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JOUENAL OF HOBTICULTDEK AND COTIAGE GAKDENER. 



[ Jane 29, 1871. 



cinea, Brownea erecta, Pritchardia pacifica, Alocssitts, and Adiantnm 

 farleyense are the most coBFpicnons. Meesrs. Bell & Thorpe are 

 second. 



Hakdy and Half-haedt Vaeiegated a>-d Oexajtektal-foluged 

 Plaxts. — Mr. Williams, of Holloway, is first with a fine collection, in 

 ■which we noticed Denfzia gracilis variegata, Cnpressus Lawsoniana 

 pendula alba, Thujopsis dolabrata variegata, a fine plant of Yucca 

 qnadricolor, Enonymns japonicns anreo-variegatna, one of the best of 

 the intrcdnctions from Japan ; Enonjmns albo-marginatns, another ; 

 Yncca aloifolia variegata, an excellent specimen and singnlarly clean; 

 a fine Dracsjna anstralis ; and a handsome Yncca qnadricolor, together 

 with Enonymns radicans variegata, which is most nsefnl as an edging 

 to larger plants. The second prize was awarded to Mr. Diion, Bever- 

 ley, for a collection containing variegated Ynecas, variegated New 

 Zealand Flax, Enonymuses, Aralia Sieboldi, &c. Messrs. Yates are 

 third. 



Vaeiegated Alpin'e asd Heeeaceous Plaxts. — Mr. ■Williams has 

 a first prize for a very neat collection in which are the pretty and 

 nsefnl Polemoninm Ciernlenm variegatnm, Arabis albida aureo-varie- 

 gata, Spirffia Ulmaria variegata, finely variegated with yellow ; Alyssnm 

 saxatile variegatnm, variegated Thyme, Sedum Sicboldii variegatnm, 

 and Pnlmonaria ofiicinalis maculata, the last handsomely blotched 

 with white. 



Oechids. — Mr. Williams is first fornine, with a gronp in which there 

 are a very fine Cypripedinm barbatnm snperbnm ; Aerides criapnm, 

 with two ample branching spikes ; Cypripedinm candatnm, with a 

 dozen of ifs long-tailed flowers, not so large as we have seen, bnt very 

 good ; Yanda tricolor formosa, and other good specimens. Messrs. 

 Eollisson are second. In their collection Saccolabinm Blnmei majns, 

 Aerides odoratnm, and Aerides Lobbi, are good. 



For six, Mr. Mitchell, gardener to Dr. Ainsworth, Bronghton, ia first 

 with specimens not overlarge ; second comes Mr. Stevenson, who has a 

 good Dendrobinm nobile, but not large-flowered, and two good pans 

 of vaiieties of Cypripedinm barbatnm. The best nine are from Mr. 

 Williams. In this grotip we noticed Aerides afline snperbum very 

 fine.with ten racemes, though these are not large ; Cypripedinm su- 

 perbiens, remariably fine ; Saccolabinm gnttatum, good ; Lajlias, and 

 Oncidium incurvnm. Messrs. Brooke & Co., Manchester, are second. 

 They have in their group a well-flowered specimen of Dendrobinm 

 Bensoniffi. Third comes Mr. W. E. Dixon, of Beverley, with an 

 excellent pan of Cypripedinm barbatnm superbnm, a good Saccolabinm, 

 and Aerides Dayanum. 



Heaths. — Of these there is a good though not a large show, and 

 many of the plants are not up to the standard of the London exhibi- 

 tions. In the class for nine, Messrs. Jackson & Son have large speci- 

 mens of Erica tricolor coronata, Vernoni, Paxtoni, tricolor speciosa, 

 depressa, tricolor dumosa, Aitonii, Tnrnbulli, and a nice specimen of 

 CandoUeana. The plants range from 3 to i feet in diameter, with 

 two exceptions, and are admirably bloomed. Mrs. E. Cole & Sons 

 have very good specimens, bnt rather rough, the best being ferrnginea 

 snperba, gemmifera elegans, Massoni major, and venosa. Mr. Cooper, 

 Eose Hill Nursery, Derby, sends a fine ventricosa grandiflora, and 

 good plants of several others. Prizes were offered by C. Seely, Esq., 

 M.P., Brookhill Hall, for the best single specimens. The first went 

 to Mr. Baines for a plant of obbata fully 4 feet across, and fine as it is 

 it will be yet finer. The second-pr^ze specimen comes from Messrs. 

 Jackson & Son, and is also excellent, the variety being the pink 

 retorla major, upwards of 3 feet in diameter. 



