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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE, 



April 20, 1912. 



and Brasso-cattleya Iniperatrice de Eussi-e 

 were especially noteworthy. 



'Mr. J. Davis, gardener to J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford, 

 exhibited the lovely Cattleya Mendeli Thule 

 (A.M.) and the handsome Odontoglossum 

 crispum Saga Avhich received a First Class 

 Certificate. 



DAFFODIL COMMITTEE. 



This body had plenty of work to do. Many 

 of its members acted as judges in the com- 

 petitive clasi^es, and ^iterwards had to adju- 

 dicate upon groups and discuss the merits of 

 about two dozen novelties. At the committee 

 meeting Mr. H. B, May, representing the 

 Peter liarr Memorial Committee presented 

 the Rev. G. H. Engleheart with the hand- 

 some Peter Barr Cup, to be held by him for 

 the ensuing year. 



Messrs. Barr and Sons presented a beauti- 

 ful collection of choice daffodils, with a few 

 tulips. A few especially tine daffodils in this 

 excellent lot were Falcon, Lord Kitchener, 

 the shapely Monarch, Caesar (a hne poet), 

 the pretty" cream trumpet Loveliness, Lord 

 Roberts, The Bride, Cleopatra, St. George, 

 Ibis, and a quaint little seedling with a deep 

 orange-red eve and heavy orange staining 

 along half the length of the perianth seg- 

 ments. Messrs. Cartwright and Goodwin, 

 Kidderminster, had a fresh and bright group 

 of daffodils, and here the bold frilled truni- 

 pet varietv Titanic was, curiously enough, 

 the most attractive flower. Nemesis, White 

 Star \hr lovely White Cristalla, White 

 ('loud, M;iv Hanson, and White Rose, all 

 lovelv triandrus forms, with Cairngorm, 

 Herod, Van Waveren's Giant, were all very 

 fine. 



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

 a large space with a capital lot of daffodils 

 and tulips; among the former we made spe- 

 cial note of Queen of Poets, Horace, Maggie 

 May, Hypatia, Weardale Perfection, Orange 

 Maid, Marie Hall with straight yellow trum- 

 pet, Whitewell, and Dorothy Kingsmill. 

 Some new daffodils from Mr. A. M. Kings- 

 mill, Shovel, Bridgwater, were almost all 

 unnamed, and included some wonderfully 

 fine things with broad, flat crowns. Ancho- 

 rite, Sarchedon, Buttercup, Zouave, Victory, 

 and Moonbeam were vsplendid named sorts. 

 From Dublin, Messrs. Hogg and Robertson 

 brought over a collection of tuli])s and daf- 

 fodils, the former constituting the leading 

 feature, and Hecla, Dr. Wngner. (u^Miereana 

 lutea, Clara Butt, Flambeau, Fire King, 

 Bartigon, and Fairy Queen were exception- 

 ally good. 



Some beautiful daffodils from the Lissadell 

 Bulb Farm, Lissadell, Sligo, lost somewhat 

 in effectiveness by being rather crowded in 

 the vases. Nevertheless, the white triardous 

 seedlings were lovely, and vow fine were 

 Mdme. de Graaff, Muriel, Will Scarlett, 

 Acme, Mars, and Maggie May. Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, had a goodly set of 

 daffodils, but their flowers were rather too 

 closely together. Coeur de Lion, West Loedt, 

 Glory, Lord "Roberts, King Alfred, Argent. 

 Homer, Lucifer, and Horace were all good. 



Splendidlv set up were the daffodils from 

 Miss F. W.' Currey, Lismore, Ireland. Each 

 variety was set well apart from its neigh- 

 bour, "and in the case of Sunset, Queen 

 Sophia, Will Scarlett, Lord Kitchener, Cos- 

 sack Warlev Scarlet, Red Emperor. Fire- 

 tail, Ermine, and Challenger, the blooms 

 wei'o of extreme beauty; the last named ha^ 

 a deep orange rim to an orange-yellow cup. 

 Mr. C. Bourne, Bletchley. had Oueen of 

 Hearts, the fine shapely Imperialist with 

 soft orange crown — a beauty, Mrs. J. H. 

 Veitch, Weardale Perfection, Gloria Mundi, 

 and a few other srood things. 



Mr. H. D. Phillips, Olton, put up a capi- 

 tal lot of daffodils iq the lower annexe, but 

 evervone looked at the fine new Seville with 

 its broad, flat, orange-red crown (\MX and 

 seemed to have little admiration left for the 

 other fine things Mr. Phillips showed. A fresh 

 and bright lot of daffodils from Mr. Robt. 

 Svdenham, Birmingham, included some very 

 e-ood specimens of Una. Will Scarlett, 

 Flamingo. W^atchfire. Bert Pont in? (very 

 bri<rht). Orange King, Great arley, 



Monarch; Occident, and Glory of Leiden. 

 Lilv of the valley, tulips, liliums, and ane- 

 mones were also included in the exhibit. 



