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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Jnne 8, 1871. 



An eminence at one end of the tent gives a view of nearly the whole 

 of the exhibition without saerificing the idea of indefinite extent. 

 Among the varieties especially to bo noted this year are Loqaendum, 

 rose with an orange blotch, fine ; Notabile, bright rose, good shape ; 

 Victnrum, bright rose, very dark spots; Baroness Lionel Rothschild, 

 glowing crimson, remarkably fine ; Pantherinam, rosy crimson, spotted 

 in all the petals ; Cynthia, rose, very fine trass ; Madame Van de 

 Weyer, rosy crimson, vei-y bright ; and Lady Emily Peel, purplish 

 rose, very dark spots. It may be useful to note as very late varieties, 

 that Henry Bohn, Lady Falmouth, and Duchess of Cambridge are as 

 yet only in bud. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



June 7th. 

 On this occasion the tent was too large for the Show; there was a 

 deficiency of large specimens, and from their absence, notwithstanding 

 the number of subjects exhibited, the tent was not so well furnished 

 as desirable. The severity of the weather (and it is severity when 

 snow falls early on a June morning, even when the wind is dead 

 north), no doubt deterred many from exposing the inmates of their 

 stoves to danger ; but still the fact remains that the Show was not so 

 effective as it should have been — in short the tent was too large for 

 the prizes offered. These remarks may appear disparaging — they are 

 not meant in that spirit ; the Royal Horticultural Society of late years, 

 as it was in years long ago, has ever been the first in carrying out the 

 leal horticultural work of this country ; but we speak now of the Show 

 as a show, and not in reference to utility. In that respect it would 

 well hold its own. 



Orchids were far from numerous, a circumstance hardly to be 

 wondered at, consideriufT that the exhibition was to be held in a tent, 

 and the coldness of the weather. Mr. Ward, gardener to F. G. 

 Wilkins, Esq., Leyton, sent in the class for nine, Odontoglossum 

 Bluntii with four fine spikes, Oneidium papilio majus, 0. ampliatum, 

 O. bifolium in fine condition, O. Lanceanum fine, Odontoglossum 

 citrosmum roseum, Anguloa Clowesii with eleven flowers, Cattleya 

 Mossias, and Dendrobium formosum giganteum. From Mr. Bull, 

 Chelsea, came good examples of Odontoglossum Phalsenopsis, Sacco- 

 labium prjemorsum, Ai.nides, Odontoglossum Uro-Skiuneri, and Cypri- 

 pedium barbatum purpnreum. Mr. J. Wheeler, gardener to J. Phill- 

 pott, Esq., Stamford Hill, had Oneidium leucochilum with a fine 

 raceme. Mr. Ward was first, Mr. Bull second, Mr. Wheeler third. 



In the nurserymen's class for six Mr. AVilliams was first withCypri- 

 pedium caudatum with thirteen flowers in beautiful condition, a mag- 

 nificent example of C. barbatum superbum, PhalEenopsis grandiflora, 

 Saccolabium retusum with four remarkably fine racemes, Vanda 

 suavis, and Lo?lia purpurata. Mr. Bull, who was second, had a good 

 Oneidium Phillipsianum, a very pretty variety of Odontoglossum 

 citrosmum, and O. Alexandra, good. Mr. R. Parker, Exotic Nursery, 

 Tooting, was third, and had At-rides odoratum blooming very freely, 

 Acrides virens superbum, Vanda suavis, and a good example of the 

 old Phajus Wallichi. 



The best single specimen was Cypripedium caudatum from Mr. J. 

 Linden, of Brussels, with a score of extraordinarily fine flowers. Se- 

 cond came Mr. B. S. Williams, with one of the finest specimens of 

 Cattleya lobata ever exhibited; and third, Mr. R. Laing, gardener to 

 P. N. Flowers, Esq., Furze Down, Tooting, with a fine Ljelia purpu- 

 rata rather past. A fourth prize was awarded to Mr. Bull for Cypri- 

 pedium niveum vrith four flowers. 



In the classes for six Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Mr. Ward was 

 first in that for amateurs with a besutifully- grown collection, consist- 

 ing of his fine specimen Statice profnsa, which has been noticed in 

 previous reports, Bougainvillea glabra in charming condition, Clero- 

 dendron Balfourianum, Erica Cavendishii, a large Dracophyllum 

 gracile, and Phcenocoma prolifera Barnesii, its rosy everlasting flowers 

 remarkably fresh and bright. The second place was taken by Mr. J. 