FncHsiAS are but poor. In the amateurs' class for six the best come 

 from Mr. E. C. Beard, Nottingham, Daniel Lambert, 8 feet high, 

 is fine ; third J. Mapplebeck, Esq. ; fourth Mr. Thompson, gardener to 

 _T. Charlesworlh, Esq. In the nurserymen's class Mr. Edwards, York, 

 is first w'.th good plants J varying from 3 to 6 feet in height, in excellent 

 bloom. 



C.vlceolaeias —Special prizes were offered for six by Sir E. S. 

 Walker, the Hon. Aithnr Strutt, and the Hon. Mrs. Hudson, but the 

 specimens shown are unworthy of notice. The best come from Mr. E. 

 Smith, Nottingham. 



AcHUTENES.— For these prizes were given by the Local Committee, 

 bnt the specimens were not remarkable. Mr. Bolton ia first with freely- 

 bloomed plants, but they are small. 



Gloxixias. — Prizes were offered by Thomas Bayley, Esq., Lenton 

 Abbey, and E. Birkin, Esq., Aspley Hall, for erect-flowering Gloxinias, 

 and the first was awarded to beantifnlly-flowered unnamed varieties 

 from Mr. Fellows, Beeston Fields, Nottingham. The best six pendant- 

 flowering Glosinas, for which prizes were given by Thomas Cross, Esq., 

 Euddington Hall, and Captain Parry, are exhibited by Mr. Bolton, 

 gardener to W. Worswick, Esq., and are beautifnllv-flowered plants of 

 seedling varieties, Bletso, Wilsoni, and Duke of Wellington. 



Lelium aueatum.— Mr. Turner, of Slough, sends beautifully- 

 flowered plants, each with at least a dozen largo and very fine flowers. 

 Messrs. Eollisson, of Tooting, are second with plants which, though 

 fine, are inferior in the number and beauty of their blooms to those 

 from Mr. Turner. Messrs. Yates are third, and Mr. Edwards, York, 

 fourth, with good plants. 



_ Pteethecms. — Bnt ftw are shown, the best come from Mr. Wil- 

 liams, of Holloway. Imbricatum plenum. Monsieur Barral, and 

 Herman Stelzner, rose, and Imperatrice Charlotte and Delicatum, 

 white, are the best. 

 Fehks.— Of Exotic Ferns, in twelves, Mr. Shnttleworth exhibits 



grand specimens of Cyathea princepa, Cibotinm Schiedei, the Bird's' 

 nest, Cyathea meduUaris, Cibotinm regale, Gleichenia dichotoma? 

 very fine, and equally so G. speluncoo. Mr. Baines is second with a 

 fine group, and Mr. Bolton is a good third. Mr. WiUiams is first for 

 nine, with lovely specimens of Gleichenia speluncffi, Todea africana, 

 Davallia bnllata, and among larger plants, Cyathea dealbata and 

 princeps. Mr. W. E. Dixon, Beverley, comes third ; a fine Dick- 

 Bonia antarctica, Todea snperba, and Adiantnm farleyense, being the 

 most conspicuous. Messrs. Bell & Thorpe are fourth with a. very 

 good collection. The second-prize six in the amateurs' class come 

 from Mr. Cooper, Derby, and comprise tine plants of Cibotinm baro- 

 metz, Alsophila australis, and Dicksonia antarctica. Mr. Stevenson, 

 Lark Hill, is first with Gleichenia flabellata, between 5 and 6 feet in 

 diameter, Gleichenia semivestita, also large, and in splendid condition, 

 a large specimen of the lovely Leptopteris snperba, and Acrophorus 

 immersus. The second-prize six come from J. E. Mapplebech, Esq., 

 Woodfield, Moseley, Birmingham. Among them are a good Bird's- 

 nest Fern, a fine plant of Nephrodium moUe corymbiferium, and 

 Dicksonia squarrosa, with a well-furnished head, or what we wiU 

 term a stem IS inches high. In Class 81 prizes were offered by 

 H. Sherbrooke, Esq., Oxton Hall, for the best specimen Exotic Fera. 

 Mr. Baines, with a beautiful Gleichenia rupestris fully ii feet in 

 diameter, is first. The second prize went to Mr. Daniells, gardener 

 to A. M. Mundy, Esq., Shipley Hall, Derby, for Gymnogramma calo- 

 melanos. nearly 4 feet in diameter, a handsome specimen ; the third 

 to Mr. Bolton, for a very good AlsophUa excelsa ; the fourth to 

 H. Farmer, Esq., Lenton, for Lomaria gibba. 



Prizes were ofl'ered by the Local Committee and the Eev. J. Wolley, 

 Beeston, for six hardy exotic Ferns. The first was awarded to Messrs. 

