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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



March 9, 1912. 



Wells, present-ed a large and beautiful ex- 

 hibit of orchids, and these consisted of odou- 

 toglossums and odontiodas and dendrobiums 

 in great variety. A few of the former, of 

 special note, were O. ardentissimum, O. ar- 

 mairvilliersense, O. crispum, and various 

 hybrids. Brasso-cattleya Schroderae-glauca, 

 Cypripedium Baron Schroder, Laelio-catt- 

 leya Warnhamense, Brasso-cattleya Lee- 

 niiina\ Miltonia Bleuana, Dendrobium nobile 

 virginale, D. -n. E-appart, D. Chessington- 

 ensis, D. Apollo, and D. Melpomene were 

 all finely represented , wh ile Cypripedium 

 Boltoni, C. Cowleyanum, and C. Venus Or- 

 chidhurst var. were also of special interest. 



Mr. White, grower to Sir Trevor Law- 

 rence, Bart. , Buriord Lodge, Dorking, 

 showed a fine Cymbidium €olmanise Edenside 

 . with five lovelv spikes of white flowers. 

 Mr. Carpenter, W'est Hall Gardens, Byfleet, 

 gained a Cultural Commendation for a very 

 fine Angrsecum sesquipedale. Cymbiduini 

 grandiflortim was grandly shown by Mr. 

 Collier, gardener to Sir J. Colman, Bart., 

 Gatton Park, Beigate. and this carried a 

 spike of fifte^^n >)ig blooms ; dendrobiums 

 from Gatton were also well shown, and D. 

 Golden Ray superba (A.M.), yellow and pur- 

 ple, was very pretty , v 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hayward s 

 Heath, had Odontoglossum Ashworthiauum, 

 O. armairvillierense xanthotes, a l>eautiful 

 O. ardentissimum, the white Cattleya Triana^ 

 alba floribunda, Bra^sso-cattleya Queen Alex- 

 andra var superba, and a fine Odontio-da 

 (V.oksoni. F. M. Ogilvie, E^q,, Shrubbery. 

 Oxford, showed a freely-flowered and elegant 

 Odont-oglossum Valeria, Cypripedium Eury- 



ades rubrum. etc. 



The Hon. Lady Neeld, Grittleton, showed 

 a beautiful Odontoglossum percultum. Mr. 

 G. Day, gardener to H. S. Goodson, Esq., 

 Putney, presented the brilliant Odontoglos- 

 sum ardentissimum Dayanum, and a fine 

 Odontioda Diana. Messrs. J. and A. McBean, 

 Cooksbridge, Sut^sex, had .several very beau- 

 tiful odontoglossumcs, and a particularly fine 

 form of Odontioda Charlesworthi. Messrs. 

 Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, put up Mas- 

 devallia macrura. Odontioda Charlesworthi, 

 Dendrobium nobile virginale, the big Cypri- 

 pedium Masterianum, and the graeeful An- 

 grsecum citratum. Messi^s. Hassall and Co.. 

 Southgate, had a rare diisplay of AngrsK-um 

 aefiquipedale, carrying about twenty-seven 

 flowers; Cattleya 'Empress Frederick and 

 some good forms of C. Trianse were included 

 in the group. Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans, had such interesting orchids on view 

 as Dendrobium specioeum, Coelogyne flaccida, 

 Renanthera Imschootiana, the pretty Pha- 

 Iflpnopeis Stuartiana. etc. 



DAFFODIL COMMITTEE. 



Messrs. Cartwright and Goodwin, Kidder- 

 minster, had a bright exhibit of daffodils, 

 the flowers clean, and of fair size; Circlet, 

 Weardale Perfection, Amazon, Mervyn, Long 

 Tom, Horace, the double Bed and Gold, and 

 Lady M. Boscawen were charming varieties. 

 Mr. F. Herbert Chapman, Botheside Gardens, 

 Rye, put up a pretty exhibit of daffodils, 

 ehionodoxas, and squills. Among new daffo- 

 dils he had the White Madonna, Mrs. Veitch, 

 Albatross, Alabaster, Whitewell, and Acme. 



Messrs, R. H. Bath, Lim., Wisbech, 

 showed how well tulip« and hyacinths can 

 be grown in fancy bowls in fibre, and both 

 Messrs Carter Page and Co., London Wall, 

 and Mr. Robert Sydenham, Birmingham, 

 asc^isted in the same demonstration. A small 

 group of daffodils from Messrs. Barr and 

 Sons, Covent Garden, included a fine lot of 

 King Alfred and numerous eeedlings. 



Tulips were shown in great quantity by 

 Messrs. R. and E. Cuthbert, Soiith^te; 

 these were in pots and well grown. Tliey 

 were staged in groups of a vainety, the 

 whole dieplav filling one end of the hall. 

 Mr. Stanley, Proserpine, Duchess de Parma, 

 Le Reve, Montresor. Pink Beauty, Sir Thos. 

