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OrTHAMPTON ROYAL Fi)RTICUL 



TURAL SOCIETY. 



GREAT JUBILEE SHOW, 

 JULY 16 and 17. 



£2.50 in Priaes for Camatione, Swe^t Pe«a.s, Plaoits, 

 MisoeIlani?ou^ Cut Flowers, Fruit, iHiTid Yeg-etablee. 



Scheduler of 



C. S. FUIDGE, SecreUry, 



7, SilTprdale Road. ?out}ianiiitoii. 



HE 



HULL AND EAST RIDING 



'HRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY 



THE TWENTY-FIRST SHOW 

 of tin? above Society will be held in the CITY H\LL 

 TICTOlilA SQUARE, HULL, on WEDNESDAY and 

 THURSDAY, 20th a.nd 21fit NOVEMBER next. 



Sohe<luleis Free 



JAMES DIXON, 

 County Buildingrs, Hull, Hon. Secretacry. 



NATIONAL VEGETABLE SOCIETY 



Schedule of Cla^s«se^ and Prizes oifered at the Society's 

 GREAT EXHIBITION OF VEGETABLES, 



to be held in the 

 CLARENDON HALL, WATFORD, OCTOBER 2 next 

 are now ready, and can be had on application to 



E. G. QUICK, Hon. Sec., 

 Kelmseatt, Harrow View. We-nldistnnn 



THE PERPETUAL-FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TION SOCIETY 



EXHIBITION, THUPSDAY and 

 IRIDAl, March 2hst and 22nd, 1912, HORTICUL- 

 TURAL HALL, VINCENT SQUARE. Nine Silver-^ilt 

 and .Mlver Challenge Cups offered for Cicmipetition. 

 Special Olae^cs for Amateurs, Aleo Conference on 

 Carnation® {First Day of' Show), March 21st. at 

 d.JO p,im Admifieion le. For schedules, etc., apply 

 E. F, HAWES. Uly^^, Fortune Green, London, N \\^ 



ORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 



MENTS are inserted in this column at ;..x- 

 pence per line, the minimum charg-e being two Shil- 

 lings and Sixpence. Offices, 148 and 149 Alders^ate 

 Street, London, E.C. ' 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



Every foot of available >space in the 

 st^v J^f'i ^Vyi"^e«t Square, Westmin- 

 wiri. hll^d with exhibits on Tuesday and 

 A\ednesday, March 5 and 6, and during a 



^eLlTt'''^^'' P^'^ ^^'^ <iay there 



ov !!li another Fellow 



Iw V ?■ the crowd moved 



oVlo-l 1 "^^'^ at twelve 



Te n^rs IT ^ TI ^^'^^ attendance. 



andTT^p!ff "T^'^'^if tlie crush, 



that '-^^ n complaint was made 



Much tn ti ^^^'^^ enough." 



S tl,! ■ !"»°y^/^' the orchid people, 

 vfre au\ ?f Pt^"" of the Messrs. Cyphers 

 lu v d d ? i'T^ ^^'V t^^""rite annexe, and 



tuH^s*"?^ represented, and 



J'r^steM <»«ffod|h were pre^nt 



other 

 carna- 



tion 



hJr^'l^'''^^^^ f'^^''^^- Alpine and 



fiont^verrt^^ — 

 On tin P^-o^^'^^^t subjects staged. 



videH t ^occasion a few classes were pro- 



Ma.s verf a }^^' competition 



w-'? if!!,"/ P^^t of the exhibi- 



^Pi ved n„ , considerable, size, and de- 



uert moie space than it received. 



'""1 i«a urhrn'^^.r* numerous. Corylopsis 

 K ct on v^w.'^'"^ striking new iub- 



at4ntion"!;.i\tS'"'''^^^ " 

 bv Me^ . H W r ""^"^ arranged 

 liis 1 nclruica Co., ColchestJr; 



P»lmo ada "'./'f'Tr^ denticulata alba. 



view. Messrs. G. and A. Clark, Dover, 



^ M 



-green junipers to 

 winch we recently referred, and with these 

 staged coloured primroses, Pulmonaria sac- 

 charata. Iris stylosa, etc. Iris sindjaren^is, 

 Trilhum grandioruni and T. g. roseum 

 hardy heaths, and Bletia hyacinthi na were 

 shown among other hardy flowers by Messrs 

 Thos. S. Ware, Lini., Feltham. 



Very beautiful was the little rock garden 

 display made by Mr. Clarence Elliott, Six- 

 Hill8 Xursery, Stevenage. On this were 

 lovely sheets of Saxifraga apiculata, S. oppo- 

 sitifoha alba, S. Boydi, the splendid S. Bur- 

 seriana Gloria^ S. oppositifolia splendens, S. 

 Ehzabethae, and a few other fine subjects. A 

 delightful little group of early t^pring flowers 

 from Messrs. Barr and Sons proved very 

 attractive. Iris reticulata. Rhododendron 

 praecox, and a charming lot of crocusen and 

 saxifraga^ were included. 



