January 27, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE- 



79 



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EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



Notwithstanding tlie woefully wet and dis- 

 mally dark weather, there was a capital ex- 

 hibition of fruits and flowers at the Royal 

 Horticultural Hall on Tuesday, January 23^ 

 and there was a good attendance. In the 

 early part of the day the darkness rf-r.dored 

 artificial light necessary; but during the 

 early part of the afternoon the natural light 

 improved considerably. The Orchid Com- 

 mittee had plenty to do, but the Floral and 

 Pruit Committees had practically nothing 

 but groups to consider 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



A fine lot of primulas and cyclamens frcm 

 Messrs. Sutton and Sons* Reading, suliei ed 

 a good deal in effectiveness because of the 

 lack of light to bring the colours [''"it pro- 

 perly. The salmon and red cyclamens, and 

 the crimson primulas were very showy, and 

 during the early part of the afternoon they 

 lit up the surroundings. Reading Line, 

 Duchess, and Czar primulae «tjfd out pro- 

 minently, and the fine strain of P. cbconica 

 was a great attraction. 



A large group of the yellow-flowered Jas- 

 minum primulianum, grown as standards, 

 and represented by specimens 4ft. to 8ft. 

 high, smothered with pretty flowers. The 

 plants would have looked far better had not 

 the fog of the previous two or three days re- 

 duced the numbers of blooms. This exhibit 

 wa*j from Mr. G. Reynolds, gardener to Leo- 

 pold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury Park, 

 Acton. 



Another attractive group was staged by 

 Mr. H. Prime, gardener to the Marquis of 

 Salisbury, Hatfield House; this consisted of 

 two mounds of Euphorbia fulgens (jacquinae- 

 flora), the plants carrying long sprays of 

 brilliant orange-scarlet flowers ; and a cen- 

 tral bank of the -beautiful blue-flowered Saint- 

 paulia ionantha, very finely grown. 



Messrs. R. Gill \and Sons, Falmouth, 

 showed some beautiful trusses of varietip« 



of Rhododendron arboreum, splendid bunc 



of Iris stylosa, and bushe-s of Erica lusita 

 mca, all from the open ground. The same 

 firm contributed a very inter*.*sting set of 

 paintings of native fungi representing a 

 large number of species. Two plants of the 

 new Primula Winteri were an attraction to 

 lovers of hardy plants. 



The cyclamens from Messrs. Stuart Low 

 and Co., Enfield, made a brave show and 

 especially fine were the salmon-coloured 

 varieties. The same firm showed a collection 



of perpetual carnations. 



An interesting group of greenhouse plants. 



nT/^'^"^^- "^^^^^1^ Sons, Chelsea, 



included a selection of Indian azaleas, tall 



^'^'^''''^ dealbata, the golden Senecio 

 Col, r^""' Primula Kewensis, the blue 



^rntf^n 'I'^'^'^^'i?^ camellias, and the fra- 

 grant Daphne mdica rubra. 



^Z.^'^'f FTP Chinese primulas from 

 cln?/^* 1 ''''^ Eaynes Park, in- 



the In v i^"*^^ number of new seedlings of 

 lot S ^^-fl^^'^yed section, and an intereiting 



deen] ^ ^"^'^^^ losy.flowered variety with 

 deeply incised oak-leaf foliage. ^ 



Ihe beautiful perpetual carnations from 



the Channer\"l ^/^^'^^ suggested that 

 liffht th?,f T l^^'^f ^^^^ enjoyed better 

 oSitain^S late ;^ the group 



ontam^ splendid bunches of Marmion, 

 White riw' Mandarin, Mrs. H. Burnett 

 <'a Ola ^'^'^^^ ^1^"' 



J. Choal V^" g^xuen irom Messrs. 



^v^th haJdv nrif ^^r^^y^ furnished 

 cimens J ^^'T'^^^ small-flowering spe- 

 ^^^TGL^t^'"- ^^""^^'^ Rhododendron 

 ^-^^ns^^^^^^^ Forsythia 



\ little rock 



Sultan, and 



garden from Messrs. 



nitida alba 



A collection of begonias was submitted by 

 Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons. Swanley, and 

 proved very interesting; in the group those 

 kinds that most appealed to us were B. 

 f uchsiodes, B. foliosa, B. semperflorens 

 gigantea rosea, B. Duchartrei, B. Vesuve, B. 

 liybrida floribunda, and B. 

 odorata. 