 Wheeler with well-grown plants of the four last-named, Stepbanotis 

 floribuuda, and Aphelexis rosea ; Mr. G. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. 

 Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., Regent's Park, coming in third. In the 

 nurserymen's class equal first prizes were given to Messrs. Jackson 

 and Son, of Kingston, and Mr. E. Morse, of Epsom. The former 

 had a splendid specimen of Phanocoma prolifera, Erica tricolor dumosa, 

 very large and fine, Stepbanotis floribuuda, and Aphelexis macrantha 

 purpurea. In Mr. Morse's collection were excellent plants of Clero- 

 dendron Balfourianum, the beautiful Dipladenia amabilis, and Bou- 

 gainvillea glabra covered with its rosy bracts. 



Of Fine-foliaged Plants and Ferns several excellent collections were 

 shown. Among the former were very good specimens of Yucca aloi- 

 folia variegata, Eufjephalartos Ghellinckii, Cbamierops humilis, Dick- 

 sonia autarctica, Zamia Lehmanni. Corypha australis, Rhopala cor- 

 covadense, Sabal Blackburniana, Cycas revoluta, Draciena indivisa, 

 Marantas, Dasylirions. and a very large Beaucarnea stricta from Mr. 

 Kellock. The prizetakera were, for nine — first, Mr. Bull ; second, M. 

 Dalliere, of Ghent ; third, Mr. Taylor, Lauderdale House, Highgate. 

 The last-named was first for six, Mr. Kellock, Stamford Hill, being 

 second, and Mr. Tibbies, gardener to A. Haines, Esq., third. Of 

 hardy Ferns, Mr. Chaff', gardener to A. Smee, Esq., WalliuRton, sent 

 plants in fine health of Struthiopteris germanica, Polypodium dry- 

 opteris. Scolopendrium cristato-diciitatum, Hymenophyllum tunbridg- 

 ense, Triehomanes radicans, Atbyrium Filix-fosmina Iveryanum, 

 taking first prizes both for twelve and for sis. For the former Mr. 



James was second, and Mr. C. Smith, Manor House, East Acton, 

 third. In the latter class Mr. James was third, and Mr. G. Wheeler 

 fourth. In the nurserj'meu's class Messrs. Ivery &: Son, were first 

 with a beautiful collection, in which Athyrium F.-f. pulchellum, Ver- 

 noniffi, and plumosum were conspicuous by their fine, graceful appear- 

 ance. Messrs. Jackson were second. 



Roses in pots, from Mr. Turner, of Slough, were in great beauty, 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Paul Verdier, Juno, and Marguerite de St. Amand, 

 were especially fine. Messrs. Paul & Son had fine specimens of 

 Charles Lawson and others. 



The only exhibitor of six Liliums was Mr. Bull, who had a first 

 prize for Lilium Thunbergianum punctatum, orange red and orange ; 

 L. Thunbergianum bicolor, very fine, orange and buff ; L. giganteum, 

 white and crimson ; L. umbellatum, and L. auratum. These were 

 all well grown and in excellent bloom. 



Of the Azaleas the best came from Mr. Woodward, gardener to 

 Mrs. Torr, Ewell, who was first both for sis and fifteen. 



In cut blooms of Roses, Mr. Turner, Messrs. Paul & Son, and Mr. 

 Soder showed fine examples ; and Mr. Parker and Mr. Goddard, 

 Pseonies and Pyrethrums. 



The miscellaneous subjects were tolerably numerous, and very in- 

 teresting, although most of them have been before noticed. Messrs. 

 Yeitch had the first prize in this class for a large and fine collection, 

 comprising several fine Orchids, Nepenthes Sedeni, Begonia Sedeni, 

 Crotons, &c., together with cut specimens of Fremontia califomica, 

 which, so far as we are aware, they have been the first to exhibit in 

 flower. Mr. Williams, of Holloway, came second, also with a fine 

 collection, in which were a splendid Anthurium Scherzerianum, Uro- 

 pedium Lindeni, and several other Orchids, together with a number 

 of choice fine-foliaged plants. Mr. Bull was third with Orchids and 

 fine-foUaged plants. In his collection was the singular but not pretty 

 Godwinia gigas. 



