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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



January 13, 1912 



Primula malacoides and Indian azaleas 

 were largely shown by Mr. L. R. Russell, 

 Richmond, who also had a number of Witch 

 Hazels and Garrya^. 



Messrs. Allwood Brothers, Haywards 

 Heath, staged carnations, and put them up 

 in stands and vases of varying heights; Lady 

 Alington and AVivelsfield Wonder (A.M.), 

 recently figured in our pages, were promi- 

 nent varieties. 



Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley, put 

 up models of garden screens, garden seats, 

 arbours, tea houses, etc., and also staged a 

 small Yovk garden. 



Mr. (I. Reuthe, Keston, and Messrs. J. 

 Peed and Sons, each staged alpines. 



From the Gardeners' Magazine office, 148, 

 149, Aldersgate Street, came an attractive 

 6tall of useful works on gardening, these 

 cov^v iiig a wide range of subjects. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



A haudisome exhibit of orchids from 

 M<'--! , S;iuder and Sons, St. Albans, con- 

 tuiiiitl MJine tine forms of La*lia anceps, a 

 large plant of Leelio-cattleya Charle8wor.thi, 

 L.-c. Ophir, the intere sting Cyprijjedium 

 caudatum Sandera?. wdth ** tails " over 18 

 inches long, Cymbidium Holfordianum, 

 Coelogyne Gardnerianum, and such fine cypri- 

 pediixms as C. Golden Oriole and C. Jucun- 

 dum, and a few odontoglossimis. 



A pretty exhibit ot orchids from Messrs. 

 Jas. Veitili and Sons, i'heLsea, consisted 

 largely of the useful old Zygopetalum Mac- 

 kayi. several dozen spikes being pre.-enied. 

 Cypripediums, notably C. insigne Sandera\ 

 were shown in force, and a few odontoglos- 



6ums were exhibited. 



Calaiithf Veitchi w^as prominent in the 

 group displayed by Me^ssrs. Stuart Ijow and 

 Co., lJu.-li Hill Raik, Kiifi(dd; with these were 

 Cypri])('diuni catlosinii Smih1(m;i\ C, Euryades, 

 C. Niobc, Vaiida raMuir;!, And >(>iiu* white 



forms of La»Iia ait( v|i:^. 



llie bank of orchids set up by Mcs-rs. Arm- 

 strong and lirown, Tunbridge Wells, was a 

 very attrartivt- one, and a few of its leadint)^ 

 features wviv Odontitxla Vuylostekeae, O. 

 Bradshawa\ ( 'vmbidium Gattonense, Cal- 

 anthe Harri.-i. the strong C. bella, Cvpripe- 

 di um Cupid. C. Ilolen, C. Armstrongae, C. 

 niteriK Queen of Yellows, C. insigne Aberdeen, 

 C. e bora 'cum. Cattleya Maggie Raphael 



alba, and some splendidly marked odonto- 

 gloissums. 



Tlie five-lipped Lselia anceps Scliroderae 

 was splendidly show^n by Messrs. J. and A. 

 McBean, Cooksbridge. who ])resented nearly 

 three dozen spikes of tlii^ fine orchid. The 

 odont(>gl(K-8ums were excellent, paitieularly 

 a form of O. Lami>eauiauuin, and the light 

 varietie^s of O. (■Ti>])uni. 



From Gatton Park, Mr. J. Collier, gar- 

 dener to Sir J. Colmau, Hart., brought a 

 big specimen of Dendrobiuni .s|x^ciosum niti- 

 durn. with about thirty spikes of yellowish 

 flowers; Ala-devallia maciirua, Laelio-cattleya 

 Epieasta (iatton var., Laelia bella, and Phaio- 

 calanthe Colmani were also w^ell shown. 



Ladio-cattleya bella alba, a fine Cattleya 

 Octave Down, with four Ix'autiful flow^ers, 

 and the bright vi'llow L.-c. Ariel and Odon- 

 tioda Schroderiana were shown by ^le^srs. 

 Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath. 



Mr. W. Ho])kins, gardener to i'raiiris AVel- 

 lesley, Eisq.. Westfield. Woking, sliowed some 

 splendidly grown cypriiK^diunL-^, the tine C. 

 San-Aeta'us Westfield var. gaining an A.M.; 

 C. D. S. Mill^ carried six splendid flowers; 

 Tiadio-cattleya Air-. W. Hopkins (L.-c. 

 Haroldiana uia^nitif a and L. Tona nigricans), 

 with intense crim-on-purple lij) and yellow 

 sepals and petals, the latter mottled with 

 purple, was very fine, and gained an A.M. 

 unanimously. 



From tlie LNell. Mr. Shill. erivrdener to 



Haron Sehroder. lu-ouirht up a Mi])erb plant 



of r.adio-cattIeya IJella alba. Tlie Dell vav. 



i F.i\(\), can yiug six sf)lendid wliite and 

 purjdi' H(i\v;m'.'. 