 Lipton, and De Wet were capital varieties. 

 Mr, Christopher Bourne, Sompson, Beltchley, 

 put up a beautiful lot of the newer daffodils, 

 his set including St. David, a neat golden 

 trumpet, J^T. Bennett Poe, Circlet, Helios, 



White Slave, Lady de Bathe, Armorel, King 

 Alfred, Golden King, and White Lady. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



Vegetables were quite prettily staged by 

 iMessi^. Sutton and Sons, Reading; Chicory, 

 cabbage lettuces. Superb Early White broc- 

 coli, seakale, radishes, dandelion, mushroom, 

 rhubarb, and a selection of coloured kales 

 were included in this interesting exhibit. 



One exhibit of fruit was staged, and tliis 

 consLsted of about forty dishee of well pre- 

 served apples from Mr. W. H. Divers, gar- 

 dener to the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, 

 Grantham; Blenheim Pippin, Baillie Neil- 

 son, Russian Transparent, Hormead Pear- 

 main, Barnack Beauty, Hambling's Seed- 

 ling, Belle Dubois, Belle Pontoise, and Belle 

 de Boskoop were all notably good. 



AWARDS. 



No first-class ciititieates were awarded on 



this occasion. 

 Award of Merit.— To Azalea Blushing 



Bride, from Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea; to Rhododendron Cornubia, from 

 Messrs.' R. Gill and Son, Falmouth; to 

 Corylopsis multiflora, from Miss Willmott, 

 V.M.H. (gardener, Mr. C. Fielder), Great 

 Warley; to Pteris Parkeri, from Messrs. 

 Parker and Son, London, N. ; to Odontoglos- 

 sum Jasper, from J. Moss, Esq. ; to Dendro- 

 bium Golden Ray superba, from Sir Jere- 

 miah Colman, Bart, (gardener, Mr. W. Col- 

 lier), Gatton Park, Reigate. 



MEDALS. 



Gold —To Lieut. -Colonel Sir George Hol- 

 ford (grower, Mr. H. Alexander), We^ton- 

 birt, Tetbury, Gloucester, for orchids. 



Silver-gilt Knightian. — To the Duke of 

 Rutland, Belvoir Castle (gardener, Mr. 



Divere), for apples. 



Silver-gilt Flora . — To Messrs. Armstrong 

 and Brown, Tunbridge Welk, for orchids; 

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

 for spring bulb garden; to Messrs. Jas. 



Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, for azaleas and 

 other greenhouse flowering ]silants. 



Silver-gilt Banksian. — To Mr. L, B. 

 Russell, Richmond, for Indian azaleas; to 

 Mesers. Sutton and Sons, Reading, for hya- 

 cinths; to Messrs. R. and G. Cuthbert, 

 Southgate, for tulips. 



Silver Flora. — To Mr H. Burnett, 

 Guernsey, for carnations ; to Messrs. Cut- 

 bush and Son, Highgate, for carnations, 

 hyacinths, etc. ; to Messrs. Wm. Paul and 

 Son, for camellias and flowering peaches, 

 and to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, CheUea, 

 for orchids. 



Silver Banksian. — To Mr. Christoplia 

 Bourne, Simpson, Bletcliley, for daffodik; 

 to Messrs. Cartwright and Goodwin, Kid- 

 derminster, for daffodils ; to Messrs. Barr 

 and Sons, Covent Garden, for spring bulbous 

 flowers ; to Adeline Duchess of Bedford (gar- 

 diener, Mr. J. Dickson), for Primula ol>- 

 conica ; to Mr. Clarence Elliott, Stevenage, 

 for rock garden ; to Messrs. H. B. May and 

 Sons, Edmonton, for ferns and clematis; to 

 Messrs. Jas. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 for orchids; to Messirs. Stuart Low and Cr>.. 

 Enfield, for orchids; to Messrs. Sander and 

 Sons, St. Albans, for orcliids; to Sir J. 

 Colman, Bart, (gardener, Mr. Collier), for 

 orchids; and to Messrs. Hassall and Co., 

 Southgate, for orchids. 



Bronze Flora. — To Mr. C, Engelmanii, 

 Saffron Walden, for carnations ; and to 

 Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, for 

 carnations. 



HYACINTH AND DAFFODIL 



COMPETITION. 



Tlie premier class for eighteen distinct 

 varieties was hotly contested by seven exhilii- 

 tors. The first prize, however, was won liy 

 Mr. Jas. Gibson, gardener to the Duke "i 

 Portland, Welbeck Abbey, Worksop. Tlio 

 whole exhibit was in fine condition, the vane- 

 ties being Electra, Lord Balfour, Kni^ 

 Menelik, Le Grandesse, Perle Brilliaiiti', 

 Jacques, Moreno, Corregio, Lady Derby, La 

 Victorie, City of Haarlem, Ivanhoe, Knig 



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