Alpine plants and other hardv early flowers 

 w^ere also submitted by Mr. G. Reuthe. Kes- 

 ton; Messrs. Whitelegge and Bage, Cliisle- 

 hurst; Messrs. Tliompnon and Charman, 

 Bushey; Mr. Pulhams, Elsenham ; Mr. J. 



Box, Lindfield; and Messrs, J. Peed and 

 Sons. 



Corylopsis multiflora (A.M.), with catkin- 

 like drooping spikes of yellowish-green, was 

 shown by Mr. Fielder, gardener to Miss 

 Willmott, Great Warley, Essex, and promisees 

 to be a useful and attractive early-flowering 

 shrub. Himalayan rhododendrons were beau- 

 tifully staged by Messrs. R, Gill and Sons, 

 Falmouth, and the brilliant rosy-crimson 

 variety Cornubia gained an A.M.; R. Tlioni- 

 soni, R. Duchess of Cornwall, and R. barba- 

 tum, were also well eh own, and the new 

 Primula Winteri was again on view. 

 new Ribes laurifolium, with its pendant 

 spikes of green flowers, was again exhibited 

 by Mr. Beckett, gardener to the Hon. Vicary 

 Gibbs, Aldenham House, ELstree. 



Messrs. S. Low and Co., Enfield, contri- 

 buted greenhouse-flowering plants, and so did 

 Me^csrts. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, the 

 latter staging a fine blush-pink Indian 

 azalea, named Blushing Bride (A.M.), and 

 some .superb cyclamens and hybrid green- 

 house rhododendrons. Indian azaleas were 

 very largely exhibited by Messrs. Jas. Veitcli 

 and Sons, Chelsea, in a separate gKui]). and 

 it would appear that tlie^t^ very f ree-flowi'r- 

 ing greenhouse plants are again coming into 

 popular favour; deutzias, viburnums, pru- 

 nuses, and wistarias flanked the azaleas. 



Against a background of glossy-leaved, 

 freely-flowered camellias Messrs. W. Paul 

 and Son, Waltham Crost^, ^et up particularlv 

 beautiful plants of double white, double 

 pink, and double carnation-flowered, and 

 double crimson jieaches, as well as double 

 almonds; all these Avei^ smotiiered with ex- 

 quisite flowers, and were greatly admired. 

 A solid bank of Indian azaleas, representing 

 a gi^at range of varieties and colouring, pro- 

 vided a brilliant display from Mr. L. R. 

 Russell, Richmond. 



Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, 

 presented a fine lot of per}:)etual carnations, 

 and a delightful lot of forced early-flowering 

 shrubs, these latter including the lovely 

 Prunus trilobia, lilacs, magnolias, and mollis 



so a goodly 

 pot 



and 



l>etual carnations in great variety, 

 staged these in fancy vases in good style. 



A spring flower garden set out artistically 

 by Messrs. Jas. Carter and Co., Raynes Park 

 was a centre of attraction all day. In front 

 of a background of cupressus, small cedars 

 and other conifers, this firm set up a W 

 rockwork filled with daffodils 

 bulbous flowers. Into 



up 

 and 



other 



, . - , , „ , tAvo pools water 



trickled all the time, and this with the 

 lovely green grass was plea^nt to turn to 

 irom the masses of colour round about. In 

 the centre was a raised vase of tulij^s set in 

 a bed of blue hyacinths; circular groups of 

 rosy hyacinths occupied position's at either 

 end while yellow and white crocuses en- 

 circled the water pools. 



A pretty exhibit of hyacinths from Messrs 

 button and Sons, Reading, was arranged so 

 as to show charming combinations of cohmrs 

 by way of suggestion for future planting- 

 the groups were of dark and pale blue, d<5p 

 pink and salmon pink, dark blue and cream 

 pale blue and )>a]e pink, iwi and cream, deep 

 pink and dark blue, cream and pale blue 

 and mauve shades. ' 



Hybrid gerbera flowers <>i exquisiu^ beautv 

 were finely shown by Mr. II. X. Ellison, West 

 Bromwich ; the colour range of these lovely 

 and elegant blmmis was from pinkish-white 

 to dee]) crimson, the yellow and pink shades 

 l>eing very dchs^htful. Mr. Ellison also 

 snowea irecM;is m vaiictv. 



Mr. J. IJick.s(ni. gardciu-r 

 Dtichess of Hodford. e.vhibited 

 plants of a splendid strain of 

 conica, some of the deeper colours ii^'inff es- 

 ]>ec]ally fine. Frocsias. well grown and 

 charmingly sweet-scented, were exhibited in 

 some qxiantity by Mr. H. Brotherston, Kneb- 

 worth, Herts. Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons 



xv^'^vi z^'ial pelargoniums, and 

 f f r-j^^- ^^•'"'^ '"'^ Merstham, con- 

 w ..^^''■P''^"'*' carnations, and Messrs. 

 ii. li. ilay and Sons staged clematis and 

 lerns. 