The Rev. G. H. Engleheart put up a splen- 

 did lot of seedling daffodils, and showed a 

 tine series of poeticus varieties and others 

 closely akin to this race ; he also had a few 

 very large trumpet varieties, and some flat- 

 crowned sorts of great loeauty, but the varie- 

 ties were staged under number only. Messrs 

 E H Krelage and Son, Haarlem, showed 

 several new seedling daffodils, and the lovely 

 creamv-white trumpet variety Mrs. Ernst 

 H Keelage, gained an A.M. Mr. C. Van 

 Tubergen, jun., also showed several good 

 new daffodils, as did Mr. Chapman, gardener 

 to Mrs. Norman Cookson, Wylam, whose 

 variety Mrs. N. C. Cookson was much ad- 

 mired. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



A group of early vegetables and salads 

 from Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, 

 proved verv interesting, and the exhibit in- 

 cluded White Gem turnip. Snow White 

 broccoli. Golden Ball lettuces, Winter Beauty 

 tomatoes. Satisfaction cucumber, Satisfac- 

 tion mushrooms. Tender and True French 



beans, and April cabbages. . , ^ . - 



Mr. Funge, gardener to Mrs. Bischoftslieim, 

 Warren House, Stanmore, showed two boxes 

 of fine fruits of Royal Sovereign strawberry. 



CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS. 



To Odontoglossum 



Fir^t-class Certificate. 



crispum Saga, from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 

 (Gardener, Mr. J. Davis), Glebelands, South 



Woodford. . 



Award of Merit. — To Narcissus Mrs. 

 Ernst H. Krelage, from Messrs. E. H. Kre- 

 lage and Son, Haarlem; to Narcissus Silver 

 Spangle, from Mr. F. H. Chapman, Rother- 

 side Gardens, Rye; to NarcissUiS Seville, from 

 :\[r II. D Phillips, Olton, Warwickshire; to 

 Freesia Le Phare, from Mr. C. Van Tubergen, 

 jun., Haarlem; to Cineraria hybrida, from 

 Messrs. Ja-s. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea; to 

 Carnation Wodenethe, from Messrs. W\ Wells 

 and Co., Merstham ; to Alpine Auricula Rox- 

 burgh from Mr. Jas. Douglas, Great Book- 

 ham; 'to Cattleya Mendeli Thule, from J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq.. Glebelands, South 

 Woodford; to Laelio-cattleya Bertram, from 

 Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Hop- 

 kins). W-ehttield, Woking. 



MEDALS. 



To Is: 



:s. Wm. Cut- 

 for flowering 



Silver-gilt Flora, 

 bush a nd Son, Hi gh g ate, 

 shrubs, carnations, etc.; to Me>ssrs. Barr and 

 Sons, Covent Garden, for daffodils; to Miss 

 F. W. Currey, Lismore, Ireland, for daffodil's. 



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

 sey, foi* carnations; to Mr. J. Douglas, Great 

 j^ookham, for auriculas; to Messrs. H. B. 

 May and Son^i, Edmonton, for ferns; to 

 Messrs. J. Piper and Son, Bayswater, for 

 alpines, etc.; to Mes^srs. R. H. Bath, Lim., 

 Wisbech, for daffodils and tulips; to Mr. H, 

 D. Phillii)s, Olton, for daffodils; to Messrs. 

 llassall and Co., Southgate, for orchids; to 

 Mr. Chapman, gardener to Mrs. Norman 

 Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, for 

 orchids; to Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons. Chel- 

 tenham, for orchids; to Meser.s. SaudtT and 

 ^ons, St. Albans, for orchids. 



Silver Banksian.— To Me&srs. Ciiitwni>ht 

 iind Cioodwin, Kidderminster, for daffodils; 

 to Li>sadell Bulb Farm. Lit^sadell, Siigo, for 

 daflodils; to Mr. C. J^>urne, l^letchley ,for 

 daffodilis; to Mr. Imiiioi', Wan en Houso (war- 

 dens, Stanniorc, for :.lj-a wherries ; to Mt'ssr^s. 

 Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath, for 

 orchids; to the Liverpool Orchid Co., Gate- 

 acre for orchids; to Mescsrs. B. R. Cant and 

 Sons Colchester, for rosefi ; to Messrs. R. 

 Gill and Sons, Falmouth, for rhododendrons ; 

 to Messrs G. Mount and Sons, Canterbury, 

 for roses; to Messrs. Wm. Paul and Son, 

 Waltham Cro^ss. for roses; to Mr. M. 



garden; to Mr. R. D^E. Day, Sutton Scotney 

 for Spani*sh irises; to Mr. C. Engelman, SaK 

 fron Walden, for carnations; to Messrs. G. 

 Jackman and Son, Woking, for hardy plants' 

 to Mr. H. J. J 



ones, Lewisham, for pelargo- 

 niums; to Mrs. L. Edw^ards, Llangollen, for 

 saxifrages; to Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, for 

 roses ; to Messrs. Whitelegg and Pag«, 

 Chislehurst, for saxifrages, etc. 



