April 13, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



'S07 



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EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS- . 



Royal Horticultura.1 Socsety. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, April 2. 



Present: Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.L.S. 

 (in tlie chair). Sir John Llewelyn, Messrs. J. 

 O'Brien, J. Eraser, W. Hales, G. Gordon, 

 E. M. Holmes, A, W, Hill, and C. E. Shea. 



SCHOMBUEGKIA LUDDEMANNI. ^ Sir 

 Frederick Moore gent a flowering' spike of 

 this uncommon species, figured in the "Bot. 

 Mag.," t. 8427. Some disenssion aroee re-, 

 garding its distinctness from S. undiilata, 

 but the Director of the Eoyal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kew, to whom it was referred, says it 

 is distinguished from that species by a bright 

 yellow crest to the lip and other differences. 

 It appears to have been lost sight of since 

 1862, and even now its habitat is unknown. 

 S. undulata has been figured., several tim^s 

 ;ee Lindl. " Bot. Eeg., xxxi., t. 63; Will. 



" Sel. Orch., 



xlix., t. 



(see Lmdl. l5ot. Keg 

 "Orch. Alb.," v„ t. 335; Warn, 

 ii., t. 21; Cogn. "Diet. Orch. Draw, 

 33), and always without the yellow disc. 



DRAB A EUPESTEIS. — Mr. J. Fraser 

 showed a specimen of Draba rupestris in a 

 pot, under which condition the plant grow8 

 much more dwarf and compact than when in 

 a rock garden in free soil, attaining under 

 the latter conditions to about six inches in 

 height, and under the former to only about 

 three inches, though flowering quite as 

 freely. 



CLIVIA MINIATA. — Mr. J. W. Odell 

 showed an inflorescence of Clivia miniata 

 with one of the bracts foliose and about seven 

 inches in length, 



NAECISSXTS SPOETING.— Mr. C. E. Shea 

 showed a variety of daffodil which had ap- 

 peared among Empress, but which had a 

 much flatter perianth and no green coloura- 

 tion at the back; the mouth of the corona 

 was wider and the colour somewhat paler. 

 Tlie evidence as to its origin did not appear 

 conclusive, and the committee were inclined 

 to regard it a-s probably a .seedling from 

 Empress. 



NAECISSUS MALFORMED. — Mr. Jacob 

 sent a flower of narcissus having the perianth 

 pieces three-lobed instead of entire as is 

 usually the case. 



EL^AGNUS SP. FEUITING. 

 Durham sent from Salcombe, 

 Elseagnus macropliylla, E. Frederici Anna, 

 and E. pungens variegata, each bearing ripe 

 fruits. The pink berries of the first-named 

 with their silver scales are particularly beau- 

 tiful. 



-Mr. F. E. 

 S. Devon, 



MEDAL AWAEDS, APEIL 2. 



Silver-gilt Flora.— To Mr. A. M. Wilson, 

 Bridgwater, for new daffodils; to Eev. G. 

 H. Engleheart, V.M.H., Dinton, for ' new 

 daffodils; to Messrs. Barr and Sons, Covent 

 Garden, for daffodils; to Messrs. Sander and 

 Sons, St. Albans, for orchids. 



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

 bush and Son, Highgate, for tulips; to 

 Messrs. R. and G. Cuthbert, Southgate, for 

 flowering shrubs and lachenalias. 



Silver Flora. — To Messrs. Stuart Low and 

 Co., Enfield, for orchids; to Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co., Haywards Heath, for or- 

 chids; to Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, High- 

 gate, for carnations, shrubs, etc. ; to Messrs. 

 B. Gill and Sons, Falmouth, for rhododen- 

 drons; to Messrs. G. Mount and Sons, Can- 

 terbury, for roses; to Messrs. A. Piper and 

 ^^ons, Bayswater, for shrubs and hardy 

 flowers; to Mr. L. E. Eussell. Eichmond, for 

 clematises, etc.; to Messrs. Jas. Veitch and 

 Sons, Chelsea, for cinerarias and primulas; 

 to Messrs. Cartwright and Goodwin, Kidder- 

 minster, for daffodils; to Messrs. E. H. Bath, 

 .Wisbech, for tulips and daffodils: to Miss 



F. W. Currey, Lismore, Ireland, for daffo- 

 dils; to Mr. C. Bourne, Simpson, Bletchley, 



for daffodils. 



Silver Banksian.— To E. G. Thwaites, Esq., 

 Streatham, for orchids; to Messrs. Hassall 

 and Co., Southgate, for orchids; to Messrs. 

 J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, for orchids; 

 to Messrs. J. E. Pearson and Sons, Lowd- 

 ham, for daffodils; to Mr. F. H. Chapman, 

 Eotherside Gardens, Eye, for daffodils; to 

 Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, for carnations; 

 to Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, for 

 zonal pelargoniums; to Messrs. F. Cant and 

 Co., Colchester, for roses; to Messrs. G. 

 Jackman and Son, Woking, for hardy plants; 

 to Mr. H. J. Jones, Lewisham, for zonal 

 pelargoniums; to Messrs. Wm. Paul and 

 Son, Waltham Cross, for flowering shrubs; 

 to Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, for hardy 

 flowers- to Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, for 

 roses; to Mr. G. Eeuthe, Keston, for hardy 

 plants and flowering shrubs; to Messrs. 

 T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, for hardy 

 flowers; to Messrs. Young and Co., Chelten- 

 ham, for carnations. 