Mr. IE Alexander, grower to Sir (I. TToj- 

 ford, Wet>tonbirt, Tethurv, .-^howed Cxyni- 

 pedium Brouyena, witli a wonderful crin'ison- 

 [lurplc dorsal sepal; and C. niteus L-eeanum 

 CypripediuuH wvre -^vell di,-))laved hy Messrs, 

 J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham; and C. 



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Minos 



W. Mostyn, C. Felicity, C. 

 Yonngi, C. aureum Surprise, C. Euryades 

 splendens, and C. Fascinator w^ere all in fine 

 form. 



M, Firmin, Lambeau, Brussels, sent a new 



orchid named Odontiona Firmini, and said to 

 be a cross between Miltonia vexillaria and 

 Odontoglossum crispum, but doubts were ex- 

 pressed as to M. vexillaria being one parent; 

 the white flowers were very pretty. 



Walter Cobb, Esq., Normanhurst, Rusper, 

 gained an A.M. for Odontoglossum crispum 

 Queen of the Morn, with rosy flowers ^ and 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South 

 Woodford, gained an A.M. for Cypripedium 

 nitens Beckensis, a bold and big flower, evi- 

 dently or C. Beckmanni parentage. A fine 

 form of C. Hera came from Sir Trevor Law- 

 rence, Bart., Dorking. 



Alessrs. Has^^all and Co., Southgate, .showed 

 a good specimen of Masdevallia Schroederse, 

 and bright forms of Odontoglossum amabile 

 and O. laudatum. 



Mr. Edward V. Low, Yale Bridge, Hay- 

 wards Heath, exhibited the lovely Dendro- 

 bium Phalsenopsifi album G. S. Bairs var., 

 of purest whiteness; Cypripedium Leeanum 

 Clinkabcrryanum, C. Tlie Nizam, C. Minor 

 Youngi, etc. 



Mr. Hunter, gardener to the Duke of Alarl- 

 borough, Blenheim Palace, Oxford, gained an 

 A.M. for Cypripedium Cataline, which has a 

 bright rosy dorsal sepal. Cymbidium Eose- 

 fieldien.se, a fine hybrid between C. Tracy- 

 anum and C. gigantea (A.M.), was shown by 

 Stables, gardener to Be Barri Crawshay, 

 Ksq., Eosefield, Sevenoaks, wdio also exhi- 

 bited 6ome beautiful dark-coloured forms of 

 L<Telia anceps. 



L-RUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



Apples were magnificently shown by 

 Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, this 

 firin filling one long table with one hundred 

 and three dishes or baskets of splendid 

 truitfs, each dish or basket representing a 

 distinct variety. The individual fruits were 

 fine in size, handsome in colour, and quite 

 free from blemishes. A few varieties that 

 were of outstanding merit were Blue Pear- 

 main. Belle Pontoise, Reinette du Canada, 

 Lane's Prince Albert, King of the Pippins, 

 King of Tompkin's County, Blenheim 

 Orange, Barnack Beauty, Bismarck, Wad- 

 hurst Pippin, Sandringham, Newton W^on- 

 der, Bow^ Hill Pippin^ Gascoignes Seedling, 

 Cox's Orange Pippin, and Annie Elizabeth. 

 The firm showed a new pear, a highly- 

 flavoured rounded fruit, crimson flucihed, ob- 

 tained by crossing Seckle with Bergamotte 

 d'Ec>peren; the name is Mrs. Seden, and an 

 A.M. was granted it. 



Of unusual interest was the big exhibit of 

 oranget* contributed by Messrs. T. Eivers 

 and Son, Sawbridge worth. Large trees 

 laden with fruits, were staged, as well as a 

 host of picked fruits. Lemons and grape 

 fruits wei^ also shown, but the White, 

 Achilles, Excelsior, Silver, Egg, Bittencourt, 

 and Navel oranges were by far the most 

 interesting and attractive itemri in a splen- 

 did exhibit that was a fine feature of the 

 sliow. 



Messrs. Sutton and S-ons presented a col- 

 lection of New A^ar salads and vegetables; 

 th^- savoy^s, cabbages, Winter Mammoth broc- 

 coli, and Uniss-els sprouts w^ere especially 

 good. There were climbing French beans 

 (Tender and True), forced dandelion, Bata- 

 vian endive, and Christmas salad. 



Mr. ]\ Taylor, gardener to Frank Bibby, 

 E.sq., Ifardwicke Grange, Shrewsbury, 

 showed a good collection of "well-preserved 

 apples and pears, the latter including Easter 

 Beurre, Glou Morceau, Beurre Eance. Oliver 

 des Serres, and Josephine dc :Maliiie.<. 



Mr. Gentle, gardener to Mrs. Deniscm, 

 Littl - Gaddesden, Berkham>t(\id , put up two 

 doztni dislies of wonderfully <lc;!n and well- 

 kept potatoes: The Factor. Thi^ Provost, 

 Ideal, Fp-to-Date, Monarch. Satisfaction, 

 and Goldfinder weri^ the pick nt a good set. 



