and Mr. Vf. Paul's, those fi-oin the former were 



I very full of bloom and the flowers distributed all round the 



! plant. Miidame Villermoz, Paul Pen-as, and Souvenir d'un 



I Ami were very fine, and among the others we remarked 



' Niphetos. Cbenedole, Victor Verdier, and Charles Lawson. 



I In Mr. W. Paul's collection. Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame 



Villermoz, and Senateur Vaisse were also remarkably fine. 



Good collections also came from Messrs. Paul & Son and 



I Mr. Turner, those of the latter being in eight-inch pots. 



I Among them was a plant of Alba rosea with beautiful white 



blooms 5 inches across ; and President, likewise fine. Nume- 



I rous boxes of cut blooms were shown by Mr. W. Paul, 



Messrs. Paul & Son, and Messrs. Lane. 

 1 Prizes. — For ten : first, Messrs. Lane ; second, Mr. W. 

 Paul ; third, Messrs. Paul & Son ; fourth, Mr. Francis. For 

 six : first, Mr. Terry. 



Pelaeooniujis from Mr. Bailey of Shardcloes threw all 

 others, fine though these were, into the shade. They were 

 marvellous examples of what can be effected by skilful cul- 

 tivation, being from 4 to 5 feet across, and a mass of bloom. 

 The judges considered that the first prize was not a suffi- 

 cient reward for such superior cultivation, and gave a 

 medium gold medal of the value of jBIO. The finest were 

 Spotted Gem, Lord Clyde, Sanspareil, Etna, and Lady Can- 

 ning, the others being GniUaume Severyns, Rose Celeste, 

 Ariel, The Belle, :ind Sir Colin Campbell. In the nursery- 

 men's class for twelve Mr. Turner b.ad Cnely-bloomod plants 

 of Lady Canning, Guillaume Severyns, Fairest of the Pair, 

 Desdemona, Lord Clyde, Prince of Prussia, Garibaldi, Rem- 

 brandt, Pizan-o, Fair Rosamond, and Butterfly. In Fancies 

 he was first with Lady Craven, Ellen Beck, Undine, Mo- 

 destum, Delicatum, andRoi desFantaisies. Very good plants 

 also came from Blessrs. Fraser, Bailey, and Wiggins. Some 

 seedlings were also shown, tlie best of which wore Charles 

 Turner, from Mr. Ilnylo, noticed last weelc. Lady of Quality, 

 also from the same raiser, a m-imson with a white eye and 

 dark top ; Elegans, from Mr. Nye, a pretty crimson with 

 a conspicuous white eye ; and Clytie, a light jjink and rose 

 Fancy from Mr. Turner, to all of whieh first-class certificates 

 were awarded. 



Pi-ixea. — For twelve : first, Mr. Turner ; second, Mr. 

 Fraser. For ten : first, Mr. Bailey>; second, Mr. Wiggins. 

 For six, Fancies (nurserymen): iirst, Mr. Turner; second, 

 Mr. Eraser. For lour (amateurs) : first, Mr. Bailey ; second, 

 Mr. Weir. 



New Plants. &o. — Among the novelties from Mr. Veitch 

 were Maranta Veitehii, with beautifidly marked foliage, 

 Bertolonia pubescenn, also w-ith very orniiiuental foli.age, 

 Dicfftmbachia grandis, the hiafstalks marked with dark 

 green, Retinospora obtusa nana aurea and Anthurium cor- 

 liifolium, which have been noticed on previous occasions, and 

 l'e])eromia maculosa, for all of which flrst-class certificates 

 were awarded ; and second-class ones for the following — viz., 

 J'c-peromia iicumiii.-ilii,, tho leaves deep green with a silvei-y 

 stripe up the middh-, a new Peruvian Adiantum, Schizma- 

 toglottia Bp.,and Odontoglossum cordatmn, which have beeu 