Daffodil Show, 



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Evidently the framers of the schedule of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society's Daffodil 

 Show, held on April 16 and 17. were under 

 the impression that they should provide for 

 all classics of exhibitors, as they arranged for 

 a most comprehensive show. The classes, how. 

 ever, were poorly supported, as far acs entries 

 were concerned, owing to the abnormally 

 early reason, but the quality throughout was 

 of a fairly high order of merit. 



The premier class for forty-eight varieties, 

 representing all sections, only produced one 

 exhibitor, Mr. C. Bourne, Olde Wharf House, 

 Bletchley, who was awarded the premier 

 honouns— a gold medal. The most striking 

 varietie<s w^re White Knight, Will Scarlett, 

 Lemon Belle, White Lady, Lord Roberts, 

 Madame de Graaff, Alys, and Monarch. A fine 

 collection for such a dry period. In the 

 class for twelve trumpet varieties, three 

 flowers to each vase, Mr. J. Mallender, 

 Scrooby, Bawtry, was the only exhibitor, and 

 won the first prize with fresh blooms of The 

 Miller's Daughter, The Colonel, Sybil Foster, 

 Weardale Perfection, and some seedlings. 

 For twelve incomparabilis varieties, Mr. Mal- 

 lender received the chief award, his most con- 

 spicuous sorts being Royal Star, Torch, Home- 

 spun, Gloria Mundi, James Jansou, and 

 Lucifer. 



There were two entrants for twelve vases 

 of Barri varieties. Here Mr. F. H. Chap- 

 man, Rotherside Gardens, Rye, won first 

 prize with weiUstaged examples of Equinox, 

 Odalisque, Tritoma, Beacon, Memento, Satel- 

 lite, Cossack, Ember, and Maybird. Mr. L 

 Bourne w-as second with clean flowers ot 

 Occident, Red Chief, Queen of Hearts, ^Miite 

 Ensign, and Egret. In a similar class ior 

 Leedsi varieties, there was but a single en- 

 trant, Mr. J. Mallender, who had some pro- 

 mising seedlings, with Katheriiie Spurreli, 

 White Lady. Arm^ida, Waterwiteh. and Miss 

 Langhorne. For nine poeticus varieties tne 

 first prize was well won by Mr. F. H. tnap- 

 man, who had a beautiful exhibit of idyji. 

 Kestrel, Ruskin, Horace, Socrates, ^<>c™' 

 and Cassandra. Mr. C. Bourne was pla^ce^l 

 second with excellent vases of Sonnet, J^pi^. 

 Acme, Horace, Homer, Almira, and Luiiaoy. 



AMATEURS. 

 The premier amateur class was for twenty- 

 four varieties, fairly representing all 



tions, the first prize, a ^i^^^^;^ ^^'P' 3 

 deservedly awarded to the Rev. T. BuBcoinbj 

 Black Torrington, North Devon, ^vllo nau 



nice, clean examples of ^^4, pY^^'geis, 

 Barr, Juliet, Glory of Leiden, Chry^^^- 



Evangeline, Leonle, Cassandra, , . 

 Langtry. Tlie second prize was ^waiaeu 

 Mr. H. R. Darlington, Park ^^/^ii. 

 Bar, who had good examples of I^/^?^^] g^n. 

 Weardale Perfection, Glory, Virgil and 

 (inch. -irnnrnet varieties, iii*^^^ 



For six trumpet va^^^J'^^S 

 werp three entries, tli© Kev. ^■ " 



loading- oK well with fine *',^«n^|;l''5i iToster, 

 sure Trove, Graiidis, Cornelia, fey biir 



and Madame de Graaff. Mr H. f.-J'l^^^^ 

 ton oanie second; his most ^i"^'^^, ,.,„.,|oli3. 

 ^vvve Kino- Alfred, Monarch , ami v 

 The Diiko of liiitland (g-aracHcr. jrd. 

 Diver.,, liclvoir Castle, « ''^I'^thaffl; was t 



The class for six iucomiiavabi Us ^ 

 secured a better competition, tiie ^^^^^^j^ 

 Buncombe comins; first with ^f^^^ ' jlr. 

 rhrv.seis. I^onie, ^Vliitewell. and 1 o<,y^^ ^ 



H. tl. Darliui- ton was second, "^^'i,, ; ^arfl 

 H. -Divers brou-ht up the .^^9^",, / v. T 

 varictu secured two entries, tne 



?e.rs. T. S. War.. Li™.. Feltha.. for rock ^,^-'-;-,"-'-»| ^!r^,-a„a V^^^ 



" Bronze Banksian.-To Messrs. H. Cannell 

 and Sons, Swanley, for pelargoniums; to 

 Messrs. J. Clieal and Sons, Crawley, for rock 



stone Chat. Broad Wiuo-. ond 1 taj^^^,^^ 

 Mr. H. R. Darlinsfton was a c.ose , 



In a smaller class for six -^eeas ^^-^^ 

 Mr. H. E. Darlington won well ^i^a 



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