Mr. C. Noble, of Bagshot, sent, not for competition, a remarkably 

 fine group of Rhododendron The Queen, the plants forming gorgeous 

 masses of bloom. From Messrs. John Waterer & Son, of Bagshot, 

 came several Rhododendrons, of which one named Helen Waterer, 

 vermilion with a rose throat, was very showy, and Baroness Schroder, 

 bright rose, was also very free-flowering. The same firm also con- 

 tributed boxes of cut blooms of hardy Azaleas and Rhododendrons, 

 likewise specimens of several Retinosporas, of which plumosa and its 

 variety anrea were very handsome. That called variegata was most 

 distinctly tipped with white. 



Mr. James, of Isleworth, sent excellent herbaceous Calceolarias, 

 Messrs. F. & A. Smith, of Dulwich, twenty-four Tricolor Pelargoniums. 

 From M. Dalliere, of Ghent, came a large collection of Palms and 

 other fine-foliaged plants. Conifers, &c. ; from Mr. Mann, of Brent- 

 wood, a number of new Zonal Pelargoniums, of which one named 

 Amabilis was of a very brilliant scarlet ; and Mi-. Little. Twickenham, 

 a nice group of double Pyrethrums. Mr. Parker, Tooting, sent these, 

 Pseonies, and other hardy plants similar to those exhibited in his fine 

 collection at Che Regent's Park. Several extra prizes were awarded, 

 which will be found in the prize list given in another column. 



Fruit. — Prizes were offered for collections of eight dishes of fruit ; 

 but the only exhibitor was Mr. Lynn, gardener to Lord Boston, Hed- 

 sor, who had a first prize for a good-sized Queen Pine Apple, excellent 

 Black Prince Grapes, Sweetwater Grapes, Royal Ascot Melon, Royal 

 George Peaches, Yiolette Hative Nectarines, Black Tartarian Cherries, 

 and Dr. Hogc; Strawberries. 



For three Queen Pine Apples Mr. Ward, gardener to T. N. Miller, 

 Esq., Bishop Stortford, had a first prize for well-grown fruit weighing 

 respectively 4§ lbs., 4i lbs., and 4 lbs. 6 ozs. For a single Pine of any 

 variety the first prize went to Mr. R. H. Smith, gardener to H. Walker, 

 Esq., Calderstone, Liverpool, for a heavy Providence well ripened ; 

 the second to Mr. Ward, gardener to T. N. Miller, Esq., for a remark- 

 ably fine Queen weighing 5 lbs. 14 ozs. ; and the third to Mr. Miles, 

 gardener to Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, for a Smooth-leaved 

 Cayenne of 5 lbs. 



The best basket of Grapes of not less than 12 lbs. came from Mr. 

 Osborne, Kay's Nursery, Finchley, and consisted of large-berried, beau- 

 tifully coloured Black Hamburghs. Mr. Bannerman, gardener to 

 Lord BatTot, Blithfield, Rugeley, who was second, had also a very good 

 basket ; and the third prize went to Mr. Coleman, gardener to Earl 

 Somers, Eastuor Castle. These, too, were very fine, though not so 

 black as some of the others. 



With one exception, that of Royal Ascot, the only Black Grapes 

 shown were Black Hamburgh, and these in all cases were very good. 

 Mr. Bannerman, gardener to Lord Bagot, was first with large beauti- 

 fully finished bunches; Mr. Douglas, gardener to F. Whitbourn, Esq., 

 Loxford Hall, liford, second ; and Mr. Coleman third, these being 

 excellent bunches, though not so even in berry nor so well coloured as 

 in the other two prize dishes. Mr. Thomas, gardener to Mr. Wright, 

 Lee, Mr. Baldwin, and others, sent well-grown bunches, but not large, 

 and Messrs. Standish & Co., Ascot, their Royal Ascot, very compact 

 and excellent in colour. 



For White Grapes Mr. Douglas was first with large well-ripened 

 bunches of BucUand Sweetwater ; Muscat of Alexandria, exceedingly 

 well ripened for this time of year, from Messrs. Standish &: Co., came 

 second; third came Mr. G. Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow, with 

 large bunches of Buckland Sweetwater, but not so ripe as those of Mr. 

 Douglas ; and a foui'th prize was given to Mr. Osborne, Finchley, for 