Messrs. AUwood Brotheivs, Wivelsfield, 

 Hay wards Heath, contributed a few good 

 carnations, including Wivelsfield Wonder. 

 White Wonder, Geisha, and the large- 

 flowered yellow French variety. La Rayon- 

 nante. 



Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Upper Ed- 

 monton, brought up choice ferns, golden 

 variegated oleanders, begonias, ardisias, etc. 



Mr. L. R. Russell, Riclimond, staged Jas- 

 minum primulinum and Buddleia atsiatica, 



Salome, Ladv Northciiffe, Rex. Washiuo-ton,. 



and La Mode, 



Fringed cyclamens were capitally staged 

 by Mr. Shambrook. gardener to the Rev. IL 

 Buckston, Sutton Hall, Derby, and the sal- 

 mon form named Mrs. Buckston 



ticularlv good. 

 Messivs. T 



Reuthe. 



was par- 



Ware, Feltham ; Mr. G. 

 Keston ; and Messns. J. Peed and 

 Sons, Norwood, showed collections of aljjines, 

 a few being in flower. 



Among the carnations shown by M*^::6rs, 

 W. Wells and Co., Merstham, th 

 good blooms of Merstham Beauty, 

 pink; White Wonder, White Houso, and 

 Dorothy Gordon. 



Messrs. Barr and Sons, Covent Ga^'deu, ex- 

 hibited the popular Narcissus Soi'icI d'Or in 

 quantity, and a collection of ea-rly hardy 



were 

 cei ise- 



CYMBIDIUM SCHLEGELI. 



Flowers cream 

 purple spots oi 



colour, with small purplish spots on 

 the lip. A.M., R.H.S.. January 23. 



bridge. 



petals and sepals, and large red 

 Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooks- 



two useful shrubs for conservatory decora- 

 tion, and the lovely Prunus triloba; with 

 these were Primula malacoides and Japanese 

 oranges. 



A large and bright exhibit f om Messrs. 

 W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, was com- 

 posed of perpetual carnations in variety, in- 

 cluding lovely flowers of May Day, vVhite 

 Perfection, and Scarlet Glow; eavy flowers, 

 such as Iris Danfordiae, I. histrioides riajor, 

 I. Tauri, Eranthes cicilicus and Narcissus 

 Bulbocodum, are gems arranged in little 

 rockwork groups ; and flowering shrubs, such 

 as magnolias, Prunus triloba, hamamelis, 

 and lilacs. 



Air. C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, had 

 some new carnations on view, notably 



flowers, such as crocuses, hamamelis, Gaian- 

 thus Whittalli, Iris stylosa, T. Danfordse, 

 and Narcissus bulbocodium. 



Mr. Bertie Bell, Castel Nursery, Guernsey, 

 brought over grand flowers of Coronation, a 

 beautiful bright pink perpetual carnation, 

 and showed the variety in quantity, 



ORCHID COMMin^E. 



The choice and elegant white varieties of 

 Lselia anceps were well shown by Mr. J. 

 Collier, gardener to Sir Jeremiah Co n:an, 

 Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate, over fifty spikes 

 being staged, the varieties being L. a. Wil- 

 liamsi, L. a. Gatton Park var., L, a. Schro- 

 deriana, L. a. Sandersi, L. a. Hilliana, and 

 L. Dawsoni. Phaio-calanthe Colmani wa& 

 also shown from the Gatton Park collection. 