CEETIFICATKS AND AWARDS. 



1m rst class Ccrtiticate.— To Laelia-cattleya 

 15cd!a alba. Dell var., from Mr. Shill, grower 

 to Baron Schroder, Tlie Deli, Eghara. 



AAvards of Merit. — To Pear Mrs. Seden, 

 from Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea; 

 to Laelio-cattleya Mrs. V/. Hopkins, from 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq., J. P., Westfield, 

 Woking (gardener, Mr. Hopkins); to Cypri- 

 pedium San-actseiis Westfield var., from F. 

 Wellesley, Esq. ; to Odontoglossum crispum 

 Queen of the Morn, from Mr. C. Salter, gar- 

 dener to Walter Cobb, Esq., Norma nliurst, 

 Riisper ; to Cypripedium J ucundum, from 

 Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans; to Catt- 

 leya Maggie Raphael, Orchidhurst var., from 

 Mesisrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells ] to Cypripedium Catalina, from Mr. 

 Hunter, gardener to the Duke of Marl- 

 borough, Blenheim Palace; to Cymbidiui 

 Rosefieldiense, from Mr. Stables, gardener 

 to De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rcisefield, 

 Sevenoaks; to Carnation Wivelsfield AVonder, 

 from Messrs. Allwood Brothers, Haywards 

 Heath. 



MEDALS. 



Gold. — To Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea, for appk*-;. 



Silver-gilt Banksian. — To Messrs. W. Cut- 

 bush and Son, Higligate, for carnations and 

 greenhouse plants; to Messrs. Wm. Paul and 

 Son, Waltham Cross, Herts., for camellias. 



Silver Flora. — To Mr. H. Burnett, Guern- 

 sey, for carnations; Alessrs. H. Cannell and 

 Sons, Swanley, for cut pelargoniums ;MeSiSrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, for carnations 

 and cyclamen; Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, 

 Edmonton, for ferns ; Messrs. Jas. Veitch 

 and Sons, Chelsea, for greenhouse plants; 

 Alessrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, for orchids; Messrs. Stuart Low and 

 Co., Enfield, for orchids; Messrs. J. A^eitch 

 and Sons,^ Chelsea, for orchids ; Messrs. J. 

 Cypher and Co., Cheltenham, for orchids; 

 Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge. 



Silver Knightian.^ — To Messrs. Sutton and 

 Sons, Reading, for vegetables and salading; 

 and Mr. Taylor, gardener to Frank Bibby, 

 Esq., Hardwicke Cxrange, Shrewsbury, for 

 apples and pears. 



Silver Banksian. — To Mr. A. Gentle, gar- 

 dener to Mr. Denison, Little Gaddesden, for 

 potatoes; to Mr. Collier, gardener to Sir J. 

 Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, for orchids; 

 Mr. E. V. Low, Haywards Heath, for 

 orchids; Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay- 

 wards Heath, for orchids; Mr. L. R. Russell, 

 Richmond, for flowering trees and shrubs. 



Bronze Flora. — Messrs. Allwood Brothers, 

 Haywards Heath, for carnations. 



Bronze Banksian. — To Mr. E. Guile. New- 

 port, for carnations; and to Messrs. Hassell 

 and Co., Southgate, for orchidst 



GARDENING ENGAGEMENTS. 



Mr. H. H. Mills, late gardener at Holm- 

 wood Park, has been appointed gardener to 

 Hugh Morrison, Esq., Fonthill House, Tis- 

 bury, Wilts. 



Mr. F. F. Street, late of King',^ Walden, 

 Bury, has been appointed gardener to G 

 Oakley, Esq., Lawrence End, Luton. 



Mr. William Barrie, for some years fore- 

 man in the gardens, Sandringham, has been 

 appointed head gardener to the Dowager 

 Countess of Leicester, Weasenham, Swaft- 

 ham, Norfolk. 



Mr. Jolm Clark, during the past three 

 years foi^enian at Latherton Hall, Aberford. 

 has been appointed gardener to F. J. Gould. 

 Esq., Avenue Picard, Alalsons Lafitte, Pari^?. 



The Women's Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Inter- 

 national Union.— AVith regard 



women's work, which is claiming so niucli 

 attention at tlic ])rcscnt time, it is interest- 

 ing to note the steady progress made by 

 the above as^<Kdation, founded in 1899. 

 irnpoL'taut has the work now become that th« 

 room whicli lias been placed at its di&po^al 

 for office n>i\ <'tc.. by the hon. secretary, 

 Mrs. (/haui))oriaiu. lias now become quite in- 

 adequate for the rcquircmcnt.s, and a ne^v 

 and enlarged oflicc has been -ecured at -i/^- 

 Queen Anne Chambers, WVstuiinster. S.^V - 

 where full information concerning tl^^ 

 Union may be obtained 



