ApRlii 27, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



345 



ROYAL 



SHOW 



DONCASTER, 



July 2nd to 6th, I9I2. 



73rd annual EXHIBITEON of Horses, 

 Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry and Farm 

 Produce; Jumping, Sheep Dog Trims, 

 Hokse-Shohsg and Butter Making Compe- 

 titions, Agricultural Education, Forestry 

 and Horticulture. 



HORTICULTURE 



ENTRIES CLOSE MAY 3Ist 



(Live Stock entries close May 20tl ). 



Prize-^lieets and Entry Forme will be forwarded 

 cn applie^ttion to 



TH0:MAS McROW, Secretary. 



Royal AgrricuUurial Sockty of England, 

 16, Bedfo-rd Square, London, W.C. 



HORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 MENTS are inserted in thLs column at i^^x- 

 pence per line, the minimum charge being two Shil- 

 lings and Sixpence. Officer, 148 and 149, AlderBgat« 

 Street, London, E.G. 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS- 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



April 16 —Present : Mr. E. A. Bowles, M.A., 

 F.L.S, (in the chair); Rev. Canon Fowler, 

 Dt. a. B. Rendle, Professor G. Henslow, 

 Messrs. A. Rolfe, W. E. Ledger, W. Hales, 

 J. T. Bennett-Poe, A. W. Sutton, A. Wors- 

 ley, J. Fraser, and J. F. Chittenden (hon. 

 secretary). 



STACHYS PALUSTRIS.— Mr. J. Fraser 

 showed a specimen of the rhizome of this 

 common British plant, and remarked on the 

 similarity between it and the Chinese Stachys 

 tuberifera, the rhizomes of which are edible. 



WALLFLOWERS.— Professor G. Henslow 

 showed a series of dark red and paler yellow 

 wallflowers which had been grown at Wisley 

 from seed obtained by him in 1911 by cross- 

 ing a viresc-ent wallflower with carpellary 

 stamens with pollen from red and yellow 

 plants respectively. No malformed flowers 

 had appeared in this generation. 



TASMANIAN ORCHIDS. — Mr. Odell 

 showed, on behalf of Mr. Andrew Kingsmill, 

 an interesting series of coloured photographs 

 of Tasmanian orchids, representing the fol- 

 lowing terrestrial genera: Pterostylis, Chilo- 

 glottis, Caladenia, Diuris, Calochilos, Dipo- 

 dium, Glossodia, and Diplarrhena. 



DOUBLE RANUNCULUS FICARIA.— Mr. 

 Chittenden showed a semi-double form of 

 Ranunculus ficaria, having several series of 

 strap-shaped petals green on the outside, as 

 Weil as two or three whorls of stamens, which 

 had appeared in the garden at Wisley. 



CARPENTARIA CALIFORNICA. — Mr. 

 Odell showed foliage of this plant spotted 

 with numerous brown spots, owing to the 

 attack of the fungus Cladosporium herbarum. 



DISEASED LILIUM CANDIDUM.— Mr. 

 E. H. Jenkins sent leaves of Lilium candidum 

 showing numerous secidia of a Uromyc<?s, 

 which was referred to Mr. Chittenden for 

 further examination. 



PETR^A VOLUBILIS.— Rev. F. Page- 

 Roberts sent a dried inflorescence of a climb- 

 ing plant with blue flowers from Ceylon, 

 which was recognised as the American 

 Petrsea volubilis (see "Botanical Magazine 



628), a plant which varies considerably in 

 colour. 



SAXIFRAGA GRANULATA.— A reputed 

 hybrid of S, granulata was referred to Mr. J. 

 Fraser for report. 



BI-COLOURED HYACINTH.— Mr. W. B. 

 Gingell, of Dulwich Park, sent an inflores- 

 cence of a hyacinth having one side red, the 

 other blue, which was referred to Rev. Prof. 

 Henslow for further examination. 



Devon Daffodil and Spring 



Flower Society. 



The annual exhibition of this society was 

 opened on April 18 in the Guildhall, Ply- 

 mouth. It was oertainly not so large a show- 

 as those of the past few years, which was 

 accounted for by the extreme earliness of the 

 season which had brought on the daffodils so 

 rapidly that at the date of the show the 

 majority of them were over. However, some 

 very excellent narcissi were exhibited, and 

 the hard-wooded flowering shrubs were never 

 better, several splendid stands being pre- 

 sent. 