Bronze Flora.— To Messrs. Whitelegg and 

 Page, Chislehurst, for saxifrages, etc.; to 

 Messrs. E. Felton and Sons, Hanover Square, 

 W., for cut lilac. 



The Nurserymen, Market 

 Gardeners', and General 

 Hailstorm Insurance Cor- 

 poration, Lim. 



Tlie seventeenth annual meeting of this 

 company was held at 41 and 42, King Street, 

 Covent Garden, on the 29th ult. 



Mr. Harry J. Veitch, who presided, con- 

 gratulated the shareholders on the growth of 

 the company, and the strength to which it 

 had attained. The company had been of 

 great service to nurserymen, and the direc- 

 tors had recently seen their way to grant a 

 bonus of 15 per cent, to i>olicy-holders in re- 

 duction of their annual premiums. A strong 

 reserve fund had been accumulated out of 

 revenue account. Six claims had been paid 

 during the past year, and since the books 

 had been closed four other claims had been 



received. . 



To illustrate the prompt way m which 

 claims were met, he read the following letter 

 from Mr. Ladds, of Swanley: 



**Dear Sir,— In consideration of the gener- 

 ous and prompt manner in which you settled 

 with me, following on my claim on your 

 company for glass broken by the severe storm 

 of March 4th, I wish to convey my best 

 thanks to you personally for the courtesy and 

 fairness shown me when here on the follow- 

 ing day, and to the company for their un- 

 questionably fair method of business. I do 

 not desire a repetition of the storm, but ui 

 these untoward occurrences it is very grati- 

 fying to know that "Tlie Hailstorm Insur- 

 ance Company are always ready to extend 

 every advantage of their company to the 

 glass-house owner.— Yours faithfully, 



Frank W. Ladds, Manager. 



Scottish Horticultural 



Association. 



The monthlv meeting of this association 

 was held in the Goold Hall, 5, St. Andrew 

 Square, Edinburgh, on the 2nd inst. Mr. 

 Massie, the president, was in the chair, and 

 there was an attendance of 125 members. 



Mr. Wm. Cuthbertson, J. P., of Messrs. 

 Dobbie and Co., Edinburgh, delivered a lec- 

 ture entitled " Sweet Peas Up-to-date, 

 illustrated bv a series of beautiful lantern 

 slides manv'^of them in natural colours, ot 

 the leading^ varieties. He dealt with the 

 great development of the sweet pea during 

 the last ten years. In 1901 the first waved 

 flower w-as exhibited in London by Mr. Silas 

 Cole gardener to Earl Spencei-, at Altliorpe 

 Park, Nottinghamshire. This variety was 

 named Countess Spencer, and it is stiU 

 largelv grown, and deservedly popular. Mr. 

 Cole claimed that it was the result of cro>8- 

 ing two of the older unwavcd varieties, 

 but within the last few days unmistakable 

 evidence had come into his (the lecturers) 

 hands that an exactly similar flower had ap- 



peared in Somersetshire in the same year 

 in the form of a variation from Prima 

 Donna, one of the varieties which, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Cole, entered into the parentage of 

 Countess Spencer. This fact, along with 

 Mr. Unwinds statement that Gladys Unwin 

 was also a variation from Prima Donna, leads 

 to the conclusion that the waved sweet pea 

 arose as a mutation, and was not the result 

 of crossing. It appeared in several different 

 parts of the country, as many sports or varia- 

 tions in other plants have done. Very many of 

 the beautiful varieties now in commerce arose 

 as simple variations from Countess Spencer, 

 including John Ingman, Helen Lewis, 

 Nubian, Elfrida Pearson, Mrs. Cuthbertson, 

 Princess Victoria, The Marquis, and others. 



After Countess Spencer was distributed for 

 sale in 1904, crossing with it began, and in 

 the course of the last few years varieties have 

 been introduced which are the direct results 

 of such crossing. Thei^e include such varie- 

 ties as Evelyn Heniui^, Elsie Herbert, Etta 

 Dvke, Eed Star, The King, and May Camp- 

 bell. 



On the motion of Mr. Greene, Mr. Cuth- 

 l>ertson received a very cordial vote of 

 thanks. 



The exhibits were : Richardia africana 

 flowers from Miss Burton, Polton ; apples 

 Mere de Menage and Lane's Prince All>ert, 

 from Mr. A. C. Scott, Biccarton, Midlothian; 

 Narcissus King Alfred, from Mes<is. James 

 Grieve and Sons, Edinburgh. 



At a meeting on May 7 Mr. James Why- 

 tock, Dalkeith Palace Gardens, will give a 

 lecture entitled " Some Impressions of 

 America and its Horticulture,'' illustrated 

 by limelight view.-. 



Bournemouth Gardeners' 



Association. 



There w^as a very good sliow of flowering 

 and foliage plants "staged at the fortnightly 

 meeting held on April 2. The cinerarias ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Charles Pearce, gardener to 

 Mrs. Ormond, and Mr. Pavey, respectively^ 

 were tiiu' specimens. TTiey belonged to the 



stcllata iy])c, and the largest measured 3ft. 

 across tlie head of blossoms, and was 3ft. in 

 height. Mr. Heath, gardener to G. G. Eus- 

 sel, Esq., had a very fine specimen of Azalea 

 indica, and Mr. Evans, gardener to G. J. 

 Fenwick, Esq., Crag Head, staged good table 

 plants. The points awarded to the exhibits 

 were the highest given to any during this 



session, so far. 



Mr. J. B. Stevenson presided at the meet- 

 ing, the evening being devoted to questions. 

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