Afloliiie 



tl llt'l V-i' lOWU 



I*rimula ob- 



COMMI-rTE 



Anotiici 



>ni>crl, cxhiljil <»t" orcliid.^ ar- 

 ranged \v]tli tJic usual tasto l.y Mr IJ \lex 

 aiuler, grower to Licut.-CoI<.,u*i Sir uc-orgc 

 Holford, We.stonbirt, Tethurv. (Jloiu-cster 

 was a strik:no- and beautiful Vcatnn- of the 

 s low Not one plant cxhibitixl in the (;old 

 Meda] grou]) <,f the fortnight previously was 

 present in tins display. Odontoglossums and 

 large branching sprays of ])hala^nopsis, with 

 tall spikes of white Laelia ancei>s iornied 

 a beaulitiil background for a grand lot of 

 *attlvyas and helio-catt hvas. "^Thc central 

 >l)rcinuii plant was of th^ .am<Hi> Cattleva 

 Iriana^ Hydra, carrying ,ixty tiowers ; of 

 Iriange there were sixteen fine varieties 



( 



( . I. Colossal and C. T. Prince Rupeit l>eing 

 extra fine. V. Maggie Raphael var Flam- 

 beau, tlie handsome and. large C. Percivali- 

 ana Wc^tonbirt var., and C. Bi-enda were all 

 as \\t>rc IJrasso-cattleyaThorntoni Colos- 

 ii.-c. i:nter|)e Westoubirt var., tlie vel- 

 La^lio-cattleya Cranstonia^ Hoiford's 

 L.-c. Arliaces, the new L.-c. Voltairo, 



l*svc]ic. the distinct vt^IIuw 



fini 

 sal, 

 low 



heaths 

 Th 



ipa Clusiala^^^"'''^^^^ apiculata, 

 '^iusiana, erythroniums and havH-J 



fiuuch, present*^ o 1, «^n"st- 

 primroses nriH ovT^' -.^^ various 



:.°?if™r"r,'i''."?': »1o"i- and 



I'ibited'" p'"-"'* Christ 

 finely and T^'\ cashmeriana 



Riverslea 

 Orobus 



vermis 



other pretty things on 



azaleas. 



group of hyacinths. _.. ^ ^ ^ 



by Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, were 

 delightfully fragrant, and the spikes of 

 Marie Legraye and Belle de Xancy attracted 

 no small amount of attention. 



Mr. H. Burnett brought over some splen- 

 did carnations from Guernsey, and put up 

 May Day, R. Felton. White Enchantress, 

 Gloriosa, and Mi^. H. Burnett in grand 

 style. Carnation Coronation was largely 



staged by its rai&er, Mr. B. Bell. Castel, 

 Guernsey. A bold display of per}>etual car- 

 nations from Mr. C, Engelmann, Saffron 

 AValden, contained rare blooms of Mrs. C. W. 



Ward, Carola. Prince Charming, and Lady 

 Northciiffe. 



The Hon. Lady Neeld, Duchess of Devon- 

 shire, Mikado, Mrs. Greswold Williams, and 

 Winsor were perpetual carnations admir- 

 ably shown by Mer^srs. Young and Co., 

 Hatherley, Cheltenham. Messrs. Allwood 

 Brotheris, Havwards Heath, exhibited ner- 



var., 



Sophro-la^Iia 

 Odontogloss 



sis Schilleriana, with 84 Howers on one sjiiko. 



In Messrs. S. I^w and Co.'> group <tf or- 

 chids we noticed Odontioda Bradsha \via>, 

 Cyrabidium insigne. white forms .>f ('attleya 

 Schroderae Coelogyne panduata. and other 

 gw)d things. Messrs. James Veitch and 

 Sons, Chelsea, submitted a considerable 

 group of orchids, and tlicir <ollecti<m in- 

 cluded the fine Bras.^wat tlcya Digbvano- 

 Mendeli. the graceful Odontoglussnm Dora, 

 Cymbidium insigne, Dendrol)ium spei^tabile, 

 Pleurothallis Roezli, Cyprijiedium niacro- 

 chihum, C. Tliomsoniana, etc.. etc. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 



RAFFIATAPE.-To pass off green corru- 

 grated tape (that rots and fad^) for thia is to 

 sell old seed as new. R&ffiatape is bound with 

 etrong" unfadeable cotton, which g\ym it great 

 strength, durability, and, being two coloure. it is 

 never unsigrhtly. Plants ftre a« quickly tied as 

 parcels, cub it expands with growth. Id. ooile ftfe« up 

 150 plants); 6d., Is., and !«. 6d. reek. Sample* and 

 catalogue of all garden sundries. — C. E. WKST, 

 Higham Hill. London, N.E. Please ask your seeds- 

 Bian for West's Patent Garden Sundriee. 