In the class for twenty-four varieties of 

 daffodils, first prize was won by Mlsis Ida 

 Pope with a fine stand containing Bernar- 

 dine, King's Norton, Ben Simonite, Victory, 

 Silene, Colonist, Japonica, Bird's Eye, Ruby 

 Cup, Albatross, and Estelle. In the class 

 for a group of daffodil seedlings not yet in 

 commerce, Mr. T. Batson was first with a 

 collection of fine flowers. Among them were 

 white perianth, with Avide yellow cup ; cream 

 perianth, with spreading orange cup; Avhite 

 perianth, yellow cup, edged crimson; prim- 

 rose-yellow perianth, with orange-scarlet 

 wide cup ; pale yellow perianth, with gold 

 cup, centre green, very large golden trum- 

 pet, bicolor trumpet, and white trumpet. 



Mr. W. A. Watts showed, not for compe- 

 tition, eome very attractive new seedlings, 

 namely. White Rose, a double-flowered white 

 with deep cup, for which he was awarded a 

 First-class Certificate; Red Beacon, white 

 perianth with flat orange-scarlet eye ; Tin- 

 sel, white perianth, yellow eye, edged 

 orange; and Verdant Green, perianth white, 

 stained with green, and green eye. For 

 nine trumpets. Mr. T. Batson was finst with 

 King Alfred, excellent; J. B. M. Camm, Mrs. 

 Camm, Cleopatra, Treasure Trove, Eev. D. 

 R. W^illiamson, Mdme. de Graaff, Grandee, 

 and Weardale Perfection. In the class for 

 three incomparabilis, Mr. T. Batson occu- 

 pied the first place with Princess Mary, 

 Homespun, and Gloria Mundi. Tlie same ex- 

 hibitor was first also with three incompara- 

 bilis bicolor, with Will Scarlett, Consul, and 

 Chryseis; and for three Barri, yellow, with 

 Blood Orange, Glitt>er, and Stonechat. In 

 competition for three Barri bicolor_ Miss Ida 

 Pope obtained premier honour^ with Cos- 

 . Firebrand, and Circlet; and for three 

 Leedsi with White Lady, Elaine, and White 

 Queen. The Hon. Mrs. Colhorne was frst 

 for three poeticus with Horace, Cassandra, 

 and Comus. In the single bloom elapses th-? 

 awards were made as follows : Trumpet, Mr.s. 

 Soltau-Symons first wnth Mdme. de Graaff ; 

 incomparabilis. Miss Ida Pope first with Vic- 

 tory ; Leedsi, Mrs. Soltau-Symons first with 

 AVhite Lady; Barri, Mr. H. G. Hawker first 

 with Greeneye; poeticus, Mrs. Soltau-Symons 

 first with Cassandra. Tliere were aho 

 twelve classes, confined to ret^idents in the 



county of Devon. 



In the class for a collection of twelve vane- 

 ties of hardy spring floAvers. Mr. H. W. 

 Grigg occupied the first place with a very 

 good stand, containing Trillium grandi- 

 florum. Fritillaria imperialis voll()\v, Fntil- 

 laria imperalis red, Muscari Heavi;nly Blue, 

 Fritillaria meleagris. Anemone Robuit-oniana, 

 Ervthroniiim grandiflorum. Ranunculus asia- 

 ticus Trillium erectum. Trollius c.trinu,., 

 Tx^ucojum spstivum. and Fritillaria p:^rr^ica. 

 For a collection of nine varieties of hardy 

 spring flowers, Mrs. Ashley Fronde first 

 with a very excellent selection, comprising 

 Fritillaria meleaffrit^, Iris tingitana. Tulipa 

 strangulata, picta. Anemone Pulsatilla, 

 Caltha platypetala, Tulipa Greigi. Epime- 

 dium niveum. Ir'.> Susiana. and Pnmro^^e 



Pompadonr. 



In competition for the nrizes for fifteen 

 varieties of hard-wooded flowering shrubs. 



Mr. T. B. Bolitho occupied the tirst place 

 with Viburnum rugosum, Cytisus prgecox, 

 Prunus sinensis alba flore-pleno, Pyrus 

 mains floribunda, Jasminum primulinum, 

 Correa bicolor, Cydonia Maulei, Acacia cul- 

 triformis, Corokia cotoneaster. Acacia diffusa, 

 Clianthus puniceus, Clianthus puniceus albus, 

 Uihes aureum, Grevillea ornithopoda, Gre- 

 villea sulphurea. For six varieties *of hard- 

 wooded flowering shrubs, Mr. H. W. Grigg 

 was first with the beautiful scented Vibur- 

 num Carlesi, for which he received an 

 Award of Merit, Calceolaria violacea, Di^- 

 tyllum racemosum, Boronia heterophylla, 

 Eriostemon neriifolium, and Correa car- 

 dinalis. 