 Edwards, Nuthall, for a group in which were fine specimens, pecu- 

 liarly beautiful, of Struthiopteris pennsylvanica, S. germanica, and 

 Osmunda spectabilis. The second prize was taken by Mr. Shuttle- 

 worth, Leyland, near Preston, who had small bnt well-grown very 

 healthy plants of Pteris scabernla and others, with a very good Cyr- 

 tomium falcatum. The first of the special prizes offered for three 

 Platycerinma is taken by Mr. W. E. Dixon, of Beverley, who baa a 

 large plant of Platycerium grande and two smaller ones. Second 

 comes Mr. Williams with P. alcicorne, and two plants of P. grande. 

 Special prizes were offered for twelve Maiden-hair Ferns by Lord 

 Belper. The first was taken by Mr. T. Shnttleworth, Golden HUJ, 

 with a collection in which are some excellent plants. Messrs. Bell 

 and Thorpe sent a very good Adiantnm SancLT-Catheriuffl along with 

 others. Sir Henry Bromley, Bart., offered prizes for specimen Maiden- 

 hair Ferns. The first prize was awarded to Mr. T. Allsop, gardenor 

 to T. B. Eeynardson, Esq., Holywell Hall, Stamford, for a large plant 

 of farleyense, the second going to Adiantnm tenerum, from Mr. 

 Cruickehank, gardener to Lord Belper. Mr. Thompson, gardener t» 

 T. Charlesworth, Esq., Leicester, is third with A. teneium. Mr. 

 Peachey is fourth. Mr. Bolton sends a good plant of A. trapeziforme. 

 The special prize offered by H. Cunliffe Shawe, Esq., Warsop Hall, 

 for four Todeas or Hymenophyllums, was taken by Mr. Williams, of 

 Holloway, with beautiful examples of the lovely Todea snperba, Hy- 

 menophyllum demissum, very fine ; Todea pellucida, and Tricho- 

 manes Le, chenaultiana. 



British Ferns. — The best collection of twenty comes from Mr. 

 Mapplebeck, whose specimens are very excellent. They are all note- 

 worthy, but the most so are Athyrium Filix-foemina coronatum, 

 Prichardii, frondosum, apna;forme, and polydactylon ; Cystopteris 

 fragilis sempervirens, extremely beautiful, A. F.-f. densifsimum, Os- 

 munda regalis cristata, Lastrea Filix-mas grandiceps, AUosorus 

 crispus, and Polystichnm angulare proliferum Wollastonil The best 

 twelve come from Mr. Thompson, gardener to T. Charlesworth, Esq. 

 The best twelve come from Messrs. Edwards & Son, Northall, and 

 among them are neat healthy plants of Athyrium F.-fccmina plu- 

 mosum multifidum, Footii, multifidnm, and Victoria; Polystichnm 

 angulare decurrens, multilobum, and cristatum, and Lastrea FUis- 

 mas cristata. The second prize went to Messrs. Small & Son, Ilkes- 

 ton, who had well-grown plants of Scolopendrium vulgare cristatnm, 

 Asplenium marinum, and others. For the best ten varieties not yet 

 in commerce, Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck is first with Athyrium Filix- 

 fopmina Gillsonia) furcans, A. F.-f. Jonosii very pretty, A. F.-f. flabel- 

 lifolium, A. F.-f. caput-Medueie with very fine branching heads, A. F.-f. 

 caudigernm Stableri, Polystichnm angulare acrocladon, and Scolopen- 

 drium perafero-cornntum. Mr. Thompson, gardener to T. Charles- 

 worth, Esq., is second with a number of unnamed seedlings. 



Ltcopods. — Of these the show is somewhat limited. Mr. Bolton 

 gardener to W. Worswick, Esq , is first with finely-grown pans cl 

 S. cordlfolia, Martensii, and ciesia. Second comea Mr. Shnttleworth 

 with an excellont pyramid of S. crosia, and good examples of other 

 kinds. Messrs. Bell & Thorpe are third. 



Succulents. — For these prizes were offered by the Local Committee. 

 The best come from Messrs. Veitch, and will be noticed hereafter. 

 Messrs. Bell & Thorpe are second with a very nicely-grown collection. 

 Mr. Williams, of Holloway, has a collection in which aro Scmpervivum 

 tabuliforme, S. californicum, one of the most useful for edging pur- 

 poses, S. BoUii, Echeveria sanguinea equally good, E. secuuda glaac& 

 major, Gaaterias, Agave potatorum and Verschaffelti, &c. 



Tkees and Shkubs. — Of hardy evergreens the only exhibitors ar& 

 Messrs. Barron & Son, of Borrowash, whose reputation for such 

 subjects renders it unnecessary to say that they took a first place. In 