Tlie attractiveness of the show wa-s- con- 

 siderably increased by the exhibits staged by 

 the several nurserymen. T\\e Devon Rofery, 

 Torquay, had a most attractive arrange- 

 ment with a quantity of pot roseis in full 

 bloom. Among these were Lady Hilling- 

 don, Climbing Mrs. Grant, Franccoca 

 Kruger, Snowstorm, Countess of Derby, Irish 

 Engineer, Mr*^. Sophia Neate, Beaute Incon- 

 stante, Etoi!e de France, and Caroline Tes- 

 tout. There was a fine collection of tulips 

 in which were Bouton d'Or, Pride of Haar- 

 lem, Flamingo, Clara Butt, Rembrandt, Cot- 

 tage Maid, and Golden Queen, very fine. A 

 few flower sprays of the rare Gladiolus tris- 

 tis were shown, and there was a f ne speci- 

 men plant of Petrsea volubilis in full flower, 

 as well as fifteen dishes of apples in excel- 

 lent condition. Messrs. Robert AVitch and 

 Son, Exeter, ehowed, in fine condition, Rho- 

 dodendron Dr. Stocker, R. concinnum, R. 

 Williamsi, R. yunnanense, R. Yodogama, R. 

 Fordi, R. racemosum. Azalea Hexe, Erica 

 mediterranea, E. arborea, E. Veit<lii, E. 

 australis, Chorizema Lowi, Eriostemon nerrii- 

 folium, E, scaber, E. myoporoides, Grevillea 

 alpina, Correa cardinalis, C. curiosa, C. 

 bicolor. C. ventricosa, Cyrtomium Rochfordi, 

 Osmanthus Delavayi, Lomatia ferruginea, 

 Hibbertia dentata. Viburnum S"eboldi, V. 

 plicatum, Eupatorium ionanthe, Dracaena 

 lentiginosa. D. Draco, Bescliorneria iyuc- 

 coides. Acacia lineata, A. Drummondi, and 

 Boronia megastigma. Messrs. Barr and 

 Sons contributed a fine stand <>1 daffodils, in 

 which were Will Scarlett. Aspasia, Cygnet, 

 Glitter. Queen of the North, Challenger, 

 Monarch, Vivid, Anak Firebrand. Bianca, 

 Orang'^man, Ariadne, Mascotte, Snowci^est, 

 Red Beacon. Minerva, Venus. Cleonatra, 

 Sheba, Ibis. St. George, and En'd. Messrs. 

 H. B. May and Sont^, Upper Edmonton, 

 showed a "splendid e-e lection of ferns and 

 clematis. 



Bournemouth Gardeners' 



Association. 



Short lectures on the "Cultivation of the 

 White and the Yellow Arum Lily " were given 

 at the last fortnightly meeting by Messrs. 

 Evans and Pavey respectively. Both gentle- 

 men have had some considerable experience 

 with these useful plants, and s)poke with con- 

 fidence as to the treatment that suited them 

 best. 



Mr. Evans dealt with the white arum, and 

 strongly advocated planting out the plants 

 after flowering. He ^aid the ground in which 

 the plants are grown during the summer 

 months should be well manured if it was at 

 all poor in quality, as it was a great mistake 

 to starve the plants. The better they were 

 treated in this respect the more ireely would 

 they flower. Single roots in Gin. pots were 

 best, and these, if well cultivated, wou'd 

 bear five or ^ix spatlK,. in a y.'ar. The lec- 

 turer did not adv( catc the use <if chemical 

 manures, but good farmyard liquid manure 

 pro]>eriy diluted. He said all small offsets 

 should be removed when the ])Iauts were 

 being put out, and not at the time cf lifting 



and repotting. 



Mr. Pavey, in dealing with the yellow 

 arum, said it was not as free-flowering, of 

 course, as the white kind, but the spathes 

 retained their freshness much longer, and 

 owing to its decorative value, the plant de- 

 si-rved a more extended culture tiian it at 

 ])resent received. Plants raised from sinds 

 flowered at the end of tiie t'ftli .-: as<ui: < ff- 



